English In Jerez: May 2011

Tuesday, 31 May 2011

Fourth year - Monday 30 May 2011

Summary of the class:

- Review: wish. Correct exercises

- Speaking: wish

- Grammar: review of passive voice, reporting verbs, future, and narrative tenses

Important:

- Wednesday June 1: Reading and listening IN ROOM 2

Second year - 2ºA - Monday 30 May 2011

Summary of the class:

- Vocabulary: animals

- Speaking: your attitude to animals

- Listening: animals

- Vocabulary and speaking: adjectives followed by preposition

- Grammar: relative clauses

Important:

Wednesday 1 June: Listening and writing exams IN ROOM 2

Second year - 2ºB - Thursday 26 May 2011

Summary of the class:

- Speaking: your attitude about animals

- Listening: animals

- Vocabulary and speaking: adjectives forllowed by preposition

- Tests: reading and listening

Fourth year - Wednesday 25 May 2011

Summary of the class:

- Past modals

- Vocabulary: money

- Listening: mother and son

- Grammar: wish

Second year - 2ºA - Wednesday 25 May 2011

Summary of the class:

- Tests: reading and listening

- Oral practice: food

- Grammar and oral practice: mistakes and questions

Second year - 2ºB - Tuesday 24 May 2011

Summary of the class:

- Oral practice: used to

- Vocabulary: cars

- Vocabulary: animals

Tuesday, 24 May 2011

Fourth year - Monday 23 May 2011

Summary of the class:

- Vocabulary: informal language

- Listening: a lost mobile phone

- Grammar: modals to express deduction and possibility

- Speaking/practice: deduction

- Pronunciation: weak forms

Second year - 2ºA - Monday 23 May 2011

Summary of the class:

- Listening / speaking: the fittest person you know

- Grammar/reading: used to. Click here to read the document we worked on yesterday.

- Speaking: used to

- Vocabulary: cars

Monday, 23 May 2011

Second year - 2ºB - Thursday 19 May 2011

Summary of the class:

- Listening: health spa

- Grammar: future time clauses

- Conditional sentences (1): Superstitions

- Used to. Cl ick here to read the document we worked on in class.

- Speaking: used to.

- Idioms

Thursday, 19 May 2011

Fourth year - Modal verbs

Click on the links below to do some exercises on modal verbs:

- Modal verbs 1

- Modal verbs 2

- Modal verbs 3

- Modal verbs 4

Fourth year - Wednesday 18 May 2011

Summary of the class:

- Listening: Bruce goes to the Leeds office

- Grammar: modal verbs and expressions to express certainty and probability

- Speaking: English.... (certainty and probability)

- Speaking: life in five years' time

- Alex: Watching the English

Second year - 2ºA - Wednesday 18 May 2011

Summary of the class:

- Writing: an informal email. Winning a million pounds

- Listening: a health spa

- Grammar: time and conditional sentences

- Speaking practice: superstitions (conditionals)

- Vocabulary: food

- Vocabulary: cooking verbs

- Oral practice: write a recipe

Homework:

- Write an email/letter on the topic: Imagine you've won a million euros.

- Write a recipe

Wednesday, 18 May 2011

Vocabulary - Food

Watch the following videos to practise the words related to food. The pronunciation in the videos is American English, so words like 'tomato' or 'potato' are pronounced in a slightly different way in British English, and some items have a different name in American English like potato chips (BrE: crisps), eggplant (BrE: aubergine). There are two spelling mistakes in the last two videos(spaghetti and parsley), so be careful

Second year - 2ºB - Tuesday 17 May 2011

Summary of the class:

- Alex: Song (Money), vocabulary on cooking, recipe

- Reading: cooking

- Vocabulary on food

- Speaking and listening: the fittest person you know

Homework:

- Write a recipe

- Write a letter, following the instructions in the sheet I handed out

Second year - workshop

Conversation about:

- The future

- Travelling. Click here to read the questions.

Tuesday, 17 May 2011

Fourth year - Monday 16 May 2011

Summary of the class:

- Listening: Job interviewing

- Vocabulary: character adjectives

- Grammar: modal verbs. Practice

Second year - 2ºA - Monday 16 May 2011

Summary of the class:

- Correction of exercises.

- Vocabulary: idioms

- Grammar. verbs + ing/to infinitive

- Reading and listening: the Greens go green

- Reading: Okinawa

- Speaking practice

Homework:

Complete the exercise on page 87

Second year - 2ºB - Thursday 12 May

Summary of the class:

- Correction of exercises

- Speaking: for / since

- Listening: Kyle and Naomi

- Reading and speaking: Okinawa

- Vocabulary: food

Homework:

Write a letter/email, following the instructions of the book (p. 87)

Fourth year - Wednesday 11 May 2011

Summary of the class:

- Correction of exercises

- Reporting verbs

- Listening: the conclusion to Rob, Mike, and Daisy's story

- Vocabulary: personality adjectives

- Alex: reported speech practice

Exams (evaluacion continua):

June 1: Reading and listening

June 6: Writing and listening

Thursday, 12 May 2011

Second year - 2ºA - Wednesday 11 May 2011

Summary of the class:

- Listening: people in Thailand

- Grammar: for and since

- Grammar: present perfect continuous

- Speaking: present perfect

- Alex: song (Money), crossword, for/since

Homework:

- Page 143

- Write a letter following the instructions in the sheet I handed out

Exams (evaluación continua):

- 25 May: Mysteries of the Unexplained, Reading and Listening

- 1 June: Writing and listening

Wednesday, 11 May 2011

Second year - 2ºB - Tuesday 10 May 2011

Summary of the class:

- Grammar: present perfect continuous

- Pronunciation

- Speaking: present perfect

- Vocabulary: idioms

- Verbs followed by -ing/to (change of meaning)

- Reading: The Greens go green

Homework:

- Page 143, exercises 1, 2, 3, 4

-Pages 84 and 85

- Page 87, exercise 1

Important: Exam dates

- Evaluacion continua:

26 May: Mysteries of the Unexplained, Reading and Listening

2 June: Listening and writing

- Final exams:

14 June: Reading, listening and writing.

Second year - Workshop

Conversation about:

- Future predictions. Click here to see the document.

Tuesday, 10 May 2011

Fourth year - Reported speech

Watch the following videos to learn more about the reported speech:

Fourth year - Monday 9 May 2011

Summary of the class:

- Reported speech: grammar and exercises

- Listening: Rob, Mike and Daisy

- Speaking: A coffee shop

Homework: Page 99, exercises 5 and 6; Page 100, read the email and complete exercise 2c

Important note: Final exams: Tuesday 14 June

Second year - 2ºA - Monday 9 May 2011

Summary of the class:

- Reading: smile

- Vocabulary: personality

- Reading/ speaking: Thailand

- Listening: people in Thailand

Important note:

Final exams: Tuesday 14 June. (reading, listening and writing).

Monday, 9 May 2011

Second year - 2ºB - Thursday 5 May 2011

Summary of the class:

- Vocabulary: Personality adjectives

- Grammar: -ing/ to

- Reading and speaking: Thailand

- Listening: Thailand

- Grammar: for / since

Thursday, 5 May 2011

Fourth year - Reported speech

Watch the following videos to practise and learn more about reported speech:

Reference words --- pronouns

Verb tenses ---- when to change tenses

Tenses--- changes