Hope you are doing well. Are your ready for a quizz? We can continue playing and competing with Kahoot from home. All you need to do is click here and enter de Game Pin 04209424. You have until next Tuesday, 12th May to complete the quizz. Then, we will know who the winner is.
This game is a revision of the units 1-6 of our Textbook. Before you do it, don't forget to revise the Grammar Bank and the Vocabulary Bank of these units.
Hope you enjoy this quizz. If you don't understand any of the questions, write it down and let me know in our Zoom meeting.
Don't forget about our Zoom on Monday (group A21-A) or Tuesday (group A21-C). Be ready to tell us what you are doing these days during Phase 0 of our confinement.
See you next week.
Best regards,
María.
PS. Please, remember to check your email. I have sent a message to some of you and I'm waiting for your answer.
We often confuse the use of the present simple and the present continuous. One of the reasons for this confusion is that in Spanish we often use both tenses to express the same idea. Watch this video to see the difference.
For example, with the question "What sports are you practising at the moment?" (present continuous) in Spanish I could say "¿Qué deportes estás practicando en estos momentos?", but I could also say "¿Qué deportes practicas/haces en este momento?" (present simple). In English using the present simple for an activity you are doing "at the moment" is wrong. Remember the different uses of these two tenses. Check this table to see the difference.
Paying attention to the time expression you are using is also a good way to know what tense to use. Look at the difference.
I usually go to the cinema once a week. (P.S.)
I'm watching films on TV at present. (P.C.)
I usually play tennis twice a week. (P.S.)
I'm playing video games these days. (P.C.)
To practise the difference between these two tenses, go to this link and play the games they offer you. Remember, we can have fun while learning.
We are all listening to music these days much more than we used to do in the past. In lesson 6C (the last lesson we are going to study this school year) we are going to learn vocabulary related to music (instruments and kinds of music). Complete the activities on pages 88 and 89. Remember you can also find more activities online (you have to use the access code you will find on the first page of your textbook). Finally, complete the Youtube quiz I attached to this post and make a comment telling us if you play any instruments and / or what kind of music you like and what singers are you listening to during this quarantine. To practise your speaking you can have a video call with a classmate and interview your partner with the questionnaire on page 89 (activity 3).
Homework: You have to write an email following the instructions on page 201 (activity 5). You need to write it on a Word document and send it to me by email. Deadline: Sunday 3 May (included). Number of words: 100-120.
How was your Easter week? This is the second Monday in April and we have almost won the battle against Covid'19, at least on our islands. Congratulations for doing it so well and staying at home!
This week we are going to study lesson 6B (pages 86 and 87). Complete all the activities on your textbook; remember to correct yourself with the Answer Key I have sent you by email. In this lesson we are going to study how to express likes and dislikes using verbs of emotion (love, like, enjoy, hate or I don't mind). Compare these two pair or sentences:
1.a. I love music 1.b. I love listening to music
2.a I don't like horror films 2.b. I don't like watching horror films at night.
As you can see, in sentences a. I only use one verb related to emotions, but in sentences b. I'm using two verbs; you have to add the suffix -ing to the second verb. Check Grammar Bank 6B (page 220) and do the activities a) and b) on page 221. Watch the Youtube video on this post for more revision. Then, record yourself and upload your own video on Flipgrid, using the same code I sent you last week. Tell us the activities you love, like, don't mind, don't like or hate doing in your free time or during this quarantine.
In this lesson, we are also studying vocabulary about the weather and dates (vocabulary Bank page 245). Pay special attention to how you say dates (activities 1e and 1f). We have already studied dates in class, but it's important to review them. To practise speaking, I recommend you to use skype or WhatsApp (videcall) and ask each other the questions on page 87. You can also send me an email answering these three questions (5a, page 87) and I will answer back.
This is the homework for this week. Next week, we are going to learn how to write an email and I will ask you to send me one for correction.
Stay safe and cheer up, my dearest students. You are all doing a great job by staying at home.
As I promised, this week I'm only posting a link with activities to do about Easter. In this website you will find activities for A1 (Beginners) and A2 (Elementary) and even B1 (Pre-intermediate) students. Click in your favourite activities and try to do them online.
Do not forget to complete the activities from my previous posts, especially the videos on Flipgrid. Check my e-mails to find the code you need to use for this activity.
Hi, everybody.
These days of quarantine some of us have time to analyze things more deeply. We miss lots of things we usually do outdoors, but we are also enjoying many things we don't usually do indoors because of our stressful lives. In lesson 6A we are studying Object Pronouns. Complete the activities 1, 2 and 3 (page 84) and Grammar Bank 6A and then check this slide show and decide if you love or hate the activities, people and food you see in the photos. After that, make a comment to this blog and tell us what you love and hate about this quarantine. Remember you can read other comments and reply them.
In lesson 6A we also practise our reading and listening skills through the story The Glass Bottle. Complete units 4 and 5 to check your comprenhension. Then, you can also do activiy 6 for pronunciation. I'll send you the answers to these activities by e-mail so you can correct yourself. For further practice of reading and listening, you can use this website. I also recommend you to read and listen to these fairy tales through this You Tube video. If you have children, you can do this homework with them.
Finally, to practise your speaking, we are going to use a new tool, Flipgrid. I will send you a code by email; you have to use this code to record a video saying what you love and hate (or dislike) about this quarantine we are living.
That's all for now. Next week it's Easter so I will only publish a post to learn more about how English people celebrate this festivity.
Have a nice week, my dearest students. Please, keep safe and sound.
In Unit 5 (Practical English) we are studying vocabulary related to clothes. We have prepared three slide shows to review this vocabulary. Click on the first one to name some items of clothes. Then click on the second one to describe what some celebrities are wearing in the selected photos. After that, complete the activities on page 74 and 75 (English File, Practical English, In a clothes shop). Remember you can watch the videos if you use englisfileonline.com (follow the instructions on How to access English File Online Practice on the first page of your textbook). Finally, click on the third slide show to review expressions we use when we buy clothes and other expressions found in this unit. Now, feel free to write a comment telling us what you are wearing right now (e.g. "I am wearing workout clothes all the time, but I don't really practise any sports). You can also use your WhatsApp group to send photos of each other and describe what you are wearing in those photos. Make it funny; try to wear crazy clothes. Remember, we can have fun while we practise our English.
Our first post on this blog will focus on the positive side of these crazy times. This quarantine is a new situation for everybody, but we can take advantage of it and do those things we hardly ever do because of our stressing life. For example, right now you are practising English. Look at this slide show and try to guess what these people are doing. Review the structure of the Present Continuous in Unit 5B (Grammar Bank page 218) and then go to englishfileonline.com for practice (follow the instructions on How to access English File Online Practice on the first page of your textbook). Finally, you can make a comment to this post telling us what your are doing these days to keep yourself busy and happy.
Stay well and take care of yourself and your family.
