Stay in hotels

This topic is important because when we stay in a hotel it is important to know how to communicate with other people and also to know the vocabulary:

- a single room.

- a double room.

- a suite.

- a smoking room.

- a non smoking.

- a twin bed.

- a queen size bad

- a king size bed

- a rollaway bed.

 Discuss Preferences For Movie Genres

Movies Genres

• An action film 
• A horror film
• A science fiction film
• An animated film
• A comedy   
• A drama
• A documentary
• A musical

Ways to express wants and preferences

Would Like

Use Would like + an infinitive ( to + a base form ) to politely express or ask about wants 

Example.

I´d like to go the movies

Would she like to see The Dancer?

What would your friends like to do? 

I

She 

We´d  like  to  see  a  comedy

They

Would Rather

Use would rather  + a base form to express  or  ask  about a preference between two or more avtivities

Example.

Would your children rather see an animated film or an action film?

What would you rather do: go to a movie or a play?

She´d rather see a less violent film than Gangs of New York

I
He

We´d rather see a drama

They

Use Would rather not + a base form to express a negative preference 

We´d rather not watch TV tonight 

Yes /  no questions 

Would you like to see a documentary 

Would they rather stay home?

 Apologize for being late

We use this apology when we want to explain the reason for our delay, to excuse ourselves

Example...

Vocabulary:

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1. I Overslept        
2. I Missed the bus   
3. I couldn't get a taxi
4. I couldn’t find a parking space.
5. I got stuck in traffic

 Describe an interesting experience

To describe interesting experiences we must know the vocabulary to describe these situations, which we have experienced and want to tell another person

We can use this words with "ed" or "ing"...

Example vocubalary:

The safari was fascinating

(They were fascinated)

The Ski trip was thrilling

(They were thrilled)

The sky-dive was frightening

(They were frightened)

The food was disgusting

(they were disgusted)

 Gestures

Through gestures we can communicate, using the hand. Here we have the vocabulary of the fingers of the hand

Grammar whith present perfect

 Grammar 

whith present perfect

The present perfect, also known as present perfect simple or present perfect in Spanish, is one of the tenses of the present in English. Its correct use is necessary to express experiences or memories that occurred a long time ago, but of which memory is still kept or are currently relevant. Thanks to this, its use is very common and it is important to know it

Structure:

Affirmative

Sujeto

Verbo auxiliar (have/has)

Verbo en participio

Complemento

 

Negative

Sujeto

Verbo auxiliary (have)

Not

Verbo en participio

Complemento

Interrogative

Verbo auxiliar (have/has)

Sujeto

Verbo en participio

Complemento

The Present Perfect: For and Since, Other Uses Of The Present Perfect

Use for and since to describe periods of time that began in the past. Use for to describe a length of time. Use since with z specific time or date in the past.

Example:

I´ve been here for ten minutes ( a length of time)

How long have you been here?

I´ve been here for many years ( a longth of time)

I´ve been here since eight o´clock ( a specific time in the past)

Other uses:

• With always: I´ve always wanted to see Car planet
• With ordinals and superlatives. This is the thrid time I´ve seen Ping Pong. It´s the best movie, I´ve ever seen

Example:

Use the present perfect in all your answers.

- Is there a movie you´ve always wanted to see

Yes, I´ve always wanted to see "The Hobbie"

- Have you seen any good movies recently?

Yes, I´ve recently saw a good Interstellar.

The customs around the world

It is incredible the different types of culture that exist around the world.

The ways of greeting can change in the countries, so we must take that into account. In some countries it's okay to say hello with a kiss on the cheek, but in others it's rude.

In my opinion, I think there is no correct way to greet... We just have to differentiate cultures 

There are some examples:

 My presentation

Hi! My name is Johan Lobo, I'm the autor of this blog. I'm 19 years old. I'm from Barranquilla/Colombia and I live here in Barranquilla, specifically in "La pradera" neighborhood. I live with my parents, my brother, my sister and my niece. I have 4 dogs, 1 parrot and 2 turtles. I am student at the Simon Bolivar University, I study physiotherapy (4 semester).
I like to travel, I like play video games and I like play soccer. I don't like the coffe and drink alcohol.

 English class blog introduction

In this blog I will document all the grammar topics that I will see in the English class during these 2 weeks and this is a small introduction about what is the objective of the blog will be.

I'm Johan, and this is my class blog...