26th NOVEMBER 2024

Dear all,

this is what we did yesterday in class:

- we checked exercise 1 b on page 40. Answers:

2 Do you work long hours?

3 What does your husband do?

4 Does he have free weekends?

5 Do you have time together?

- I explained how to make questions in the present simple. Pge 214 and did exercises 3B a and b on page 215

The order is A (auxiliary) S (subject) I (infinitive)

DO for all the forms except for the third person singular DOES

Do you work? but Does she/he/it work?

Short answers: Yes, I do. No, I don't

                         Yes, she/he/it does. No, she/he/it doesn't

- we did a communicative exercise. We asked questions with YOU and in the third person singular

- we did page 240. Vocabulary Bank Jobs

YOUR HOMEWORK:

- worksheet. Affirmative sentences, negative sentences and questions

- booklet: I gave you a booklet yesterday with the grammar for questions and exercises to self-correct

ADDITIONAL HOMEWORK

- Questions exercise 1

- Questions exercise 2

- Jobs 

- Click here to revise jobs

21st NOVEMBER 2024

Dear all,

this is what we did yesterday in class:

- we listend to a song: Please, don't go

- we checked our homework: Carla's bedroom

- we completed an exercise: match the verbs and the phrases

- We wrote sentences in the + and the - and guessed if our partners were telling the truth or not

 - We checked exercise 4b and c on page 39

1 Shurooq

2 Khalal, Lian Tang

3 Michelle

4 Khalal, LIan Tang

5 Camille, Shurooq

7 Erdal

Everybody: all people

everything: all things

everywhere: all places

- we wrote a text: what we like and don´t like about my country

HOMEWORK: Unit 3B exercise 1b

ADDITIONAL HOMEWORK:

- more work on the present simple. Exercise 1

- more work on the present simple. Exercise 2

19th November 2024

Dear all,

this is what we did yesterday in class:

- I explained the present simple page 214 3A

- we checked exercise b page 215 3A (b)

- you did the pronunciation exercise 3 on page 38 

- We did a grammar exercise (handout) and corrected it

HOMEWORK:

- page 39 exercise 4 b and c

- Worksheet

14th NOVEMBER 2024

 This is what we did yesterday:

- we did two listening exercises

You can do one of them here: https://www.learnenglish.de/dictation/edictationtheuk.html#check

- we checked our homework: common verb phrases (page 239)

  You can revise common verb phrases clicking here

- We did exercises 1 and 2 on page 38

Remember that we use the present simple for things that are generally true or are habits.

In the affirmative

I work

you work

He/she/it works

We work

You work

They work

Add -s or -es (same rules as for regular plurals) for he/she/it

Study: studies (consonant + y: ies) but play: plays (vowel+y)

finish: finishes

watch: watches

kiss: kisses

BE CAREFUL WITH THE FOLLOWING:

Go: goes

Have: has

do: does

In the negative we use DON´T or DOESN´T. 

Do is a verb (do housework, do homework, do exercise) but also an AUXILIARY. We use DON´T or DOESN´T to make the negative sentences in the present simple

I don´t work

you don´t work

he/she/it doesn´t work

I don´t do housework/He doesn't do housework

etc

HOMEWORK: 

- finish handout (common verb phrases)

- page 215 exercises 3A a and b

- Booklet with the present simple tense. Read the grammar, do the exercises and check the answers with the answer sheet.

12th NOVEMBER 2024

Dear all, 

this is what we did yesterday:

- we checked our homework (handout)

- we did exercise c on page 29 in your books

- we did exercises 4, 5 and 6 on page 29. Exercise 5 is about linking.

- we played dominoes

YOUR HOMEWORK:

- page 239

- do revise and check on pages 30 and 31 and self- correct with the answer sheet I gave you yesterday. Bring your doubts to class tomorrow!

Remember you can do the grey pages in your book and correct them with the booklet that came with your book.

ADDITIONAL HOMEWORK:

- https://elt.oup.com/student/englishfile/elementary3/grammar/file02/grammar02_c01?cc=global&selLanguage=en

- https://elt.oup.com/student/englishfile/elementary3/grammar/file02/grammar02_c02?cc=global&selLanguage=en

7th NOVEMBER 2024

 This is what we did yesterday.

- We checked our homework: adjectives

- we translated sentences from Spanish into English

- we did a listening exercise (exercises 2 and 3 UNIT 2C)

- We looked at the grammar of IMPERATIVES AND LET'S /LET'S NOT and did the exercises of grammar bank 2C at the back of the book

 

Your COMPULSORY homework:

- handout (let's and imperatives)

- page 239 (verb phrases)

- Revise and check Unit 1 and 2

Additional homework: (NOT compulsory)

- Dictations. Look for the A1 videos:

"Elementary A1 Language Box

https://www.youtube.com/@languagebox4923/video

- To revise imperatives and Let's

https://wordwall.net/play/25219/692/639

- listening exercises

https://www.cuadernodeingles.com/secciones/audio_basico.htm

https://www.esl-lounge.com/student/listening-elementary.php

https://agendaweb.org/listening/elem_interm.html

https://breakingnewsenglish.com/easy-news-english.html

https://esl-bits.net/ESL.English.Listening.Short.Stories/ESL.Listening.Short.Stories.html

5th NOVEMBER 2024

 Dear all,

this is what we did yesterday and your homework:

- we checked our homework. Adjectives

- we looked at adjectives, nouns and pronunciation of vowels. Page 27 (pronunciation)

- we did a communicative exercise. Similar or different? Page 27

- we checked the text about the differences between British and American English (page 27)

2 Spelling

3 Grammar

4 Pronunciation

1 False (only small differences)

2 False

3 true

4 false. It's the American spelling

5 True

6 False. It´s easy

- We started unit 2C.  We did exercise 1.

You can revise feelings with this quizlet

https://quizlet.com/es/642323734/a1-ef2c-feelings-adjectives-flash-cards/?x=1jqt

Your homework: 

- handout (adjectives)

- You can start to do the following: 

STUDENT'S BOOK: Revise & Check 1 & 2 (pages 30 and 31 in your books)

31st OCTOBER 2024

Dear all,

this is what we did last Thursday in class:

- We repeated the listening exercise (5). Unit 2A

- we started unit 2B. We did exercises 1 and 2

Dialogue:

• What colour is my bag? It's orange.
• What colour are my keys? They're silver.

- we checked our homework. Vocabulary bank: Adjectives 

- we looked at grammar. Adjectives

American football (=futbol americano - the adjective goes before the noun in English), yellow taxis (=taxis amarillos - adjectives in English are never plural!)

We also use adjectives after the verb be (en el predicado). Example: My car is new

In questions with the verb be the order is: be, subject, adjective?

Example: Is your car new?

Is: verb

Your car: subject

new: adjective

HOMEWORK (COMPULSORY)

Page 213  exercises 2B a and b

Read the text on page 27 and do exercises 5a and c

Revise adjectives and their opposites with this quizlet

https://quizlet.com/es/549942760/a1-ef-2b-opposite-adjectives-flash-cards/?setIdOrUsername=549942760

Do these exercises:

- Exercise number 1

- Exercise number 2 

ADDITIONAL HOMEWORK (NOT COMPULSORY)

- Play these Halloween games

https://learnenglishkids.britishcouncil.org/grammar-vocabulary/word-games/halloween-1

- Revise the colours with these songs