Tuesday, 15 November 2011

PAST SIMPLE VS PAST CONTINUOUS

MODULE 1 PRESENT SIMPLE AND CONTINUOUS

COMPLETE THE SENTENCES USING -ING / -ED


confused, disgusting, bored, interesting, disgusted, amusing, boring, interested, disappointed, surprised, disappointing, confusing, depressed, amusing, depressing,

1.    I do the same thing every day. My job is very ______ .
2.    I have nothing to do. I'm ______ .
3.    My job is very varied. I find it ______ .
4.    I heard some very ______ news. I'm going to lose my job. I feel terrible
5.    Cheer up. .Don't feel so ______ . There are plenty of other jobs.
6.    I heard a very ______ story. It will make you laugh.
7.    It's not ______ that you failed the exam. You never did any work.
8.    I don't understand this exercise. I'm very ______ .
9.    I thought your behavior at the party was ______ . You were sick in the middle of the room.
10.                       My trip to Paris has been cancelled. I'm really ______ . I really wanted to go.
11.                       The performance of the English team was very ______ . They played much worse than expected.
12.                       There are a lot of road signs. It's all very ______ .
13.                       I am very ______ in this subject. I find it fascinating.
14.                       The lesson was really ______ . I almost fell asleep.
15.                       I was ______ by her behavior. It was very funny.
16.                       I was ______ by the news. I didn't expect it.
17.                       I was ______ by his behavior. It was outrageous.
18.                       I'm ______ in finding out more about this. Where can I look?
19.                       When the students did badly, the teacher became really ______ and didn't smile for weeks.

FINAL EXAM - MODULES 3,4,5,7

Module 3: IT WAS FUN /Units 11-15
1.Grammar
  • Talking about abilities in the present and in the past (She can speak French / I could speak tennis when I was 8 years old)
  • Relative pronouns (Who, whose, which – The man who lives next door is a doctor)
  • -Ing / -ed participles (Everyone was excited about the Beatles/ Their music was exciting)
  • Was / were (It was brilliant)
  • Past simple (Regular and irregular verbs – Last night Tom smashed a window)
2.Vocabulary
·Places in town
·Famous people / biodata
·Events
·Games and toys
·Music
Module 4: LIFE EXPERIENCES/ Units 16-20
1Grammar
  • Past continuous: talking about past experiences (What were you doing at 8 am yesterday ? I was having breakfast – Ann was doing her homework while Jack was working on the computer )
  • Past continuous vs Simple past (She was watching TV when the phone ran / While he was studying his cousin came)
  • Past habits: used to (They used to play with her dolls when she was six))
  • Adverbs of manner (They walked slowly)
  • Subject / object questions (Who – what – when – where / Who went to the cinema? What did she see?)
2-Vocabulary
·Past activities in progress - verbs
· Natural disasters
· Accidents and injuries
· Past habits and past states
Module 5: / Units WHAT WILL BE, WILL BE 21-25
1Grammar
  • Making predictions: will (Tomorrow will be my lucky day)
  • Negative prefixes: un, in, im, dis (Try not to be so impatient)
  • Future plans (We are going to see spider man this evening )
  • Will vs going to
  • Conditional type 1 (If he has enough money he will buy a new car)
2-Vocabulary
  • Future world
  • Star signs
  • Character adjectives
  • Technology / inventions
  • Opinions
Module 7: SAFETY FIRST / Units 31-35
1Grammar
  • Reflexive pronouns: (He cut himself)
  • Expressing obligation / talking about rules and regulations (You mustn't throw litter)
  • Countable / Uncountable, quantifiers (There is some / a lot / (a) little milk – There isn't any/ much milk – Is there any milk?)
  • Clauses of purpose (Cover the electrical outlets to protect children from electrical shock)
  • Asking for and giving advice (I think you should join a gym)
2-Vocabulary
  • Health problems and advice
  • Notices
  • Objects and materials, the environment
  • Dangerous objects
  • Teenager's problems

Thursday, 10 November 2011

HAPPY TRADITION DAY

Tradition Day: Tradition Day  it's our country's great gaucho festival. November 10 is the anniversary of Jose Hernandez's birth date, one of the nation's most important poets who highlighted the injustices and hardships of the ordinary people of his day. Tradition Day is the END of a week or  parties, concerts, gaucho parades, traditional music and other festivities across the country.

INTRO UNIT, MODULE 1 AND 2

Intro Units
1. Grammar
·      Verb to be (Is this briefcase hers?)
·      Possessive adjectives (my, your, his, her, its, our, your, their)
·      Possessive pronouns (mine, yours, his, hers, -, ours, yours, theirs)
·      Plurals (dairy- dairies /box- boxes / foot-feet / mouse-mice)
·      Prepositions of place (in, on, under, behind, in front of, next to)
·      Have got (Possession) (John hasn´t got a calculator)
2.  Vocabulary
·      Countries & Nationalities
·      Possessions
Module 1: PEOPLE /Units 1-5
1.  Grammar
·      Present Simple (Lucy works regular hours)
·      Present continuous for future plans (Are you going out tonight?)
·      Present Simple vs. Present Continuous (The Smiths are having breakfast now / usually have breakfast at 7:00)
·      Adverbs of frequency (always – usually – often – sometimes – rarely – hardly ever – never)
2.  Vocabulary
·      Free time activities
·      Jobs
·      Clothes and accessories
·      Colours
·      Family members
·      Daily routine
·      Everyday activities
Module 2: ALL AROUND US/ Units 6-10
1.  Grammar
·      The Imperative (Excuse me, how can I get to…?)
·      Asking for and giving directions (You) (Go up / down…)
·      Comparative / Superlative (Asia is bigger than Australia / Antarctica is the coldest continent / Europe isn’t as hot as Africa)
·      A lot, a bit, much, very (It is much windier in Buenos Aires than in Mexico city)
·      Adjectives (Irregular adjectives good / bad)
2.  Vocabulary
·      Houses and special features
·      Places in cities
·      Continents and countries
·      Map reading
·      The weather adjectives

Complete the table
Countries & Continents

Nationalities




Possessions

Free time
Activities  

Jobs

Clothes

Accessories



Colours

Family Members




Daily routine

Everyday
Activities  

Houses and special features

Places in cities

Map reading
Weather adjs





Wednesday, 9 November 2011

WHAT WE DID IN CLASS NOVEMBER 8TH

CHAPTERS 9 AND 10 (JOURNEY TO THE CENTRE OF THE EARTH)


STUDENTS BOOK ENGLISH CORNER
DISCUSSION ABOUT THE LAWS FOR TEENS AND GERMS


HOMEWORK WRITE A COMPOSITION ABOUT TEENS' LIFE IN ARGENTINA COMPARED WITH THEIR LIVES IN UK