April,29th

Dear students. Today you did the test  of th book. then we reviewed the PRESENT CONTINUOUS and you told the rest of the students about WHAT YOU'RE WEARING TODAY. After I gave you a photocopy with the prepositions of place and we practiced them.
HOMEWORK: READ CAREFULLY THE PHOTOCOPIES ABOUT THE PREPOSITIONS I GAVE TO YOU AND DO THE EXERCISES.    

HAVE A LOVELY WEEKEND!!!!
SEE YOU ON TUESDAY!!!!!

Let's practice!!!!!!
EXERCISE 1
EXERCISE 2
EXERCISE 3
LISTENING 1
LISTENING 2

April,27th

Dear Students. Today we checked the homework you did last weekend. then we continue with UNIT 6 and we did exercises 2b on page 48; 8 and 9 on page 49, 1a on page 50 and exercises 4 and 5 on page 51. Finally I explained you a new verbal tense THE PRESENT CONTINUOUS and I gave you 2 photocopies with vocabulary related with THE CLOTHES.

HOMEWORK: Practice orally and using the present continuous the clothes you are wearing and read the second photocopy I gave to you today.

PRESENT CONTINUOUS

We use the Present Continuous to talk about the things WE ARE DOING at the mement WE ARE TALKING.

AFFIRMATIVE

I'M WEARING

YOU'RE WEARING

HE'S WEARING

SHE'S WEARING

IT'S WEARING

WE'RE WEARING

YOU'RE WEARING

THEY'RE WEARING

NEGATIVE

I'M NOT WEARING

YOU AREN'T WEARING

HE ISN'T WEARING

SHE ISN'T WEARING

IT ISN'T WEARING

WE AREN'T WEARING

YOU AREN'T WEARING

THEY AREN'T WEARING

INTERROGATIVE

AM I WEARING?

ARE YOU WEARING?

IS HE WEARING?

IS SHE WEARING?

IS IT WEARING?

ARE WE WEARING?

ARE YOU WEARING ?

ARE THEY WEARING?

REMEBER THE SHORT ANSWER:

YES, I AM

NO, I'M NOT

Practice the PRESENT CONTINUOUS
EXERCISE 1
EXERCISE 2
EXERCISE 3
EXERCISE 4
EXERCISE 5
EXERCISE 6
EXERCISE 7
EXERCISE 8
EXERCISE 9
EXERCISE 10

Go to the LISTENINGS LINK. There are some listenings about THE CLOTHES

See you on Thursday!!!!!!!

April,23rd

Today we checked the homework and we did a lot of oral activities where we practiced I LIKE, I DON'T LIKE, I HATE, I LOVE + -ING. We also did oral activities using CAN. I gave you photocopies with vovabulary related with MUSIC INSTRUMENTS and SPORTS and I also gave you a photocopy with vocabulary about different things we can watch on TV.

Then we woeked with the book and we did exercises 1 a, 2 a and 3 b. We read the story about Susan. WE reviewed the use of THERE IS/ISN'T/ARE/AREN'T. We also review the interrogative sentence IS THERE? ARE THERE?. We did exercise 4 a and b and exercise 5 a.

SOME

We use SOME (algunos/as)in afirmative sentences with the plural: There are SOME museums in Pueto del Rosario.

ANY

We use ANY (algún/a) in negative and interrogative sentences in plural:

There aren't ANY supermarket in Puerto del Rosario.

Are there ANY banks in Puerto del Rosario?

A

We use A(un/una) in afirmative and negative sentences in singular:
There is A supermarket in Puerto del Rosario.

There isn't aA supermarket in Puerto del Rosario.

HOMEWORK:

Go to page 47 and do exercise 6a. Then go to page 48 and do exercise 1a. Finally, go to page 53 and in REVIEW do exercises 1, 2a,3,4a and b.

HAVE A NICE WEEKEND.!!!!

SEE YOU ON TUESDAY!!!!!!

PRACTICE WITH THESE EXERCISES

EXERCISE 1
EXERCISE 2
EXERCISE 3
EXERCISE 4
EXERCISE 5
EXERCISE 6
EXERCISE 7
EXERCISE 8
EXERCISE 9

April,20th

Hello dear students. I'm so sorry but I had problems with my computer and I couldn't write the classroom Diary. But here I am. It's never too late.
Well, today we checked the homework and after we continued with unit 9. We did the listening activity on page 74 (2b) and then we worked with the dialogue AT THE STATION. We did the listening on page 75 (5) and we created a new dialogue about how to buy tickets to go somewhere. After I explained you the use of CAN.
CAN  SIMPLE PRESENT
AFFIRMATIVE
I CAN BUY
YOU CAN BUY
HE CAN BUY
SHE CAN BUY
IT CAN BUY
WE CAN BUY
YOU CAN BUY
THEY CAN BUY

NEGATIVE
I CAN'T PLAY TENNIS
YOU CAN'T PLAY TENNIS
HE CAN'T PLAY TENNIS
SHE CAN'T PLAY TENNIS
IT CAN'T PLAY TENNIS
WE CAN'T PLAY TENNIS
YOU CAN'T PLAY TENNIS
THEY CAN'T PLAY TENNIS.

INTERROGATIVE
CAN I SPEAK FRENCH?
CAN YOU SPEAK FRENCH?
CAN HE SPEAK FRENCH?
CAN SHE SPEAK FRENCH?
CAN IT SPEAK FRENCH?
CAN WE SPEAK FRENCH?
CAN YOU SPEAK FRENCH?
CAN THEY SPEAK FRENCH?

And remember the answer is always: YES, I CAN or NO, I CAN'T

COULD(SIMPLE PAST)
AFFIRMATIVE
I COULD PLAY TENNINS
YOU COULD PLAY TENNIS
SHE COULD PLAY TENNIS
HE COULD PLAY TENNIS
IT COULD PLAY TENNIS
WE COULD PLAY TENNIS
YOU COULD PLAY TENNIS
THEY COULD PLAY TENNIS

NEGATIVE
I COULDN'T PLAY TENNIS
YOU COULDN'T PLAY TENNIS
HE COULDN'T PLAY TENNIS
SHE COULDN'T PLAY TENNIS
IT COULDN'T PLAY TENNIS
WE COULDN'T PLAY TENNIS
YOU COULDN'T PLAY TENNIS
THEY COULDN'T PLAY TENNIS

INTERROGATIVE.
COULD I PLAY TENNIS?
COULD YOU PLAY TENNIS?
COULD SHE PLAY TENNIS?
COULD HE PLAY TENNIS?
COULD IT PLAY TENNIS?
COLD WE PLAY TENNIS?
COULD YOU PLAY TENNIS?
COULD THEY PLAY TENNIS?

And the answer: YES, I COULD or NO, I COULDN'T.

REMEMBER: We use CAN TO EXPRESS ABILITY IN THE PRESENT and COULD TO EXPRESS ABILITY IN THE PAST.

On page 56 we did exercise 1, 3 and 4.
HOMEWORK:  Go to page 54 and do exercise 1,2 an 4. And on page 55 read what Jack and jenny say and do exercise 6 b.

Thanks. See you on Thursday!!!!
PRACTISE THE SE OF CAN/CAN'T/ COULD/COULDN'T

EXERCISE 1
EXERCISE 2
EXERCISE 3
EXERCISE 4
EXERCISE 5
EXERCISE 6

April,15th

Today we checked the homework and we did others realted with the SIMPLE PAST.

HOMEWORK: Do the photocopy I gave you about the SIMPLE PAST and do a WRITING about YOUR LAST HOLIDAYS.

HAVE A NICE WEEKEND!!!!!!!

April,13th

Today we did a reading, writing and listening test. Next day we are going to check the homework you had for last Tuesday.
See you on Thursday!!!!!

April,8th

Today you read the writings about your daily routine but in the past.

WELL DONE!!!!!!!

Today we did different things with the two groups.

STUDENTS FROM 16 TO 18: We started UNIT 9. We did exercises number 1(page 70) and number 8(page 71). we also read the text called LET'S GO BY TUK-TUK!. Then on page 72 we did the reading and we saw the vocabukary about HOLIDAYS ACTIVITIES you can find on page 72 activity 1. We also did exercise number 7 on page 73 but it was an oral activity.

HOMEWORK: Write the anwers to the questions on exercise number 7 on page 73. On page 73 do exrecises 8 (a,b,c) and 11 (a). Go to page 76 and do exercise number 2. And on page 77 in REVIEW, do ecercises 2(a,b), 3(a) and 4(a).

STUDENTS FROM 18-20: We started UNIT 9 and we did exercises number 1 (page 70) and number 8 (page 71). We read the text on page 70 and we also read the texts on page 72.

HOMEWORK: Read the text on page 72 again and answer the questions on exrcise 7 (page 73). Do exercises 8 (a,b,c) and exercise 11(a) on page 73. Go to page 77 and do the exercises you find in REVIEW. You have to do exercises 2(a,b), 3(a) and 4(a).

 

REMEMBER THAT ON PAGE116 THERE IS THE LANGUAGE SUMMARY SO YOU CAN READ IT. ON PAGES 71 AND 74 YOU HAVE HELP WITH GRAMMAR. IF YOU WANT YOU CAN DO THESE ACTIVITIES (page 71 exercise 5 (a,b,c), Page 74 exercise 48a,b)

CLICK HERE IF YOU WANT TO PRACTISE WITH THE SIMPLE PAST IRREGULAR VERBS. OR CLICK HERE IF YOU WANT TO REVIEW THE SIMPLE PAST REGULAR VERBS.

HAVE A NICE WEEKEND!!!!!

SEE YOU ON TUESDAY!!!!!!

DON'T FORGET THE IRREGULAR LIST !!!!!!!!!!!!!

April, 6th

Today we reviewed the SIMPLE PAST OF REGULAR VERBS and we saw again how the -ED is pronounce (click here to review). Then you study the SIMPLE PAST OF IRREGULAR VERBS.

For information about the SIMPLE PAST OF IRREGULAR VERBS click here.

HOMEWORK: make a list with the daily routine verbs. Then write then in SIMPLE PAST and do a writing about WHAT DID YOU DO YESTERDAY?. (there are regular and irregular verbs, so pay attention). Use vocabulary related to the time, food,etc... You have to write the composition and you'll read it in the classroom next day.

SEE YOU ON THURSDAY!!!!!