3º CAL

DESCRIBING PICTURES

To work on describing pictures, click on the links below:

DESCRIBING PICTURES  

 Some more info, and some more

REPORTED SPPECH

To find explanations and practice on reported speech, click on the links below:

Explanations with sound,  Explanations in Spanish, More explanations

Exercise 1, Lots of exercises

One more great website with lots of information. Very useful!!

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Third conditional. “City of Angels”.

Click on the link below to watch a movie segment from City of Angels. There is an activity for you to practise the third conditional after watching the segment.

City of Angels.

Second conditional. “If I were a boy”

Click on the link below to listen to “If I were a boy” by Beyoncé. You can find exercises to practise the second conditional after listening to the song.

Song + Activities

WRITTEN TASK

Write a description of your your flat or house ( real/imaginary) in 175/200 words.

You can find help on page 65 of your books, try to include a variety of adjectives and appropriate structures.

CONDITIONAL SENTENCES

To see the powerpoints used in class click on the links below

FIRST, SECOND CONDITIONALS

FIRST CONDITIONAL+FUTURE TIME CLAUSES

To get practice on conditional sentences click on the links below:

Explanation and activities,  more explanations+exercises, tutorial+practice

 Lots of activities,

WRITTEN ASSIGNMENT 

Write an informal letter to a friend telling him/her about your Easter holidays: what you did, where you went, who with, if you had a good time, etc. Give as many details as possible in 175 words. In your letter you need to include at least:

-two comparative/superlative structures.

-three modal verbs.

-five linking words/connectors.

 

Your task is due by Tuesday, 17. You can either hand it to me in class or email it to analeiva.eoi@gmail.com, assignments handed after this date will not be accepted.

-ed/-ing adjectives

To get practice on the use of -ed/-ing adjectives

BBC explanations with listening

Explanations, examples, activities…

Matching exercise  and more activities

MODALS OF DEDUCTION

Click on the link below to see the powerpoint we talked about in class.

Grammar Modals of Deduction

To get some more information and practice, click on the following links:

• Activity 1, activity 2,  activity 3,
• Activity with grammar support (British Council) + more

HOW TO WRITE AN INFORMAL LETTER

Write a letter following the instructions on page 49. 200 words.

The next written assignment you will have to complete is to write an informal letter. If I´m back next week, I´ll give you the guidelines in class, otherwise I´ll post your task here. In the meantime, I would like you to have a look at the following websites and also to page 49 of your textbook.

Informal letter-How to write one

Informal letter (example and phrases)   and more examples and phrases

Writing informal letters

COMPARATIVES AND SUPERLATIVES

Clickcomparativesandsuperlativesni to see the powerpoint we saw in class.

On this website, you can find plenty of practice on comparative and superlative adjectives.

http://www.tolearnenglish.com/english_lessons/comparatives-and-superlative-exercises

WRITTEN ASSIGNMENT 2- DEADLINE: THURSDAY, 24TH

Write a story telling about a nightmare journey you´ve had. You need to follow the structure on page  33 and the copy that we saw in class. Give as many details as you can in 200 words.

Remember you need to use a vocabulary range appropriate to the level, type your composition double-spaced and use linkers and connectors.

If for any reason you cannot come to class that day, you can email me your piece of work.

PRESENT PERFECT SIMPLE  AND CONTINUOUS

• With explanations in Spanish.
• BBC explanations.
• Explanation and activities.
• More activities.

MONEY

As we are working on the topic of money in class, below are some links that you may want to check out.

-Vocabulary with pronunciation. 

-Take a look at these money words and phrases. BBC.

-BBC Listening activity about haggling.

PAST SIMPLE VS. PRESENT PERFECT

Click on the link below to see again the powerpoint we worked on in class about past simple and present perfect. On the final slide you can find information about where to get more practice on the topic. I have also included some more links here. Enjoy!!

PAST SIMPLE VS. PRESENT PERFECT

• Here you can find explanations and a lot of practice. STUDY AND PRACTISE!!
• Here you can find some examples and work on time expressions.  WITH EXPLANATIONS.
• EXERCISES.

WRITTEN ASSIGNMENT 1

For your first written assignment you have to write a description. In order to do that, follow the examples you have in your book and the structure we saw in class. Try to write in an organised way and if possible type your compositions double-spaced. Compositions need to be handed in by Thursday, 27th, either in class or by email.  Late pieces of writing will not be accepted!

You have seen the following advertisement in yourlocal newspaper:

ENTER OUR WRITING COMPETITION!! Just send us a description of a colleague or fellow student you admire, and you could win 500 pounds.

Write your article describing his/her appearance, personal qualities and /or mannerisms and hobbies/interests. (120-180 words).

ADJECTIVE FORMATION

If you want to get some more practice on adjective formation, click on the links below.

-Exercise 1.             -Exercise 2 (adjectives+noun formation)

FUTURE

Click Future_1  to see the powerpoint we saw in class about the future tense in English.

If you want to read more, click here.  To get more explanations and activities. To get some more practice, click here and for more exercises.

PAST TENSES REVISION

Click past_tenses to see the powerpoint we saw in class about past simple, continuous and perfect.

NOUN SUFFIXES

Click nounsuffixes-090710142956-phpapp02-1 to see the powerpoint we saw in class about nouns suffixes. You can also read about the topic here.

SO DO I / NEITHER DO I

For those of you who want to practice these structures that we saw in class, click on the links below.

Exercises and more exercises.

With explanations and audio.

HOMEWORK

Textbook. Read text on page 12 and do exercise 1b.

Textbook. Read grammar rules on page 130, 1C, and do exercises on page 131, 1C.

Think of ways of making nouns in English. Ex: happy+ness =happiness.

PRESENT SIMPLE, CONTINUOUS AND PERFECT

Click on the links below to read and practice on these three tenses.

Explanation.

Exercises and more exercises.

HOMEWORK 4/10

Textbook. Page 11. Ex. 7c, 7d.

Textbook. Page 145. Vocab. on sports.

Copy on Pr. Simple and Pr. Continuous.

HOMEWORK 22/09

-Textbook. Page 8. Ex. 1b,c, d.

-Textbook. Read page 130- 1B.  Page 131. Ex. 1B.

HOMEWORK 22/09

-Textbook:          Pages 4, 5. Ex. 1b,c,d. 2c.           Page, 131-1A, grammar revision.

HOMEWORK 20/09

- Adjectives on character and personality. A and B.

-Grammar revision (copy).

CLASSROOM STUFF

Here is something that you may find useful for your classroom.

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