Time!!!

"A stitch in time saves nine." - proverb



"Time is of the essence." - idiom



"Time heals all wounds." - proverb



Time is an important word in English, and we have a lot of expressions to talk about it, and a lot of things to say about it. However, there´s some confusion about how to express time in English, specially, using prepositions: IN and ON. Here´s a short guide to help save time!





IN - used with: months, years, decades, centuries, and epochs:





E.G.: She was born in september;


She was born in 1958;


She was born in september 1958;


Ernest Hemingway lived in Paris in the 1920s;


Healthcare is much better today than it was in the 1700s;


In the Ace Age, many animals became extinct.

We also use "IN" with morning, afternoon, and evening:

I usually get up early in the morning.

In the afternoon, I like to take a short walk.

I sometimes go out in the evening.

"IN" is also used to talk about a period of time from the present to some period in the future, which can be anything from a second to thousand of years:

I´ll come help you in a second.

My brother is coming to visit me in a few days.

I´ll call you back in an hour.

She´s going to Japan in six months.

Her goal is to be a multimillionare in ten years.

I expect that in 100 years the world will be very different.

"AT" is used with specific times of day:

we have a meeting at two o' clock.

My train is at 4:30.

We also use "AT" with night and words like dawn and sunset:

- Seth like to look at the stars at night.

-Our baby wakes up at dwan and starts screaming and crying.

- The sky is beautiful at sunrise.

- I love to look out over the ocean at sunset.

Vocabulary:

extinct: describes something (frequently animals) that no longer exists

dawn/sunrise: when the sun comes up and starts the day.

sunset: When the sun goes down and starts the evening;

to scream: to make very loud and high sound like when you´re scared.

A good destination for a lot of people: Fucking in Austria

Please, don´t think i´m a bad teacher... I´m just giving you an advice for your next trip to Europe. As you can see in this link, Fucking is a city, in Austria. I´ve never been there before, but it is true!!!
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=T5AkDN1Xr6Y&feature=related
http://fuckinggreatstuff.com/
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=h3oT_hyRPms a funny video from an american program calling for someone in Fucking!!
** My friend said they usually have a problem with their shapes on the road, because most of them are steal.
Imagine the shape: WELCOME TO FUCKING! And the t-shirts from them: I´ve been in Fucking! or I love Fucking!
It´s true! (lol)

sufixo: "-ish"

Este material recebi de um site chamado Parlo.com, muitos anos atrás, quando eu estudava inglês para a escola, ou simplesmente para dificultar minha mãe de ler os meus diários adolescentes. Não sei se ainda existe o site e, se o material é disponível - não executei pesquisa.
O assunto é interessante, gramatical, pouco usado, mas a dica é boa, pois se ouvires alguém falando alguma coisa com o "ish" no final, vai saber do que se trata!

MODERATE MODIFIERS

1- Se uma pessoa é: childish, ela é?
a) young;
b) immature;
c) small.
* respostas no final desta postagem, tente pensar e chutar uma das alternativas!

2- Feeling sick - dialogue

Tom: Are you okay? You look a bit yellowish!
Jerry: Yeah, I´m fine! I was sick a little bit last week, maybe that's why.
Tom: I´m feeling kind of sick myself. I think we both could use some rest.

What means yellowish in this case? Think about it before read the answer below.

O sufixo "-ish" pode ser usado no final de um adjetivo para dizer: um tanto quanto/de certo modo ou mais ou menos.

E.G.: "you look a bit yellowish!" você parece amarelado, mas não muito!

E.G.: " She´s prettyish with brown hair and eyes" - esse é um elogio que nenhuma mulher gosta muito de ouvir... o tal do "bonitinha" - feia arrumadinha! (lol)

O sufixo "-ish" também pode ser usado no final de um substantivo para formar um adjetivo que descreve com o que a pessoa, coisa ou ação se parece:

E.G.:"He has boyish charm."
EG.: " Peter is really childish sometimes."

Você pode ainda usar o "-ish" para falar sobre a idade aproximada de alguém, ou uma hora do dia:

E.G.:"Jacob is thirthyish and handsome."
E.G.:"I´ll see you around sevenish, then."

Exercises: Forme os adjetivos combinando com "-ish":

3- around eight o'clock: -----
4- somewhat old: ------
5- Like a fool: -----
6- around twenty years old: -----
7- somewhat gray: -----
8- like a man: ----

Vocabulary:

Charm: charme;
depressed: deprimido;
disappointed: decepcionado;
fool: boba;
immature: imaturo;
rude: grosso/rude.


*resposta: 1-b (uma pessoa é childish quando ela age como criança e, por isso é imatura!
** resposta: 2 - amarelado/ amarelo/sem graça sem cor;
3- eightish; 4- oldish; 5- foolish; 6- twentyish; 7- grayish; 8- mannish

# espero que acrescente algo à vocês! Qualquer dúvida contatem-me pelos telefones, emails, este blog no ícone: comentários, MSN, skype, o que você achar melhor!
Happy day! Teacher Luciana.

Most annoying grammar mistakes in English

Most Annoying Grammar Mistakes in English
by Karen Bond
Which of the following grammar mistakes annoys you the most?

1. Third conditional

"If I would have known about the party, I would have gone to it."

This is INCORRECT, although commonly used, especially in American English.
The correct form is:
If + had + past participle, would + have + past participle
* "If I had known about the party, I would have gone."
This is CORRECT.
2. Don't vs Doesn’t
"
He don’t care about me anymore."
This is INCORRECT.
Doesn't, does not, or does are used with the third person singular - words like he, she, and it.
Don't, do not, or do are used for other subjects.
* "He doesn’t care about me anymore."
This is CORRECT.
3. Bring vs Take
"When we go to the party on Saturday, let’s bring a bottle of wine."
This is INCORRECT.
When you are viewing the movement of something from the point of arrival, use “bring”:
* "When you come to the party, please bring a bottle of wine."
This is CORRECT.
When you are viewing the movement of something from the point of departure, use “take”:
* "When we go to the party, let’s take a bottle of wine."
This is CORRECT.
4. Fewer vs Less
Sign at the checkout of a supermarket: “Ten items or less”.
This is INCORRECT.
You can count the items, so you need to use the number word “fewer”. These nouns are countable.
*
"Ten items or fewer."
This is CORRECT.
If you can’t count the substance, then you should use “less”. These nouns are uncountable.
* "You should eat less meat."
This is CORRECT.
5. However
"We were supposed to go to the dance last night, however, it was cancelled because of lack of interest."
This is INCORRECT.
A semicolon, rather than a comma, should be used to link these two complete sentences:
* "We were supposed to go to the dance last night; however, it was cancelled because of lack of interest."
This is CORRECT.
It should be noted that there ARE situations in which you can use a comma instead of a semi-colon:
* "The match at Wimbledon, however, continued despite the bad weather."
This is CORRECT.
There is only one complete sentence in this example. It is not a compound sentence.
6. Have vs Of
"I never would of thought that he’d behave like that."
This is INCORRECT.
It should be would have:
* "I never would have/would’ve thought that he’d behave like that."
This is CORRECT.
It’s the same for should and could:
"He should of come with me."
This is INCORRECT.
* "He should have/should’ve come with me."
This is CORRECT.
"She could of had anything she wanted."
This is INCORRECT.
* "She could have had anything she wanted."
This is CORRECT.
7. Double negative

"I'm not speaking to nobody in this class."
This is INCORRECT.
Since 'not' is a negative, you cannot use 'nobody' in this sentence:
* "I'm not speaking to anybody in this class."
This is CORRECT.
8. Present perfect
"He has took
the train."
This is INCORRECT.
The correct form for the present perfect is:
would + have + past participle
* "He has taken the train."
This is CORRECT.
9. Went vs Gone
"I should have went to school yesterday."
This is INCORRECT.
The correct form is:
should + have + past participle
*
"I should have gone to school yesterday."
This is CORRECT.
10. Its vs It's
"Its going to be sunny tomorrow."
This is INCORRECT.
It’s is the contraction of It is:
* "It’s going to be sunny tomorrow."
This is CORRECT.
"What’s that? I can’t remember it’s name."
This is INCORRECT.
Its is a possessive pronoun that modifies a noun:
* "What’s that? I can’t remember its name."
This is CORRECT.

** Agradecimentos: Jean Meinheardt.

Which Swedish switched witch watch which Swiss Swatch watch switch? - Tongue Twist!

1. Módulo básico Em português: Três bruxas observam três relógios Swatch. Qual bruxa observa qual relógio? Em inglês: Three witches watch three Swatch watches. Which witch watch which Swatch watch?
2. Módulo avançado Em português : Três bruxas "travestis" observam os botões de três relógios Swatch. Que bruxa travesti observa os botões de que relógio Swatch? Em inglês : Three switched witches watch three Swatch watch switches. Which switched witch watch which watch watch switch?
3. E agora, para especialistas... Em português: Três bruxas suecas transexuais observam os botões de três relógios "Swatch" suíços. Que bruxa sueca transexual observa que botão de que relógio Swatch suíço? Em inglês: Three Swedish switched witches watch three Swiss Swatch watch switches. Which Swedish switched witch watch which Swiss Swatch watch switch?

* agradecimentos ao aluno Mauro Campos Silva.

Some animations on Youtube

Hi there!
I´ve found some funny animations or some creative that you can easily watch on youtube from this links below. Most of them is not in English without speaking parts!
Hope you like it!
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=qGI_cVCmSaE (bath time)

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=nsjGlKMcEQk (it´s about GREEN);

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=sdUUx5FdySs I´t´s about KIWI (the animal from NZ who doesn´t fly and just live during the night!)

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=duPxBXN4qMg about birth (something interesting)

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=rqwdUI6-6GU about fishing;

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_HQPAGagdxM a funny dancer mouse;

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=lpX33C-XMXw don´t think bad... it´s just scratching!

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=KLYSUTYPKXI Oh, be careful! (hahaha)


PAT & Stanley
all from the lovely hipoo and the dog! http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8MEvbzfYouE&NR=1 on the bath! http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=KvLTTipoa5A&NR=1
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8MEvbzfYouE&NR=1 (in French... but it´s understandable);

This is for someone who likes clay histories or PINGU: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=oTWv63RyLP8

See ya!

Pobre de espírito: Poor of spirit

Pobre de Espírito = Poor of Spirit - Sem nenhum segredo a tradução è ao pé da letra mesmo, segundo o site: http://www.sgny.org/printer_friend/print_gloss.htm que apresenta traduções de dizeres bíblicos e religiosos em português, inglês e frances! Bem eclético, culturalmente rico e interessante.





Let - é um verbo irregular cuja conjugação (presente - passado simples - passado perfeito) é igual para todas: Let, let, let! Que legal! Então porque "Let" sendo verbo, vem com outros verbos??? Bom, a explicação que achei foi a seguinte: Let faz "prepositional verbs" que são locuções como as Phrasal verbs mas que por serem assim diferentinhas, elas não aceitam nada no meio delas com a Phrasal ver que aceita um pronome no meio dos dois termos que a compõem. Por exemplo: Let us know (phrasal verb) Let´s go (prepositional verb), mais informações veja o site: http://www.sk.com.br/sk-twow.html é excelente!!!


**** se alguém souber mais informações, ou descobrir algo errado neste blog, por favor me avise, deixe um comentário. Eu não me importo, gosto de ser corrigida.

vocabulary: "Big girls don´t cry" + Curiosity

lingers: persistir;

shelter: abrigo/ proteção;

straightening out: endireitar (pra fora);

forseek: encontrarei

binding: ligar/ encadernação, atadura (noun);

rootbeer:

concorrente: competitor/ concorrente/ rival;

internado: interned/ inner (interno);

UTI: Unity of Intesive Therapy = UIT (tradução literal, desconheço outra forma até o momento)

femur: femur;

dude: gajo (rapazoti) - slang

morrow: the next day, or tomorrow;

morons: imbecil/débil mental (slang);

morose: miserável/ mal humorado;

fielder: any member of the team which is fielding in a game such as cricket or baseball and tries to prevent the opposition from scoring;

Um bom game para as partes do corpo em ingles está no link: www.ego4u.com (ingles & alemão);

From the BBC site the explanation of: Gotta, gonna, dunno, wanna:

http://www.bbc.co.uk/worldservice/learningenglish/grammar/learnit/learnitv165.shtml

wanna / gonna
Wanna and gonna are frequently used in speech in informal colloquial English, particularly American English, instead of want to and going to. You will also see them used in writing in quotes of direct speech to show the conversational pronunciation of want to and going to.
Gonna to express the going to form of the future is used with first second and third person singular and plural. Note that in the interrogative, are is omitted in second person singular and first and second person plural
What we gonna do now? (= What are we going to do now?)
Don't know about you two. I'm gonna put my feet up and take a break.
We're gonna carry on and try and get there before dark.
What's he gonna wear on his wedding day? ~ I dunno. But he's gonna look real smart.
Wanna can be used with all persons singular and plural, except third person singular. This is because wanna scans with I want to, you want to, we want to, they want to, but not with he/she wants to where the final s is too intrusive:
What you wanna do now? (Instead of: What do you want to do now?)
I wanna go home. My mum and dad are waiting for me and they wanna go out.
You'll never give up gambling. I'm sure of that. ~ You wanna bet?(which means: Do you want to place a bet on that?)
a wannabee
This term derives originally from the US, but is now used extensively in British English. A wannabee (literally a want-to-be) is someone who is trying to copy somebody else. Usually the person they are trying to copy is somebody famous.
Scores of Britney Spears wannabees raided the shops where she had bought her latest outfit.
Gotta is used in a similar way to gonna and wanna, in this case to show the conversational pronunciation of have got to, or as informal alternatives to have to or must. It is not so much used in the interrogative:
Don't go out there tonight. It's really dangerous.
~ A man's gotta do what a man's gotta do
I gotta / I've gotta phone home right now. My mum'll be worried.
You gotta / You've gotta get changed right away. The match starts in five minutes.
Dunno, meaning I don't know is characteristic of very informal speech in British English. Note that the word stress in this expression is on the second syllable, whereas with gonna, gotta and wanna it is on the first syllable.
Are you going to college when you leave school? ~ Dunno!
Will you quit your job if they re-locate to Manchester? ~ I dunno.
When to use these expressions
You don't ever need to use these forms actively yourself, as a language learner. They may sound too informal if you do, although if other native speakers of English around you are using them, there is probably no reason why you shouldn't use them too, as you 'grow into them.' It is, of course, important to recognise and understand them.
Gotta, wanna and gonna in the history of popular music
Gotta, wanna and gonna have been used regularly in the titles and lyrics or popular songs since the 1950s or even earlier.
If you would like more practice more please visit our http://www.bbc.co.uk/worldservice/learningenglish/communicate/ in the You, Me and Us part of our website.