Were adverbs about to drive you crazy?Take it easy and click on the links below to find supplementary explanation of adverbs and exercises.
I hope this helps:
- Types of adverbs
- Position of adverbs
-Exercises
-Exercises on position of adverbs
Saturday 31 October 2009
Year 4: Adverbs
Were adverbs about to drive you crazy?Take it easy and click on the links below to find supplementary explanation of adverbs and exercises.
I hope this helps:
- Types of adverbs
- Position of adverbs
-Exercises
-Exercises on position of adverbs
Year 4: Summary of the classes
-Reading practice: Danger! Sense of humour failure, page18.
-Listening practice: jokes, echo questions, tag questions and So/ Neither do I.
-Grammar: Adverbs pages 19-20 and adverbs bingo.
-Homework
Group A: exercise A page 20 and exercises D and 2A copy 2C 29.
Group B: exercise B page 20 and exercises on adverbs page 129.
Year 4: Happy Halloween!
Julia's time:
Since Halloween was coming, Julia read The Black Cat aloud, a short story by Edgar Allan Poe, the master of horror stories. If you want to learn more about the History of Halloween, click here or watch this video:
Year 1: Summary of the class
Grammar
-We corrected exercise on irregular plurals and we did exercises 1, 2 and 3 in Grammarway 1 pages 6-7.
-We studied demonstratives this, that, these, those. Then, we did exercise C on page 11 and section 1D on page 123. Do you need more practice on demonstratives?
Vocabulary
- We revised classroom language on page 11 and we went through the copy on classroom routines language where you have a list of expressions that can help you in class.
-We learnt that we can use the verbs borrow or lend when asking for things. Since some of you confused them, why don't you click here and do the exercise?
Julia's time
Julia explained us how Americans celebrated Halloween. Then, we did some exercises to practise the vocabulary of this terrifying holiday. If you want to learn more about the history of Halloween, click here.
Monday 26 October 2009
Year 4: Jokes
Sometimes understanding jokes in English may be pretty difficult. If you want to get used to English and American humour, just take a look at these websites, where you'll find lots of cartoons.
Sunday 25 October 2009
Year 4: Summary of the classes
Tuesday
- Listening practice: We watched a video about a festival of concerts called the Proms. Then, SS answered a few questions about the festival and did a gap-fill exercise to learn some common English expressions.
- We started File 1C, which will help you to revise and extend your knowledge of adverbs and the vocabulary of jokes and humour, and we did activities A, B, and C on page 16.
- Julia talked us about American humour and who Americans made jokes about. Then, she told us several jokes and asked SS questions in Have you got a sense of humour? on page 17.
Thursday
-Grammar: echo questions page 17
- Revision: So/ Neither do I
- Listening practice: Understanding jokes page 17
- Pronunciation practice: /dʒ/,/tʃ/ page 17
-At Julia's time SS had to describe two cartoons to their partners (copy 129), who had to choose the funniest caption for each picture.
- Homework: You have to read the text Danger! Sense of humour failure on page 18
Year 1: a/an and irregular plurals
If you want to revise the indefinite article a/an and irregular plurals, check these websites where you can find lots of exercises:
a/an
-http://www.englisch-hilfen.de/en/exercises/nouns_articles/article_a.htm
-http://www.englisch-hilfen.de/en/exercises/nouns_articles/article_a2.htm
-http://www.englisch-hilfen.de/en/exercises/articles/index.php
Irregular plurals
-http://web2.uvcs.uvic.ca/elc/studyzone/330/grammar/irrplu1.htm
-http://www.englisch-hilfen.de/en/exercises/plural1/index.php
-http://www.englisch-hilfen.de/en/exercises/plural2/index.php
-http://www.englisch-hilfen.de/en/exercises/plural3/index.php
Do you still need more practice on irregular plurals? If so, watch the following videos.
Friday 23 October 2009
Year 1
This week we started File 1D, which focuses on the vocabulary of classroom objects and personal possessions. Here you are the summary of the classes:
- Vocabulary: the classroom, common objects pages 10 and 142
-Pronunciation Practice: vowel sounds /ɔː/ /ʊ//ʌ//ɔɪ//ɪə//ʊə/ page 10 and /ɜː//aʊ/ page 9
- Grammar: articles a/an, the and irregular plurals page 11 and pages 6-7 Grammarway 1
- Homework: exercises 1, 2 and 3 Grammarway 1, pages 6-7
Monday 19 October 2009
Year 4: Summary of the class
- Build your vocabulary section page 14:
In order to learn more words related to the media (TV, radio and newspapers), SS completed texts A and B on page 128. Then, we went through the vocabulary of TV and radio programmes.
-Listening practice page 14 :
SS listened to six short extracts of people giving their opinion on topics such as commercials or celebrities.
-We corrected exercises on word order/question formation photocopy 198.
- I gave the compositions back to SS.
We started classes 34 days ago, dont' you think it's time you gave me your student forms?
Remember deadline: October 29th
Year 1
Sunday 18 October 2009
Year 1
If you remember, last week we started file 1C. Here you are the summary of the class:
-Listening practice: Filling in a form
SS listened to a conversation between Mario, an Italian student who wanted to join a language school and the school receptionist. Then, SS completed a form with Mario's information.
- Speaking practice: Personal information
SS asked and answered questions to get to know each other better.
-Listening and pronunciation practice: The alphabet
- Grammar: Possessive adjectives page 122
Homework: For next Monday you have to do exercises on possessive adjectives on page 123 ( section 1C exercises A and B)
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