THE MOONSTONE (2nd Bachillerato)

SUMMARY PLOT


The is set in the 19th century, and it is considered the first detective story of British literature. The story has got many characters, although the most important ones are Rachel, Blake and Ablewhite and the love triangle formed among them.
The moonstone , a huge yellow diamond, is the other protagonist in the story; since it provokes all the problems and subplots in the story. As in most of Collins' stories we don't know who is the thief until the end of the story. Appearances don't seem to be what they are, and although the reader can think that the thief is Blake, we'll discover that another man with a better reputation is the guilty person.
Meanwhile, we discover step by step clues to find out the truth. Sergeant Cuff and Mr Betteredge are the best detectives to discover the mistery.
There are also grief moments in the book such as when Rosanna kills herself because she discovers that Blake doesn't love her. She also thinks that he is the person who stole the diamond , because she found some paint on his nightgown .
Ablewhite asks Rachel to marry him, she accepts but she discovers that he was only interested in her money later; so the engagement is broken.
Rachel is angry with Blake because she saw him taking the diamond the night of her birthday, but she discovers that he sleepwalked and fogives him. Someone took advantage of his state that night.
At the end Love, another basic subplot in the story, wins and Rachel finds in Blake the man she fell in love in the past. The thief was foud suffocated with his pillow by the indians. He was a gambler and had a double life.
The epilogue shows us the traveller Murthwaite and his finding the diamond in India where it should always had been.


R.Alcolea

IN , AT , ON ; Are they confusing?

IN



We use 'in' with spaces:

•in a room / in a building

•in a garden / in a park

We use 'in' with bodies of water:

•in the water

•in the sea

•in a river

We use 'in' with lines:

•in a row / in a line

•in a queue

AT

We use 'at' with places:

•at the bus-stop

•at the door

•at the cinema

•at the end of the street

Use 'at' with places on a page:

•at the top of the page

•at the bottom of the page

We use 'at' in groups of people:

•at the back of the class

•at the front of the class

ON

We use 'on' with surfaces:

•on the ceiling / on the wall / on the floor

•on the table

We use 'on' with small islands:

•I stayed on Maui.

We use 'on' with directions:

•on the left

•on the right

•straight on

IMPORTANT NOTES

In / at / on the corner

We say 'in the corner of a room', but 'at the corner (or 'on the corner') of a street'

In / at / on the front

•We say 'in the front / in the back' of a car

•We say 'at the front / at the back' of buildings / groups of people

•We say 'on the front / on the back' of a piece of paper


Now, try this quiz to check your understanding! CLICK HERE!
 
Or practice with these exercises:
 
Activity one: Put the prepositions (IN,ON,AT) in the right place.
 


Activity Two: Put the prepositions (IN,ON,AT) in the right place.





Activity three: Put the prepositions (IN,ON,AT) in the right place.

WH QUESTIONS

Wh questions are asked to receive specific information on where, what, why, and when.
There are a number of variations including short questions such as 'What for?' and 'Where to?'. This guide to Wh questions provides a look at a wide variety of Wh questions, as well as providing examples for each type of question.

The most common questions in English are often referred to as 'wh' questions. 'Wh' questions begin with 'wh' and include:
Where


When


Why


What


Who
How is often included with these why questions, even though it does not begin with 'wh'. 'Wh' questions ask for specific responses as to the time, place, reason, thing or person.

Where - asks a question about place


When - asks questions about time


Why - asks questions about reasons


What - asks questions about things or objects


Who - asks questions about people

The answer to 'wh' questions often repeats the same verb as in the question form.

Examples:

Where does he live?


He lives in New York.
When did they have dinner?


They had dinner at six o'clock.
Why is going to study French?


He is going to study French because he wants to go to Paris.


What does she use to clean her clothes?


She uses a washing machine.


Who do they like?


They like Mr. Smith.


How does he play tennis?


He plays tennis well.

FALSE FRIENDS,(lesson # 2)

This list of False Friends is a continuation of a previous one posted some year ago, if you're interested in them you can click here to get the first list. Besides, you can add new ones in the comments of the entry, we'd really appreciate it.

This is a List of Some of the Commonest False Friends

COLLOCATIONS WITH MONEY

An important step to improving your vocabulary is to not only learn the appropriate terms, but to learn the words that commonly go together with those terms. These word combinations are often, adjective + noun, verb + noun, and noun + verb pairs. Each of these collocation sheets provide collocations for commonly used words arranged into categories. Each collocation is illustrated with an example sentence.

Adjectives + "Money"


The following list includes adjectives that are commonly used with the noun 'money'. Adjectives that are similar in meaning are grouped together. Each adjective or adjective group has an example sentence to illustrate usage.

easy

He thinks working in marketing is easy money. I think he'll find it's quite a different story.

bonus, extra

If you complete the project before next Tuesday, there'll be some bonus money.

hard-earned

The best way to feel good about any purchase is if it's been made with hard-earned money.

government, public, taxpayers'

It's not right to waste taxpayers' money on projects that benefit those who are already wealthy.

pocket, spending

Would you like a little extra pocket money this weekend?

gas, lunch, petrol, rent, etc

Could you lend me some lunch money today?

prize, grant, scholarship

They won a lot of grant money for their research into DNA.

stolen, dirty, bribe, ransom

I don't want your dirty money!

hush, protection

That gang is demanding protection money from every store on the street. It's scandalous!

pension, retirement

We plan to move to Hawaii with our retirement money.

Let's play BRAIN QUEST (grade 6)

Questions :

 

 1.What’s the capital of Cuba?

 

2. In 1588, the Spanish Armada attacked the English fleet.Who won the battle?

3.Is the word “exquisite” a synonym or an antonym of “lovely”?

4. Find three shades of yellow: ruby, saffron, gold, indigo, lemon.

5.Which is longer: a radius or a diameter?

6. Protons and neutrons are found in what part of an atom?

7. If your job is drawing maps, are you a cinematographer or a cartographer?

8. Was writing invented around 10,000 B . C . , 6000 B . C . or 3000 B . C .?

9. Which is a government building: c–a–p–i–t–a–l or c–a–p–i–t–o–l?

10. What is the Federal Bureau of Investigation called for short?

Check the answers in the comments of this post!

SPORTS, VOCABULARY LIST for elementary level (1-2 ESO)

We're dealing with Sports this week , Here you are a useful list of different kind of sports , the word between brackets is just an adaptation for the English pronunciation, that's it, it is pronouced in English as you read it in Spanish.

( Esta lista de palabras relacionadas con el deporte sirve para aumentar nuestro vocabulario en clase relacionado con una de vuestras mayores aficiones. Las palabras entre paréntesis, es la pronunciación inglesa, como sonaría al leerla como si fuese Español. )

aerobics (aeróbiks) - ejercicios aeróbicos



archery (árcheri) - arquería


athletics (azlétiks) - atletismo


badminton (bádminton) - bádminton

baseball (béisbol) - béisbol

basketball (básketbol) - básquet


bicycling (báisikling) - ciclismo


billiards (bíliards) - billar


bowling (bóuling) - bolos


boxing (bóksing) - boxeo


canoeing (kanúing) - canotaje


car racing (car réising) - automovilismo


diving (dáiving) - buceo


fencing (fénsing) - esgrima


fishing (físhing) - pesca


football (fútbol) - fútbol americano

golf (gólf) - golf


gymnastics (dchimnástiks) - gimnasia


hang gliding (háng gláiding) - aladeltismo


hockey (hóki) - hockey


horse racing (hors réising) - carrera de caballos


horse riding (hors ráiding) - equitación


hunting (hánting) - caza


ice hockey (áis jóki) - hockey sobre hielo

ice skating (áis skéiting) - patinaje sobre hielo


jogging (dchóguing) - footing


karate (karáti) - karate


martial arts (márshal árts) - artes marciales


motorboat racing (mótorbout réising) - carrera de lanchas


mountaineering (maunteníiring) - montañismo


parachuting (parachúting) - paracaidismo


ping-pong (píngpong) - tenis de mesa

polo (póulou) - polo


pool (pool) - pool, billar americano


rowing (róuing) - remo


sailing (séiling) - navegación a vela


skating (skéiting) - patinaje


skiing (skíig) - esquí


skydiving (skáidáiving) - paracaidismo acrobático


soccer (sóker) - fútbol

surfing (sérfing) - surf


swimming (suíming) - natación


target shooting (tárguet shúuting) - tiro al blanco


tennis (ténis) - tenis


volleyball (vólibol) - vóleibol


water skiing (uóter skíing) - esquí acuático


weight lifting (uéit lífting) - pesas


windsurfing (uínd-sérfing) - windsurf

wrestling (réstling) - lucha libre

USE OF LANGUAGE: CONSIST ... OF, IN , ON ?

A common doubt among our students when writting the verb CONSIST is the preposition that follows this verb. In Spanish we use : Consistir en, that's the point where the error comes from.

(Una duda muy común entre mis estudiantes de Inglés , es la preposición del verbo consistir, debido a su semejanza con el verbo Español : consistir en .)

According to he Columbia Guide to Standard American English. 1993

Consist IN means: " is inherit or lies within"
" His social success consists in being able to persuade everyone of his amiability"
Consist OF means : " is composed or made up of"
" His fleet consists of a day sailer, a canoe, and a small skiff"
Consist ON is not correct.

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Computers and Internet vocabulary

This useful list will enrich your vocabulary with many terms related to computers and the internet. You can download it, and use it in class or study at home. / Esta útil lista de vocabulario de internet y términos relacionados con los ordenadores es muy útil par todos los estudiantes de habla inglesa, puedes descargarla e imprimirla en casa.

Internet Vocabulary