29.04.20

Hi! How are you? It seems that the lockdown is coming to an end (come to an end=terminarse). 😄 yaaaay!!

Here are today's activities. You already know vocabulary about the family but there are some words that might be new to you. So I recommend that you do the activities. There are vocabulary activities and a listening activity.

Here are the activities, the answers and the script

And here's this week's idiom:

• Idiom: Face the music
• Meaning: to accept responsibility for something you have done.
• Example: She lied to me, so she'll have to face the music.

Can you think of another example in which you can use the idiom?



Stay safe 🙂

27.04.20

Hi there!

Here are the activities and the answers

As you will see, the activities are about celebrities and there's a revision of "whose" and "'s". As we studied it before, I will not send you any more grammar activities about it. But you can play the games if you want to revise:

Have a great day

28.04.20

Hi there!

How you doing?

Today we're going to read a text about the top airports in the world. Go to page 21 and do activities 5a, 5b and 5c.

Here are the answers: Click here

I found an interesting video from Amigos Ingleses about airports, in case you want to watch it.

Today's idiom is: 

Face the music

Meaning: to accept responsibility for something you have done.

Example: She lied to me, so she'll have to face the music.

Can you think of another example?

Quote:

 "Books are the plane, and the train, and the road. They are the destination and the journey. They are home.

By Anna Quindlen

What do you think about the quote? Who's Anna Quidlen?

27.04.20

Hi ! 

Today we are going to learn how to make questions using the verb be / present simple:

Firstly, open your Student's book at page 41 do activity 3A (re-order the words). Answer the questions.

Then, go to page 104 (Grammar Bank 7A). Read the rules. Look at some more examples:

Questions with be
Question word	Verb to be	Subject	….
Where What time How	is Are Is is are	Ana? you Ireland it? you?	a student? a big country?

Questions with other verbs
Question word	Do / does	Subject	Infinitive	….
Where When What time How	does Do do does do	Ana you Paul and Lisa your daughter you	live? like study finish go	curry? German? work? to work?

Let's practise a little bit more:

Do activities 7A a , b and c (page 105)

Here are the answers. Click here

22.04.20

Hi! How are you? Today we are going to revise what we saw yesterday. 

• Let's start with some activities: Click here to download them. Do activities: 1, 2, 3 and 4A. Here are the answers

• As we learnt about how to order a coffee, I thought that this video might me interesting for you. It's from Amigos Ingleses. I recommend that you watch it.

• And today's idiom is pretty easy. Can you guess?

-Idiom: time flies
-Meaning: time passes surprisingly quickly.
-Example: time flies when I'm on holiday!

-Homework: Can you think of another example where you would use the idiom?

• Lastly, if you want to practise "the time" a little bit more you can play the following game:

21.04.20

Hello! Today we are going to practise pronunciation and revise a little bit of grammar and vocabulary.

If you open your Student's book at page 21, you will see that we are going to practise sentence stress and fast speech (the way people usually speak)

• Do activity 4A. Listen here
• Read the fast speech box.
• Do activity 4B. Listen here
• If you would like to see other examples of fast speech click here

Let's revise a little bit. Open your Workbook at page 17. do activities 1A, 1B and 2.

Here are the answers

And today's idiom is pretty easy. Can you guess?

• Idiom: time flies
• Meaning: time passes surprisingly quickly.
• Example: time flies when I'm on holiday!

Today's quote is...

"When you talk, you are only repeating what you already know. But if you listen, you may learn something new."

By: Dalai Lama

• What does this quote mean to you? 
• When you write about Dalai Lama, don't write a very detailed biography. Just explain to me who is he in a couple of sentences. 

20.04.20

Hi!

We are going to continue with our "practical English" lessons. You will have to watch the following video:

Click to download the activities: activities
Click to download the answers: answers
Click to read the script (only if you need it) : script

Adapted from : English File Third Edition. Elementary

20.04.20

Hi! Today we are going to listen to an interview with a sportswoman.

Open your Student's book at page 40. Do activities:

2A Read about Verónica Cuadrado and answer the questions.
2B Listen to the interview and number the questions in order. Listen HERE
2C Write her answers

Here's the SCRIPT

Here are the ANSWERS

Take care

17.04.20

Hi! The other day we looked at what three travellers said about their future plans. Let's now focus on the grammar aspects to talk about plans. (you might already know about it, but let's revise a little bit)

Open your Student's book at page 21. Do activities:

• 3A  (Complete with "going to", listen and check AUDIO
• 3B (Write PL, if it refers to a plan, or PR, if it refers to a prediction.)
• 3C (Go to Grammar Bank 3A (pagee 130). Read about "going to".)

ANSWERS

As you have read, "going to" is formed with the verb be +going + infinitive and it is used for plans and intentions. The plan might be in the near future or more distant. Look at the following examples:

• I'm going to do a lot of exercise this evening.
• After I finish University I'm going to travel all over South America.

We also use it for predictions when there's some evidence, for example we can see something:

• Be careful! Those books are going to fall
• Look at the clouds. It's going to rain. 

Now, let's put this into practice. Because of the lockdown, I think a lot about all the things that I'm going to do when this is over. Read the following text about some people's plans. TEXT

What about you? What are you going to do after the lockdown? Write about your plans and send them by email. Here are MY PLANS. 

Take care

16.04.20

Hello! How are you?

We are going to start unit 7 and today we are going to learn about sports.

Let's start with a question: What are the top 5 popular sports in Spain? What do you think? Maybe...

• Football?
• Basketball?
• Tennis?
• Cycling?
• or baseball?

Open your Student's book at page 40 (click here if you don't have the book) and do activities:

• 1A: Look at the photos and match with the sports in exercise 1B
• 1B: Listen and check. Click here.  Answer: Are the sports in the photos popular in your country? Send your answer by email
• 1C: Read and complete with the sports in exercise 1B
• 1D: Read again and listen. Click here
• 1E: What sports do you do? What sports do you watch? Do you have a favourite team? Send your answers by email.

ANSWERS

Here's a game if you want to practise more:

15.04.20 + idiom

Hi there! How are you? I hope you are all fine.

Today we are going to learn some expressions related to buying a coffee in a coffee shop or a bar.

In order to do so, please click here to download the activities

Click here to see the answers.

If you need a script, click here

Here are both videos:

(For exercises 1 and 2)

(For exercises 4 and 5)

And here's today's idiom:

Image from Flickr

• Idiom: to put all your eggs in one basket
• Meaning: to depend for your success on a single person or plan of action
• Example: I'm applying for several jobs because I don't want to put all my eggs in one basket.

Can you think of anything similar in Spanish? Maybe "jugárselo todo a una carta"?