Wednesday, 17th January 2018

TODAY IN CLASS:

-Corrección Reading gapped text from FCE MACMILLAN WORKBOOK, pages 42 & 43: “Keeping it in the family”

1.B   2.G   3.F   4.A   5.E   6.C     Not used: D

-Book, page 26, 4GRAMMAR: comparatives and superlatives

-Book, page 136, section 3A: explanation about comparatives and superlatives

-Book, page 136, exercises 3Aa + 3Ab about comparatives and superlatives: hacemos solamente dos frases de cada ejercicio.

-Corrección document 06101 to review the causative passive

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:

-Charla TED 01

-Cloze text from FCE NEW SUCCESS AT, page 38: “Dog´s misery in small house”

-Book, page 136, exercises 3Aa + 3Ab about comparatives and superlatives: menos las dos primeras frases de cada ejercicio, que ya hemos hecho en clase.

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