SUMMER REVIEW

Here you are a link to beginners' review. It's very useful for those who passed and didn't. It's interective:
N.E. File Beginners

Practise listening comprehension exercises listening and watching this soap opera (culebron) on the net.
Podcast for beginners

You can also practise and revise your English with these tests. It includes exam papers, results and audios.
Speakout beginners

Examenes septiembre

CALENDARIO EXÁMENES           SEPTIEMBRE 2013- GUARDO


CURSO Y DÍA          EXPRESIÓN ESCRITA            COMPRENSIÓN ORAL               COMPRENSIÓN LECTORA

3 SEPTIEMBRE
1º N. BÁSICO           16.00-16.45(45’)                16.45-17.05(20’)                   17.05-17.35(30’)


5 SEPTIEMBRE
1º N. INT.                   16.30-17.30(60’)               17.30-18.0(30’)                     18.00-18.45(45’)


ORAL EXAMS      4TH SEPTEMBER- 17.00HRS

NOTAS EXAMENES JUNIO

Ya están publicadas las notas de la prueba inglés junio para 1NB

CLAVES:
NP-  NO PRESENTADO
NA- NO APTO IMPORTANTE:
1. PARA PODER SUPERAR EL CURSO CON ÉXITO TIENEN QUE ESTAR   APROBADAS TODAS LAS DESTREZAS
2. EN CASO DE HABER SUSPENDIDO ALGUNA PARTE DEL EXAMEN,
SOLO DEBERÁ PRESENTARSE A DICHA PARTE EN SEPTIEMBRE.
3. LAS CIFRAS INDICAN UN VALOR SOBRE 20
4. PARA APROBAR HAY QUE HABER OBTENIDO AL MENOS UN 12 SOBRE 20.

REVISION DE EXÁMENES. 25 JUNIO, 16.30HRS

PERIODO MATRÍCULA DEL NUEVO CURSO PARA AQUELLOS QUE HABÉIS SUPERADO TODAS LAS DESTREZAS EN JUNIO: 1-15 JULIO

More listening comprehension practice

listening and grammar review
review exercises
Listening 1
Listening 2
review exercises- answer key

key to exam review

cloze tests- key

Listening- KEY
1.
1A  2C  3C  4B  5B
2.
1B  2C  3C  4A  5B

cloze tests and audio

Here you are a likn to 4 cloze tests. Next week I'll publish the answers.
Practice-cloze tests
Listening practice -junio 2013
Listening 1
Listening 2

30th May

Class review 2
Track 1
Track 2
Track 3

28th May

Class review 1
Listening 1
Listening 2
Listening 3

23rd May

We completed the coursebook revising the grammar and vocabulary points.
We also practised the pronunciation classifying words according to stress (t.14.5-14.7).
Then, we read 3 different texts discribing 3 people's lives and the students had to ask and aswer questions about them.(t.14.8)
Finally, we reviewed tenses and questions in English.

Homework: Write a short text about you: where and when you were born, grew up, studied...where you live, what you like and your plans for the future (80-100 words).
WB, unit 14, ex.4-6, 9-12
Unit test 14, Skills test 14, progress test 3, stop and check 4

21st May

During this class we completed the vocabulary section. We studied opposite verbs and how to express feelings.
First, we completed a list with some opposite verbs and completed 7 different situations with the correct verb and tense, then we listened to 6 different conversations and identified the opposing verbs (t.13.10).

After that, we studied how to express feelings: I'm bored, I'm worried... and to give some advice (Why don't you...?)

Then, we started to review the vocabulary learnt throughout the course. In the first exercise, the students had to match verbs and nouns and then create a meaningful sentence:

travel+by train

I'm going to travel by train next week.

Homework: p.107, ex.2,3

                    WB, unit 13, ex.8-16, Unit test 13, skills test 13

                    WB, unit 14, ex.7,8

16th May

We finished the coursebook studying the grammar point "be going to" to express plans and predictions about the future.
We practised asking and answering questions using this new structure and listening and completing a gapped text from p.106 (t14.4)
To finish, we did a series of oral exercises to consolidate the grammar topic.

Homework: Unit 14, WB ex.1-3
                   Read text A,B or C on p,108 and answer the questions in ex.4

14th May

During this session we continued working with the text about Nigel'l holiday. We completed the questions on p.99, we asked and asnwered them in pairs. Then, we listened and checked.(t.13.7) We also filled the gaps of a series of sentences with the correct verb form.
Then, we corrected the comprehension exercises from the text on p.100, "The secret millionaire", and listened to 4 different conversations. The students had to identified the speakers and the content of the conversation.
After that, we moved to unit 14 to study the last grammar point of the course : be going to. This verbal form is used to express future plans and predictions. It 's formed by the present simple of the verb to be, followed by going to and the infinitive of the main verb

He's going to pass the exam

Homework: Unit 13, WB ex.6

                     Ex. 2, photocopy going to

                     Coursebook, p.105, ex.3

9th May- No hay clase...estaremos apoyando la escuela pública...en especial la enseñanza de idiomas pública y de calidad. Nos vemos el 14Th May. Gracias.

7th May

During this session we studied how to form the present continuous in English and its uses.
This new tense is formed by the verb "to be" in the present tense, followed by the main verb in the -ing form.

                     

 am/is/are+verb-ing

I'm wearing

You're wearing

He's wearing

First we read the text in the coursebook, on p.97. We looked at the scene and complete the gaps with the colours and clothes.(t.13.2)

After that, we put into practise the new grammar point describing someone's clothes in the class and then, our own clothes.

We also learnt that to describe what someone is wearing we use the verb "to wear " in present continous: I'm wearing a T-shirt", and to talk about complements like bags or umbrellas we use "to carry": I'm carrying a black handbag".

The main use of the present continuous in English is to describe an action which is happening at the moment of speaking, and it's usually found with expressions of time like: now, right now, at the moment.

To consolidate the use of the present comtinuous, we asked questions about the pictures on p.98. The question to ask was: What are they doing?

After that, we played a miming game. The students read one card and had to act out the action.

We finished the class, comparing the present simple and continuous. The main difference is that we use the present simple to describe routines, daily habits...and the continuous to describe something that is happening now.

We completed one text on p.98 with the correct verbs, and then, we listened and read other text and wrote true sentences about it.

Homework: WB- Unit 13, ex.3-6

                   Read the text on p.101 and complete exercises 3,4

2nd May

During this session we finished unit 12 talking about common signs.
The students first, identidied the places where they could find the signs and then matched them with their meanings.
After that, they listened to some lines of conversation and wrote the letter of the sign they went with (T.12.10)
Then, we studied the differences between countable and uncountsble nouns in English and learnt that we use:
a/an for singular countable nouns, for example, an apple, a bottle...
some for plural coountable nouns, some apples, some bottles in affirmative sentences
         for uncountable nouns, some money, some sugar in affirmative sentences
any, for plural countable nouns, any apples, any bootles,  in interrogative and negative sentences
       for uncountable nouns, any money, any sugar, in interrogative and negative sentences.

And finally we studied the vocabulary related to colours and clothes.

Homework, WB, unit 12, ex.12-15
                   Unit Test 12, Skills test 12

30th April

During this session we studied the vocabulary related to food and restaurants.
To start with, we matched the food and pictures on p.92. Then, we answered the comprehension questions about the people from 3 different countries.
Then, we listened to Liam and Mandy ordering at the Café fresco (T.12.9). We matched the sentences to the person who pronounced them and after that, we role-played a similar conversation using a real menu.

Homework: WB Unit 12, ex.8-11
                   Coursebook, p.95, ex.1,2

25th April

During this session we continued working the differences between would like+noun, would like to+verb.

We started the class listening to a couple talking about his birthday, the students had to tell why the man was not happy and what the woman wanted to do. After that they need to complete the blanks in a dialogue.
Then, we listened to 3 people talking about their birthday wishes and they students completed a chart. To consolidate these 2 structures, they students had to interviewed their partners asking:

What would you like for your birthday?

What would you like to do on your birthday?

After that, we studied another important structure: Like+verb-ing, like+noun

First we listened to 2 dialogues and the students decides which conversation was about what you like day after day and which conversation was about what you want to do now.

To finish the class, we did two oral activities. In one of them, the students talked about what they liked doing, theiir hobbies,etc...ANd so, we could practise the structure like+verb-ing
And in the other one, we consolidated the structure would like to+infinitive verb, to talk about our dreams in the near future.

Work online the grammar and exercises:
like and would like

Homework: Photocopy like+ing, exercises a,b
                     WB unit 12, ex.6,7

18th April

Today, we finished unit 11 doing a role-play actvity. The students had to write a dialogue about a problem, and the read it out in class.
After that, we started a new unit. In unit 12 we talked about places (shops) and the activities you can do in those places. We listened to Adam shopping and tried to completed the conversations (T.12.2)
We learnt about a new structure: I'd Like...(I would like). We use this phrase to ask for things politely in a shop:

I'd like some ham, please

Or we can also ask for things or offer them with a question:

Would you like anything else?

Would you like something to eat?

We also remember when to use some/any:

some: affirmative

any: negative and questions

But we noticed that when we want to offer something to a friend we use some and not any in the question.

Would you like some cake?

This is because we expect a positive answer and we want our friend to feel comfortable.

We continued with another listening comprehension exercise, ex.2, and we completed 2 dialogues between Adam and a friend of his. To consolidate this new structure we role-played a situation with a classmate: we had to make our friend feel at home and offer him something to eat, drink or do.
We finished the class starting the grammar exercises form the photocopies. They need to be completed at home.
Homework: WB unit 12, ex.1-5
                   Read texts on p.92, A,B or C, and do ex.2

16th April

During this session we kept on working with the verb CAN. In this case, we read a text about Internet and the different things we can do on the Internet: you can chat with friends, you can send emails, you can listen to music,etc...
We answered some comprehension questions and correct some wrong sentences about the text.
And after that, we listened to 6 peope to talk about when and why they use Internet (t.11.9).
Then, we talked about everyday problems. We looked at some pictures on p.87 and tried to guess what the problem was., then, we match some sentences with the pictures and finally, we listened to some conversations and completed the gaps in the dialogues.
We finished the class, listening to more problems. First, we identidied the place where they happened and then, we answered the following questions in each case: What's the problem? What happens?

Homework: WB unit 11, ex.11-16
                   Unit test 11, Skills test 11

answer key- photocopies of grammar

Here you have a link to the answer key for the grammar exercises (photocopy unit58...):
fotocopias gramatica- soluciones

11th April

During this class, the students continued working with the verb CAN. On this ocassion they tried to distinguish between the affirtamtive and negative form pronunciation.
First, we listened to a girl, Jennifer, talking about herself. The students listened and ticked the activities she can do and then, we asked our classmates and teacher.(T.11.6)
We also learnt how to form adverbs from verbs. The regular way is to add the siffix -ly to the adjective. But we studied some irregular forms like well, hard and fast.
To apply this new grammar rule, we practised with our partners asking and answering questions about our abilities.
To finish the class, we learnt that CAN has another value: it is used to ask for permission, request and offer. We first reordered some words to create a request question and then, we matched the questions with their answers.

Homework: WB Unit 11, ex.3-8
                   Photocopy can,can't, ex.1-5

9th April

We started the class revising the pasi simple tense. We did a written activity. The students received a set of card and they had to put them in order and then tell a love story.
Then we went back to the book and started unit 11. First, we asked some questions about computers and what do we use it for.
After that, we paid attention to some pictures and matched them with the professions and roles and completed some sentences using these words.
Then, we learnt how to work with the verb CAN. We learnt that this is a modal verb and it had the same form for all the persons. It can't go with the auxiliary do and it is followed by the infinitive without to:

Affirmative: I can dance

Negative: I can't dance

Interrogative: Can you dance?

To finish the class we listened to Oliver and Dominique and tried to complete the gaps in the dialogue (T.11.4)

Homework: WB unit 11, ex.1-4

Easter cake pops

21st March

During this class, the students talked about their favourite kind of holiday, the things they like doing and not.
We asked our partners about their last holiday.
Then, we learnt some structures we can use at a tourist office. First, we listened to 3 different conversations, completed the gaps and finally, we role-played a similar dialogue with our classmates.(t.10.11)

Homework:Writing a composition talking about your last holiday (p.78, ex.4). 80 words
                  WB Unit 10, ex.15-18
                  Progress test 2, Unit test 10, skills test 10,stop and check 3

19th March

During this session, we talked about our last weekend. the students read a questionnaire about different activities and they needed to tick those they did last weekend. Then, we explained it to the rest of the class.
We also learnt how to make conversation going, showing interest. Using expressions like: "Oh,really?", "Oh, good!"...
Finally, we studied the vocabulary related to sports and the verbs we use to talk about those activities: play,go and do.
We finished the class, comparing the present and the past. We listened to a couple talking about the place they usually go on holiday and where they went last winter.(T.10.9)

Homework: p.77, ex.5
                    WB unit 10, ex.9-14

14th March

We continued working with the past simple of the regular/irregular verbs.
During this class, we studied how to ask questions and how to negate in the past simple tense. We use the auxiliary verb "do" and we apply the same rules as for the present simple.

Questions

(Wh-question)+did+subject+verb?

Negatives

Subject+didn't+verb

We have to remember that the main verb is in the infinitive form without to.

Then, we listened to Angie and Rick talking about their weekend (T10.3). The students listened and complete the dialogue. After that, we practise some questions in the past to talk about our last weekend and yesterday. Then, we completed some questions and checked the information and finally they told what Angie didn't do.
To finish the class, we completed a gapped text with the correct form of the verbs in the past and did an oral activity to practise thew new grammatical structures.
Homework: Workbook Unit 10, ex.1-8
                     Photocopy- past simple, questions and negatives, ex.1,2

12th March

Yesterday, we continued working with the past simple. We corrected some pending exercises from the photocopies and we did an activity in which the students had to review the past simple of the irregular verbs and some common expressions which go with these verbs.

Then, we started the new lesson, unit 10. During this lesson, the students will study the past simple of the regular verbs.
First, we listened to Angie talking about her weekend. The students had to tick the actions she mentioned and then, report the information to their classmates.(T.10.1)

We learnt that the past regular tense is formed adding "-ed" at the end of the infinitive form. What is peculiar about these verbs is their pronunciation.
We can pronounce the past tense in 3 different forms /t/,/d/ or /Id/. Everything depends on the pronunciation of the final letter in the infinitive form.

watched= /t/

listened=/d/

needed= /Id/

want=/Id/

Homework: Photocopy- Past simple, affirmative (ex.1,2)
                   Unit test 9, Skills test 9

7th March

During this session we work the past simple of the irregular verbs. On page 127 we have a list of those verb we need to study.
To practise these in the affirmative form, we do an activity which consists of matching some pictures with some sentences which describe them.
Then, in pairs, the students have to complete the gaps in a text with the correct verb in the past form.
We finish the class, studying 3 of the most common verbs in English "have, do and go". We learn some frequent expressions but in the past.

Homework: p. 70, ex.5 (Talking about you)
                  WB unit 9, ex.10,11,12, 16-20
                  Photocopy Past simple (affirmative),ex.3,4

5th March

We continue working with the past simple of the verb to be. We start the session asking personal questions about famous people using was/were.

Who was s/he?

When was s/he born?

Where was s/he born?

What was his/her job?

Then we corrected some exercises from the cousebook, p.67, ex.5. The students listen and check if their answer are right (T.9.10) and finally we do the check it exercise to close this grammar point.

Then, we study in one of the photocopies (be-past), some expressions in the past time, like last night, yesterday, a week ago.

Finally, we review the months of the year and the students learn how to say dates.
We write: 10April;April 10;10/4/09 but we say: the tenth of April.

Homework: WB Unit 9, ex.5-9, 13-15.
                     Photocopy "be- past", ex.3,4

28th February

We start a new unit in the coursebook, unit 9. During this unit we'll learn about the past simple.
To introduce the topic, we review the numbers from 1-1000, then we study how to say the dates. We listen and underline the years he hear (T.9.1).
Then, we study some expressions in the past form to practice the past simple of the verb to be. One of these phrases is the question: When were you born?
The students listen and write the years when Jane Austen and Luciano Pavarotti were born.
Then, the have to practise in pairs but using this question with the different persons :

When were you born?

When was he born?

When was she born?

When were they born? 

After that, we listen to Magalie talking about her family. The students have to note down the years they hear and also the relationship they have with Magalie (T.9.6). After listening, they work in pairs and ask and asnwer question about Magalie's family.
To consolidate this topic, the students write the names of two people and their classmates need to ask questions to know more about them.
To finish the class, we match some photographs with the professions and then listen and write the years we hear( 9.7).
We learn how to make questions in the past simple form of the verb to be and how to negate.

Who was Shakespeare?

He wasn't a singer. He was a writer.

Homework: WB Unit 9, ex.1-4
                    Exercise 1-2 from photocopy PAst simple (be)
                    Exercise 5, coursebook,p.67

26th February

During this session we work how to ask and give directions. The students practise with the map on the coursebook and the photocopies.

Then we listen to a girl talking about her favourite place (photocopy 4.12), answer some comprehension questions and underline the expressions she mentions.

And finallly, we review numbers from 0-1000.


Homework: WB unit 8, ex.14-18
                   Unit test 8, skills test 8
                   Photocopy There is/there are, ex.3,4

21st February

During this class, we review the prepositions of place with a board game called "Where's the dog?".
After the game, we listen to Steve talking about his hometown Vancouver (T.8.10). First we tick the things he mentions and then, we answer some comprehension questions.

After that, we listen to 4 different conversations and the students have to complete a chart with the information about the content oof these conversations and the people he talks to.(T8.11)

Finally, in groups, the students talk about their hometown.

We finish the class, watching a video from the BBC. It's about 50 places to visit before you die. The students watch the video and answer the comprehension questions.

Homework: 

Composition.Choose between ex.5, writing, on p.62 (Write about a town you know)

Or the composition in the photocopy of the video comprehension. (Your favourite   place). 80 words.(before 5th March)

19th February

We continue studying the propositions of place. In the book, we pay attention to Robert's room and try to describe it completing the sentences with a proposition. Then , we listen and check (t.8.6). After that, we ask and asnwer questions about Robert's things. We use the following structure:

Where's the ball?  It's...

Where are the keys?   They're...

We have more practice with an exercise in whch the students have to reorder some words to form a question. After checking (t.8.7), the students ask and answer those questions.
To finish with this section, we try to find the differences between two room. The students work in pairs and describe their own photograph. After that, they listen to someone describing one of those rooms and guess which room it is.

We finish the class, reading and correcting the exercises from the text about Vancouver (t.8.9). We write a title to each paragraph, answer some comprehension questions and finally, find adjectives to describe different places.

Homework: Photocopy "Houses", ex.1,2.
                    Workbook, ex. 8-13

14th February

We start a new unit from the coursebook, unit 8.

In this unit, we study prepositions of place and the verbal structure: there is/are.

To introduce the topic, we talk about our houses, if we live in a house or a flat. Then, we focus on some pictures of parts of a house and we match the numbers with the things in the house.

After that, we revise the structure there is/are.

There is a table=singular

There are some tables= plural

There isn't a table= negative+singular

There aren't any tables= negative+plural

Is there a table?= interrogative+singular

Are there any tables?= interrogative+plural

To consolidate this new structre we do some practical exercises. First, we listen to Robert describing his living room, the students have to complete the text.

Then, we look at the photo of Robert's room. We describe it using the vocabulary from ex.2 and there is/are and ask questions about it, too.

Finally, we listen to Robert's conversation with his mother and the students need to answer some comprehension exercises.

To finish the class, we introduce the new grammar point: prepositions of place. We pay attention to some slides on the board and try to describe a pair of photos using "there is/are"+ prepositions of place.

Homework: Read the text on p.61 about Vancouver and do ex.3,4,5.
                   Workbook. Unit 8, ex.1-7

Prueba de progreso febrero 2013

Ya podéis consultar las notas del examen de febrero. Para ello, debéis ir a la pagina de la EOI PALENCIA- sección Guardo, pinchar donde dice "aquí", e introducir vuestros datos.(DNI+número matricula).
Cualquier duda, poneros en contacto conmigo.
La revisión la haremos en clase el próximo 14 febrero.

31st January

PRACTICE TEST- 1NB

CLOZE TESTS
A typical Thursday
1. always 2. past   3.by   4.On   5.a    6.In    7.for    8.to    9.at

My university friends
1. is   2.from   3.has    4.his    5.uncles   6. aunts    7.English    8.is    9brother    10. sister    11. unemployed

29th January

In this class, we study how to ask questions politely. In this case we use "Can I...?".
First we look at some photos and identify the place and the activity we can do there, then we listen to a girl in different situations and try to find out where she is and what she wants (T7.9).
Then we try to complete some dialogues, we listen and check (T7.10) and finally we roleplyed those dialogues in pairs.
We finish the class, correcting the vocabulary exercises. They are opposite adjectives. And we read a postcard, look for the adjectives and classify them.

Homework: WB Unit 7, ex.10-14
                   Unit test 7, Skills test 7

24th January

During this session, we continue with the coursebook. We start a new section, and talk about the demonstratives: this/that.

This expresses proximity, things that are near us.

This is my book.

That is used for distant things, they are not near us.

That book is Ana's 

Then, we revise the new grammar point: object pronouns.
We do some practical exercises on p.51, and we also laern how to make questions with "why" and how to answer those questions with "because" (p.51,ex.3). For our next class we have to complete at home the vocabulary exercises on p.52 (adjectives), ex.1,2. Read and listen to a postcard from San Francisco and do ex.3 (T.7.8)

Homework: WB Unit 7 ex,9, ex,2-5

EXAMENES FEBRERO

5 FEBRERO  16.30HRS

COMPRESIÓN ORAL

COMPRENSIÓN ESCRITA

EXPRESIÓN ESCRITA

7 FEBRERO

ORALES 16.15

22nd January

We start a new lesson, unit 7.

During this unit we'll learn about objective and possessive pronouns, demonstratives and requests (Can I...?).
We start the class asking our partner about his/her favourites, using the question:

What's your favourite...food/drink/sport...?

We continue revising the question words:

What/when/where/how/who/how much/how many/why

Remember that these question words come at the beginning of a question. And sometimes they accompany a noun/adjective when we want to know some specific information. For example,

What colour is your car?

What drinks do you like?

How old is your daughter?

How many languages do you speak?

Then, we read and listened about Gina's website (T7.1) and complete some sentences with possessive adjectives and object pronouns.

We study that object pronouns are used in place of a noun, thay come after a verb or a preposition:

I love him!

I'm in love with him!

Subject Object

I        me

you        you

he        him

she          her

it         it

we          us                                                                                                                                                    

you                 you  

they          them

We also correct a short text (p. 49, ex.6) about Gina and we finish the class studying the possessive pronouns: they are used in place of a possessive adjective+noun.

That's my car=That car is mine. It's not yours!

possessive adjective possessive pronoun

my mine

your yours

his his

her hers

our ours

your yours

their theirs

Practise online:

pronouns (solo hacer subject, object, possessivesnadjectives and pronouns) 

Homework: Complete the photocopy about possessive pronouns
             WB Unit 7, ex 1,6,7,8

17th January

We continue revising English for the exam. In this ocassion, we correct the cloze test about Becky and did the listening and reading comprehension exercises.

We finish the class listening to a song "You're beautiful". And we review the subject pronouns and possessive adjectives.

15th January

Today we have a class review. We correct some of the pending exercises. Like those from the photocopy called "Routines".
Then, we go to the book and correct the text about Lois. Here you have the audio to check your answers (T.6.11).And also the exercises 3/5.

To consolidate the structures about the present simple and telling the time, we watch a video. Some people talk about their daily routines (videos section)
Finally, we start a cloze text which will be completed in our next session.

Here you have the key to the reading comprehension from the photocopy "Habits and routines":
Activity 2- 1. life in Britain 2. life in the USA

Activity3- 2. People usually have lunch at 12.30 or 1.00 o'clock in Britain   3. British people often eat a sandwich for lunch.  4-Restaurants usually close at 11.30 in Britain.  5-No, he isn't. He's from Seville          6. Breakfast in the USA is usually big.   7. Spanish people often have lunch in a restaurant.    8. American families usually have dinner at 5.30 or 6 o'clock.

Activity 4- 2.f   3.a   4.e   5.c   6.b

Language study
Activity 1. 2. Tuesday  3. Wednesday   4. Thursday    5.Friday    6.Saturday    7.Sunday

Activity2. 1-1.on   2.in   3.on   4.in            2. 1.on   2.at   3.at   4.at

Activity3. 2. at eight o'clock 3. in the cafeteria at work 4. don't work 5. morning 6. eat out/meet friends 7.a Chinese 8. read books and listen to music.

Activity4. 2. I don't go to work at 9 o'clock. I go to work at 8 o'clock    3. I don't have lunch at home. I have lunch in the cafeteria at work.   4. I don't work at the weekend. I work Monday to Friday.    5. On Saturday I don't do the housework in the afternoon. I do the housework in the morning.    6. On Saturday evening i don't go to the cinema. I eat out/meet friends.   7. I don''t often eat out at an Indian restaurant. I eat out at a Chinese restaurant.   8. On Sunday, I don't watch TV. I read books and listen to music.

Activity 5. 2. Do you have a shower in the evening?   3. Do you eat out on Friday?    4. Do you work on Saturday?    5. Do you play football on Tuesday?    6. Do you do the housework at the weekend?

10th January

Today, we study how to make questions and negative sentences in the present simple but in the third person singular.

Does he/she like pizza? 

Yes he does.

No she doesn't

He/she doesn't like pizza.

First, we do an exercise of completing sentences with the information from Elliot's text. Then, we read the grammar point on p. 125 and put into practice the new structures with an oral activity and a grammatical exercise (p. 43, ex. 5,6).
To close the grammar point we finally complete a chart with the present simple forms.
And after that, we listen to a phone conversation between Elliot and his sister Lois (t.6.12). The students write the missing words in the dialogue.

Homework
Read the text about Lois on p.44 and complete it with the verb from the box (ex.2).
Write a composition about a friend or a member of your family. (p.45,ex.6).80words. (Deadline 20th January).
Unit test 6, Skills test 6, Stop and check 2.

8th January

We start the class revising the days of the week and the prepositions of time. To consolidate the new structures we complete the exercise 5 on page 47 and ask the questions to our classmates and then, we listen to a pop song 'Friday I'm in love'(The Cure) and complete the blanks in the lyrics.
After that, we read about Elliot's day on page 42. Then, we do a comprehension exercise in which the students have to write the times in a series of sentences.
The students learn about the third person singular in English. To form it we need to add an -s at the end of the verb. And they also study the meaning, use and position of the frequency adverbs like 'always, sometimes and never' (before a verb but after the verb to be).
To finish, the class we practise the pronunciation of the -s at the end of the verbs.
In our next class we'll learn how to form questions and negatives in the third person singular.
Homework.
Unit 6,ex. 5,6.