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…