How do you feel? Adjectives

How do you feel? Adjectives

THE SENSES

MY BODY - THE SENSES

What are senses?

Think about what happens when Mum or Dad tells you that dinner is ready – you can hear them asking you to wash your hands, feel the water and soap against your skin, smell what’s cooking, see your chair at the table and taste the food on your plate. You can do all of that thanks to your senses!

Senses allow us to observe and understand the world around us. There are five main ways we can do this: through sight (with our eyes), touch (with our fingers), smell (with our nose), taste (with our tongue) and hearing (with our ears).

Top 10 facts

1. There are five senses – sight, smell, touch, taste and hearing.
2. Our senses help us to understand what’s happening around us.
3. Our senses send messages through receptor cells to our brain, using our nervous system to deliver that message.
4. There are four kinds of taste receptors on the tongue – bitter, sweet, salt and sour.
5. Some parts of the skin are more sensitive than others – this is because they have more receptor cells.
6. We taste food using both our sense of taste and smell.
7. It’s fun to experiment with your senses – for example, make a chart of what foods taste bitter, sweet, salty and sour.
8. If you cup your hand around your ear, you’ll hear more things – this is because you’re helping your ear gather more sounds.
9. Not everyone is able to use all five of their senses. If someone cannot see, they are blind; if someone cannot hear, they are deaf.
10. We can use all five of our senses at the same time without even realising it!

Did you know?

• Our tongue can have 2,000-8,000 taste buds on it!
• We need our sense of smell in order for our sense of taste to work properly – if you hold your nose shut while you eat, the taste won’t be as strong. It’s why food sometimes tastes plain when we have a cold and our nose is blocked up.
• Most of our ear is in our head – not the bit we can see!
• The part of our ear that we can see helps gather sound waves into our middle and inner ear. If you cup your hard around your ear, you can hear more – why not give it a try?
• Our ears have around 24,000 sensory cells.
• The smallest bone in our bodies is in our ears – it’s called the stirrup.
• The iris and retina inside your eye don’t look like anyone else’s, just like…
• …your fingerprints – nobody else has fingerprints like yours!
• The skin is the largest organ we have – it covers our whole body!
• If someone is not able to see, they are known as blind. They can learn a special way to read books by touching pages to read words made from little bumps in the page – this is called Braille.
• If someone is not able to hear, they are known as deaf. Sign language is a way of talking by using your hands, and this way deaf people can understand what you’re saying.

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Words to know:

Auditory nerve – the nerve in our ear that carries signals to our brain to interpret sound

Brain – the centre of the nervous system; our brain interprets the messages it receives from our senses, and figures out how to act based on that information (for instance, it tells our hand to move away quickly if we touch something that’s too hot)

Cones – receptor cells in our eyes that let us see different colours

Nerve impulses – how messages are sent to our brain to interpret and act on

Nervous system – a network that transmits signals all over our body through special cells called neurons

Olfactory system – the system for our sense of smell

Receptor cells – these respond to stimuli and sends nerve impulses to the brain

Rods – receptor cells in our eyes that interpret black and white, and help us see at night

Sense organs – groups of receptor cells

Stimulus – something that causes a response – for instance, if you touch something that’s too hot, you will immediately move your hand away; the plural of stimulus is stimuli

Taste buds – receptor cells for taste located all over our tongue

WORD ORDER

ENGLISH WORD ORDER

Recordemos que en la ultima sesión se hablo acerca del word order y analizamos 3 distintos casos.

1. Correspondencia: se le conoce como tradución literal porque cada palabra del inglés tiene un equivalente en español.

Ex. Today is a beautiful day. 

        Hoy es un hermoso día.

2. El sujeto tácito: aunque no es propiamente un tema que pertenece al word order, es oportuno mencionar que el sujeto en el idioma inglés es de caracter obligatorio y no se puede omitir. Así, por ejemplo, si deseamos decir: 

____ Es un sol ardiente su equivalente sería

It's          a   burning sun. 

3. Inversión debido al posesivo con nombres: Este es quizas el más complicado de los tres, ya que requiere buen dominio del posesivo. 

Ex. Susana es la hermana de José.

      Susana is Jose's sister.

Mira estos dos vídeos que siguen a continuación y prestarle mucha atención. Ellos añaden algo más al material que ya dominas. 

BASIC SENTENCE STRUCTURE

Position of Adverbs

Adverb of Manner

(e.g.: slowly, carefully, awfully)

These adverbs are put behind the direct object (or behind the verb if there's no direct object).

subject	verb(s)	direct object	adverb
He	drove	the car	carefully.
He	drove		carefully.

Exercise on adverbs of manner

Adverbs of Place

(e.g.: here, there, behind, above)

Like adverbs of manner, these adverbs are put behind the direct object or the verb.

subject	verb(s)	direct object	adverb
I	didn't see	him	here.
He	stayed		behind.

Exercise on adverbs of place

Adverbs of Time

(e.g.: recently, now, then, yesterday)

Adverbs of time are usually put at the end of the sentence.

subject	verb(s)	indirect object	direct object	time
I	will tell	you	the story	tomorrow.

If you don't want to put emphasis on the time, you can also put the adverb of time at the beginning of the sentence.

time	subject	verb(s)	indirect object	direct object
Tomorrow	I	will tell	you	the story.

Exercise on adverbs of time

Adverbs of Frequency

(e.g.: always, never, seldom, usually)

Adverbs of frequency are put directly before the main verb. If 'be' is the main verb and there is no auxiliary verb, adverbs of frequency are put behind 'be'. Is there an auxiliary verb, however, adverbs of frequency are put before 'be'.

subject	auxiliary/be	adverb	main verb	object, place or time
I		often	go swimming	in the evenings.
He	doesn't	always	play	tennis.
We	are	usually		here in summer.
I	have	never	been	abroad.

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EXERCISES

EXTENDED FAMILY

EXTENDED FAMILY

FEELINGS AND EMOTIOSN VOCABULARY AND EXERCISES

FEELINGS AND EMOTIOSN VOCABULARY AND EXERCISES

Prepositions of time and place - article

Prepositions of time and place

MODULE NO. 1 FAMILY AND HOME!

FAMILY AND HOME!

A FAMILY SONG

Full vocabulary
Abuela
Grandmother
 AbuelitaGrandma
Abuelito
Grandad
Abuelo
Grandfather
Abuelos
Grandparents
Adoptado
Adopted
Amigo/a
Friend
Amistad
Friendship
Amor fraternal
Brotherly love
Antepasados
Ancestors , Forebears , Forefathers
Bisabuela
Great-grandmother
Bisabuelo
Great-grandfather
Compromiso ; Noviazgo
Engagement
Conocido/a
Acquaintance
Cuñada
Sister-in-law
Cuñado
Brother-in-law
De humilde cuna
Of humble birth
De noble alcurnia
Of noble birth
Descendientes
Descendants
Dinastía
Dynasty
El benjamín/la benjamina
The baby of the family
Familia
Family
Fraternidad
Fraternity
Gemelos
Twins
Generación
Generation
Heredero
Heir
Hermana
Sister
Hermano
Brother
Hermano de leche
Foster brother
Hermano de madre
Uterine brother
Hija
Daughter
Hijastra
Stepdaughter
Hijastro
Stepson
Hijo
Son
Hijo ilegítimo
Illegitimate child
Hijo legítimo
Legitimate child
Hijo mayor
Eldest child
Hijo/a único/a
Only child
Huérfano/a
Orphan
Linaje
Lineage
Madrastra
Stepmother
Madre
Mother
Madrina
Godmother
Mamá
Mum
Marido ; Esposo
Husband
Media naranja
Better half
Mujer ; Esposa
Wife
Nieta
Granddaughter
Nieto
Grandson
Nieto/a
Grandchild
Novia
Girlfriend
Novio
Boyfriend
Nuera
Daughter-in-law
Padrastro
Stepfather
Padre
Father
Padre/madre soltero/a
Single parent
Padres
Parents
Padrino
Godfather
Padrino de boda
Best man
Papá
Dad
Pariente ; Familiar
Relation , Relative
Parientes consanguíneos
Kinsmen by blood
Primo/Prima
Cousin
Primogénito
First-born
Prometido
Engaged
Sobrina
Niece
Sobrino
Nephew
Sucesión
Succession
Suegra
Mother-in-law
Suegro
Father-in-law
Tía
Aunt
Tío
Uncle
Vida familiar
Family life
Yerno
Son-in-law

QUIZ

La Posesión en inglés El Genitivo Sajón