First year - Listening sites

This is a list of websites on which you can practise your listening skills.

http://www.podcastsinenglish.com/pages/level1.shtml

http://www.elllo.org/english/level-3-beginner-high.htm

http://www.123listening.com/

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

First year - 1ºD/E - Wednesday 6 June 2012

Summary of the class:

- Correct grammar exercises.

-  Grammar: comparison. Click here to see the worksheet.

- Grammar: prepositions

- Grammar: possessives.


- Grammar: quantifiers.Click here to see the worksheet.

- Listening: review

- Game

First year - 1ºD/E - Wednesday 30 May 2012

Summary of the class:

- Hotel reservation: speaking

- Writing and speakin. Click here to read the worksheet.

- Listening: review

- Speaking: directions

- Speaking: questions

First year - 1ºD/E - Monday 28 May 2012

Summary of the class:

- Pronunciation: adverbs

- Speaking: Do you sing well?

- Speaking: comparison


- Vocabulary: verb phrases

- Speaking and listening: checking out

- Social English: goodbye

- Listening. review

- Writing and speaking. Making a reservation. Click here to read the worksheet.

First year - 1ºD - Wednesday 23 May 2012

Summary of the class:

- Pronunciation: would like

- Speaking: would like

- Listening: review

- Speaking: descriptions

- Reading - speaking: cities

- Grammar: adverbs


- Speaking: adverbs

First year - 1ºD - Monday 21 May 2012

Summary of the class:

- Mystery of Allegra: last activities

- Speaking: arranging a meeting

- Speaking: presents

- Reading and speaking: amazing experiences

- Grammar: like / would like

- Listening: parachuting experience

- Listening: review



Homework:

- Activities on would like / like on page 137

- Study the dialogue of the restaurant for Thursday 


Important:

- Exams (writing, listening, reading): June 11

- Oral tests: June 18

Vocabulary: the weather

Watch the video to practise expressions about the weather:

First year - 1ºD - Wednesday 16 May 2012

Summary of the class:

- Correct activities on superlatives

- Game: jeopardy

- Pronunciation: superlative adjectives

- Vocabulary: weather

- Speaking: How well do you know your country

- Speaking: game board on comparatives and superlatives

First year - 1ºD - Monday 14 May 2012

Summary of the class:

- Speaking: comparing people

- Listening: cars and colours - Speaking and writing: comparison

- Pronunciation: comparison forms.

- Song: Stronger by Kelly Clarkson




- Speaking: Holidays in the past and the future

- Reading: Extreme living

- Grammar: Superlatives

First year - Comparative adjectives

Watch the following video to practise comparative adjectives:

First year - Listening: a recipe

Watch the following video. Kevin is going to cook a pasta dish. Complete the information below:

First year - Eating Out

Mr Bean goes to a French restaurant, but he can't speak French. Watch the video, and see the problems Mr Bean has to face because he can't speak the language. Very funny! Click here to watch the video.

First year - 1ºD/E - Wednesday 2 May 2012

Summary of the class:

- Listening: At the restaurant.

- Speaking: At the restaurant

- Grammar: correct exercises on many, much, a lot


- Vocabulary: cooking

- Writing: recipes

- Listening. review

- Speaking: How can you describe the pictures?

- Speaking and listening: True and False


Homework:

Write a recipe, using the verbs we learnt in class yesterday.

First year - Listening and vocabulary: at a restaurant

Watch the videos below to practise the dialogues to use at a restaurant:




Answer the questions: What does the man order? How much does he pay?

What does Rosie order? What does Amy order?

First year - 1ºD/E - Wednesday 25 April 2012

Summary of the class:

- Predictions: going to (listening and reading)

- Grammar: exercises on going to

- Speaking: going to (cards)

- Speaking: going to (description of pictures)

- Speaking and listening: at a restaurant.

First year - Listening: going to

Watch the video below and complete the sentences that follow:

Remember: Sometimes 'going to' is written and pronounced 'gonna', especially in speaking. For example, I'm gonna watch the following video.




What are the people going to do?

1. Alice and Fred. Alice is going to _______    ________   _______   ________  and Fred is going to _____   ____   _______

2. Second couple: They're going to ________   _____   _________. The woman is going to _______    ____   _______   _______  and the man is going to _______   _____   ________. Their children are going to _________   ___   _______

3. University student: He's going to ____   _______ and in the afternoon he's going to ______   ___________   _____________. In the evening he's going to ______   ___________ with ________    ___________, and then they're going _______ for a late ___________

4. Mr. and Mrs. Brown: They're going to ___________   __________ tomorrow __________. In the evening they're going to _________  _____________ near the _____________

5. Lance says he's going to _____________ his ___________ next __________

6. Edward is going to _____________  the plumber ___________   ________

7. Young man.
     Next Sunday he's going to _____________   __________   ___________ and _________ . His mother is going to ___________   _____________ and his father is going to _____________   __________ on the barbecue. They are going to _____________   ___________   about work, and he's going to _____________   _____________ about their friends. They're going to _____________   __________   ___________  nice ________________

    Next Monday he's going to ____________ to ________.  He's going to ____________ his _________ to the mechanic. He's going to ____________   ___________   ___________ to ___________. After work, he's going to ________________ ___________   _________ to the garage and _____________    his  ____________. The mechanic is going to ________________ him  ________   bill, and he's going to _________ upset because it's going to cost a lot of money.

Next Tuesday he's going to _____________ early to work because he's going to ___________   ______   ____________   ___________. He's going to ______________    ______________   _______________ for a raise. She's going to _______________   _____________. He's going to _____________ out and ___________    _____________

Next Wednesday he's going to _____________    to  ______________. He's going to ___________ to a meeting in the morning, _______________    ________________ with some ______________, and ______________ to another meeting in the afternoon. He's going to ________________    _________________ in the evening, and he's going to ______________ very ___________

Next Thursday he's going to _________________ a report about his meetings in Chicago. He's not going to lunch because lunch isn't going to _____________ very __________. He's going to _________ his repor on his __________, ____________ it on his printer, and ______________ it to his ____________

Next Friday,  he's going to ___________ to the dentist. The dentist is going to _______ at his ________; his assistant is going to ____________   _________

Next Saturday he's going to ________ and _________ fun. He's going to __________   ____________. Then he's going to __________   _______________, _____________   _________ at his favourite ____________. In the afternoon he's going to _____________ sailing, and ____________    ______________. In the evening he's going to ___________ to a __________with some __________. Then they're going to ___________    _____________

8. People at the New Year's party

   Next year the woman is going to ____________   ____   __________   _____________.
   In February the man is going to ________________   _______   ___________ _______.
   In March the man is going to ______________ to visit ________  ___________
   The woman is going to ____________ to visit   _________   _________ in April.
   The woman is going to ___________   _____   __________   _________ in May.
   The man is going to __________   ______   __________   _________ in June.
   The man is going to __________ in July.
    The woman is going to _________ in August.
   The man is going to acting __________ in September.
    The woman is going to acting __________ in October.
   The woman is going to ________    ________________ in November.


Click here to check your answers.

First year - Grammar: going to

Watch the following video to practise 'be going to' future tense:

First year - 1ºD/E - Monday 23 April 2012

Summary of the class:

- Listening and reading: changing holidays

- Speaking: changing holidays

- Speaking. Going to.

- Listening/ speaking: Liz and her plans. Click here to read the worksheet.

- Song: La Isla Bonita

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First year - Vocabulary: holidays

Watch the videos below to practise vocabulary and pronunciation.

First year - 1ºD/E - Wednesday 18 April 2012

Summary of the class:

- Grammar: much - many - a lot (of) - lots (of) - how much - how many

- Speaking: how much / how many?

- Pronunciation: /b, w, v/

- Reading: water

- Brainstorming: on holiday

- Reading and listening: changing holidays

- Grammar: going to


- Speaking: What are you going to do ... tonight, next weekend, tomorrow, next summer?



Homework:


Exercises much, many, a lot of from the copy


Exercises on page 135, 7B