Hello!

In case you didn´t look, I uploaded the listening that we did in class, 6.20. It is the last one in the list of listenings.

Last week we finished Unit 6. In this unit we have studied the Conditional 1 and 2.

The First Conditional:
(if + present simple, ... will + infinitive)
If it rains tomorrow, we'll go to the cinema.
we can't know what will happen in the future, but this describes possible things, which could easily come true.

The Second Conditional:
(if + past simple, ... would + infinitive)
If I had a lot of money, I would travel around the world.
First, we can use it to talk about things in the future that are probably not going to be true. Maybe I'm imagining some dream for example.

Second, we can use it to talk about something in the present which is impossible, because it's not true. If I were you, I wouldn't go out with that man. If I had his number, I would call him.

We have also studied the modal verb should, which we use to give advice or to talk about what we think is desireble for us to do: I should try to finish it today. I think you shouldn´t eat so much.
The modals may and might to express how likely an action in the future is.: I can´t lent you the green dress, I may wear it tomorrow. 
Who knows? We might meet again next time you come to Spain.

If you need more HOMEWORK complete these sentences:

1: If it is sunny tomorrow _______________________________________________ 
2: If you sit in the sun too long __________________________________________ 
3: If I were you _______________________________________________________ 
4: If I were the Prime Minister ___________________________________________ 
5 If I were the opposite sex ____________________________________________ 
6: If I have enough money ______________________________________________ 

7: If you don’t wear a coat in the winter ___________________________________
8. If I were British ____________________________________________________  
9. If I go out tonight___________________________________________________ 

10: If I were on holiday today ____________________________________________ 

Hi!

Really late, right? I have been very busy deciding who to vote.

Last week there wa only Ana on Monday and Cara and Ana on Wednesday . So the first class was adapted to just one student and I did not continue with the unit we are doing. Only practicing and a lot of conversation.
On Wednesday we did a couple of listenings. They were conversations, first at a reception counter, in a hotel, and then between a customer and a pharmacist. Then we read and practiced the dialogues.

Well, I hope you can find the listenings in the Aula Virtual. I had uploaded the ones we were listening to in class. I was about to upload a new one for the last exercise on the sheet when the Internet conexion failed.

I got it. You´ll find them there.

In the conversations they talk about painkillers, backaches, headaches, a temperature, a cold, a cough. You can have a sore throat as well when you have the flu.

They also use the verb to hurt: 
Does your back hurt?

You could say things like:

Does it hurt a lot?

Anyway, I hope this is useful to you.

If you have the chance to read this, Diana, best wishes for your son, I hope he gets well as soon as possible.

This week we have focused mainly on the modal verb should and we have practiced giving advice.

On Monday we listened to a "radio programme" called What's the Problem? 3 people call the Programme to talk about their problem and ask for advice. This particular programme is about problems with friends. The first person who calls talks about a friend who is mean. They go out together and he never pays for his drinks but lets other people pay for them.
The 2nd person who calls talks about a friend who flirts with his girlfriend. And the third person, complains about  her flatmate and friend who borrows things from her without asking for her permission.
The way the programme work is that listeners are invited to write emails giving advice to the callers.

So we read the emails from 6 people and discussed their opinions saying weather we agreed with their advice or not. Students also said what they would do if they had the problems the callers had.

How do we use the modal should ? Well, it is quite simple.

Same as will or would:

He should talk to his girlfriend.

Should he talk to his girlfriend?

He shouldn't talk to his friend, but to his girlfriend.

Meaning of should:  something like it's a good idea: It is a good idea to talk to his girlfriend about it.

In the listening we also noticed that callers asked after talking about their problem: What should I do?

Yesterday, Wednesday, we practiced giving somebody advice. Students took a card with a problem, e.g. I forgot to buy a birthday present for my mother and the other student had to give her advice using either one of the following forms:

I think you should....
Why don't you...?
I think you must...

HOMEWORK
Besides some exercises on the sheets I gave out, students need to answer the questions:

1. What makes you angry? When was the last time you got really angry? Why?
2.When was the last time you got a present? What was it? Who was it from?
3.Who do you get on best in your family? Is there anybody you don't get on with?
4.What do you think is the best age to get married? Why?
5. Which problems in you country are getting better? Which are getting worse?

As you can see, in these question we use the verb get with different meanings. We'll talk about it in class.

Hi


First,  You need to know that I can't upload the listening I promised because I don't have it. There was some kind of mistake when the Audio was recorded and there are 3 or 4 tracks missing. And the one for this exercise is one of them. I apologize for it.

Here is link to a listening so you practice the second conditional:http://www.audio-lingua.eu/spip.php?article1709&lang=fr

In this listening you will notice that she only uses the second part of the sentence, the one that includes would. The first part is assumed: If I went to a desert island... 

As an exercise you may write why she would take a the things she mentions: Example: why she would take a friend: so that she would have some company.

In our last lesson we started studying the modal verbs may and might.

To learn about those verbs you may read the explanations in this website: http://www.bbc.co.uk/worldservice/learningenglish/grammar/learnit/learnitv162.shtml

Read the joke, it's funny and you can get the sense of all those words: maybe, perhaps, may and might.

Hello!

I hope you are having a nice weekend.

Last week we practiced the Second Conditional. Just like in Spanish we use it to talk about events that are possible but not likely to happen. In the main cloze we use the Simple Past:

If a bear attacked me

For the result we use would + verb:

I would scream.

In our last lesson we listened to an expert giving advice on  what is the best thing to do if we are attacked by various wild animals. Don’t forget you have the listening in the Aula Virtual. It  is a long listening and the speaker speaks rather fast so it is not a bad idea to listen to it several times.

We did a comprehension exercise: about the reading on page 67. So now we know a little bit about the life and habits of Australian crocodiles.

HOMEWORK

I gave out a worksheet, so you know the exercises you  have to do. I’ll reproduce here the last questions you have to answer ( for Ana )

1.       Where would you go on holiday if you could go anywhere?

2.       What would you do if you won the lottery?

3.       What would your family think if you decided to live abroad?

4.       What would you do if you saw a fire?

5.       What would you do if you lost your mobile?