CONVERSATION QUESTIONS BIRTHDAYS

 

Una nueva entrega de Conversation Questions, esta vez con el tema de los Cumpleaños.

1.- When is your birthday?

2.- How do you like to celebrate your birthday?

3.- Have you ever had a surprise party?

4.- What is the best birthday gift you have ever received?

5.- What is the worst birthday gift you have ever received?

6.- What is your best birthday memory?

7.- What is your worst birthday memory?

8.- Is the cost of a present important to you?

9.- Which is a better present, a well-chosen gift or money?

10.- Do you know of any big events that happened the year you were born?

TAKE ON ME - A-HA

1.- Historia

A mediados de los 80's, un grupo noruego se hizo famoso a nivel mundial con una sola canción y su correspondiente videoclip. Pal Waaktaar y Mags Furuholmen se conocieron desde niños en su ciudad natal, Oslo. Durante su adolescencia conocieron a Morten Harket y luego (1983) se mudaron a Londres. Tras 2 años de trabajo y de dejar "Demos" o maquetas a varias compañías, obtienen un contrato con Warner Bros. Records y graban su primer single"Take On Me". Al principio este tema no tuvo el éxito esperado. Pero, después de la creación y presentación del videoclip animado, se convirtió en uno de los más importantes del grupo y de la cadena MTV. El nombre del grupo proviene de una canción que Pal escribió. A-HA cuenta con otros éxitos como"Hunting High And Low", "The Sun Always Shines On Tv", "Stay On These Roads", "You Are The One" y el tema principal del film de James Bond, "The Living Daylights".

Fuente: https://the-music-history.blogspot.com/2014/03/the-80s-part-ii-bands.html

2.- Lyrics

We're talking away

I don't know what I'm to say

I'll say it anyway

Today is another day to find you

Shyin' away

Oh, I'll be comin' for your love, okay

(Chorus)

Take on me

(Take on me)

Take me on

(Take on me)

I'll be gone

In a day or two

So needless to say

I'm odds and ends

But I'll be stumblin' away

Slowly learnin' that life is okay

Say after me

It's no better to be safe than sorry

(Repeat Chorus)

All the things that you say, yeah

Is it life or just to play my worries away?

You're all the things I've got to remember

You're shyin' away

I'll be comin' for you anyway

(Repeat chorus x3)

3.- Vocabulary

- Anyway = De todas formas

- Shyin' = Shying = Asustándose

- Needless = Sin necesidad, innecesariamente

- Worries = Preocupaciones

4.- Grammar

a) Phrasal Verbs

- Talk away = Hablar sin parar

- Stumblin' away = Ir dando tumbos

- Shy away = Huir de algo

5.- Videoclip

THE SIMPLE PAST TENSE TEST

Un nuevo test y en esta ocasión dedicado al Pasado Simple.

Se trata de encontrar el verbo principal y de cambiarlo a su forma base u original.

Ejemplo:

- Jim went to work. = Went = Go (ir)

1  She saw your brother.

2  He slept till 10.00.

3  They drank all the wine.

4 She thought about it.

5 The police caught the thief.

6 She found her watch.

7 His nose bled.

8 He lost his wallet.

9 His son wrote a novel.

10 Tom laid the table.

11 She sold the car.

12 Jean rang the bell.

13 He shook the bottle.

14 He forgave her.

15 The sun rose at 6.00.

SUBJECT AND OBJECT PRONOUNS TEST

En este pequeño test, nos centramos en estos dos tipos de pronombres.

En las siguientes frases se debe elegir la opción correcta. Siga el ejemplo.

EJEMPLO:

* ___ telephoned yesterday. (She/Her)

* I called ___. (he/him)

1.- Hasn't ___ arrived yet? (she/her)

2.- ___ don't understand. (I/Me)

3.- Are you talking to ___? (I/me)

4.- Don't ask ___ because ___ doesn't know. (she-her/her_she)

5.- John saw ___. (she/her)

6.- Nobody told ___ the bus was leaving. (they/them)

7.- Why didn't Tom ask ___ to come to the party? (she/her)

8.- Please, don't ask ___. (I/me)

9.- Marc thinks ___ doesn't like chocolate. (she/her)

10.- Mary invited ___. (they/them)