Monday, May 14, 2018

Unit 9 Food

Food is important in our life, because it gives us energy. A good diet can keep us healthy. In this picture you can find lots of healthy food. Can you name it in English? How often do you eat food? Do you like eating this food?

Now try to classify this food into the right grammatical category: countable or uncountable nouns. Can you add extra countable or uncountable nouns? To check this activity, click on comments. Then do the activities below.

Food I
Food III
Food IV
Food V
Food VI
Food GAME
Countability and Quantifiers I
Countability and Quantifiers II
Countability and Quantifiers III

Countability and Quantifiers IV
More countability and quantifiers



Unit 8 My city


This is my town. I live in Cartagena near the coast, in the south of Spain. In Cartagena there are a lot of things to do. For example, do you like archaeology? Then, you can visit its beautiful Roman theatre. Do you like shopping? There are lots of shops in the city centre. Do you like tapas? There are some tapas bars near the port. There is only one problem. There is a lot of traffic. Well, and Cartagena can be a noisy and polluted town.

What about your town? Do you live in a town or in a village? Are there a lot of activities to do there?

Now read this tale and answer the question at the end of the story.

Around my neighbourhood


Try now these activities about use of English.


In town 
There is/ are 

There was/ were I
There was/ were II

Finally, enjoy this video and practise your pronunciation. After that, you can talk about your place and write your answers on the chat below.

Unit 8 The Apartment



There is a popular building in New York. It is near Central Park. In this building a group of good friends met and lots of funny stories took place.

Have a look at the pwp presentation with information about Monica's apartment and do the exercises.



Vocabulary:
- Exercise 1
- Exercise 2
- Exercise 3

Grammar:
There is/are 1
There is/are 2


Listening:

A big house

Well, interested in the boys' apartment. Have a look at the photo and give information about Joey's apartment on the left.








Thursday, April 19, 2018

Unit 8 Revision past tenses





Unit 8 Simple Past Revision


Ready for the revision of the past simple? Watch this video about Gulliver in Lilliput and do the activities below. Enjoy it.


Activity 1
Watch the video twice and answer these questions (Click on coments to check your answers).

1) What did Gulliver do when he arrived on the island?
2) What did the little men do to Gulliver when he woke up?
3) What did Gulliver have for dinner?

Activity 2
Click on the link below and follow the instructions.
(Click on coments to check your answers)

Gulliver's follow-up Activity

Now a video where  people talk about the things they did last weekend.  Listen carefully. When you finish watching video answer the same question on the chat below: what did you do last weekend?




To finish the lesson, I would like you to enjoy a popular song  by Nancy Sinatra called BANG BANG. Click on the link below and do the activities watching the video.
(Click on comments to check your answers)

Bang Bang by Nancy Sinatra Activity


Unit 8 Simple Past Revision


Travelleres usually look for different experiences when they go on a journey. Some of them want to lie on a beach, others are ready to enjoy their all-inclusive package holidays and some others are only interested in experiencing.

In this last group are included the three short films by the independent director Rick Mereki. Read the information about the short films and answer the questions below.


- How long was their journey?
- How many countries did they visit?
- How many flights did they take?
- How many miles did they travel?
- Did they experience any inconveniences during their journey?
- How many cameras did they take with them?
- How does the director describe the journey?

Now lounge on your chair and enjoy this short film that summarizes the beuty of travelling.



What do you think about this project? Which countries could you see in the video? Which experience did you like the most? You can write your opinion clicking on comments.

Listen to this recording and do the activities. It's a bit difficult for your level, so clik on script when you have real problems.

Tips for when to visit the USA
Tips for when to visit the USA script





Unit 7 A Window to the Past

Here is the video where John Travolta talks about dancing with Lady Di.