First year - 1ºC - Wednesday 10 June 2015

Summary of the class:

- Vocabulary: prepositions of movement

- Grammar: There was / there were

- Grammar: some / any / a - an

- Speaking: comparing rooms

- Speaking: renting a flat

- Speaking: directions

First year. A1. Listening: Holidays

Watch the following video. Somebody is talking about her last holiday:

First year. A1. Vocabulary: the house

Watch the following video to review the vocabulary about the house.

First year. A1. Grammar: a / an / some / any

Watch the following video to practise the use of 'a/an', and some / any:

B2. Vocabulary: another and other

Watch the following video to practise the difference between another and other:

First year. A1. Pronunciation: there - their - they're

Watch the following video to learn the pronunciation of these homophones:

First year - 1ºB - Tuesday 9 June 2015

Summary of the class:

- Grammar: there was / there were

- Pronunciation: there was / there were

- Grammar: some and any

- Listening: a night in Gosforth Inn Hotel

- Speaking: there is/are ---- there was / were

- Speaking: renting a house

- Speaking: Directions

- Speaking: Past simple (a weekend away)

First year. A1. Prepositions of movement

Watch the following video and answer the following question:



Vocabulary:

Clouds:

Cave:

1. What's she doing?
2. What's he doing?
3. What's he doing?
4. What's he doing?
5. What's he doing?
6. What's he doing?
7. What's he doing?
8. What's he doing?
9. What's he doing?
10. What's he doing?
11. What's he doing?
12. What's he doing?
13. What's he doing?
14. What's he doing?

Click here to check your answers

First year - 1ºB - Thursday 4 June 2015

Summary of the class:

- Speaking: descriptions

- Writing: your home


- Reading: A Night in a Haunted Hotel

- Grammar: Prepositions of movement

- Listening: At a haunted hotel


Homework:

- Write a description of your home (Instructions on page 114)

- Complete the activities on page 139 (There was - There were)

B2. Extra listening

Click on the links below to do more extra listening:

- Bocaray

- Greenhouse gases

- Homeopathy

- Computers

- Technology and relationships

- Music business

- Money

- Bullying

Easily confused words

First year - 1ºC - Wednesday 3 June 2015

Summary of the class:

- Review: grammar, vocabulary, pronunciation, speaking

- Speaking: your home

- Writing: describing your home

- Reading: A Night in a Haunted Hotel


Homework:

- Write an advertisement about your house/flat similar to the one on page 114

- Complete activity B on reading (page 64)

- Complete the part about prepositions of movement on page 162

- Complete the activities on there was / were on page 139

Language snippets - Descriptive words

Language snippets - IN the House

B2. Extra listening

Click on the links below to do more extra listening:

- Lost temples

- Challenging Oil Refineries

- Landslides

- Education in India

- Victorian Britain

- Food Pyramid

- McDonalds

- The Oldest Star

Language snippets - How do you feel today

First year. A1. Listening

Click on the links below to do some extra practice:

- My house 

- Daily life

- Daily life 2

- Transportation

- Conversation

- Present continuous

- How was your vacation?

- Daily routines

First year - 1ºB - Tuesday 2 June 2015

Summary of the class:

- Speaking: routine in the present simple and past simple

- Grammar, vocabulary, pronunciation: review

- Speaking: present continuous

- Speaking: descriptions

Language snippets - writing

Language snippets - routine

B2. Listening: Extra practice

Click on the links below to do some practice:

- Foundation courses

- Superstitions

- Neighbours

- Property development

- Phobic disorders

- Sylvia Plath

- Population growth

- Facial recognition

- Tunnels

- General questions

- Air travel

- Computer games

- A ghost hunter

- Friendship

- University

- Accommodation

- Leisure

- Traffic report

- Health

- Environment

First year - A1. Listening activities

Click on the following links to do some listening practice:

- Mary's first job

- Morning routine

- Cinema

- Shopping

- Family

- My week

- Star School

B2. Vocabulary: Types of houses

On Thursday we also talked about the different types of houses. Watch the following video to learn more about houses in England:


 Here is the vocabulary about different housing options:


- Terraced houses

- Detached house

- Semi-detached houses

- Bungalow

- Cottage

- Hut

- Block of flats

- Skyscrapers

- A bedsit

B2. Vocabulary: clothes and fashion

Last Thursday we talked about fashion and clothes. Click on the following links to learn some more vocabulary to talk about this topic:

- clothes and fashion

- Clothes

- Fashion

Fifth year - Thursday 28 May 2015

Summary of the class:

- PUC: Points to consider

- Writing: Types of texts (letters, emails, reviews, essays, articles, reports...)

- Listening: exam practice

- Speaking: exam practice

First year - 1ºB - Thursday 28 May 2015

Summary of the class:

- Reading test

- Writing test

- Listening test