Monday, 7th May 2018

TODAY IN CLASS:

-Speaking: about each one´s weekend (asking each other to see who discover more about his / her mate´s weekend).

-Enlazamos la actividad anterior (hablar en pasado) con la corrección Book, page 140, GRAMMAR BANK, section 5A: exercises 5Aa + 5Ab:

Page 140 Grammar Bank 5A Exercise a

1 They didn’t win the match although they had trained every evening.

2 Mike had an accident while he was cycling to work.

3 I cleaned the house when I got home. It looked great.

4 When we arrived, the match started. We got there just in time and saw the whole match!

5 The captain hadn’t scored any goals when the referee sent him off.

6 My son got injured while he was playing basketball last Saturday.

7 Luckily, we had stopped skiing when the snowstorm started. We were already back at the hotel.

8 England hadn’t lost any of their games when they played in the quarter-finals.

9 The referee suspended the match because it was raining too hard to play.

Page 140 Grammar Bank 5A Exercise b

1 The accident happened when they were driving home. (happen, drive)

2 The crowd cheered when the referee blew the final whistle. (cheer, blow)

3 I didn’t recognize her at first because she had changed so much. (not recognize, change)

4 The police stopped her on the motorway because she wasn’t wearing a seat belt. (stop, not wear)

5 Some of the players weren’t listening while the coach was talking to them. (not listen, talk)

6 We couldn’t use the ski slope because it hadn’t snowed enough. (not can, not snow)

7 They weren’t able to play tennis because they hadn’t booked a court. (not able to, not book)

8 The player got a yellow card because he had taken off (get, take off)

-Para terminar la unidad anterior, acabamos la sección de vocabulario que encontramos en Book, page 157, VOCABULARY BANK, Sports: 2 Verbs a) + b) + c)

-Speaking page 47, punto 4, por Jm.

VOCABULARY: you should check Quizlet!

PHONETICS:

above /əˈbʌv/, ache /eɪk/, although /ɔːlˈðəʊ/,air /eə/,  autor /ˈɔːθə/, blood /blʌd/, captain /ˈkæptɪn/, carbohydrate /ˈkɑːbəʊˈhaɪdreɪt/, caught /kɔːt/, 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/, won /wʌn/, vulture /ˈvʌlʧə/

HOMEWORK:

Open Cloze / FCE Gold Plus / Page 72 / “Fashion hurts”

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…

·To do something exceptionally fast / slow / carefully,…