Determinante ADJETIVO NOUN
(del grado más subjetivo ..................................................................... al más objetivo)
Opinion Size Shape Age Colour Nationality (Origin) Material Purpose
(noun used as adjective)
OSISHA CO(N)MP(any). I put origin instead of nationality, it looks similar
Monday, November 30, 2009
Sunday, November 29, 2009
CORRECTION ON HANDOUT "RELATIONSHIPS".
1. If they get on well, it means that they are always playing and chatting happily together.
2. To loathe is to abominate so if I loathe my neighbour I hate him.
3. You see your colleagues at work.
4.A best friend is closer to you than an acquaintance.
5. To make up means to come to terms, to become friends after a discussion, so Henry and Sue are friends again.
6. Cinderella´s father married to her wicked step-mother.
7. You live at 37.
8. To idolise is to love so it means she watches all his films over and over again.
9. You are an only child.
10. You have separated.
11. They are very different.
12. Julian.
If there is anything you want me to comment in class as regards this handout, please, write a comment below and say what group you are in.
Cheers!
2. To loathe is to abominate so if I loathe my neighbour I hate him.
3. You see your colleagues at work.
4.A best friend is closer to you than an acquaintance.
5. To make up means to come to terms, to become friends after a discussion, so Henry and Sue are friends again.
6. Cinderella´s father married to her wicked step-mother.
7. You live at 37.
8. To idolise is to love so it means she watches all his films over and over again.
9. You are an only child.
10. You have separated.
11. They are very different.
12. Julian.
If there is anything you want me to comment in class as regards this handout, please, write a comment below and say what group you are in.
Cheers!
Friday, November 27, 2009
Some info on next two weeks. Please, read it!
Hello you all,
I hope you are not too tired as the end of the term is getting closer and closer. We still have almost a month ahead before Christmas and this is what we will be doing:
1. Next week you will be performing your anecdotes which you have previously sent to me by mail.I am really impressed because you´ve worked hard on them and the final results are excellent so far. Good job!!! Needless to say, you will get a record of my feedback once all the anecdotes have been performed.You should give me a paper copy of your anecdote the day of your presentation.
2. Next week you will also sit a little test on some of the contents covered in these two months. Remember you have two mind maps (I´ve also e-mailed them)to help you revising. You will be given/e-mailed another one on narrative texts before the test.
3. We will be going on a trip to the l...... (instructions to be given in class).
4. Do you remember your profiles on display? You will be involved on a speed-dating experience as well...
To be continued...
I hope you are not too tired as the end of the term is getting closer and closer. We still have almost a month ahead before Christmas and this is what we will be doing:
1. Next week you will be performing your anecdotes which you have previously sent to me by mail.I am really impressed because you´ve worked hard on them and the final results are excellent so far. Good job!!! Needless to say, you will get a record of my feedback once all the anecdotes have been performed.You should give me a paper copy of your anecdote the day of your presentation.
2. Next week you will also sit a little test on some of the contents covered in these two months. Remember you have two mind maps (I´ve also e-mailed them)to help you revising. You will be given/e-mailed another one on narrative texts before the test.
3. We will be going on a trip to the l...... (instructions to be given in class).
4. Do you remember your profiles on display? You will be involved on a speed-dating experience as well...
To be continued...
Thursday, November 26, 2009
28th November: BND!!
B.N.D. (VIDEO below)
You’re going to watch an advertisement about the B.N.D. Listen and read the script. What do you think B.N.D. stands for?
Buy time, buy dreams, buy silence, buy identity, buy status, buy quality time, buy friends, buy romance, buy intimacy, buy security, buy space, buy vision, buy Christmas spirit, buy salvation, buy knowledge, buy opinions, buy health, buy youth, buy colour, buy reflection, buy shoes…
B STANDS FOR......
N STANDS FOR .....
D STANDS FOR .....
You’re going to watch an advertisement about the B.N.D. Listen and read the script. What do you think B.N.D. stands for?
Buy time, buy dreams, buy silence, buy identity, buy status, buy quality time, buy friends, buy romance, buy intimacy, buy security, buy space, buy vision, buy Christmas spirit, buy salvation, buy knowledge, buy opinions, buy health, buy youth, buy colour, buy reflection, buy shoes…
B STANDS FOR......
N STANDS FOR .....
D STANDS FOR .....
Thursday, November 19, 2009
Sunday, November 15, 2009
Thursday, November 12, 2009
Tuesday, November 10, 2009
Sunday, November 8, 2009
Homophones! Weight/wait.Spanglish! Avoiding misunderstandings.
Watch this video on homophones (words that sound the same but they have different form and meaning).
Watch this video on problems of communication.
Watch this video on problems of communication.
Saturday, November 7, 2009
Revision on past tenses. Check your group to revise -ed pronunciations.The pat perfect.(The woman who had had enough)
GRAMMAR: PAST SIMPLE and PAST CONTINUOUS (was/were+verb+ing). Cuisinaire rods.
+
I/he/she/it was working
You/we/they were working
-
I/he/she/it wasn’t working
You/we/they weren´t working
?
Was she working? Yes, she was. No, she wasn’t.
Were they working? Yes, they were. No, they weren’t.
REMEMBER:
- Use the past continuous to describe an action in progress at a specific moment in the past: At six o’clock last night I was driving home.
- Past simple or past continuous? Use the past simple for a completed action and the past continuous for an action in progress: When they took the photo, they were writing a song.
Put the verbs into the past simple or past continuous:
e.g. She arrived when we were having dinner. (arrive, have)
1. I ............my arm when I ..............football. (break, play)
2. ....................you ................fast when the police ..........you? (drive, stop)
3. It ............... when we ..............the pub (snow, leave).
4. I ....................the match because I ....................... (not see, work)
5. When you .......................me , I .................to my boss. (call, talk)
GRAMMAR: PAST PERFECT
3. Look at these sentences from story 3. Answer the questions:
a. The police stopped the Italian driver.
b. They had seen him using his mobile phone.
1. Which action happened first, a or b?
2. What’s the form of the verb in b?
4. Read the endings of the other 5 stories and underline examples of had+past participle. Did these actions happen before or after the main part of the story?
+ I/you/he/she/it/we/they had/’d seen the film before
- I/you/he/she/it/we/they hadn’t seen the film before
? Had she seen it before? Yes, she had. No, she hadn’t
REMEMBER:
- Use the past simple when you are talking about the past, and want to talk about an EARLIER action.
- Be careful: I´d can be I had or I would.
5. Complete the sentences. Put the verbs in the past simple or past perfect.
e.g. We didn´t get a table in the restaurant because we hadn’t booked. (not get, not book)
1. I ...............Maria because she ................her hair (not recognise, cut)
2. My friend .............to tell me I ___________my jacket in the car. (phone, leave)
3. When I .....the TV, the match ........ (turn on, finish)
4. She ............the book because she ............it yet. (not lend, finish)
5. He ..............all his exams because he ................at all. (fail, not study)
6. When we ............home we saw that somebody ...........the kitchen window. (get, break)
+
I/he/she/it was working
You/we/they were working
-
I/he/she/it wasn’t working
You/we/they weren´t working
?
Was she working? Yes, she was. No, she wasn’t.
Were they working? Yes, they were. No, they weren’t.
REMEMBER:
- Use the past continuous to describe an action in progress at a specific moment in the past: At six o’clock last night I was driving home.
- Past simple or past continuous? Use the past simple for a completed action and the past continuous for an action in progress: When they took the photo, they were writing a song.
Put the verbs into the past simple or past continuous:
e.g. She arrived when we were having dinner. (arrive, have)
1. I ............my arm when I ..............football. (break, play)
2. ....................you ................fast when the police ..........you? (drive, stop)
3. It ............... when we ..............the pub (snow, leave).
4. I ....................the match because I ....................... (not see, work)
5. When you .......................me , I .................to my boss. (call, talk)
GRAMMAR: PAST PERFECT
3. Look at these sentences from story 3. Answer the questions:
a. The police stopped the Italian driver.
b. They had seen him using his mobile phone.
1. Which action happened first, a or b?
2. What’s the form of the verb in b?
4. Read the endings of the other 5 stories and underline examples of had+past participle. Did these actions happen before or after the main part of the story?
+ I/you/he/she/it/we/they had/’d seen the film before
- I/you/he/she/it/we/they hadn’t seen the film before
? Had she seen it before? Yes, she had. No, she hadn’t
REMEMBER:
- Use the past simple when you are talking about the past, and want to talk about an EARLIER action.
- Be careful: I´d can be I had or I would.
5. Complete the sentences. Put the verbs in the past simple or past perfect.
e.g. We didn´t get a table in the restaurant because we hadn’t booked. (not get, not book)
1. I ...............Maria because she ................her hair (not recognise, cut)
2. My friend .............to tell me I ___________my jacket in the car. (phone, leave)
3. When I .....the TV, the match ........ (turn on, finish)
4. She ............the book because she ............it yet. (not lend, finish)
5. He ..............all his exams because he ................at all. (fail, not study)
6. When we ............home we saw that somebody ...........the kitchen window. (get, break)
Friday, November 6, 2009
Anecdotes. Next writing task. Pre-writing activity.
You are going to write, in groups of four, an anecdote based on one of the commercials in the video below. Do not write more than 150words. You should be able to express your ideas in a text of this length. Your text does not need to be complex, but it should give details that allow the reader to have a clear mental image of the story you are telling.
It is very important that you use cohesive markers, using the right verb tenses and time references, as well as the appropriate connectors and linking words. COHESION AND COHERENCE MISTAKES WILL BE INTRODUCED IN YOUR CORRECTION. (CHS) (CHC).
A written anecdote has similarities with a spoken anecdote: 1) It is told in 1st person and 2) very formal expressions are not used. However, there are important differences:
- Do not use vague language and as many contractions as in spoken language.
- Use linking expressions (see linking); do not repeat expressions or use but at the start of a sentence.
LINKING: TIME LINKERS
Adverbials: Suddenly (I was standing there. Suddenly, I heard a noise), eventually (Eventually I got back home after a really long journey), at last (I saw my dad coming. At last, I started to feel a bit more relaxed).
Conjunctions: As soon as (As soon as we finished, we went outside to take the car), while (I arrived while they were having lunch) when (when he arrived I was watching TV) once (once he left the show was no longer the same).
TIPS:- Use past tenses coherently.
- Learn time connectors to link events
- Try to make your anecdote interesting and more dramatic (e.g. direct or reported speech, include any brief dialogue, leave suspense till the end, include an unexpected ending)
Check vocabulary, grammar and sentence structure before you hand it in or e-mail to me.
Example: (1ST VIDEO): Yesterday evening I was going to have dinner at my place with my girlfriend. I got home and went to the kitchen to unpack the things I had bought at the supermarket:some tomato sauce, some meat and some pasta to make spaghetti bolognese.
I put the saucepan on the cooker, and I only looked away for half a second, but it was enough time for my cat to jump onto the cooker and spill the sauce on the floor. The cat got covered in sauce too.
When I was picking up the cat, who was then all red, my girlfiend came in. She saw me standing in the kitchen with the cat in one hand and a big knife in the other. I had picked up the knife before to cut the onions. I think my girlfriend thought I had just killed the cat, because she ran out of the flat and now she never answers my phone calls!!
Some help on the second and the third:
IN THE CAR
Girl: I hope she sings this tonight
Girl: Hey dad, pull over, we need gum
Dad: Oh honey, here’s some money
Policeman: What have we got here?
Dad: I’m her daddy.
AT THE HOSPITAL
Doctor 1 (mumbling): … fractured fibula … gonna be able to go home tomorrow.
Mum: Daddy’s going to be so excited!
Doctor 2: That killed him.
It is very important that you use cohesive markers, using the right verb tenses and time references, as well as the appropriate connectors and linking words. COHESION AND COHERENCE MISTAKES WILL BE INTRODUCED IN YOUR CORRECTION. (CHS) (CHC).
A written anecdote has similarities with a spoken anecdote: 1) It is told in 1st person and 2) very formal expressions are not used. However, there are important differences:
- Do not use vague language and as many contractions as in spoken language.
- Use linking expressions (see linking); do not repeat expressions or use but at the start of a sentence.
LINKING: TIME LINKERS
Adverbials: Suddenly (I was standing there. Suddenly, I heard a noise), eventually (Eventually I got back home after a really long journey), at last (I saw my dad coming. At last, I started to feel a bit more relaxed).
Conjunctions: As soon as (As soon as we finished, we went outside to take the car), while (I arrived while they were having lunch) when (when he arrived I was watching TV) once (once he left the show was no longer the same).
TIPS:- Use past tenses coherently.
- Learn time connectors to link events
- Try to make your anecdote interesting and more dramatic (e.g. direct or reported speech, include any brief dialogue, leave suspense till the end, include an unexpected ending)
Check vocabulary, grammar and sentence structure before you hand it in or e-mail to me.
Example: (1ST VIDEO): Yesterday evening I was going to have dinner at my place with my girlfriend. I got home and went to the kitchen to unpack the things I had bought at the supermarket:some tomato sauce, some meat and some pasta to make spaghetti bolognese.
I put the saucepan on the cooker, and I only looked away for half a second, but it was enough time for my cat to jump onto the cooker and spill the sauce on the floor. The cat got covered in sauce too.
When I was picking up the cat, who was then all red, my girlfiend came in. She saw me standing in the kitchen with the cat in one hand and a big knife in the other. I had picked up the knife before to cut the onions. I think my girlfriend thought I had just killed the cat, because she ran out of the flat and now she never answers my phone calls!!
Some help on the second and the third:
IN THE CAR
Girl: I hope she sings this tonight
Girl: Hey dad, pull over, we need gum
Dad: Oh honey, here’s some money
Policeman: What have we got here?
Dad: I’m her daddy.
AT THE HOSPITAL
Doctor 1 (mumbling): … fractured fibula … gonna be able to go home tomorrow.
Mum: Daddy’s going to be so excited!
Doctor 2: That killed him.
Wednesday, November 4, 2009
Tuesday, November 3, 2009
Don´t misunderstand me but this week we´ll be talking about misunderstandings!!
Do you know The Monty Phyton?
They were a British comedy group that created the influential Monty Python's Flying Circus, a British television comedy sketch show that first aired on the BBC on 5 October 1969. They have been incredibly popular since then. Hope you enjoy this video on misunderstandings (Spanish subtitles).
Do you remember the meaning of complexion? What does sensible mean? They are false friends: words in different languages or dialects that look related but that differ significantly in meaning. Some false friends: an abstract: resumen (y no abstracto)to achieve: lograr (y no archivar, que se dice to file, actual: real, efectivo (y no actual, que se dice current),actually: en realidad (y no actualmente, que se dice nowadays, at present),to advertise: anunciar (y no advertir, que se dice to warn,Advice: consejos (y no aviso, que se dice warning, notice),ailment: enfermedad leve, achaque (y no alimento, que se dice food)
Do you know more false friends? I am sure you do. Please click on COMMENT (below) and add your false friend to the list.
Cheers!
They were a British comedy group that created the influential Monty Python's Flying Circus, a British television comedy sketch show that first aired on the BBC on 5 October 1969. They have been incredibly popular since then. Hope you enjoy this video on misunderstandings (Spanish subtitles).
Do you remember the meaning of complexion? What does sensible mean? They are false friends: words in different languages or dialects that look related but that differ significantly in meaning. Some false friends: an abstract: resumen (y no abstracto)to achieve: lograr (y no archivar, que se dice to file, actual: real, efectivo (y no actual, que se dice current),actually: en realidad (y no actualmente, que se dice nowadays, at present),to advertise: anunciar (y no advertir, que se dice to warn,Advice: consejos (y no aviso, que se dice warning, notice),ailment: enfermedad leve, achaque (y no alimento, que se dice food)
Do you know more false friends? I am sure you do. Please click on COMMENT (below) and add your false friend to the list.
Cheers!
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