Tuesday, January 26, 2010

25 January 2010 - NB1 A

  • Vocabulary Bank - Daily routine (p.147)
  1. wake up (early/late)
  2. get up
  3. have a shower / a bath
  4. get dressed
  5. have breakfast
  6. go to work / school
  7. get to work / school
  8. have a coffee
  9. start work / school
  10. have lunch
  11. go shopping
  12. finish work / school
  13. go home
  14. go to her Italian classes
  15. go to the gym
  16. get home
  17. make the dinner
  18. have dinner
  19. take the dog for a walk
  20. watch TV
  21. do her Italian homework
  22. go to bed
  23. sleep (for seven hours)

21 January 2010 - NB1 C

  • Vocabulary Bank - Daily routine (p.147)
  1. wake up (early/late)
  2. get up
  3. have a shower / a bath
  4. get dressed
  5. have breakfast
  6. go to work / school
  7. get to work / school
  8. have a coffee
  9. start work / school
  10. have lunch
  11. go shopping
  12. finish work / school
  13. go home
  14. go to her Italian classes
  15. go to the gym
  16. get home
  17. make the dinner
  18. have dinner
  19. take the dog for a walk
  20. watch TV
  21. do her Italian homework
  22. go to bed
  23. sleep (for seven hours)
  • Reading...How stressed... Louisa's day
  • Communication - Ask each other some questions about Louisa's day
  • Listening - Simon's day.
  • Pronunciation - Letter o
  1. clock - coffee - job - shopping
  2. boot - do - school - two
  3. up - one - son - worried
  4. phone - don't - go - home
  • Your turn...

http://www.elllo.org/yeartwo/mixer/get_up/get_up.htm - Listening - When do you get up?

http://www.woodlands-junior.kent.sch.uk/customs/questions/family.html - Reading - A typical day for a child in Britain.

http://www.esl-lab.com/schedule/schedrd1.htm - Listening - Daily schedule

http://www.quia.com/quiz/1830053.html - Vocabulary - A day in the life of...

http://www.quia.com/jg/662935.html - Video - Daily routine

http://theenglishyouneedblog.blogspot.com/search/label/Guided%20Composition - Writing - Guided composition.

http://www.sensite.co.uk/symbols/theme_21.html

http://www.enchantedlearning.com/language/english/label/morning/

20 January 2010 - NB1 A

19 January 2010 - NB1 C

  • Grammar and vocabulary revision: Adjectives.
  • Game: Same or different?
  • New File: 3B Wake up, get out of bed...
  • Telling the time... Explanation & Some practice...

http://www.esl-lab.com/time.htm

http://esl.about.com/od/beginnerpronunciation/a/bd_time.htm

http://www.esltower.com/VOCABSHEETS/Time/time.html

  • Communication - What's the time?
  • Listening - Vicky's morning.
  • Song - Hot & Cold

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=yY3CehyfUko - Song

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=A_FreDrOFd0 - Song with lyrics.

  • Homework: Grammar and vocabulary bank.

18 January 2010 - NB1 A

  • File 2 - Exam
  • Last part of the class - Vocabulary: How do you feel? (p.29 - 5d)
  1. I'm happy
  2. I'm sad
  3. I'm angry
  4. I'm cold
  5. I'm tired
  6. I'm hot
  7. I'm thirsty
  8. I'm hungry
  • And you...How do you feel? Hope you're OK...Take care and see you next day!

http://www.docstoc.com/docs/7695948/MES-Englishcom---worksheets---feelings

15 January 2010 - NB1 C

  • Exam correction - I know some of you are a bit stressed, and things are getting more and more difficult. But cheer up and keep on working hard!! In general, you did a VERY GOOD JOB in the exam.
  • Grammar and vocabulary revision.

14 January 2010 - NB1 C

  • File 2 - Exam
  • Last part of the class - Vocabulary: How do you feel? (p.29 - 5d)
  1. I'm happy
  2. I'm sad
  3. I'm angry
  4. I'm cold
  5. I'm tired
  6. I'm hot
  7. I'm thirsty
  8. I'm hungry
  • And you...How do you feel? Hope you're OK...Take care and see you next day!

Monday, January 18, 2010

13 January 2010 - NB1 A

The use of adjectives in English is not very difficult. There are just two basic (but very IMPORTANT) rules you need to remember:

  1. Adjectives go BEFORE nouns.
  2. Adjectives DO NOT have a plural form.
  • Adjective race - 3.c - Possible answers.
  1. a full moon
  2. a red dress
  3. old men
  4. a high mountain
  5. a rich woman
  6. a dirty window
  7. a black cat
  8. an empty bag/purse
  9. a poor man
  10. blue boots
  11. a wet umbrella

12 January 2010 - NB1 C

  • Vocabulary revision - Adjectives - opposites

http://esl-images.com/vocabulary_topic_display.asp?images=Describing%20People%20and%20Things&topic=11

  • Grammar: Adjectives. (p. 29)

The use of adjectives in English is not very difficult. There are just two basic (but very IMPORTANT) rules you need to remember:

  1. Adjectives go BEFORE nouns.
  2. Adjectives DO NOT have a plural form.
  • Adjective race - 3.c - Possible answers.
  1. a full moon
  2. a red dress
  3. old men
  4. a high mountain
  5. a rich woman
  6. a dirty window
  7. a black cat
  8. an empty bag/purse
  9. a poor man
  10. blue boots
  11. a wet umbrella
  • Listening.
  • Vocabulary and Speaking
  • Who are they? He is Enrique Iglesias and she is Nicole Kidman.
  • Vocabulary Bank. p. 146

A

  1. old - young
  2. tall - short
  3. fat - thin
  4. long - short (hair)
  5. fair - dark

C.

  1. very tall
  2. quite tall
  3. not very tall
  • Your turn...

http://rv.humbert.chez-alice.fr/ecoleprimaire/adjectifsperso1cloze.htm

http://www.learnenglish.de/basics/appearances.htm

  • Think of a famous person. Write five clues. Tell your partner. Can he /she guess?
  • Song - Oh Pretty Woman

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=CSzMXRjr-zQ

  • Your turn

http://www.manythings.org/vq/mc-adj.html - Adjectives - Quiz

Monday, January 11, 2010

11 January 2010 - NB1 A

  • First of all, HAPPY NEW YEAR to you all!!! And... Welcome back! I know it's a bit difficult after the Christmas holiday, so cheer up (;-) and get ready for the new year!!
  • Revision - File 2.
  • Grammar revision: Present simple: positive, negative, and interrogative.
  • Vocabulary revision: jobs and family members.
  • Questions - Talking about yourselves... (p.27)
  1. What magazines do you read?
  2. Where do you live?
  3. Where do you work?
  4. What music do you like?
  5. What food do you like?
  6. What languages do you speak?
  7. What TV programmes do you watch?
  8. What do you do?
  • New File - 3A Pretty woman...
  • What do you know about the USA?...
  • USA quiz - p. 28
  1. The White House
  2. New York
  3. American Airlines
  4. fast food
  5. Pretty Woman
  6. blue jeans
  7. Big Apple
  8. yellow taxis
  • Vocabulary Bank - p.146

Part 1
A

  1. red
  2. blue
  3. yellow
  4. orange
  5. black
  6. white
  7. pink
  8. green
  9. brown
  10. grey

B+C

  1. big-small
  2. expensive - cheap
  3. bad - good
  4. old - new
  5. easy - difficult
  6. wet - dry
  7. rich - poor
  8. fast - slow
  9. dirty - clean
  10. empty - full
  11. high - low
  12. beautiful - ugly
  13. dangerous - safe
  • Pronunciation

/i:/ - cheap - easy - clean
/u:/ - blue - new - beautiful
/ai/ - white - dry - high
/əʊ/- slow - old - low
/e/ - expensive - wet - empty

07 Januray 2010 - NB1 C

  • First of all, HAPPY NEW YEAR to you all!!! And... Welcome back! I know it's a bit difficult after the Christmas holiday, so cheer up (;-) and get ready for the new year!!
  • Revision - File 2.
  • Grammar revision: Present simple: positive, negative, and interrogative.
  • Vocabulary revision: jobs and family members.
  • Questions - Talking about yourselves... (p.27)
  1. What magazines do you read?
  2. Where do you live?
  3. Where do you work?
  4. What music do you like?
  5. What food do you like?
  6. What languages do you speak?
  7. What TV programmes do you watch?
  8. What do you do?
  • New File - 3A Pretty woman...
  • What do you know about the USA?...
  • USA quiz - p. 28
  1. The White House
  2. New York
  3. American Airlines
  4. fast food
  5. Pretty Woman
  6. blue jeans
  7. Big Apple
  8. yellow taxis
  • Vocabulary Bank - p.146

Part 1

A

  1. red
  2. blue
  3. yellow
  4. orange
  5. black
  6. white
  7. pink
  8. green
  9. brown
  10. grey

B+C

  1. big-small
  2. expensive - cheap
  3. bad - good
  4. old - new
  5. easy - difficult
  6. wet - dry
  7. rich - poor
  8. fast - slow
  9. dirty - clean
  10. empty - full
  11. high - low
  12. beautiful - ugly
  13. dangerous - safe
  • Pronunciation
  1. /i:/ - cheap - easy - clean
  2. /u:/ - blue - new - beautiful
  3. /ai/ - white - dry - high
  4. /əʊ/- slow - old - low
  5. /e/ - expensive - wet - empty
  • IMPORTANT INFORMATION!!
  • Next Thursday (14/01/10) - Exam - File 2
  • El próximo jueves día 14 haremos un examen de la unidad 2.

Your turn...

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=aqlJl1LfDP4 - New York, New York...

More quizzes about the USA...

http://esl-efl.webpark.pl/usa_quiz.html

http://a4esl.org/q/h/vm/usaknowledge.html

Grammar

http://esl.about.com/library/beginner/bl_bgpressimple.htm - Present Simple - Quiz

http://wwwedu.ge.ch/cptic/prospective/projets/anglais/sharing/Simple-present.htm

17 December 09 - NB1 C

  • Revision - Talking about our family...
  • What do you remember? - p. 26
  • Grammar
  1. b
  2. a
  3. a
  4. b
  5. a
  6. a
  7. a
  8. a
  9. a
  10. b
  • Vocabulary

A - 1. at / 2. for / 3. to / 4. in / 5. to
B - 1. do / 2. speak / 3. watch / 4. play / 5. have
C.
job - Because it isn't a verb.
woman - Because it isn't plural.
football - Because it isn't a job.
student - Because it isn't a place.
niece - Because it isn't masculine.
D - 1. Where / 2. What / 3. Who / 4. How many / 5. Why

  • Pronunciation
    B.
    nice
    garden
    who
    watches
    stops
    C.
    policeman
    grandmother
    receptionist
    nephew
    artist
  • Can you understand this text?
  1. F
  2. T
  3. F
  4. F
  5. T
  • Listening
  • An informal e-mail /letter (p.25)
  1. What's your name?
  2. Where are you from?
  3. What do you do?
  4. What languages do you speak?
  5. Why do you want to learn English?
  6. Do you have a big family?
  7. What do the people in your family do?
  8. How old are your brothers and sisters?
  9. How old are you?
  10. What are your interests?
  • Homework: Write an informal e-mail or letter about you, answering the previous questions.
    Would you like to find a real penfriend? - ¿Te gustaría tener un amigo por correspondencia con quien practicar inglés?
    Try here: http://pen-friends.net/list1.html