Tuesday 30 December 2008
Friday 26 December 2008
Tuesday 23 December 2008
Sunday 21 December 2008
Thursday 11 December 2008
Wednesday 10 December 2008
Tuesday 2 December 2008
page 17
Ex. 4
· Past Perfect
· Past Simple
· Past Simple
Ex. 5
1) Hadn’t thought
2) Was
3) Didn’t do
4) Walked
5) Thought
6) Had arrived
7) Chose
8) Was knowing
9) hurt
Monday 1 December 2008
A memorable day in my life
Write about a memorable day in your life. Follow the steps:
1. Think about the topic.
2. Make a list of ideas divided in 3 paragraphs, before you write.
3. Follow the structure. Write a different paragraph for each part.
1. Introduction, presentation.
2. Developement
3. End, conclusion
Read about your pals' memorable days and write at least 5 suggestions on any of the paragraphs to improve it. Do it through this document in gogle docs.
http://docs.google.com/Doc?docid=d6f8882_184crkq5fd6&hl=es
Sunday 30 November 2008
reading, pg 21
(1) clothes company
(2) hip hop
(3) clothes companies
(4) shops
(5) pay
(6) friends
4. Match definitions 1-6 with words in the text on page 20
(1) hunt for
(2) Prototypes
(3) Admiration
(4) Given away
(5) Neighbourhoods
(6) Tactics
5.Read the steps to Reading. Then find extracts 1 and 2 in the text and read them again carefully. Match pronouns 1-5-with A-E
Extract 1 Lines: 3-6
(1) Tommy Hilfiger’s
(2) The rap musicians
Extract 2 Lines: 12-14
(3)Lizz Potts
(4)In the clothes shop
(5)The costumers
Activities pag 16
1. Read the text. Then answer the questions.
It was my birthday, but nobody had mentioned it at school.
My family had given me birthday cards at breakfast, but none of my friends had remembered by the time school finished.
As I walked out of school, I was feeling a little disappointed. I was eighteen, but I didn’t feel special.
Later, I was walking home with my girlfriend when she said that she wanted to go into a café because it was raining. As we walked in, I wasn’t really looking at the people. At first, Jess didn’t say anything, but then she pointed at them. As soon as I looked at them they all shouted, “Surprise”!.
He was eighteen years old.
2. What is the name of his girlfriend?
Her name is Jess.
3. Where did they have dinner?
They had dinner in the café.
2. Look at the table. Which time expressions are not in the text?
Main sequence Before and after
At first after
Next After a while
Then Afterwards
Later Before
In the end Earlier
Duration Simultaneous events
By the time As
until As soon as
When
While
3. Complete the sentences with the correct time expressions.
1. By the time we had finished, it was late.
2. At first I felt lonely, but later I was happy.
3. While we were celebrating, my parents phoned.
4. We started dancing as soon as we arrived. In the end, we were tired.
5. After the party, we talked for hours.
6. Afterwards, everybody went home.
Adjective suffixes
6. Complete the table. Then find words 1-5 in the text on page 20 and check your spelling.
Base form Suffix Adjective
Tactic -al Tactical
Nature Natural
Child Childish
Style -ish Stylish
Success -ful Successful
Faith faithful
Product Productive
Manipulate -ive manipulative
Comfort Comfortable
Fashion -able fashionable
Study Studious
Adventure -ous adventurous
7.Complete each sentence with an appropriate adjective from exercise 6.
1. Leeds didn’t play well. They made some tactical errors.
2. She’s very adventurous. She likes new things and going to different places.
3. He’s made millions of dollars. He’s a successful businessman.
4. He always wears what he likes. He doesn’t care if it isn’t fashionable.
5. I don’t wear make-up – I just want to look natural.
6. That advertising campaign is really manipulative – I refuse to buy their products.
8. Complete the sentences.Change the base from of the words if necessary.
1. This jacket hasn’t got any pockets – it isn’t very useful.
2. Look at my hair. It’s a disaster!
3. These shirts are delicate, but they’re washable.
4. I like that style. It’s so original.
5. The origin of Dr Martens boots is in Germany in the 1940s.
6. Her car is very luxurious.
7. She’s always in the library – she’s very studious
Thursday 20 November 2008
End of the first term, let's think...
First term is now finished. Has this blog been usefuol for you? Have you done any of the extra exercises? What would you keep and what would you change for next term?
Monday 10 November 2008
Practice tests unit 1 and unit 2
2 Present perfect and past simple
They’ve been here B,E
- I met Cindy..... .
- Did you go out..... ?
- Have you been away..... ?
- I haven’t done any homework..... .
- I didn’t do any homework..... .
- a few times this week
- last Monday
- two days ago
- for two weeks
1- B
2-C,D
3-C,D
4-E,A,B
5-E
6-C
B. Complete the dialogue with the present perfect simple or past simple from of the verbs.
Tim Di, help! I’ve lost my Armani sunglasses!
Di When have you lost them?
Tim Well, I saw them yesterday.
Di And have you seen them since then?
Tim No. Maybe I have left them in town when I was shopping.
Di That’s the second time this month that youdo that.
Tim Really? When was the last time? I can’t remember.
Present perfect simple
A) News or a change in a situation? - Paul has got married again.
B) A state or a habit? - He’s been a designer a long time.
C) An experience or experiences (indefinite past)? - He’s had two fashion shows in New York.
Write questions using the present perfect form of the verbs. Then answer the questions.
- Have you ever been to a fashion show? No, I haven’t been to a fashion show.
- Have you bought any clothes recently? Yes, I have bought some clothes recently.
- How many tests has your teacher given you this term? My teacher has given me four tests.
- What has happened in the world this week? This week someone has destroyed a textile factory.
- How often have you eaten pizza this month? I have eaten pizza twice.
- How long have your parents lived in their house? They have lived for 25 years.
Sunday 9 November 2008
pag 24 Vocabulary)
Saturday 8 November 2008
exercises 4, 5 ,6 page 24
patterned-plain
simple-sophisticated
comfortable-uncomfortable
impractical-practical
baggy-tight-fitting
dark-bright
casual-smart
conservative-shocking
5. Complete the text with the correct adjectives. Then listen and check
your answers.
Clothes were conservative in the 1950's. They weren't particularly
interesting, but they were practical. People chose to wear plain
designs rather than patterns. Baggy clothes weren't fashionable for women-
skirts and jackets were tight-fitting.
Things were different in the 1960's and 1970s. Bright colours and patterned
clothes were popular. Fashions and attitudes were more casual. People wanted to
feel comfortable in their clothes.
Since the 1970s, fashion designs on the catwalk have sometimes been strange and
shocking, but impractical clothes aren't usually popular. People prefer to wear
simple things.
6. Ask and answer the questions. Use complete the sentences.
1. Have you ever worn a plain, conservative suit? When?
No, I haven't never used a plain.
2. What kind of look is fashionable at the moment?
50s look is fashionable at the moment.
3. Do you think that people used to look good in the 1960s and 1970s?
No, I don't like the clothes that they used to wear.
4. Have you parents ever thought that your clothes were shocking or impractical?
I think that the clothes they wore our parents wasn't practical.
5. Do shocking clothes suit your personality?
I believe that if the clothes are satisfied in our personality.
6. Do you prefer to wear baggy or tight-fitting clothes?
I prefer the baggy clothes, the clothes that I don't like tight-fitting.
7. Do you like your clothes to match?
Yes, I like the clothes that I have.
8. Which suit you the most, bright or dark clothes?
I like bright clothes.
Thursday 6 November 2008
Exercise Consolidation pag 23
Men's fashions have usually been more conservative, but in the eighteenth century the top hat caused a panic when its designer wore it in the street for the first time. Children screamed and women ran away when they saw it.
In recent years, transparent clothes have been causing some surprises at fashion shows, but people haven't worn them in the street yet.
Exercise 5 page 23
2.- We have been trying to phone you all day. Where have you been?
3.- I have been doing the exercise for a few minutes.
4.- Thanks for the present. I have never had
5.- I have been thinking about her all the time since the moment we met
6.- She has visited him once or twice, but not recently
7.- It has been ranning nearly all day. I hope it stops now
8.- I haven't seen that film yet. Is it good?
Marc Ríos Aranda y Mario Giménez Izquierdo
1.checked
2. went
3. was eatnig
4. arrived
5.Did you get
6. received
7. had had
8.didn't want
9. used to love
10. used to be
PAGE:18 number 2
1.a.bald
b. recent
c. investigate
2. a. calm
b. adult
c. worse
3. adult, adolescent, middle-aged, elderly.
4. blad,red,brown.
5. worse, annoyed.
6. investigation, celebration.
7.originally, calmly
Monday 3 November 2008
- We use for and since with the past perfect to indicate the duration of a past state or a past action.
- We use for to refer to the period of time a state or an action has lasted, without referring to the exact moment when it began.
Ex: Liz Potts has worked as a cool hunter for several years.
- We use since to refer to the specific moment when a state or an action began.
Ex: How many pairs of sneakers have you bought since last year?
page.22 ex.3
1 - I haven’t spoken to my friend for three days.
2 – I’ve had these shoes since last month.
3 – I’ve been awake since the 10 p.m.
4 – I’ve been interested in music for five years.
5 – I haven’t been to the beach for two months.
6 – I‘ve known my classmates for four years.
7 – I’ve spoken Spanish since 2001.
8 – I haven’t seen a film at the cinema since last month.
Thursday 30 October 2008
Present perfect II
http://www.iesromerovargas.net/~ingles/english/eso4/adverb1.htm
Explanation + 3 exercises
http://web2.uvcs.uvic.ca/elc/studyzone/330/grammar/upperf.htm
Here you have some more.
http://perso.wanadoo.es/autoenglish/gr.presper.i.htm
http://perso.wanadoo.es/autoenglish/gr.since.i.htm
5 quick exercises about for, since, already, just, never
http://english.baladre.org/sedaviwebfront/grammarindex.htm#yet
Present Perfect
All the past tensens explained in Spanish, in case you still have trouble understanding tham.
http://www.mansioningles.com/gram40.htm
Exercises: Simple past- present perfect
Wednesday 29 October 2008
Be- was/were/ been Ser/estar
Bear/ bore/ borne soportar
Beat/ beat/ beaten golpear, latir, batir,
Become/ became/ become convertir-se
Begin/ began/ begun comenzar
Bend/bent/bent doblar, torcer
Bet/bet/bet apostar
Bite/ bit/ bitten morder
Bleed/ bled/ bled sangrar
Blow/ blew/ blown bufar
Break/ broke/ broken romper
Bring/ brought/ brought llevar
Build/ built/ built construir
Burn/ burned/ burnt- burned, burnt quemar
Buy/ bought-/ bought comprar
Catch/ caught/ caught coger
Choose/ chose/ chosen escoger
Come/ came/ come venir
Cost/ cost/ cost costar
cut/ cut/ cut cortar
Dig/ dug/ dug cavar
Do/ did/ done Hacer
draw / drew /drawn Dibujar
Dream/ dreamed, dreamt / dreamed, dreamt soñar
Drink/ drank /drunk beber
Drive/ drove/ driven conducir
Eat/ ate/- eaten Comer
Fall/Fell / fallen caer
feed / fed / fed alimentar
Feel/ felt /felt sentir
Fight/ fought/ fought luchar
Find/ found / found encontrar
Fly/ flew /flown volar
Forbid / forbade / forbidden= prohibir
Forget / forgot / forgotten= olvidar
Forgive / forgave / forgiven= perdonar
Freeze / froze / frozen= congelar
Get / got / got= conseguir
Give / gave / given= dar
Go / went / gone-been= ir
Grow / grew / grown= crecer
Hang / hung / hung= colgar
Have / had / had= tener
Hear / heard /heard= escuchar
Hit / hit / hit= pegar, golpear
Hold / held / held= sostener
Hurt / hurt / hurt= herir
Keep / kept / kept= guarder
Know / knew / known= saber-conocer
Lead / led / led= dirigir
Learn/ learnt-learned / learnt-learned= aprender
Leave / left /left= marcharse
Lend / lent / lent= prestar
Let / let / let= permitir
Lie / lay / lain= tumbarse, estirarse
Light / lit / lit=encender
Lose / lost / lost= perder
Make / made / made=hacer
Mean / meant / meant= significar
Meet / met / met= quedar con alguien- conocer a alguien
Pay / paid / paid= pagar
Put / put / put= poner
Read / read / read= leer
Ride / rode/ ridden= montar
Ring / rang / rung= llamar por teléfono
Rise / rose / risen= elevar- alcanzar
Run Ran Run Correr
Say Said Said Decir
See Saw Seen Ver
Sell Sold Sold Vender
Send Sent Sent Enviar
Shake Shook Shaken Sacudir
Shine Shone Shone Brillar
Shoot Shot Shot Disparar
Show Showed Shown Mostrar
Shut Shut Shut Cerrar
Sing Sang Sung Cantar
Sink Sank Sunk Hundir
Sit Sat Sat Sentarse
Sleep Slept Slept Dormir
Smell Smelt Smelt Oler
Speak Spoke Spoken Hablar
Speed Sped Sped Acelerar
Spell Spelt Spelt Deletrear
Spend Spent Spent Gastar
Spill Spilt / Spilled Spilt / Spilled Derramar
Spin Spun Spun Hilar
Split Split Split Hender / partir / rajar
Spoil Spoilt / Spoiled Spoilt / Spoiled Estropear
Spread Spread Spread extender, huntar
Spring Sprang Sprung Saltar/surgir, saltar
Stand Stood Stood Soportar
Steal Stole Stolen Robar
Stick Stuck Stuck Enganchar, pegar
Sting Stung Stung Picar (un insecto)
Sweep Swept Swept Barrer
Swim Swam Swum Nadar
Swing Swung Swung Columpiarse
Take Took Taken Tomar
Teach Taught Taught Enseñar
Tear Tore Torn Romper, rasgar
Tell Told Told Decir
Think Thought Thought Pensar
Throw Threw Thrown Tirar
Understand Understood Understood Entender
Wake Woke Woken Despertar
Wear Wore Worn Llevar puesto
Win Won Won Ganar
Write Wrote Written Escribir
Thursday 23 October 2008
Word formation
http://www.isabelperez.com/hotpot/word_formation.htm
http://www.isabelperez.com/dictionaries/word_f_1.htm
Quinceañera
Quinceañera celebrations are a big tradition for many Latin people here in the USA. On my fifteenth birthday, my dad rented a limousine. My neighbours were watching and talking when it arrived. While we were driving to the party I saw two old friends, so we stopped and invited them. When we arrived, everybody was waiting for me.
The party was in a hall that my mother had rented two months before. My aunts had put flowers there in the morning and my mother had made a lot of food.The quinceañera meal started at one o’clock and, two hours later, we still hadn’t finished our food. Later, while we were dancing, my mother gave me a special present to show that I was an adult. It was a ring that my grandmother used to wear. I felt proud to be a part of this tradition
Wednesday 22 October 2008
Topics about The Merchant of Venice to work on a wiki
1 The Globe Theatre Javier Moreno & Sergi Muñoz
2 Shakespeare’s life and works Carla Díaz & Selene Maldonado; Luana & Claudia; Sofía & Pilar ; Mario & Nuria
3 Elizabethan Drama Alba González & Esther Santacana
4 Jews in Great Britain Carlos & Sonia R.
5 Venice in the late 16th century Josua & Mireia Arana; Xavi & Daniel T
6 Women and marriage in history Míriam & Andrea
7 Clothes in the late 16th century Judit & Bárbara
8 Usury and Religion Oriol Rodríguez & Adrià Soriano
9 Anti-Semitism Carles Morrón & Marc Ríos,
10 Revenge Dakota & Manuel Pintado
WIKI
1. Go to wikispaces.com. Pick your username, set your password and enter your email. Remember your email address is your school’s email (do not write the name of your space (number 4)). Join
2. Take a tour and see what you can do in “Introduction”,” Personalise your space”, “Files and pictures”, “Personal settings”
3. Only 1 student of the group-> Now click on “Make a new space” (on your left) The space name must be “2008(student1)(student2)” i.e. 2008MariJuan. Set the “Space visibility” to “Protected”. Click on “create”. A window (“Getting started”) will appear to show you how to use your new space. It will teach you to use the wiki.
4. Close the window “Getting started”
5. Click on “members” under “About this space” write the email of student 2 in “invite a new member”. Press “invite”
6. Your partner will receive an email and he/she must accept the invitation.
7. Now student 2 has to invite his/her teacher to the space (see instruction 5).
8. You can work together on your wiki.
9. Next time you want to enter you must “sign in” and write your login and password.
10. Examples to visit:
http://costumeswomenwore.wikispaces.com/
http://biographyofshakespeare.wikispaces.com/
http://albavero.wikispaces.com/
http://irenemoney.wikispaces.com/
http://ignasi4aleix.wikispaces.com/
http://mariaandlaura.wikispaces.com/
Thursday 16 October 2008
Answer to the exam
8. Correct the sentences. (Two sentences are already correct).
1- Lucas and Mia believe in God.
2- My aunt and uncle are staying with us this week.
3- Have you got an interesting job?
4- There are many good songs on this album.
5- Do you understand this article?
6- Paul got a bike, but he never goes cycling to school.
7- I’m afraid of flying.
8- Where is Susana? She is talking on the phone.
9- My father sometimes cooks dinner for the family.
10- Everything in this shop costs a lot.
9. Complete the sentences with one word each.
1- Hello! Where are you going? To the bus stop.
2- My brother and I have both got CD players, but mine is smaller than his.
3- We usually have dinner at home.
4- I like these shoes, but they cost a lot. They’re the more expensive pair in the shop.
5- My sister is twelve.
6- I want to go to cinema tomorrow. Would you like to come with me?
7- I love this program. I watch it every day.
8- The situation is very bad. It’s worse than it was last year, so everyone is very worried.
9- We haven’t got any exams this term.
10- The railway station is about two Kilometers from our house, but the bus station is farther . It’s about five kilometres.
Monday 13 October 2008
Hi!!
Past Continuous
Do you think you understand grammar better using presentations or videos like this one? Please write your opinion.
Sunday 12 October 2008
Past Perfect
| Subject | + | Auxiliary verb | + | Past participle |
| I/a dog etc. | had | eaten/given/gone |
Negative sentences:
| Subject | + | Auxiliary verb + not | + | Past participle |
| I/a dog etc. | hadn't/ had not | eaten/given/gone |
I hadn't seen Berlin before I flew there in the summer. He said Mr. Johnson hadn't mowed the lawn| Auxiliary verb | + | Subject | + | Past participle |
| had | I/a dog etc. | eaten/given/gone |
Had he known some words before he started learning English?
I recommend to visit the page to see some good examples with cartoons.
USE 1 Completed Action Before Something in the Past
More exemples http://www.englishpage.com/verbpage/pastperfect.html- I did not have any money because I had lost my wallet.
Situations which happened before a specific moment in the past
By the time he was twelve, Mozart had composed a simphony.
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With the expressions it was the first/second/third,.../ time
It was the first time we had visited Cuba.
With the expression just to talk about recent actions in the past.
He had just bought the car when he had the car accident.
Exercises for extra-practice.
Difference in the use of past perfect and past simple in Spanish by AulaFácil
Practice difference in the use of past perfect and past simple.
http://www.ego4u.com/en/cram-up/grammar/simpas-pasper/exercises
http://www.aulafacil.com/Ingejerc/Lecciones/Ejerc22.htm
http://www.englishpage.com/verbpage/verbs11.htm
http://www.usingenglish.com/quizzes/140.html http://english.baladre.org/sedaviwebfront/pastpastperfect.htm
http://perso.wanadoo.es/autoenglish/gr.pastperf.i.htm
Past simple-past continuous
Past simple
I/he/she/it/you/we/they + past simple form
Example: He started work at the age of seventeen.
I/he/she/it/you/we/they + didn’t + infinitive
Example: I didn’t enjoy the film.
Did + I/he/she/it/you/we/they + infinitive
Example: Did he go to university?
Play-played // notice-noticed
Apply-applied // study-studied // travel-travelled
Plan-planned // spot-spotted // admit-admitted
Use:
- Things which happened repeatedly in the past.
- Past states.
Past continuous
I/he/she/it + was + -ing
You/we/they + were + -ing
Example: A woman was watching her son.
-Negative
I/he/she/it + wasn’t + -ing
You/we/they + weren’t + -ing
Example: They weren’t paying attention.
Was + I/he/she/it + -ing
Were + You/we/they + -ing
Example: Was she helping you?
Use:
- To refer to a past action which was interrupted for a particular reason.
Exercises
Match A-C with sentences 1-3
B) A state or habit in the past
C) One action completed when another was in progress
1) When I arrived, people were playing drums
2) I recently visited
3) The boy was now a man
A= 2
B= 3
C= 1
1- A Read the information about Ed and Julia. Write questions using the past simple. Then invent complete answers to the questions
1- Did Ed leave home? No, Ed didn't leave home, because he wanted to stay with her parents
Ed
1 leave home – No
2 get a job – No
3 go to prison – Yes
Julia
5 do military service - No
6 get married - No
2 – Did Ed get a job? No, Ed didn't get a job, because he didn't look for it.
3 – Did Ed go to prison? Yes, Ed went to prison, because he robbed a bank.
4 - Did Julia go to university? Yes, she went to university, because she was very intelligent.
5 – Did Julia do military service? No, Julia didn't do the military service, because she was studying.
6 – Did Julia get married? No, Julia didn't get married, because she hated the weddings.
B. Write questions using the past continuous for of the verbs. Then answer the questions.
What (you/wear) yesterday? What were you wearing yesterday? I was wearing jeans and a sweatshirt.
1 What (you/do) an hour ago? What were you doing an hour ago? I was reading a book
2 (the sun/shine) yesterday? Was the sun shining yesterday? Yes, it was.
3 Who (you/talk) to before the lesson started? Who were you talking to before the lesson started? With a friend.
4 What (happen) in the class five minutes ago? What was happening in the class five minutes ago? There was a fight.
5 How (you/feel) while (you/travel) to school this morning? How were you feeling while you were travelling to school this morning? I was feeling good.
6 What (the teacher/do) while (you/do) exercise 1A? What was the teacher doing while you were doing exercise 1A? She was correcting the exams.
C. Choose the correct form of the verbs.
The sun was shining and I was enjoying my walk. But after a while, I realized that I was lost. I looked at my map, but I didn’t recognize the area. It was getting dark quickly now.
I spent the night scared and alone in the forest. When I woke up, I was lying with my face on the ground. I didn’t enjoy the experience, but afterwards I felt a little older and wiser.
Sergi Muñoz
Javi
Used to
USED TO
- “Used to” has the same form for all the persons. “Used to” goes followed by infinitive.
- Question form: Did you use to...?
He didn’t use to live here.
1-B
2- Both
3- B
4- A
5- A
- People used to get married younger than today.
- Many young people used to start work at fourteen.
- Cities used to be a lot smaller.
- The word “teenager” didn’t use to exist.
- People didn’t use to travel a lot by plane.
- Most women used to work in the home.
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