viernes, 22 de mayo de 2015

Tuesday-Thursday 19-21/05

Hello

This week we learnt the names of the animals (wild, farm and pets). Let´s revise their names:
Names of the animals Video

Also we learnt their parts of the body:
a beak, antlers, horns, paws, claws etc.
Animal Body Video

Listen to the description of the animals and guess what animals they are:
Listening animals

What is your favourite animal? Why? Can you describe it? Listen to some people talking about their favourite animals:
My favourite animal Listening

We also watched a short video about an Animal Shelter in London. Watch the video again and do the online exercises:
Animal Shelter Video

This week we also started a new topic "Protecting the Planet" and learnt some new vocabulary:
recycling, decompose, battery, methane, landfill, greenhouse effect etc.

Some grammar questions: comparative structures (as...as, not as/so ...as):
Ben is as tall as his brother.
Madrid is as beautiful as Barcelona.
Jane is not so clever as her sister. (Her sister is cleverer than Jane)

(much + comparative + than):
Dogs are much friendlier than cats.

Grammar Exercise

domingo, 10 de mayo de 2015

Tuesday-Thursday 5-7/05

Hello

We´ve started a new topic "The World Around Us" and learnt a lot of new words (a mountain, a cliff, a stream, an ocean, a sea, a swamp, a lake, a hill, a desert etc.)

Let´s revise the vocabulary! Watch a video and repeat the words:
Video Link "Nature"

We watched a short video about Natural Parks in Britain.
Here´s a link:
Countryside is Great Video

If you´re interested in practising some more listening on the topic - here´s part 2 of the video:
Countryside is Great Video 2

We learnt some new adjectives to describe nature landscapes: majestic, scenic, rolling, sweeping, fantastic, peaceful, lovely etc.

As for grammar - we talked about article "the" with geographical names:

Exercises to practise:
Grammar Link 1
Grammar Link 2