lunes, 31 de octubre de 2016
VOCABULARY "THE TIME"
Time: time is the ongoing sequence of events taking place. The past, present and future.
Past: This expression is used when the long hand (minutes) is between 12 and 6 (passing through 1-2-3-4-5)
To: This expression is used when the long hand (minutes) is between 12 and 6 (passing through 7-8-9-10-11)
O´clock: We use o´clock when there are no minutes. It means when the long hand is exactly in 12.
Hour: Is represented by the short hand.
Minutes: Is represented by the long hand.
Elapsed: is the amount of time that passes from the start of an event to its finish or how much time goes by from one time to another.
Calendar: It shows the days of a month and the events through it.
Schedule: a schedule shows the time when something happens or when a task must be done.
Month: one month is 30 days.
Month: one month is 4 weeks.
Year: one year is 365 days.
Year: one year is twelve months.
Hour: one hour is 60 seconds.
Minutes: one minute is sixty seconds.
Week: one week is 30 days; sometimes 31 days and 29 days in February every 4 years.
Week: one week is 7 days.
Decade: one decade is 10 years.
Century: one century is 100 years.
Millennium: one millennium is 1,000 years.
lunes, 17 de octubre de 2016
VOCABULARY UNITS OF MEASUREMENT
Length: Distance, how far from end to end or from one point to another.
Mass: a measure of how much matter there is in an object.
Capacity: the amount that something can hold.
Conversion: a change in the form of a measurement, different units, without a change in the size or amount.
Matter: the substance of which any physical object consists or is composed.
Weight: the amount or quantity of heaviness or mass; amount a thing weighs.
Weigh: to determine the force that gravitation exerts upon a person or a thing by use of a balance, scale or other mechanical device.
Units of Mass: Kilogram (Kg); Hectogram (Hg); Decagram (Dag); Gram (g); decigram (dg); Centigram (cg), milligram (mg)
Units of Length: Kilometer (Km); Hectometer (Hm); Decameter (Dam); Meter (m); decimeter (dm); Centimeter (cm), millimeter (mm)
Units of capacity: Kiloliter (Kl); Hectoliter (Hl); Decaliter (Dal); Liter (l); deciliter (dl); Centiliter (cl), milliliter (ml)
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