Friday, 23 September 2011
Sunday, 4 September 2011
Thursday, 11 August 2011
Words in the News
RIOTS
RIOTERS
LOOTERS..LOOTING
ATTACK
THROW
CRASH
SMASH
HIT
HIT-AND-RUN
DISTURBANCES
VIOLENCE
VIOLENT
ARRESTS
ARSON
REVOLUTION
RAMPAGE
PRESSURE
GANGS
DAMAGE
RIOTERS
LOOTERS..LOOTING
ATTACK
THROW
CRASH
SMASH
HIT
HIT-AND-RUN
DISTURBANCES
VIOLENCE
VIOLENT
ARRESTS
ARSON
REVOLUTION
RAMPAGE
PRESSURE
GANGS
DAMAGE
Sunday, 7 August 2011
Tuesday, 12 July 2011
Saturday, 25 June 2011
Tuesday, 21 June 2011
Sunday, 19 June 2011
STARTERS...ORAL
Where's the clock?
What's this?/that
It's on the wall/in front of, next to/ between/on/in/under the mat
What colour is it?
Is it purple?
How many cats are there?
What's the teacher doing?
Do you play table tennis?
What sports do you like?
Do you read English books?
Where do you live?
Do you live in in a big or a small house?
How many rooms are there in your house?
How many people are there?
Who's eating an icecream?
Wh's talking on the phone?
What can you see in the picture?
What's your name? How do you spell your name?
How old are you?
How many people live in your house?
What number is your house?
Who do you sit next at school?
What's your friend's name?
What's a good name for a cat or a dog?
What colour are your eyes?
What colour is your t-shirt?/hair/bedroom
What's your favourite color?
How many brothers or sisters have you got?
Have you got a lot of cousins?
Do you have a pet?
What's the woman wearing?
Can you swim?
Do you wear trousers to school?
What would you like for lunch?
What do you have for breakfast?
What's your favourite food?
Where's the mirror?
What' in your bedroom?
What clothes are you wearing?
WHOSE WATCH IS IT?
What do you watch on TV?
Where is the television in your house?
Where do you have dinner?
Who do you have dinner with?
FLYERS...ORAL
Who lives in your house?
Has anyone in your family got the same name as you?
Who do you sit next at school?
Which friends do you see at the weekend?
Tell me about your best friend
What's the weather like?
How often do you do sport?....never, sometimes, every day, twice a week
Can you spell....?
Where do you usually have your meals?
What is on your favourite pizza?
Who makes the dinner in your family?
Which food is good to take on a picnic?
Where do you live?
What is your surname?
Hoe did you come to school today?
How much homework do you have every day?
How often do you listen to music?
Why are you learning English?
Where do you usually go on holiday?
What do you do during the day?
What would you like to do in the future?
What subjects do you need to be good at?
Which job would you not like to do?
Are you good at making things?
Why do lots of people have computers?
Why do people read books?
Why do people ride bikes?
Have you ever eaten with chopsticks?
Have you ever met a fmaous person?
Have you ever.........?
What date is your birthday?
What were you doing yesterday at four o'clock?
What did you do yesterday?
Where will you be tomorrow?
Will you phone your best friend this evening?
What do you do when you're tired?
What kind of music do you like?
How tall are you?
Have you got a pet?
Did you watch TV last night?
Do you look like anyone in your family?
Do you have any hobbies? in?
How often do you buy sweets or chocolate?
Have you ever bought something on the Internet?
Which shops do you usually buy your clothes?
Which shops don't you like?
When do you go shopping?
What do you carry your school thing in?
What time of the year do you usually go on holiday?
Where do you usually go at the weekend?
Which month is usually the hottest?
How long does it take you to get to school?
Are you afraid of flying?
When was the last time you travelled in a taxi?
What's your favourite place to go at weekends?
Where do you go if you want to see tigers and giraffes?
Would you like to visit the moon?
MOVERS
Where's the clock?
What's this?/that
It's on the wall/in front of, next to/ between/on/in/under the mat
What colour is it?
Is it purple?
How many cats are there?
What's the teacher doing?
Do you play table tennis?
What sports do you like?
Do you read English books?
Where do you live?
Do you live in in a big or a small house?
How many rooms are there in your house?
How many people are there?
Who's eating an icecream?
Wh's talking on the phone?
What can you see in the picture?
What's your name? How do you spell your name?
How old are you?
How many people live in your house?
What number is your house?
Who do you sit next at school?
What's your friend's name?
What's a good name for a cat or a dog?
What colour are your eyes?
What colour is your t-shirt?/hair/bedroom
What's your favourite color?
How many brothers or sisters have you got?
Have you got a lot of cousins?
Do you have a pet?
What's the woman wearing?
Can you swim?
Do you wear trousers to school?
What would you like for lunch?
What do you have for breakfast?
What's your favourite food?
Where's the mirror?
What' in your bedroom?
What clothes are you wearing?
WHOSE WATCH IS IT?
What do you watch on TV?
Where is the television in your house?
Where do you have dinner?
Who do you have dinner with?
FLYERS...ORAL
Who lives in your house?
Has anyone in your family got the same name as you?
Who do you sit next at school?
Which friends do you see at the weekend?
Tell me about your best friend
What's the weather like?
How often do you do sport?....never, sometimes, every day, twice a week
Can you spell....?
Where do you usually have your meals?
What is on your favourite pizza?
Who makes the dinner in your family?
Which food is good to take on a picnic?
Where do you live?
What is your surname?
Hoe did you come to school today?
How much homework do you have every day?
How often do you listen to music?
Why are you learning English?
Where do you usually go on holiday?
What do you do during the day?
What would you like to do in the future?
What subjects do you need to be good at?
Which job would you not like to do?
Are you good at making things?
Why do lots of people have computers?
Why do people read books?
Why do people ride bikes?
Have you ever eaten with chopsticks?
Have you ever met a fmaous person?
Have you ever.........?
What date is your birthday?
What were you doing yesterday at four o'clock?
What did you do yesterday?
Where will you be tomorrow?
Will you phone your best friend this evening?
What do you do when you're tired?
What kind of music do you like?
How tall are you?
Have you got a pet?
Did you watch TV last night?
Do you look like anyone in your family?
Do you have any hobbies? in?
How often do you buy sweets or chocolate?
Have you ever bought something on the Internet?
Which shops do you usually buy your clothes?
Which shops don't you like?
When do you go shopping?
What do you carry your school thing in?
What time of the year do you usually go on holiday?
Where do you usually go at the weekend?
Which month is usually the hottest?
How long does it take you to get to school?
Are you afraid of flying?
When was the last time you travelled in a taxi?
What's your favourite place to go at weekends?
Where do you go if you want to see tigers and giraffes?
Would you like to visit the moon?
MOVERS
Sunday, 12 June 2011
Saturday, 11 June 2011
Links
How to read an e-mail address
Let's say....johnsmith@hotmail.com, we read: johnsmith at hotmail dot com ....don't forget!
Telling the Time
We can say:
It's eleven thirty (11:30)
half past eleven
half eleven (colloquial English)
It's quarter to eight (7:45)
seven forty-five
It's quarter past one.... (13.15)
one fifteeen
quarter after one (USA)
It's ten past six
six ten
ten after six (USA)
podemos omitir la palabra minutes si el número es múltiplo de 5.....ten past six...pero debemos decir: It's eleven minutes past six por ejemplo.
Para diferenciar entre las 06:00 y las 18:00, podemos decir en inglés hablado It's 6 o'clock in the morning or six o'clock in the evening, en un lenguaje más formal se utiliza am/pm (ante meridiem and post meridiem).
It's eleven thirty (11:30)
half past eleven
half eleven (colloquial English)
It's quarter to eight (7:45)
seven forty-five
It's quarter past one.... (13.15)
one fifteeen
quarter after one (USA)
It's ten past six
six ten
ten after six (USA)
podemos omitir la palabra minutes si el número es múltiplo de 5.....ten past six...pero debemos decir: It's eleven minutes past six por ejemplo.
Para diferenciar entre las 06:00 y las 18:00, podemos decir en inglés hablado It's 6 o'clock in the morning or six o'clock in the evening, en un lenguaje más formal se utiliza am/pm (ante meridiem and post meridiem).
Sunday, 5 June 2011
Sunday, 22 May 2011
FLYERS...
Speaking...7 - 9 minutes
two pictures which are similar but have some differences
questions about a person, object, the candidate then asks the examiner questions
sequence of five pictures which show a story, describe the pictures in the story
personal questions...school, holidays, birthdays, family and hobbies.
What time do you get up on Sunday?
What do you do on Saturday afternoon?
Present tense, past, present perfect tenses and going to.
materials
numbers 1 - 1,000
Weather:
cloud, cloudy, fog, foggy, ice, rain, rainbow, sky, snow, storm, sun, sunny, wind, windy
Verbs
Past Continous
Present perfect
Be going to
Will
Might
May
Shall for suggestions....Shall we have a picnic in the park?
Could.....You could invite Robert to the football game.
Should...Should we take a towel to the swimming pool?
Tag Questions
That's john's book, isn't it?
Adverbs
yet
Conjunctions
I didn't want to walk home SO I went on the bus
If clauses (in zero conditional)
Where clauses
Be/look/sound/feel/taste/smell like......That sounds like the baby upstairs, I think he's crying.
Make somebody/something........................That smell makes me hungry!
Be made of.............................The toy is made of wood.
The Story....the teacher says:
Emma and Jill are in their bedroom with their mother. She isn't happy because the room is untidy. She is saying, ?It's half past six. You must tidy your room and then you can watch TV in bed.?
Now tell the story.
You say:
Now Emma and Jill are tidying the room. they're putting the toys in the cupboard.
The room is tidy now. It's nine o'clock and Emma and Jill are in bed. They're watching TV.
It's midnight. the toys are coming out of the cupboard and playing together.
It's the next morning. Their mother has come into the room to wake the girls up. The room is untidy again. She's thinking, ?What has happened here?'
Let's talk about your weekend
What do you do on Saturday morning? I go shopping with my mother
Where do you go on Sunday?
What do you eat for lunch on Sunday?
Tell me about other things you do at the weekend
two pictures which are similar but have some differences
questions about a person, object, the candidate then asks the examiner questions
sequence of five pictures which show a story, describe the pictures in the story
personal questions...school, holidays, birthdays, family and hobbies.
What time do you get up on Sunday?
What do you do on Saturday afternoon?
Present tense, past, present perfect tenses and going to.
materials
numbers 1 - 1,000
Weather:
cloud, cloudy, fog, foggy, ice, rain, rainbow, sky, snow, storm, sun, sunny, wind, windy
Verbs
Past Continous
Present perfect
Be going to
Will
Might
May
Shall for suggestions....Shall we have a picnic in the park?
Could.....You could invite Robert to the football game.
Should...Should we take a towel to the swimming pool?
Tag Questions
That's john's book, isn't it?
Adverbs
yet
Conjunctions
I didn't want to walk home SO I went on the bus
If clauses (in zero conditional)
Where clauses
Be/look/sound/feel/taste/smell like......That sounds like the baby upstairs, I think he's crying.
Make somebody/something........................That smell makes me hungry!
Be made of.............................The toy is made of wood.
The Story....the teacher says:
Emma and Jill are in their bedroom with their mother. She isn't happy because the room is untidy. She is saying, ?It's half past six. You must tidy your room and then you can watch TV in bed.?
Now tell the story.
You say:
Now Emma and Jill are tidying the room. they're putting the toys in the cupboard.
The room is tidy now. It's nine o'clock and Emma and Jill are in bed. They're watching TV.
It's midnight. the toys are coming out of the cupboard and playing together.
It's the next morning. Their mother has come into the room to wake the girls up. The room is untidy again. She's thinking, ?What has happened here?'
Let's talk about your weekend
What do you do on Saturday morning? I go shopping with my mother
Where do you go on Sunday?
What do you eat for lunch on Sunday?
Tell me about other things you do at the weekend
MOVERS
Speaking....5-7 minutes, 4 parts
describing differences between two similar pictures (colour, size, position, appearance, activity, etc.
This coat is red, but this one's yellow.
Here, there's a bird, but here there's a cat.
Here, the boy's eating a burger, but here he's eating chips.
It's cloudy in this picture, but it's sunny in this one.
A simple story based on four pictures...(there is/are, have got, can, can't, must, mustn't, present continuous, the boy is happy, or isn't happy)
This is on a bed, but these are under it...(differences)
Who do you play with at school?
What games do you play at school?
What do you have for lunch?
apart from the topics of Starters (health, numbers 1-100, transport, weather, work, the world around us)
Grammar and Structures
Verbs
Past Simple regular and irregular
Verb+ing
infinitive of purpose....She went to town to buy a toothbrush
want/ask somebody to do something
Must for obligation
have (got)/had to
Shall for offers Shall I help you wash the car, Mum?
Could (past form of can)
Adverbs....................................She never eats meat
.................................................He sang loudly
.................................................My mother talks a lot
Comparative and Superlative adverbs
My brother reads more quickly than my sister
I like icecream best
Relative Clauses
Vicky is the girl who is riding a horse
That is DVD which my friend gave me.
This is the house where my friends live
What's the weather like? was the weather like last weekend?
What's the matter Grace? Have you got stomach-ache?
How/What about going to the cinema on Friday afternoon?
When he got home, he had his dinner. (When clauses)
Go for a drive, a ride...
A baby cat is called a kitten
She's very good at basketball...good at/bad at
I think....
describing differences between two similar pictures (colour, size, position, appearance, activity, etc.
This coat is red, but this one's yellow.
Here, there's a bird, but here there's a cat.
Here, the boy's eating a burger, but here he's eating chips.
It's cloudy in this picture, but it's sunny in this one.
A simple story based on four pictures...(there is/are, have got, can, can't, must, mustn't, present continuous, the boy is happy, or isn't happy)
This is on a bed, but these are under it...(differences)
Who do you play with at school?
What games do you play at school?
What do you have for lunch?
apart from the topics of Starters (health, numbers 1-100, transport, weather, work, the world around us)
Grammar and Structures
Verbs
Past Simple regular and irregular
Verb+ing
infinitive of purpose....She went to town to buy a toothbrush
want/ask somebody to do something
Must for obligation
have (got)/had to
Shall for offers Shall I help you wash the car, Mum?
Could (past form of can)
Adverbs....................................She never eats meat
.................................................He sang loudly
.................................................My mother talks a lot
Comparative and Superlative adverbs
My brother reads more quickly than my sister
I like icecream best
Relative Clauses
Vicky is the girl who is riding a horse
That is DVD which my friend gave me.
This is the house where my friends live
What's the weather like? was the weather like last weekend?
What's the matter Grace? Have you got stomach-ache?
How/What about going to the cinema on Friday afternoon?
When he got home, he had his dinner. (When clauses)
Go for a drive, a ride...
A baby cat is called a kitten
She's very good at basketball...good at/bad at
I think....
Topics...Starters
animals
the body and the face
clothes
colours
family and friends
food and drink
the home
numbers 1-20
places and directions
school
sports and leisure
time
toys
transport
weather
work
the world around us
Put the snake under the tree
Put the cake in the boat
What's this? elephant
What colour is it? grey
How many elephants are there? two
What's the boy doing? drinking
How old are you?
What's your friend's name?
Is your house/flat big or small?
Can you play table tennis?
What's your favourite colour/animal/sport/food?
Sorry/ I don't understand
Listen to..., Give..., Put..., Find...... .
the body and the face
clothes
colours
family and friends
food and drink
the home
numbers 1-20
places and directions
school
sports and leisure
time
toys
transport
weather
work
the world around us
Put the snake under the tree
Put the cake in the boat
What's this? elephant
What colour is it? grey
How many elephants are there? two
What's the boy doing? drinking
How old are you?
What's your friend's name?
Is your house/flat big or small?
Can you play table tennis?
What's your favourite colour/animal/sport/food?
Sorry/ I don't understand
Listen to..., Give..., Put..., Find...... .
Saturday, 21 May 2011
Friday, 20 May 2011
STARTERS... grammar and structures list
Nouns.
Singular and Plural....irregular plural forms, countable and uncountable and names
Would you like an orange?...quieres una naranja?
Lemons are yellow
Peter has six mice
I eat rice for lunch
Anna is my friend
Adjectives...including possessive adjectives
He's a small boy
His name is Bill
Determiners
It's a banana
This is an apple
Put the hat on the boy's head
I want some milk
These books are blue
Pronouns
demonstrative, personal, and possessive interrogative pronouns and 'one'
This is my car
Can you see me?
Which is Anna?
Yes, please I'd like one
Which is Anna?
This is mine!
Is that yours?
Verbs
Present Simple
Nick is happy
I don't like eggs
Eat your lunch!
Is that your sister?
Present Continous
What are you doing?
The cat's sleeping
Can for ability
The baby can wave
Can for requests/permission
Can I have some birthday cake? (note the use of some here)
Have got for possession
Have you got a pen?
She hasn't got a dog
Adverbs
now-here-too
Conjunctions
and
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Who
Where
How do you spell that? Spell your name
Have to
Lucy has a book to read
-Ing forms as nouns
Swimming is good.
Story about+ing
This story is about playing football.
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What a/an+adjective+n
What a good dog!
What beautiful fish!
What now?
So do I..............................I love hippos
..........................................So do I
I like football
Me too
Would you like an apple?
Yes, please
Here you are.
Would you like some grapes?
Would you like to colour that ball?
There is/ there are......................There is a monkey in the tree.
There are some books on the table.
I like swimming
Let's go to the zoo!
Singular and Plural....irregular plural forms, countable and uncountable and names
Would you like an orange?...quieres una naranja?
Lemons are yellow
Peter has six mice
I eat rice for lunch
Anna is my friend
Adjectives...including possessive adjectives
He's a small boy
His name is Bill
Determiners
It's a banana
This is an apple
Put the hat on the boy's head
I want some milk
These books are blue
Pronouns
demonstrative, personal, and possessive interrogative pronouns and 'one'
This is my car
Can you see me?
Which is Anna?
Yes, please I'd like one
Which is Anna?
This is mine!
Is that yours?
Verbs
Present Simple
Nick is happy
I don't like eggs
Eat your lunch!
Is that your sister?
Present Continous
What are you doing?
The cat's sleeping
Can for ability
The baby can wave
Can for requests/permission
Can I have some birthday cake? (note the use of some here)
Have got for possession
Have you got a pen?
She hasn't got a dog
Adverbs
now-here-too
Conjunctions
and
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Who
Where
How do you spell that? Spell your name
Have to
Lucy has a book to read
-Ing forms as nouns
Swimming is good.
Story about+ing
This story is about playing football.
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What a/an+adjective+n
What a good dog!
What beautiful fish!
What now?
So do I..............................I love hippos
..........................................So do I
I like football
Me too
Would you like an apple?
Yes, please
Here you are.
Would you like some grapes?
Would you like to colour that ball?
There is/ there are......................There is a monkey in the tree.
There are some books on the table.
I like swimming
Let's go to the zoo!
Vocabulary...Adults
to be on the dole...estar en el paro
to be on maternity leave...
object to
no intrest in
no regrets about
no recollection / memory of
no hesitation in/about
no intention of doing something
to trespass... entrar sin derecho
trespasser...intruso
no trespassing...prohibido el paso
thug..gamberro, matón
milestone...hito
to outline...esbozar, perfilar
letterhead...membrete
rehearsal...ensayo
mezzanine...entresuelo... un mezzanine es un piso intermedio que se coloca en habitaciones o recintos de suficiente altura, es decir como hacer un balcón en un interior.
a mountain of work
a pile of washing
a pinch of salt
a segment of orange
a ball of wool
a drop of milk
a jet of water ...(un chorro de agua)
a gush of blood
a gang of youth (pandilla)
an item of news...(uncountable noun)
a ray of hope
a speck of dust
a torrent of abuse
a wall of silence
a stroke of luck
a touch of flu....I think I've got a touch of flu
a bunch of flowers
a lump of sugar...un terrón de azúcar
a blade of grass
pot hole: bache
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Prefer/Would rather
Prefer can be followed by a noun, a gerund or an infinitive
I prefer antiques
I prefer staying at home
I prefer to eat a steak
When using PREFER to compare 2 nouns or activities, the preposition TO is used.
I prefer living alone TO living together.
The conditional form 'd (would prefer) is usually followed by an infinitive with TO
I think I'd prefer to stay at home this evening.
Would rather (preferiría)
Would rather is always followed by an infinitive without TO, it means both PREFER and WOULD
PREFER
She likes a proper lunch every day but he'd rather have (he prefers) sandwiches.
She wants to move to Boston but he'd rather live in New York.
When usig WOULD RATHER to compare 2 activities the preposition THAN is used.
I'd rather die than work in London!
but
I'd rather you didn't smoke in here. Cuando expreso una preferencia para un tercero en el presente debo usar el pasado simple, I'd rather you, he, she....bought a second hand car.
to be on maternity leave...
object to
no intrest in
no regrets about
no recollection / memory of
no hesitation in/about
no intention of doing something
to trespass... entrar sin derecho
trespasser...intruso
no trespassing...prohibido el paso
thug..gamberro, matón
milestone...hito
to outline...esbozar, perfilar
letterhead...membrete
rehearsal...ensayo
mezzanine...entresuelo... un mezzanine es un piso intermedio que se coloca en habitaciones o recintos de suficiente altura, es decir como hacer un balcón en un interior.
a mountain of work
a pile of washing
a pinch of salt
a segment of orange
a ball of wool
a drop of milk
a jet of water ...(un chorro de agua)
a gush of blood
a gang of youth (pandilla)
an item of news...(uncountable noun)
a ray of hope
a speck of dust
a torrent of abuse
a wall of silence
a stroke of luck
a touch of flu....I think I've got a touch of flu
a bunch of flowers
a lump of sugar...un terrón de azúcar
a blade of grass
pot hole: bache
_______________________________________________________________________________________
Prefer/Would rather
Prefer can be followed by a noun, a gerund or an infinitive
I prefer antiques
I prefer staying at home
I prefer to eat a steak
When using PREFER to compare 2 nouns or activities, the preposition TO is used.
I prefer living alone TO living together.
The conditional form 'd (would prefer) is usually followed by an infinitive with TO
I think I'd prefer to stay at home this evening.
Would rather (preferiría)
Would rather is always followed by an infinitive without TO, it means both PREFER and WOULD
PREFER
She likes a proper lunch every day but he'd rather have (he prefers) sandwiches.
She wants to move to Boston but he'd rather live in New York.
When usig WOULD RATHER to compare 2 activities the preposition THAN is used.
I'd rather die than work in London!
but
I'd rather you didn't smoke in here. Cuando expreso una preferencia para un tercero en el presente debo usar el pasado simple, I'd rather you, he, she....bought a second hand car.
Thursday, 19 May 2011
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