Monday, 3rd February 2020

TODAY IN CLASS:

-Análisis del Nuevo libro de texto: ENGLISH FILE INTERMEDIATE PLUS (B1-B2)

-Speaking and correction: “One day at a time”, season 1, episode 1

-Corrección C15: Transformations from FCE PEARSON, page 19

1. Do you have a computer in your house?   GOT

   Have you got a computer at home?

2. We went to Paris by train.   ON

   We went on the train to Paris.

3. My little cousin wants to drive a bus when he leaves school.   DRIVER

   My little cousin wants to be a bus driver when he leaves school.

4. Is he a good pianist?   PLAY

   Does he play the piano well?

5. We watched a television documentary about Scotland last night.   ON

   We watched a documentary about Scotland on television / on Scotland on television last night.

6. How about going to see a film this evening?   CINEMA

   Why don´t we go to the cinema this evening?

7. I think she is lying about what happened.   TRUTH

   I don´t think she is telling the truth about what happened.

8. Germany is well known for making very good cars.   REPUTATION

   Germany has got a reputation for making very good cars.

-Corrección C17: review of verb forms from EFBluePhotoc., page 179, hasta nº 12

PHONETICS:

Ache /eɪk/, care /keə/, caught /kɔːt/, chair /ʧeə/, choir /ˈkwaɪə^r/, cousin /ˈkʌsn/, daughter /ˈdɔːtə/, detective /dɪˈtektɪv/, enough /ɪˈnʌf/, favourite /ˈfeɪvrət/, heart/hɑːt/, hurt /hɜːt/, keyboard /ˈkiːbɔːd/,  parents /ˈpeərənts/,  through /θruː/, tough /tʌf/, whereas /weərˈæz/  

HOMEWORK:   

-Book, pages 4-5, 3READING & VOCABULARY: b) + c) (again!)

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