Wednesday, 30th May 2018

TODAY IN CLASS:  

-Práctica PET Speaking: con fotografías,

-Book, page 49, 2GRAMMAR: a) speaking + b) listening 3.16 + c) speaking: what is the most romantic meeting + d) grammar: USED TO

-Book, page 141, section 5B: USUALLY + USED TO + BE or GET USED con gerund (-ING). Explicación.

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/,hold /həʊld/, jewellery /ˈdʒuːəlrɪ/, minute /ˈmɪnɪt/, mountain /ˈmaʊntɪn/, private /ˈpraɪvɪt/, roughly /ˈrʌflɪ/, scene /siːn/, sew /səʊ/, sure /ʃʊə/, tired /ˈtaɪəd/, variety /vəˈraɪətɪ/women/ˈwɪmɪn/, won /wʌn/, vulture /ˈvʌlʧə/

HOMEWORK:

-FCE GOLD PLUS / READING MATCHING / PAGES 116 & 117 / “The things people do for fun”

-Book, pages 141, exercises 5Ba + 5Bb

INFINITIVE OR GERUND:

Infinitive: afford, agree, allow + object + to infinitive (allow me to go), appear, arrange, 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 help, can´t stand, consider, deny, discuss, don´t feel like, doesn´t / don´t mind, hate, enjoy, finish, 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,…