Monday, 8th January 2018

TODAY IN CLASS:

-Comentarios sobre los writings recibidos, sobre FCE XFRD, essay about careers.

-Corrección Reading article about good books:

8.A   9.D   10.A   11.C   12.C   13.B   14.D   15.D

-Corrección  de FCE GOLD, page 23, Transformations

-The title for this unit is clear: “Race across London”, so, we have to talk about transport. After explaining this tv programme, we are going to learn some new words related to this topic.

-Book, page 155, TRANSPORT, 1. “Public transport and vehicles”: pay attention to phonetic transcription + checking with listening 2.2.

-Book, page 24, 2PRONUNCIATION: a) + b) + c) con listening 2.5

VOCABULARY: you should check Quizlet!

PHONETICS:

above /əˈbʌv/, ache /eɪk/, although /ɔːlˈðəʊ/, blood /blʌd/, carbohydrate /ˈkɑːbəʊˈhaɪdreɪt/, dessert /dɪˈzɜːt/, flood /flʌd/, mountain /ˈmaʊntɪn/, private /ˈpraɪvɪt/, scene /siːn/, sure /ʃʊə/, women/ˈwɪmɪn/, vulture /ˈvʌlʧə/

HOMEWORK:

-FCE MACMILLAN, WORKBOOK, PAGE 62: error correction + word formation

INFINITIVE OR GERUND:

Infinitive: afford, agree, allow + object + to infinitive (allow me to go), appear, ask, begin (in non-continuous tenses, you can either use a gerund or an infinitive), begin (in continuous tenses, with infinitive), claim, decide, demand, expect, forget, hesitate, hope, intend, learn, manage, mean, need, offer, persuade, plan, pretend, promise, refuse, seem, try, wait, want, would like, would prefer.

Gerund: admit, allow, avoid, begin (in non-continuous tenses, you can either use a gerund or an infinitive), can´t stand, consider, deny, discuss, don´t feel like, doesn´t / don´t mind, hate, enjoy, imagine, involve, keep, like, look forward to, love, mention, miss, need, practice, prefer, quite like, recall, recommend, regret, risk, spend, stop, suggest, understand,

Bare infinitive: had better, make, modal verbs, would rather, help

ADJECTIVE ORDER:

Opinion + size + age + shape + colour + pattern + material + nationality

NON-ACTION VERBS:

Agree, be, believe, belong, depend, forget, hate, hear, know, like, love, mater, mean, need, prefer, realize, recognize, remember, seem, suppose