Keep an eye on them! (Revision)

Frequent mistakes power point

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Listening: 1 minute for painting.

Hi,
Let' s continue practising with a great text... Fill in the gaps with the word (s) you hear...
Click on the link below and enjoy...

I like painting. It ____________very happy. I loved using paint when I was young. I  was really_______________ drawing, even in elementary school. My school reports ___________I had a______ in art. I won the school painting competition many times. My friends say painting is difficult. I disagree.All you have to do is pick up a brush and put the paint_______________. Anyone can do it. It’s child’s play. I don’t understand why people say they can’t paint. For me, ______________to paint.It’s the most natural thing ________ to do. My friends say my paintings look so real, and that their paintings look like children’s paintings. I’m not sure why this is. I’m
__________, I guess. I don’t know what I would do without painting. It really helps me to relax.

http://www.listenaminute.com/p/painting.mp3

key answer:https://app.box.com/s/enjmwgg0us3ru72ey82vlwaptzm0ve8w

Writing:AN INFORMAL EMAIL

Read the following email and try to correct the highlighted  6 mistakes (spelling and grammar)

   From: Chiara [chiararossi@hitmail.com

   To: Stefan [stefan 4544@moebius.ch]

Subject: Hi from Italy

 Hi Stefan, 

My name's Chiara and I'm from Milan in Italy. I'm recepcionist at a hotel. I study English becuse I need it for my job.

I live with my parent and my brother and my sister .My father is an arkitect and my brother works in a clothes shop.My brothers and sisters are at school .

I don't have very much  time free because I work six days a week. I go usually shopping on my day off. In the evening  I like listening to music , or chatting to freinds. I really like hip hop- do you like it?

Please write me soon

Best wishes

Chiara.

Key answers :
 a) I'm a receptionist.  b) because  c) parents  d)an arquitect  e) much free time     
     f) I usually go shopping.

Present simple & present continuous

Hi!
Refresh your mind with these exercises of present simple and present continuos;))
Speaking chart ( present simple/continuous) http://pin.it/mTzf7_c
What are they doing? http://pin.it/kRWsXBf

What's the weather like today?

 SUMMER IS COMING ;)... Let´s revise some vocab about the seasons of the year and the weather.
https://m.youtube.com/watch?v=sUkMzQ_UMrQ
http://www.henry4school.fr/Worksheets/isa-boresy/weather-forecast.pdf
http://www.eslgamesworld.com/members/games/vocabulary/memoryaudio/weather/index.html

Listening: Speaking about the weather. Fill in the blanks with the correct word(s).

http://www.talkingpeople.net/tppodcast/2015/03/18/elementarypre-intermediate-speaking-about-the-weather/
1. She says that temperatures are between_______ and ________most of the year.
2. In  winters  it ______ ______rains. But it is foggy and cloudy because of  the ________.
3. In the spring ________ _________start to bloom. You can smell their flowers everywhere.
4. Summers are hot with temperatures_______22_____35 _______.
5. Today it is _______and ______. 

*check the exercise with the transcript.

Bowie, dear Bowie...

Listen to this song and complete the gaps with the correct sentences. A song to recharge your batteries every day!;)) Have a nice weekend!

https://app.box.com/s/36zowirdcz95sxkxg7qfbxnw3ykhtklg

READING COMPREHENSION

Practise a bit of English today with the following reading. Click on the link below :))

https://app.box.com/s/4oug5903c06ht177khoiidjg491zbhi3

The Hodgson family from Texas, USA are probably the most talented family in the country. Thomas is the father of the family. He's 52 years old and he can do everything. He can run for a long time. Every day, he goes running in his neighborhood for 40 minutes. He can also swim very well. He swims for his state's over-50 team! Thomas can't speak any foreign languages, but his wife, Judy, certainly can! She can speak French, Spanish and even Japanese. And she can teach them too. She works at the Pinewood Language Academy.

Thomas and Judy Hodgson have three children and they can all do many things too. Robbie, 23, can't run for long distances like his father, but he can run very fast. He can run 100 meters in just 11 seconds. That's very fast. He can also fly! Not like a bird, but using a hang-glider. He goes hang-gliding every weekend in the hills near the family home. The middle child is Janine, who is 19. She's similar to her mother and she loves foreign languages. She studies Italian and French and can speak both of them very well. When she's with her mother, they can speak French and nobody in the house understands them!

Clara is the baby of the family. She's only 9 years old. She can't speak French and she can't fly. What can she do? She can bake the best cakes in the world! And her parents and her brother and sister can eat them.

Likes and dislikes

 

Hi !!!
We start our lovely Saturday evening with an exercise to refresh the uses of 'like/hate/love...'. After that, let's try to do a listening  about some people's hobbies . I hope you like these two posts.:)))))
Energy and do your best!!!!!!

Exercise: http://www.pearsonlongman.com/ae/keystone/state/ca/pdf/apar/SKill-Sharpeners-3/SS3_U01_p003.pdf

Listening:
http://www.talkingpeople.net/tppodcast/2012/01/31/useful-language-likes-dislikes-elementary/

 Questions:
1. What does she do after  her walk in the morning?
2 .Does she like watching films with her partner?
3. When was she born?
4. What kind of music does she like?
5. Does she like sports?
6. Can she  travel now?

 

Ordinal numbers & dates

Hi everybody!

Today  let's start with a revision of the ordinal numbers and their uses in dates. 

Remember: No more 'the twenty-three' of March ,please...jejjejeee.;))

                                        1)  Write the dates you can hear.

https://youtu.be/kIyQozT8XWM( key answers)

reading books

Morning guys!!
The reading books  "The Cat " and " The Big STory" are ready and waiting for you in the bookshop!!! Phone in case you want to book one. I hope you like them!!
Happy Easter!!

Frequency

Hi!
We are back after our weeks of exams, and our first post of the week is for something that changed your lives... the adverbs of frequency!(applause):)))))

https://learnenglishkids.britishcouncil.org/en/grammar-games/adverbs-frequency

https://m.youtube.com/watch?v=v9odRPdMGv8

Something to talk about...

https://app.box.com/s/2rwapgh2mo5xvmfzn39oselm4r45avbw

Prepositions and friends

PREPOSITIONS OF TIME

http://www.agendaweb.org/exercises/grammar/prepositions/time-1
http://www.agendaweb.org/exercises/grammar/prepositions/time-2 http://www.ihbristol.com/free-english-exercises/test/esol-smc-prepositions-of-time
http://perso.ya.com/mjandres/archivos/timeprep1.htm

PREPOSITIONS OF PLACE (at, in, on)
(Remember "TO" for direction)

at	in	on
at home	in a car	on a bus
at work	in a taxi	on a train
at school	in a helicopter	on a plane
at university	in a boat	on a ship
at college	in a lift (elevator)	on a bicycle, on a motorbike
at the top	in the newspaper	on a horse, on an elephant
at the bottom	in the sky	on the radio, on television
at the side	in a row	on the left, on the right
at reception	in Oxford Street	on the way

Video Headway.

Hi!
This is the link of our  last video .We saw from minute 4:30 to 11:20 but you can start from the beginning to practise a bit more :))


http://youtu.be/RB5F_pv38Nk

https://app.box.com/s/l5dzpwoq5k2s6a8kxxo5szndnmoicla8

Video : People´s lifestyle

                                    Hi!
Here you have a nice video about people´s routines, perfect for your ear training ;) . I also include some questions about the info that people say. I hope you like it... Have a nice day!

QUESTIONS
 *How many jobs do people say?

 

0´52: What does she have for breakfast?

1´04: Why doesn´t he have breakfast?

1´18: What time does she get home?

1´25: What does he do at 3.30 p.m?

                                    1´42: What does he do every morning?
                                     1´54 : From what time to what time does he work ?

 

transcript and answers: https://app.box.com/s/l7zfsqk13g09srmqom3vsoaldl77iz2r 

Saxon Genitive & Who´s who?

Morning!!
 
We start the day with a series of exercises about the saxon genitive (our last  English wonder!!) We can also see a video to revise the members of the family... in this case, of  Alice´s family!! 

  http://www.mansioningles.com/gram08.htm
   http://suz.digitaleschulebayern.de/english/grammar/saxong3.htm

FIND THE MISTAKES

This is the copy of today. Click on it and go on with the exercises. The answers on... Thursday!
 Have a nice day!
https://app.box.com/s/sr1uoo0qelbeb7oo5nvtwt43sosgc1iq

what time is it?

Hi!

We usually start the lessons with our " what´s the time?" but...if you want to practise a bit more,don´t think twice! Click on the links below and do your best!  See you tomorrow :)))

https://learnenglishkids.britishcouncil.org/es/word-games/fill-the-gap/time
https://learnenglishkids.britishcouncil.org/es/word-games/find-the-pairs/time


 https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=qi6OyVJvi6A&index=2&list=PLA6AEFFFF35FE8B79

Reading Comprehension

1. Read the following text:

A Special Christmas Present

David wants to buy a Christmas present for a very special person, his mother. David's father gives him $5.00 a week pocket money and David puts $2.00 a week into his bank account. After three months David takes $20.00 out of his bank account and goes to the shopping mall. He looks and looks for a perfect gift.

Suddenly he sees a beautiful brooch in the shape of his favourite pet. He says to himself, "My mother loves jewelry, and the brooch costs only $17.00." He buys the brooch and takes it home. He wraps the present in Christmas paper and places it under the tree. He is very excited and he is looking forward to Christmas morning to see the joy on his mother's face.

But when his mother opens the present she screams with fright because she sees a spider.
  Exercises:

 1.What´s the meaning of the  verbs in yellow?

 2.Click on the following link to do some exercises about the text ! ;) Good luck
http://web2.uvcs.uvic.ca/elc/studyzone/200/reading/xmas1.htm
             
Pronunciation: * brooch /brəʊtʃ/   *jewelry /ˈdʒuːəlrɪ/
 

video : Stanley´s restaurant

 : LISTEN AND ENJOY STANLEY´S FOOD.

The great ... PRESENT SIMPLE !!!

Hi!!!!   Holidays are  almost over !!We come back in only 2 days so... let´s refresh our English lessons of the present simple. Here you have  a video about  the present simple formation and some links where you can practise. Happy 2016 ;)))))))))))))))

http://www.bastrimbos.com/Hotpotatoesfiles/spresbev1.htm

 http://s.mound.free.fr/skyblues67/simplepresent/conj4frms/conjworkspres.htm

                                 http://speakspeak.com/english-grammar-exercises/elementary/present-simple-questions-negatives-do-dont-doesnt-practice