Good morning everyone! I hope you've had some time to rest and catch up with you work.
IMPORTANT: In the entry below, you've got a link to a document with the CONTENTS you need to revise for your retake exam. On that document, you can also find links to explanations and activities that will help you revise for your exam.
Let's do some revision activities. Follow these steps: 1)As we have already revised all verb tenses, we're going to do a mock exam to check our knowledge. Click HERE to get the test. When you finish, take a photo/a screenshot of your result and your answers and send it to my email, please. 2) Revise the vocabulary in UNIT 2: Technology (pages 20 and 22 of your book) / Adjectivies and Prepositions. - Do all the vocabulary activities in your INTERACTIVE WEBBOOK. Remember that you can do more activities on your own to help you revise for your exam!!! That's all for today. I'll get back to you tomorrow.
Good morning everyone! I hope you had some time to rest during the long weekend and are ready to keep on going:
These are your activities for this week: 1) INTERACTIVE BOOK: UNIT 2
Do all the GRAMMAR & VOCABULARY activities Remember that you can (if you need so..) - Watch the VOCABULARY preview -Grammar tutor 1, 2: watch the videos (click on the top, right hand corner) if you need an explanation on VERB tenses. - Grammar appendix1,2: if you need help with FUTURE PERFECT/ FUTURE CONTINUOUS in Spanish.
2) A For and Against Essay.
- Revise how to write a For and Against Essay (page 28/ 167 of your book/ or on this LINK) - Write a FOR and Against Essay of between 120-150 words on the following statement: Advantages and Disadvantages of learning from home (Do it in a word document and send it to my mail) DEADLINE TO MEET for both activities: Friday, 5th (before 12,45 pm)
Good morning everyone! I hope you're not having problems getting access to your webbooks using the new activation codes. I also hope you find the activities useful to help you revise for your exam in June. Remember that doing the activities will not only give you practise but it will also help me decide your final mark. Let's begin with our revision lesson today. Follow these steps: 1) Le't begin by revising the VOCABULARY in UNIT 1: A) Vocabulary on COMMUNICATION: You need to make a list with the words in blue on pages 6 and 8 of your book. - Get to your "INTERACTIVE BOOK" and have a look at the VOCABULARY PREVIEW: You can revise the vocabulary there:
- Now you can do some vocabulary activities in the INTERACTIVE BOOK: activities 1,3,10 - ClickHEREto find another interesting activity to practise with this vocabulary.
B) NOUN SUFFIXES: On page 8 of your book, you have an activity about noun suffixes and on page 12 you've got some information about ADJECTIVE SUFFIXES. Revise these activities and then do activites: 4,5,7,8,9 in THE INTERACTIVE BOOK Click HERE if you need some more help and practice.
2)HOMEWORK: As we haven't got a lesson on Friday (It is a local holiday in Cordoba), you've got plenty of time to do these activities: - Activities on the GRAMMAR LAB page 126-127 (You can do the activities on your online book or you can write the answers in your notebook)
- UNIT 2 GRAMMAR: FUTURE PERFECT / FUTURE CONTINUOUS a) Have a look at the grammar tutor (watch the video) and the grammar appendix in your INTERACTIVE BOOK. b) Do the grammar activities (unit 2) on the INTERACTIVE BOOK. DEADLINE TO MEET: Please, make sure you have all these activites done before Saturday, 30th. OPTIONAL: You can do some listening and reading practice in your Student's book online and do some more revision activities to get ready for your exam in June. Remember:" Practise makes perfect" That's all for now. I'll get back to you on Monday, 1st June.
Good morning! Welcome to our revision lessons. Today we're going to start revising VERB TENSES (UNIT 1) 1- Present Simple/ Continuous 2- Past Simple /Continuous 3- Present Perfect Simple /Continuous 4- Future: Will / Going to 1) We are going to use the WEBBOOKS to revise: - Click HERE to get access to the webbook. (If you haven't registered yet, you need to do so) Find some help in this VIDEO on how to do it.
IMPORTANTE: Vas a tener
acceso a tres libros.
1) AN INTERACTIVE BOOK / 2) YOUR STUDENT’S BOOK ONLINE/ 3) a GRADED READER
1) En el INTERACTIVE BOOK: En cada unidad vas a encontrar - la lista de vocabulario, videos con explicaciones gramaticales ( el grammar tutor) y el grammar appendix donde encuentras explicaciones gramaticalesen español- de cada unidad. También tienes actividades de gramática y
vocabulario.
2) El STUDENT’S BOOK ONLINE, es simplemente tu libro de texto. Puedes
usarlo para repasar actividades ya hechas o hacer actividades que no se han
hecho aún. En las páginas 126-134 encontrarás
un repaso gramatical de cada unidad, con actividades.
3) GRADED READER: Tienes a
tu disposición Pride and Prejudice,
adaptado. Puedes leerlo si tienes
tiempo o te apetece.
2)WORK TO DO: - INTERACTIVE BOOK: UNIT 1 -Grammar tutor 1, 2: watch the videos (click on the top, right hand corner) if you need an explanation on VERB tenses. - Grammar appendix1,2: if you need help with VERB TENSES in Spanish. - Grammar Practice Activities: 1-9 3) EXTRA HELP/ PRACTICE (Optional activities if you need some more practice) (Es trabajo que debes seleccionar túde acuerdo a tus necesidades y al tiempo que le quieras decidar. Son actividades propuestas): A) Find HERE a good chart about English Verb Tenses. B) In your STUDENT'S BOOK online, on pages 126-127 you can find theGRAMMAR LAB with some more explanations and activities. C)Don't forget that on this ENTRY you can find more explanations and extra activities. That's all for today! I'll get back to you tomorrow!!!
Good morning! How are you??? I hope you've still got some energy left to keep going!! For those of you who need/want to "consolidate" your final marks, here are some instructions:
1) We are going to use the WEBBOOKS to consolidate your knowledge: - Click HERE to get access to the webbook. (If you haven't registered yet, you need to do so) Find some help in this VIDEO on how to do it.
IMPORTANTE: Vas a tener acceso a tres libros.
1) AN INTERACTIVE BOOK / 2) YOUR STUDENT’S BOOK ONLINE/ 3) a GRADED READER
1) En el INTERACTIVE BOOK: En cada unidad vas a encontrar - la lista de vocabulario, videos con explicaciones gramaticales ( el grammar tutor) y el grammar appendix donde encuentras explicaciones gramaticalesen español- de cada unidad. También tienes actividades de gramática y vocabulario.
2) El STUDENT’S BOOK ONLINE, es simplemente tu libro de texto. Puedes usarlo para repasar actividades ya hechas o hacer actividades que no se han hecho aún. En las páginas 126-134 encontrarás un repaso gramatical de cada unidad, con actividades.
3) GRADED READER: Tienes a tu disposición Pride and Prejudice, adaptado. Puedes leerlo si tienes tiempo o te apetece.
2) SUGGESTED WORK to do during this week (Monday, 25th - Friday, 29th) - INTERACTIVE BOOK: UNIT 1 Do all the GRAMMAR & VOCABULARY activities Remember that you can (if you need so..) - Watch the VOCABULARY preview -Grammar tutor 1, 2: watch the videos (click on the top, right hand corner) if you need an explanation on VERB tenses. - Grammar appendix1,2: if you need help with VERB TENSES in Spanish. That's all for this week!!
Good morning! Ready for one more lesson?? Let's get down to work! Follow these steps: 1) For those who did the LISTENING ACTIVITY on page 91 of your book yesterday: Click HERE to get the answers and check your own progress. 2)Let do some more revision today: Click HERE to find a worksheet with interesting activities. Once you have finished doing the activities (either on the downloaded worsheet or in your notebook), please, send the answers to my email (take a photo of it or scan it), no later than 3.00 pm. 3)Now you can choose to do A or B according to what you think you need more practice in. Take your time, you don't need to hand them in. It is optional work! A: REPORTED SPEECH: Click HERE to find some good activities on reported speech. You can select to do some of them: the ones you find more difficult, perhaps Click HERE to get the answers and check your own progress B: READING COMPREHENSION: Do activities 1-4 on page 92 of your book about THE AMAZING ALL BLACKS. Click HERE to find the answers and check your own progress That's all, folks!!! This is our last "COMMON LESSON" as a whole group! We'll keep in touch, though.
Read the information below:
Si habéis leído la información colgada en drive acerca de cómo se va
a desarrollar el final de curso, (ENLACE), sabéis que a partir del lunes, 23 de mayo
vamos a dedicar las clases especialmente
a actividades de repaso, refuerzo y recuperación para aquellos/as de vosotros/as que tenéis
suspensas la 1ª y 2ª evaluación (UNIDADES
1- 4). El 18 de junio tendréis un examen de
esas unidades. ES MUY IMPORTANTE QUE
TRABAJÉIS PARA PODER RECUPERAR.
Esta es, por tanto, la última
semana de clase común para todos.
En cuanto a los que tenéis la 1ª
y 2ª evaluación aprobadas: os
mandaré un correo a final de esta semana con vuestros resultados –teniendo en
cuenta las notas de 1er y 2º trimestre y todo el trabajo realizado
desde casa durante el 3er trimestre. En el correo os proporcionaré información
acerca de qué podéis hacer en inglés a partir de la semana próxima.
Good morning everyone! I hope you had some time to rest at the weekend and are ready to work now. Let's get down to work. Let's follow these steps: 1)We are going to start with some REVISION: page 109 book. A) Open your book at page 109. Do activities 6 and 7. You can do them in your "digital book", but if you didn't take the trouble to register, write the answers in your notebook. Once you've done the activities. Click HERE to check your answers. B) Do activity 8 on this page. Again, do it on your digital book, or write the answers in your notebook. After you have finished, please click HERE to listen to the text and check your answers. (How many correct answers did you get out of 8?) C)Do activities 9 and 10. Do activity 9 in your notebook: write the whole sentences, not just the answers. As for activity 10: do it on your digital book, or in your notebook. Click HERE to find the answers and check you activity. As soon as you finish these activities:Please, send a photoof your activity 9 to my email. Tell me how many points you got in each activity and how many points out of 45 you got in the end? Also, please let me know if you need me to explain the answer to any of these activities.
2) We are going to learn/revise some vocabulary connected to SPORT: Go to page 90 of your book. A) Do activity 1 on page 90. Do it in you notebook: write two columns with the words in boldand with the words in colour that have a similar meaning. Follow the example.
SPORT (Page 90)
1- rival
2-
opponent
B)Do activity 2: Write the true sentences in your notebook (this way you will have a good definition of the words) and correct the false ones, without changing the words in colour (this way, you will also have a good definition of these words) C) In activity 3, you are going to practise with these words/expressions IN CONTEXT. Write the answers in your notebook. Once you have finished these activities, click HERE to find the answers and check them. Try to be responsible.
3) OPTIONAL. Just depending on how long it took you to do activities in 1 and 2, you might have time to do a LISTENING exercise on page 91 of your book. Click HERE to find the audio for activity 5 Click HERE to find the audio for activity 6 That's all for now! I'll be back to you tomorrow.
Good morning my dearest students, I hope you're all fine and ready for Friday's lesson! Let's follow these steps: 1- CHECK HOMEWORK. Click HERE to find the answers to the activities on reported speech.
2- We are going to devotesome part of our lessons until May, 22nd - when I will have to give you your results - to revision through activities.
Click HERE to find some activities on a worksheet. You can download it and do the activities on the worksheet, or you can write the answers in your notebook. You can check your notes or your book if you need so. Keep track of your time: you shouldn't spend more than 40 minutes on this.
Once you have finished, find the answers HERE. Check and mark your activities. Click HERE only if you need some explantions. Send a photo of your checked/marked answers to my email as soon as you finish this activity. 3- Now we're going to have a look / revise SOME SPECIAL STRUCTURES on page 108 of your book: You can read the grammar chart on page 108. You can click on the "grammar tutor" at the top of the page on your digital book and listen to some good explanation. If you think you don't need extra explanations, just do the activities on page 108 of your book straightaway.
If you need extra help, you can watch these videos.
1- used to / be used to / get use to: Click HERE
Now, you are more than ready to do the activites on page 108 of your book. Once you have finished, click HERE to get the answers. Be honest!. That's all for today. I'll get back to you on Monday, 18th.
In today's lesson we're going to deal with REPORTING COMMANDS, REQUESTS, ADVICE. Follow these steps: 1) Find HERE a worksheet with commands, requests and advice to change into REPORTED SPEECH.
If you remember how to do it, please skip the video and do the activity on the worksheet straightaway. Listen to the video only if you need an explanation on how to change commands, requests and advice into Reported Speech.
2)Let's try this activity now to have some practice:
Complete the sentences with the appropriate reporting verb in the list.
Then rewrite
the sentences in REPORTED SPEECH.
advise
askorderpromiseremind warn
1-‘I won’t tell anyone your secret’,
she ....................
2- ‘Don’t forget to check your
email,’ he ..................... her.
3- ‘Please can you help me to
write a letter tomorrow?’ she ..................... her cousin.
4- ‘You should eat more fruit’,
the doctor................. me
5- ‘Be careful!’ his mum
................. him.
6- ‘Tidy your room!’ her father
................ her.
Good morning everyone! I hope you're fine and ready to keep going! I'll be sending you your marks of unit 6 test throughout the morning today.
We're going to start with UNIT 7 today. We're going to focus on GRAMMAR, first of all, to make sure we cover all the essential grammar points this year. 1- We are going to start with REPORTED SPEECH: STATEMENTS and TIME EXPRESSIONS A) Find a worksheet HERE. Do you remember how to change the sentences into REPORTED SPEECH? You can download the worksheet and try to do it yourself. Or you can download the worksheet and do the activities on it while listening to this EXPLANATION:
B)Do this activity to have some more practice:
REWRITE THESE SENTENCES INTO REPORTED SPEECH.
Pay attention to time and place expressions.
1- ‘I’m very happy
to be here today,’ Christine told me.
2- ‘We’ve decided to
get married!’ Sarah announced
3- ‘I’m visiting my
cousins next week’, Mike told us
4- ‘I met James for
the first time last year’, Patricia said.
5- ‘I must find out
how to join’, she said
6- ‘It isn’t so cold
today as it was yesterday’, the old lady pointed out.
Once you have finished, click HERE to check your answers.
IMPORTANT:
Some interesting verbs that you can use to
introduce STATEMENTS in REPORTED SPEECH:
Apart from “ she
said that ... / he told me that....”,
you can use:
2- Now, we are going to remember how to change QUESTIONS into REPORTED SPEECH: A) Click HERE to find some activities. Do you remember how to change questions into reported speech? You can do the activities while watching the video. Watch this video and REMEMBER.
B)Now, you can do this activity to have some practice:
Complete the questions in reported speech.
1-‘Why are you
joining this social network?’
They wanted to
know..................................................
2- ‘Can you use a
computer?’
They asked
me..........................................................
3- ‘What’s your
email address?’
They asked
me............................................................
4- ‘Will you have a
party?’
They wanted to know
..............................................
5- ‘Do you know the
way ?’
They asked me
.......................................................
Once you have finished, click HERE to find the answers. HOMEWORK: Write to me answering these questions honestly: 1- Did you do all the activities in your notebook? 2- Did you remember this grammar point? 3- Were your answers to the activities correct? 4- Did you listen to the videos? Did you find the explanations clear? That's all for now. I'll get back to you tomorrow.
Before you start the test, please read these rules:
1- Don't type your answers, write them by hand.
2- You can download the exam sheets and handwrite your answers on it or you can hanwrite your answers on a blank sheet of paper. In this case, write the question numbers.
3- Pay attention to your presentation. Your handwriting should be legible.
4- When you finish, scan your exam or take a "good" photo of it.
5- Send your scanned exam or the photo to my e-mail address before 12.45 am. Good luck to you all!
Good morning everyone! Today we are going to devote our lesson to revision activities in order to be ready for Friday's test on UNIT 6: THESE ARE THE CONTENTS FOR THE TEST:
VOCABULARY
- The economy (on page 76 book)
- Common expressions connected to money (page 82 book)
-Vocabulary from the text on pages 78-79
GRAMMAR:
-The Passive Voice (all verb tenses) (Pages 80-81 / 132 of your book+ video + extra-activities)
-Active sentences with two objects
-Causative HAVE
-Gerunds and Infinitives (Page 78 + video+extra-activities)
-Connectors of Purpose (Page 84 +video+extra-activities)
There will be:
A READING COMPREHENSION activity, as well.
Follow these steps:
1)First, we're going to CHECK the activity on PURPOSE sentences that you did yesterday.
- Do activities 1,2,3,4 on page 86 of the book. Try to be honest with yourself. Check when you have finished doing the activities: click HERE
- Click HERE to find a worksheet with some more activities on vocabulary. Once you've finished doing the activities. Click HERE to find the answers. C) Do activities on page 87 of your book.
- Click HERE to find the answers. D) Click HERE to find more activities on GRAMMAR: Gerunds/ Infinitive and THE PASSIVE - Click HERE to find the answers. That's all for now. Keep revising for your exam!!
The exam will start
at 10.00am on Friday, 8th
May
Remember there will
be VOCA BULARY, GRAMMAR & READING COMPREHENSION QUESTIONS ON UNIT 6
Good morning my dearest students!! How are you geeting on? I hope you've already enjoyed your first outings and I hope this fresh air and physical activity outside will give us "energy" to keep going. Come on! Ready to start? Follow these steps: 1) First of all,we're going to have a look at the last GRAMMAR ASPECT in UNIT 6: GERUNDS and INFINITIVES: A) Watch this video with SOME EXPLANATIONS on the topic.
B) Click HERE to find the NOTES. C) Now, let's have some practice: 1- Do activity 5 on page 58 of your book. Do it in your notebook. Click HERE to check. Try to be honest, your progress depends very much on you now. 2- Click HERE to get an interesting worksheet with clear explanations + activities. Click HERE to get some good activities + answer key Do all the activities and try to collect your own NOTES on when to use GERUNDS or INFINITIVES. 2) After
checking most of your “Informative Essays” I see that some of you need practice with PURPOSE SENTENCES. Let’s do an activity.
Combine
each of the following pairs of sentences into one sentence using: to/ in order to / so as to/ where
necessary. For example,
1-My
younger brother is saving all his pocket money. He is planning on upgrading his
phone.
My younger brother is saving all his pocket
money to (so as to / in order to) upgrade
his phone.
2-Jessic
has stopped using her credit cards. She doesn’t want to go over her budget.
Jessica has stopped using her credit cards in order not to (so as not to) go over
her budget.
3-They
talked in whispers. They didn’t want me to hear them.
They talked in whispers so thatI couldn’t/wouldn’t hear them.
4-I’ m
insuring my life. I want my children. I want my children to have something to
live on when I die.
I’m insuring my life so that my
children can/will have something to live on when I die.
IT IS YOUR TURN NOW: Write it in your notebook.
1-I’m
buying some paint. I want to paint my hall door.
2- He wore
a false beard. He didn’t want anyone to recognize him.
3-
Aeroplanes carry parachutes. They crew can escape in case of fire.
4- It’s a
good idea to prepare a shopping list. You don’t forget to buy something.
5- He
coughed. He wanted to warn them that he was coming.
I think this is all for today. Tomorrow we will do activites to revise UNIT 6. We will have an exam on this unit on Friday, the 8th.
Good morning everyone!
