Hello everyone!
I post this entry to wish you all a very Merry Christmas and a Happy New Year!
I hope you make the most of these days, find time to relax, switch off, spend time with the family, travel, and start the New Year with renewed energy!
I guess (and hope!) you all know the history of Christmas. Last year around these dates I found this digital version of the story on the Internet and I wanted to share it with you. It's so good!
I would also like you to find some time to revise English (watch films, series; check links on the blog; read, etc.). Remember also that on the 16th we have the test of Dracula. When we come back from Christmas Leah will do an activity with you to remember the main events in the book (that is what will be on the test, not specific details).
See you on the 9th January then! :)
Thursday 22 December 2011
Merry Christmas to all! Digital story of the Nativity
Hello everyone!
I post this entry to wish you all a very Merry Christmas and a Happy New Year!
I hope you make the most of these days, find time to relax, switch off, spend time with the family, travel, and start the New Year with renewed energy!
I guess (and hope!) you all know the history of Christmas. Last year around these dates I found this digital version of the story on the Internet and I wanted to share it with you. It's so good!
I would also like you to find some time to revise English (watch films, series; check links on the blog; read, etc.). Remember also that on the 16th we have the test of Dracula. When we come back from Christmas Leah will do an activity with you to remember the main events in the book (that is what will be on the test, not specific details).
See you on the 9th January then! :)
I post this entry to wish you all a very Merry Christmas and a Happy New Year!
I hope you make the most of these days, find time to relax, switch off, spend time with the family, travel, and start the New Year with renewed energy!
I guess (and hope!) you all know the history of Christmas. Last year around these dates I found this digital version of the story on the Internet and I wanted to share it with you. It's so good!
I would also like you to find some time to revise English (watch films, series; check links on the blog; read, etc.). Remember also that on the 16th we have the test of Dracula. When we come back from Christmas Leah will do an activity with you to remember the main events in the book (that is what will be on the test, not specific details).
See you on the 9th January then! :)
Merry Christmas to all!
Hello everyone!
I post this entry to wish you all a very Merry Christmas and a Happy New Year!
I hope you make the most of these days, find time to relax, switch off, spend time with the family, travel, and start the New Year with renewed energy!
I guess (and hope!) you all know the history of Christmas. Last year around these dates I found this digital version of the story on the Internet and I wanted to share it with you. It's so good!
I would also like you to find some time to revise English (watch films, series; check links on the blog; read, etc.). Remember also that on the 16th we have the test of Dracula. When we come back from Christmas Leah will do an activity with you to remember the main events in the book (that is what will be on the test, not specific details).
See you on the 9th January then! :)
I post this entry to wish you all a very Merry Christmas and a Happy New Year!
I hope you make the most of these days, find time to relax, switch off, spend time with the family, travel, and start the New Year with renewed energy!
I guess (and hope!) you all know the history of Christmas. Last year around these dates I found this digital version of the story on the Internet and I wanted to share it with you. It's so good!
I would also like you to find some time to revise English (watch films, series; check links on the blog; read, etc.). Remember also that on the 16th we have the test of Dracula. When we come back from Christmas Leah will do an activity with you to remember the main events in the book (that is what will be on the test, not specific details).
See you on the 9th January then! :)
Monday 12 December 2011
Future continuous and future perfect
Hello everyone!
Well, the first term seems to be coming to an end!
On our last days of class we finished correcting a few exercises that were lagging behind. We did a mock test so that you could have an idea of what to expect in the one we do tomorrow, and it also helped you learn some useful vocabulary, collocations and prepositions.
We also corrected the photocopy about future tenses. It was pretty much of a revision, but there were two new things: the future continuous and the future perfect.
Exercises 1 and 2: Future continuous I and II
Exercises 3 and 4: will vs. present simple; will vs. will be +ing (future simple vs. future continuous)
Exercise 5: Future perfect
We also learnt some vocabulary related to food, and Leah brought some Christmas recipes! Why don't you try preparing one of them for the Christmas party at the school (21st December)? :)
Finally, here I post the key to exercises 1, 2, 3 on page 16. It's strange because some people have it corrected, and some don't. At any rate, here you have the key, just in case:
Exercise 1:
Exercise 2:
Exercise 3: (Here I write the odd word out)
Well, the first term seems to be coming to an end!
On our last days of class we finished correcting a few exercises that were lagging behind. We did a mock test so that you could have an idea of what to expect in the one we do tomorrow, and it also helped you learn some useful vocabulary, collocations and prepositions.
We also corrected the photocopy about future tenses. It was pretty much of a revision, but there were two new things: the future continuous and the future perfect.
Exercises 1 and 2: Future continuous I and II
Exercises 3 and 4: will vs. present simple; will vs. will be +ing (future simple vs. future continuous)
Exercise 5: Future perfect
We also learnt some vocabulary related to food, and Leah brought some Christmas recipes! Why don't you try preparing one of them for the Christmas party at the school (21st December)? :)
Finally, here I post the key to exercises 1, 2, 3 on page 16. It's strange because some people have it corrected, and some don't. At any rate, here you have the key, just in case:
Exercise 1:
- directed
- cast
- plot
- played
- masterpiece
- audience
- sensational
- miss
Exercise 2:
- reputation
- shoot
- supporting
- adaptation
- estimated
- enjoyed
- part
- set
Exercise 3: (Here I write the odd word out)
- live
- beatiful
- modern
- large
- ugly
Weeks 11 and 12
Hello everyone!!
Well, apparently the first term is coming to an end!
On our last days we continued with Unit 4, and we talked about films. Remember the four basic questions to answer when you talk about a film:
Some of you prepared a short presentation about your favourite film and you told the rest of your classmates. These days I will send you an e-mail with my feedback on how you did!! :)
Now I leave you with a listening about two people who want to rent a film. Click here for a multiple choice exercise, or here if you prefer to complete gaps in a text. After you do the listening, revise some of the new vocabulary doing these exercises. Finally, here you have the script.
We also continued revising the Present Perfect (remember, we use it to talk about experiences in our lives, without saying or asking when they happened), and we saw some specific words that are typically used with it: just, already, yet.
Remember:
I've already finished reading Dracula.
I haven't started Sherlock Holmes yet
Have you been to England yet?
Have you already started revising for the exam?
Here you have a text about Loch Ness that you have to complete using the present perfect. Check it out!
And, finally, here you have three tests where you can revise the present perfect:
Test 1
Test 2
Test 3
Apart from films, we also talked about music! We listened to two people who had different musical tastes, but sometimes they agreed! To ask about their experiences with music, they always used the beginning: Have you ever...?
Finally, on our last day of class we talked a little bit about education and we listened to a current affairs programme where they talked about who should pay for university education.
To finish today's entry, here you have two websites to practise some of the grammar we saw in the previous units:
Well, apparently the first term is coming to an end!
On our last days we continued with Unit 4, and we talked about films. Remember the four basic questions to answer when you talk about a film:
- What kind of film is it? - a love story, a comedy, a musical, a horror film...
- Who's in it? - the actors (the cast)
- What's it about? - the plot
- What's it like? - your personal opinion
Some of you prepared a short presentation about your favourite film and you told the rest of your classmates. These days I will send you an e-mail with my feedback on how you did!! :)
We also continued revising the Present Perfect (remember, we use it to talk about experiences in our lives, without saying or asking when they happened), and we saw some specific words that are typically used with it: just, already, yet.
Remember:
- We use just for something that has very recently happened (acabar de). We place it in the middle of the sentence:
- We use already in affirmative sentences to mean 'sooner than expected'. We also place it in the middle of the sentence:
I've already finished reading Dracula.
- We use yet in negative and interrogative sentences. We place it at the end:
I haven't started Sherlock Holmes yet
Have you been to England yet?
- BUT remember: we can also use already in questions when we expect a positive answer
Have you already started revising for the exam?
And, finally, here you have three tests where you can revise the present perfect:
Test 1
Test 2
Test 3
Apart from films, we also talked about music! We listened to two people who had different musical tastes, but sometimes they agreed! To ask about their experiences with music, they always used the beginning: Have you ever...?
Finally, on our last day of class we talked a little bit about education and we listened to a current affairs programme where they talked about who should pay for university education.
To finish today's entry, here you have two websites to practise some of the grammar we saw in the previous units:
Asking about films; revision of tenses; just / yet / already
Hello everyone!!
Well, apparently the first term is coming to an end!
On our last days we continued with Unit 4, and we talked about films. Remember the four basic questions to answer when you talk about a film:
Some of you prepared a short presentation about your favourite film and you told the rest of your classmates. These days I will send you an e-mail with my feedback on how you did!! :)
Now I leave you with a listening about two people who want to rent a film. Click here for a multiple choice exercise, or here if you prefer to complete gaps in a text. After you do the listening, revise some of the new vocabulary doing these exercises. Finally, here you have the script.
We also continued revising the Present Perfect (remember, we use it to talk about experiences in our lives, without saying or asking when they happened), and we saw some specific words that are typically used with it: just, already, yet.
Remember:
Have you been to England yet?
Here you have a text about Loch Ness that you have to complete using the present perfect. Check it out!
And, finally, here you have three tests where you can revise the present perfect:
Test 1
Test 2
Test 3
Apart from films, we also talked about music! We listened to two people who had different musical tastes, but sometimes they agreed! To ask about their experiences with music, they always used the beginning: Have you ever...?
Finally, on our last day of class we talked a little bit about education and we listened to a current affairs programme where they talked about who should pay for university education.
To finish today's entry, here you have two websites to practise some of the grammar we saw in the previous units:
Well, apparently the first term is coming to an end!
On our last days we continued with Unit 4, and we talked about films. Remember the four basic questions to answer when you talk about a film:
- What kind of film is it? - a love story, a comedy, a musical, a horror film...
- Who's in it? - the actors (the cast)
- What's it about? - the plot
- What's it like? - your personal opinion
Some of you prepared a short presentation about your favourite film and you told the rest of your classmates. These days I will send you an e-mail with my feedback on how you did!! :)
We also continued revising the Present Perfect (remember, we use it to talk about experiences in our lives, without saying or asking when they happened), and we saw some specific words that are typically used with it: just, already, yet.
Remember:
- We use just for something that has very recently happened (acabar de). We place it in the middle of the sentence:
- We use already in affirmative sentences to mean 'sooner than expected'. We also place it in the middle of the sentence:
- We use yet in negative and interrogative sentences. We place it at the end:
Have you been to England yet?
- BUT remember: we can also use already in questions when we expect a positive answer
And, finally, here you have three tests where you can revise the present perfect:
Test 1
Test 2
Test 3
Apart from films, we also talked about music! We listened to two people who had different musical tastes, but sometimes they agreed! To ask about their experiences with music, they always used the beginning: Have you ever...?
Finally, on our last day of class we talked a little bit about education and we listened to a current affairs programme where they talked about who should pay for university education.
To finish today's entry, here you have two websites to practise some of the grammar we saw in the previous units:
Weeks 11 and 12
Hello everyone!!
Well, apparently the first term is coming to an end!
On our last days we continued with Unit 4, and we talked about films. Remember the four basic questions to answer when you talk about a film:
Some of you prepared a short presentation about your favourite film and you told the rest of your classmates. These days I will send you an e-mail with my feedback on how you did!! :)
Now I leave you with a listening about two people who want to rent a film. Click here for a multiple choice exercise, or here if you prefer to complete gaps in a text. After you do the listening, revise some of the new vocabulary doing these exercises. Finally, here you have the script.
We also continued revising the Present Perfect (remember, we use it to talk about experiences in our lives, without saying or asking when they happened), and we saw some specific words that are typically used with it: just, already, yet.
Remember:
I've already finished reading Dracula.
I haven't started Sherlock Holmes yet
Have you been to England yet?
Have you already started revising for the exam?
Here you have a text about Loch Ness that you have to complete using the present perfect. Check it out!
And, finally, here you have three tests where you can revise the present perfect:
Test 1
Test 2
Test 3
Apart from films, we also talked about music! We listened to two people who had different musical tastes, but sometimes they agreed! To ask about their experiences with music, they always used the beginning: Have you ever...?
Finally, on our last day of class we talked a little bit about education and we listened to a current affairs programme where they talked about who should pay for university education.
To finish today's entry, here you have two websites to practise some of the grammar we saw in the previous units:
Well, apparently the first term is coming to an end!
On our last days we continued with Unit 4, and we talked about films. Remember the four basic questions to answer when you talk about a film:
- What kind of film is it? - a love story, a comedy, a musical, a horror film...
- Who's in it? - the actors (the cast)
- What's it about? - the plot
- What's it like? - your personal opinion
Some of you prepared a short presentation about your favourite film and you told the rest of your classmates. These days I will send you an e-mail with my feedback on how you did!! :)
We also continued revising the Present Perfect (remember, we use it to talk about experiences in our lives, without saying or asking when they happened), and we saw some specific words that are typically used with it: just, already, yet.
Remember:
- We use just for something that has very recently happened (acabar de). We place it in the middle of the sentence:
- We use already in affirmative sentences to mean 'sooner than expected'. We also place it in the middle of the sentence:
I've already finished reading Dracula.
- We use yet in negative and interrogative sentences. We place it at the end:
I haven't started Sherlock Holmes yet
Have you been to England yet?
- BUT remember: we can also use already in questions when we expect a positive answer
Have you already started revising for the exam?
And, finally, here you have three tests where you can revise the present perfect:
Test 1
Test 2
Test 3
Apart from films, we also talked about music! We listened to two people who had different musical tastes, but sometimes they agreed! To ask about their experiences with music, they always used the beginning: Have you ever...?
Finally, on our last day of class we talked a little bit about education and we listened to a current affairs programme where they talked about who should pay for university education.
To finish today's entry, here you have two websites to practise some of the grammar we saw in the previous units:
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