Wednesday, 23rd January 2018

TODAY IN CLASS:

-FCE Speaking, part 3 (accoding to an example from YouTube)

-Corrección FCE Target First, page 80, ejercicios: 1 + 4 + 5

4.

1.landed   2.have been fascinated   3.was predicted   4.isn´t expected   5.are beginning / have begun   6.are allowed to travel   7.paid   8.was given   9.spent   10.might be built

5.

1. A time travel machine has been invented

2.All scientific experiments on animals may be banned

3.The average life expectancy is predicted to increase to 200 years/

It is predicted that the average life expectancy will increase to 200 years

4.The Nobel Prize for Physics has been awarded to a teenager /

A teenager has been awarded the Nobel Prize for Physics

-Book, page 66, 5GRAMMAR: b) listening 4.11 and 4.12 with questions + c

VOCABULARY:

You should check Quizlet.com

PHONETICS:

adventure /ədˈvenʧə/, air /eə/, ankle /ˈæŋkl/, bird /bɜːd/, caricature /ˌkærɪkəˈtjʊə/, charge /'tʃɑ:dʒ/, church /'tʃɜ:tʃ/, eight /eɪt/, forehead /ˈfɒrɪd/, future /ˈfjuːʧə/, hurt /hɜːt/, laugh /lɑːf/, love /lʌv/, mountain/ˈmaʊntɪn/, nature /ˈneɪʧə/, thorough /ˈθʌrə/, though /ðəʊ/, thought /θɔːt/, through /θruː/, throw /θrəʊ/, uncle/ˈʌŋkl/, wander /ˈwɒndə/, war /wɔː/, weight /weɪt/, women /ˈwɪmɪn/, wonder /ˈwʌndə/

word /wɜːd/, world /wɜːld/,

HOMEWORK:

-Word formation, FCE Target, página 49, 5

-FCE target Richmond, page 31, multiple matching reading “Extreme travel”:

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, tend, understand,

Bare infinitive: had better, let, 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, want, realize, recognize, remember, seem, suppose, understand

ADVERBS TO BE USED:

·I strongly believe that…

·It is generally agreed that…

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

·It is / would be extremely important

·It is / would be quite interesting

·It is / would be absolutely essential