Hi guys! (This is an American greeting).
Today it's raining. This is not a surprise, I heard it on the news: they said: cloudy and rainy on Sunday.
We started a new book and the first units are all about food. You already knew the word Breakfast.
I often ask you at the beginning of the lessons: What do you usually have for breakfast?
The other two meals are lunch and dinner ( and supper).
Some students in this group only have coffee with milk for breakfast. Nothing to eat. I can's understand how they manage to go through the day.
Anyway, we studied the names of
Fruits: bananas, oranges, apples, pears, watermelon, peaches, apricots, strawberries, cherries, lemons.
Vegetables: carrots, tomatoes, lettuce, onions, garlic, broccoli, cucumbers, potatoes, mushrooms, green beans, green peas, beans.
Meats: beef - steak-, lamb, chicken, pork.
Dairy products: milk, butter, cheese, yogurt, ice-cream.
Other foods: cereal, rice, bread, biscuits, jam, eggs, sugar, salt, oil, coffee, tea.
Cooked or prepared foods: soup, salad, hamburgers, hot dogs, omelette ( made with eggs), fries, baked potatoes.
I am sure there are things I've forgotten. But I hope this little summary is helpful.
We practiced talking about things we like, things we love and things we hate.
Students only hate a couple of things. Somebody hates cucumbers and somebody hates broccoli.
And they love many other things, such as fries and watermelon.
We had mentioned it before, but we studied using some and any for countable and uncountable nouns.
Examples;
Do we have any potatoes?
Yes, we do. But we don't have any eggs.
What do you need? There is some rice in the cupboard and some tomatoes in the fridge.
Get ready to say what you had for lunch next Tuesday. See you then.
domingo, 26 de abril de 2015
domingo, 19 de abril de 2015
Hello! Did you have a nice weekend?
Last week we studied the clothes and practiced asking: What are you wearing?
and saying I'm wearing a red shirt and gray trousers, for example.
We also practiced describing people and learned some new words: beard, mustache, bold,earrings, so we could play Who is who.
We started working on the new book. The first units deal with food, a very tasty topic
Just as in Spanish there are words for foods that are uncountable, such as rice or salt and words that are countable, such as bananas or biscuits.
We can use some or any with both countable and uncountable nouns.
When we use them with countable nouns some and any are the plural indeterminate article.:
A banana.
Some bananas. (We don't know the exact number). Ex: There are some bananas in the fridge.
We use any for questions instead of some. Are there any bananas?
We use any for negative sentences, always with a negative verb. They haven't got any bananas in that shop.
When we use some or any with uncountable nouns we can translate it as algo de.
Put some butter on the plate.
Is there any butter in the fridge?
There isn't any butter here.
See you next Tuesday. I hope this is helpful for you.
Last week we studied the clothes and practiced asking: What are you wearing?
and saying I'm wearing a red shirt and gray trousers, for example.
We also practiced describing people and learned some new words: beard, mustache, bold,earrings, so we could play Who is who.
We started working on the new book. The first units deal with food, a very tasty topic
Just as in Spanish there are words for foods that are uncountable, such as rice or salt and words that are countable, such as bananas or biscuits.
We can use some or any with both countable and uncountable nouns.
When we use them with countable nouns some and any are the plural indeterminate article.:
A banana.
Some bananas. (We don't know the exact number). Ex: There are some bananas in the fridge.
We use any for questions instead of some. Are there any bananas?
We use any for negative sentences, always with a negative verb. They haven't got any bananas in that shop.
When we use some or any with uncountable nouns we can translate it as algo de.
Put some butter on the plate.
Is there any butter in the fridge?
There isn't any butter here.
See you next Tuesday. I hope this is helpful for you.
domingo, 12 de abril de 2015
Hello!
In our first week of the term we were reviewing some of the topics we had studied before Easter vacation.
We were describing people, practicing the Pr. Continuous and using There is and There are.
Next week we'll start the new book.
We also worked a bit on pronunciation, trying to figure our the number of syllables in various words and deciding where the stress goes. We know, for instance, that the word nurse only has 1 syllable; that the word optician has 3 syllables and we stress the second syllable.
HOMEWORK
1. On page 99 do the Spot the Differences exercise. Use There is and There are. Example: In Picture B there is a plant at the window but in Picture A there aren't any plants at the window.
2. Write about your daily routine using verbs in the Present Simple. Write 10 sentences. Example:
I get up at 7 o'clock and have a shower.
EXTRA HOMEWORK
Check this video if you have the time. It's fun. It's a collection of scenes from TV shows. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=tVuVrVr4dvI
Some verbs you don't know are:
bother: molestar
tweet: write in Twitter
gossip: cotillear
Laugh at (somebody): reirse de alguien
Write 5 sentences. Example: In one scene a boy and a girl are studying chemistry
In our first week of the term we were reviewing some of the topics we had studied before Easter vacation.
We were describing people, practicing the Pr. Continuous and using There is and There are.
Next week we'll start the new book.
We also worked a bit on pronunciation, trying to figure our the number of syllables in various words and deciding where the stress goes. We know, for instance, that the word nurse only has 1 syllable; that the word optician has 3 syllables and we stress the second syllable.
HOMEWORK
1. On page 99 do the Spot the Differences exercise. Use There is and There are. Example: In Picture B there is a plant at the window but in Picture A there aren't any plants at the window.
2. Write about your daily routine using verbs in the Present Simple. Write 10 sentences. Example:
I get up at 7 o'clock and have a shower.
EXTRA HOMEWORK
Check this video if you have the time. It's fun. It's a collection of scenes from TV shows. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=tVuVrVr4dvI
Some verbs you don't know are:
bother: molestar
tweet: write in Twitter
gossip: cotillear
Laugh at (somebody): reirse de alguien
Write 5 sentences. Example: In one scene a boy and a girl are studying chemistry
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