Wednesday, 25th April 2018

TODAY IN CLASS:

-Corrección Gapped text: “The man in the doorway”

-Speaking: descripción de fotos para que los compañeros la capten gráficamente. Fotos de FCE MACMILLAN, pages 66, 103 & 126

-Corrección EFPkinWrkbk, page 40, sobre CAN / COULD / BE

ABLE TO

VOCABULARY: you should check Quizlet!

PHONETICS:

above /əˈbʌv/, ache /eɪk/, although /ɔːlˈðəʊ/,air
/eə/,  autor /ˈɔːθə/, blood /blʌd/, captain /ˈkæptɪn/, carbohydrate /ˈkɑːbəʊˈhaɪdreɪt/, dessert /dɪˈzɜːt/,downpour /ˈdaʊnpɔː/, flood /flʌd/, jewellery /ˈdʒuːəlrɪ/, minute /ˈmɪnɪt/, mountain /ˈmaʊntɪn/, private /ˈpraɪvɪt/, roughly /ˈrʌflɪ/, scene /siːn/, sew /səʊ/, sure /ʃʊə/, tired /ˈtaɪəd/, women/ˈwɪmɪn/, vulture /ˈvʌlʧə/

HOMEWORK:

-Open Cloze from FCE GOLD, page 44, “Moments of Perfection”

-Writing essay, 140-190 words about the following topic: What should be forbidden nowadays and it isn´t at the moment?

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

ADVERBS TO BE USED:

·I strongly believe that…

·It is generally agreed that…

Monday, 23rd April 2018

TODAY IN CLASS:

-Speaking: the most typical task for the first day of the week!

-Corrección FEC MACMILLAN WORKBOOK, pages 106 & 107, gapped text + vocabulary: “As pretty as a picture”

1.Gapped text:

1.B   2.F   3.A   4.D   5.H   6.G   7.C   E not used

2.Phrasal verbs

1.set up   2.take over   3.cut off   4.get over   5.look after   6.come up with

3.Nouns

Cruelty                           treatment

pregnancy                       adoption  

intelligence                     survival

health                            inspiration

 -Book, page 38 & 39: 2GRAMMAR: modals of obligation (must, have to, should

-Corregir Book, page 44, 1VOCABULARY c) + phonetics 2PRONUNCIATION

VOCABULARY: you should check Quizlet!

PHONETICS:

above /əˈbʌv/, ache /eɪk/, although /ɔːlˈðəʊ/,air
/eə/,  autor /ˈɔːθə/, blood /blʌd/, captain /ˈkæptɪn/, carbohydrate /ˈkɑːbəʊˈhaɪdreɪt/, dessert /dɪˈzɜːt/,downpour /ˈdaʊnpɔː/, flood /flʌd/, jewellery /ˈdʒuːəlrɪ/, minute /ˈmɪnɪt/, mountain /ˈmaʊntɪn/, private /ˈpraɪvɪt/, roughly /ˈrʌflɪ/, scene /siːn/, sure /ʃʊə/, tired /ˈtaɪəd/, women/ˈwɪmɪn/, vulture /ˈvʌlʧə/

HOMEWORK:

-EFPkinWrkbk, page 40, sobre CAN / COULD / BE ABLE TO

-For next Monday 30th April: Writing essay, 140-190 words about the following topic: "What should be forbidden nowadays and it isn´t at the moment?". Please, try to use the sentences includen in the section "ADVERBS TO BE USED" in this blog!

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

ADVERBS TO BE USED:

·I strongly believe that…

·It is generally agreed that…

Wednesday, 18th April 2018

TODAY IN CLASS:

-Revisión de la explicación sobre IN SPITE OF / DESPITE / ALTHOUGH / EVEN THOUGH + DOCUMENT 00820: hacemos algunas frases más.

-Speaking Examen oral FCE about museums: FCE Oxfrd, test 1, part 3, page 25

-Corrección FCE MACMILLAN WORKBOOK, page 31, Cloze Multiple Choice

1.C   2.A   3.D   4.A   5.C   6.B   7.B   8.C   9.D   10.A   11.B    12.C   13.A   14.D   15.B

VOCABULARY: you should check Quizlet!

PHONETICS:

above /əˈbʌv/, ache /eɪk/, although /ɔːlˈðəʊ/,air
/eə/,  autor /ˈɔːθə/, blood /blʌd/, captain /ˈkæptɪn/, carbohydrate /ˈkɑːbəʊˈhaɪdreɪt/, dessert /dɪˈzɜːt/,downpour /ˈdaʊnpɔː/, flood /flʌd/, jewellery /ˈdʒuːəlrɪ/, minute /ˈmɪnɪt/, mountain /ˈmaʊntɪn/, private /ˈpraɪvɪt/, roughly /ˈrʌflɪ/, scene /siːn/, sure /ʃʊə/, tired /ˈtaɪəd/, women/ˈwɪmɪn/, vulture /ˈvʌlʧə/

HOMEWORK:

-Lo que falta del DOCUMENT 00820 sobre DESPITE + IN SPITE OR / ALTHOUGH / EVEN THOUGH

-Reading FCE Gapped text from FCE GOLD, page 24, “The man in the doorway”

-FCE TARGET RICHMOND, Page 16

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

ADVERBS TO BE USED:

·I strongly believe that…

·It is generally agreed that…

Monday, 16th April 2018

TODAY IN CLASS:

-Book, page 52, PRACTICAL ENGLISH, “OLD FRIENDS”, 1.Jenny has coffee with a friend.

-Explicación sobre IN SPITE OF / DESPITE / ALTHOUGH / EVEN THOUGH + DOCUMENT 00820: hemos hecho 1 + 2 + 3 + 10 y pueden hacer cuatro de su elección.

-Corrección 4Reading, page 45: exercise b)

-Book, page 157, VOCABULARY BANK, Sports: 1 People and places a) + b)

VOCABULARY: you should check Quizlet!

PHONETICS:

above /əˈbʌv/, ache /eɪk/, although /ɔːlˈðəʊ/,air
/eə/,  autor /ˈɔːθə/, blood /blʌd/, captain
/ˈkæptɪn/, carbohydrate /ˈkɑːbəʊˈhaɪdreɪt/, dessert /dɪˈzɜːt/,downpour /ˈdaʊnpɔː/, flood /flʌd/, jewellery /ˈdʒuːəlrɪ/, minute /ˈmɪnɪt/, mountain /ˈmaʊntɪn/, private /ˈpraɪvɪt/, roughly /ˈrʌflɪ/, scene /siːn/, sure /ʃʊə/, tired /ˈtaɪəd/, women/ˈwɪmɪn/, vulture /ˈvʌlʧə/

HOMEWORK:

-Book, page 38 & 39: 2GRAMMAR: modals of obligation (must, have to, should): reading + b) reading and vocabulary

-Lo que falta del DOCUMENT 00820 sobre DESPITE + IN SPITE OR / ALTHOUGH / EVEN THOUGH

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

ADVERBS TO BE USED:

·I strongly believe that…

·It is generally agreed that…

Wednesday, 11th April 2018

TODAY IN CLASS:

-Corrección FCE Macmillan, Workbook, Page 55: Transformations and Word formation

*Transformations

1.come to a decision

2.although he is unable

3.despite the train being

4.to walk rather than catch

5.not leave yet

6.has been learning French for

7.last time we saw

*Word formation

1.picturesque  

2.inhabitants 

3.beautiful

4.neighbourhood

5.peaceful

6.pleasant

7.disadvantages

8.infrequent

9.dependent

10.unfriendly

-Listening page 43

VOCABULARY: you should check Quizlet!

PHONETICS:

above /əˈbʌv/, ache /eɪk/, although /ɔːlˈðəʊ/,air
/eə/,  autor /ˈɔːθə/, blood /blʌd/, carbohydrate /ˈkɑːbəʊˈhaɪdreɪt/, dessert /dɪˈzɜːt/,downpour /ˈdaʊnpɔː/, flood /flʌd/, jewellery /ˈdʒuːəlrɪ/, minute /ˈmɪnɪt/, mountain /ˈmaʊntɪn/, private /ˈpraɪvɪt/, roughly /ˈrʌflɪ/, scene /siːn/, sure /ʃʊə/, tired /ˈtaɪəd/, women/ˈwɪmɪn/, vulture /ˈvʌlʧə/

HOMEWORK:

-FCE MACMILLAN WORKBOOK, page 31, Cloze Multiple Choice

-FEC MACMILLAN WORKBOOK, pages 106 & 107, gapped text + vocabulary

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

ADVERBS TO BE USED:

·I strongly believe that…

·It is generally agreed that…

Monday, 9th April 2018

-Canción. “Our last summer”

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7fCndFDjYhU

I can still 1.______ our last 2.summer, I still 3.______ it all.
Walks 4.__________ the Seine, 5.__________ in the rain.
Our last 2.__________, memories that 6.__________.

We 7.__________ our way 4.__________ the river
And we sat down 8.______ the grass 9.______ the Eiffel Tower.
I was so happy we 10.______ ______, 

it was the 11._____ of no regret. Oh, yes
12.__________ crazy years that was the time of the 13._________.

But underneath we had a fear of 14.__________,
Of 15.__________ old, a fear of slowly 16.__________.
We took our 17.______ like we were dancing our 18._______ dance.

I can still 1._____ our last 2.summer, I still 3._______ it all.
In the 19.__________ jam, 20.__________ the Notre Dame.
Our last 2.__________, walking 21.__________ in 21.__________.
Paris 22.________, our last 2.________, 23.________ croissants.
Living for the day, 24.__________ far away
Our last 2.__________, we could 25.__________ and play.

And now you're 26.__________ in a bank, a family man,

a football 27.__________, and your 28.__________ is Harry.

How dull it 29.__________!

Are you the 30.__________ of my 31.__________?

I can still 1._______ our last 2.summer, I still 3._____ it all.
In the 19.__________ jam, 20.__________ the Notre Dame.
Our last 2.__________, walking 21.__________ in 21.__________.
I can still 1._____ our last 2.summer, I still 3._______ it all.
Walks 4.__________ the Seine, 5.__________ in the rain.
Our last 2.__________, memories that 6.__________.

-Corregir Book, page 42, VOCABULARY: a) + b) + c) + d) + e)

VOCABULARY: you should check Quizlet!

PHONETICS:

above /əˈbʌv/, ache /eɪk/, although /ɔːlˈðəʊ/,air
/eə/,  blood /blʌd/, carbohydrate /ˈkɑːbəʊˈhaɪdreɪt/, dessert /dɪˈzɜːt/,downpour /ˈdaʊnpɔː/, flood /flʌd/, jewellery /ˈdʒuːəlrɪ/, minute /ˈmɪnɪt/, mountain /ˈmaʊntɪn/, private /ˈpraɪvɪt/, roughly /ˈrʌflɪ/, scene /siːn/, sure /ʃʊə/, tired /ˈtaɪəd/, women/ˈwɪmɪn/, vulture /ˈvʌlʧə/

HOMEWORK:

-4Reading, page 45: exercise b)

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

ADVERBS TO BE USED:

·I strongly believe that…

·It is generally agreed that…