HAPPY HOLIDAYS (U3)

1. Watch the video.  What types of holidays do they mention?

2. Watch the video again.  Where do the speakers go?  What do they do there?

PAST SIMPLE, PAST CONTINUOUS, USED TO

PAST PERFECT SIMPLE VS CONTINUOUS

EXERCISE 1

EXERCISE 2

PAST SIMPLE, PERFECT AND CONTINUOUS

NOUNS TO ADJECTIVES

 

High Adventure (U7)

1. Watch the video.  What types of holidays do they mention?

2. Watch the video again.  Where do the speakers go?  What do they do there?

PAST SIMPLE, PAST CONTINUOUS, USED TO

PAST PERFECT SIMPLE VS CONTINUOUS

EXERCISE 1

EXERCISE 2

PAST SIMPLE, PERFECT AND CONTINUOUS

NOUNS TO ADJECTIVES

VERB PATTERNS

Verb patterns: verb + infinitive or verb + -ing?

 

Travel and Adventure (C1- U3)

Look at the film posters.  Make predictions about what you think the film will be about.  Then watch the trailers.  Were your predictions accurate?

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?

1. What are some problems with 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.

HELP OTHERS, HELP YOURSELF

Listening comprehension

A VOLUNTEER PROJECT

INVERSION

PRACTICE

Inversion after negative adverbials

Inversion with negative adverbials – adding emphasis 1

Inversion with negative adverbials – adding emphasis 2

Inversion with negative adverbials – adding emphasis 3

More practice - Inversion

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

EXERCISE 1

EXERCISE 2

EXERCISE 3

WOULD AND USED TO

EXERCISE 1

EXERCISE 2

EXERCISE 3

AN INTERVIEW: EVERYDAY ENGLISH

HOLIDAYS (U3)

1. Watch the video.  What types of holidays do they mention?

2. Watch the video again.  Where do the speakers go?  What do they do there?

PAST SIMPLE, PAST CONTINUOUS, USED TO

PAST PERFECT SIMPLE VS CONTINUOUS

EXERCISE 1

EXERCISE 2

PAST SIMPLE, PERFECT AND CONTINUOUS

NOUNS TO ADJECTIVES

 

Around the world in ........ days

Look at the map.  How many countries have you been to?  Which places would you like to visit?

What do people normally do when they travel?  Make a list and compare it with the ones your classmates have made.

COMPARATIVE AND SUPERLATIVE ADJECTIVES

LEARN AND PRACTISE

EXPLANATION

DURBAN

Let's Begin.

 

Talk about this picture.

- How does it make you feel?

- What is the emoji thinking?

- Create your own representation of 2020.  Tell the class about it.

1.  What did you do during your holidays?

2.  How have things changed since the onset of the COVID 19 pandemic?

3.  What have you been doing in your English classes since school started?

4.  What are your plans for this school year?

5.  How do you think this pandemic will evolve?

6.  What do you think of people who don't take precautions like wearing a mask or maintaining a safe distance?

7.  What advice would you give young people who want to have fun but also stay safe during the pandemic?

8.  If they developed a vaccine before next summer, what travel plans would you make?

9.  If you could restart 2020, what would you change?  What would you keep the same?

10.  Have you learnt anything valuable from the COVID 19 pandemic?