Levels

Friday 28 November 2014

Fifth year - Thursday 27 November 2014

Summary of the class:

- Writing: letters of complaint. Click here to see the handout

- Grammar: purpose

- Listening: review

- Speaking: interests and hobbies

- Listening: Hobbies


Homework:

- Complete the review activities on page 34 and 35

- Write a letter of complaint about one of the suggestions in the handout.

First year - 1ºB - Thursday 27 November 2014

Summary of the class:

- Listening: Kevin and Samantha

- Grammar: word order in questions

- Pronunciation + speaking: Intonation in questions

- Speaking: Questions in present simple

- Speaking: Questions in the third person about celebrities

Thursday 27 November 2014

First year - Vocabulary: clothes

Watch the following video to practise the vocabulary on clothes:


First year - 1ºC - Wednesday 26 November 2014

Summary of the class:

- Exams (review)

- Speaking: Guess his/her job


- Pronunciation: ir/ur/er

- Reading: Uniforms

- Vocabulary: Clothes

- Speaking. What do you normally wear...?

- Writing: an informal email/letter. Click here to see the document.

Homework:

Write an email/letter about yourself and your family

Wednesday 26 November 2014

Fifth year - Tuesday 26 November 2014

Summary of the class:


- Listening + reading: Revolting rhymes. Cinderella. Click here to read the text.

- Grammar: indirect questions

- Listening: Andalucia 2013. Click here to see the questions.


- Writing: Letters of complaint. Click here to read the document


Homework:

Complete the activities of the handout (letters of complaint)

First year - 1ºB - Tuesday 26 November 2014

Summary of the class:

- Tests (review)

- Grammar: questions in present simple


- Speaking: short forms

- Writing: informal email/letter. Click here to see the document.

- Listening: Kevin and Samantha


Homework:

Complete the activities on File 3A and 3B of the workbook

Write an email/letter about yourself

Tuesday 25 November 2014

First year - 1ºC - Monday 24 November 2014

Summary of the class:

- Tests

- Present simple - questions

- Speaking: short forms

- Speaking: questions

Friday 21 November 2014

Fifth year - Thursday 20 November 2014

Summary of the class:

- Grammar: Indirect questions

- Writing: Giving advice / making a request / asking for advice. Click here to see the handout. You can also check your student's book (pages 120-1) and your workbook (pages 14/15) to see different examples of letters

- Listening: returning an item to the shop

- Vocabulary: Problems with things

- Vocabulary: complaining. Click here to see the document.

- Speaking: complaining. Click here to see the different roles.



Homework:

- Check your student's book (pages 120-1) and your workbook (pages 14/15) to see different examples of letters of advice and making requests.

- Write a letter of advice or one making a request, using the suggestions from the handout.

- Complete activities on indirect questions on page 140

First year - 1ºB - Thursday 20 November 2014

Summary of the class:

- Tests

- Reading: uniforms

- Vocabulary: clothes

- Speaking: What do you normally wear in the winter/ summer? What do you normally wear at work/home? What do you normally wear on the beach? What do you normally wear at a wedding? What do you normally wear for a job interview?


- Speaking: Questions

Homework:

Review present simple tense (affirmative, negative and interrogative)

Thursday 20 November 2014

First year - Listening: What do they do?

Watch the following video and complete the sentences below about the professions of the people on the video. Watch the end of the video with subtitles to check your answers.

Ved el video y completad las oraciones sobre las profesiones de las personas que aparecen. Para comprobar vuestras respuestas, al final de video se vuelve a repetir con subtítulos.




What do people do?

1. Alan is a/an ___________________
2. Charlie is a/an _________________
3. Dave and Kevin are _____________
4. Helen is a/an___________________ and Mark is a/an___________________
5. Maureen is a/an ________________ and Nicola is a/an __________________
6. Harry is a/an _______________
7. Eileen is a/an ______________
8. Myra is a/an store ___________
9. Paul is a/an _________________
10. Stu is a/an _________________
11. Mary is ___________________ at the moment.
12. Jeffrey is a traffic warden

First year - Vocabulary: jobs

Watch the following video to practise the pronunciation of different occupations:


First year - 1ºC - Wednesday 19 November 2014

Summary of the class:

- Speaking: descriptions

- Vocabulary: Jobs

- Speaking: What do you do? What is your job?

- Listening: What is his/her job?

- Grammar: Present simple (?)

Wednesday 19 November 2014

Fifth year - Tuesday 18 November 2014

Summary of the class:

- Speaking: my invention

- Speaking: the Internet. Click here to read the questions

- Listening. Click here to read the worksheet with the questions.

First year - 1ºB - Tuesday 18 November 2014

Summary of the class:

- Speaking: descriptions

- Speaking: What do you do? Is... a teacher/ police officer...?

- Pronunciation

- Speaking: in the week / at the weekend



Tuesday 18 November 2014

First year - Grammar: present simple

Watch the following video to practise present simple:


First year. Grammar: Present Simple

Click on the links below to practise present simple:

- Activity 1

- Activity 2

- Activity 3


First year - 1ºC - Monday 17 November 2014

Summary of the class:

- Grammar: present simple

- Pronunciation 3rd person singular /s/, /z/, /iz/

- Speaking: present simple

- Speaking: Simon and Steve

- Reading and speaking: Britain




Monday 17 November 2014

Fifth year - Further practice of vocabulary on technology

Watch the following video to practise vocabulary related to the Internet:


Fifth year: Vocabulary + listening: technology

Listen and read the text on the following video so you learn vocabulary about new technologies and practise your listening skills and pronunciation:


Friday 14 November 2014

Fifth year - Thursday 13 November 2014

Summary of the class:

- Grammar: the expression of future

- Speaking: future. Click here to read the questions.

- Listening. Click here to see the worksheet.

- Vocabulary: technology

- Speaking: crazy inventions

First year - 1ºB - Thursday 13 November 2014

Summary of the class:

- Vocabulary: Jobs

- Speaking: What do you do? What's your job?

- Listening: What's his/her job?

- Grammar: present simple (?)


- Speaking: What's his/her job?

Homework:

Complete activities on workbook (section 3A)

Learn the vocabulary of this lesson (verbs + jobs)

Thursday 13 November 2014

First year - 1ºC - Wednesday 12 November 2014

Summary of the class:

- Grammar: imperatives

- Review: adjectives of emotions and imperatives

- Vocabulary: verb phrases

- Grammar: present simple (+) and (-)



Homework:

Complete the activities on present simple on page 129

Wednesday 12 November 2014

Listening: Poppy Day

On November 11 every year the United Kingdom celebrates Remembrance Day or Poppy Day as a tribute to those soldiers who died in the First World War and Second World War, and also British people pay homage to the veterans who are still alive today and the British troops abroad. In the first weeks of Novembers people donate money and in exchange you receive a paper poppy. Poppy is the symbol of the fields where the wars were fought as they filled with poppies after the war. There is a poem about the poppies and those who died in the war.


Watch the following video about the poppy appeal in London:





And last Sunday was Remembrance Sunday on which every day people remember those who died in the war. Every city, town, and village has a war memorial at the base of which people place poppy wreaths. The most important one is in London, called the Cenotaph, and the Queen presides this solemn celebration. Watch the following video to see the special ceremony last Sunday:


Fifth year - Tuesday 11 November 2014

Summary of the class:

- Reading: Carnival in Venice

- Vocabulary: amusement parks

- Listening: attractions

- Grammar: expression of future (present simple, present continuous, will, going to, may, might, could, be likely to, be due to, be bound to, shall)

- Speaking: expression of future (questions)

- Speaking: questions about the future.



Homework:

Read the grammar notes on future on page 139 and do exercise 1

Complete the activities about the future on page 19 (C and D)


First year - 1ºB - Tuesday 11 November 2014

Summary of the class:

- Grammar: present simple

- Pronunciation: 3rd person singular /s/  /z/  /iz/

- Speaking: sentences about yourself

- Speaking: Simon and Steve. What do they have in common?

- Reading and speaking: Britain




Tuesday 11 November 2014

First year - Vocabulary: emotions

Watch the following video to practise the pronunciation of emotions:


First year - 1ºC - Monday 10 November 2014

Summary of the class:

- Grammar: adjectives

- Speaking: describe your partner

- Vocabulary: feelings


- Listening and reading: story

- Grammar: imperatives

- Speaking: What's the matter

- Pronunciation: Connected speech


Homework:

- Write a description of a famous person

- Complete activities on page 127, 2C

Friday 7 November 2014

Fifth year - Thursday 6 November 2014

Summary of the class:

- Reading: carnival of Venice

- Speaking: interaction.... planning to go on a trip

- Listening: song "Hey there Delilah"



- Listening: exam (September 2012). Click here to see the document.


Homework:

- Complete activity C (reading) on page 16

- Write an email toa a friend about your time at a carnival/festival in your town/city - or about another carnival/festival you have been to. You can find this exercise on page 16, exercise F. You can use the email on page 17 as a model to get your  ideas about your own email.

First year - 1ºB - Wednesday 6 November 2014

Summary of the class:

- Song. Hey Jude


- Speaking: typically British

- Vocabulary: verb phrases

- Grammar: Present simple (+) / (-)


Homework:

Complete the activities on page 129 (3A)

Thursday 6 November 2014

First year. Vocabulary: the colours

Watch the video below to practise the pronunciation of colours in English:


First year. Vocabulary: describing people

Watch the videos below to practise the vocabulary you can use to describe people:




First year - 1ºC - Wednesday 5 November 2014

Summary of the class:

- Vocabulary: colours

- Vocabulary: adjectives

- Grammar: use of adjectives

- Vocabulary: appearance

- Reading: descriptions

- Speaking: descriptions



Homework: 

Complete the activities on page 127 (section 2B)

Wednesday 5 November 2014

Listening: Guy Fawkes

Watch the following videos to learn more about Guy Fawkes and Bonfire Night:




Fifth year - Tuesday 4th November 2014

Summary of the class:

- Vocabulary and speaking: Guy Fawkes

- Grammar: relative clauses

- Vocabulary: festivals and carnivals

- Speaking: Talk about a festival to represent Spain in Europe

First year - 1ºB - Tuesday 4th November 2014

Summary of the class:

- Review: emotions

- Listening: end of the story

- Grammar: imperatives

- Speaking: What's the matter?

- Pronunciation: connected speech

- Review: listening

- Speaking: a new profile



Homework:

- Complete activities in your workbook (2C)

- Complete activities on pages 18 and 19

Tuesday 4 November 2014

Fifth year - Thursday 30 October 2014

Summary of the class:

- Grammar: comparatives 'the... the'

- Speaking: visiting your town

- Vocabulary: buildings and areas

- Listening: Belgrade


- Listening: London