Madrid City Lessons

09/01/2014

Copy and paste this vocabulary list onto http://translate.google.com/ to translate it into your own language. Job search Unemployed. Out of work. Jobseeker. Job site. Job offer. Vacant position. Job opening. CV. Resume. Covering letter. To apply for a job. Applicant. Application. Recruitment...

08/01/2014

Oferta de Año Nuevo: Clases de Inglés por Skype con Robert Pearce ¡Hola! Mi nombre es Robert Pearce Jnr. y soy profesor particular de inglés online. Ofrezco: - Cinco años de experiencia dando clases en empresas y particulares (presencial y online). - Conversación con muchas correcciones y...

18/12/2013

If you enjoy soap operas, or you are a Youtube addict, and need to improve your listening skills, you should start to watch The Flatmates, a series produced by BBC Learning English, which they dub as "the world's best ELT soap opera". http://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PL63FB966A10363FAF Every...

11/12/2013

Many learners fail to pronounce consonants or groups of consonants at the end of words, mostly speakers of languages with few combinations of consonant sounds (Japanese, Chinese or Spanish). Here's a list with the most common combinations. Remember: final D's sound almost as hard as T's...

28/11/2013

In these cases, 'most people' or 'most of the people' mean 'almost everybody'. They are used in different situations, and commonly mixed up by learners. Most people - Without 'of the', people in general. Most people like chocolate. Most people work in the morning. Most people try to improve their...

21/11/2013

Interested and Interesting. Bored and Boring. Tired and Tiring. Shocked and Shocking. Excited and Exciting. Astonished and Astonishing. Annoyed and Annoying. Depressed and Depressing. These pairs of adjectives are frequently confused. There's a pattern that can help you figure out whether to...

10/09/2013

Errores con TELL y SAY: tell someone, say something "Decir algo" es "say something" y "decirle a alguien" es "tell someone". Muchos hispano hablantes decís "SAY TO me" cuando deberías decir "TELL me". Lo mismo ocurre con cualquier persona que vaya justo detrás del verbo. Ejemplos con Tell SOMEONE...

10/09/2013

Exercise on Common Phrasal Verbs Check the answers in the first comment below. You have to __________ the bus at the next station. The new bed __________ just about all the room. If you really need to use the toilet, __________ first. Their new album is __________ next September. You need an...

27/08/2013

Sí y no son mucho más frecuentes en español que yes and no en inglés. En frases donde sí y no van al principio, se suelen traducir por sujeto + auxilar en afirmativo o negativo. Ejemplos: ¿Viene? Creo que sí = Is he coming? I think HE IS Hoy trabajo pero mañana no = Today I'm working but tomorrow...

17/08/2013

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09/08/2013

Al usar pronombres como ALL, MOST, SOME, ANY, BOTH, NONE, en inglés hay que añadir OF THEM si podemos decir "de ellos" en español (a veces OF US y OF YOU). Ejemplos: La mayoría tienen apellidos italianos. = MOST OF THEM have Italian family names. ¿Viste las fotos? Algunas son increíbles. = Did...

16/07/2013

This is a common structure in English, which doesn't translate well into Spanish. Here are some examples: Le es fácil llevar la tienda. = It's easy for him to run the store. Me va bien aprender ésto. = It's good for me to learn about this. Exercise: Check the answers on the comments below Es...