Wednesday, 9th January 2019

TODAY IN CLASS:

-Diferencia de speaking entre B1 y B2 de Cambrige: comparar dos fotografías, no solo describir. Modelo listening to compare two pictures: FCE Target, CD1, Track 7, page 23. Conectores utilizados: WHILE, IN CONTRAST, WHEREAS

-Práctica de D., comparación de dos fotos: FCE Target First, page 152, fotos superiores

-Open cloze, FCE Target First, page 9, “Love and relationships”

1.used   2.there   3.in   4.After   5.why   6.on   7.each   8.has   9.for   10.to   11.would   12.how 

-Speaking about love and relationships: should we love our belongings and pets?

-Explicación del uso del condicional WOULD como equivalente de USED TO

VOCABULARY:

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PHONETICS:

adventure /ədˈvenʧə/, 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:

-Writing to compare two pictures. See blog.

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