jueves, 23 de septiembre de 2010

Greetings: listening quizzes

 
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Introductions


Introducing yourself
1. What's your _____________?
A. I'm Nancy.
B. I'm from Russia.
C. I'm a student.
2. Where do you _______________?
A. I'm from Canada.
B. I live in Chicago.
C. I'm fine.
3. How's _________________________?
A. Okay.
B. I'm going to school.
C. No problem.
4. _______________ does she _____________?
A. She likes to work.
B. She's a teacher.
C. She works at City Bank.
5. _____________________ they _______________?
A. They're from Mexico.
B. They are in school.
C. They live in Tokyo.
6. _____________________________________________________?
A. I'm getting married soon.
B My father is a doctor.
C. I have three brothers.
7. _____________________________________________________?
A. I'm fine.
B. Nothing much.
C. That's too bad.
8. _____________________________________________________?
A. He's Japanese.
B. He's from Italy.
C. He's an engineer.
9. _____________________________________________________?
A. I like to exercise.
B. I'm busy this weekend.
C. I don't like sports.
10. _____________________________________________________?
A. He lives in Hong Kong.
B. He works downtown.
C. He's a doctor.



Correct answers:
  1. What's your name? (I'm Nancy.)
  2. Where do you live? (I live in Chicago.)
  3. How's it going? (Okay.)
  4. Where does she work? (She works at City Bank.)
  5. Where are they from? (They are from Mexico.)
  6. How many people are in your family? (I have three brothers.)
  7. Hey, what's new? (Nothing much.)
  8. What does he do? (He's an engineer.)
  9. What do you do in your spare time? (I like to exercise.)
  10. What does your father do for a living? (He's a doctor.)



Post-Listening Exercises

With a partner, practice starting and keeping the conversation going. Think carefully about what questions you would ask in each situation:

  1. at a bus stop waiting for the next bus
  2. in a park walking your dog
  3. on the first day of class right before school begins
  4. on a plane waiting for takeoff
  5. at a friend's house for a barbecue
  6. at your 20th high school reunion 

Names


Names:
Meeting New People

1. Hi. My name's ______________.
A. Josh
B. Jacob
C. Jared
2. I want you to meet my sister, _____________.
A. Tammy
B. Candy
C. Amy

3. All of my friends call me __________.
A. Nick
B. Mike
C. Matt
4. The teacher's name is ____________ Smith.
A. Dennis
B. Douglas
C. Daniel
5. __________________ is sixteen years old.
A. Amanda
B. Alisa
C. Alex
6. Do you know ___________________?
A. Pat
B Peter
C. Paul
7. ___________________________ on Friday.
A. Natalia's
B. Nicole's
C. Nancy's
8. Is your ________________. _____________ remember.
A. Russel
B. Randall
C. Richard
9. __________________ in Los Angeles but she __________________.
A. Laura
B. Lisa
C. Lauren
10. ____________________________________________.
A. Ted
B. Tim
C. Todd





Correct answers:
  1. Hi. My name's Josh.
  2. I want you to meet my sister, Amy.
  3. All of my friends call me Mike.
  4. The teacher's name is Daniel Smith.
  5. Amanda is sixteen years old.
  6. Do you know where Paul is?
  7. Nicole's birthday is on Friday.
  8. Is your roommate's name Randall? I can't remember.
  9. Lauren was born in Los Angeles but she grew up in Texas.
  10. Before he graduated from college, Ted traveled around Europe for three weeks.




Post-Listening Exercises


Introduce yourself to a partner and find out the names of the people in his or her family. Do any of their names have any special meaning in their native languages? Use the Internet and search under "baby names" or other similar keywords to help you. 
 

lunes, 20 de septiembre de 2010

Pronunciation

Pronunciación del Inglés

Guía de la pronunciación del idioma inglés.

Temas importantes

Palabras con patrones de letras para ciertos sonidos

Sonido “ái”line, night, fly, lie, find, … Sonido “éi”tail, place, stay, eight, … Sonido “óu”gold, coat, hole, slow, … Sonido “áu”round, out, down, now, … Sonido “iú”cube, use, new, view, … Sonido “éar”care, rare, fair, pear, … Sonido “éer”learn, turn, bird, sir, … Sonido “íar”fear, near, beer, here, … Sonido “áier”fire, hire, dryer, flyer, … Sonido “óo”ball, law, cause, fraud, …

Palabras con letras mudas (Silent “letters)

Silent “b”debt, doubt, subtle, … Silent “c”muscle, scene, science, … Silent “d”handkerchief, handsome, … Silent “g”gnome, sign, foreign, … Silent “h”heir, honest, ghost, … Silent “k”knee, knife, knot, … Silent “l”could, half, folk, palm, … Silent “n”autumn, column, hymn, … Silent “p”cupboard, corps, receipt, … Silent “s”aisle, island, debris, chassis, … Silent “t”castle, listen, ballet, depot, … Silent “w”wrap, wreck, answer, sword, … 
 

Básicos: enlaces y cómics

En gramática inglesa, podrás aprender de forma sencilla las reglas gramaticales de esta lengua: verbos, adjetivos, sustantivos, artículos, pronombres, preposiciones, etc. 













Modismos y saludos

MODISMOS
La mayoría de las expresiones que vamos a ver a continuación constituyen frases idiomáticas o modismos. Los modismos son formas del idioma que no obedecen algunas reglas gramaticales y muchas de ellas no tienen traducción literal.
buenos días


buenas tardes


buenas noches
(al llegar a un lugar)


buenas noches
(para despedirnos)


por favor


dispénseme, excúseme


¿Cómo está usted?


gracias


gracias (a usted)


muchísimas gracias


por nada, no hay de que


adiós


muy bien


correcto, muy bien


bien


un poco


un poquito
good morning
(gúud mórning)

good afternoon
(gúud áfternun)

good evening
(gúud ívning)


good night
(gúud náit)


please
(plíis)

excuse me
(ekskiús mi)

How are you?
(jáo ar iú)

thanks
(zenkz)

thank you
(zenk iú)

thank you very much
(zenk iú véri moch)

you are welcome
(iú ar uélkom)

good bye
(gúud bái)

very well
(véri uél)

all right
(ol ráit)

fine
(fáin)

a little
(e lírel)

a little bit
(e lírel bit)




Frases Misceláneas 

Español
¿Cómo está Ud?
Bien, gracias
Inglés
How are you?
(jáo ar iú?)
Fine, Thank you
(fáin, zenk iú)
¿Cuál es su nombre?
Mi nombre es...
¿Cuánto cuesta?
¿Dónde están los baños?
Mi dirección es...
Mi número de teléfono es...
Soy de (Uruguay)
What is your name?
(juát is iúr néim?)
My name is...
(mái néim is...)
How much is it?
(jáo moch is it?)
Where are the restrooms?
(juér ar de réstrums?)
My address is...
(mái ádres is...)
My telephone number is...
(mái télefoun námber is...)
I am from ____
(ái am from ____)
¿Habla usted Español?
Hable despacio por favor.
Repítalo, por favor.
Entiendo un poco.
No entiendo.
¿Qué quiere decir eso?
No hablo inglés.
Estoy perdido(a).
No hablo bien inglés.

Do you speak Spanish?
(du iú spíik spánish?)
Please, speak slowly.
(plíis, spíik slóuli)
Please, repeat that.
(plíis, ripíit dat)
I understand a little.
(ái anderstánd e lírel)
I don’t understand.
(ái dont anderstánd)
What does that mean?
(juát das dat min?)
I don’t speak English.
(ái dont spíik ínglish)
I am lost.
(ái am lost)
My English is not good.
(mái ínglish is not gúud)


Vocabulario 
Esta compilación de vocabulario en inglés le ofrece más ejemplos de pronunciación de palabras.

Significado
color
completo
declaración
declinación, decadencia
decoración
dedicar
escritorio
perro
ganar; merecer
ganancias; sueldo
tranquilo; cómodo
fácilmente; sin dudas
Este (punto cardinal)
fácil
comer
Inglés
color
complete
declaration
decline
decoration
dedicate
desk
dog
earn
earnings
ease
easily
east
easy
eat
Pronunciación
cólor
complíit
declaréishion
decláin
decoréishion
dédikeit
desk
dog
ern
érnings
íiss
ísili
ist
ísi
íit


Randall's Basic Self-Study Guide
Are you searching for listening activities based on specific topics? If so, I have organized many of the listening activities on www.esl-lab.com and all my other sites (www.trainyouraccent.com, www.ezslang.com, www.dailyesl.com, and www.tips4students.com) according to subject and language function. This guide can help you find the topics you want to study.



Short Listening (SL-Basic English), Easy (E), Medium (M), and Difficult (D)








Unit


Title


Listening Quizzes


Language Function


1
Introductions Listening Conversations: (www.esl-lab.com)
introducing yourself;
greetings


2
Education Listening Conversations: (www.esl-lab.com)
Vocabulary: (from www.esl-lab.com)

Other Practice:
talking about education


3
Work Listening Conversations: (www.esl-lab.com)
Vocabulary: (from www.esl-lab.com)

Other Practice:
talking about employment


4
Living Arrangements Listening Conversations:
Vocabulary: (from www.esl-lab.com)

Other Practice:
finding a place to live; describing living conditions


5
Shopping, Money, and the Community Listening Conversations:
Vocabulary: (from www.esl-lab.com)

Other Practice:
dealing with shopping and other community services


6
Family Life and RelationshipsListening Conversations:
Vocabulary: (from www.esl-lab.com)

Other Practice:
introducing your family;
discussing life at home


7
On the PhoneListening Conversations:
Other Practice:
requesting information;
leaving messages


8
Travel Listening Conversations:
Vocabulary: (from www.esl-lab.com)

Other Practice:
making reservations;
understanding travel announcements


9
Food and Dining Out Listening Conversations:
Vocabulary: (from www.esl-lab.com)

Other Practice:
ordering at a restaurant;
cooking; calling for pizza


10
PeopleListening Conversations:
Vocabulary: (from www.esl-lab.com)

describing people


11
Sports and RecreationListening Conversations:
Vocabulary: (from www.esl-lab.com)

Other Practice:
talking about sports and recreational activities


12
EntertainmentListening Conversations:
Vocabulary: (from www.esl-lab.com)

Other Practice:
describing personal preferences entertainment


13
HealthListening Conversations:
Vocabulary: (from www.esl-lab.com)

Other Practice:
discussing areas of physical and mental fitness


14
Culture and SocietyListening Conversations:
Vocabulary: (from www.esl-lab.com)

Other Practice:
discussing cultural issues


15
Science and the EnvironmentListening Conversations:
talking about world culture, problems, and human relations
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