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MY HOUSE

MY HOUSE

First of all, we live in a semidetached house situated at the top of a hill, close to a small town in Valencia.

Our house has a huge bright living room which has a large balcony and a great fireplace, three comfortable bedrooms with high windows and they all include a big dressing room and nice bathroom each. There is also a study and laundry room. It has an enourmous kitchen with professional catering equipment and household items, as well.

Furthermore, we can enjoy magnificent breathtaking views through the windows, hear lovely birds' sounds in the morning and breath clean and pure air which smells of thyme, rosemary and lavander. There are a lot of trees and mountains around us and we can see protected wild animals while we are walking through mountains or along the road. Our neighbours are very friendly and welcoming.

In addition, there is neither traffic nor noise. Therefore, people can have a quiet and healthy life here. However, if we need to buy something in the supermarket or go to the cinema, to the university or anywhere, we have to go to other towns. It is very important (that) we have a car for living and moving here. Nevertheless, when we have a medical emergency, the ambulance comes quickly.

Tu sum up, if I had more money than I have now, I would like to live in a superb cottage in Ireland Maybe, some day my dream will come true. Written by Susan

To intermediate two. B1  

• passive
• past perfect simple or continuos
• have something done 
• reported speech
• neither or either
• new vocabulary and connectors
•  more words

To advanced 1. B2

• subject + is thought /believed/ said to + infinitive or perfect infinitive or it is said/believed/thought that + clause. PASSIVE
•  third conditional
• gerunds or infinitives
•  reported speech with reporting verbs
•  advanced vocabulary and connectors
• must/might/should+ have+participle
• more words

JOKES

Ha, Ha!

Hi, Hi!Ho, Ho!

 My house is so, so, so small that when the sun comes into my house, I have   to  leave.

    
 A man goes to the doctor and says: 'Doctor I've got a problem, I've got two
 personalities.'
The doctor answers: 'Be quiet, sit down and let's talk all four of us.'

A SCOTISH PRAYER

 Heavently Father, bless us,            

                              

                                           and keep us all alives:                                       

 there are eight of us for dinner,

 and there is only enough for five!

 Teacher: Mary, have you read "Freckles"?     

  Mary: No, mine are brown

An epigram: Television is an invention that permits you to be entertained in yourliving room by people you wouldn't have in your home

     - What's the definition of mixed emotions?
     - Seeing your mother- in-law driving your new car off the edge of a cliff


 A big moron and a little moron were standing on a bridge. The big moron fell off.

        How come the litle moron didn't?
        - He was a little more on (moron)


What happens in the Africa jungle from 6 a.m to 8 a.m every day, even on  Sundays? 

               

                                             Two hours

 I can turn you into a Red Indian

 -  How?
 - See? I told you! How!





When the waitress in a New York City restaurant brought him the soup du jour,  the Englishman was a bit dismayed.



 - " Good heavens," he said, " what is this?
 -  "Why, it's bean soup," she replied
 - " I don't care what it has been, " he sputtered. " What is it now?

PROVIDING/PROVIDED (THAT), UNLESS, AS/SO LONG AS...

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condiciones necesarias (= only if)
provided (that)	con tal que
providing (that)	con tal que
as / so long as	siempre que
on (the) condition (that)	a condición de que
but for + noun	de no ser por
condiciones imaginarias
assuming (that)	suponiendo que
in case, just in case	por si acaso
supposing (that)	suponiendo que

if - si 

whether - si

UNLESS (al menos que...)

• The poor man won’t be able to buy a new car unless he wins the lottery
• (El hombre pobre no podrá comprar un nuevo coche al menos que él gane la lotería)
• be able to: ser capaz de

• RECORDAR que con WILL/WON'T/WOULD/WOULDN'T usamos BE ABLE TO. ver reglas condicionales

  No usamaos CAN/COULD 

PROVIDE/PROVIDING - siempre que, mientras 

• Providing (that) the weather is fine, we'll have a picnic on Saturday
• (siempre/mientras que haga buen tiempo, nosotros iremos (tendremos) de picnic el sábado)
• THAT can be omitted
• Providing the weather is fine, we'll have a picnic on Saturday
• You can go to the party provided/providing you come back before midnight
• (puedes ir a la fiesta, siempre que vuelvas antes de medianoche)

ver reglas de omision de pronombres relativos.HERE

Relatives clauses can be omitted.HERE

AS LONG AS - siempre que, mientras 

• You can borrow my DVD player as long as you return it on Monday.
• (tu puedes pedirme prestado mi DVD siempre que me lo devuelvas el lunes)

• Unless
• Even if
• in case & if
• Only if
• Provided that
• As is & As long as
• Suppose that
• what if
• whether or not

ONLINE EXERCISES

• exercise 1 (if, when, unless)
• exercise 2 (unless, as long as, provided that, providing)
• exercise 3 (as soon as, if, unless)
• exercise 4 (unless, as long as, provided, providing)
• exercise 5 (unless, as long as, providing)
• exercise 6 (unless, as long as, providing)
• exercise 7 (if, unless, as long as)
• exercise 8 (if, unless)
• exercise 9 (if, unless)
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