Wednesday, 21 November 2012

Speaking: Shopping and environment

A. Compare the photos in A and B, using questions 1-5.
1. Where are these people?
2. What are the main differences between the two situations?
3. What are the main advantages and disadvantages of each type of shopping?
4. Which situation is more like your experience of shopping?
5. Which situation is more common in your town?
A






B

     B. Discussion.

What is important to you when you are buying new clothes? Put these things in order of importance. Explain why.

  • How and where it was made.
  • The price.
  • If the producer / maker was paid a fair price for it.
  • The quality.
  • The style and design.
Be ready to discuss these in class.

Monday, 19 November 2012

Rewriting and Translation

 REWRITING

Time Clauses (Future)
Time Clauses (Past or Future)
 Clauses of reason


TRANSLATION

Past tenses (Present Perfect)
Past tenses (Past simple / Past Perfect)
Future Tenses (Future Perfect)

Time Clauses (Past or Future)
Time Clauses (Past or Future)
Clauses of Reason

Tuesday, 6 November 2012

Future tenses



EXERCISES

Basic
Exercise 1
Exercise 2
Exercise 3

Future Continuous and Future Perfect
Future Perfect
Multiple choice (future Perfect / Future Continuous)
Future Perfect/Future Continuous
Future Continuous / Future Perfect Continuous

Rephrasing (NEW)  (Future perfect and future continuous)
 1. At what time Andy comes to work tomorrow, he’s going to wear his glasses. BE
Next time you see Andy, he [___________________] his glasses.
2. They only play basketball at the weekend. BE
Next Tuesday evening they [___________________] basketball.
3. I want to finish cleaning the house at 8. HAVE
At 8.30 I [___________________] the house.
4. I am only going to wait for you until 7.30. WON’T
At 7.30 I [___________________] for you.
5. Mike wants to end his degree in 2017. FINISHED
By 2018 Mike [___________________] his degree.
6. My parents will pay off their mortgage in September. HAVE
In October my parents [___________________] off their mortgage.
7. My brother does his laundry at this time every week. WILL

This time next week my brother [___________________] his laundry.

 KEY
1. At what time Andy comes to work tomorrow, he’s going to wear his glasses. BE
Next time you see Andy, he [will be wearing] his glasses.
2. They only play basketball at the weekend. BE
Next Tuesday evening they [won’t be playing] basketball.
3. I want to finish cleaning the house at 8. HAVE
At 8.30 I [will have cleaned] the house.
3. I am only going to wait for you until 7.30. WON’T
At 7.30 I [won’t be waiting] for you.
5. Mike wants to end his degree in 2017. FINISHED
By 2018 Mike [will have finished] his degree.
6. My parents will pay off their mortgage in September. HAVE
In October my parents [will have paid] off their mortgage. 
7. My brother does his laundry at this time every week. WILL
 This time next week my brother [will be doing] his laundry.
Future Time Clauses
Exercise 1
Exercise 2
Exercise 3





Saturday, 3 November 2012

Guy Fawkes




1. Answer the following questions after searching the information on the following site.
 The gunpowder Plot . Use a dictionary to help.

1. When did the plot take place?
2. Why?
3. What did they intend to do?
4. How did they plan to do it?
5. How were they discovered?
6. Where was Guy Fawkes caught?
7. What happened to him?
8. How do British call this celebration, aprat from Guy Fawkes Night?
9. How do people commemorate this festivity?
10. What do children ask for that night?

2. Watch a video about how things happened.

3. Work on vocabulary. Complete the following text.

4. Complete the following rhyme after watching the video,

"Remember, remember the fifth of November,
Gunpowder____________ and plot.
We see no ________________
Why the gunpowder treason
Should ever be ______________"

Monday, 22 October 2012

Writing a narrative text

Follow the instructions to write a narrative text. Do exercises 1 (complete the text given) and 2 (write your own story).

Thursday, 11 October 2012

-ing / -ed

EXAMPLES:

My life is boring.  (It makes me feel......)
I am bored.  ( I feel...)

The film was frightening. (It made me feel...)
I was frightened. (I felt....)


Exercise 1
Exercise 2