WEEK 9 10th - 16th February 2014

Hello dear students,
How are you today?

Today we have reviewed more vocabulary about traveling and we have seen it in context: double-decker, sliding doors, rack, escalator, fare, meter and the difference between conductor, inspector and driver. You did it well, because you looked them up and you knew the meaning of the words, even when most of them were new. Well done!!! 

We also had a look at prepositions referring to travelling: on a platform, in a lift, at a bus stop. We saw "get into/get out of a car" and "get on/off a bus", "set off". 

Then we had a look at compound nouns about traveling: petrol station, traffic lights, seat belts, rush hour, parking fine, pedestrian area, cycle lane, taxi rank, buffet car, baggage claim,etc.

Then I have showed you some pictures from a project called:"What´s in my head?" to talk about the things we enjoy best. You have to bring it to class next Monday. Please don´t forget to do it. It will be very interesting, I´m sure.

We have had an activity to review comparatives and we have constructed: fewer + countable nouns, and less+uncountable nouns with the help of some images. I was particularly happy because all of you tried to make sentences using the pictures I brought in and the sentences were really good: You racked your brains out!!

We have reviewed the future tense: 

• present simple in future for timetables or scheduled events We have a lesson next Monday.
• present continuous for arrangements I´m playing football tomorrow.
• to be going to for intentions and when something is likely to happen Be careful. You´re going to fall!
• future simple for sudden decisions
• future continuous/ progressive for actions that will be happening in a given time or for emphasis when we are talking about plans, arrangements and intentions: "They´ll be coming to see us next week"
• future perfect for actions that will have finished in a given time (by+time; in 5 year's time): Do you think you will have finished your assignment by next Monday?
• future perfect continuous for actions that will continue up until a particular event or time in the future. They will have been talking for over an hour by the time Thomas arrives.

As we have talked and given examples of the tenses orally I´m going to post some links for you to practice your grammar, in the first one you have to write the correct tense and then you can check online:

future progressive and future perfect

and the following is for future perfect and future perfect continuous:

 

future perfect vs. future perfect continuous

At the end of the class I have given you a piece of paper to mark your character strengths to talk about them in our next class, you have to mark them from 1 to 24: I´m sure you will find the results interesting.

Don´t forget to check the previous blog and have a look at the links. If there is any problem, please let me know and write on the comment area,  I´ll be checking the blog!!! 

Have a nice week. See you on Monday.