idioms

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Festivals

Practise vocabulary about HALLOWEEN!!!
Taken from OXFORD UNIVERSITY PRESS. Interesting!! Go ahead:




http://http//promo.oupe.es/halloween/#eoi

Sports

Speak about sports with your partner. Watch the video and answer the questions:

Get together with an English speaking friend or relative and discuss these questions.

1 Do you enjoy doing any sports? Which ones?
2 Do you enjoy watching any? Which ones?
3 What do you know about extreme sports?
4 Would you like to try jumping off a mountain with a parachute? Why or why not?
6 Do you own any sports or adventure clothing? If so, when do you wear it?
7 How many of each of these items do you own? Do they have a special purpose?
a pair of shoes - b pair of boots - c coat or jacket - d trousers - e hats or other head wear

Now watch this Oxford University Press video about Berghaus, the British outdoor clothing and equipment brand, and answer the questions below.

a What is the first sport the people are doing at the beginning of the video?
b What sports do Berghaus make clothing and equipment for?
c What types of clothing can we see in the shop?
d What happens inside the big Pentland Distribution Services building?
e What do the two people do at the end of the video?



You can read the transcript of the video clip here.

Key:
a mountain climbing
b outdoor sports like skiing, mountain climbing, etc.
c shirts, jackets, sunglasses, T-shirts, shoes, boots, trousers, fleeces, rain jackets
d Finished items are wrapped, packed, weighed, and distributed.
e They jump off the mountain and parachute to the bottom.

Countables and Uncountables

Watch this video to practise the use of Countables and Uncountables. Very practical and useful to remember!!!!
Taken from: podEnglish - Youtube

The bench

This video belongs to a series of videos by VAUGHAN. Here this man describes what a bench is and the different places or circumstances where you can fin a bench. Pay attention to the way he pronounces the "B" and "CH" sound. Look at his lips!! Interesting to improve your vocabulary and pronunciation!!

Taken from: Youtube - Vaughan Inglés

Grammar

USED TO / BE USED TO:
How can I write "Solía, suelo, sueles tú.., Estoy acostumbrado a..." etc...? The answer on this page:
Taken from: www.englishclub.com

Be used to

Do not confuse be used to with with the special construction used to do. They have different meanings.

Be used to something
Be used to doing

Be used to is an expression. It is not a tense. If I say "I am used to Thailand", it is like saying "I am accustomed to Thailand."

Structure of Be used to

The structure is:

subject + be + used to + object

	subject	main verb be	not	used to	object
+	I	am		used to	horses.
-	He	is	not	used to	horses.
	We	aren't		used to	horses.
?	Are	you		used to	horses?

If the object invoves a verb, we use the -ing form:

I	am	not	used to	being lied to.
He	is		used to	working late.
We	aren't		used to	taking the bus.
Are	you		used to	cooking?

Why do we use -ing for a verb after be used to? Because we always use -ing for a verb after a preposition - and the to is a preposition.

Use of Be used to

The be used to expression is for talking about something that is familiar to us or easy for us. For example:

• I am used to driving on the left.

It means that it is not a problem for me to drive on the left of the road. I am Japanese. In Japan, people drive on the left. Now I am living in the USA where people drive on the right. Of course, I drive on the right in the USA, but when I go to Japan it is easy for me to drive on the left because "I am used to it".

Look at these examples.

• I am used to hard work.


• I am used to working hard.


• He is not used to New York.


• He isn't used to living in New York.


• Are you used to fast food?


• Are you used to eating quickly?

Tenses

We can use be used to in any tense. We just conjugate the verb be in the tense that we need. Look at these examples:

• When we lived in Bangkok, we were used to hot weather.


• I have been used to snakes for a long time.


• You will soon be used to living alone.

Now check your understanding »

Used to do

Do not confuse used to do with with the expression be used to. They have different meanings.

We use used to do to talk about the past. It is not a tense but it is like a tense. It is a special expression. We use the expression used to do for the past only.

Structure of Used to do

The structure is:

	subject	auxiliary did	not	main verb use	infinitive
+	I			used	to do.
-	I	did	not	use	to do.
?	Did	you		use	to do?

Used or use? when there is did in the sentence, we say use to (without d) when there is no did in the sentence, we say used to (with d)

Use of Used to do

We use the used to do expression to talk about:

• an activity that we did regularly in the past (like a habit)


• a situation that was true in the past

I used to smoke. ////// past present future

Look at these examples.

the past	the present
She used to work in a shop.	Now she works in a bank.
He used to watch a lot of TV.	Now he doesn't watch much TV.
They used to be married.	Now they are divorced.
There used to be a cinema here.	Now there is a supermarket here.
I didn't use to go swimming.	Now I go swimming.
Did you use to smoke?

Grammar

USED TO / BE USED TO:
How can I write "Solía, suelo, sueles tú.., Estoy acostumbrado a..." etc...? The answer on this page:
Taken from: www.englishclub.com

Be used to

Do not confuse be used to with with the special construction used to do. They have different meanings.

Be used to something
Be used to doing

Be used to is an expression. It is not a tense. If I say "I am used to Thailand", it is like saying "I am accustomed to Thailand."

Structure of Be used to

The structure is:

subject + be + used to + object

	subject	main verb be	not	used to	object
+	I	am		used to	horses.
-	He	is	not	used to	horses.
	We	aren't		used to	horses.
?	Are	you		used to	horses?

If the object invoves a verb, we use the -ing form:

I	am	not	used to	being lied to.
He	is		used to	working late.
We	aren't		used to	taking the bus.
Are	you		used to	cooking?

Why do we use -ing for a verb after be used to? Because we always use -ing for a verb after a preposition - and the to is a preposition.

Use of Be used to

The be used to expression is for talking about something that is familiar to us or easy for us. For example:

• I am used to driving on the left.

It means that it is not a problem for me to drive on the left of the road. I am Japanese. In Japan, people drive on the left. Now I am living in the USA where people drive on the right. Of course, I drive on the right in the USA, but when I go to Japan it is easy for me to drive on the left because "I am used to it".

Look at these examples.

• I am used to hard work.


• I am used to working hard.


• He is not used to New York.


• He isn't used to living in New York.


• Are you used to fast food?


• Are you used to eating quickly?

Tenses

We can use be used to in any tense. We just conjugate the verb be in the tense that we need. Look at these examples:

• When we lived in Bangkok, we were used to hot weather.


• I have been used to snakes for a long time.


• You will soon be used to living alone.

Now check your understanding »

Used to do

Do not confuse used to do with with the expression be used to. They have different meanings.

We use used to do to talk about the past. It is not a tense but it is like a tense. It is a special expression. We use the expression used to do for the past only.

Structure of Used to do

The structure is:

	subject	auxiliary did	not	main verb use	infinitive
+	I			used	to do.
-	I	did	not	use	to do.
?	Did	you		use	to do?

Used or use? when there is did in the sentence, we say use to (without d) when there is no did in the sentence, we say used to (with d)

Use of Used to do

We use the used to do expression to talk about:

• an activity that we did regularly in the past (like a habit)


• a situation that was true in the past

I used to smoke. ////// past present future

Look at these examples.

the past	the present
She used to work in a shop.	Now she works in a bank.
He used to watch a lot of TV.	Now he doesn't watch much TV.
They used to be married.	Now they are divorced.
There used to be a cinema here.	Now there is a supermarket here.
I didn't use to go swimming.	Now I go swimming.
Did you use to smoke?

videos in english

This is a video specially created for begginers and allows them to understand short conversations in British English. (very interesting).

Taken from: bbclearning.com

videos in english

This is a video specially created for begginers and allows them to understand short conversations in British English. (very interesting).

Taken from: bbclearning.com