Wednesday, 21st November 2018

TODAY IN CLASS:

-Corrección Book, page 115, Writing, 3 AN ARTICLE FOR A MAGAZINE a) + b) + c)

2.on   3.off   4.next to   5.on   6.on the top of   7.with   8.in   9.at

-Speaking: would you like to visit London just for a weekend? Differences in values between USA and Spain

-Continuar corrección FCE Macmillan, Workbook, Page 103

>FCE Macmillan, Workbook, Page 103, TRANSFORMATIONS

4.congratulated the players for winning

5.me for forgetting her birthday

6.didn´t succeed in reaching

7.is capable of running

>FCE Macmillan, Workbook, Page 103, WORD FORMATION (registramos puntuación)

1.highest  

2.amazed 

3.surprisingly

VOCABULARY:

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PHONETICS:

adventure /ədˈvenʧə/, ankle /ˈæŋkl/, bird /bɜːd/, caricature /ˌkærɪkəˈtjʊə/, charge /'tʃɑ:dʒ/, church /'tʃɜ:tʃ/, eight /eɪt/, forehead /ˈfɒrɪd/, future /ˈfjuːʧə/, hurt /hɜːt/, laugh /lɑːf/, love /lʌv/, mountain/ˈmaʊntɪn/, nature /ˈneɪʧə/, uncle/ˈʌŋkl/, war /wɔː/, weight /weɪt/, women /ˈwɪmɪn/, word /wɜːd/, world /wɜːld/,

HOMEWORK:

-FCE GLD PLS, Reading multiple choice, pages 62 & 63, “Genealogy”:

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, understand,

Bare infinitive: had better, 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

Monday, 19th November 2018

TODAY IN CLASS:

-Corrección book, page 143, GRAMMAR BANK, ejercicios 6Bb

-Book, page 159, VOCABULARY BANK, CINEMA, 2PEOPLE AND THINGS, con listening 3.34 

-Corrección Book, pages 60 & 61, 6LISTENING & READING: reading text “Yes, appearance matters” + e) + f) + g)

VOCABULARY:

You should check Quizlet.com

PHONETICS:

adventure /ədˈvenʧə/, ankle /ˈæŋkl/, bird /bɜːd/, caricature /ˌkærɪkəˈtjʊə/, charge /'tʃɑ:dʒ/, church /'tʃɜ:tʃ/, eight /eɪt/, forehead /ˈfɒrɪd/, future /ˈfjuːʧə/, hurt /hɜːt/, laugh /lɑːf/, love /lʌv/, mountain/ˈmaʊntɪn/, nature /ˈneɪʧə/, uncle/ˈʌŋkl/, war /wɔː/, weight /weɪt/, women /ˈwɪmɪn/, word /wɜːd/, world /wɜːld/,

HOMEWORK:

-Book, page 115, Writing, 3 AN ARTICLE FOR A MAGAZINE a) + b) + c)

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, understand,

Bare infinitive: had better, 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

Wednesday, 14th November 2018 (a really funny class!!)

TODAY IN CLASS:

-Book, page 60, 5GRARMMAR: c) Lectura de la respuesta correcta a ese who´s who: page 100

-Book, page 60, 5GRAMMAR: d) extraemos la teoría sobre este uso de los modales (PROBABILIDAD + DEDUCCIÓN)

-Book, page 143, GRAMMAR BANK, section 6B: en la explicación recordamos que ya hemos visto los modales para permiso y probabilidad. Ahora añadimos los conceptos de deducción afirmativa y deducción negativa.

-Book, page 143, GRAMMAR BANK, ejercicios 6Ba

-FCE Macmillan, Workbook, Page 103, TRANSFORMATIONS: corrección de las tres primeras frases:

1.made several telephone calls

2.was a difficult choice

3.no proof of

VOCABULARY:

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PHONETICS:

adventure /ədˈvenʧə/, ankle /ˈæŋkl/, bird /bɜːd/, caricature /ˌkærɪkəˈtjʊə/, charge /'tʃɑ:dʒ/, church /'tʃɜ:tʃ/, eight /eɪt/, forehead /ˈfɒrɪd/, future /ˈfjuːʧə/, hurt /hɜːt/, laugh /lɑːf/, love /lʌv/, mountain/ˈmaʊntɪn/, nature /ˈneɪʧə/, uncle/ˈʌŋkl/, war /wɔː/, weight /weɪt/, women /ˈwɪmɪn/, word /wɜːd/, world /wɜːld/,

HOMEWORK:

-Page 62: Grammar + Vocabulary (a + b + c + d + e)

-Book, page 143, GRAMMAR BANK, ejercicios 6Bc

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, understand,

Bare infinitive: had better, 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

Monday, 12th November 2018

TODAY IN CLASS:

-Consultas y dudas sobre correcciones de writings

-Speaking: Christmas time + Black Friday

-Canción: “Ka-ching”, Shania Twain

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=iEe3hBXZEyI

We live in a 1. __________ little wor1d
That 2. __________ every little boy and girl
To earn as much as they can 3. __________,
Then turn around and spend it 4. __________

We've 5. __________ us a credit card mess
We spend the 6. __________ that we don't possess
Our 7. __________ is to go and blow it all
So it's shopping every Sunday at the 8. __________

All we ever 9. __________ is more
A lot more than we had 10. __________
So take me to the nearest 11. __________

CHORUS:

Can you 12. __________ it ring, it makes you 13. __________ sing
It's such a beautiful thing.
Lots of 14. __________ rings, the 15. __________ it brings
You'll live like a 16. __________ with lots of 6. __________ and things

When you're 17. __________ go and get a loan
Take out another 18. __________ on your home
Consolidate so you can 19. __________
To go and spend some more when you get 20. __________

All we ever 9. __________ is more
A lot more than we had 10. __________
So take me to the nearest 11. __________

CHORUS

21. __________ swing
Dig 22. __________ in your 23. __________,
Come on I know you've got it,
Dig 22. __________ in your 24. __________.

All we ever 9. __________ is more
A lot more than we had 10. __________
So take me to the nearest 11. __________

CHORUS

Can you 12. __________ it ring, it makes you 13. __________ sing
You'll live like a 16. __________  with lots of 6. __________ and things

VOCABULARY:

You should check Quizlet.com

PHONETICS:

adventure /ədˈvenʧə/, ankle /ˈæŋkl/, bird /bɜːd/, caricature /ˌkærɪkəˈtjʊə/, charge /'tʃɑ:dʒ/, church /'tʃɜ:tʃ/, forehead /ˈfɒrɪd/, future /ˈfjuːʧə/, hurt /hɜːt/, laugh /lɑːf/, love /lʌv/, mountain/ˈmaʊntɪn/, nature /ˈneɪʧə/, uncle/ˈʌŋkl/, women /ˈwɪmɪn/, word /wɜːd/, world /wɜːld/,

HOMEWORK:

-FCE Macmillan, Workbook, Page 103: WORD FORMATION + TRANSFORMATIONS

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, understand,

Bare infinitive: had better, 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

Do you remember Shania Twain?

We´re sure you do! So here you have two old and two new of her songs. One of them tomorrow in class. Do you feel like listening them beforehand?

·https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=iEe3hBXZEyI

·https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=we-VfNnbzzY

·https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ZJL4UGSbeFg

·https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=zmg9tVaMVd4

Wednesday, 7th November 2018

TODAY IN CLASS:

-Explicación de HOMEWORK y modelo de “article”.

-Corrección FCE Macmillan, page 70: ejercicio B (question tags) + USE OF ENGLISH (cloze text):

1.a   2.c   3.a   4.d   5.c   6.b   7.a   8.c   9.c   10.d   11.b   12.b   13.c   14.a   15.c

-Let´s play with Quizlet

-Corrección OPEN CLOZE, FCE MAC, PAGE 156, “Roast ghost”

VOCABULARY:

You should check Quizlet.com

PHONETICS:

adventure /ədˈvenʧə/, ankle /ˈæŋkl/, bird /bɜːd/, caricature /ˌkærɪkəˈtjʊə/, charge /'tʃɑ:dʒ/, church /'tʃɜ:tʃ/, forehead /ˈfɒrɪd/, future /ˈfjuːʧə/, hurt /hɜːt/, laugh /lɑːf/, love /lʌv/, mountain/ˈmaʊntɪn/, nature /ˈneɪʧə/, uncle/ˈʌŋkl/, women /ˈwɪmɪn/, word /wɜːd/, world /wɜːld/,

HOMEWORK:

Write an article about a holiday destination you know well, giving details of what tourists can see and do there. 140-190 words

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, understand,

Bare infinitive: had better, 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, realize, recognize, remember, seem, suppose

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

Monday, 5th November 2018

TODAY IN CLASS:

-Corrección del ultimo reading de HOMEWORK: FCE TARGET, gapped text, “When will I be famous?” page 19: 5 + 6      

>5: 1B 2E 3G 4F 5C 6A

>6 1.talentless 2.lazy 3.fiery 4.shy 5.eccentric 6.funny  7.arrogant 8.rude 9.cruel 10.silly

-Corrección EFPinkWork, page 29 sobre first and second conditional.

-Explicación de los HOMEWORK, que incluye una revisión de las QUESTION TAGS.

-Revisión oral de vocabulario con QUIZLET en la pantalla-pizarra.

VOCABULARY:

You should check Quizlet.com

PHONETICS:

adventure /ədˈvenʧə/, ankle /ˈæŋkl/, bird /bɜːd/, caricature /ˌkærɪkəˈtjʊə/, charge /'tʃɑ:dʒ/, church /'tʃɜ:tʃ/, future /ˈfjuːʧə/, hurt /hɜːt/, laugh /lɑːf/, love /lʌv/, mountain/ˈmaʊntɪn/, nature /ˈneɪʧə/, uncle/ˈʌŋkl/, women /ˈwɪmɪn/, word /wɜːd/, world /wɜːld/,

HOMEWORK:

-FCE Macmillan, page 70: ejercicio B (question tags) + USE OF ENGLISH (cloze text)

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, understand,

Bare infinitive: had better, 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, realize, recognize, remember, seem, suppose

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

Wednesday, 31rst October 2018

TODAY IN CLASS:

-Corrección Book, page 58 & 59, 1READING & SPEAKING: c) + d)

-Terminar listening from Book, page 57,6SPEAKING&LISTENING, d) listening 3.37 (notes

-Corrección NEFBluePhot., page 191 sobre MIGHT (sólo nos habíamos centrado en el dibujo).

-Corrección EFPinkWork, page 29 sobre first and second conditional: hemos leído solo la frase del ejemplo y hemos hecho la segunda.

VOCABULARY:

You should check Quizlet.com

PHONETICS:

adventure /ədˈvenʧə/, ankle /ˈæŋkl/, bird /bɜːd/, caricature /ˌkærɪkəˈtjʊə/, charge /'tʃɑ:dʒ/, church /'tʃɜ:tʃ/, future /ˈfjuːʧə/, hurt /hɜːt/, laugh /lɑːf/, love /lʌv/, mountain/ˈmaʊntɪn/, nature /ˈneɪʧə/, uncle/ˈʌŋkl/, women /ˈwɪmɪn/, word /wɜːd/, world /wɜːld/,

HOMEWORK:

-Book, pages 60 & 61, 6LISTENING & READING: reading text “Yes, appearance matters” + e) + f) + g)

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, understand,

Bare infinitive: had better, 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, realize, recognize, remember, seem, suppose

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