I am sorry I am a bit late with the blog this time.
Last week we studied relative clauses and did a lot of definitions. The relative pronouns that we are using are who, which and where.
We also continued practicing adjectives to describe character or personality and insisted on the questions What is he like? and what is she like?
These are possible beginnings for relative sentences that you use to explain something:
It's somebody who...
It's something which...
It's somewhere where...
It's a person who...
It's a thing which ...
It's a place where...
We were listening to a recording of a TV contest. The participants in a contest are called contestants. Before listening to the actual contest students had to listen to the presentation of the contest by the host of the program. Then they had to exsplain in their own words what the contest was about.
HOMEWORK
Choose 3 or 4 of these topics and write a paragraph about each one of them.
A person that is very important to you.
A famous person who you like a lot.
Something that you couldn't live without.
A thing which you often lose.
A place where you would like to go for a special evening.
A place where you very happy when you were a child.
If you were not in class or you wish to listen again you can find the Listenings we did in class in the Aula Virtual. In order to log on the Aula Virtual you need to go to lenjoy.es and click on the muddle. Then, you'll need to write your DNI as a user and the password, which you should know (should have been told). If you cannot log in, please call the school and ask.
See you Monday. .
domingo, 26 de octubre de 2014
viernes, 17 de octubre de 2014
This week we have started a new unit. But we mustn't forget what we have learned in the last one: especially the use of the Present Perfect, which we use when something has started in the past but it's still going on.
Now we are practicing .the present tenses: Present Simple and Present Continuous, focusing particularly in the way to ask questions, which always follows the same formula in English: auxiliary verb + subject + verb. In the Present Simple the auxiliary is do or does (depending on the person) and in the Present Continuous is the verb to be: am, are, is.
We have been working on how to describe character or personality and have learned a number of adjectives to do this: hard-working and lazy, friendly and unfriendly, shy and extrovert, generous and mean, boring and interesting, serious and funny, talkative and quiet and some other words.
Remember that when you want a description of a person the question to ask is:
What's he/she/name like?
The word like in this question is a preposition and you must differentiate it from the word like in the question:
What do you like? or What does he/she/name like? In these questions the word like is a verb.
We also studied a little bit about relative clauses. We used the relatives who - for people- which -for things, where - for places. We may also use that instead of which or who.
Students had to define some words using relative clauses such as: a cinema is a place where you can watch films. A waiter is a man who works in a restaurant and serves the food on the tables. A fridge is a machine which keeps food cold.
Homework
As I promised, here is a link to a video so you can train your ear. Listen to the video on top first (without subtitles). Then, if you find it necessary watch the video at the bottom, the one with subtitles.http://www.real-english.com/reo/40b/unit40b.asp
Answer the questions:
How does Tyler describe his girlfriend?
Who uses the following words to describe their loved ones? Caring, gorgeous, charming, easy going, handsome, embarrassing.
Example: Who uses the word determined?
Tyler uses the word determined when he describes his girlfriend.
Enjoy yourselves!
Now we are practicing .the present tenses: Present Simple and Present Continuous, focusing particularly in the way to ask questions, which always follows the same formula in English: auxiliary verb + subject + verb. In the Present Simple the auxiliary is do or does (depending on the person) and in the Present Continuous is the verb to be: am, are, is.
We have been working on how to describe character or personality and have learned a number of adjectives to do this: hard-working and lazy, friendly and unfriendly, shy and extrovert, generous and mean, boring and interesting, serious and funny, talkative and quiet and some other words.
Remember that when you want a description of a person the question to ask is:
What's he/she/name like?
The word like in this question is a preposition and you must differentiate it from the word like in the question:
What do you like? or What does he/she/name like? In these questions the word like is a verb.
We also studied a little bit about relative clauses. We used the relatives who - for people- which -for things, where - for places. We may also use that instead of which or who.
Students had to define some words using relative clauses such as: a cinema is a place where you can watch films. A waiter is a man who works in a restaurant and serves the food on the tables. A fridge is a machine which keeps food cold.
Homework
As I promised, here is a link to a video so you can train your ear. Listen to the video on top first (without subtitles). Then, if you find it necessary watch the video at the bottom, the one with subtitles.http://www.real-english.com/reo/40b/unit40b.asp
Answer the questions:
How does Tyler describe his girlfriend?
Who uses the following words to describe their loved ones? Caring, gorgeous, charming, easy going, handsome, embarrassing.
Example: Who uses the word determined?
Tyler uses the word determined when he describes his girlfriend.
Enjoy yourselves!
sábado, 11 de octubre de 2014
Hi everybody!
Last week we practiced the Present Perfect and a little bit of the Past Simple. Remember that when we talk about an action that is completed we use the last tense: the Past Simple:
What time did you get up this morning? I got up at 8:00 o.clock.
What did you have for breakfast? I had a cup of coffee and some cereal
Did you do your homework? No, I didn't.
We read the text about the Bull Run in the San Fermin festival and had to study some new words like: length, gate, injure, bullring, handkerchief.
This construction was new for most students: The bulls are kept in the Corral of Santo Domingo.
In that sentence the verb is in the passive voice. That means we are more interested in the action that in the person or agent of the action. It's formed with the verb to be + past participle of the verb we are using: in this case keep. Students who are interested in finding out more about this construction and practicing it may click on the following link:http://www.ego4u.com/en/cram-up/grammar/passive. You may read the explanation at the beginning and start with the exercises in the Present Simple and the Past Simple, which are the firs ones listed under the heading Exercises.
I insist, this is only for students who are in a hurry lo learn English.
We also practiced telling the story of the San Fermin Festival using the Present Perfect: The festival has happened nearly every year since 1941 (I don't remember the exact year). We use the present perfect because it is still happening.
We listened to Peter talk about Christmas in the UK. Peter is an English teacher in Mexico and was making a presentation for his students. He divided the topic into two main points: preparations for Christmas and the day of the celebration itself. Then, he divided each one of those points into some other points. For instance, when talking about the preparations for Christmas he mentioned: Christmas cards, decorating the house and shopping. This is a good way to organize a presentation. You first make a kind of map of what you are going to say.
The picture above is an example of a very simple mind map. each one of the branches, like Family could be divided into other points, for example: how many people in my family and what each person does (their occupation) and things we do together.
You can do the same thing when you prepare your writing about a festival or celebration.
Here is a link for people who would like to do some extra Listening. http://www.real-english.com/reo/81/unit81.asp Here they use the Present Simple, Presents Perfect and Past Simple. Enjoy it!
Last week we practiced the Present Perfect and a little bit of the Past Simple. Remember that when we talk about an action that is completed we use the last tense: the Past Simple:
What time did you get up this morning? I got up at 8:00 o.clock.
What did you have for breakfast? I had a cup of coffee and some cereal
Did you do your homework? No, I didn't.
We read the text about the Bull Run in the San Fermin festival and had to study some new words like: length, gate, injure, bullring, handkerchief.
This construction was new for most students: The bulls are kept in the Corral of Santo Domingo.
In that sentence the verb is in the passive voice. That means we are more interested in the action that in the person or agent of the action. It's formed with the verb to be + past participle of the verb we are using: in this case keep. Students who are interested in finding out more about this construction and practicing it may click on the following link:http://www.ego4u.com/en/cram-up/grammar/passive. You may read the explanation at the beginning and start with the exercises in the Present Simple and the Past Simple, which are the firs ones listed under the heading Exercises.
I insist, this is only for students who are in a hurry lo learn English.
We also practiced telling the story of the San Fermin Festival using the Present Perfect: The festival has happened nearly every year since 1941 (I don't remember the exact year). We use the present perfect because it is still happening.
We listened to Peter talk about Christmas in the UK. Peter is an English teacher in Mexico and was making a presentation for his students. He divided the topic into two main points: preparations for Christmas and the day of the celebration itself. Then, he divided each one of those points into some other points. For instance, when talking about the preparations for Christmas he mentioned: Christmas cards, decorating the house and shopping. This is a good way to organize a presentation. You first make a kind of map of what you are going to say.
The picture above is an example of a very simple mind map. each one of the branches, like Family could be divided into other points, for example: how many people in my family and what each person does (their occupation) and things we do together.
You can do the same thing when you prepare your writing about a festival or celebration.
Here is a link for people who would like to do some extra Listening. http://www.real-english.com/reo/81/unit81.asp Here they use the Present Simple, Presents Perfect and Past Simple. Enjoy it!
viernes, 3 de octubre de 2014
Welcome everyone,
This week has been a bit awkward with different students everyday. I guess we'll settle dawn little by little.
We started talking about celebrations like Christmas, Halloween, Valentine's Day, birthdays, weddings, etc.
Some words we have studied are: bride & groom,best man, Christmas carols, New Year's Eve and New Year's day, resolutions, cards, decorations, fireworks. Verbs like deliver, send, guess.
The grammar point in this unit is the Present Perfect. We are studying it by itself and also in contrast to the Past Simple.
As I cannot download documents onto this blog I'll copy one about the Present Perfect, so you can check it out:
Use of Present Perfect
To add to the printed exercises I gave you last Wednesday, please write 2 sentences with each one of the verbs I wrote down above: deliver, send and guess.
This week has been a bit awkward with different students everyday. I guess we'll settle dawn little by little.
We started talking about celebrations like Christmas, Halloween, Valentine's Day, birthdays, weddings, etc.
Some words we have studied are: bride & groom,best man, Christmas carols, New Year's Eve and New Year's day, resolutions, cards, decorations, fireworks. Verbs like deliver, send, guess.
The grammar point in this unit is the Present Perfect. We are studying it by itself and also in contrast to the Past Simple.
As I cannot download documents onto this blog I'll copy one about the Present Perfect, so you can check it out:
Use of Past Simple
Use the Simple Past to express the idea that an action started and finished at a specific time in the past. Sometimes, the speaker may not actually mention the specific time, but they do have one specific time in mind.
Use of Present Perfect
ñ puts
emphasis on the result
Example: She has written five letters.
ñ action
that is still going on
Example: School has not started yet.
ñ action
that stopped recently
Example: She has cooked dinner.
ñ finished
action that has an influence on the present
Example: I have lost my key.
ñ action
that has taken place once, never or several times before the moment of speaking
Example: I have never been to Australia.
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Words that often go with each one of theses verb tenses
Past Simple
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ñ yesterday
ñ ... ago
ñ in 1990
ñ the
other day
ñ last
...
Present Perfect
ñ just
ñ already
ñ up to now
ñ until now / till now
ñ ever
ñ (not) yet
ñ so fa
ñ lately / recently
Homework
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Don't work too hard. I'll see you Monday.
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