In this week’s lesson we are going to brush up on the use of two determiners which are often confusing for Spanish speakers: “each” and “every”.
1) Let’s start by reading some theory in English here and here.
2) Sure you will find this exercise quite easy. Anyway, let’s give a try. Then, translate the following sentences into English:
a) Semejante comportamiento tiene consecuencias para todos los seres humanos, de cualquier edad y condición, cultura y religión.
b) La responsabilidad social se aplica a todas y cada una de las actividades que realizamos día a día.
c) Nuestro equipo de especialistas en localización estará encantado de poder ayudarle en todo momento.
d) En caso de retraso en la entrega, nuestra empresa tiene derecho a reclamar por cada día de retraso una indemnización del 2%.
e) El objetivo es enviar información o enlaces cada dos semanas
f) ¿Por qué debemos hacer esto conjuntamente y no por separado?
g) Nuestra dependencia del petróleo demuestra ser demasiado costosa en todos los aspectos.
3) Time to put your listening skills to the test with this activity from ESL-Lab.com.
4) Reading Comprehension: answer the questions based on the following text.
5) Use the sentences from the above exercises as topics to practice with your language exchange. Remember: If you don't have a language exchange (or a teacher) you're wasting your time, you'll never learn to speak English.
6) Let's learn some vocabulary. Extract all the words you don't know from this text. Look them up in an English-English dictionary like this one.
7) Listen and read this story. You should learn all the vocabulary and practice pronunciation. And, for the most daring, read this article from The Independent.
8) Finally, do the following writing task. If you have done all the exercises, then you've scored a 10! Congratulations!
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Key to exercise 2:
a) Such behaviour takes a toll on human beings of every age and income, culture and religion.
b) Social responsibility applies to each and every task that we perform every day.
c) Our team of localization experts will be happy to help you every step of the way.
d) In the event of a delay in delivery our company is entitled to claim for each day of delay a compensation of 2%
e) The aim is to send information or links every other week.
f) Why should we do this together, rather than each of us separately?
g) Our dependency on oil is proving too costly in every respect.
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