TUESDAY, 28th APRIL

Good morning everyone, 

I hope you're all doing well and are already used to learning/working from home. 


Let's start with today's lesson. Follow these steps: 

1) First of all, we're going to check homework: CONNECTORS OF PURPOSE (Pages 84-85 book)

Before we start, here is a summary of what we know so far:

1)  to + infinitive He rushed into the burning house to save the child  (= Entró corriendo a la casa en llamas para salvar al niño) * to/so as to / in order to are also possible

2)  in order to/ so as to + infinitive  (with negative sentences / or with TO BE/ TO HAVE) They studied hard so as not to / in order not to fail the exam. (Estudiaron mucho para no suspender) I’m saving up so as to / in order to have some extra money on summer holiday. (Estoy ahorrando para tener dinero extra en verano)

3) so that  (clauses of purpose) + a sentence I took off my shoes so that the baby wouldn’t wake up. (me quite los zapatos para que el bebé no se despertara) Please shut the window so that the rain won’t get in. (Cierra la ventana para que no entre la lluvia)

4) FOR+noun  / FOR+gerund –general purpose of an object Let’s meet for a drink  A pencil sharpener is a tool for sharpening pencils. (but.. I need a pencil sharpener to sharpen my pencil with)

Now we're going to check activities 3- 4  on page 85 of your book.
- Click HERE to get the answers to activity  3
- Click HERE to find the answers to activity 4


2) Now, we are going to learn/remember how to write AN INFORMATIVE ESSAY. 

  A) Let's start with a model. Read the informative essay about Ben & Jerry's on page 84 of your book and do activities 1 and 2 on this page.
         
                  Click HERE to check 

  B) Go through this simple presentation.

An informative essay from pilarmd

  C) Choose ONE of the following and write an INFORMATIVE ESSAY (120-150 words)
       1- TASK on page 85 of your book (about a famous company)
       2- Write an informative essay about a charitable organisation (an NGO, for example) 

IMPORTANT: Do some research, select the information you want to include -don't just copy information, write a draft, improve it, write a clean version and send it.

Send it to my email in a word format if possible. DEADLINE: THURSDAY, 30th afternoon.  


3) REVISION ACTIVITIES. 
      
    1) Passive Voice. Worksheet for those who need extra practise: Click HERE
       When you finish the activities. Click  HERE to check you answers    
    2) You can have some more online activities on the Passive Voice on these links.
          
           a)  Variety of verb tenses:   Activity 1.   Activity 2  
         
           b) QUESTIONS in th Passive Voice: Acitivity 1   Activity 2  Activity 3
         
           c)  Passives with TWO OBJECTS:  Activity 1  Activity 2

           d) Causative HAVE: Activity 1  Activity 2  Activity 3


That's all for now. I'll get back to you on Monday, 4th. 

 

MONDAY, 27th APRIL

Good morning everyone!

I hope you're fresh and rested after the weekend and ready for a new week, which is a bit shorter, in fact, as Friday, 1st of May is a bank holiday!! 


Let's get down to work! Follow these steps: 


1) Let's check homework. 
   
      A) Click HERE to find the answers and script of the LISTENING ACTIVITY on page 82 of your book. 

      B) Click HERE to get the answers to the READING COMPREHENSION activity on your worksheet. 

2) We're going to do a MOCK EXAM on the passive voice. Allow yourself, if you need so, some revision before starting the exam. The intention of this activity is for you to ckeck if you have understood this grammar point. You can decide to use your notes while you're doing it or take it as a real exam. 
Keep track of your time. Click HERE to get the exam. 

Once you have finished, find the answers HERE. Get a red pen, check and mark your exam.

After checking and marking your exam:

Send me an email answering these questions. Be honest; otherwise, just please don’t bother to answer: 1-How long did you take to do the exam? 2-Did you check your notes while doing it? Did you do some previous revision? 3- Are you extremely satisfied, very satisfied, satisfied, not very satisfied or not satisfied at all with your result? 4-Do you think you need some more practice in this grammar point / more explanations? 5- If so, what do you find more difficult of it?

3) We are going to do a DICTATION. Do it in your notebook. Listen and write FIVE SENTENCES.
     You can listen to the audio twice.
     Click HERE to get the audio.
                                          Get the Key answer by clicking HERE

4) We are going to start with a new minor GRAMMAR POINT:  CONNECTORS of PURPOSE  (Page 84 book) 
     
       a) Watch this video to get some explanation. Take notes in your notebook. Pause the video and do the activities below.

ACTIVITY: EXPRESSING PURPOSE Complete with the correct word expressing PURPOSE:   to / in order (not) to / so as (not) to /  so that / for 1. We left at 6.00________ we could get to the airport by 6.45. 2. I went to Walmart________buy a clothes basket. 3. _______ get a refund, you need to have a receipt. 4. Please go to the Customer Service _______a refund. 5. Mr Ellis sometimes takes the bus ________he can save money on petrol. 6. I’m getting tired. Let’s stop_______  a coffee. 7. We can stop _______ eat at the next restaurant we see. 9. Some people go to the coast to fish while others go just _________fun and relaxation. 10. I’ll give you my number_______you can phone me.

   
Check the ANSWERS  on the video. 
  b) Do activities 3 and 4 on page 85 of your book. 
         

That's all for today. I'll get back to you tomorrow. 
        

  

FRIDAY, 24th APRIL

Good morning my dearest students!



Welcome to our last English lesson in the week!



Let's follow these steps:


1) First of all, let's check HOMEWORK:

    A) Activity 7 on page 81 of your book. Find the activity in your notebook and get ready to check.  Click HERE to get the answers.

    B) Worksheet on PASSIVE VOICE activities. Click HERE to get the answers.


2) Now we're going to learn some COMMON EXPRESSIONS connected to MONEY.

A) Go to page 82 of your book. Write down the sentences in activity 1 in your notebook and be ready to complete them with expressions connected to money by listening to extracts from a radio programme:
                       Click HERE to get the audio

B) What do these expressions mean? Do activity 2 on this page and try to decide.
                     

C) Do activity 3 on page 82 in your notebook in order to learn some more expressions connected to money
                         Click HERE to get the answers of activities 1-2-3

 Make sure you write all these expressions in your notebook. Remember that you can check their meaning in the glossary on pages 138-150 of your book


D) Let's do some extra activites now to practise with these expressions and UNIT 6 vocabulary.
                   
                      Click HERE to find the activities. Scroll down the page to get the answers once you have done the activities.



3) LISTENING ACTIVITY. Go to page 82 of your book.
     - Activity 4 is a pre-listening activity. Think about it.
     - Read activity 5. Do the listening activity in your notebook. Click HERE to get the audio.
     - Allow yourself time to read activity 6. Click HERE to listen to the second part and complete the chart.
     - Read the questions in activity 7. Click HERE to listen and answer the questions.


Take a photo of your listening activity and send it to my email address.
Deadline: Friday, 24th in the afternoon.


HOMEWORK for the weekend: READING COMPREHENSION. Click  HERE to get the activity.
Send it to my email. Deadline: Monday, morning.


That's all for today. I'll get back to you on Monday.

Have a nice weekend at home

       

TUESDAY, 21st APRIL

Hello everyone! 


I hope you're ready for today's lesson. Here it goes!


Follow these steps:

1) First of all, we're going to CHECK HOMEWORK: 
     Activity 3 on page 80 of the book.
     Activity 5 on page 81 of the book. 
                                                        Click HERE for the answers.


2) If you need more practice with QUESTIONS in the PASSIVE VOICE, do the activity below. It is OPTIONAL: 
Do it in your notebook.

REWRITE THE PASSIVE QUESTIONS IN THE ACTIVE FORM, AND THE ACTIVE QUESTIONS IN THE PASSIVE: 1- Was the book written by a biologist? 2- Are scientists carrying out the experiment? 3- Have environmentalists discovered a new species? 4- Do they keep the animals in small cages? 5- Did they breed the panda in captivity? 6- Has anyone told you what happened? 7- Who designed  The Sagrada Familia?

Click HERE to get the answers.

3) We are going to learn a new structure in the PASSIVE today. We call it CAUSATIVE HAVE or HAVE SOMETHING DONE.

  A) Watch the video attentively. You might as well take notes in your notebook!



  B) We are going to do an activity from your book to practise with this structure: HAVE SOME DONE and check if you have understood it. 
    
       Do activity 8 on page 81. Do it in your notebook. Take your time. Work seriuosly!
  
After you have done the activity, click HERE to get the answers an check it yourself.

For HOMEWORK: 
Do activity 7 on page 81 of your book. You can just write the answers in your notebook if you don't feel like copying the whole text.

Click HERE to find some more activities to do for homework. You can download the worksheet or do the activities in your notebook.  When you finish, take a photo and send it to my email. 
Deadline: Thursday morning.

MONDAY, 20th APRIL

Good morning everyone!



Today we're going to devote most part of our lesson to THE PASSIVE VOICE.





Follow these steps:

1) First, we're going to check activity 2 on page 80 of your book, which you had to do for homework.
                 Click HERE to find the answers


2) Now, let's have some more practice by doing the activity below:

                  Click HERE to get the activity. Take your time to do it.

 After you have done the activity you can decide to:
        a- Check it with a video explanation: Click HERE
        b- Get the answers and just check: Click HERE


3)   A) PAY ATTENTION to THIS  VIDEO:




   B) Do activity 6 on page 81 of your book:

 Take your time to do it. When you finish, check your answers. Find the answers HERE.


FOR HOMEWORK.
Do activities 3 on page 80 of the book and activity 5 on page 81 of the book.

We'll check them in class tomorrow.


That's all for today. I'll get back to you tomorrow. 

FRIDAY, 17th APRIL

Good morning!


It's Friday, at last! We just  need to make a last effort before the weekend! Come on!








Follow these steps:

1- First of all, get ready to CHECK the reading comprehension activities on page 78 of your book. Don't forget to be responsible and honest: check, don't cheat! Find the activities in your notebook, get a red pen and be ready to be your own "judge".
       
                 Click HERE to get the answers.

*Take a photo of your notebook page where you have done and checked these activities and send it to my mail


2- For those who have done the activity on the PRONUNCIATION of the -ed in regular verbs, here is the answer:  Click HERE to listen.

/t/	/d/	/ɪd/
When the verb ends in a voiceless sound	When the verb ends in a voiced sound	When the verb ends in  /t/ or /d/ sounds
looked worked clapped baked brushed /ʃ//ˈbrʌʃ t/ smoked confessed winked thanked walked jumped	used   /ˈjuːzd/ called behaved borowed /ˈbɒrəʊd/ compared challenged /dʒ/ buried boiled dragged enjoyed damaged /dʒ/ cried snore/ˈsnɔːrd/	cheated collected divided created counted

3- We are going to start with an important grammar point in English: THE PASSIVE VOICE.

   Here is a simple video: it is a quick/ general introduction to the Passive Voice. You can decide to watch it - if you don't remember a lot about the passive voice-, or to skip it and do the activity below directly. It is up to you!




Activity:  Change these ACTIVE VERBS into the PASSIVE VOICE. Do it in your notebook:

VERB TENSE	ACTIVE	PASSIVE
1- Present Simple	writes
2- Present Continuous	is cooking
3- Past Simple	broke
4- Past Continuous	was sending
5- Present Perfect	has seen
6- Past Perfect	had broken
7- Will future	will pay
8- Going to future	is going to read
9- Modal	may write
10- Modal perfect	must have stolen
11- Infinitive	to keep
12- Perfect Infinitive	to have kept
13- Gerund	keeping

Click HERE to find the Key answer

4) Do activity 1 on page 80 of your book. Just copy the answers in your notebook if you don't feel like copying the whole text.
     
                    After you do it, LISTEN to check the answers.


5) A bit of HOMEWORK for the weekend: Do activity 2 on page 80.

 Have a nice weekend at home! I'll get back to you on Monday!

TUESDAY, 14th APRIL

Good morning my dearest students,

First of all, thank you for sending your "audios" and meeting your deadlines!

Ready for today's lesson? ...Come on!

Follow these steps:

1) First of all, we're going to check yesterday's activities on VOCABULARY.
    Click HERE to get the key answer.

2) We're going to do a LISTENING ACTIVITY. Open your book at page 77: we're going to do activity 5.
Decide if you want to do the activity in your book or in your notebook. Allow yourself time to read the instructions. As you know, we usually listen to the recording twice in class. However, give yourself another try if you have information missing.

        Click HERE to get the audio.
Now, be ready to check your answers: Click HERE to get the answers and the script.

3) Now we're going to READ some interesting SOCIAL MEDIA POSTS about "The Sharing Economy". Go to page 79 of your book: read and LISTEN to the text.
 
          Now, do the reading comprehension activities 1,2,3 and 4 on page 78 in your notebook.



REVISION CORNER
Finally I have decided to have a REVISION CORNER at the end of some of my entries.
After, listening to your PODCASTS, I have realised that some of you still have problems with the pronunciation of the -ed (past/ past participle of regular verbs):
Watch this video:

MONDAY, 13th APRIL

Good morning and welcome back to our online lessons!

I hope you had time to relax and recharge batteries during Easter Holidays and I hope you're now refreshed and ready for our lesson today.  



Today, we are going to start with THIRD TERM'S CONTENTS:
 UNIT 6: Money Matters 



Follow these steps: 

1) Open your book at page 76. We are going to learn/remember VOCABULARY connected to THE ECONOMY.

    A) Do activity 1 in your notebook.  Write down whole sentences. Remember that the words in blue are the key vocabulary for your exams. Don't forget that you've got a good glossary on pages 138-150 of your book; in case you need to check the meaning of these words. 

    B)  Do activity 2. Write the statements 1- 8 in your notebook and decide which answer a or b is correct. Write only a or b. 
              Make sure you know the meaning of all these words and expressions. 
             Click HERE to get the answers to this activity.

    C) Do the quiz on pages 76-77 to find out how MONEY-WISE (=ahorrativo/a ) you are. Do it orally. Read the questions and tick the answers in your book. 

2) SPEAKING. Activity 4 on page 77. Answer the three questions in activity 4 about yourself and explain your answers. Include the expressions in the "Useful Language" box  and the vocabulary we have learnt in this unit.
     
Pay attention to these structures before you do the activity:

PREFERIRÍA:  I’d rather + infinitive without to  =                              I’d prefer +  to infinitive I’d rather live in the country   =  I’d prefer to live in the country PREFERIRÍA UNA COSA A OTRA: I’d rather do something than (do) something else I’d prefer to do something rather than (do) something else I’d rather go to the cinema than stay at home = I’d prefer to go to the cinema rather than stay at home

PREFIERO:  I prefer + gerund /  I prefer + to infinitive I prefer going to the cinema = I prefer to go to the cinema PREFIERO UNA COSA A OTRA:  I prefer (doing) something    to  ( doing) something else I prefer to do something rather than (do) something else    I prefer living in a small town to living in a big city =    I prefer to live in a small town rather than (live) in a big city

IMPORTANT:
After you answer the three questions in your notebook. Read them aloud and record your voice in your mobile phone. I'm trying to use the Moodle Platform. Upload your recording to the MOODLE.
Otherwise, send it to my email, as usual.

3) Do two activities to practise with the vocabulary and expressions we have learned today. 
     Click HERE to get the activities.

That's all for now! 

   PS, I'll be sending to your emails your podcast marks today.

FRIDAY, 3rd APRIL

Hello,

In this entry, I just want to wish you HAPPY EASTER HOLIDAYS. I hope you'll have time to rest, relax, enjoy the company of your familiy, read and recharge your batteries.





I also want to thank you for your work, for sending your homework, for meeting your deadlines, for your positive comments. A BIG THANK YOU!

I hope you enjoy the many activities the different departments in our school have prepared for you today.

I'll get back to you on Monday, 13th April

With much love and many thanks,
Your teacher of English

P. S.
1- I'm leaving here one of my favourite songs on this SOLIDARITY day.  I hope you like it.



2- For those of you who read and enjoyed Lamb to the Slaughter. HERE is another story from Tales of the Unexpected, by Roald Dahl: Taste