Thursday 30 November 2023

LISTENING ACTIVITIES (A1)

LISTENING - ACTION VERBS: 1A

LISTENING COMPREHENSION ANSWERS - 1A

LISTENING COMPREHENSION - ANIMALS: 2E













 

Monday 27 November 2023

LEISURE AND FASHION



What do the young people in this video do in their free time.  Write down what you hear.



What did people in the U.S.A. do for fun?  How does that compare with the way people have fun there today?










PRESENT PERFECT TENSE: FORM AND USAGE

PRESENT PERFECT TENSE: EVER, NEVER, JUST, ALREADY, YET


PRESENT PERFECT TENSE: STILL, FOR, SINCE








Sunday 26 November 2023

TRAVEL AND ADVENTURE (U3)

 


YOUTH VOLUNTEERS

1.  Watch the video.  What are some advantages of being a youth volunteer?

2.  Would you like to be a youth volunteer?  Why or Why not?

3.  Do you think there is anything negative about being a youth volunteer?


Why does JK Rowling try to dissuade young people from participating in volunteer projects in, specifically, orphanages?


Volunteer Tourism, according to Samantha Nutt? 

2. What can people who want to help do instead?



As you watch the above video, make notes on some of Charlotte Baker Maher's main points.  Write a summary of her Ted Talk.

A VOLUNTEER PROJECT


INVERSION


PRACTICE

Inversion after negative adverbials

Inversion with negative adverbials – adding emphasis 1

More notes on Inversion

INVERSION

NARRATIVE TENSES

GRAMMAR: NARRATIVE TENSES



NARRATIVE TENSES:  FUTURE IN THE PAST

MORE ABOUT NARRATIVE TENSES


LET'S PRACTISE

NARRATIVE TENSES




WOULD AND USED TO





AN INTERVIEW: EVERYDAY ENGLISH








Wednesday 22 November 2023

DINOSAURS AND OTHER PRE-HISTORIC ANIMALS




Identify the animals in the picture above.

             
VERTEBRATES


INVERTEBRATES

WATCH THE VIDEOS AND COMPLETE THE WORKSHEET
The animal kingdom - classification diagram, una ficha interactiva de janinewilliams
liveworksheets.com


READING COMPREHENSION

1.       What are dinosaurs?

They were _____that lived on earth for ____ million years during the _______era.

2.       What is a fossil?

Fossils formed when a dinosaur’s teeth and bones turned into ________________.

3.       What was the biggest dinosaur? __________________________________.

4.       How long was the mamenchisaurus’s neck? _________________________.

5.       How long was the smallest dinosaur? ______________________________.

6.       The gallimimus was one of the ____________________________ dinosaurs.

7.       The Tyrannosaur Rex was the best ________________________________.

8.       What was the biggest carnivore? __________________________________.

9.       The dinosaur with the biggest head had a very small ___________________.

10.   What is a:

Carnivor________________________________________________________.

Herbivore_______________________________________________________.

11.   A pterosaur could _______________________________________________.

12.   Dinosaurs laid ______________________________________________________________.

13.   What happened to the dinosaurs?

______________________________________________________________.



1.1.  A velociraptor has got a long tail to ________________ _________________.

2 2.  It had feathers to ________________ _________________.

33.  Velociraptors lived in ___________________.

1. 



1.       1. The diplodocus lived during the ____________________ period.

2.      2.  It was very __________________________________________.

3.      3.  It had a very ____________________________________ head.

4.     4.   It was a:        a. herbivore                    b. carnivore                      c. omnivore




1.  1. They were more comfortable:    a. on land             b. in water           c. in the air

2.  2. They have got lungs.                       TRUE                                     FALSE




1.   1.   It could __________________________________________.

2.   2.   It is called the _____________________________________.

3.   3.  It had wide ________________________________________.

4.   4.  It ate a lot of _______________________________________.


LISTENING COMPREHENSION AND GRAMMAR ACTIVITIES

Watch or listen to the video and complete the activities below.

THE WORLD OF DINOSAURS


THE INFINITIVE OF PURPOSE


Listen to the chant again and answer the questions with the infinitive.

1. Why does the boy catch the bus?
2. Why does the boy sit down with his mum and dad?
3. Why does he come home at 8 o'clock?
4. Why does he drink milk?
5. Why does he go upstairs?
6. Why does he use shampoo?
7. Why does he brush his teeth?
8. Why does he go to bed?



CREATIVE WRITING

Create an animal.  Describe it.  Write about where it lives; how it is adapted to its environment and how it moves.  Use vocabulary related to animals and the infinitive of purpose.















Friday 17 November 2023

LEISURE AND PLEASURE

 


What do the young people in this video do in their free time.  Write down what you hear.


What did people in the U.S.A. do for fun?  How does that compare with the way people have fun there today?















Tuesday 14 November 2023

At school






TELLING TIME


ORDINAL NUMBERS




CLASSROOM OBJECTS


IN THE CLASSROOM

Describe the picture above.  Is your classroom the same or different?



LISTENING COMPREHENSION: PEOPLE IN MY CLASS

COMPARE AND CONTRAST
Watch the video about a school in Britain.  

How is the school in the video the same as yours?  How is it different?  
Describe Jamie's school day.

DAILY ROUTINES WITH ADVERBS OF FREQUENCY

DAILY ROUTINES: THIRD PERSON SINGULAR

Now talk about the daily routines of people in your family.























 

FEELINGS

 




Watch the above video and list the feelings mentioned.

Watch the video again and answer these questions:

1. What are some of the problems the children describe?

2. Why is it important not to ignore our feelings?

3. According to the psychologist, what are some ways of dealing with our 

feelings? 

Watch the next video and answer these questions:

1.  Why do we experience emotions?

2.  Why is it important to understand what we are feeling?


How emotional are you?  Discuss your reactions to different life situations with your classmates.

What advice would you give for different situations?

Do the listening activity.



MODAL VERBS AND THE INFINITIVE OF PURPOSE



MODALS 2 by Janine on Scribd


ADJECTIVES:  Something ING  ⇒  makes you feel ED

1. What do you find: “Boring”, “Exciting”, “Frightening” and “Disgusting”?

2.  How do these activities make you feel?  

3.  Look at the picture below.  Describe what you see.  

4.  Create a short story with your classmates inspired by the picture.  Use adjectives ending in -ing and -ed.


BBC One Christmas 2017 | The Supporting Act

1.Watch the Video and talk about how the girl felt
- when she came out of the school.
- when she gave her dad the talent show leaflet.
- when her dad answered the call.
- when she rehearsed at home, in the street...

2.How did her dad feel when he saw her jumping on the escalators?

3.Why did she slam the door?

4.How did she feel when she ...
- drew the curtains?
- couldn't remember the dance?
- when her dad came out of the audience to help?
- the dance finished?






The Happy Prince 
by Oscar Wilde

1.  What feelings or emotions can you identify in the story?  Explain the contexts.
2.  What do you think are the four main ideas in the story?
3.  Share your ideas with a classmate.  Decide on the three most important ideas.
4.  Provide two supporting details for each idea.



Sunday 5 November 2023

Getting started



TEST YOUR ENGLISH 


DAILY ROUTINES

1. What does Mr Bean do at:

   - eight o'clock?

   - ten to nine?

   - nine o'clock?

2. Where does Mr Bean brush his teeth?

3. Where does Mr Bean go?


ACTIVITIES



DAILY ROUTINES: LEARN

DAILY ROUTINES: VOCABULARY

COMPREHENSION ACTIVITY: MR TUMBLE'S BEDTIME ROUTINE

SCHOOL TIMETABLE

AFTER SCHOOL

MY DAY