Oral exercise. Talking about favorite things

Talking About Favorite Things

Talking about favorite things

When you talk about your favorite things you talk about the best liked or most enjoyed things.

Examples:

·         "What's your favorite color?" "Green."

Study the dialogue:

Leila is talking to her new friend Cathy:

Leila:	What kind of films do you like best?
Cathy:	Science fiction. And you?
Leila:	Comedy. And who's your favorite actor?
Cathy:	Tom Cruise.
Leila:	I like Robert de Nero most.

Asking about favorite things:

• What's your favorite sport?
• What sport do you like best?
• What sport do you like most?
• What kind of sport do you like best?
• Who's your favorite football player?

Responding:

• My favorite sport is football.
• I like football best.
• I like football most.
• My favorite football player is Ronaldo.

Things to remember:

• "Favourite" is British spelling.
• "Favorite" is American spelling.

My favorite things

Raindrops on roses and whiskers on kittens
Bright copper kettles and warm woollen mittens
Brown paper packages tied up with strings
These are a few of my ___________ things

Cream colored ponies and crisp apple strudels
Doorbells and sleigh bells and schnitzel with noodles
Wild geese that fly with the _________ on their wings
These are a few of my favorite things.

_______________ in white dresses with blue satin sashes
Snowflakes that stay on my nose and eyelashes
Silver white winters that melt into springs
These are a few of my favorite things

When the ___________ bites, when the bee __________
When I'm feeling _________
I simply remember my favorite things
And then I don't feel so bad

____________ on roses and whiskers on kittens
Bright copper kettles and warm woolen mittens
Brown paper _________ tied up with strings
These are a few of my favorite things

Cream colored __________ and crisp apple strudels
Doorbells and sleigh bells and schnitzel with noodles
Wild geese that fly with the moon on their wings
These are a few of my ____________  _________________

Girls in white dresses with blue satin sashes
Snowflakes that stay on my nose and eyelashes
Silver white winters that melt into springs
These are a few of my favorite things

When the dog bites, when the bee stings
When I'm feeling sad
I simply___________________ my favorite things
And then I don't feel ______________ ______________

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Ejercicios 20/05

       A-Fill in the blanks with A / AN or THE or nothing at all.

1. ______________most of _____________ stories people tell about_________Irish are not true.

2. ______________beef we had for dinner last night was excellent.

3. Everyone has problems in ________________ life.

4. I don't know much about _______________ life of Napoleon.

5. My grandmother had _____________ long life.

6. Yes, my name is ___________ Simpson, but I'm not ____________ Simpson you're looking for.

7. _____________ people wear jewellery to look more attractive.

8. _______________ jewellery Diana wearing today is beautiful.

9. Mary is wearing ____________ gold ring today. It is made of ___________ gold.

10. _______ word to __________ wise is _________ sufficient

B- Fill in the correct word (some or any).

1. Sue went to the cinema with________of her friends!
2. Jane doesn't have________ friends.
3. Have you got__________brothers or sisters?
4. Here is__________food for the cat.
5. I think you should put __________flowers on the table.
6. Could you check if there are__________calls on the answering machine?
7. I don't want __________presents for my birthday.
8. Did they have __________news for you?
9. I'm hungry - I'll have__________sandwiches.
10. There aren't __________apples left.
    
    
    
    C-  Write the correct Posesive Adjective (My/Your/His/Her/Its/Our/Their)
    

    1.	The boy likes school.
    2.	Mary sees mother every day.
    3.	My friends bring children to our place on Saturdays.
    4.	The cat eats food quickly.
    5.	I often forget key.
    6.	You write in book in class.
    7.	We bring pencils to class.
    8.	The men always bring wives to the party.
    9.	Mr Adams teaches class in the morning.
    10.	She likes to give presents to grandchildren.

There is / There are Explicación

Las expresiones there is y there are se utilizan en inglés para indicar que un objeto o una persona se encuentran en un sitio especificado. La particularidad de estas estructuras consiste en que there no es el sujeto real del verbo to be, aunque lo preceda. El sujeto real del verbo se encuentra en la posición inmediatamente posterior:

There is a book on the table.

There are two books on the table.

A diferencia de la palabra  “hay” en castellano, que es invariable, la forma del verbo to be cambia en función de la naturaleza del sujeto real, como podéis ver a continuación:

1. Utilizamos there is cuando el sujeto es:

• Un sustantivo contable singular:

There is an apple in the basket.

Observad que el sustantivo lleva el artículo idenfinido (a/an). Normalmente no se utiliza el artículo definido the con there is:

*There is the apple in the basket.

• Un sustantivo incontable:

There is some tea in the pot.

There is ice on the street.

Los sustantivos incontables pueden llevar cuantificadores como some, any, much, a lot of etc.

2. Utilizamos there are cuando el sujeto es:

• Un sustantivo plural:

There are two apples in the basket.

Importante:

Recordad que en inglés los sustantivos irregulares, aunque no lleven la marca “s”, requieren el acuerdo en plural con el verbo to be:

There are a lot of people in the street.

There are twenty children in the class.

La forma negativa de las expresiones existenciales there is / there are se construye con la partícula negativa not:

There isn’t any apple in the basket.

There aren’t twenty children in the class.

Observad que para decir que no hay ningún o ninguna se utiliza el cuantificador any.

La forma interrogativa se construye mediante una inversión entre el verbo to be y el sujeto “postizo” there:

Is there an apple in the basket?

Are there twenty children in the class?

Adjetivos Posesivos-Explicación

Los adjetivos posesivos se utilizan para indicar quien tiene la propriedad sobre una(s) cosa(s). En inglés, distinguimos entre uno o más proprietarios y, cuando hay un solo propietario, también distinguimos su género. El número de los objetos “en propriedad” no tiene relevancia y, por tanto, no se señala .

I have a car. // It’s my car.

You have a car. // It’s your car.

He has a car. // It’s his car.

She has a car. // It’s her car.

It has a car. // It’s its car.

We have a car. // It’s our car.

You have a car. // It’s your car.

They have a car. // It’s their car.

Pequeños comentarios a lo dicho hasta ahora:

• La cantidad de objetos no se refleja en la forma del adjetivo posesivo. Lo que importa es cuantos propietarios hay:

Es mi coche. It’s my car. Son mis coches. These are my cars.

• A nivel fonético, hay una homofonía (suenan igual) entre las formas he’s y his o bien entre it’s y its o they’re y their. Es el contexto inmediato y el de la frase lo que nos dirá que forma se utiliza. Recordar que los adjetivos posesivos acompañan siempre a un nombre (la cosa que se posee).

Ejercicios Vocabulario 13/05

Preposiciones de Lugar vs Preposiciones de Tiempo