Class 16/12/2015

Class 16/12/2015

Speaking	Food you´ve tried   Have you or anyone you know, ever been robbed? Who usually pays the bill when you go to a restaurant? Have you bougth anything nice this week?
Listening	Important people
Reading
Writing
Grammar
Vocabulary
Other	Correcting exams
Homework	Your important person

Units 1 & 2 review.

Hello, everyone.
As you know, we have our first progress test on Thursday 10th., so I've uploaded some material to help you revise. The answers are included at the end, but you should do the activities first, and then check.
If there's anything that you don't understand, remember to ask me about it on Thursday, our last class before the progress test. 
The test is worth 5% of the annual mark.
See you in class.
Tom.

Yakaar Africa. (NGO)

Hello, everyone. Last Thursday, I mentioned an NGO started by some spanish tourists in Senegal, like the the one we read about in our coursebook. Well, here's the link to their website, which I think you'll agree is really interesting, (and easy to understand.)

I've also included the paper I translated for them a few years ago, and that suddenly reappeared, as if by magic, just for you. We'll be looking at it in class one of these days.

See you this evening.
Tom.


http://yakaarafrica.com/?gclid=CjwKEAiAp_WyBRD37bGB_ZO9qAYSJAA72IkgR-bguXhbkZv0G3DDXpmgstXk5xu3gjsNxhy1YqCjdxoCUJnw_wcB

Stative Vs action verbs + for / since.

Hello, everyone.
Here are a few links I hope you'll find useful to review and practise stative Vs action verbs,  as well as for / since.
We'll be using some of  these in class.
See you tomorow.
Tom.

 

B1.1 Stative Vs action verbs

Theory:

http://www.perfect-english-grammar.com/stative-verbs.html

Practice:

http://www.perfect-english-grammar.com/stative-verbs-exercise.html

B1.1 For Vs since

Practice:

http://a4esl.org/q/h/9807/km-sincefor.html

http://a4esl.org/q/h/9704/bd-for-since.html

Class 26/11/2015

Speaking	WARMING:  Borrow with From Lend with To Owes
Listening	Stress--> p.21,  exercise 6 A
Reading
Writing
Grammar	Rewiev:  Grammar bank page 135 exercise 2B
Vocabulary	Strong adjectives: absolutely or really  page 21
Other
Homework	Exercise  2 B and C  page 114

Class 24/11/2015

Speaking	WARMING:  exercise 4 a of page 19 2B
Listening	Stress--> TV presenter´s Amazon challenge Pag 20
Reading	Questions from exercise: p.19; 3.a
Writing
Grammar	review: PP and PPC
Vocabulary	page 20 exercise 5 d Afford= too expensive Bargains= cheaper than usual
Other	Qquestion for description: - How is he? He´s fine - What is he like? He´s really generous and He´s quite tall
Homework

Speaking	WARMING: a experience in Africa
Listening	Stress--> p.19; 3.a
Reading	Questions from exercice: p.19; 3.a
Writing
Grammar	Correct exercise "a" page 135 ( FOR/SINCE,  P.P. SIMPLE VS. P.P.CONTINOUS)
Vocabulary
Other
Homework	Exercise "b" page 135

Class update 17/11/2015

Speaking	P. 154 Ex 5 e. Have you ever...?
Listening	P. 18 Ex 1.a,b,c.Warner Africa.
Reading
Writing
Grammar	Present Perfect Simple and Present Perfect continuos P. 19 Ex. 2 a,b,c.
Vocabulary	Changing lives.
Other
Homework	P. 135. Ex.a.

Present perfect practice. Simple Vs continuous.

Hello, everyone. 

Since we don't have as much time as we'd like to practise in class, I've posted this page from the workbook that will help you review what we've done in class. You'll find the answers below.

Remember, if there's anything you don't understand, be sure to ask me about it in class.

Tom.

¡Adelante Africa! & Turkana bar Madrid.

Hello, everyone.
Today we're going to talk about the spanish NGO "Adelante Africa." Well, it's not just an invention of the publishers, it really exists, does wonderful work, and here's the link to their website in case you want to know more, or perhaps help.

http://www.adelanteafrica.com/wp/en/

Here's another NGO where you can help people in Africa by simply having a beer or something really tasty to eat, right here in Madrid. I can personally recommend it.

http://www.turkanabar.es/

More on €€€€€ and tenses. Present perfect Vs past simple.

Hello, everyone. Because we have a lot of material to cover in our course, and limited time to practice in class, I'm sending you some selected exrcises from the workbook. I've included the answers so that you can check how well you're doing. If you're not sure why your answer is wrong, make sure to ask about it in class; if you're confused, you can be sure you're not the only one. 

On p11, try Ex.1 a & b. On p12, Ex.3 a & b.

See you all in class.

Tom.

CLASS UPDATE 12/11/2015

Speaking	Warmer P. 154 Ex 1. Test each other. S.A says 1 S.B says the alternative expression (without looking) Grammar P. 16 Ex 5
Listening	P. 15 Ex 4 Saver or spender? P. 16 Ex 5 Grammar
Reading
Writing
Grammar	Present Perfect and Past Simple
Vocabulary	Money   P. 154
Other
Homework	P. 134. Ex. b

CLASS UPDATE 10/11/2015

Speaking	Personalities of the people in photos P. 14 Are you a spender or a saver? P. 15
Listening	GIRLS AND BOY. P. 14 Ex 1A, 1B
Reading	Are you a spender or a saver? P. 15
Writing	Correction of the Angela´s email P. 153
Grammar	Since vs From For vs Since
Vocabulary	Money   P. 14, 15, 154
Other
Homework	P. 154. Ex. 1A, 2A, 3A

CLASS UPDATE 05/11/2015

CLASS UPDATE  05/11/2015

Speaking	Are you going to away this weekend? Social English
Listening	HARRY FINDS OUT MORE ABOUT ROB. P. 13 3
Reading
Writing
Grammar	Futures review + Practise
Vocabulary	Social English
Other
Homework

Present simple versus present continuous.

Hello, everyone.
Here's a link to a page I find very useful if you have a grammar question. The explanations are clear, and you can practise too, so this is a good page to copy to your 'Favoritos'. Have a look.

First, the theory.

http://www.perfect-english-grammar.com/present-simple-or-present-continuous.html

Then the  practice.

http://www.perfect-english-grammar.com/present-simple-present-continuous-1.html

Winton Marsalis

Hello, everyone. 
The other day we were wondering who Winton Marsalis was, so I checked him out on You Tube, and came up with this. I hope you enjoy it.


https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ABM6VphQmJk

CLASS UPDATE 3/11/15

Speaking	Describing people p12  ex 1a Estudent A p.104 PE1a  Estudent B p.109 PE1b
Listening	Complete the gaps p12, ex 1b Listen to Jenny introducing Rob to her parents. Ex. 2a,b and c.
Reading
Writing
Grammar
Vocabulary
Other
Homework	Nothing

CLASS UPDATE 29/10/2015

Speaking
Listening	Family life. P.11. Ex.8b
Reading	P.10. Ex.d
Writing	A Description of a person P.113 Ex.1a
Grammar
Vocabulary	Personality P153. Ex.1a
Other	Pronunciation . Multi- sylable adjetives. P.11 Ex.7a.b
Homework	Writing Answer Angela´s email.P113. ex 1e. Write about a friend of yours.120- 150 words. Printed doble space.