English pronunciation

English is a very easy language, and that is why we must take it seriously to learn immediately the pronunciation of English. Learning how it pronunciate each words, phrases or letters is still the most important subject of almost all non English speakers and is even the beginning of being able to develop the language. Before you learn how to speak, you’ll need to learn how to listen. Some sounds can be hard to tell apart when you’re listening.

The letters A, E, I, O, and U are considered vowel letters, since (except when silent) they represent vowels; the remaining letters are considered consonant letters, since when not silent they generally represent consonants. Conversely, U and I sometimes represent a consonant 

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Learn how to pronunciate each alphabet order in English.

Speaking, listening and writing: Counting numbers in English

Learning the numbers in English is a basic but quite important area. In particular learning to differentiate teen numbers with multiples of ten such as seventeen, counting by ten, hundreds, thousands, until counting millions. Ability to count and remember the numbers fast is very important to enhance your English level. Listen and watch the video related with numbers and practise to improve more your listening skills.

Introducing and Greetings Expression in English

Conversational lesson

Communication Objectives: To be able to introduce and greet others.

Language Objectives: To greet others and inquire about how they are doing.

Vocabulary:  

good morning  { gud mornin }(buenos dias)

good afternoon { gud afternun } (buenas tardes:)

good evening {gud ivnin} (Buenas noches)

 how are you today? { jau ar iu } (Como estas?)

I am  fine Thanks. { ai am fain }(Yo estoy bien, gracias)

What is your name? { uat is yor neim } (Cual es tu nombre?)

My name is.......{ mai neim is } (Mi nombre es...)

Nice to meet you. { nais tu miit iu } (Mucho gusto en conocerte)

Nice to meet you too.{ nais tu miit iu tu } (Un placer conocerte tambien)

This is my father. { dis is mai fader }(Te presento a mi padre o este es mi padre)

This is my mother. { dis is mai moder } (Te presento a mi madre o este es mi madre)

• This is my father.
• This is my mother.

OTHER WAY FOR CONVERSATION

Los Pronombres Personales ( basic pronouns)

Personal pronouns are pronouns that are associated primarily with a particular grammatical person– fi

• first-person pronouns normally refer to the speaker, in the case of the singular (as the English I), or to the speaker and others, in the case of the plural (as the English we).
• second-person pronouns normally refer to the person or persons being addressed (as the English you); in the plural they may also refer to the person or persons being addressed together with third parties.
• third-person pronouns normally refer to third parties other than the speaker or the person being addressed (as the English he, she, it, they).

Personal pronouns represent people or things. The personal pronouns are:

• I
• you
• he
• she
• it
• we
• they

Objective Personal Pronouns

The objective personal pronouns are me, you, him, her, it, us, and them.

These are the versions used when the personal pronouns are objects (like direct objects, indirect objects, and objects of prepositions). For example:

• Paul knows her.
(The personal pronoun is a direct object.)
• Paul gave them the letter.
(The personal pronoun is an indirect object.)
• Paul went with him.
(The personal pronoun is an object of a preposition.)

Choosing Personal Pronouns

Native English speakers rarely make mistakes when selecting which personal pronoun to use. However, whether we know it or not, we all select a personal pronoun having first determined its:

• Number
Is the personal pronoun representing something singular or plural?


• Person
Is the personal pronoun representing something:

In the first person? (This is the speaker himself or a group that includes the speaker, i.e., I, me, we, and us.)

In the second person? (This is the speaker's audience, i.e., you.)

In the third person? (This is everybody else, i.e., he, she,it, they.)


• Gender
Is the personal pronoun representing something male, female, or neuter?


• Case
Is the personal pronoun representing something which is a subject or an object?

The Personal Pronouns and Their Possessive Versions

The table below shows the subjective personal pronouns and the objective personal pronouns. For completeness, it also shows the associated possessive adjectives and absolute possessive pronouns.

Person	Subjective Case	Objective Case	Possessive Case Possessive Adjective	Possessive Case Absolute Possessive Pronouns
First Person Singular	I	me	my	mine
Second Person Singular	you	you	your	yours
Third Person Singular	he/she/it	him/her/it	his/her/its	his/hers/its
First Person Plural	we	us	our	ours
Second Person Plural	you	you	your	yours
Third Person Plural	they	them	their	theirs

Verb to be (Ser y estar)

Verb to be (Ser y estar)

El Tiempo Pasado del "Verb To Be" (was and were)

Grammar - Prepositions of Place

What is a preposition?

Prepositions are words that show the relationship between a noun or a pronoun and some other word or element in the rest of the sentence. It indicate where the person, places and objects are located. (Son palabras que se relaciona entre el nombre y pronombre y otras palabras o elementos del resto de la oracion. Indica la ubicacion de personas, lugares u objetos.)

It is important that you need to know about prepositions is that they are always in prepositional phrases. ( Es importante que sepas que en la preposicion encontraras frases como: with (con), in (en), under (debajo), across (cruzando), above (encima), below (debajo), in front of (frente de), through (a travez de), on (dentro), over (sobre), besides (al lado), behind (detras), by (por), for (por, para), from (desde, de), between (entre medio o en medio de), opposite (opuesto), at (en, al).


example: The cake with nuts fell onto the floor. (El pastel con nueces cayo en el piso

               My pencil is in the table. (El lapiz esta en la mesa.)

               I was besides of the board. (Yo estaba al lado de la pizarra.)

Where am I? where is? where was? where were? or where are?Use the word ‘where’ and other prepositions of place to ask where things, person or place are located.  

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Prepositions of Time (Preposiciones de Tiempo) - at, in, on

We use:

• at  (a, en o  en la) for a PRECISE TIME or addresses or specific location (Por un tiempo PRECISO o direcciones o ubicación específica)

• in (en) for MONTHS (meses), YEARS (anos), CENTURIES (siglos) and LONG PERIODS (periodos de tiempo)
• on (en) for DAYS (dias) and DATES (fechas)

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VOCABULARY WORDS FOR LOCATION AND DIRECTIONS:

turn on the right (gira a la derecha) - turn on the left (gira a la izquierda) - down stairs (bajar las escaleras) - up stairs (suba las escaleras) -  next to (al lado de) - go straight ahead (ir recto o  siga directo)- how far is...( ¿qué tan lejos ...) - near from (cerca desde)- close to (cerca de)- around the corner of/from (cerca de - en la esquina de / desde) - across from (cruzando desde) - cross the street (cruza la calle)- between (entre medio de) - go past (continua despues de)

PHRASES FOR LOCATION AND DIRECTION:

 how far is from....? (cuan lejos esta desde) - where is the (donde esta el/la o  los/as)....? How can I get to....? (como puedo llegar a)  - Could you tell me where.....is? (podrias decirme donde esta...) - Do you know where the.....is? (sabe usted donde esta...) Could you tell how to get to.....? (podrias decirme como puedo llegar a...) Excuse me, (I am, he or she is, they or we are) looking for the nearest...... (disculpe, estoy/estan/estamos buscando lo mas cercano a...) - where is it? (donde esta)