28/10/2013, Monday

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.