Halloween Night (Elima M)

A night of October, exactly Halloween´s night, in Brihuega in the park of Santa Maria; two girls were walking; these girls were Patricia and Aimara with their boy-friend Miguel and Ismael. When suddenly they heard a strange sound coming from the church. Ismael and Miguel were to the churh and saw that. These happened anything. The priest Pablo was locking the church. They were spoke with priest Pablo:
_ What are you doing here at this hour? - Asked Pablo.
_We don´t know- answered Patricia.
In this moment the lights started on and off, while a voice heart of a drain. The voice said:
_you have to speak better to Pablo, because ha has spoken to you very well. I am going to advise at my light friend, and they will punish you very hard.
Asier led and Elima Bonacho, Maria Jimenez, Elima Mérida, Laura, Coral and Noemí come very fast, and talked with him.
_ What do you want teacher?- Said Noemi
_You have to torture at this four idiot children- Said Asier.
_How are we going to torture?-Said Elima Bonacho.
_Kill than but without gunshot, only you have to torture with these things- Answered Asier.
_Fine, we will do it- Said Maria Jimenez.
_Now, we should torture they. From 12 o’clock-Said Asier.
From this tour, Patricia and Aimara started to feel afraid and Ismael and Miguel weren’t with them, because they were in their house Pautricia and Aimara started
to run looking for Daniel and Maria
Marquez, because they lived near.
Then they called Patricia and Aimara
saying :
_ Patricia, Aimara- said Mamen of
Asier’s friend. They also called Nahia,
although she laughed and didn’t can to
say.
They ran to Santa Maria to show
These were those.
Patricia and Aimara called Ismael and
Miguel and they were scared and ran
away quickly. They said Patricia and
Aimara that better go, because they were going to see what had happened. The boys saw shadows with shapes of arms as axe, kirives, scissors …
Noemi, Mamen and Laura went out with arms.
In this moment Miguel and Ismael showed up and they began fighting with his tool to fight with Noemi, Maria Jimenez, Mamen and Laura.
After one hour. They won Aimara, Patricia, Maria Marquez were quiet with their partner. Maria and Daniel went to their house, they listened to noises. Maria shouted and she said:
_Miguel and Ismael “came here”.
In this moment the friends, Elima Bonacho, Coral and Elima Mérida, began fighting Daniel, Maria, Ismael, Miguel, Aimara and Patricia. The friend of
Asier rounded uo Daniel, Maria, Ismael, Aimara and Patricia. They were in the circle, in the circle had thrown oil. They began to shout. The Asier’s friends began throwing oil. They were amazed. Pablo come to Santa Maria running. Pablo spoke with Asier. Then vert thing under.
In the end this history finished with and tragic end but yet happy.

Scary Story (By Elima B)

A week ago, in Brihuega’s village, a group of girls and boys went for a walk in the village. They arrived at Santa Maria’s park. There, they sat on the bank, some on the floor, because they didn’t fit in the bank. The boys and girls began to talk and to laugh. A girl, Patricia, was to stick a gim under the bank. But she touched something that wasn’t the bank. It was something else, but she didn’t know what. Patricia tried to removed it. Then she thought that it was other pasted gum. Quickly, she removed her hand. She stood and she waxed under the bank. It wasn’t a gum, it was a letter. Her friends said: What are you doing? She said that she had touched something, and this something was a letter.
The boys and girls stood amazed. Ismael went to remove but the letter was very stick. Finally, Ismael removed it. Daniel opened the letter. Patricia wanted to read it.
Patricia caught the paper of the letter. She said that she couldn’t read it. She didn’t read the letters. Asier, other boy of the group said “bring out the mobile”. Koral, other girl of the group, got her mobile. Daniel caught her mobile and he put the mobile under to read the letter. Patricia let Laura. Laura began to read. The letter said:
“Today, 31 October. Another year.
I have spent three years doing this.
I wanted to say that I miss you.
I can’t live without you. And I will
Always carry you in my heart. I love
you. And I will never forget. My life
means nothing without you. I can’t
forget them. Three long years I have
been thinking what to do with my
life… but unfortunately, they have been
three years wasting time. So at this moment,
I have decided to leave this world, I can’t
Take more. I leave this letter under the bank where I’m
Sitting, it’s in the memory”
By: Aimara
The boys, after reading this, were impacted, hallucinated… The fear was in their bodies. For this, the boys and the girls left Santa Maria’s park, and they home.
Next day, the boys and the friends went to Santa Maria’s park. It was half past five. Patricia took the letter. They read again the letter. They began to think about it.
Noemí said that she thought this letter was about a girl, Aimara. Aimara had three friends, but her friends clied, and Aimara couldn’t live without them. And she wanted to die. Noemí’s friends agreed whit Noemí.
That day was 29 October, in two days 31 October. The dates would coinoide. The boys and girls asked their parents about what had happened three years ago.
María Jimenez came home. She asked their parents about what had happened three years ago. Their parents began to think. They realled that the 31, there was an explosion of a boiler, and three girls died. There were Elima Mérida, Mamen Rodrigo and María Marquez. María Jimenez began to panic. The letter was true. The parents said that after three years a friend of Elima, María and Mamen killed herself.
Next day, girls and boys went to Santa Maria’s park. María told them what his parents had told her. Her friends were frightened.
It was getting dark. Miguel, a boy of the group, began to laugh. He didn’t believe anything. So he went home.
Miguel went from Santa Maria’s park and he saw come girls in the “guinches”. Miguel saw them ran to this house.
He told his mother what had happened. And Miguel and his mother went to Santa Maria’s park and when they arrived, there was nothing. They went home and they heard an explosion.
Then went running and they saw Miguel’s friends were dead. The castle had exploded.
Miguel and his mother rang the ambulance.
Miguel went home and saw a message written in the windows. It said:
“Now, it’s just you, you didn’t trust in her friends”
31 October.
By: Aimara
THE END
BY: ELIMA BONACHO CABALLERO 4º

ONE MORE NIGHT (BY NOEMÍ)

It was the Saint’s Day and,as every year,in the church of Santa Maria the mass celebrated for all the people that went to keep vigil over to their deceased.When the mass finished,a group of teens went to the cemetery to bring candles to their keep over.
On the cemetery,sixteen teens went into with their candles.Everyone were scared because in this night,supposedly,all the keep vigil over go out of their tombstones and they still have more fear because it was 3am and,as all of us know,there is Keep Vigil Over’s Hour and Witch’s Hour.
One of the teens of the group get lost because the tombstone of his keep vigil over was faster than the others’ and the the teens name was Ismael.They met at 4am at the doors of the cemetery too go to their house but they realize that there weren’t all of the teens,Ismael wasn’t here.
The fifteen teens remaining came into again to the cemetery to find him.They gathered in the following groups:Nahia,Elima Bonacho and Asier;Mamen,Noemi and Pablo;Aimara,Patricia and Daniel;Miguel,Elima Merida and Maria Marquez;Maria Jimenez,Laura and Koral.
When the groups were done,they went to different places to find him.At 3.30am,they haven’t found him and Koral and Nahia began to worry for Ismael and they began to discuss:
-And…if Ismael has fallen in a tombstone?-said Koral.
-But,how he has fallen in an tombstone if they are closed?Maybe Ismael has hooked with a branch and he has fallen to the floor.-Said Nahia.
It was like that,Aimara’s group found him lying down with mud in his sweatshirt.Aimara’s group returned the entry of the cemetery when all were here but when they arrived here…Noemi and Mamen saw red scratches on his cheek…
Aimara’s group hadn’t realized of there scratches on his cheek because it was dark and finaly,they could distinguish the scratches because here there was lights.The scratches that Ismael had in his cheek were three parallerls scratches…
-OMG! Ismael has Trinidad’s Mark!-Said Noemi.
-What is this?-Said Miguel.
-Yeah,what is this?-Said Elima Bonacho.
Ismael began to be nervous and scared.
-They are…they are the Evil’s Marks…-said Noemi.
-Whaaaaaaaaaaaaaat?-Said the fourteen teens together.
-Yeah,ok,this is the Evil’s Mark.But,what is the meaning?-Said Pablo.
-It means that,for one moment,the evil has been in his body…but we don’t know if the evil has gone or no…said Noemi.
Elima Merida,Asier and Maria Marquez went to watch Ismael and together said:
-Ismael,does it hurt you?
-No,why?-Said Ismael.
Because…because they are bigger than before…
Maria Jimenez,Laura and Patricia also walked to Ismael’s position to watch it better and they scared.
-I think that it’s better we go…-Said trembling voice of Maria Jimenez.
-I agree with Maria!Who comes with us?-Said Laura.
-Eh,wait,how can we leave Ismael here with his scratches bleeding?-Said Patricia and Aimara.
They went with Ismael to sit in the benches to watch if his face was as usual;Ismael stood up to drink some water from the
fountain and before arrived at the fountain,he fall to the floor in fainting fit.
Then,Pablo and Daniel,the strongest in the group,went to put Ismael up again.When they got it,Ismael went crazy and he grabbed Pablo’s neck.Ismael didn’t have a reason for doing this.
Then Daniel,Miguel and Asier were running to stop Ismael.At 4am,Ismael returned to his normal aspect…but his eyes were as red as tomatoes and he still had his scratches on his cheek.At 4.15am,Koral looked at Ismael’s face and the scratches weren’t here.
-OMG…your scratches have disappeared…-said Koral.
-It’s right…I don’t like being here,it is happening strange things.I think that we should go to the Heras,at least there are more light than here.-Said Elima Merida.
-It sounds good! But the Heras are on the other side of when we are.-Said Mamen.
-OMG! Mamen! You always have a snag.-Said Asier.
-ok,guys.We want to leave off this place.Am I wrong?-Said Noemi.
-What has she said?I can leave this place,it is mine.-Said Ismael.
-She hasn’t said anythig…be quier,fierce.-Said Daniel.
He is strange…Am I wrong?-Said Nahia.
-Yeah,since his marks have dissappeared of his cheek…-Said Maria Marquez and Laura.
-What have they said?-Siad Ismael.
-And again…why are you in a battle with all of us?-Said Pablo.
Nobody answered.
-I think that the best is that we go tho this house.Do you agree with me?-Said Miguel.
-I agree with him.-Said Elima Bonacho.
On the way to Ismael’s house,all left alone Daniel and Pablo with Ismael because it was late and the other teens wanted to go to sleep.When Daniel and Pablo arrived at Ismael’s house,they had to find his keys because he wasn’t good to do it.
They opened the door,they took off his sweatshirt and his trousers dirty of mud and they put him on the bed.When they finished,they went to their own houses to sleep.
The next morning,they went to Ismael’s house to watch where he was and he walked to his bedroom and they went to find their friends and when they kenw the notice,they were so sad…the funeral was the next evening and all of his partners were crying and when the workers put the tumbstone on the hole…it was heard some knocks and the workers openend the tumbstone.
Then,Miguel said with his face of happiness:
-OMG! Ismael,you are again with us.
And Miguel hugged Ismael and everything was like before.

SOLUTIONS TO THE EXERCISES ON PRESENT SIMPLE VS PRESENT CONTINUOUS

Exercise 1  (Negatives are given in their contracted form, affirmatives are not given in their contracted form, but in speech present continuous tenses are normally contracted in the affirmative.)

1 are you going; am going, do you want

2 do you smoke; I don't smoke, smokes, I do; spends 

3 sees; are you waiting; am waiting 

4 you usually go; belongs, wants; is using 

5 go; takes, passes; is working, am queueing 

6 Are you coming, are you waiting; think, wait, are, looks 

7 are waiting; is dialling; Do you know; phones 

8 does he come; comes; speaks 

9 wonder, is speaking; comes, suppose, is speaking 

10 are having; are opening; writes; get; have you (got) 

11 says, is coming, wants 

12 Do you have/Have you got; don't think; don't see; does a traffic warden do 

13 walks, stays, parks, sticks 

14 is putting; sees; hates

15 want; are just closing; we always close, doesn't want 

16 is listening, is reading, is doing, is writing 

17 reads; knits, isn't knitting 

18 goes, doesn't go; likes; prefers 

19 are watching; are enjoying, don't understand 

20 happens; Does the teacher give; gives, shows, discusses 

21 gets;, sits, stands, walks, runs 

22 is that man standing; is trying, is waiting; doesn't he use/isn't he using; don't bother; prefer 

23 are wearing; Do you like; suits, doesn't fit 

24 speak, come 

25 is taking, is coming 

26 talk; prefer; are talking; aren't talking 

27 are having; am meeting; Do you go 

28 go, am going; takes, costs 

29 Are you doing; am packing, am catching; are you staying 

30 Are you going; I am staying; are coming; Do you invite; invite 

31 am just going; is pouring; don't you wait; stops 

32 gets, washes, shaves, gets, don't hear; hear, makes

33 gets; makes, wakes; sings, bangs, drops, plays 

34 don't you ask; mention, doesn't do; says, doesn't make, think, believes 

35 Do you see; keeps; Do you think, is asking; expect, is making; do you make; stop, ask, write 

36 starts, stays; moves; takes, does, wishes

Exercise 2  (Negatives are given in their contracted form, affirmatives are not given in their contracted form, but in speech present continuous tenses are normally contracted in the affirmative.)

1 writes, know, is doing; Does your son write; hear; seems 

2 cost; Do you think; depends 

3 am seeing; am changing; are always changing; don't you leave 

4 look/are looking, are you thinking, am thinking; are only just starting; know, am reading, says, starts 

5 is always knocking on my door and asking; does she do; puts; don't mind, annoys, knows, needs, takes 

6 does she do, runs out; borrows, takes, wants, finds 

7 does she owe; don't know, don't keep; is leaving, is getting; am trying 

8 don't you offer; sounds; doesn't realize, owes 

9 says, owe, seem, owes, remember 

10 don't think, is enjoying; keeps, is enjoying; enjoys; know, wants, is expecting/expects 

11 are you staying; am leaving; am going 

12 are you coming, are you going; depends; agrees; expect 

13 is seeing; don't you come 

14 Do you see; is watching; do you know, is watching; comes, goes, makes 

15 are all these people doing, are they wearing; they are making; are working 

16 sounds; Do you think; don't know, see, finish, are still taking on 

17 Is Ann acting; doesn't act; imagine, knows 

18 lives, come, see; doesn't bother, climbs, knocks 

19 are moving; are you leaving; suits; know, does, is/are pulling down; are widening; say 

20 ask, likes, says, don't know, thinks, suits, is merely being 

21 want; tells, says, thinks 

22 Does your sister's frankness annoy; does; doesn't want; wants 

23 hear; am not living; are still working, is taking 

24 think, take, expects; are they doing; are putting; seem, smoke, slows 

25 are always hammering; keeps, begins, hear; shakes 

26 is stirring, is standing; says, are boiling; don't think, matters, cook, don't know, isn't getting; thickens 

27 is being painted, isn't looking; Do they stop; are having 

28 does the word 'Establishment' mean; doesn't give; means, have 

29 say, belongs, imply, accepts; isn't trying/doesn't try

30 Do all rich men belong; do, are always jeering/always jeer; is used

31 is being pulled; are using; go, get 

32 smell; do; think, is coming; is probably ironing; irons, watches, gets, forgets, is pressing; is thinking 

33 are you looking; am looking; am always looking, puts; put; don't you try 

34 are travelling; is reading, is doing, is looking out; stops, falls 

35 spends; amuses; is watching, sees 

36 does; checks; doesn't need; happens, makes; makes

The Corrs - What can I do?

"What Can I Do"

I haven't slept at all in days
It's been so long since we've talked
And I have been here many times
I just don't know what I'm doing wrong

What can I do to make you love me
What can I do to make you care
What can I say to make you feel this
What can I do to get you there

There's only so much I can take
And I just got to let it go
And who knows I might feel better, yeah
If I don't try and I don't hope

What can I do to make you love me
What can I do to make you care
What can I say to make you feel this
What can I do to get you there

No more waiting, no more, aching...
No more fighting, no more, trying...

Maybe there's nothing more to say
And in a funny way I'm calm
Because the power is not mine
I'm just going to let it fly

What can I do to make you love me
(What can I do to make you love me)
What can I do to make you care
(What can I do to make you care)
What can I say to make you feel this
(What can I do to make you love me)
What can I do to get you there
(What can I do to make you care)
What can I do to make you love me
(What can I do to make you love me)
What can I do to make you care
(What can I do to make you care)
What can I change to make you feel this
(What can I do to make you love me)
What can I do to get you there
(What can I do to make you care)

And love me... love me...

[Fade out]

Writing

WRITING: SOME CONSIDERATIONS

1. PRE- WRITING:
1. Brainstorming: ideas.
2. Ordering ideas and conclusion.
3. Searching the appropriate vocabulary and grammar.
2. WRITING
1. Choosing the type of text
2. Paragraphs

                                         i.    Introduction (1^st paragraph)

                                        ii.    Development

                                      iii.    Conclusion (last paragraph)

3. EDITING
1. Clear and clean
2. Grammar
3. Paragraphs
4. Vocabulary
5. Spelling

TYPES OF TEXTS

1. DESCRIPTIONS

• Your description should have a clear structure:

                                         i.    Introduction

                                        ii.   Main points (Each idea, one paragraph)

1.     1^st idea

2.    2^nd idea

3.    3^rd idea…

                                      iii.    Conclusion

·      Try to vary your use of vocabulary.

·      Introduce interesting details.

2. OPINION ESSAY

The first step is the brainstorming. Once you have your ideas ordered, you can start writing. Remember to divide your essay into clear paragraphs so the examiner can follow you progression.

How to say it is far more important than what you say, i. E., be careful with your grammar. You are examinated of English not of your ideas.

Structure:

-          Introduction

-          Main ideas

§  Idea 1

§  Idea 2…

-          Conclusion

§  Summing up

§  Your own ideas.

3. FOR AND AGAINST ESSAYS

Structure:

-          Introduction

-          Arguments for/against

-          Arguments against/for

-          Conclusion

Make sure you give more or less equal weight to both sides of the argument.

Summarize your personal opinion in the final paragraph.

State your arguments clearly and simply. Include only points that are relevant.

Check the spelling, grammar and punctuation of your composition.

A good thing could be your arguments before the conclusion, i.e., as for example; you are for death penalty, so then put the arguments for it in the third paragraph. Thus you will be more coherent with your conclusion.

4. A STORY

Structure:

·         Paragraph 1: set the scene. Describe the main characters, where and when the story takes place.

·         Paragraphs 2-3: develop the story through the main events. Don’t forget to organize the events carefully, choosing appropriate linking words.

·         Last paragraph: ending. Try to make the ending interesting. Open endings where the reader has to guess what happens next can be effective.

5. A DIALOGUE

A dialogue is a conversation between two people or among more than two people.

Structure:

·         Begin with a greeting.

·         Go on with some questions-answers (if you write a short answer, make sure you use the correct auxiliary verb)

·         End with a bye greeting.

Try to make your conversation to sound more realistic and natural using words such as ‘well’, ‘I’m afraid…’, or question tags…

CONECTORES

LINKING-WORDS

1.      CONJUNCIONES SUBORDINADAS.

A-    TEMPORALES.

After (después de que)

As long as (en tanto en cuanto)

Before (antes de que)

Till (hasta que)

When (cuando)

Whenever (cuando quiera que, siempre que)

As (cuando)

As soon as (cuando)

Since (desde que)

Untill (hasta que)

While (mientras)

B-    LUGAR.

Where (donde)

Wherever (donde quiera que)

C-    CAUSALES.

Because (porque)

Since (puesto que, ya que)

As (como)

D-    FINALIDAD.

In order that (para que)

So that (para que)

To + infinitivo (para que)

For + gerundio (para que)

E-    CONSECUTIVAS.

As a result (consiguientemente, en consecuencia)

So (por tanto)

Then (luego)

So + adj/adv + than (tan ... que)

Such (a) + nombre + that (tan ... que)

F-    CONCESIVAS.

Although (aunque)

Though (si bien)

Even though (aun cuando)

G-    MANERA.

As (como)

As if (como si)

As though (como si)

H-    CONDICIÓN.

If (si)

As soon as (tan pronto como)

Unless (a menos que)

2. RELACIONES SEMÁNTICAS

2.1. RELACIÓN AUDITIVA. Es la adición de información mediante el uso de palabras tales como.

And (y)

As well (además, también)

Also (también)

Besides (además)

Furthermore (además)

Both ... and (tanto... como) (... y ...)

In addition to this (además)

And what´s more (y lo que es más)

Not only... but also (no sólo... sino también)

Likewise (así mismo)

Too (también)

Moreover (además)

Again (por otra parte)

As well as (además de)

2.2. RELACIÓN ALTERNATIVA. Se da mediante el uso de palabras como:

Or, either .... or ... (o... o)

Neither ... nor ... (ni ... ni ...)

Whether ... or ... (tanto si ... como si no ...)

Otherwise (en otro caso, si no)

Or else (si no)

            2.3. RELACIÓN CONTRASTIVA. Se da entre dos sintagmas u oraciones.

But (pero)

Still (sin embargo)

Whereas (mientras que)

Yet (con todo)

Despite( a pesar de)

However ( sin embargo)

Nevertheless (no obstante)

While (mientras que)

Notwhithstanding (no obstante,   dejando a un lado)

On the other hand (por otra parte)

            2.4. RELACIÓN DE CAUSA Y EFECTO. Se indica mediante las palabras:

So (por lo tanto)

Consequently (en consecuencia)

Due to the fact that (debido a que)

Therefore (por esta razón)

Because (porque)

            2.5. RELACIÓN DE ORDENACIÓN.

A-    Cronología: repasa lasconjunciones subordinadas temporales.

B-    Lógica: firstly ... secondly ... and finally/ then (primeramente...., en segundo lugar..., y finalmente).