Wednesday, 20th February 2019

TODAY IN CLASS:

-Corrección Book, pages 68-69, c) + d) (about reading)

Page 68 Exercise 1c 1 Carlos 2 Andrea 3 Marco 4 Vivienne

-Speaking: Young student / “less Young” student: convincing about living at home or not

-Corrección Transformations / FCE Gold Plus / Page 122

35.It´s the first time I have seen such an exciting film.

36.Pete wanted to know where Sue worked now.

37.It´s very easy to stay/keep in touch with friends nowadays.

38.I wouldn´t live in New York if it was/were not  a very exciting place.

39.If only I had bought a better car.

40.The game was called off because of the rain.

41.I would love to be able to speak Italian.

42.It´s up to you whether you accept the job.

-Corrección EFPinkWrkbkk, page 40 about modals: hemos corregido hasta la frase 6 del primer ejercicio.

VOCABULARY:

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PHONETICS:

adventure /ədˈvenʧə/, air /eə/, ankle /ˈæŋkl/, bird /bɜːd/, caricature /ˌkærɪkəˈtjʊə/, charge /'tʃɑ:dʒ/, choir /ˈkwaɪə/, church /'tʃɜ :tʃ/, eight /eɪt/, forehead /ˈfɒrɪd/, future /ˈfjuːʧə/, hurt /hɜːt/, laugh /lɑːf/, love /lʌv/, mountain/ˈmaʊntɪn/, nature /ˈneɪʧə/, sew /ˈsəʊ/south /saʊθ/, 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:

-FCE MAC CRSBK, pages 188 – 189, multiple choice reading “Speaking in one tongue”

-Error correction / FCE Mac page 52

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