Final Class

Thanks Everybody!!!

Quiz on Monday

This Monday March 28th we will have our last quiz. Topics to take into account:

- Past and present perfect
- Giving suggestions (modals should, can, could)

Have a nice weekend!!!

Alejandra

Back to the Future

Simple Future has two different forms in English: "will" and "be going to." Although the two forms can sometimes be used interchangeably, they often express two very different meanings. These different meanings might seem too abstract at first, but with time and practice, the differences will become clear. Both "will" and "be going to" refer to a specific time in the future.

BASIC GRAMMAR

http://inglesmundial.com/B14/grammar.htm

http://inglesmundial.com/B16/grammar.htm

ADVANCED GRAMMAR

http://www.englishpage.com/verbpage/simplefuture.html

WATCH THIS VIDEO AND ANSWER SOME QUESTIONS



1. What are their names?

2. Where is the daughter going after school?

3. How old is the mother?

4. What does the boy want for breakfast?

5. What is the boy doing in school?

5. What is life going to be in the future?

May I take your order?

Hi dear students,

During this week we are going to study a delicious topic, Food!!!

These are the activities proposed to this topic:

1. Go to this web site a practice some vocabulary about food http://www.inglesmundial.com/I7/vocabulary.htm

2. Practice some grammar related to food

http://www.inglesmundial.com/B7/grammar.htm

http://www.inglesmundial.com/I7/grammar.htm

3.. Listen and practice:

http://www.elllo.org/english/Games/G009-TheDailyDiet.html
http://www.elllo.org/english/Mixer/58-Cook.html

Health Problems

Hi dear students,

Are you healthy or sick?

In order to speak, write, read and listen about health, go to the suggested web site. There, you'll find out vocabulary, grammar, expressions, etc. which will help you to express yourself about it.

http://www.inglesmundial.com/B12/lessonhome.htm

It's better to go in order! start with vocabulary, continue with grammar and so on.

Listening exercise about this same topic:

http://www.elllo.org/apu/0701/740-Keren-Health.html

http://www.elllo.org/apu/0701/741-Keren-Overseas.html

Pronunciation

Improving your English pronunciation

First of all, don't worry about not having a native-English accent. It's important to be able to speak clearly, so that people can understand you. However, it's almost impossible to sound exactly like a native English speaker if you are learning English as an adult in a non-English speaking country.

1. Listen to spoken English as often as possible.

2. Learn the phonetic alphabet.

3. Don't forget to learn the word stress of a new word.

4. Work out which sounds cause you most problems in English. For example final -ED

5. Be aware of intonation and sentence stress.

6. Imitate the rhythm and intonation of the language you are studying.

7. Compare your pronunciation to the model or models on tape.

Describing places - listening exercise

Hi Everybody,

On this listening activity you are going to listen to one person speaking about his city and his recommendations for a person who plans to go there. Check out this link and play the game

http://www.elllo.org/english/Games/G036-CityTips.html

Good luck!

Colombia is passion

This week we will be working on how to describe places...

1. Click on the link below and practice vocabulary to describe places:

http://www.inglesmundial.com/I13/vocabulary.htm

2. Let’s practice:

COMPARATIVES
http://inglesmundial.com/I13/grammar.htm

SUPERLATIVES
http://inglesmundial.com/I14/grammar.htm

3. Watch "Colombia is passion" video and describe Colombia.

WRITE ON YOUR NOTEBOOK: State positives and negative features about Colombia. For Example, Colombia is the most beautiful country in the world.




Have fun!!!

Movie "A beautiful mind"

A brilliant mathematician is forced to deal with schizophrenia

ACTIVITY

1. Watch the movie.

2. Next class we will have a discussion on this movie. To be prepared:

- Choose your favorite character and describe his/her physical appearance.

- Choose a scene and describe it. (Use simple past and past continuous)

- Give your opinion about this movie.

Adjectives Order

The basic types of adjectives

Opinion An opinion adjective explains what you think about something (other people may not agree with you). Examples:
silly, beautiful, horrible, difficult

Size A size adjective, of course, tells you how big or small something is. Examples:
large, tiny, enormous, little

Age An age adjective tells you how young or old something or someone is. Examples:
ancient, new, young, old

Shape A shape adjective describes the shape of something. Examples:
square, round, flat, rectangular

Colour A colour adjective, of course, describes the colour of something. Examples:
blue, pink, reddish, grey

Origin An origin adjective describes where something comes from. Examples:
French, lunar, American, eastern, Greek

Material A material adjective describes what something is made from. Examples:
wooden, metal, cotton, paper

Purpose A purpose adjective describes what something is used for. These adjectives often end with "-ing". Examples:
sleeping (as in "sleeping bag"), roasting (as in "roasting tin")


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Some examples of adjective order
a silly young English man
a huge round metal bowl
a small red sleeping bag

EXERCISE
http://web2.uvcs.uvic.ca/elc/studyzone/410/grammar/adjord1.htm

Taken from:
http://web2.uvcs.uvic.ca/elc/studyzone/410/grammar/adjord.htm

DESCRIBING PEOPLE

Let's practice some vocabulary

http://www.inglesmundial.com/B3/vocabularyB3.htm

http://www.inglesmundial.com/B3/grammarB3.htm

LISTENING

http://www.inglesmundial.com/B3/listeningB3.htm

TALK SHOW

Hi dear students,

Today we're going to practice all structures we have learn so far by preparing a talk show. On talk show, there are different roles:

HOST: a person who acts at formal occasions (makes an introductory speech, introduces speakers, and asks questions)

AUDIENCE: an audience is a group of people who participate in a show (ask questions)

GUEST: a person who is invited to an event (answers questions)

Our objective is to create a dialogue where the host interacts with the guest by doing questions about his/her life.

1. click on the link below and choose a character to impersonate o create a new celebrity. (You could choose a different one if you want)

http://www.pitara.com/magazine/people.asp

2. prepare a dialogue to present to the rest of your classmates.

Good luck and enjoy this practice

HAVE THEY EVER...?

1. Watch the video and answer some questions



Questions

What did Robin do yesterday?
Before coming to new york, where did they live?
When did she live in Paris?
Has anything strange happened to them?
How long have they known each other?

2. Grammar related to this topic:

http://www.inglesmundial.com/I10/grammar.htm

Homework - Anecdote

Dear students,

Retell and write an anecdote using simple and continuous time. Choose from the topics listed below:

- A FUNNY THING THAT HAPPENED WHEN YOU WERE YOUNG

- AN EMBARRASSING MOMENT

- YOUR BEST DAY EVER

- YOUR BIGGEST CELEBRATION

- THE FIRST TIME YOU GOT DRUNK

GRAMMAR - PAST PROGRESSIVE

http://www.inglesmundial.com/I11/grammar.htm

This homework is due on Monday Feb 14th.