Monday, 25th April 2022

TODAY IN CLASS:

-Recordamos los proverbs que aprendimos en clase la semana pasada

·Beggars can´t be choosers

·Practise makes perfect

·It takes two to tango

·Blood is thicker than water

·It´s better to be safe than sorry

-Corrección Book, page 151, GRAMMAR BANK 10B, ejercicio 10Bb desde la frase 7. Revisión used to / e used to / look forward to

-Explicación de la estructura de las preguntas sin auxiliar.

-Ejercicio sobre Future Forms, from EFGreen4DTN, page 205.

-New book, page 8, 1READING&SPEAKING b)complete questions + c)inference + d)

-Corrección del listening que tenían como HM from FCE OXFORD, Listening Situations, Test 1, Part 1

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

HOMEWORK:

-”Old” Book, page 151, GRAMMAR BANK 10B, ejercicio 10Ba (tenses)

-”New” Book, Page 20, 3VOCABULARY a) + b)

-”Old” Book, page 101, 6LISTENING&SPEAKING, a)con track 5.37

PHONETICS:

Bird /bɜːd/, blood /blʌd/, bullet/ˈbʊlɪt/, burn /bɜːn/,butcher´s /ˈbʊʧəz/, caught, charge /ʧɑːʤ/, church /ʧɜːʧ/, costume /ˈkɒstjuːm/, custom /ˈkʌstəm/, decided /dɪˈsaɪdɪd/, delicious /dɪˈlɪʃəs/, famous /ˈfeɪməs/, flood /flʌd/, heart /hɑːt/, hurt /hɜːt/, lettuce, looked /lʊkt/, minute /ˈmɪnɪt/, mountain  /ˈmaʊntɪn/, nervous /ˈnɜːvəs/, soldier /ˈsəʊlʤə/,sew, son /sʌn/, soon /suːn/, sun /sʌn/, turn /tɜːn/, vulture, weird /wɪəd/, woman /ˈwʊmən/, women /ˈwɪmɪn/, word /wɜːd/, work /wɜːk/, world /wɜːld/

Monday, 18th April 2022

TODAY IN CLASS

-Speaking: What about your holiday?

-Wonderful activity about COMMON ENGLISH PROVERBS: 

      1.let´s guess these 5 proverbs

      2.matching proverbs & explanations

3.proverbs + explanations + examples

4.a proverb for my mate´s holiday

-Corrección Listening T/F from INSIDE OUT III, WORKBOOK, page 24, Track 12, “Exciting holidays! + speaking

-Explicación de FUTURE FORMS.

-Book, page 100, 5GRAMMAR a) basándonos en el reading que ya corregimos en otra clase anterior.

-Book, page 151, GRAMMAR BANK 10B, ejercicio 10Bb hasta la frase 6, aplicando todo nuestro conocimiento sobre formas verbales en inglés (tenses)

HOMEWORK:

-Book, page 151, GRAMMAR BANK 10B, ejercicio 10Bb desde la frase 7. 

-New book ENGLISH FILE B2.2, page 8, 1READING&SPEAKING b)complete questions + c)inference + d)

-FCE OXFORD, Listening Situations, Test 1, Part 1

PHONETICS:

Bird /bɜːd/, blood /blʌd/, bullet/ˈbʊlɪt/, burn /bɜːn/,butcher´s /ˈbʊʧəz/, caught /kɔːt/, charge /ʧɑːʤ/, church /ʧɜːʧ/, costume /ˈkɒstjuːm/, custom /ˈkʌstəm/, decided /dɪˈsaɪdɪd/, delicious /dɪˈlɪʃəs/, famous /ˈfeɪməs/, flood /flʌd/, heart /hɑːt/, hurt /hɜːt/, lettuce, looked /lʊkt/, minute /ˈmɪnɪt/, mountain  /ˈmaʊntɪn/, nervous /ˈnɜːvəs/, soldier /ˈsəʊlʤə/,sew, son /sʌn/, soon /suːn/, sun /sʌn/, turn /tɜːn/, vulture, weird /wɪəd/, woman /ˈwʊmən/, women /ˈwɪmɪn/, word /wɜːd/, work /wɜːk/, world /wɜːld/

Monday, 11th April 2022

TODAY IN CLASS:

 -About our new book.

-Explicación de un nuevo escrito para examen B2: hemos visto ya email, article & essay. Este mes vemos el último escrito que se puede elegir en el examen Oxford: REVIEW.

-Explicación del uso de MUST y CAN´T para expresardeducción

-Corrección  Reading multiple choice cloze from book, page 103, CAN YOU UNDERSTAND THIS TEXT?, 

-Corrección Listening from book, page 103, CAN YOU UNDERSTAND THESE PEOPLE, track 5.38

-Corrección desde la frase 6 hasta la 10 de los ejercicios 9Ba y 9Bb del Book, page 149, GRAMMAR BANK 9B para afianzar el uso del past perfect. 

-SPEAKING FCE PART 3: J. & J.> FC MCMLLN TSTBLDR, part 3, page 122

HOMEWORK:

-Listening T/F from INSIDE OUT III, WORKBOOK, page 24, Track 12, “Exciting holidays!"

-Writing review what about a film?

PHONETICS:

Bird /bɜːd/, blood /blʌd/, bullet/ˈbʊlɪt/, burn /bɜːn/,butcher´s /ˈbʊʧəz/, charge /ʧɑːʤ/, church /ʧɜːʧ/, costume /ˈkɒstjuːm/, custom /ˈkʌstəm/, decided /dɪˈsaɪdɪd/, delicious /dɪˈlɪʃəs/, famous /ˈfeɪməs/, flood /flʌd/, heart /hɑːt/, hurt /hɜːt/, lettuce, looked /lʊkt/, minute /ˈmɪnɪt/, mountain  /ˈmaʊntɪn/, nervous /ˈnɜːvəs/, soldier /ˈsəʊlʤə/,sew, son /sʌn/, soon /suːn/, sun /sʌn/, turn /tɜːn/, vulture, weird /wɪəd/, woman /ˈwʊmən/, women /ˈwɪmɪn/, word /wɜːd/, work /wɜːk/, world /wɜːld/

Monday, 4th April 2022

TODAY IN CLASS:

-Book, page 95, 4 LISTENING & SPEAKING: a)track 5.29. + SPEAKING: The best and the worst about Spain is…

-Book, page 149, GRAMMAR BANK 9B (uso del past perfect): frases 1-5 de cada uno de los ejercicios, 9Ba & 9Bb 

-SPEAKING FCE PART 3: A.+ V. > Photos in an exhibition

-Corrección Book, page 99, 3 LISTENING & SPEAKING  d) track 5.36

-Corrección Book, page 100, 4READING c)questions

HOMEWORK:

-Listening from book, page 103, CAN YOU UNDERSTAND THESE PEOPLE, track 5.38

-Reading multiple choice cloze from book, page 103, CAN YOU UNDERSTAND THIS TEXT?, b)

-Book, page 149, GRAMMAR BANK 9B (uso del past perfect): frases 6-10 de cada uno de los ejercicios, 9Ba & 9Bb 

PHONETICS:

Bird /bɜːd/, blood /blʌd/, bullet/ˈbʊlɪt/, burn /bɜːn/,butcher´s /ˈbʊʧəz/, charge /ʧɑːʤ/, church /ʧɜːʧ/, costume /ˈkɒstjuːm/, custom /ˈkʌstəm/, decided /dɪˈsaɪdɪd/, delicious /dɪˈlɪʃəs/, famous /ˈfeɪməs/, flood /flʌd/, heart /hɑːt/, hurt /hɜːt/, lettuce, looked /lʊkt/, minute /ˈmɪnɪt/, mountain  /ˈmaʊntɪn/, nervous /ˈnɜːvəs/, soldier /ˈsəʊlʤə/,son /sʌn/, soon /suːn/, sun /sʌn/, turn /tɜːn/, vulture, weird /wɪəd/, woman /ˈwʊmən/, women /ˈwɪmɪn/, word /wɜːd/, work /wɜːk/, world /wɜːld/

Monday, 28th March 2022

TODAY IN CLASS:

-Revisión escrita de fonética y vocabulario

-Corrección Listening from PRACTICAL ENGLISH, page 92 & 93, 2.Giving directions in a building

-Corrección Reading FCE MCMLLN TSTBLDR, reading matching,

pages 45 & 46, test 2

43.B   44.C   45.D   46.C   47.A   48.E   49.D   50.B   51.E   52.B

 

-Book, page 95, 3SPEAKING&READING: a)speaking 

-Book, page 96, 5VOCABULARY a) + b)

HOMEWORK:

-Book, page 95, 4 LISTENING & READING, a) con track 5.29

-Book, page 100, 4 READING b)reading + c)t/f questions

-Book, page 99, 3 LISTENING & SPEAKING c)track 5.36 +

d)también track 5.36

PHONETICS:

Bird /bɜːd/, blood /blʌd/, bullet/ˈbʊlɪt/, burn /bɜːn/,butcher´s /ˈbʊʧəz/, charge /ʧɑːʤ/, church /ʧɜːʧ/, costume /ˈkɒstjuːm/, custom /ˈkʌstəm/, decided /dɪˈsaɪdɪd/, delicious /dɪˈlɪʃəs/, famous /ˈfeɪməs/, flood /flʌd/, heart /hɑːt/, hurt /hɜːt/, lettuce, looked /lʊkt/, minute /ˈmɪnɪt/, mountain  /ˈmaʊntɪn/, nervous /ˈnɜːvəs/, soldier /ˈsəʊlʤə/,son /sʌn/, soon /suːn/, sun /sʌn/, turn /tɜːn/, vulture, weird /wɪəd/, woman /ˈwʊmən/, women /ˈwɪmɪn/, word /wɜːd/, work /wɜːk/, world /wɜːld/

Monday, 21rst March 2022

TODAY IN CLASS

 -Comentarios sobre las correcciones de los writings: essay 100-160 words about Do you agree that community service works better than fines?

-As today we are going to talk a little bit about USA, let´s draw a map… and place states, cities, rivers, mountains…. on it

-Book, page 94, 1GRAMMAR: true or false about USA

-Corrección Book, pages 96 & 97, 6READING a) + b) + c)

 

-Listening multiple choice situations, FCE MACMILLAN TEST BUILDER, Page 25, Test 1, Part 1, Tracks 1.1 to 1.16

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

-Book, page 102, PRONUNCIATION 

HOMEWORK

-Listening from PRACTICAL ENGLISH, page 92 & 93, 2.Giving directions in a building

-Reading FC MCMLLN TSTBLER, reading matching, pages 45 & 46, test 2

PHONETICS

Bird /bɜːd/, blood /blʌd/, bullet/ˈbʊlɪt/, burn /bɜːn/,butcher´s /ˈbʊʧəz/, charge /ʧɑːʤ/, church /ʧɜːʧ/, costume /ˈkɒstjuːm/, custom /ˈkʌstəm/, decided /dɪˈsaɪdɪd/, delicious /dɪˈlɪʃəs/, famous /ˈfeɪməs/, flood /flʌd/, heart /hɑːt/, hurt /hɜːt/, lettuce, looked /lʊkt/, minute /ˈmɪnɪt/, mountain  /ˈmaʊntɪn/, nervous /ˈnɜːvəs/, soldier /ˈsəʊlʤə/,son /sʌn/, soon /suːn/, sun /sʌn/, turn /tɜːn/, vulture, weird /wɪəd/, woman /ˈwʊmən/, women /ˈwɪmɪn/, word /wɜːd/, work /wɜːk/, world /wɜːld/

Monday, 14th March 2022

TODAY IN CLASS

-Corrección 05Reading part 3 reading gapped text OXFORD B2, “Growing vegetables in space”

1.E   2.G   3.B   4.D   5.C   6.F   A. not used

>self-sustaining = autosuficiente / autosostenible

>arugula /əˈruːɡjʊlə/ = rúcula

>spokeperson = portavoz

-A la vuelta del texto anterior tenemos un listening que os envié el 01/03/22 y que aún no hemos corregido, FCE OXFORD / LISTENING PART 4 - TEST 1 / MULTIPLE CHOICE (preguntas en la pantalla, audio y Key en ordenador)

24.B   25.A   26.B   27.C   28.A   29.C   30.A 

-Book, page 85, 3GRAMMAR, a) improvisación sobre reported speech

 

-Book, page 85, 3GRAMMAR, c) inverted reported speech 

-Corrección DOCUMENT 11220 sobre reported speech

-Corrección Listening from BOOK, page 92, PRACTICAL ENGLISH 5.FINDING HENRY, 1.What the clue means” (track 5.19)

 

-Nuevo tipo de writing: essay (ya hemos explicado previamente article + email) con FCE TARGET page 169 

HOMEWORK

-Writing: essay 100-160 words about Do you agree that community service works better than fines?

-Book, pages 96 & 97, 6READING a) + b) + c)

PHONETICS

Bird /bɜːd/, blood /blʌd/, bullet/ˈbʊlɪt/, burn /bɜːn/,butcher´s /ˈbʊʧəz/, charge /ʧɑːʤ/, church /ʧɜːʧ/, costume /ˈkɒstjuːm/, custom /ˈkʌstəm/, decided /dɪˈsaɪdɪd/, delicious /dɪˈlɪʃəs/, famous /ˈfeɪməs/, flood /flʌd/, heart /hɑːt/, hurt /hɜːt/, lettuce, looked /lʊkt/, minute /ˈmɪnɪt/, mountain  /ˈmaʊntɪn/, nervous /ˈnɜːvəs/, soldier /ˈsəʊlʤə/,son /sʌn/, soon /suːn/, sun /sʌn/, turn /tɜːn/, vulture, woman /ˈwʊmən/, women /ˈwɪmɪn/, word /wɜːd/, work /wɜːk/, world /wɜːld/

Monday, 7th March 2022

 TODAY IN CLASS

-Corrección Reading CNTRST, “Change your world”, page 85 (no ejercicios 3)

-Speaking: high school in Spain and English speaking countries? Are teenagers happy in Spain regarding their studies?

-Book, page 148, GRAMMAR BANK 9A, about reported speech, exercise 9Ab

-Th Cmbrdg Frst Crtfct  Wrkbk – Pg 26 / Open Cloze 

HOMEWORK:

-05Reading part 3 reading gapped text OXFORD B2, “Growing vegetables in space”

-Listening from BOOK, page 92, PRACTICAL ENGLISH 5.FINDING HENRY, 1.What the clue means” (track 5.19)

-DOCUMENT 11220 sobre reported speech

PHONETICS

Bird /bɜːd/, blood /blʌd/, bullet/ˈbʊlɪt/, burn /bɜːn/,butcher´s /ˈbʊʧəz/, charge /ʧɑːʤ/, church /ʧɜːʧ/, costume /ˈkɒstjuːm/, custom /ˈkʌstəm/, decided /dɪˈsaɪdɪd/, delicious /dɪˈlɪʃəs/, famous /ˈfeɪməs/, flood /flʌd/, heart /hɑːt/, hurt /hɜːt/, looked /lʊkt/, minute /ˈmɪnɪt/, mountain  /ˈmaʊntɪn/, nervous /ˈnɜːvəs/, soldier /ˈsəʊlʤə/,son /sʌn/, soon /suːn/, sun /sʌn/, turn /tɜːn/, vulture, woman /ˈwʊmən/, women /ˈwɪmɪn/, word /wɜːd/, work /wɜːk/, world /wɜːld/

Monday, 28th February 2022

TODAY IN CLASS:

-Speaking in pairs: my weekend → “My mate told me…”

-Corrección Book, page 148, GRAMMAR BANK 9A, REPORTED SPEECH: ejercicio 9Aa 

1 She said (that) she couldn’t remember which exit it was.

2 He said (that) he couldn’t find his mobile.

3 They said (that) they probably wouldn’t get the message.

4 She said (that) she’d finished her exams.

5 They told us (that) the film would be on the next day.

6 He told me (that) he couldn’t stay there very long.

7 She said (that) she had to leave at 6.30.

8 They told me (that) they’d never forgotten their visit.

9 He said (that) he’d seen a man hiding in the bushes.

10 She told me (that) she didn’t really want to see him.

-Corrección -Book, page 90, 4VOCABULARY, c)

>Page 90 Exercise 4a 

  the bride 1   the (bride)groom 3   the best man 5   a bridesmaid 4   a pageboy 2

>Page 90 Exercise 4b 

The bride nearly didn’t have her wedding dress in time for the wedding.

>Page 90 Exercise 4c 

1 wedding dress   2 bride   3 ceremony   4 reception   5 guests   6 speech

-Corrección Book, page 91, 5LISTENING d), con pista de audio 5.18

Where was it? 1.Steyr, a small town in Austria. 2.Tokyo (Japan)       3.Chicago (USA)

Who were the people? 1.the bride and groom. 2.the groom. 3.the groom

What went wrong? 1.The bride said ‘No, I don’t’ instead of ‘I do’ for a joke. 2. The groom got a very bad case of wedding nerves and set fire to the hotel where the ceremony was going to take. 3.The groom was speeding and driving dangerously because he was late for his wedding. He was arrested.

Did the wedding take place? 1.No, but it will be held in March. 2.No. 3.No, it was cancelled

-Revisión de lo que hemos explicado hasta ahora del reported speech.

-Continuamos la explicación sobre reported speech: questions & commands

-Corrección FCE Target, page 58, listening 5.2, Situations 

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

HOMEWORK:

-Th Cmbrdg Frst Crtfct  Wrkbk – Pg 26 / Open Cloze

-Book, page 148, GRAMMAR BANK 9A, REPORTED SPEECH: ejercicio 9AB

-FCE OXFORD / LISTENING PART 4 - TEST 1 / MULTIPLE CHOICE

PHONETICS:

Bird /bɜːd/, blood /blʌd/, bullet/ˈbʊlɪt/, burn /bɜːn/,butcher´s /ˈbʊʧəz/, charge /ʧɑːʤ/, church /ʧɜːʧ/, costume /ˈkɒstjuːm/, custom /ˈkʌstəm/, decided /dɪˈsaɪdɪd/, delicious /dɪˈlɪʃəs/, famous /ˈfeɪməs/, flood /flʌd/, heart /hɑːt/, hurt /hɜːt/, looked /lʊkt/, minute /ˈmɪnɪt/, mountain  /ˈmaʊntɪn/, nervous /ˈnɜːvəs/, soldier /ˈsəʊlʤə/,son /sʌn/, soon /suːn/, sun /sʌn/, turn /tɜːn/, vulture, woman /ˈwʊmən/, women /ˈwɪmɪn/, word /wɜːd/, work /wɜːk/, world /wɜːld/

Monday, 21rst February 2022

TODAY IN CLASS

–Comment about improvement in writings.

-Phonetics.

-Quizlet.

-PICTURES TO DESCRIBED (Gema)> 03 Map + open speaking

-Explicación:principales usos del past perfect 

>pasado anterior a otro pasado

>en oraciones condicionales del tercer tipo

>en el reported speech → hoy nos centramos en este tipo

-Explicación sobre reported speech: frases afirmativas, cambios en tiempos verbales, en pronombres y en referencias temporales/espaciales

HOMEWORK

-Book, Page 148, GRAMMAR BANK 9A, ejercicio a)

-FCE Target, page 58, listening 5.2, Situations

-Reading CONTRAST, “Change your world”, page 85 (no hay que preparar el ejercicio 7)

PHONETICS

Bird /bɜːd/, blood /blʌd/, bullet/ˈbʊlɪt/, burn /bɜːn/,butcher´s /ˈbʊʧəz/, charge /ʧɑːʤ/, church /ʧɜːʧ/, costume /ˈkɒstjuːm/, custom /ˈkʌstəm/, decided /dɪˈsaɪdɪd/, delicious /dɪˈlɪʃəs/, famous /ˈfeɪməs/, flood /flʌd/, heart /hɑːt/, hurt /hɜːt/, looked /lʊkt/, minute /ˈmɪnɪt/, mountain  /ˈmaʊntɪn/, nervous /ˈnɜːvəs/, soldier /ˈsəʊlʤə/,son /sʌn/, soon /suːn/, sun /sʌn/, turn /tɜːn/, vulture /ˈvʌlʧə/, woman /ˈwʊmən/, women /ˈwɪmɪn/, word /wɜːd/, work /wɜːk/, world /wɜːld/

Monday, 14th February 2022

TODAY IN CLASS

-Writing: article (hasta ahora hemos hecho email). Teoría explicada por compañeros veteranos. Fotocopia + pantalla FCE TARGET page 170.

-Corrección FCE MCMLLN, WRKBK, PG 66, READING MULTIPLE MATCHING, “Carnival”

>Ejercicio 1: 1.B   2.G   3.A   4.E   5.D   6.F   C.not used

>Ejercicio 2:

1.Carnival   2.Rio   3.Samba schools   4.masks   5.those who wore masks   6.Mardi Gras   7.Paris   8.krewes / each krewe   9.eating pancakes

>Ejercicio 3

1.D   2.A   3.C   4.F   5.B 6.E

>Ejercicio 4

1.enables   2.catch on   3.united   4.taken  to   5.spread   6.rival

-Speaking: are you a Carnival person?

-Corrección Book, page 73, PRACTICAL ENGLISH 3.Taking a risk

1 Luke is more optimistic at the beginning.

2 No, he hasn’t. There are no flights to London because of the snow.

3 He thinks they might refer to the name of a book or painting or something else in Henry’s study.

4 He thinks they need to go back to Henry’s house.

5 They’re going to get in the back way.

6 He used to play there when he was a child.

-Book, page 89, 2GRAMMAR: a)

A.2   B.3   C.1

-Explicación teórica sobre los principales usos del past perfect:

>pasado anterior a otro pasado

>en oraciones condicionales del tercer tipo

>en el reported speech → hoy nos centramos en este PUNTO

HOMEWORK

-Book, page 91, 5LISTENING d), con pista de audio 5.18

-Book, page 90, 4VOCABULARY, c)

-Writing article in 140- 190 words in an appropriate style about the following topic: • “What can we be optimistic about?”