Wednesday, 11th December 2019

TODAY IN CLASS:

-Book, page 93, PRACTICAL ENGLISH “UNEXPECTED EVENT”, 3. “Rob gets serious” 5.26

-Corrección Book, page 121, WRITING, 10. A biography (para practicar relative clauses)

-Book, page 99, 3GRAMMAR: a) ejercicio introductorio sobre question tags

-Book, page 151, section 10B about QUESTION TAGS: teoría + ejercicio 10Bb

PHONETICS:

Ache /eɪk/, caught /kɔːt/, choir /ˈkwaɪə^r/, cousin /ˈkʌsn/, detective /dɪˈtektɪv/, favourite /ˈfeɪvrət/, heart/hɑːt/, hurt /hɜːt/, whereas /weərˈæz/  

HOMEWORK:

-Book, page 151, ejercicio 10Ba

-Writing: ARTICLE. Write your answer in 140- 190 words in an appropriate style about the following topic: "Success in society: all of us learn from our failures as well as successes. Is it important to live an unsuccessful experience?  Why (not)?"

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, continue, 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