miércoles, 15 de diciembre de 2010

CAMBRIDGE FINAL EXAMS: CONGRATULATIONS!!!!!

To my pupils: first of all I'd like to tell you that I'm very proud of you all. I know -the same as you- all the effort you've made. You can see the effort in the results.
You've got the tools, but you must use them everytime you can. Not only am I happy with the results, but also with you. I'll be waiting for you next year and remember that all together can do a better place to study!!!!

Your teacher, Silvia

miércoles, 20 de octubre de 2010

LET'S SEE A PLAY: "QUASIMODO, THE HUNCHBACK"

We kindly invite Teens 3, Teens 4 , 3rd and 4th year students to ‘The Buenos Aires Players’ 60-minute performance of the musical comedy called: “QUASIMODO, THE HUNCHBACK"

Quasimodo, the deformed Bell ringer in Notre Dame ,led by the beautiful and lively gipsy Esmeralda, finds himself outdoors for the first time in his life. Join them in the streets of Paris to discover the way to freedom and dignity! There will be love, fights, adventures and laughter!!!

Theatre : Teatro Santamaría . Montevideo 842
Date & time : Saturday October 30th - 10 : 30 a.m.
Meeting Place : At the theatre at 10: 15
Tickets: $ 22.-

 
Source: InstitutoCambridge

martes, 5 de octubre de 2010

JOB SEARCHING

Surfing on the web, I came across this website I think it's very interesting.
You can find some tips to improve your job interviews or to look for the job you want.
Just have a look at it if you are looking for a new job -or not-!

Good luck!


job searching


martes, 28 de septiembre de 2010

ON-LINE PRACTICE AND TESTS

Hi everybody!!!
I'm here again to let you know about a web site where you can practise your grammar and test yourself!
Select your level and start!!!

If you have questions about this, just ask me!!!!

LEVELS:


ELEMENTARY

PRE-INTERMEDIATE

INTERMEDIATE

jueves, 19 de agosto de 2010

EARTH CALENDAR ON LINE

Something interesting to see..

The Earth Calendar is a daybook of holidays and celebrations around the world.
For the purpose of this web site a "holiday" is any day that recognizes a cultural event, and not necessarily a day when businesses are closed.
http://www.earthcalendar.net/index.php

BUSINESS FOCUS ON LINE: KEEP ON PRACTISING YOUR ENGLISH ON LINE!

This is a website where you can practise your English.

Hope it helps you!

See you!


Business Focus

jueves, 29 de julio de 2010

OIL SPILL: SOME EXERCISES

Here's a link to download some exercises about the oil spill in the Gulf of Mexico.
Do your best!!!

Environmental Disaster (2 files: Oil Spill St's and Glossary)


martes, 6 de julio de 2010

AN ENGLISH CLASS

This is an example of an English Class for kids! Enjoy it!

English Class

THE TRICKIEST WORD IN AMERICAN - MACMILLAN

Something to read and take into account!

Our first guest post for American English month comes from Vicki Hollett, English teacher and coursebook writer. Vicki writes a fantastic blog called Learning to speak ’merican.

_________________

I’d better confess right away that I’m not a native American English speaker. If you could hear my accent, you’d spot in a jiffy that my native variety is British English. But stop, come back, because I can tell you about THE most important word to get your head around if you’re communicating with Americans. I know this because I’ve lived in the US for more than a decade now, and it’s still the word that I have to think about – every time.

Quite: It’s such a common word. Americans use it, Brits use it, and it’s the same word, right? Well no, not quite. Have a look at these sentences. Both Americans and Brits could say them all. But two of them mean different things, depending on whether an America or a Brit says them. Which ones?

1 This is quite interesting.
2 Quite fascinating, in fact.
3 I’m usually quite good at this kind of exercise.
4 But you’re quite correct. This is tricky.

One common meaning of quite in both varieties is ‘completely’. See 2 and 4 above. These two sentences mean the same in American and British English.

Fascinating and correct are both ungradable adjectives, so things are either fascinating/correct or not. There’s no half way about it. But there are other adjectives that are gradable, so for example, there can be different degrees of good or interesting. And that’s where things get complicated and quite means different things. See 1 and 3 above.

If your American boss says your work is quite good, should you be pleased or a little concerned? In British English quite good only means pretty good or fairly good, but in American English it’s much more positive. Quite good means very good, so you can give yourself a pat on the back.

And one last piece of advice for any American guys who are planning a first date with an English girl. Don’t be like one of my American friends and tell her you think she is quite pretty. He was lucky to get a second date.


The trickiest word in American Macmillan

lunes, 21 de junio de 2010

WORLD CUP 2010: SOME EXERCISES

Hi! To the ones who love football -and the ones who don´t- I'm leaving a link from where you can download some exercises to learn more vocabulary and practise your grammar. (level intermediate)



See you!!!!

lunes, 14 de junio de 2010

jueves, 3 de junio de 2010

ENGLISH CVs

Hi!
Here you have a link to a webpage where you can find different English CV examples.
I hope it helps you!

CV Examples

Besides, you can find further information there!

See you!!!

lunes, 1 de marzo de 2010

BRITISH NEWSPAPERS

Hi, I'm posting a link about British Newspapers.
I hope you find it interesting and keep on improving the language.

See you!

Link: British Newspapers

PARA LOS MÁS CHIQUITOS: GAMES - E-CARDS - QUIZ

Para los más chiquitos, les dejo un enlace a una página para que puedan jugar, hacer tarjetitas, y seguir aprendiendo!
Besos!

Link

viernes, 26 de febrero de 2010

BRITISH RADIOS: ESCUCHÁ RADIOS BRITÁNICAS EN INTERNET

Hola a todos!
Les dejo un link para que puedan escuchar cualquier radio británica en internet de forma gratuita. Visitá la página del link, elegí la radio que querés escuchar, hacé clic en los botonoes que están delante de la frase "Listen live" y listo, en segundos se inicia la reproducción.

Seguro que les ayuda a acostumbrar el oído!!!



"Link British Radios"

domingo, 21 de febrero de 2010

LIBROS DE INGLÉS - ENGLISH BOOKS

Chicos, a todos aquellos que deseen vender sus libros de inglés de años anteriores, pueden hacerlo a través de este sitio.
Publiquen el nombre del libro y la forma de contactarlos.
Aquellos que estén buscando algún libro específico, también pueden dejar sus datos.

Muchas gracias!!!!

martes, 9 de febrero de 2010

EJERCICIOS: LIBRO DIARIO - 1er año Polimodal

1° POLIMODAL


Registrar las siguientes operaciones en Libro Diario indicando las variaciones patrimoniales.



1) 1-7 – Inventario Inicial: dinero depositado Bco. Río Cta. Cte. $1.000, cheques recibidos de terceros $500, 100 buzos $15 c/u, pagarés recibidos de terceros $3.000, muebles varios $700, deudas sin documentar por compra de buzaos $100, efectivo $1.800.

2) 2-7 – Fact. Orig. Por 50 buzos a $15 c/u. F. de Pago: 30% en efvo y por el resto cheque Bco Río (todo con el 5% de descuento)

3) 3-7 – Fact. Dup. por 30 buzos $20 c/u. F. de P.: ½ con un cheque Bco. Nación diferido y ½ con un pagaré a 45 días, el cual incluye un interés del 36% anual.

4) CMV

5) 4-7 – Fact. Dup. por 15 buzos a $20 c/u. F. de P.: ½ en cta. Cte a 30 días (sin documentar) y ½ con un cheque Bco. Francés.

6) CMV

7) 5-7 – Fact. Orig. Por 20 buzos a $15 c/u. F. de P.: $100 con un cheque Bco. Río y el resto a 30 días sin documentar.

8) 6-7 – Nota de crédito Bancaria – Bco Río Cta. Cte. F. de P.: cheques recibidos en las operaciones 1 y 4.

9) 3-8 – Recibo Dup. por cancelación del créditos sin documentar de la operación 4. F. de P.: efectivo.

 
 
 
 

EXERCISES: PASSIVE VOICE - 3rd year

2- Rewrite this paragraph in the Passive. Do not use an agent (by…) or the words in different type. Begin: "The Swan Hotel…"


“Someone built the Swan Hotel in 1928, but they have enlarged it in recent years. They accept bookings for groups and you can organise conferences there. They will extend the car park before the next summer season.”

"The Swan Hotel ....
 
 
 
 

EXERCISES: PASSIVE VOICE - 3rd year

COMPLETE USING THE PASSIVE VOICE.




1- The Coliseum and the Forum ______________________________________.

2- The Mona Lisa ______________________________________. 

3- Spanish and Portuguese ______________________________________.

4- Microsoft ______________________________________.
5- A lot of people ______________________________________.
 
 
 
 

EXERCISES: 2nd CONDITIONAL - 2nd year

COMPLETE THESE SENTENCES WITH INFORMATION ABOUT YOURSELF.


1) If I had $ 1000 to spend, I’d ______________________________________

2) If a friend asked to borrow $ 50, ______________________________________

3) If I could have any job I wanted, ______________________________________

4) If I had a chance to live in another country, ______________________________________

5) If I could change one thing about myself, ______________________________________

EXERCISES: SIMPLE PAST - PAST CONTINUOUS - 2nd year

PUT THE VERBS IN BRACKETS IN THE CORRECT TENSE.


1) We (drive) ________________________________________ home when our car suddenly (stop) ________________________________________.

2) Kim (walk) ________________________________________ across the park when it (begin) ________________________________________ to rain.

3) Mick (go) ________________________________________ up the satirs when the lights (go) ________________________________________ out.

4) I (pick) ________________________________________ up the suitcase when the handle (fall) ________________________________________ off.

5) Simon and Chirs (have) ________________________________________ dinner when Danny (come) ________________________________________ to see them.

 
 
 
 

EXERCISES: COMPARATIVES AND SUPERLATIVES - 2nd year

COMPARISON: Complete the sentences about Kim and Mandy.





1) Mandy isn’t as __________________________________ Kim. (old)

2) Kim is __________________________________ girl in the London School of Music and Dance. (tall)

3) Kim is __________________________________ Mandy. (tall)

4) Mandy’s hair is not as __________________________________ Kim’s. (long)

5) Kim is a bit __________________________________ Mandy. (slim)

6) Mandy is much __________________________________ Kim. (talkative)

7) Kim´s hair is not as __________________________________ Mandy’s. (curly)

8) Mandy is __________________________________ at singing than Kim. (good)

9) Kim is __________________________________ dancer in the school. (good)

10) Mandy is __________________________________ student in her class. (young)

 
 
 
 

EXERCISES: FIRST CONDITIONAL - 2nd year

COMPLETE: Match the parts of each sentence and complete with the correct tense.



1- If you (get up) ____________________ early,                       (e)

2- If you (give up) ____________________ smoking,
            
3- If you (move) ____________________ to a new town,

4- If you (exercise) ____________________,

5- If you (fly) ____________________,



a- you (not see) ____________________ your old friends so often.

b- you (get) ____________________ there quicker.

c- you (put on) ____________________ weight.

d- you (feel) ____________________ better.

e- you (have) ____________________ more time in the day.

EXERCISES: PRESENT SIMPLE - PRESENT CONTINUOUS - 2nd year

PUT THE VERBS IN BRACKETS IN THE CORRECT TENSE. Present Simple or Continuous.




1) How often (you go) ________________________________to the hairdresser’s? ~ Once or twice a month.

2) Let’s go out now. The sun (shine) ________________________________.

3) Alison is very shy. She (not like) ________________________________ meeting people.

4) Where’s Mick Malone? ~ He (sit) ________________________________ over there.

5) Are you in the bathroom? ~ Yes, I (have) ________________________________ a shower.

6) My father often (give) ________________________________ me a lift to school.

7) Water (boil) ________________________________ at 100°C.

8) They (not go) ________________________________ to the beach every weekend.

9) Carol usually (have) ________________________________ terrible headaches.

10) Your friends (be) ________________________________ very dull!

 
 

EXERCISES: COMPARATIVES AND SUPERLATIVES

A) COMPARATIVE AND SUPERLATIVE FORMS: Complete the sentences about Kim and Mandy.




1- Mandy isn’t as (old)1____________________ as Kim.

2- Kim is the (tall)2____________________  girl in the London School.

3- Kim is (tall)3____________________  than Mandy.

4- Mandy’s hair is not as (long)4____________________  as Kim’s.

5- Kim is a bit (slim)5____________________  than Mandy.

6- Mandy is much (talkative)6____________________  than Kim.

7- Kim’s hair is not as (curly)7____________________  as Mandy’s.

8- Mandy is (good)8____________________  at singing than Kim.

9- Kim is the (good)9____________________  dancer in the school.

10- Mandy is the (young)10____________________  student in her class.

 
 

EXERCISES: SIMPLE PAST - PRESENT PERFECT

C) PRESENT PERFECT OR PAST SIMPLE. Complete Helen’s letter to her American friend. Put the verbs into the past simple or present perfect tense.


Dear Scott,

I (finish)1____________________ my homework about half an hour ago. Mum and Dad (just go)2____________________  to bed, so now I can write to you.
Thank for the magazines and comics. I (read)3____________________  all of them last night.
I (never see)4____________________  American comics before. They’re really good – much better than
English comics. Two weeks ago, Andy and I (watch)5 the Batman video. It (be)6____________________ 
great.
I (hear)7____________________  some good news last night – we’re going to Florida in the summer! I
(never be)8____________________  to the States before, so I’m really excited. I (already buy)9____________________  a guidebook – Disney World looks amazing. (you ever be)
10____________________  there?

Write soon,

Helen

EXERCISES: PRESENT PERFECT

A) PRESENT PERFECT: Ask questions and answer them using ever and the following words:



1- Sam / buy / a camera? (yes).

2- Helen / eat / octopus? (no).

3- Sam / see / a banana tree (no).

4- You / live / by the sea? (no).

5- Helen / fall / off a bike? (yes).


B) JUST, ALREADY AND YET: Make sentences using these words.


1- he / buy / new jacket / (just).

2- I / see / that / film / (already).

3- you / do / your homework / (yet)?

4- she / have / her dinner / (yet).

5- my bus / leave / (just).

EXERCISES: SIMPLE PAST - PRESENT PERFECT

ASK QUESTIONS USING THE PARTS IN BOLD AS REFERENCE.


1- I flew to Los Angeles last year.
2- I have had a lot of kinds of cars.
3- Tom asked for some information.
4- Carlos’s never eaten octopus.
5- After that, my sister went to the Cathedral.

EXERCISES: SIMPLE PAST

Complete the sentences using the verbs given: Use Simple Past

1- I (study) ……………….………………. English last weekend.

2- Mathew (travel) ……………….………………. around the world last summer.

3- (you like) ……………….………………. the movie we saw last night?

4- I (not read) ……………………………….. the book this weekend.

5- Maria (like) ……………………………. …. the book she read last summer.

martes, 26 de enero de 2010

CLASES 2010: DESCUENTOS Y BONIFICACIONES

En todos los casos se realizan rebajas en los precios por clases regulares, grupos de familia o compañeros y cursos mensuales.

Cursos Regulares: no se cobra matrícula de inscripción y se incluye material adicional sin costo.

CLASES 2010 - HORARIOS - INICIO DE CLASES

Como todos los años les hago llegar las novedades referidas a las clases de Inglés y Contabilidad:

Febrero: SE INICIA CON TODAS LAS ACTIVIDADES (clases de apoyo de inglés y contabilidad, cursos especiales, pruebas de nivel, arreglos de horarios para los cursos regulares de inglés con diploma del Instituto Cambridge)

Marzo: La primera semana de marzo COMENZAMOS CON LAS CLASES REGULARES DE INGLÉS para rendir en el Instituto Cambridge. Les recuerdo comunicarse con anterioridad para arreglar los horarios y pruebas de nivel.

Se pueden comunicar por teléfono, por mail, o personalmente:

Tel.: 4452-6239
Cel: 15-5165-8750
E-mail: sylviasuarez@hotmail.com
Web: http://becinstitute.weebly.com/
Blog: http://becinstitute.blogspot.com/

Desde ya, muchísimas gracias y espero verlos!

Saludos,

Silvia Alejandra Suárez
Contadora Pública (UBA)
Prof. de Inglés (Cambridge)
Creator of BEC Institute

martes, 5 de enero de 2010

RESULTADOS EXAMENES INGLÉS Y CONTABILIDAD 2009

APROBARON!

Un año más ha terminado, y con el año, terminaron los examenes! Felicitaciones a todos, porque nuevamente los resultados han sido más que satisfactorios.
Quiero agradecerles a todos por haber puesto tanto empeño y por las recomendaciones que han realizado.
FELICITACIONES y A SEGUIR ESTUDIANDO!!!!

Silvia Alejandra Suárez
Contadora Pública (UBA)
Prof. de Inglés (Cambridge)