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…