On / in + mind

Podemos encontrar varios ejemplos con las preposiciones ON / IN y el término MIND.
Para simplificar de manera práctica vamos a determinar:
-uso de ON para referirnos a una idea que nos ronda la cabeza de forma insistente
-uso de IN para una idea que se nos ocurre en el momento
Ejemplos:
-It´s been on my mind to write to you [=I have had that intention for some time]
-It´s in my mind to go to London [=I´ve recently thought about it]

No olvidemos que puede haber expresiones fijas con una u otra preposión. La más frecuente podría ser "to keep in mind" con el significado de "recordar, no olvidar".

Monday, 14th October 2019

TODAY IN CLASS:

-Song by Adam Lambert

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

[Numbers 11 & 15: write a whole sentences]

So I got my 1. __________ on,
Got the right amount of 2. __________
And I'm doing me up with a black color 3. __________
And I'm working my strut but I know it 4. __________ matter
All we need in this 5. __________ is some 6. __________       There's a 7. __________ line between the 8. __________ side         and the light side baby tonight
It's a 9. __________ gotta rumble, tryin' to find it

REFRAIN

But if I 10. _________ you,                                        11. _________________________________________________________
Yeah if I 10. __________ you,                                  then 12. _______ 13. _______ and 14. _______ never could compete
If I 10. _________ you, 15. ___________________, it'd be ecstasy
Yeah if I 10. _________ you
You y-y-y-y-y-you, y-y-y-y-y-you, y-y-y-y-you
If I 10. _________ you

16. _________ New York 17. _______ LA getting high rock and rolling
Get a 18. _______,trash it up 'till it's 19. ________ in the morning
Girls in stripper 20. _________, boys rolling in Maserati's
What they need in this 5. _________ is some 6. _________
There's a 7. _________ line                                       between the 21. _________ time and a flat-line baby tonight
It's a 9. _________ gotta rumble tryin' to find it

REFRAIN

The flashing of the 22. _________
It 23. _____ feel so good but I got you stuck 24. ____ my mind, yeah
The flashing and the 25. _________ it 23. _________ get me high
But it 26. _________ mean a thing tonight

REFRAIN

REFRAIN

-Comments about writing corrections.

-Revisión homework: ejercicios previos al writing en page 121

-Corrección TEST STANLEY QUE DIMOS EL PRIMER DÍA: hemos corregido hasta la 10

PHONETICS:

HOMEWORK:

-Book, pages 86 + 87, 5READING AND LISTENING, b) questions about the 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, 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

Voices: Ben Platt, Lea Michele, Adam Lambert or Adele?

In our next class, one of them!

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

·https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=H-KhJmh074A

·https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=X1Fqn9du7xo

·https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=DDWKuo3gXMQ

Wednesday, 9th October 2019

TODAY IN CLASS:

-Corrección “in pairs” de fotocopia sobre oraciones condicionales del segundo tipo: matización sobre el uso de UNLESS en cualquier tipo de condicional: CHVRS, BX, Pgs 40&41, Second conditional.

-Book, page 85, 1 READING AND SPEAKING: e) personal reading “The students” / “The angel”. Puesta en común

-Book, page 85, 1 READING & SPEAKING, ejercicio g and h)in open-speaking

-Book, page 85, 2 GRAMMAR: a) matching sentences from the story + b) + c)

-Book, page 148 GRAMMAR BANK: revisión de la teoría + ejercicio a)

-Book, page 86, 4 SPEAKING: a)

PHONETICS:

HOMEWORK:

-Book, page 148 GRAMMAR BANK: revisión de la teoría + ejercicio b)

-Book, page 120 + 121, 9 “A magazine article”: a + b) + c)+ d) + e): siguiendo los pasos marcados y el mismo esquema. 150-190 palabras. Envío por email a ser posible antes del domingo a las 22:00 h (archivo adjunto de word).

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, 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

Monday, 7th October 2019

TODAY IN CLASS:

-Entrega de las nuevas hojas para registrar resultados de ejercicios B2.

-Book, page 84, 1 READING AND SPEAKING: n reading: respondemos la preguntas sobre el texto que han elaborado los compañeros.

-Book, page 84, 1 READING & SPEAKING, ejercicio b): What´s going to happen? En parejas.

-Book, page 84, open-speaking from 1 READING & SPEAKING, a) + entrega de deberes + breve revisión de las oraciones condicionales del segundo tipo.

-Book, page 84, listening 5.2. from  1 READING & SPEAKING, ejercicio d)

PHONETICS:

HOMEWORK:

-CHVRS, BX, Pages 40&41, Second conditional.

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, 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

Wednesday, 2nd October 2019

TODAY IN CLASS:

-“Lucky encounters”, page 84 + TRUE / FALSE SENTENCES

-Dinámica de la clase: QUIZLET + phonetics + registro resultados B2 + any suggestion?

-Listening: CHLLNG 4, track 14, page 21 sobre GREAT PLAGUE IN LONDON.

PHONETICS: Soon!!

HOMEWORK:

-Book, page 84, 1READING AND SPEAKING: pensamos a) + hacemos b) que es el reading + preparamos dos preguntas sobre el texto para hacer a los compañeros (que no sean tan obvias!)

-Test STANLEY: level 2, page 56.

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, 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

We cannot wait to meet you again!!

October is so close!! And that month, on the 2nd, at 8;30 p.m. we are meeting again!! It´s great, isn´t it? Beginnings mean new possibilities, changes, new options, challenges,... and new words as well... So be ready because we are going to learn and to practice English a lot and, at the same time, we are goingo to enjoy ourselves (this course, please, we should be careful with our fits of laughter!, don´t you think?) 
In the meanwhile, here you have this year makeover for our blog. I´m sure you will like it... and use it.