Thursday 12 December 2013

Expresando obligación y prohibición en inglés/ Expressing obligation and prohibition in English: 'must' and 'mustn't'



Must is a word that is used to talk about an obligation, something you have to do, like following a law or a rule.
Mustn't is a word that is used to talk about a prohibition, about something that is forbidden.
Please remember that mustn't is NOT the negative form of must.


STRUCTURE must / mustn't + verb
Positive sentences I must do my homework.
She
must wear a uniform.
Negative sentences We mustn't talk in here!
You
mustn't steal.
Interrogative
sentences
Must I go out now?
Mummy, must we brush our teeth after dinner?
All pronouns take
must/mustn't
I
You
She
He
It
We
They
must / mustn't have a visa.
buy
a ticket.
smoke
in here.
have
long hair.


Do some exercises and improve your knowledge clicking here:

Wednesday 11 December 2013

Social Issues Exercises




How to give opinions in English/ Cómo expresar opiones en inglés.


Vocabulary for First Certificate

Click on the link below to improve your vocabulary. I find this exercise awesome because if you fail an explanation is given:

First Certificate Vocabulary


Long list of 'stupid' euphemisms



 

Insulting as an art, insults as micro literature pieces... Enjoy!!  ;)




About as bright as a burnt out 20 watt light bulb.

About as useful as a chocolate fireguard.

An experiment in Artificial Stupidity.

As much use as a one legged person at an ass kicking contest.

As much use as an ashtray on a motorcycle.

As much use as Stevie Wonder at a beauty contest.

As useful as a wooden frying pan.

Body by God, Mind by Mattel.

Forgot to pay his/her brain bill.

Goes surfing in Nebraska.

Has two brains, one's lost and the other is out looking for it.

Having an intelligence rivalled only by garden tools.

She/he fell out of the Stupid tree and hit every branch on the way down.

He/she played too much without a helmet.

She’s/ He's not the sharpest knife in the drawer.

If brains were chocolate – he/she wouldn't have enough to fill an M&M.

If she/ he were any more stupid, he’d have to be watered twice a week.

If stupid were a talent, he/she would be considered gifted.

If you gave him/her  a penny for his/her thoughts, you'd get change back.

A photographic memory, but forgot to load the film.