This is a video for elementary English
students practicing the verb "to be." Also, it practices
the present simple, "have got" and "can" a
little. The video is about an Ironhorse motorcycle.
Esto es un video para alumnos principiantes
de inglés y practica el verbo "to be." También
practica el presente simple, "have got" y can. El video
es sobre una motocicleta Ironhorse.
Do this vocabulary activity first:
Motorcycles
Pictures List. Haz la actividad de vocabulario primero.
You can simply watch and/or read
the correct text below or you can do interactive activities
in this order: Ironhorse
- Matching, Ironhorse
- Websequitur, Ironhorse
- Cloze, Ironhorse
- Quiz. Puedes simplemente ver el video y/o
leer el texto correcto más abajo o puedes hacer las actividades
en el orden más arriba.
Vocabulary Activity Sponsored by
Custom
Planet, a Harley Davidson
shop in Madrid, Spain, imports second-hand Harley motorcycles
from the USA and sells them all over Spain. Google
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Writing:
Correction of texts.
Symbols: (simbolos) ww: wrong word (palabra
equivocada). g: grammar
(gramática). p:
punctuation (ortografia). :
remove word (quitar palabra). s: spelling (deletrear).
f-ww: (in)formal word
(palabra formal o informal. wo:
word order (orden de palabras). :
add a word (añadir una palabra). wf:
word form (forma de la palabra - por ejemplo: photo, photographer,
photograph, photography). *:
possibly ok (posiblemente esta bien).
See also (Ver también): Linkers
for a list of words to help you in your writing. (...para una
lista de palabras que te pueden ayudar en tus escritos.)
Incorrect Ironhorse text
If you like, try to correct the text first. I've given you a
few hints. See the key above. (Si quieres, intenta coregir el
texto primero. Te he dado algunas pistas. Mira los simbolos más
arriba.)
Correct Ironhorse text
Steven:
This is Andrés Blanes, of Custom Planet in Madrid. Andrés
can you tell me a little bit about this motorcycle?
Andrés:
Yes. Everything about this bike is very special. This bike is
unique. This bike is a show bike. It’s not a Harley Davidson.
It costs $60,000 new. It’s an Ironhorse, which is better than
a Harley Davidson.
It’s got a hard tail, or a rigid frame. It doesn’t have shock
absorbers in the rear.
This bike has a very special engine. The best feature of the
engine is the nitrous oxide system. This system improves the power
of the engine by about 50% for short periods of time by pressing
the button and at the same time turning the throttle for no longer
than five minutes.
This bike is very difficult to ride on curves because it’s
very low. The chassis is very low. This is a typical characteristic
of all American bikes because the roads there are very straight.
You have to ride this bike more slowly on the curves.
Steven:
Thank you Andrés. Can you start the engine?
Andrés:
Yes, no problem.
I’ll try.
Vocabulario
tell me - cuentame
a little bit - un poco
everything - todo
show bike - moto de exposición
iron horse - caballo de hierro
cost - costar
better than - mejor que
hard tail - cola dura
rigid frame - marco rigido
shock absorber - amortiguador
rear - trasero
engine - motor
feature - carácteristica
nitrous oxide - oxido nitroso
by about 50% - por alrededor del 50%
short periods of time - periodos corto de tiempo
pressing - presionando
at the same time - a la vez
throttle - acelerador
turn - girar
no longer than - no más tiempo que
curves - curvas
ride - montar
low - bajo
straight - recto
slowly - lentamente
improve - mejorar
Error-correction
video activity
This is a video for elementary English
students practicing the verb "to be." Also, it practices
the present simple, "have got" and "can" a
little. The video is about an Ironhorse motorcycle.
Esto es un video para alumnos principiantes
de inglés y practica el verbo "to be." También
practica el presente simple, "have got" y can. El video
es sobre una motocicleta Ironhorse. 
Writing:
Correction of texts.
:
remove word (quitar palabra).
:
add a word (añadir una palabra). wf:
word form (forma de la palabra - por ejemplo: photo, photographer,
photograph, photography). *:
possibly ok (posiblemente esta bien).
