martes, 24 de mayo de 2016

Superlative adjectives

24 de mayo de 2016
* FOTOCOPIA 24-05-16. Pag 1. 9C. GRAMMAR comparative adjectives
a) 2/ A man is slower than a horse/  3- The Blu-ray technology is newer than the MP3 technology/
    4- Russia is bigger than Canada/ 5- A Cartier watch is more expensive than a swatch watch/
    6- Shanghai is more crowed than Istambul/ 7- New York is hotter than London/
    8- Travelling by car is more dangerous than travelling by plane/
    9- Oranges are more healthy- healthier than apples/
 10- Burj Khalifa tower is higher than Empire State Building/11- Buenos Aires is drier than Roma/
 12- Stockholm is sunnier than Paris

ANNOTATIONS
- Son válidas las dos formas del comparativo healthy - HEALTHIER - MORE HEALTHY

* STUDENT´S BOOK. Pag. 142. 10A Superlative adjectives
- Se utiliza el superlativo para decir cual es lo mayor de algo, es lo más.
      Ej.: The biggest house in the street
- El superlativo siempre va precedido del articulo THE
      Ej.: The hottest in the oven
- Después del superlativo, para refererise a lugares se utiliza la preposición IN, nunca OF
      Ej.: The country coldest in the world

-  Palabra                     Adjetivo      Comparative              Superlative                 AÑADIMOS
   una sola silaba              cold                 colder                      the coldest             +est al adjetivo
   term en vocal+cons        big                 bigger                      the biggest        doble consonante + est
   term en Y                       dry                 drier                         the driest             quitamos la y + iest
   más de dos silabas   dangerous    more dangerous   the most dangerous   +most antes del adjetivo

  IRREGULARES
                                 Adjetivo          Comparative                  Superlative 
                                   GOOD            BETTER                      THE BEST
                                   BAD                WORSE                       THE WORST
                                   FAR                FURTHER                   THE FURTHEST



* STUDENT´S BOOK. Pag. 143. 10A
a) 1- the hottest/ 2- the cheapest/ 3- the worst/ 4- the easiest/ 5- the wettest/ 6- the longest/
    7- the furthest/ 8- the dirtiest

b) 1- Our house is the biggest house in the street/ 2- For me, Saturday is the best day of the week/
    3- My bedroom is the smallest room in our house/ 4- July is the hottest month in my country/
    5- My neighbours upstairs are the noisiest people in the world/
    6- The worst driver in my family is my dad/
    7- Sophie is the youngest student in our English class/
    8- The most beautiful building in my town is the castle

* FOTOCOPIA 24-05-16. Pag 2. 10A GRAMMAR superlative adjectives
a) 2- What's the windiest city in the world?/ 3- What's the largest desert in the world?/
    4- What's the highest mountain in the world?/ 5- What's the highest city in the world?/
    6- What's the longest river in the world?/ 7- What's the most populated city in the world?/
    8- What's the wettest town in the world?/
    9- What's the most popular tourist destination in the world?/
   10- What's the most active volcano in the world?

b) France 9 / Cherrapunji in India 8 / Kilauea in Hawaii 10 / Mount Everest 4 / the Nile in Egypt 6 /
    Wellington in New Zeland 2 / La Rinconada in Peru 4 / the Sahara 3 / Shanghai in China 7 /
    Atlanta International in the USA

* CORRECTION WORKHOME. Workbook Pag. 58-59. 9B White gold. 
1 GRAMMAR
a) 2- How much sugar do you put in our tea? He puts a lot of sugar in your tea/
    3- How many biscuits do you eat? She doesn't many biscuits/
    4- How many sweets do you buy? He buys quite a lot of sweets/
    5- How much exercise do you do? He doesn't much exercise/
    6- How many cups of coffee do you drink? She doesn't drink any cups of coffee

b) 2- How many calories are there in a banana?/
    3- How many oranges ae there in a carton of orange juice?/
    4- How much salt is there in a bowl of cereal?/ 5- How many eggs are there in a box?/
    6- How much jam is there in a jar?

2 VOCABULARY
a) 1- jar/ 2- box/ 3- carton/ 4- tin/ 5- packet/ 6- can/ 7- bottle

b) 1- she bought a can of fizzy drink/ 2- open the carton of juice/
    3- He took the jar of strawberry jam/ 4- There is a small packet of crisps/
   5- take a bottle of water / 6- sandwiches with a tin of tuna/ 7- I gave her a box of chocolates

3 PRONUNCIATION
a) s- / sh- salt/ s- shopping/ sh- information

4 LISTENING
a) 1- carbohydrates: bread, pasta, rice, potatoes/
    2- fruits and vegetables: apples, oranges, peas, carrots/ 3- protein: meat, eggs/
    4- milk and dairy: cheese, yoghurt/ 5- fats and sugars: cakes, biscuits, sweets, crips

b) 1- Carbohydrates give us energy/ 2- Fruits and vegetables contain important vitamins/
     3- Protein helps our bodies to grow and repair/
    4- Milk and dairy are important for our bones and teehts/
    5- You should eat fats and sugars one or twice a week

Workbook Pag. 60-61. 9C Quiz night
1 GRAMMAR
a) 1- one syllable = + er: cheaper/ higher/ colder/
    2- 1 vowel+1consonant=doble consonant + er:  sadder/ wetter/ thinner/
    3- 1 or 2 syllables ending in y= +ier: drier/ dirtier/ hungrier/
    4- 2 or more syllables= more + adjective: more beatiful/ more difficult/ more comfortable/
    5- irregular: worse/ better/ further

b) 2- Tigers are bigger than lions/ 3- Italy is drier than Ireland/ 4- February is shorter than January/ 5- An Ipod is cheaper than a laptop/ 6- Mondays are worse than Fridays/ 7- A fridge is colder than a cooker/ 8- Russian is harder than Italian

2 VOCABULARY
a) 1- 104/ 2- 596/ 3- 2,660/ 4- 8,905/ 5- 12,750/ 6- 543,830/ 7- 1.315.000/ 8- 35,460,000

b) 1- one hundred and twenty-five/ 2- eigth hundred and ninety-five/ 3- four thousand, five hundred/
    4- twelve thousand, four hundred and seventy/ 5- thirty-three thousand, nine hundred and thirty/
    6- five hundred and seventy-five thousand, six hundred/
    7- six million, two hundred and fifty thousand/
    8- thirty-four million eight hundred thousand, two hundred and seventy-five

3 PRONUNCIATION
a) tree: cheaper- easier/ horse: shorted - taller/ bird: dirtier - worse/ egg: better - healther/
    phone: colder - slower/ bike: drier - higher

c) 1- pencil cheaper pen/ 2- Juen shorter July/ 3- kitchen dirtier living/ 4- apple healthier biscuit/
    5-Switzerland colder France/ 6- Everest higher Kilimanjaro

4 READING
a) 1- Cycling is safer than driving F/ 2- Dogs are more intelligent than cats T/
    3- South America is bigger than North America F/ 4- Margarine is healthier than butter T

b) brains= cerebros/ mammals= mamiferos/ area= extensión/ injured= lesionado/
    argument= argumento

5 LISTENING
1- More people live in Birmingham UK than Birmingham USA T/
2- Birmingham UK is bigger than Birmingham USA F/
3- Birmingham USA is greener than Birmingham UK T/
4- Birmingham USA is older than Birmingham UK F/
5- Birmingham USA is wetter than Birmingham UK T/
6- Birmingham UK is colder than Birmingham USA T

Workbook Pag. 62. Practical English. At a restaurant
1 VOCABULARY
a) 1- Grilled vegetables with low-fat cheese/ 2- Mushroom risotto with Parmesan cheese/
    3- Yes, there 's fresh fruit salad/ 4- There are two types of coffee/ 5- No, they pay less

2 ORDERING A MEAL
1- Do you have a reservation?/ 2- Yes, a table for two/ 3- come this way/4- are you ready to order?/
5- I'd like the prawn cocktail/ 6- What would you like to drink?/ 7- I some water for me/
8- still or sparkling?

3 SOCIAL ENGLISH 
2- Not for me, thanks A/ 3- The same for me, please E/ 4- Yes, go ahead F/
5- Yes, I got the job! B/ 6- Yes, of course, sir D

ANNOTATIONS
- dairy= lacteos (yoghurt, queso, etc)= meat with milk

* STUDENT´S BOOK. Pag.73. Quiz night
3 GRAMMAR
a) 1- er/ 2- because it has one vowel +consonants/ 3- add -ier/ 4- more/ 5- good= better / bad= worse/ 6- than

6 READING
b) he won Mastermind and Who wants to be a millionaire
c) 1- had/ 2- was/ 3- won/ 4- became/ 5- answered/ 6- got/ 7- knew/ 8- phoned/ 9- helped

* STUDENT´S BOOK. Pag.74 Practical English. At a restaurant
2 VOCABULARY
a) 1- Starters/ 2- Main courses/ 3- Dessert
b) soup= sopa/ seafood= pescado/ home-made= casero/ sauce= salsa/ fresh= fresco

* STUDENT´S BOOK. Pag.75. Episode 5
3 ORDERING A MEAL
b) Do you have a reservation?/ come this way, please/ are you ready to order?/ 
     what would you like to drink?/ still or sparkling?

4 THE END OF THE MEAL
a) 1- Nothing special, with her friends/ 2- they order coffee/ 3- go to somewhere/ 4- No, she's tired/ 
    5- she give to her good news/ 6- I want her house

b) Jenny: Nothing special. Not for me, thanks. A decaf espresso
    Daniel: The same for me, please. Good news?. Could I have the bill, please? Go ahead
    Waiter: Would you like a dessert?. 

ANNOTATIONS
still= agua natural sin gas/ courses= platos de comida

* WORKHOME. Workbook Pag. 63-64. 10A The most dangerous road
1 GRAMMAR
a) 2- higher, the highest/ 3- more expensive, the most expensive/ 4- drier, the driest/
   5- more dangerous, the most dangerous/ 6- hotter, the hottest/ 7- more beautiful, the most beautiful/
   8- more interesting, the most interesting/ 9- better, the best/ 10- worse, the worst

b) 2- What´s the biggest ocean in the world?/ 3- What´s the largest country in the world?/
    4- What´s the most populated city in the world?/ 5- What's the wettest place in the world?/
    6- What's the driest desert in the world?/
    7- What's the most common native language in the world?/
    8- What's the coldest place in the world?

c) 1- Australia A/ 2- The Pacific B/ 3- Russia C/ 4- Shanghai B/ 5- India A/ 6- The Sahara Desert A/
    7- Mandarin Chinese A/ 8- The antartic C

2 VOCABULARY
a) 2- In an art gallery/ 3- from a railway station/ 4- At a post office/ 5- At a police station/ 6- In a department store/ 7- In a car park/ 8- In the town hall

b) 1- mosque/ 2- museum/ 3- hospital/ 4- theatre/ 5- bridge/ 6-chemist's/ 7- square/ 8- church/ 9- market/ 10- temple/ 11- castle

Hidden word is SUPERMARKET

4 LISTENING
a) Superlative sights

b) 1- largest/2- 3.6/ 3- Venezuela/ 4- 828/ 5- 5.600/ 6- Moscow/ 7- 400

5 READING
1- Ulm Münster is the world's biggest church F/
2- You can sometimes see the mountains from the top of the church T/
3- Ulm Münster was the city's first church F/ 4- Construction of the church took over 500 years T/
5- The church opens every day at 8 o'clock F/ 6- It's very expensie to visit Ulm Münster

       SE     ACABO   EL     CURSO
                                                        MAÑANA    EXAMEN 


                                           T H A T ' S     A L L     F O L K S.













 

jueves, 19 de mayo de 2016

comparative adjetives

19 de mayo de 2016
* FOTOCOPIA 10-5-16. Pag. 2. 9A GRAMMAR countable/ uncountable
a) 2- Is there any sushi? Yes, there is/ 3- Are there any carrots? No, there aren't/
    4- Is there any cheese? Yes, there is/ 5- Is there any fish? No, there isn't/
    6- Is there a chicken? Yes, there is/ 7- Are there any eggs? Yes, there are/
    8- Is there any orange juice? No, there isn't

b) 2- There is some tomato juice/ 3- There is a pineapple/ 4- No, there aren't any strawberries/
    5- No, there aren't any peppers/ 6- Yes, there is a bottle of milk - some mik/
    7- Yes, there are some mushrooms/ 8- No, there isn't any ice cream

9 B GRAMMAR how much/ how many
a) 1- How much orange juice does he drink?/
    2- How many burgers does he eat? He eats a lot of burgers/
    3- How many chips does he eat? He doesn't eat many chips/
    4- How much meat does she eat? She doesn't eat any meat/
    5- How many vegetables does she eat? She eats a lot of vegetables/
    6- How much Diet Coke does she drink? She doesn't drink much Coke/
    7- How much milk does she drink? She drinks a lot of milk/
    8- How much bread does she eat? She doesn't eat much bread/
    9- How many apples does she eat? She doesn't eat any apple/
  10- How much cereal does he eat? He doesn't eat any cereal/
  11- How much pasta does he eat? He eats a lot of pasta/
  12- How many cups of expresso does he drink? He drinks a lot of cups of expresso

ANNOTATIONS
- Respuesta= much para palabras uncountables / many para palabras countables
- Not any = no.  Ej.: She does not eat any meat =  She eats no meat
- Objeto por el que se pregunta en PLURAL, palabra COUNTABLE,
  Objeto por el que se pregunta en SINGULAR, palabra UNCOUNTABLE.

* CORRECTION WORKHOME. Workbook Pag. 56 / 57 / 58
9A What I ate yesterday
1 GRAMMAR 
a) 1- some sausages/ 2- a lettuce/ 3- some eggs/ 4- some carrots/ 5- some jam/ 6- an orange/
    7- a pineapple/ 8- some crips/ 9- some biscuits/ 10- some milk

b) 2- There aren't any strawberries in our garden/ 3- I had an egg for breakfast/
    4- There is some sugar in my tea/ 5- I ate some snacks yesterday/
    6- There were some sandwiches in the kitchen/ 7- I didn't buy a pineapple at he supermaket/
    8- There wasn't some bread in the cupboard

c) 1- to make a lasagne/ 2- we need some pasta/ 3- and some meat/
    4- are there any tomatoes in the fridge?/ 5- There's a onion/ 6- there aren't any tomatoes/
    7- Is there any cheese?/ 8- there's some mozzarella cheese/ 9- Let's have a salad/
   10- to buy a lettuce/ 11- is there any fruit?/ 12- Let's get some strawberries

2 VOCABULARY
a) across: 4- toast/ 6- chicken/ 8- cake/ 9- jam/ 11- cereal
    down: 1- butter/ 2- steak/ 3- rice/ 5- chips / 7- coffee/ 10- milk

b) vegetables: carrots/ mushrooms/ onions/ peas/ potatoes
    snack: biscuits/ chocolate/ crips/ sandwiches/ sweets
    fruit: apples/ bananas/ oranges/ pineapple/ strawberries

3 PRONUNCIATON
a) 1- breakfast/ 2- ice cream/ 3- eat

4 READING
a) 1- roast camel/ 2- ice lollies/ 3- coconut water

b) 1- The Bedouin people eat roast camel on special occasions T/
    2- There are seven ingredients in the Bedouin meal F/
    3- Fran Epperson's drink froze because the weather was cold T/
    4- He sold his first ice lolly when he was 29 years old T/
    5- According to the article, you can find coconut water in all coconuts F/
    6- Coconut water has a lot of sugar F

c) weddings= bodas/ sheep= oveja/ stuff= tapar con/ oven= horno/ powder= polvo/
    amusement= parque de atracciones/ popsicles= paletas de hielo, polo de hielo/
    healt= sano, saludable/ health drink= bebida sana/ athletes= atletas/ fats= grasas/
    plasma= plasma sanguineo

5- LISTENING
a) Speaker 1 - roast beef/ Speaker 2 - chicken tikka masala/ Speaker 3 - fish and chips/
     Speaker 4 - sweet and sour pork 

b) Speaker 1 - D / Speaker 2 - C/ Speaker 3 - A/ Speaker 4 - B

9B White gold
1 GRAMMAR
a) 2- How much sugar do you put in your tea? He puts a lot of sugar in your tea/
    3- How many biscuits do you eat? She doesn't eat much biscuits/
    4- How many sweets do you baby? He buys quite a lot of sweets/
    5- How much exercise do you do? He doesn't much exercise/
    6- How many cups of coffee do you drink? She doesn't drink any cups of coffee

b) 2- How many calories is there in a banana?/
     3- How many oranges is there in a carton of orange juice?/
     4- How much salt is there in a bowl of cereal?/ 5- How many eggs is there in a box?/
     6- How much jam is there in a jar?

ANNOTATIONS
sour= acido (sour)/ sweet and sour sauce= salsa agridulce/ bitter= amargo

* STUDENT'S BOOK. Pag. 72. 9C Quiz night
1 VOCABULARY
a) 1- c 62,000,000/ 2- b 485/ 3- a 4000

* STUDENT'S BOOK. Pag. 148. 4 HIGH NUMBERS
a) 200 two hundred/ 350 three hundred and fifty/ 875 eight hundred and seventy-five/
    1,000 one thousand/ 1,500 one thousand five hundred/ 2,012 two thousand and twelve/
    5,420 five thousand four hundred and twenty/ 25,000 twenty-five thousand/
   100,000 a hundred thousand - one hundred thousand/ 1,000,000 one million- a million/
   2,300,000 two million three hundred thousand

* STUDENT'S BOOK. Pag. 72. 9C Quiz night
d) 175 one hundred and seventy five/ 2,150 two thousand one hundred and fifty/
    3,009 three thousand and nine/ 20,000 twenty thousand/ 3,000,000 three million

e) 199/ 350/ 920/ 1,300/ 3,437/ 7,700/ 50,000/ 120,000/ 40,000,000/ 2,600,000

ANNOTATIONS
- En los números los millares se indican mediante coma y la parte decimal con punto.
        Ej.: 3,450,452.78 /  3,459.56 / 10,785/ 2,595.56

- how far= cuanto de lejos, que distancia (jau far)/ quiz= cuestion (kuiz)

* STUDENT'S BOOK. Pag. 140. 9C comparative adjectives
- Cuando el adjetivo está formado por una sola silaba se añade -er .
         Ej,; old-er/ cheap-er/ young-er
- Si el adjetivo termina en una sola vocal y una consonante,se repite la consonante final + er
         Ej.: big-ger / hot-ter/
- Cuando el adjetivo tiene una o dos silabas y termina en consonante + y se cambia la y por -ier
         Ej.: dry - drier / healthy - healthier
- Cuando el adjetivo tiene dos o más sílabas se añade la palabra more + el adjetivo mismo.
         Ej.: comfortable - more comfortable / famous - more famous / expensive - more expensive7
- Los adjetivos irregulares son good, bad, far
         Ej.: good - better / bad -worse / far - further

 - Utilizamos los adjetivos comparativos + than para comparar dos cosas, gente, etc.
        Ej.: This car is  better than your car / my house is bigger than his house/
               a snake is more dangerous than a dog
 - Si no hay termino de comparación, no se pone than.
       Ej.: This car is better / my house is bigger / a snake is more dangerous

* STUDENT'S BOOK. Pag. 141. 9C
a) 1- higher/ 2- dirtier/ 3- more dangerous/ 4- goodder/ 5- thiner/ 6- slower/ 7- healthier/ 8- further/
    9- more comfortable/ 10- badder

b) 1- The market is cheaper than the supermarket /
     2- Italian in easier for Spanish students than it is for English students/
     3- April is wetter than July/ 4- This restaurant is busier than when it first opened/
     5- The weather is better than the spring/ 6- I find it more interesting than history/
     7- Milan is futher from the sea than Rome/ 8- I´m shorter than my brother/
     9- The situation is worse than it was last year/ 10- Skiing is more difficult than I thought it was

* STUDENT'S BOOK. Pag.73
2 LISTENING 
1- The North Pole is colder than the South Pole F/ 2- Carrots are sweeter than tomatoes T/
3- A proton is heavier than an electron T/ 4- The White House is bigger than Buckingham Palace F/
5- Oranges are healthier than strawberries F/
6- Female mosquitoes are more dangerous than male mosquitoes T/
7- In judo a green belt is better than a blue belt F/ 8- Hepatitis A is worse than hepatitis B F












martes, 17 de mayo de 2016

quantifiers: how much / how many, a lot of, etc.

17 de mayo de 2016
* CORRECTION WORKHOME. 
WORKBOOK. Pag. 55. 8C. A night in a haunted hotel
3 PRONUNCIATION
a) 1- ghost / 2- cupboard / 3- white / 4- know / 5- autumn/ 6- walk / 7- builder / 8- wrong

c) 1- There was a lamp on the table/ 2- there wasn't a bath in the bathroom/
    3- was there a mirror in the bedroom/ 4- there was some books on the shelf/
    5- There weren't any cupboards in the kitchen/ 6- were there any plants in the study?

4 READING
1- Maesmawr Hall is more than 500 years old F/
2- People have seen ghosts inside and outsie the hotel T/
3- The ghosts are all of people who live in the house in the past F/
4- Robin Drwg's ghost sometimes appears as a bull T/
5- Paranormal investigators didn't think that Maesmawr Hall was haunted F

5- LISTENING
a) Speaker 1- Costa Rica/ Speaker 2- Sweden/ Speaker 3 - Berlin/ Speaker 4- Isles Fiji

b) Speaker 1 - D/ Speaker 2 - C/  Speaker 3- B/  Speaker 4 - A

ANNOTATIONS
- banging= golpeando (banyin)/ bang= golpear (ban)/ shape= forma (seip)/
  owner= propietario (ouner)/ change into= cambiar, transformarse (cheinds intu)/
  manor house= casa señorial, aristocrática (maner jaus)

STUDENT´S BOOK. Pag 66. Can you understand this text?
a) 1- Arthur Conan Doyle was Scottish, but he worked in England T/
    2- He started writing stories about Sherlock Holmes at university F/
    3- Conan Doyle lived at 221b Baker Street in London F/
    4- In 1893 he didn't want to write more Sherlock Holmes stories T/
    5- Sherlock Holmes is very popular today T/ 6- Sherlock Holmes is very popular today T

b) short stories= narraciones cortas, historias cortas (sort 'storis)/ patients= pacientes (peishents)/
    detective= detective, investigador (di'tektiv)/ crimes= delitos (kraims)/ kill= matar, asesinar (ki'l)/
    enemy= enemigo (enemi)/ come back= regresar, volver (cam bak)/true= verdadero(trú)/
    survived= sobrevivió (servaived)/ true= verdadero (trú)

* STUDENT´S BOOK. Pag 140. quantifiers: how much / how many, a lot of, etc.
- How much: se utiliza con palabras INCONTABLES
                      la palabra a la que se hace referencia SIEMPRE es SINGULAR
                            Ej.: How much money do you have?/ How much sugar do you eat?  
Respuesta corta afirmativa   A lot (mucho)/  Quite a lot (bastante)/ A little (un poco)/
    respuesta corta negativa   Not much (no mucho)/ none (nada, cero)

Respuesta larga afirmativa  A lot of XX (mucho de XX)/Quite a lot of (bastante de XX)/
                                               A little (un poco de XX)/
   respuesta larga negativa   don't much  XX (no mucho de XX)/ don't any XX (nada, cero de XX)

- How many: se utiliza con palabras CONTABLES
                       la palabra que hace referencia SIEMPRE es PLURAL
                          Ej.: How many books there are? / How many beers did you have?
Respuesta corta afirmativa   A lot (mucho)/  Quite a lot (bastante)/ A few (un poco)/
    respuesta corta negativa    Not many (no mucho)/ none (nada, cero)

Respuesta larga afirmativa  A lot of XX (mucho de XX)/ Quite a lot of (bastante de XX)/
                                               A few  (un poco de XX)/
   respuesta larga negativa   don't many XX (no mucho de XX)/ don't any  XX (nada, cero de XX)

- a lot of and much / many: En frases afirmativas generalmente se utiliza A LOT OF
                                                    Ej.: I drink a lot of water / You have a lot of books in my study

                                        en frases interrogativas y negativas MUCH uncontable/ MANY contable
                                                    Ej.: Do you eat much chicken? / You don´t have many pencils.

                                             También se utiliza a lot of en frases interrogativas y negativas
                                                    Ej.: Do you buy a lot of coffee? / I didn´t have a lot of money

* STUDENT´S BOOK. Pag 141. 9B
a) 1- How much butter do you use?/ 2- How many cans of cola did she drink?/
    3- How much oil do I need?/ 4- How many chocolates were in that box?/
    5- How much rice do you want?/ 6- How much coffee does he drink?/
    7- How many bottles of water did you buy?/ 8- How many tins of tuna do we have?/
    9- How much orange juice is there in that carton?/ 10- How many biscuits did you eat?

b) 1- We don't eat a lot of sweets/ 2- A little/ 3- my friends don't drink much coffee/ 4- Quite a lot/
    5- we eat a lot of fish/ 6- no, not much/ 7- but she didn't eat many chips/
    8- none. I don't like them/ 9- and a little cereal for breakfast/
   10- Do you eat much meat? no, I don't eat any meat.

ANNOTATIONS
- Cuando la palabra a la que se refiere la cantidad está en PLURAL es COUNTABLE,
  cuando la palabra está en SINGULAR es UNCOUNTABLE

- FEW se utiliza para palabras COUNTABLES,
  A LITTLE  para palabras INCOUNTABLES

* STUDENT´S BOOK. Pag. 67. Can you understand these people?
1- Heba was born in Cairo C/  2- Polly went out for dinner on Friday A/
3- Alison likes her kitchen because it's practical for cooking C/
4- Sara Jane can see a tree in her garden from her study A/
5- Yesterday evening Ben went to bed early C


* STUDENT´S BOOK. Pag. 69. LISTENING
c) Jack: 1- carrot and orange soup/ 2- chicken breats filled with cream cheese/
             3- pancakes with chocolate sauce
    Liz:  1- carrot and onion salad with orange dressing/ 2- pasta with creamy chicken sauce/
            3- Chocolate and orange mouse
e) Jack: 1- it´s good/ 2- I love it/ 3- It's fantastic
     Liz:  1- It´s very strong/ 2- It´s very good/ 3- It´s delicious, fantastic
    The winner is Jack

ANNOTATIONS
breast= pechuga de pollo, pecho de mujer (brest)pancakes= crepes (pankeiks)
french dressing= aliño francés[aceite y vinagre (french dresin)/ / to taste= saborar [verb] (teist)/
the taste= el sabor, el gusto [noun] (de teist)/ tasty= sabroso [adj] (teisti)

* STUDENT´S BOOK. Pag. 70. 9b White gold
1 VOCABULARY
a) 1- a bottle/ 3- a box/ 5- a can/ 4- a carton/ 6- a jar/ 2- a packet/ 7- a tin

c) a packet of biscuits- a box of biscuits/ a box of chocolates/ a can of Coke/
    a bag of crips- a packet of  crisps/ a carton of juice- a bottle of juice/ a jar of jam/
    a bottle of milk- a carton of milk /  a box of salt- a packet of salt/
    a box of sugar- a packet of sugar/ a tin of tuna

2 GRAMMAR
a) - How much sugar is there in a bark of dark chocolate? a little. I think there's a little sugar
       How much sugar is there in a egg? none. I think there isn't any sugar
       How much sugar is there in an apple? quite a lot. I think there's quite a lot of sugar
       How much sugar is there in a can of Coke? a lot. I think there's a lot of sugar
     - How much salt is there in a bag of crisps? a lot.  I think there's a lot of salt
       How much salt is there in a slice of bread? quite a lot. I think quite a lot of salt
       How much salt is there in a bottle of olive oil? none. I think there isn't any salt
       How much salt is there in a bottle of mineral water? a little. I think there is little salt

c) 1- There isn't any salt in the bottle olive oil/ 2- There's a little sugar in a bark of dark chocolate/
    3- There's quite a lot of salt in a slice of white bread/ 4- There's a lot of sugar in an can of Coke

ANNOTATIONS
bottle= botella (botol)/ box= caja (box)/ can= lata de de bebida (can)/
carton= caja de carton/ tetrabrick (ka:ton)/ jar= bote de cristal con tapa (ya:r)/
packet= paquete (pakit)/ tin= lata de comida (tin)/ cartoon= dibujos animados (ca:tu:n)/
- Cuando nos referimos a un envase (caja, botella, bolsa),
 siempre debe de ir seguido de la prep. OF que describe el producto que contiene. Ej.:box of pencils

4 SPEAKING
a) 1- How many spoonfuls of sugar do you have in your tea or coffee? I have only one
    2- How many cans of cola do you drink a day? I don´t drink.  none
    3- How much fruit o fruit juice do you have a day? I don't have much. not much
    4- How many sweets or biscuits do you eat a week? I have very few
    5- How often do you add salt to your food at the table? No, I don´t. never
    6- How much takeaway food do you eat? I don´t. none
    7- How much bread do you eat a day? I eat a little bread. little
    8- How much cheese do you eat a week? I eat quite a lot of cheese. quite a lot

ANNOTATIONS
spoonfuls= cucharadas grandes (´spu:nfols)/ fizzy drink= bebida gaseosa (fisi drink)/
salt= sal (so:lt)/ weigh= pesar [ver] (uei)/ weight= peso [noun] (ueit)

5 READING 
a) 1- sugar/ 2- salt/ 3- salt/ 4- salt/ 5- sugar/ 6- sugar/ 7- salt/ 8- salt/ 9- sugar/ 10- sugar/
    11- sugar/ 12- salt














          
                               


                    








jueves, 12 de mayo de 2016

contable / uncontable

12 de mayo de 2015
* CORRECTION WORKHOME. 
STUDENT'S BOOK. Pag. 66. 7&8 Revise and Check
GRAMMAR
1- The Bronte sisters were all writers/ 2- Where was Shakespeare born?/
3- Were the tickets expensive?/ 4- I watched a good film on Tv last night/
5- They didn't arrive at Stamford Bridge stadium/ 6- Did you see the football match last night?/
7- We went to Istanbul three years ago/ 8- When did you live in Los Angeles?/
9- I didn't see you at the party last night/ 10- What time did you get home?/
11- There is a big table in the living room/ 12- How many bedrooms are there?/
13- There aren't any pictures on the the walls/ 14- There were only three guests in the dinning/
15- How many people were there in the hotel?

VOCABULARY
a) 1- actor, actrees/ 2- artist/ 3- painter/ 4- musician/ 5 -scientist

b) 1- Have a good time/ 2- Get an email/ 3- Go away for the weekend/ 4- get a taxi/
    5- have a holiday

c) 1- I went out with my friends on Saturday night/ 2- Ther went home by car/
    3- What time did you get to the restaurant?/ 4- I was born in 1982/
    5- After lunch I went back to work

d) 1- a sofa, couch/ 2- a bed/ 3- an armchair/ 4- a cooker/ 5- a carpet

e) 1- behind/ 2- next to/ 3- up/ 4- down/ 5- on

PRONUNCIATION
a) 1- lived/ 2- could/ 3- heard/ 4- near/ 5- hour

b) 1- mu-si-cian/ 2- a-go/ 3- ye-ster-day/ 4- be-tween/ 5- fire-place

ANNOTATIONS
- AT para referirnos a aeropuerto, stadium, pequeños sitios y pueblos. Ej.: at airport, at Amoroto
   IN para referirnos a grandes ciudades. Ej.: in Bilbao, in Moscow, in Madrid

- Cuando es referido a movimiento + home no se utiliza la prep. TO. Ej. go home
  Cuando no se refiere a movimiento + home se utiliza la prep. AT. Ej.:  I study at university

- guest= invitado, huesped (uest)/ go away= ir fuera[se utiliza en expr. de enfado] (gou euey)/
  cooker= cocina (cuker)/ couch= sofa (cauch)/
  coach= entrenador, autobús de largo recorrido (couch)/
  over= sobre algo de  sin tener contacto (ouver)/ on= sobre algo teniendo contacto (on)

Sinónimos get to = arrive at  /  get back = go back

WORKBOOK. Pag. 53. 8B 
b) 2- You usually have a shower in the bathroom/ 3- You usually have dinner in the dining room/
    4- You usually use a computer in the study/ 5- You usually park your car in the garage/
    6- You usually make lunch in the kitchen/ 7- You usually wath television in the living room/
    8- You usually sleep in the bedroom/ 9- You usually sit outside in the garden

3 PRONUNCIATION
a) dear/ stairs/ we'e/ hair

b) 1- car-pet/ 2- mi-rror/ 3- cu-pboard/ 4- bal-co-ny/ 5- coo-ker/ 6- so-fa/ 7- arm-chair/ 8- ga-ra-ge/
    9- cei-ling

4 LISTENING
a) 1- bathroom/ 6- kitchen/ 7- living room

b) 1- Mrs. Goodings always eats in the kitchen T/ 2- Joanna doesn't like the kitchen F/
     3- There isn't a washing machine in the kitchen F/ 4- There's hole in the ceiling of the kitchen T/
     5- Joanna likes the windows in the living room T/ 6- There isn't a TV in the living room T/
     7- There are three bedrooms upstairs F/ 8- Bradley forgets about the hole in the bathroom floor T

WORKBOOK. Pag. 54. 8C A night in a haunted hotel
1 GRAMMAR
a) 1- there was a large bed/ 2- there were some big cupboards/ 3- there wasn't a kitchen/
    4- there was a minibar full/ 5- there were three different restaurants/
    6 -there was a beatiful swimming pool/ 7- there was a long beach/ 8- there weren't any tourists/
    9- there were some baby turtles

b) 1- there was a problem with my hotel/ 2- there wasn't a swimming pool/
     3- there weren't any restaurants/ 4- Was there a minibar in your room?/
     5- No, there wasn't a minibar/ 6- and there wasn't a tv/ 7- Was there a bathroom?/
     8- there weren't any clean towels/ 9- Were there any nice people in the hotel?/
    10- Yes, there were some great people

2 VOCABULARY
1-  There's a family in the dining room/ 2- The boy is sitting next to the girl/
3- The woman is opposite the man/ 4- There's gosht standing behind the woman/
5- There's a bag under the table/ 6- A waiter is coming out of the kitchen/
7- There's a ghost in front of the waiter/
8- The waiter is carrying the plates from the kitchen to the tables/
9- There´s a clock over the kitchen door/ 10- A ghost is going up the stairs

* STUDENT'S BOOK. Pag. 140.
9A countable / uncontable nouns
Hay dos clases de palabras en inglés: Contables e Incontables.
- Las palabras contables definen aquellas cosas que se pueden contar. Ej.: apples
  y pueden ser singulares o plurales. Ej.: a apple or apples

- Las palabras incontables definen aquellas cosas que no se pueden contar. Ej.: butter, meat
  y generalmente son palabras en singular

- Algunas palabras pueden ser contables o incontables,
   pero la misma palabra tiene un significado diferente.
   Ej: an ice  cream (contable) /  some ice cream (incontable)

- Utilizamos A / AN con palabras contables en singular. a / an = one. Ej.: an apple/ a ball

- Utilizamos SOME con palabras contables / incontables en plural y en frases afirmativas.
   some= cuando no hay un número exacto o cantidad exacta. Ej.: some apples / some butter

- Se utiliza ANY con palabras contables/incontables en plural, en frases negativa e interrogativa
  Ej: Do we need any oranges? / Do we need any sugar?/
       We don't need any tomatoes /  We don't need any rice

- Utilizamos SOME en forma interrogativa para preguntar por algo u ofrecer a alguien algo.
   Ej.: Can I have some apples, please?  /  Would you like some coffee?

- Las materias primas generalmente son palabras incontables. Ej:some oil, some paper, some tabac

* STUDENT'S BOOK. Pag. 141. 9A
a) 1- a sandwinch/ 2- some milk/ 3- some chips/ 4- a lettuce/ 5- a egg/ 6- some carrots/
    7- some chocolate/ 8- some ice cream+ an ice cream

b) 1- Are there any onions?/ 2- And there are some tomatoes, too/ 3- There isn't any pasta/
    4- I bought some fish yesterday/ 5- Are there any potatoes?/ 6- Do we have any fruit?/
    7- We have some oranges/ 8- You can make a fruit salad for dessert./ 9- There's an apple/
   10- and some bananas, too

* STUDENT'S BOOK. Pag. 69
3 GRAMMAR
a) 1- a strawberry/ 2- a tomato/ 3- some rice/ 4- some biscuits/ 5- an onion

4 PRONUNCIATION
a) i:  (tree)   ice cream/ eat/ meat/ peas/ tea
    e:  (egg)   bread/ healthy/ breakfast
    ei: (train)  steak

5 SPEAKING 
a) My yesterday diet.
    breakfast: I had a tea, and two biscuits with cheese
    lunch: I had some vegetables and then a steak with some potatoes with tomate sauce and an apple
    dinner: I had some fish and chips, and a yogourth

b) What did you have for breakfast yesterday? /  What did you have for lunch yesterday?/
    What did you have for dinner yesterday?/ Did you have for dessert?

6 LISTENING
a) In my country the cookery programmes more view it's Master chef.
    No, I didn't, because I didn't cook anything.

b) 1- There are six ingredients in the bag/ 2- They have an hour to cook their dish/
    3- They can use potato, egg, sugar, salt, pepper



martes, 10 de mayo de 2016

there was/there were (part 2)

10 de mayo de 2016
* FOTOCOPY. 10-05-16. Pag 1.
   8B GRAMMAR there is/ there are, some / any
1) 3- Is there a doubled bed in the bedroom? Yes, there's/
    4- Is there a DVD player in the living room? Yes, there is/
    5- Is there a plant in the study? No, there isn't/
    6- Is there dishwasher in the kitchen? Yes, there´s/
    7- Are there any cupboards in the bathroom? Yes, there are/
    8- Are there any chairs in the bedroom? No, there aren't

2) 2- There are some plants in the living room/ 3- There's a mirror in the hall/
    4- There aren't any books in the living room/ 5- There's a computer in the study/
    6- There isn't a clook in the kitchen/ 7- There's a fireplace in the living room/
    8- There are some shelves in the study

    8C GRAMMAR there was/ there were
3) 2- No, there wasn't/ 3- there was a baker's/ 4- Were there any italian restaurants?/
    5- No, there weren't/ 6- but there was a café/ 7- there were two pubs

4) 8- there was a huge TV/ 9- was there a swimming pool?/ 10- Yes, there were two/
    11- there was a fantastic gym/ 12- Was there a good restaurant in the hote?

5) 13- There was a very old castle/ 14- People said there were secret rooms/
    15- Were there  any ghosts in the castle too?/ 16- Yes, there were/ 17- there was a strange light

6) 18- There were some lovely sweaters/ 19- Were there any jeans?/ 20- Yes, there were/
    21- there aren't any in my size

b) In my district there was a beautiful fountain, but now there is a road,
    and too there were two cinemas and now there is a gym and there´s a hotel.
    Some years ago there were a railtrains and now there is a big park

ANNOTATIONS
- huge= enormous= enorme, grandisimo (jui)/ a double bed= cama para dos personas (dabol bed)/
  two twins beds= dos camas separadas iguales (chu chuins beds)/ sale= rebajas (seil)/
  street lamp= farola de la calle (strit lam)/ orchard= huerta (orchar)/ elderly= anciano (elderly)/
  field=campo (fil)/ district= barrio (distrit)/ crane=grua (crein)

- baker´s (shop), butcher´s (shop) las tiendas se hace referencia a ellas con el apóstrofe,
  que es la abreviatura de shop      baker shop  /    butcher shop
  en pharmacy (Am. farmacia) y chemist (Br. farmacia) se omite el apóstrofe

* CORRECTION WORKHOME. 
Workbook Pag. 52
1 GRAMMAR
a) 2- There's a small kitchen/ 3- Is there a table in the kitchen?/ 4- No, there isn't/
    5- there's a very nice living room/ 6- How many bedrooms are there?/
    7- There are three bedrooms/ 8- Is there a shower in the bath room?/ 9- Yes, there is/
   10- Are there any bookshelves in the living room?/ 11- there are some cupboards

b) 2- Are there any carpets downstairs?/ 3- There are some CDs on the shelf/
    4- Are there any glasses in the cupboard?/ 5- There aren't any files in the study

c) 2- it isn't very expensive/ 3- there are two rooms/ 4- they aren't very big/
    5- there's a small kitchen/ 6- there isn't a bath in the bathroom/ 7- there's a new shower/
    8- there's a fantastic view of the city/ 9- there's a very large balcony/
   10- they are beautiful in the summer!

2 VOCABULARY
across     2- cupboard/ 4- mirror/ 7- shelf/ 9- fridge/ 10- stairs
down      1- carpet/ 2- cooker/ 3- armchair/ 5- bed/ 6- fireplace/ 7- shower/ 8- light

Read Book. Big Story. Pag. 40
1- In the foreground/ 2- in the background/ 3- on the right/ 4- on the left/ 5- there´s / 6- at the top/
7- there are/ at the bottom

* STUDENT'S BOOK. Pag. 163. Food
breakfast (brekfast)
9- bread (bred)/ 12- butter (bate)/ 8- cereal (siarial)/ 2- cheese (chi:s)/ 6- coffee (kofi)/
3- jam (dzam)/ 4- [orange] juice (dzu:s)/ 7- milk (milk)/ 10- sugar (chzuga)/ 1- tea (ti:)/
5- toast (toust)
lunch/ dinner (lanch/ dinae)
20- fish (fisf)/ 14- meat [steak, chicken, sausages, ham] (mi:t)/ 13- [olive] oil (oil)/ 23- pasta (paesta)/
22- rice (rais)/ 24- salad (saelad)
vegetables (vechtablosz)
25- carrots (kaerrets)/ 17- chips [French fries] (chips)/ 16- a lettuce (letis)/
26- mushrooms ( machrumsz)/ 15- onions (anyenz)/ 18- peas (pi:sz)/ 21- potatoes (pateitaus)/
19- tomates (tamei:taus)/
fruit (fru:t)
36- apples (apolsz)/ 35- bananas (ba'na:nosz)/ 31- oranges (orinchisz)/ 29- a pineapple (painn:epol)/
32- strawberries (´stro:berisz)
desserts (di´ze:ts)
38- cake (keik)/ 37- chocolate (chokloit)/ 28- crips (krisps)/ 27- sandwiches (senwich;isz)/
39- sweets (sui:ts)

ANNOTATIONS
- meal= comida (mi:l)/ supper= recena (sopper)/ lettuce= lechuga (letis)/
  sausages= salchichas (sochizses)/ ham= jamon (jam)

* STUDENT´S BOOK. Pag 68. 9A What I ate yesterday
2 READING
b) model= sushi - lunch/ boxer= grilled chicken breast - dinner/ writer= piece fo chocolate - dinner

c) 1- doesn't like eating during the day WRITER/ 2- doesn't eat anything between meals BOXER/
    3- didn't have any home-cooked food for lunch or dinner MODEL/
    4- had fruit for dessert at lunchtime BOXER/ 5- never eats meat MODEL/
    6- didn´t drink any alcohol yesterday BOXER/ 7- had a drink and a snack before dinner MODEL/
    8- doesn't eat anything for breakfast WRITER/ 9- has a strange breakfast habit MODEL

d) toast= pan tostado (toust)/ takeaway= tomar fuera (teik euei)/ dish= plato, plato de comida (dis)/
    bowl= cuenco, bol (boul)/ bacon= panceta (beicon)/ sauce= salsa (sous)/ meals= comidas (mi:ls)/
    grilled= asado (gril:ed)/ breast= pechuga (brest)/ sweetcorn= maiz dulce (sui:t co:n)/
    popcorn= palomitas de maiz (pop co:n)/ peppers= pimientos (pepers)/ pick up= recoger (pik ap)/
    fight= combate (fait)







lunes, 9 de mayo de 2016

there was/ there were

5 de Mayo de 2016
* STUDENT'S BOOK. Pag 138. 8C there was/ there were

                                 Singular                                                           Plural
Afirmativo      Threre was some (deer uas)                          There were some  (deer uer)
Negativo         There wasn't  any (deer uasent)                    There weren't  any (deer uerent)
Interrogativo   Was there any (uas deer)                              Were there any (uer deer)
Conforme       Yes, there was some  (ies deer uas)               Yes, there were some (ies deer uer)
Disconforme   No, there wasn't any  (no, deer uasent)        No, there weren't any (no, deer uerent)
                          
There was y there were es el pasado de there is y there are (presente hay, pasado había) 

* STUDENT'S BOOK. Pag 139. GRAMMAR BANK. 8C
a) 1- there were four/ 2- there was a French/ 3- there were two businessmen/
    4- was there a restaurant?/ 5- No, there wasn´t/ 6-  there was a bar/ 7- Was there a minibar/
    8- Yes, there was/ 9- there weren´t any drinks/ 10- How many beds were there?

b) 1- there was a spider/ 2- there wasn't a Tv in our room/ 3- there were some noisy children/
    4- there weren´t any balls/ 5- there weren't any cups/ 6- there was a beautiful view/
    7- there wasn't a car park/ 8- there wasn´t a computer

* STUDENT'S BOOK. Pag 138. 8A past simple: regular and irregular verbs
1- El pasado del verbo be (ser/estar) es was (I,he,she, it)/ were (you, we, they).
          I was/ he was/ she was/ it was                           You were/ we were/ they were
    Para formar el negativo no se añade ningun auxiliar, solamente la negación
          I wasn't/ he wasn't/ she wasn't/ it wasn't            you weren't/ we weren't/ they weren't
    Para hacer la forma interrogativa se invierte el sujeto y el verbo, sin ningún auxiliar
          was I? / was he?/ was she?/ was it?                    were you?/were we?/ were they?

2- En los verbos regulares se añade la terminación -ed ó -d en el pasado simple
       ej.: like -  liked  /  want  - wanted   / arrive  -  arrived
     Forma positiva  se añade la terminación -ed/-d
       ej.: I really liked to the present  /  I arrived at Bilbao yesterday
     Forma interrogativa se le añade el auxiliar did y el verbo en infinitivo, formula ASI / QASI
       ej.: Did you watch the match last night?   /   When did you finish the book?
     Forma negativa se añade el auxiliar en negativo y el verbo en infinitivo
       ej.: she didn't enjoy the concert   /  They didn't arrive until very late

3- Los verbos irregulares cambian su forma en el pasado
       ej.: go  -  went   /  see  -  saw   /   think  - thought  / buy  - bought
     Forma positiva
       ej: I went  to Madrid last year
     Forma interrogativa se le añade el auxiliar did y el verbo en infinitivo, formula ASI / QASI
       did you go to Madrid last year?      /    Where did you go?
     Forma negativa se añade el auxiliar en negativo y el verbo en infinitivo
        I didn't went to Madrid last year
   
Verbo CAN
El pasado del verbo can es could.
    ej.: I could read the book yesterday
Forma negativa se añade la negación not , nunca tiene auxiliar did
    ej.: I couldn't play the guitar   /   I couldn't find my glasses
Forma interrogativa se invierte el sujeto y el verbo sin  auxiliar did (Igual manera que el verbo be)
    ej.: Could you see the match yesterday?  /  Could you use your mobile in the plane?

los verbos BE y CAN NUNCA tienen auxiliar DID
verbos regulares e irregulares SIEMPRE IGUAL FORMA PARA TODAS LAS PERSONAS

* STUDENT'S BOOK. Pag 139. GRAMMAR BANK. 8A
a) 1- I was at home/ 2- We were at home/ 3- What did you do?/ 4- We watched TV/
    5- We had a light dinner/ 6- We weren't hungry/ 7- we went to bed/
    8- what time did you go to bed?/ 9- did you hear a noise/ 10- no, I didn't hear anything

b) 1- woke me up / 2- I didn't want to leave my room/ 3- I felt very scared/
    4- I heard the noise again/ 5- I decided to go / 6- I turned on the light/
    7- a bird flew out the window/ 8- I closed the window/ 9- the bird couldn't  come in again/
   10- I went back to bed

- STUDENT'S BOOK. Pag 165. Irregular verbs
  Verb                                Present                            Past simple                               Past participle
ser/ estar                            be (bi:)                              was (wasz)                                been (bi:n)
llegar a ser                         become (bi'kam)               became (bi'keim)                      become (bi'kam)
empezar                             begin (bi'gin)                    began (bi'gaen)                         begun (bi'gan)
romper                               break (breik)                     broke (brouk)                           broken (breuken)
traer                                   bring (brin)                       brought (bro:t)                          brought (bro:t)
constuir                             build (bil)                          built (bilt)                                  built (bilt)
comprar                             buy (bai)                           bought (bo:t)                             bought (bo:t)
poder, saber, ser capaz      can (can)                           could (kud)                                  ---------
coger, atrapar                    catch (kachf)                     caught (ko:t)                              caught (ko:t)
venir                                  come (kam)                      came (keim)                               come (kam)
costar                                 cost (kost)                         cost (kost)                                  cost (kost)
hacer                                  do (du:)                             did (did)                                     done (dan)
beber                                  drink (drink)                     drank (draenk)                           drunk (drank)
conducir                             drive (draiv)                     drove (dreuv)                             driven (drivn)
comer                                 eat (i:t)                              ate (eit)                                      eaten (i:tn)  
caer                                    fall (fe:l)                           fell (fel)                                      fallen (folen)
sentir                                  feel (fi:l)                           felt (felt)                                     felt (felt)
encontrar                            find (faind)                       found (faound)                           found (faound) 
volar                                   fly (flai)                            flew (flu:)                                  flown (flaun)
olvidar                                forget (fo´get)                   forgot (fo´got)                      forgotten (fo´goten)
obtener, llegar a,                get (guet)                           got (got)                                    got (got)
dar                                      give (guiv)                        gave (gueiv)                              given (guiven)
ir                                         go (go)                              went (uent)                                gone (gon)
haber, tener                        have (jaev)                         had (jaed)                                  had (jaed)
oir                                      hear (jie)                            heard (je:d)                                heard (je:d)
saber, conocer                    know (neu)                        knew (niu:)                                known (noun)
abandonar, partir, marchar  leave (li:v)                        left (left)                                    left (left)
perder                                 lose (lu:s)                          lost (lost)                                   lost (lost)
hacer, manufacturar            make (meik)                     made (meid)                              maid (meid)
encontrar, reunirse             meet (mit)                         met (met)                                   met (met) 
pagar                                  pay (pei)                           paid (peid)                                  paid (peid)
poner                                  put (put)                           put (put)                                      put (put) 
leer                                     read (ri:d)                         read (red)                                    read (read)
correr                                 run (ran)                           ran (raen)                                     run (ran)
decir                                   say (sei)                            said (sed)                                    said (sed)
ver                                      see (si)                              saw (so:)                                     seen (sin)
enviar                                 send (send)                      sent (sent)                                    sent (sent)
cantar                                 sing (sin)                          sang (saen)                                  sung (san)
sentar                                 sit (sit)                              sat (saet)                                      sat (saet)
dormir                                sleep (sli:p)                      slept (slept)                                 slept (slept)

* CORRECTION WORKHOME.  Workbook Pag. 51
VOCABULARY
a) 1- begin - began/ 2- come - came/ 3- drink - drank/ 4- drive - drove/ 5- give - gave/
    6- know - knew/ 7- put - put/ 8- sit - sat/ 9- swim - swam/ 10- wake - woke/ 11- win - won/
    12- write - wrote

b) 2- They thought the man´s  daughter was the murderer/
    3- The policeman found the money in an old bag/ 4- They met their friends outside the restaurant/
    5- I bought a dectective story in the bookshop/ 6- My girlfriend lost her mobile phone last night/
    7- The man broke a window and went into the house/
    8- Somebody took my laptop when I was out of the room/
    9- We were worried because we could see a police car outside our house/
   10- I was thirsty so I made a cup of tea

3 PRONUNCIATION
a) 2- left - said/ 3- got - lost/ 4- ran - had/ 5- saw - bought/ 6- spoke - drove/ 7- took - could/
    8- heard - learnt

4 LISTENING
a) Mistery, talking the people. Solving a murder

b) 1- a) when he was a child/2- b) a police officer/ 3- c) National Investigators/ 4- a) outside/
    5- b) stressed

* STUDENT'S BOOK. Pag. 64 
1 READING
 a) No, I didn't. Yes, in Bilbao there is a hotel has a gosht in the room 1st, this hotel is Carlton´s hotel.
     In Madrid there is a gosht in the Reina Sofia´s museum.
 b)  b- people see somebody/ c- doors open and close/ d- lights go on and off/
        e- things fall on the floor/ f- people feel that somebody is watching them

  c) lounge= salón (lanche)/ owner= propietario(oune)/checked out= registro salida hotel (chek aut)/
      strange things= cosas raras (estrech zings)guest= huesped (uest)/
      priest= cura católico (prest)appears= aparecer (epers)/ in fact= de hecho, en realidad (in fact)/
      ask for= pedir (as for)hunter= cazador (junter)/
      spooky-scary-frightening= de miedo, que da miedo

* STUDENT'S BOOK. Pag. 65
4 LISTENING
a) 1- He arrived at Gosforth Hall late in the evening/ 2- There were three other guests in the hotel/
    3- He talked to the hotel manager/ 4- He had drink in the bar/ 5- He went to bed at 12:00/
    6- Room 11 was on the top floor/ 7- The room was very big/
    8- There was a TV but there wasn't a remote control/ 9- There wasn't a horror film/
  10- He went to sleep during the film

b) 1- Yes, he wake up at two o'clock/ 2- Yes, the TV was off and lights went oof too/
     3- Yes, he felt strange something or somebody/ 4- Very/
     5- Yes, he sures there was a strange and  he wants to see the gosth

* STUDENT'S BOOK. Pag. 162. Prepositions: place and movement
1 Place.
a) 2- in= en, dentro de (in)/ 5- in fron of=  enfrente de (in fran ov)/ 9 on = )sobre (on)/
    3- under=  debajo (ande)/ 1- behind= detrás de (bi'jaind)/ 7- between= entre (bi'tui:n)/
    8- opposite= al otro lado (opesit)/ 6- next to= cerca de (nekst tu)/ 4- over= encima de (ove)

2 Movement
b) 5- from... to= desde ...a (from tu)/ 6- into= entrando ('intu)/ 3- out of= saliendo de (aut ov)/
    4- up= arriba (ap)/ 5- down= abajo (daun)/ 1- towards= saltar hacia (to'wo:dz)

VOCABULARY
- wardrobe= armario ropero (uardrop)/ closet= Amer. armario ropero (cloust)







martes, 3 de mayo de 2016

there is/ there are, some/ any (Part 2)

3 de Mayo de 2016
* CORRECTION WORKHOME. 
- FOTOCOPIA 28-4-16 Pag 1
a) 1- She went out yesterday evening/ 2- And she didn´t come back/
    3- When did you see yur wife for the last time/ 4- Did you do anything unusual?/
    5- No, it was just a normal day/ 6- We woke up at seven/ 7- I had breakfast/
    8- Then I drove to work/ 9- My wife didn't have breakfast/ 10- she went shopping/
   11- she came home at lunchtime/ 12- she did in the afternoon/ 13- she probably made the dinner/
   14- When did you come home?/ 15- I arrived home at about seven thirty/ 16- I sat down/
   17-  read the newspaper/ 15- an checked my emails/ 19- we had dinner at about eight/
   20- I watched TV/ 21- I went to sleep in my chair/ 22- Did you speak to your wife at all?/
   23- What did she say to you?/ 24- We didn't talk during dinner/ 25- after dinner she said/
   26- she called a taxi/ 27- I heard the taxi/ 28- she took her bag/ 29- and closed the door/
   30- she didn't say goodbye/ 31- I know why she left.

b) Mr. Thomas did yesterday: he had breakfast/ he drove to work/ he read the newspaper/
                                                 he checked emails/ he had dinner,
    Mrs. Thomas did yesterday: she went go shopping/ she came home at lunchtime/ she called a taxi/
                                                  she took her bag/ she made the dinner.

- ANNOTATION
said= dijo, dijeron [pasado verbo decir] (seid)/ unusual= inusual, raro (an iusual)/
the last time= la última vez (de last taim)
                       [sólo en esta expresión el adverbio last está precedido del articulo the]

- READ BOOK. Big Story. Pag 51
b) a) A few days later/ b) After three hours/ c) the next morning/ d) before nine/ e) minutes/
     f) suddenly/ g) At first/ h) Just then/ i) After some time/

* STUDENT´S BOOK. Pag. 63.
4 PRONUNCIATION
b) chair (cheer): careful (keefl)/ wear (ueer)/ they´re (dee er;)/ stairs (steers)/
                           there (deer)/ where (ueer)
    ear (ier): beer (bier)/ dear (dier)/ here (jier)/ near (nier)/ we're (ui er)/ hear (jier)

f) Is there any TV in your house? Yes, there's, one TV on the living room and another in the bedroom
    Where are there any books in your house?There is one in the bedroom,and another one in the study
    How many are there in your living room? There are two pictures in my living room
    Are there any pictures in your living room? Yes, there are three pictures.
    Is there any mirror in your home? there's one in the living room , and another one in the bedroom
    Is there a fireplace in your living room? No, there isn't
    Are there any lamps  in your kitchen? Yes, there are four lamps in my kitchen

 ANNOTATION
square= plaza, cuadrado (eskueer)/ central heating= calefacción central (sentrel jiting)/
some= alguno, alguna, algunos, algunas (sam)/ lights= luces empotradas en el techo (laits)/
sofa= sofa (seo:fa)/ in all the rooms= en todas las habitaciones (in ol de rums)

- They're  tiene la misma pronunciación que there
   hear       tiene la misma pronunciación que here


* STUDENT´S BOOK. Pag. 114 Writing
6 DESCRIBE YOUR HOME
b) 4 Details about some of the rooms/ 7 How far it is from the city centre/ 2 What floor the flat is on/
    3 What rooms, there are/ 6 What services there are nearby/ 5- What you can see from the flat/
    1- Where it is

c) so= utilizamos la expresión so para expresar un resultado o una consecuencia [por lo tanto]
     Ej:: I was very tired, so I went to bed early / My office is near my house, so I walk to work

ANNOTATIONS
sofa bed= sofa cama (seo:fa bed)/ train ride= viaje en tren (trein raid)/
landmarks= monumentos, sitios de visitar, sitio emblematico (laendma:k)

* FOTOCOPIA 28-4-16. Pag.2 Listening Comprehension
Task 1
1- False/ 2- True/ 3- True/ 4- False/ 5- False/ 6- False/ 7- True/ 8- True

Task 2
1- three/ 2- turn left/ 3- vegetables/ 4- good fish/ 5- until 11:00/ 6- 55 pence/ 7- next to



jueves, 28 de abril de 2016

There is, there are some/any

28 de Abril de 2016
* STUDENT'S BOOK. Pag 161. The house
1) ROOMS
3- a bathroom (ba:orrum)/ 4- a bedroom (bedrru:m)/ 6- a dining room (daining ru:m)/
8- a garage (gaera:z)/ 10 - a garden (ga:den)/ 9- a hall (jae:l)/ 5- a kitchen (kichin)/
7- a living room (livin ru:m)/ 1- a study (stadi)/ 2- a toilet (teilet)/.

2) PARTS OF A ROOM
12- a balcony (baelkeni)/ 11- a ceiling (si:lin)/ 13- a floor (fleo:)/ 15- the stairs (steiz)/ 14- the wall (wol)

3) THINGS IN A ROOM
16- an armchair (amchea)/ 20- a bath (ba:d)/ 21- a bed (bed)/ 27- a carpet (ca:pit)/
23- a cooker (cuke)/ 22- a cupboard (kabed)/ 26- a fireplace (faiepleis)/ 24- a fridge (fridz)/
25- a lamp (laemp)/ 18- a light (lait)/ 30- a mirror (miro)/ 31- a plant (plant)/
19- a shelf [shelves] (felf)/ 17 a shower (saue)/ 28- a sofa [a couch] (seufe/ kauch)/
29- a washing machine (wachin mechim)

b) Tell me the rooms... downtstairs (upstairs/ on grand floor/ on first floor), please?
     Tell me the things in the ...  attic (living room/ bathroom/ kitchen), please?

ANNOTATIONS:
chimny= chimenea/ diner= Am. restaurante barato/ roof= tejado/ ground= suelo/
dishwasher= lavaplatos/ rug= alfombra/ cupboard= armario de cocina/ wardrobe= armario ropero/
freezer= congelador/ dryer [rumble]= secadora/ attic= atico, ultima planta/
grandfloor= planta baja/ sitting room [living room]= salón/ cooker= cocina/ cook= cocinero/
couch potato= perezoso/ cliff= precipicio.

* WORKHOME
- STUDENT'S BOOK. Pag 165. Irregular verbs
  Verb                                Present                            Past simple                               Past participle
ser/ estar                            be (bi:)                              was (wasz)                                been (bi:n)
llegar a ser                         become (bi'kam)               became (bi'keim)                      become (bi'kam)
empezar                             begin (bi'gin)                    began (bi'gaen)                         begun (bi'gan)
romper                               break (breik)                     broke (brouk)                           broken (breuken)
traer                                   bring (brin)                       brought (bro:t)                          brought (bro:t)
constuir                             build (bil)                          built (bilt)                                  built (bilt)
comprar                             buy (bai)                           bought (bo:t)                             bought (bo:t)
poder, saber, ser capaz      can (can)                           could (kud)                                  ---------
coger, atrapar                    catch (kachf)                     caught (ko:t)                              caught (ko:t)
venir                                  come (kam)                      came (keim)                               come (kam)

- WORKBOOK. Pag 49
1 VOCABULARY
1- run left/ 2- go straight on/ 3- turn right/ 4- go past the station/ 5- on the corner/ 6- opposite/
7- a bridge/ 8- at the traffic lights

2 ASKING FOR DIRECTIONS
Excuse me, please. Where is the station?
Sorry, I don't live here.
Excuse me, Is the station near here?
The station? It´s near here, but I don't know exactly where. Sorry.
Excuse me. Can you tell me the way to the station, please?
Yes, of course. Go past the hotel, then turn left at the traffic lights. It´s at the end of the street.
Sorry, could you say that again, please? Yes. Go past the hotel, then turn left at the traffic lights
and it's at the end of the street. You can´t miss it!
Thank you.

3 SOCIAL ENGLISH
1- What a view!/ 2- What would you like to visit?/ 3- What is there to see/
4- We could go to the Houses of Parliament/ 5- Would you like to meet for lunch?/
6- That´s really nice of you/ 7- Maybe another time/ 8- Yes, of course

4 READING
b) 1- Taking a coach is a slow way to travel T/ 2- The best time to travel by coach is at quiet times T/
     3- There isn't much traffic in the UK F/ 4- In a Park & Ride system you take a train F/
     5- You can buy tickets from National Rail Enquiries T

c) 1- beautiful  scenic/ 2- difficult to understand  confusing/ 3- quite cheap  economic/
    4- normal  standard/ 5- easy to change something  flexible/ 6- happening often  frequent

* STUDENT'S BOOK. Pag 62. 
1 VOCABULARY
a) Yes, I like to rent it, because it's a big very nice house.

c) In a bathroom there is a shelf, a mirror, a shower.
    In a bedroom there is a bed, a light, a picture.
    In a living room there is a carpet, a lamp, a sofa (coach)

2 LISTENING
a) They go into the Jeremy´s room

b) 1- garage/ 2- hall/ 3- dining room/ 4- study/ 5- fireplace/ 6- kitchen/ 7- bathroom/ 8- downstairs/
     9- neighbours/ 10- upstairs

c) It´s a cold room. It was the Barbara´s father´s bedroom.

d) 1- They drink champagne, because they want to celebrate their new house
    2 a) That a man (Mr. Travers) was murdered there in 1958
       b) That some people thought she killed her father and that she never married
       c) They tried to sell the house but nobody wanted buy it.
    3- They leave the pub. Kim wants find a hotel because she doesn't want to sleep in the house

3 GRAMMAR
a) There are some families in the village/ There isn't a dishwasher/ Is there a garage?/
    Are there any neighbouurs?

b) 1- Three families, are three only
    2- Some families, are indefinided families.


* STUDENT'S BOOK. Pag 138
- Utilizamos there is/ there are para decir lo que hay en un sitio o lugar

- Se utiliza there is para nombres en singular y there are para el plural

- A menudo se contracta la expresión there is en there's, there are raramente se contracta

- Cuando nos referimos a una lista de cosas,
  utilizamos la expresión there is cuando la primera palabra de la lista es en singular.
                       Ej.: there is a ball, a pencil, and a book on the table.
  si la primera palabra de la lista es en plural, entonces se utiliza la expresión there are
                       Ej.: there are two pictures, a carpet, and a lamp in my living room

- A menudo se utiliza there is/ there are con a/an, some y any.

- Utilizamos some y any con las palabras en plural.
   Some se utiliza cuando no sabemos el numero exacto de objetos (algunos)

- Utilizamos some para las frases afirmativas y any para las interrogativas y negativas
   Ej: There are some things in my pocket
         I haven´t any things in my pocket
         Are there any things in your pocket?

* STUDENT'S BOOK. Pag 139
a)1- Are there any book on the shelf?/ 2- Is there a toilet downstairs?/
   3- There are some stairs over there/ 4- There is a carpet on the floor/
   5- There are some pictures on the wall/ 6- Is there a shower in the badroom?/
   7- There are some chairs in the garden/ 8- Is there a lamp in the bedroom?/
   9- There is a motorbike in the garage/ 10- Are there any glasses in the cupboard?

b)  1- There is a table in the kitchen. 2- Is there a fireplace in the living room?/
      3- There aren't any plants in your flat/ 4- Are there any people in the hall?/
      5- There are some pictures in your bedroom/ 6- There isn't a TV in the kitchen/
      7- There is a computer in the study/ 8- There aren't any chairs in the dining room/
      9- Are there a mirror the bathroom?/ 10- There isn't a car in the garage.

- ANNOTATION
- Pronunciación there's   (de is)                    there are (deer a:)
                          is there  (is deer)                are there (a: deer)
- some= unos/ unas (sam)
  any= unos/unas/algunos/algunas en interrogativo y negativo ('eni)