Monday, 13th May 2019

TODAY IN CLASS:

-Corrección Reading from book, page 80, a) + b)

-ESCAPE TO THE CONTINENT in Poitou (T1E1), hasta pregunta 11

VOCABULARY:

You should check Quizlet.com because there are some new words!

PHONETICS:

adventure /ədˈvenʧə/, AIR /eə/, ankle /ˈæŋkl/, bird /bɜːd/, caricature /ˌkærɪkəˈtjʊə/, charge /'tʃɑ:dʒ/, choir /ˈkwaɪə/, church /'tʃɜ :tʃ/, drought /draʊt/, eight /eɪt/, forehead /ˈfɒrɪd/, future /ˈfjuːʧə/, hurt /hɜːt/, laugh /lɑːf/, love /lʌv/, mountain/ˈmaʊntɪn/, nature /ˈneɪʧə/, receipt /rɪˈsiːt/, sew /´səʊ/, 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:

-Book, page 147, GRAMMAR BANK, SECTION 8B: ejercicios 8Ba + 8Bb sobre el uso de GERUND & INFINITIVE.

-Book, page 79, 3GRAMMAR f): it´s not a writing

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

·Not only A, but also B

·(I) either A or B

·(I) neither A nor B