Talking about frequency. Order of adverbs with verb to be and other verbs in affirmative and negative.

Prepositions for dates, days, months, years, periods, time...

Using the word People

Frown upon

TOEFL Structure Practice. Focusing on Subjunctive mood

TOEFL Reading Practice. Focusing on main idea and inference of vocabulary.

In 1752, Benjamin Franklin made his textbook experiment with a brass key and a silk kite that he flew in a thunderstorm to prove that lightning and electricity are the same thing. In 1920, a kite-flying championship for families and individuals was held in London. These two seemingly unrelated events underscore the fact that kites can be flown for both pleasure and scientific purposes. For example, in the 1800s weather bureaus flew kites to re¬cord temperature and humidity at certain altitudes. On one occasion, ten kites were strung together and flown at a height of four miles to lift men and carry cameras aloft.

The kite's ability to fly depends on its construction and the way that its line is attached. Tile familiar diamond-shaped kite flies when its covered face is aligned against the wind flow. The line attached to the nose of the kite pulls it into the wind, thus creating the neces¬sary angle for the lift force. If the kite’s construction and the angle of the air stream are correct. the kite will encounter greater pressure against its face and lower pressure against its back. The difference in the pressure creates a lift that causes the kite to rise until it hangs level from its bridle. Its angle against the wind should lx* sufficiently large or small to create maximum lift to overcome Ixjth drag and gravity. The towing point to which the line is attached is important because it sets the kite’s angle relative to the air flow. Although the kite must lx* headed up and into the wind with a velocity of 8 to 20 miles per hour, it can main¬tain its position through a tail, a rudder, a keel, vents, or tassels.

 What is the* main topic of the* passage*?
(A) How kites can be utilized
(B) Why kites were spurned
(C) What parts kites consist of
(D) What makes kites stay aloft

In line 1 the word "textbook" is clisest in meaning to:
A  Textual
B  Tentative
C  Classic
D  Ethical

“aloft" (the last word of paragraph 1) is closest in  meaning TO:
(A)  in flight
(B)  in the flood
(C)  for the analysis
(D)  for amusement

TOEFL Reading Practice . Focusing on Vocabulary Inference.

TOEFL Structure Practice. Focusing on Troublesome Verbs.

Directions: The first type of question consists of incomplete sentences, with a blank line showing where information is to be filled in. Choose the word or phrase that most correctly completes the sentence. The second type of question consists of sentences with four underlined words or phrases. Choose the one word or phrase that is incorrect in standard written English. Mark your answers on a separate piece of paper.

GRE Best Title of Passage Practice

PASSAGE 1

     Cacti and other succulent plants originate in areas where water is only occasionally available and are, therefore, conditioned to deal with long periods of drought. They possess structural modifications enabling them to store moisture for use in times of scarcity.

     Such adaptations may be similar in both groups. (All cacti are succu¬lents but not all succulents are cacti.) Storage areas include thickened leaves, stems, and corms. Leaves, which transpire precious moisture, may be eliminated altogether (with the stem taking over the process of photo¬synthesis), or the moisture in the leaves may be protected from evapora¬tion by a leathery surface or covered with wiry or velvety hairs, thick spines, or even with a powdery coating.

     The very shape of many succulents provides the same protection; globular and columnar forms offer the least exposed area to the drying effects of sun and wind.

Many times there are “look-alikes” in the two groups. Certain cacti coming from the New World closely resemble counterparts in the Euphor¬bias of Africa.

How do we then differentiate between cacti and other succulents? It is not always easy. Presence or absence of leaves can be helpful; size and Brilliance of flowers are also helpful, but the real test comes by learning to recognize the areole.

     The areole is possessed by cacti alone and consists of cushion-like modifications on the body of the cactus from which arise spines, hairs (and the barbed hairs or spines of Opuntia), flowers, fruit, and often new growth.

     The flowers of cacti are usually more conspicuous and most often appear from areoles near the top of the plant. In other succulents they are inclined to be less showy and more likely to emerge from between the leaves or from the base.

     In addition, with a very minor possible exception (a form of Rhipsalis), all cacti are native to the Western Hemisphere. It is sometimes hard to believe this because of the vast areas of escaped cacti in many parts of the world today.

     The majority of other succulents (excluding Agave, Echeveria, Sedum, Sempervivum and a few others) are indigenous to Africa and a few scat¬tered areas in the Eastern Hemisphere.

Both cacti and other succulents are excellent subjects for the outdoor garden, greenhouse, or windowsill. They require a minimum of care, pro¬vided that they have a requisite amount of sunlight and that their condition of hardiness is respected.

Which of the following is the best title for the passage?
(A) Succulents and non-Succulents
(B) Regions of the World and their Vegetation
(C) Distinguishing Between Succulents and Cacti
(D) Subjects for the Outdoor Garden
(E) Characteristics of Cacti and Other Succulents


PASSAGE 2

     The torpedo is a self-propelled underwater weapon having either a high-expl osive or a nuclear warhead. Conventional warheads are loaded with up to 1000 pounds of HBX    explosive.

     Underwater explosion of the torpedo warhead increases its destructive effect. When a projectile explodes, a part of its force is absorbed by the surrounding air. Upon explosion of the torpedo warhead, the water trans-fers almost the full force of the explosion to the hull of the target ship.

Fleet-type and Guppy submarines are fitted with 10 tubes, 6 in the bow and 4 in the stem. Spare torpedoes are carried in ready racks near the tubes. On war patrol, a submarine of this type usually puts to sea with a load of 28 torpedoes aboard.

     Torpedoes are propelled by gas turbines or electric motors. Turbine types have maximum speeds of 30 to 45 knots, with a maximum effective range of as much as 7% miles. Electric torpedoes usually have less speed and range than turbine types, but from the submariners point of view, they have the advantage of leaving no visible wake.

Which of the following is the best title for the passage?
(A) The Dynamics of Underwater Explosions
(B) The Efficacy of Conventional vs. Nuclear Warheads
(C) Standard Submarine Equipment and Armament
(D) How Torpedoes Work
(E) Torpedo Functions and Deployment

Answers and explanations

GRE Reading Practice Main ideas, topic, best title.

GRE finding main ideas Practice.

     PASSAGE 1

     A mysterious phenomenon is the ability of over-water migrants to travel on course. Birds, bees, and other species can keep track of time without any sensory cues from the outside world, and such “biological clocks” clearly contribute to their “compass sense.” For example, they can use the position  of the Sun or stars, along with the time of day, to find north. But compass sense alone cannot explain how birds navigate the ocean: after a flock traveling east is blown far south by a storm, it will assume the proper northeasterly course to compensate. Perhaps, some scientists thought, migrants determine their geographic position on Earth by celestial  navigation, almost as human navigators use stars and planets, but this would demand of the animals a fantastic map sense. Researchers now know that some species have a magnetic sense, which might allow migrants to determine their geographic location by detecting variations in the strength of the Earth’s magnetic field.

The main idea of the passage is that
(A) migration over land requires a simpler explanation than migration over water does
(B) the means by which animals migrate over water are complex and only partly understood
(C) the ability of migrant animals to keep track of time is related to their magnetic sense
(D) knowledge of geographic location is essential to migrants with little or no compass sense
(E) explanations of how animals migrate tend to replace, rather than build on, one another

PASSAGE 2

     The history of responses to the work of the artist Sandra Botticelli (1444-1510) suggests that widespread appreciation by critics is a relatively recent phenomenon. Writing in 1550, Vasari expressed an unease with Botticelli’s work, admitting that the artist fitted awkwardly into his (Vasari’s) evolutionary scheme of the history of  art. Over the next two centuries, academic art historians denigrated Botticelli in favour of his fellow Florentine, Michelangelo. Even when anti-academic art historians of the early nineteenth century rejected many of the standards of evaluation espoused by their predecessors, Botticelli’s work remained outside of accepted taste, pleasing neither amateur observers nor connoisseurs. (Many of his  best paintings, however, remained hidden away in obscure churches and private homes.) 

     The primary reason for Botticelli’s unpopularity is not difficult to understand: most observers, up until the mid-nineteenth century, did not consider him to be noteworthy because his work, for the most part, did not seem to these observers to exhibit the  traditional characteristics of the fifteenth-century Florentine art. For example, Botticelli rarely employed the technique of strict perspective and, unlike Michelangelo, never used chiaroscuro. Another reason for Botticelli’s unpopularity may have been that his attitude toward the style of classical art was very different from that of his contemporaries. Although he was thoroughly exposed to classical art,  he showed little interest in borrowing from the classical style. Indeed, it is paradoxical that a painter of large-scale classical subjects adopted a style that was only slightly similar to that of classical art. 

     In any case, when viewers began to examine more closely the relationship of Botticelli’s work to the tradition of fifteenth-century Florentine art, his reputation  began to grow. Analyses and assessments of Botticelli made between 1850 and 1870 by the artists of the Pre-Raphaelite movement, as well as by the writer Pater (although he, unfortunately, based his assessment on an incorrect analysis of Botticelli’s personality), inspired a new appreciation of Botticelli throughout the English-speaking world. Yet Botticelli’s work, especially the Sistine frescoes, did not  generate worldwide attention until it was finally subjected to a comprehensive and scrupulous analysis by Horne in 1908. Horne rightly demonstrated that the frescoes shared important features with paintings by other fifteenth-century Florentines - features such as skillful representation of anatomical proportions, and of the human figure in motion. However, Horne argued that Botticelli did not treat these qualities  as ends in themselves - rather, that he emphasized clear depiction of a story, a unique achievement and one that made the traditional Florentine qualities less central. Because of Horne’s emphasis on the way a talented artist reflects a tradition but yet moves beyond that tradition, an emphasis crucial to any study of art, the twentieth century has come to appreciate Botticelli’s achievements. 

 Which of the following would be the most appropriate title for the passage?
(A) Botticelli’s Contribution to Florentine Art
(B) Botticelli and the Traditions of Classical Art
(C) Sandro Botticelli: From Denigration to Appreciation
(D) Botticelli and Michelangelo : A Study in Contrasts.
(E) Standards of Taste: Botticelli’s critical Reputation up to the Nineteenth Century

ANSWERS AND EXPLANATIONS

What does it measure?

Slide 1: Cómo se dice en inglés cuánto mide algo. Comment dire en anglais "Combien mesure t-il/elle?"
Slide 2: Talking about depths. El agua me da/llega hasta los tobillos, rodillas, cintura, pecho, hombros... El agua me tapa. Orillas de ríos, playa, lago, laguna, canal, pozo, piscina.

The Life of Plants and Parts of Fruits or Nuts.

Vocabulary practice for GRE Test.

COMPLETION OF SENTENCES.  DIRECTIONS: Each of the given sentences has blank spaces which Indicate words omitted, Choose the best combination of words which fit into the meaning and structure within the context of the sentence.

Using the Verb"Suggest".

TOEFL Structure Practice: Focusing on verbs followed by gerunds or infinitives.

Directions: The first type of question consists of incomplete sentences, with a blank line showing where information is to be filled in. Choose the word or phrase that most correctly completes the sentence. The second type of question consists of sentences with four underlined words or phrases. Choose the one word or phrase that is incorrect in standard written English. Mark your answers on this page or on a separate piece of paper.

Semantic Classification of verbs followed by gerunds and not by infinitives.

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TOEFL Structure Practice

Directions: The first type of question consists of incomplete sentences, with a blank line showing where information is to be filled in. Choose the word or phrase that most correctly completes the sentence. The second type of question consists of sentences with four underlined words or phrases. Choose the one word or phrase that is incorrect in standard written English. Mark your answers on this page or on a separate piece of paper.

NOTAS MÁCARO

Hacer clic AQUÍ  para ver notas.

Notas Macaro Langcast Mácaro Yaracal.

Uses of the word "Address"

Prepositions On, IN, AT for locations.

Arrive in, arrive at, arrive for, arrive wothout preposition

Collocations with GO

Verb tenses Chart for Active and Passive Voice

The main Types of Subjects and Majors

There are two main of school  subjects:and college majors:  the ones related to calculations and numbers and the ones which require a lot of reading amd interpretation. How are those groups of subjects called in English? Which subjects are you better at?

Giving E-Mail Addresses and Twitter Usernames that contain numbers

Many E-mail addreses, Twitter, Facebook and Instrgram usernames contain numbers. How do you specify in spoken language if those numbers are in word or numerical form in order to avoid confusion? Click on the picture above to find out.

Two ways to write numbers. How to call them.

When you write a composition or a check or fill out deposit and withdrawal slips, you must write the amouts, dates and times  in two ways. Find out how to call both by clicking on the picture.

Decribing People's Physical Appearance.

CLICK ON IMAGE TO OPEN FULL PRESENTATION


Slide 1: Describing general physical appearance.
Slide 2:  Describing general physical appearance
Slide 3: Describing people´s hair.
Slide 4: Describing people´s  eyes.
Slide 5: Describing people´s noses.
Slide 6:  Describing people´s  lips.
Slide 7:  Describing people´s eyebrows.
Slide 8: People's special or distinctive features.

More colors, outfit, footwear and describing people's clothes in Englih.

Click to see all the grades for the second written test.

World Link 3 Unit 7 Overview

Slide 3: Collocations for massage, yoga, drowsy, take up.
Slide 5: Structure for reporting commands, requests and advice.
Slide 6:  Examples of  reporting commands, requests and advice.

World Link 3 Unit 6 Overview.

Listado de ESTUDIANTES Admitidos a la Mención Inglés para el Período Lectivo 1-2017.

Para ver la lista de aspirantes admitidos a la Mención Inglés de la Facultad de Ciencias de la Educación  para el período 1-2017 hacer clic AQUÍ  >>>>>>>

Nota: Aquellos aspirantes con recaudos pendientes se agradece consignarlos a la Brevedad posible.

Para solicitar constancia de inscripcion y/o reporte de notas deberán ingresar a la plataforma virtual de Sucai para solicitar los mismos.

Una vez solicitados enviarlos al correo catedra.de.practicas@gmail.com

Prepositional Vs Phrasal verbs.

Slide 2. Some prepositional verbs.
Slide 07: Some intransitive phrasal verbs that change their meanings when adding an object

Slide 11: Transitive phrasal verbs that change their meaning when moving the object

Slide 12: Phrasal verbs with two particles.

Characteristics of Future Continuous Tense.

STRUCTURE:

The future continuous tense is formed by the subject plus the auxiliary will plus the verb to be plus gerund.

SUBJECT + WILL + BE + GERUND .

Example: I will be arriving tomorrow.

COMMUNICATIVE FUNCTION:

The future continuous tense is used to emphasize the progress of an action in the future.

Characteristics of Present Perfect Continuous Tense.

STRUCTURE:

The present perfect continuous is formed by the subject plus the auxiliary have or has plus  been plus the past participle of a verb.

SUBJECT + HAVE/HAS + BEEN + GERUND.

COMMUNICATIVE FUNCTION:

The Present perfect countinuous is used to talk about an action, passion or state that stsrted in the past ans is still taking place.

World Link 3 Unit 8 Overview.

World Link 3 Unit 5 Overview.

Using Passive Voice to describe processes.

Click HERE to do interactive  excercises with passive voice in present simple tense.

Prórroga para las preinscripciones en la Mención Inglés.

Para    llenar    planilla    de    Pre-Inscripción    de la   MENCIÓN   INGLÉS,  por  favor   hacer   clic AQUÍ 

El Departamento de Idiomas Modernos (DIM) de la Facultad de Ciencias de la Educación (FaCE) de la Universidad de Carabobo (UC) les da la más cordial bienvenida a todos los aspirantes al Proceso de Inserción a la Mención INGLÉS (PIME) correspondiente al Semestre 1-2017

CRONOGRAMA PRIMERA FASE:

FECHA	ACTIVIDAD	LUGAR	HORARIO
Lunes 13-02-17 al Viernes 24-03-17	Recepción de recaudos	Planilla de Pre-inscripción MENCIÓN INGLÉS FB: Catedra de Practicas del inglés http://inmei1faceuc.blogspot.com/ Correo: catedra.de.practicas@gmail.com	Todo el día
Miércoles 29-03-17	Publicación del listado de aspirantes.	Dpto. de Idiomas y Página Web.	A partir de las 11:00 a.m.

        PASOS:

1.- Llenar la Planilla de Pre-inscripción en la página web www.inmei1faceuc.blogspot.com

2.  Enviar al correo catedra.de.practicas@gmail.com  :

a. Una (1) Copia de la constancia de inscripción (suministrada por Control de Estudios o impresa al inscribirse por Internet)

b.  Una (1) Copia  de Constancia de Calificaciones.

Obtener ambos documentos AQUÏ

Profesores responsables: Mónica Fernández, Annie Mendoza y Héctor Mendoza

 NOTA 1: SI LOS RECAUDOS NO ESTÁN COMPLETOS, NO SERÁ PROCESADA LA SOLICITUD. TODO EL PROCESO DE PRE-INSCRIPCIÓN SERÁ REALIZADO ONLINE.

NOTA 2: SI EL NÚMERO DE ASPIRANTES EXCEDE EL CUPO ESTABLECIDO, SE PROCEDERÁ A UNA SEGUNDA FASE QUE INCLUYE  UNA PRUEBA DE INSERCI

Semantic Classification of Go + gerund, Verbs with ING.

Click to open Presentation

PROCESO DE INSERCIÓN A LA MENCIÓN Período: 1º/2017 (PIME DIM FACE UC)

Para    llenar    planilla    de    Pre-Inscripción    de la   MENCIÓN   INGLÉS,  por  favor   hacer   clic AQUÍ 

El Departamento de Idiomas Modernos (DIM) de la Facultad de Ciencias de la Educación (FaCE) de la Universidad de Carabobo (UC) les da la más cordial bienvenida a todos los aspirantes al Proceso de Inserción a la Mención INGLÉS (PIME) correspondiente al Semestre 1-2017

CRONOGRAMA PRIMERA FASE:

FECHA	ACTIVIDAD	LUGAR	HORARIO
Lunes 23-10-17 al Viernes 24-11-17	Recepción de recaudos	Planilla de Pre-inscripción MENCIÓN INGLÉS FB: Catedra de Practicas del inglés http://inmei1faceuc.blogspot.com/ Correo: catedra.de.practicas@gmail.com	Todo el día
Miércoles 29--17	Publicación del listado de aspirantes.	Dpto. de Idiomas y Página Web.	A partir de las 11:00 a.m.

        PASOS:

1.- Llenar la Planilla de Pre-inscripción en la página web www.inmei1faceuc.blogspot.com

2.  Enviar al correo catedra.de.practicas@gmail.com  :

a. Una (1) Copia de la constancia de inscripción (suministrada por Control de Estudios o impresa al inscribirse por Internet)

b.  Una (1) Copia  de Constancia de Calificaciones.

Obtener ambos documentos AQUÏ

Profesores responsables: Mónica Fernández, Annie Mendoza y Héctor Mendoza

 NOTA 1: SI LOS RECAUDOS NO ESTÁN COMPLETOS, NO SERÁ PROCESADA LA SOLICITUD. TODO EL PROCESO DE PRE-INSCRIPCIÓN SERÁ REALIZADO ONLINE.

NOTA 2: SI EL NÚMERO DE ASPIRANTES EXCEDE EL CUPO ESTABLECIDO, SE PROCEDERÁ A UNA SEGUNDA FASE QUE INCLUYE  UNA PRUEBA DE INSERCIÓN. FAVOR ESTAR ATENTO A TRAVÉS DE ESTE  O LA PÁGINA DE FACEBOOK.

 

Worldlink 3 Unit 4 Overview.

How are you doing on your written test?

Maps and Images for Giving Directions. and locations.

 These images can be used to teach and practice the communicative functions "giving directions and locations"

 Estas imágenes pueden ser usadas para enseñar y practicar la función comunicativa de "dar direcciones y ubicabiones"

Les images peuvent etre utilizé pour aprendre a indiquer le chemin et la localization.

Families of Objects in English.

Studying family of words help you learn new vocabulary in a fast and pleasant way.

Worldlink Intro Unit 2 Overview.

Intro two

Worldlink Intro Unit 3 Overview.

Intro three

Worldlink Intro Unit 1 Overview.

Intro One

Worldlink Intro Unit 7 Overview.

Click on the image to see full presentation

Worldlink Intro Unit 4 Overview.

Slide 8: When to use rising intonation in statements (without auxiliaries or question format)(Communicative Function).. Asking yes/no questions with no  auxiliaries and without inversion of subject-verb order.
Slide 10: Giving opinios about actions. Describing actions. Using gerund to transform a verb into a noun.
Slide 11: Classification of school subjects according to content.
Slide 13: Two main types of school/college subjects. Two main types pf college majors.
Slide 15; Some university/college authorities.

Communicarive Functions Worldlink 1 Unit 4

Slide 1. Making requests formally and informally. Slide 2. Asking for permission.
Slide 3. Asking about the weather (present and future). Slide 4. Talking about possesions (asking with whose) Giving, accepting and refusing advice. How to use the word advice
-

Talking about Food, Drink and Health.

The opposite of fast food and junk food (at the end of slideshow)

Frances

Proceso de Inserción a la mención Francés.

  Para llenar Planilla  de Pre-inscripción para la Mención   Francés,  hacer   clic   AQUÍ   

El Departamento de Idiomas Modernos (DIM) de la Facultad de Ciencias de la Educación (FaCE) de la Universidad de Carabobo les da la más cordial bienvenida a todos los aspirantes al Proceso de Inserción a la Mención Francés correspondiente al Semestre 1-2017,

CRONOGRAMA.

FECHA	ACTIVIDAD	LUGAR	HORARIO	OBSERVACIONES
Lunes 21-02-17 al Lunes 27-03-17	Recepción de recaudos	Correo: mencionfrances@gmail.com Planilla de Pre-inscripción	Todo el día
28-03-17	Entrevista	Laboratorio de Francés	8:00 a.m.	Los resultados serán otorgados después de la entrevista.

 PASOS:

1.- Llenar la Planilla de Pre-inscripción AQUÍ.

2.  Enviar al correo mencionfrances@gmail.com  :

a. 1. Una (1) Copia de la constancia de inscripción (suministrada por Control de Estudios o impresa al inscribirse por Internet)

b. 2. Una (1) Copia  de Constancia de Calificaciones.

3.3. Una (1) copia escanaeada de la Cédula de Identidad conjuntamente con una foto carnet.

Obtener 1 y 2 documentos AQUÍ

PrProfesores responsables del Proceso: Prof Van Thou Guevara (telef. 0414 4097339), Lili Solarte (teléfono 0426 642 9434) y Manua El Bayaani (telef. 0414 0453664)

 NOTA 1: SI LOS RECAUDOS NO ESTÁN COMPLETOS, NO SERÁ PROCESADA LA SOLICITUD. TODO EL PROCESO DE PRE-INSCRIPCIÓN SERÁ REALIZADO ONLINE.

NOTA 2: UNA VEZ HECHA LA  PRE-INSCRIPCIÓN ONLINE, LOS ASPIRANTES DEBEN PASAR POR EL DEPARTAMENTO DE IDIOMAS MODERNOS PARA CONFIRMAR SU ASISTENCIA A LA ENTREVISTA Y A DAR LA COLABORACIÓN DE BsF 500.  

Practice of English 13 Written Test So Far.

Venezuelan Firsts

Material used to make students talk about people who achieved notable things for the first time. Ideal for oral evaluations, written practice or classes. Grammar structure: L Chinchilla is the first woman to become President of Costa Rica. (When the person is still alive) Juan González was the first man to win .... (when the person is dead)