VOCABULARY:
To be scared of, actually = in fact, to belong, huge, armchair,
earthquake, flood, blood, to face, brain, to involve, fear, steel, terrific, terrified, bat, aisle /ail/,
since, for, sin, sinner, what (=lo que), is up to you, to make sense, to rot-rotted-rotten,
owner, to enter, to realize, to complain, whose, guy, concerning, footstep,
fingerprint, fan, to earn, strike, demonstration, weekly, success, to depend
on, to pay for, to ask for, to wait for, worry about, to arrive in, to arrive
at, to speak to, to fall in love with, date, journalist, to book, to rest,
rest room, to be in a hurry, hurry up, roundabout, straight, curly, wavy
TODAY
IN CLASS:
-Entregar
correcciones de pistas sobre personajes famosos.
-Dudas y
preguntas sobre las correcciones de las composiciones.
-Corregir Book,
page 45, 4READING, ejercicios A y B (lectura y preguntas)
- Corregir ejercicio
de frases para completar con PRESENT PERFECT:
22.A thief (steal) ______________ Mary’s purse.
23.They (accept) ______________ credit cards.
24.We (sing) ______________ different songs at the
camp.
25.The player (hit) ______________ me with the ball.
26.The students (print) ______________ the magazine.
27.The children (swim) ______________ in the lake.
28.The inspector (show) ______________ us the secret
files.
29.Susan (get) ______________ $50 as a prize.
30.The passengers (watch) ______________ many movies.
31.He (build) ______________ a new department.
32.Jonathan (buy) ______________ a new car and a new
house.
33.The President (visit) ______________ the museum.
34.The secretary (ask) ______________ the boss to sign
the letters.
35.Sarah (work) ______________ for a building company.
36.The workers (clean) ______________ the theatre.
37.Jane (cut) ______________ her finger.
38.Frank (fix) ______________ his bicycle.
39.Peter (eat) ______________ a lot of sandwiches.
40.My brothers (spend) ______________ their holidays
abroad
-Entregar
fotocopia de deberes, explicando muy bien cada ejercicio: frases complicadas,
por contexto, con SIMPLE PAST o con PRESENT PERFECT
-BOOK, page 74: Section 1 “Holly and Rob in Brooklyn ”,
listening 4.31
*audio sin leer
las preguntas
*segundo audio
potenciando el intercambio de información
*lectura de las
preguntas del ejercicio b para contestarlas
-BOOK, page 74, SECTION 2VOCABULARY “Directions”,
ejercicio A
HOMEWORK:
-Frases con
contexto, para completar con SIMPLE PAST o con PRESENT PERFECT:
I. Choose a verb to complete the sentence in present
perfect or past simple.
write / go / oversleep / read / spend / wear
1. I ___________ a lot this week, but I have to get
the book completely finished by this weekend.
2. - Shall I make us some dinner? It´s already 8
o´clock.
- No thanks. I ____________ to the dentist this
afternoon and my mouth hurts too much to eat anything.
3. I ____________three lectures today and I still have
two more later this afternoon.
4. It was so hot today that I ____________ shorts and
a T-shirt to work.
5. We ____________ 200 pounds on food this month and
there´s another week to go before I get paid.
6.- Do you want a lift home?
- No, I ____________ this morning because my alarm
clock didn´t go off, so I need to work late.
II. Complete the sentences with these pairs of verbs.
(Note that the verb pairs are not always in sentence order.) Choose the most
appropriate tense: present perfect or past simple.
be able
– feel / happen
– speak / improve – be / not want – fall /
rescue
– be / work – not have
1. Maria ___________ to go swimming since she
__________ in the river.
2. Since she ____________ at the company she
____________ a day off through illness.
3. Since he ____________ the girl from the frozen
pond, he __________ on TV almost everyday.
4. A lot ____________ since I last ____________ to
you.
5. Since I ___________ to drive I ___________ much
more independent.
6. Robert´s reading ____________ enormously since he
____________ at school.
III. Choose a verb that can complete both sentences in
each pair. Use the present perfect in one and the past simple in the other.
finish / get / hear / sign
1. a) Remember that after you ____________ the
contract you won´t be able to change your mind.
b) Carlo´s injury only became apparent after he
____________ to play for Manchester United.
2. a) As soon as I ___________ college I want to
travel around Australia.
b) I didn´t
have time to check the composition. I handed it in as soon as I
____________ it.
3. a) By the time Sarah ____________ to work the
meeting had finished.
b) I´ll propably have finished breakfast by the time
the children ____________ up.
4. a) I recognised her the moment I ____________ her
laugh.
b) I´ll tell you what time we´re coming the moment I
____________ from Frank.
IV. Here are some extracts from a television news
report. Choose the more appropriate tense – present perfect or past simple –
for the verbs given.
1. In tonight´s World Cup match, France are currently
beating Germany 2-1 with five minutes of the match to go. If the score remains
the same it will be the first time Germany ____________(LOSE) to France since
1998.
2. The Victoria Hospital in Milltown
____________(CLOSE) to new patients after more cases of food poisoning. Three
elderly patients ____________(DIE) last week in the outbreak.
3. In last night´s final Mark Peters ____________
(DEFEAT) Ed Mayers in three sets. It was the first time in six attempts that
Peters ____________(BEAT) the world champion.
4. Nearly 600 laptops ____________(STEAL) from
Ministry of Defense staff over the past five years. However, a spokesperson
____________(INSIST) that there had been no security problems as none of the
computers ____________(HOLD) secret information.
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