The colours

THE COLOUR / COLOR

BrE. AmE

What colour is it? It's dull blue What colour are they? They're cherry red

Colours of the visible light spectrum: The rainbow:

Red Orange Yellow Green Blue Violet indigo

Basic colours: the hue

Red white brown orange yellow purple black   pink grey green blue.

BLUE RED

Cyan: Azul cian. Maroon/dark red: Magenta

Sky blue: Azul celeste Cherry red: Rojo cereza

Navy blue: Azul marino Blood red: Rojo sangre

Turquoise: Azul turquesa Brick red: Rojo teja

Cobalt blue: Azul cobalto Deep red: Granate

Electric blue: Azul eléctrico Magenta: Magenta

Indigo blue: Añil Reddish: Rojizo

Bluish: Azulado

YELLOW GREEN

Amber: Ámbar Bottle-green: Verde botella

Canary yellow: Amarillo canario Lime-green: Verde lima

Mustard yellow: amarillo mostaza Apple-green: Verde manzana

Straw colour: amarillo paja Olive-green: Verde olivo/aceituna

Yellowish: Amarillento Greenish-blue: verdiazul

Lemon-yellow:Amarillo limón Light-green: verdiblanco

Dark-green: verdinegro

Moss-green: Verde musgo

Leaf-green: Verde hoja

Greenish: Verdoso

ORANGE PURPLE/VIOLET

Salmon: color salmón Purplish: amoratado

Orangy: anaranjado

Bright-orange: Naranja chillón

GREY PINK

Charcoal grey: Gris carbón Rose wood: rosa palo

Ash-grey: Gris ceniza Rosy: rosado

Dark-grey: Gris marengo

Pearl-grey: Gris perla

Greyish: Grisáceo

WHITE BEIDGE

Whitish: Blanquecino.

CREAM FLESH-COLOURED

THE LIGHTNESS:

Light colours: colores claros

Dark/deep colours: colores oscuros.

Bright colours: Colores chillones

Muted/dull colours: Colores apagados

A maths joke

Teacher:          Peter, why are you doing your math multiplication on the floor?

Peter:               You told me to do it without using the tables!

Fijaos en la pronunciación de skate /eskeit/ ¿ A que suena como el número 8 en inglés? eight /eit/

Jokes in English

Teacher:         Sarah, go to the map and find   America.
Sarah:             Here it is.
Teacher:         Correct. Now class: Who discovered America?
Class:              Sarah.





            
    Is he Sarah? No, he isn't. This is Christopher Columbus who discovered America in 1492.

The rainbow colours

In our bilingual section we are reviewing the colours. Do you know there is a trick you can use to learn new vocabulary so that you can  remember it easily? It is called mnemotecnic and it consists on inventing an absurd word, phrase or sentence using the first letter of the words you want to learn.

For example, to remember the colours of the rainbow which are, RED, ORANGE, YELLOW, ,GREEN BLUE, INDIGO and VIOLET you can invent a sentence like this:

Ronaldo Ombligo Y Gilito Bobo Intentaron Volar.

Another mnemotecnic I often teach my students is the word MaLeTa to remember the position of some adverbials at the end of the sentences:
M of modo, L of lugar and T of tiempo.
So if we have to translate a sentece like: La semana pasada mis hermanos estudiaron en la biblioteca silenciosamente, we know where to place the adverbials:
My brothers studied quietly in the library last week.
                                        M              L                 T

And the last one has to do with the verb to come: A way to remember the three forms is with the sentence: COME CAMEllo COME.

A funny way to remember, isn't it?  Can you give me examples of mnemotecnics you use to learn vocabulary in English? I'd like you to share it with us.

Something about me.
This is my favourite song: HOTEL CALIFORNIA by an American group called The Eagles. From my point of view, this is one of the best songs ever written. It was first released in 1977 ( that year I was only 10!) and in three weeks 1.000.000 records were sold.
It was my English teacher in COU (now 2nd year of Bachillerato) the one who first made me come across the song in one of our English classes. Ever since I've listened to it thousands of times; I like it so much that I have it in my cell phone as my ring tone!!!
I hope you like it.

Hello everyone! 
Comienzo este blog con la idea de animar a mis alumnos/as a ver el inglés desde un punto de vista distinto al que solemos tratar en clase. Además pretendo convertirlo en una especie de banco de recursos en el que iré publicando todo aquello que crea que pueda ser de utilidad para todos. Espero que os animéis a visitarlo.
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