Classes 6-7. Tuesday-Thursday 27-29/01

Hello! Have you studied hard? Have you done all your homework?
You see? I´m using ... Present Perfect!

We also learnt two types of adjectives (ed/ing) and the difference between them: -ed adjectives express the feeling or state of a person; -ing adjectives describe the thing/person.
The film was very boring, I was really annoyed to waste 10 euros on it.

Here´s a couple of links to practise the adjectives - Link 1 and Link 2.
Watch a video "-ed vs -ing adjectives" and learn the new words!

We started talking about "Experiences" in our lives. We need to use Present Perfect to talk about the exeperience we´ve had or done.

We are NOT interested in time, rather in the fact of something that happened (WHAT not WHEN).

That´s why the time is usually not stated.

I´ve ridden an elephant. I´ve been to Guatemela etc.

We use Pr.Perf. to talk about our experience:
I have read two books.
I have been to nine different countries.
Have you ever ridden a camel?

Practise Pr.Perf. here, ask and answer the questions.

We need to know well the Past Participle of the verbs (especially irregular verbs).

Here´s a list of the exercises to practise Past Participle:

Past Participle Exercises

Your homework: study the copy with grammar and do online exercises.

Classes 4-5. Tuesday-Thursday 20-22/01

Hello! How´re you?

Today we had "totally English speaking" class. You´ve been practising past tense in speaking.

So, we´ve revised Past Simle (regular and irregular verbs) sentences and questions:
What did you do yesterday? - I watched TV.
Did you work last weekend? - No, I didn´t.

We also revised the irregular verbs and played "football". It was really fun! Mind please the pronunciation!

We also did some reading and practised asking and answering questions, then you were using them in your conversations:
What did you do yesterday?
Did you go to the concert yesterday?
Did you go to the party? Did you go swimming? etc.

Remember the time expressions we use with Past Simple (yesterday, last week/weekend/month/year, yesterday morning/afternoon/evening, 2 years ago, in 1992/summer/June etc.)

You can watch the video with regular verbs once again - Past Simple Regular Verbs.

We also revised irregular verbs (you can find the list of irregular verbs in Aula Virtual). Here´re two links to practise irregular verbs - Link 1 and Link 2.


Here´s a link of a webpage where there are lots of exercises with Past Simple in case you want to practise!





We revised the ordinal numbers (one-the first, two- the second, three-the third etc.).

We use ordinal numbers to say the dates: April, 3 (the third of April or April the third) and we use preposition "on" when we want to say that something happened this day:
My birthday is on the first of August.

Practise saying and writing the dates in this website. 

In the class we were talking about different American and British holidays. Here´s a good webpage where you can read about the history of some holidays and watch videos - History of the Holidays.




Your homework is to write a short biography about a famous person using Past Simple! Good luck!

Here´s the link to the webpage "Famous People" where you can listen to the audio and read short texts about famous people´s biographies.

Classes 2-3. Tuesday-Thursday 13-15/01

Hello there!

This week we´ve been revising and practising Past forms (was/were and could/couldn´t):
Where were you yesterday? - I was at work.
What could you do when you were 5? - I could read and swim when I was 5.

We´ve been talking about Prodigy Children. Why were they so special? What could they do in their young age? Visit this site "Top 10 Child Prodigies" and find out more about them.




We also started revising Past Simple with regular verbs. We practised the pronunciation of them:
worked, stopped, kissed, washed - /t/
lived, opened, cleaned, loved - /d/
started, decided, greeted, prided - /id/

For some more pronunciation practice watch the video "Regular Verbs" and repeat the words aloud.

Your homework: to do grammar exercises and revise irregular verbs.

Trimester II. Thursday 08/01

Hello
I´m happy to see you again at our classes. Hope you had some rest and enjoyed your holidays!

We´ve started a new topic "Super Me" and learnt some grammar (can/can´t expressing ability):
Can you swim? - Yes, I can/No, I can´t.

Remember the pronunciation of "can/can´t" - in affirmative sentences and questions "can" is unstressed, while in short answers and negative it´s always stressed!

Here´s a nice video "What can you do?" where you can listen and practise the "can" expressions.

We´ve also learnt some adverbs that express how well we can do something (not at all, quite well, really well, brilliantly, a little bit, very well).

Your homework is to write sentences about you - What can you do and how well?