Lesson number 17

Tuesday, 13th November 2007

Summary:

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  Past Continuous.
  

Past Simple

Irregular verbs:

To beat-->beat-->derrotar

To win-->won-->ganhar/vencer

To lose-->lost-->perder

To draw-->drew-->empatar

PAST CONTINUOUS

e.g. I was having a bath.

-->Use: to talj about a situation that was in progress the past.

-->Form: To Be in the past simple + _ing form of the main verb

-->was ( I, she, he, it) e.g. To have/having

-->were (you, we,they

E.g.

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  Paulo was paying attention to her teacher. -->Affirmative




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  Some students weren't listening to the teacher. -->Negative




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  Was Liliana copying the lesson correctly? -->Interrogative

ATTENCION:

--> When and while often appear with this verb tense.

e.g. When I was having a bath--> past continuous; the light went off.-->past simple

While we were taking the breakfast, my father called us.

Lesson number 16

Wednesday, 7th November 2007

Summary:

• "The power of football"-reading and comprehension.

Lesson number 15

Tuesday, 6th November 2007

Summary:

• Worksheet on simple past.
• Unit 3-talking about football.

Lesson number 14

Wednesday, 31st October 2007

Summary:

• Object pronouns (revision).
• Talking about Halloween stories.

Lesson number 13

Tuesday, 30th October 2007

Summary:

• Grammar test.

Lesson number 12

Wednesday, 24th October 2007

Summary:

• Homework correction.
• Past simple tense.

Lesson number 11

Tuesday, 23rd October 2007

Summary:

• Simple past tense.
• Homework correction.
  
  
  Simple Past

--> USE -->to talk about past and finished situations.
E.g. I drank a coffee ten minutes ago (I don’t have it anymore)

--> Forms:

Affirmative

--> Regular verbs that end -ed.

E.g. I finished the homework yesterday.

-->Irregular verbs (see the list)

E.g. Drink--> She drank a lemonade last break.

Negative
--> Didn’t + infinitive of the main verb

E.g. They didn’t do the homework.

Interrogative
--> Did/Didn’t + subject + infinitive of the main verb

E.g. Did Marta study French?

Time expressions often used with this tense

--> Last (…)
--> (…) ago
--> Yesterday
--> 22nd September 2007
--> 1997

Exercise:

1.I got up at 10 o’clock.
2.I met my friend at 11 o’clock
3.We played cards at Jack’s coffee until 10 o’clock.
4.We saw a film at the Rex at 3 o’clock.
5.We were there till 5 o’clock.
6.Then we went to Birmingham.

Lesson number 10

Wednesday, 17th October 2007

Summary:

• Reading and comprehension exercises "Hildegard of Bingen".

Hildegard of Bingen

Hildegard of Bingen lived more than nine hundred years ago and was probably the first woman scientist.She was born in1098 in Germany into a noble family and studied in a convent. Convents were the only place where women could have a formal education in those days and Hildegard studied Laqtin, Religion and Music. She was aw brilliant student and teacher and wrote a large number ok books and articles on natural history, medicine and religion.

She was the first person to write about balanced diets and exercise and her scientific writings are exceptional for the tiome.

Hildegard was also an important religious authority and in 1136 she bacame abbess of her abbey. In 1147 she built a new convent where she continued to study , teach and write. She had a long life and died in 1179 at the age of eighty-one.

Exercise:

1. Why is Hildegard famous?

She was probably the first woman scientist.



2. Where did Hildegard study?

She studied in a convent in a Germany.



3. What did she study?

She studied Latin, Religion and Music.



4. What subjects did she write about?

She wrote about natural history, medicine and religion.



5. What did she do in 1147?

She built a new convent.

Lesson number 9

Tuesday, 16th October 2007

Summary:

• Hand out and correction of the test.

Lesson number 8

Wednesday, 10th October 2007

Summary:

• Introducing unit 2- Personalities.
• Identifying and describing.

Lesson number 7

Tuesday, 9th October 2007

Summary:

• Written test.

Lesson number 6

Wednesday, 3rd October 2007

Summary:

• Consolidation work.

Lesson number 5

Tuesday, 2nd October 2007

Summary:

• Homework correction.
• Listening exercise "Radio Programme".

Radio`s words

Radio station

Radio present

Radio programmes: news, sports, music, weather frocast, quizzes, interviews, phone ins.

Lesson number four

Wednesday 26th September 2007

Summary:

. Exercises on Present Simple and Continuous.

*Present Simple*

Routines

She has an English lesson everery Tuesday.

He doens`t often speak English.

Do you practise every day?

Things that are generally true

350 million people speak English at home.

English adjectives don`t change.

Does English have a lot of words.

*Present Continuous*

Affirmative

He`s having a shower.

They`re watching a film.

Negative

He isn`t having a shower.

They aren`t watching a film.

Interrogative

Is he having a shower?

Are they watching a film?

What are you doing?

Lesson number 3

Tuesday, 25th September 2007

Summary:

.Simple Present vs. Present Continuous.

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My name is Vinod. I live in Kerala in India. I speak Hindi at home and English at school. My dad speaks Hindi but he doesn't speak English. He works in a bank. My mum doesn't work. I study English and Echnology because they are useful for finding a job. At the weekend I invent simple computer games. My two sisters help me because they love technology too. but they don't like English.

Write questions and answers about Vinod.

Example:

1- Where does Vinos live? He llives in India.

1. Where/ live?

2.What language/ speak?

3. Where/father/ work?

4.What subjects/ he/ study?

5.What/ he/ do/ weekend?

6.What/ sisters/ do?

2. What language does Vinod speak? He speaks Hindi and English.

3. Where does Vinod´s father work? He works in a banc.

4. What subjects does he study? He studies English and Technology.

5. What does he do at weekend? He does invents simple computer games.

6. What do is sisters do? They help him.

Lesson number 2

Wednesday,19th September 2007

Summary:

.Introducing unit 1: A World Language.

.Reading comprehension "English is everywhere".

English is Everywhere!

1 More than half of the word´s technical and scientific documents are in English. Approximately three quarters of the wors´s mail is wrutten in English. About eighty per cent of the data in the word´s computers is in English. Around seventy-five per cent one billion Internet useres communicate in English.

2 English is a useful language to speak because it is the laguage of international communication. It unites people, countries and cultures. It is the principal language of air travel, business, science, techonology, diplomacy, sport, international competitions, pop music and advertising.

3 There are aroun two million word´s in English today. English constantly "borrows" words from other languages, from Latin, Greek, French, Spanish. For example, siesta or fiesta. It also quikly invents words to describe new inventions, for example, iPod.

4 There are around 6,800 million words in English today. The most spoken world language is Mandarin Chinese with over a billion speakers. Spanish is another important world language, whith about 425 million speakers. Estimates say there are a total of 750 million English speakers around the world, but only 350 million are really native speakers. So next time your teacher says "Speak English!" remenber he or she is opening the door to a big world!

Lesson number 1

Tuesday,18th September 2007

Summary:

.Talking about this school year contents.

.Revising vocabulary and grammar.

Class Room`s words

May I go to the toilet? Yes/No you may.

May I sharper my pencil? Yes/No you may.

May I put this paper in the paper basket? Yes/No you may.

May I go to the board? Yes/No you may.

May I read the text? Yes/No you may.