Summer in Valencia

Things that I Like to Do

I am 12 years old and I think that I am a normal person for my age. The summer began two weeks ago and school finished at about the same time. I don’t have to wake up early in the morning to go to school. I have lots of free time (I have a lot of free time).  I don’t have to study. I don’t have homework. I am free.

In the summer I like to go to the beach. I go to the Malvarosa which is the beach in Valencia. It isn’t far from my house. I can go to the beach on the bus or I can ride my bike. I can go on Valenbisi and then I can come back on the bus.  After a day at the beach in the hot sun I am very tired. It is hot in the afternoon and it is very sunny.

When I go to the beach I go to a café to drink a lemonade or a Coca cola. If I am hungry I eat lunch at the café. I can swim in the sea or play volleyball. There is a lot to do at the beach. If I want to read a book I can read. Sometimes I study English at the beach for three or four hours. That is a lie. I am lying. I never study English at the beach.

Tomorrow I am going to the beach with two of my friends. We will leave at 11:30 in the morning and we will return at four o’clock. I am going to swim. I will play football on the beach.We are going to have a lot of fun at the beach.

Questions

1) The thief took the painting from the museum at one o’clock in the morning because he loves art.

Who took the painting from the museum?

What did the thief take?

When did the thief take the painting?

Where did he steal the painting?

Why did he take it?

2) The next day Harry puts the painting in a newspaper and then he puts it under his bed to hide it.

Who puts the painting in the newspaper?

What does he put in the newspaper?

When does Harry put the painting in the newspaper?

Where does he put the newspaper?

Why does he put the newspaper under his bed?

3) The newspaper recycling truck comes every Friday so Janey takes all of the old newspapers from every room in the house because she thinks that recycling is very important.

Who takes the newspapers from every room in the house?

What comes every Friday?

When does the newspaper recycling truck come?

From where does Janey take the newspapers?

Why does she take the newspapers from the house?

4) Homer works every day at the Springfield Nuclear Power Plant to make money for his family.

Who works at the Springfield Nuclear Power Plant?

What does Homer do every day?

When does Homer work?

Where does he work?

Why does Homer work every day?

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Ordinal Numbers

first	1st
second	2nd
third	3rd
fourth	4th
fifth	5th
sixth	6th
seventh	7th
eighth	8th
ninth	9th
tenth	10th
eleventh	11th
twelfth	12th
thirteenth	13th
fourteenth	14th
fifteenth	15th
sixteenth	16th
seventeenth	17th
eighteenth	18th
nineteenth	19th
twentieth	20th
twenty-first	21st
twenty-second	22nd
twenty-third	23rd
twenty-fourth	24th
thirtieth	30th
thirty-first	31st
fortieth	40th
fiftieth	50th
sixtieth	60th
seventieth	70th
eightieth	80th
ninetieth	90th
hundredth	100th
hundred and first	101st
hundred and fifty-second	152nd
two hundredth	200th
thousandth	1,000th
millionth	1,000,000th
billionth	1,000,000,000th
trillionth	1,000,000,000,000th

Days of the Week

• Monday
• Tuesday
• Wednesday
• Thursday
• Friday
• Saturday
• Sunday

 Saturday and Sunday are known as the weekend. Monday through Friday are week days.

Months of the Year

• January
• February
• March
• April
• May
• June
• July
• August
• September
• October
• November
• December

 Seasons of the Year

• Summer
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• Spring
• Autumn / Fall

Much (uncountable) & Many (countable)

- Why do you ask me so many questions? Do you have too much time? - No, I want to learn more. - Well, then you should buy a good grammar book. It doesn't cost that much. - But I already have so many books and it always takes so much time to find the right one. - Really? How many books do you have? - I don't know the exact number but it must be over three hundred. - Well, that's quite a lot. You have a lot of books. You have lots of books. - How much time do you spend reading them? - Oh, I don't read that much these days. My friend says I need more exercise because I'm getting fat. - I think your friend is right. A lot of people don't do enough for their bodies. It's different with me though: I do a lot of sports. - Do you? I would do more sports too if I had somewhere to go to. There aren't any good sports facilities in this town. - You must be kidding/joking. There are a lot of places for sports. You just have to take action. - OK, you are right. Why don't you take me with you the next time you go? I think we can have a lot of fun together. - OK, I’ll call you the next time I go to the gym. I must run now -- there are more people who want to ask me questions. - Oh, I see. It's always the same. Everybody seems to be in a hurry today. Anyway, many thanks to you for your advice.

I have many books = I have a lot of books = I have lots of books - tengo muchos libros

To Be or Not To Be

El verbo BE tiene tres conjugaciones en el presente simple: am | are | is.

	singular			plural
first person	I am, I'm			we are, we're
second person	you are, you're			you are
third person	he, she, it is, he's			they are, they're

En el pasado simple, el verbo BE tiene dos conjugaciones : was | were.

	singular			plural
1st per	I was			we	were
2nd per	you were			you	were
3rd per	he, she, it	was		they	were

Las funcciones del verbo BE

El verbo BE, seguido por un adjectivo, se usa para describir una persona, un lugar o una cosa. Algunos ejemplos en el presente:

person		place		thing
persona		lugar		cosa
I am tired.		Costa Rica is warm.		The building is tall.
Estoy cansado.		Hace calor en Costa Rica.		El edificio es grande.
She is kind.		The rooms are large.		My ideas are bad.
Ella es simpática.		Los cuartos son grandes.		Mis ideas son malos.

Y en el pasado:

person		place		thing
I was hot.		The caves were humid.		The exam was easy.
Tenía calor.		Las cuevas eran humidas.		El examen fue fácil.
We were late.		Paris was magnificent.		The tea was cold.
Éramos tarde.		Paris era magnífico.		El té era frío.

El verbo BE, seguido por un sustantivo/nombre, se usa para identificar una persona o la relación entre varias personas.

I am a lawyer.

Soy abogado.

He is a student.

Él es un estudiante.

We are friends.

Somos amigos.

El verbo BE, seguido por una preposición, se usa para identificar el lugar o el origen de una persona o una cosa.

	location	origin
person	I am at work.	He is from Mexico City.
	Estoy al trabajo.	Es de la Ciudad de Mexico.
	The man is in the car.	Tom was born in Chile.
	El hombre está en el coche.	Tom nació en Chile.
thing	The keys are by the door.	It is made in a factory.
	Las llaves están al lado de la puerta.	Está hecho en una fábrica.
	My book was on the table.	These were bought in Italy.
	Mi libro estaba en la mesa.	Fueron comprados en Italia.

There is/There are

"There is" y "There are" quieren decir "Hay" en español.  "There is" es singular y "There are" es plural.

There is a book. (Hay un libro.)*
There are books. (Hay libros.)

*Se puede hacer una contracción de "There is" a "There's".  No se puede hacer una contracción de "There are."

• Un sustantivo incontable:

There is some tea in the pot.

There is ice on the street.

Los sustantivos incontables pueden llevar cuantificadores como some, any, much, a lot of etc.

El negativo es "There is not" y "There are not" y sus contracciones.

There is not a book. - There isn't a book.
There are not books. - There aren't books.

Para formar una pregunta nada más cambiamos el orden de las palabras.

Is there a book?
     Yes, there is.
     No, there isn't.

Are there books?
     Yes, there are.
     No, there aren't.

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Modal Verbs

Can - Poder Could - pasado de Can / Podría Must - Deber Should - Debería Would - el Condicional Will - El Futuro May + Might – una posibilidad