Hi Diana, I hope you get better. I missed you this week.

In our last class we listened to a conversation between Allie - the British woman who is in San Francisco for a conference - and the hotel receptionist.

We had to complete the conversation on the worksheet. In the conversation the receptionist tells Allie how to get to the SFMOMA, the San Francisco Museum of Modern Art.

I supposed you have already studied vocabulary  or basic instructions to give directions:

go straight on
go down the street
turn left or right on the first (or second, third, etc.) street
go to the end of the street.
go past the church
go over the bridge
it is on your left or on your right.

I'm uploading one of the listenings on the same page. It is called Social English4 and it is the last exercise on the same page as the conversation above.

Sorry I am unable to upload the worksheets I gave for homework.

See you Monday.

Welcoma back, Ana!

This week I was still a little sick so don't be surprised if you detect some lack of memory.

Lack: something is missing, something is not there.

We have studied the comparative form of adjectives and also the superlative. This is something fairly easy to study. The difficult thing is to remember it later on -  weeks and months after studying them - and use them.

We studied some adjectives we can use to talk about a city and its inhabitants:

Friendly/ Unfriendly
Beautiful/ Ugly
Cheap/ Expensive
Quiet/ Noisy
Exciting/ Boring
Dangerous/ Safe
Rude/Polite

And practiced this type of sentence:

It's the most dangerous place I have ever been to.

In our last class we practiced making relative phrases as in:

The man who was talking to your mother is my boss.

The relatives that we use for these sentences are which or that, who, where and when.


For Clara or anybody else who is interested I am uploading a listening which you can use to complete Ex. 4. p. 45. You probably did it with Chus the week before, but I am sure you'll appreciate it listening to it again. Unfortunately I can't upload the page.

See you Monday.

Hi!

Sorry I'm a bit late. The listenings have been uploaded to the Aula Virtual, Clara, so you can work with them on the weekend.

In our last lesson we practiced the Present Perfect and the Past Simple. We also talked about buying clothes. Words that you should learn regarding this topic, besides the names of the clothes themselves are:

try on, fitting room, size, fit, cash register, shop assistant

Remember that for homework you need to write 3 short conversations using both the Present Perfect and the Past Simple.

Example:

Have you ever been to the Prado Museum?

Yes, I have.

When did you go?

Last year, when I went to Madrid for a conference.

Did you go by yourself?

No, I didn't, I went with a couple of colleagues.