domingo, 9 de diciembre de 2018

Revision and extension for unit 3 (4ºESO)

Watch the video about RENEWABLE ENERGIES and answer the questions:
VIDEO
1) Why are renewable energies important for our future?
2) Name two features of these energies
3) What are the most common sources of energies?
4) What percentage of the total energy consumed by humans is derived from fossil fuels?
5) Name two benefits of renewable energies
6) Name two downsides of renewable energies
7) Write adjectives to describe these  future energies


list of vocabulary
technological devices
passive voice grammar rules
slide presentation
grammar + exercises pdf
exercises for beginners




OPINION ESSAY:
model with exercise on connectors
list of connectors

lunes, 5 de noviembre de 2018

Revision and extension for Unit 2 (4º ESO)



video: fundraising ideas
video: how to bid at an auction

Watch the video and answer the questions:
1) Which product are they advertising?
2) Write at least two adjectives to describe the     product.
https://youtu.be/IFrkSiCvBo0   



Listen to a job interview and answer the questions
https://drive.google.com/file/d/1yB2iGzQYFKPMRpGsWF05iGAVmSzhhf2K/view?usp=sharing


Review verb tenses: past simple or past perfect
GRAMMAR EXPLANATION (in Spanish)
- test 1
- test 2
- past simple or past perfect 1
- past simple or past perfect 2

Review unit 1: CUMULATIVE GRAMMAR 
past simple or past continuous
used to (grammar explanation + exercise)

Write suitable endings for each situation:
- What had happened?
  1. Before the teacher arrived...
  2. When I saw you...
  3. Before my best friend phoned me...
  4. Before we went to our school trip...
Read the texts and answer the questions:
http://learnenglishteens.britishcouncil.org/skills/reading/intermediate-b1-reading/job-adverts

How to write a formal letter to apply for a job:
Letter guideline and format


domingo, 28 de octubre de 2018

Halloween

1) Watch the horror story and enjoy the video activities:
video
video activities

2) Write a terrorific ending for this story.
Choose:
- a setting: ghostly ship, haunted house, graveyard,  dungeon,  forest,  prison,  abandoned city...
- new characters: vampire, witch, zombie, ghost, monster, skeleton, werewolf
- Items: ancient relic, magic potion, sword treasure, crystal ball...
- adjectives: disappointed, sick, disturbed unnerved, mad, uncomfortable, insane, lunatic...

domingo, 7 de octubre de 2018

Revision and extension for Unit 1 (4º ESO)


- Two ideas for using social media and mobile phones to reduce cyber bullying:

@westhighbros
stopit app
- Write a couple of supportive compliments to the person that goes behind you on the list.

- Past simple vs. Past continuous
grammar note (Spanish)

- Used to
grammar note
exercise 1

- for / since
exercise 1

- adopt a wolf: What do you know about NGOs? Watch the presentation and create your own dialogue:
https://drive.google.com/open?id=1yPfpbwQpO5L2y3ZcZ2T5G4vmlepAsmvY
http://www.lobopark.com/en/

martes, 18 de septiembre de 2018

Revision starter unit: 4º ESO

Watch the video to explain AR: https://youtu.be/D-A1l4Jn6EY and answer these questions:
1) what is AR?
2) Name three things you need to have AR?
3) Think of different ways in which you could use AR?

Revision:
vocabulary related to technology (exercises to download)
vocabulary related to sporting events (exercises to download)
past simple
- present perfect


Modal verbs (grammar reference)

martes, 3 de abril de 2018

Relative Clauses Exercises

Relative pronoun - necessary or not? 
Choose the right answer
Defining or Non-Defining?
Choose the right option
Write one relative sentence by joining the following ones with a relative pronoun. Make the necessary changes and leave the relative pronoun when possible.

1.- The book is on the table. It was written by an old English novelist.
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2.- Here is a photograph of the hotel. We stayed there for a weekend.
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3.- We met a friend last week. Her husband is an engineer.
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4.- We visited the town. It lies at the source of the Danube.
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5.- David bought a new camera. It was made in Japan.
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6,. Ann found the money. Sam had lost it on his way to the library.
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7.- I know the girl. She is going to marry my cousin.
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8.- We live in a town near Madrid. In that town there are many shops.
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9.- A very interesting man wrote a letter to a newspaper. That man was born in England.
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10.-The castle stands above the town. It was built by the Normans.
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11.-Helen has a stamp collection. It contains many rare stamps.
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12.-I met a Japanese tourist. You would like him a lot.
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13.-He is a very funny person. In fact I don’t know anyone funnier.
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14.-She remembered my birthday. She was the only one to do so.
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15.-Peter is going to marry a girl. Her sister is my class.
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16.-The politician resigned. She had refused to support her party.
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17.-That is the school. As a child I was there.
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18.- Pilar and Gema are very nice girls. Their mother is a good friend of mine
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19.- Laura is making fun of all of us. I don’t understand it.
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20.- James wrote a biography on Mike Anderson. James’s father was a famous historian.

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