Wednesday, 12th February 2020

TODAY IN CLASS:

-Pronunciación de la palabra “soldier”, según la fonética que han investigado por su cuenta

-C20: FCE Cloze text from FCE OXFORD, PART 1, PAGE 6: “Multitasking children”

 1.B  2.D   3.A   4.C   5.B     6.C   7.B   8.C

-Speaking: are we multitasking persons? Are to-do list important for us?

-Picture comparison: A.

-Speaking: Working with people? No, thanks!!

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/, soldier /ˈsəʊlʤə/, through /θruː/, tough /tʌf/, whereas /weərˈæz/  

HOMEWORK:   

-Writing 140-190 words: Describe a place you will never forget (already in blog)               

-“One day at a time”, season 1, episode 3 (question in the blog, too)

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