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HAVE A NICE SUMMER AND GOOD LUCK IN YOUR EXAM!!

Our Twenty Fifth Session (13 May 2015)

Our very last Wednesday we:

1- Tried to be as quick as possible when answering to some short questions.

e.g. Why did you watch "The Simsons" yesterday?

2- Corrected exercises 4 on page 115.

3- Explained that when you add the suffix -ly to some adjectives, these become adverbs:

e.g. quick (adjective) --- quickly (adverb)

4- Corrected some exercises about conditionals.

5- Thought of our dream jobs and interviewed all our classmates to find out what their dream job was. (Yes/No questions)

6- Explained how to create "Reported Speech" structures (remember that I will send you some useful information about this to keep in mind).

7- Listened to a "First Certificate in English" listening. It wasn't easy at all, but you've improved a lot.

8- Eva and Paqui spoke for about 20 minutes on their rehearsal about the "EOI speaking".

9- José Carlos, "upon" is a synonym for "on", not for "about" ;).

Our Twenty Fourth Session (6 May 2015)

Last Wednesday we:

1- Corrected exercise 7 on page 99 and exercises 1 and 4 on page 101.

2- Corrected the exercises about "Used to". (The photocopy that I gave you on Wednesday 29th April.

3- Explained what modals of abilty are.

4- Did exercise 6 on page 99.

5- Thought of decisions or events that changed the world (Speaking).

6- Spoke around 10 minutes about changes that changed your lives.

7- Did exercises 1 and 3 on page 105.

8- Explained second and third conditionals:

e.g. If I were you, I would study harder (2nd conditional).

9- Did exercise 5 on page 118 and exercises 5 and 6 (speaking) on page 107.

Useful videos for your oral presentation

Have a look at these useful videos:

You can as well check this link: https://www.youtube.com/channel/UC9c0ohGGuFuSh7g23NeQm1Q

Somebody that I used to know

If you want to practise a bit more, here you have a really nice song. You just need to fill in the gaps and look up all the words that you don't know.

I hope you enjoy it!

Here you are the same song but with the lyrics!

Our Twenty Third Session (29 April 2015)

Last Wednesday we:

1- Corrected exercise 9 on page 83 and exercises 10 and 12 on page 86.

2- Played a guessing game where we had to describe words related to the expression: "education".

3- Listened to exercise 1 and 2 on page 92.

4- Spoke a bit about our learning experiences: "What was your best/worst learning experience?"

5- Read the text on page 95 and did exercises 3, 4 and 5.

6- We watched a video about Matilda and discovered what kind of teacher she had: frightening and strict.

7- What type of teacher are you? 

boring-calm-clear-encouraging-enthusiastic-frightening-imaginative-inspiring-interesting-knowledgeable-patient-strict-tolerant-understanding

Happy Mother's Day

Hi all,

If you want your children to learn some nice lyrics, here you are a very easy song for a very special day. 

Happy Mother's Day!