Week 8

Hello everyone!

To start with, sorry I haven't published this before, but I've been extremely busy with work during the weekend. Anyway, better late than never!

On Tuesday I gave you back the final version of your first composition and I also gave you the table that I use for the correction. If you don't have it, please photocopy it from a classmate or ask me in the next class.

Then we had a look at the two photocopies I gave you before the bank holiday and we learnt/revised some vocabulary related to sports and weddings.


After that, we continued talking about jobs and we talked about Gary, a taxi driver; Melissa, a vet; and Nigel, a pilot. We learnt some things they had to do and some things they didn't have to do in their jobs.

On Thursday we had one hour with Leah and we talked about the festivity of Guy Fawkes. Click here to read a little bit more about the history of this celebration and do some on-line exercises. Below you have a video of the fireworks after the celebration of Guy Fawkes:



After that, we corrected the homework on page 26 and we learnt the differences between present simple and present continuous. Apart from knowing if the action is happening now (continuous) or is a routine/habit (simple), remember that we also have to know if the verb is an activity or a state verb.

Finally, here you have a picture of midtown Manhattan (New York). As you can see, taxi drivers (and people in general!) don't have it very difficult to find places! (Click on the image to enlarge it)

For homework, remember you have to do exercises 4, 6 and 8 on pages 28 and 29.

See you in a bit! :)