REPORTED SPEECH

- Games to practise reported speech:

• Quotes from Harry Potter
• Quiz
  
• Fortune Wheel
  
• Cards
  

- Exercises to practise pronuon and verb changes: 

• Statements PDF (with answers)
• Statements (online exercise)

- Exercises to practise `pronuon, verb, time and place changes:

• Statement (online exercise)

Shopping

 

Pre-watching activities:

- Give a defifition for the following words: 

• wreak havoc:
• made in bulk:
• sewing machine:
• trade:
• tag:
• developing countries:
• landfill:
• defeat:

- Watch the video and answer the questions:

1. Shopping is a hobby, but what's the dark side of this hobby?
2. Where were clothes made in the past?
3. Give two examples of problems that fast fashion produces?
4. What do you need to produce clothes?
5. What can you do to stop this problem?

Adjectives to describe clothes:

Valentine's Day

Song exercises LOVE STORY

Reading comprehension

Worksheet

GIVING ADVICE

 - Read a friend's problem and try give him/her advice choosing the right answer:  https://www.cambridgeenglish.org/learning-english/activities-for-learners/a2w003-giving-advice-to-a-friend

- Lists of phrases and expressions you can use when writing a letter giving advice: 

• list 1
  
• list 2

- Watch the video and answer the questions: video

- Introduce should/shouldn't: watch the video and start giving advice: 

- Game: guess the problem

HEALTH AND ILLNESSES

 - List of symtoms, illnesses and treatment: http://www.innoveduca.com/files/propis/sec_english/vocabulary/illness__treatment_t1.html

- Exercises to learn illnesses: https://agendaweb.org/vocabulary/health-illness-exercises.html (basic)

https://www.eltbase.com/quiz/069_01.htm (intermediate)

https://janis-esl.issbc.org/esl-links/doctor/ (upper-intermediate)

- Health problems GAME: https://www.eslgamesplus.com/modal-verb-should-shouldnt-for-giving-advice-on-health-problems-esl-grammar-activity/

- Health worksheets: https://www.englishwsheets.com/health%20problems%20vocabulary%20esl%20matching%20exercise%20worksheet%20for%20kids.pdf

- At the doctor's: 

• dialogue: https://www.cristinacabal.com/pre-intermediate/atthedoctor.htm
• listening: https://www.oxfordonlineenglish.com/going-to-the-doctor
• video: 
  

ANIMALS AND INVASIVE SPECIES

 Learn animals' parts of the body

Research online about one of the INVASIVE SPECIES on the list:

      1. ASIAN CARP

2.      ZEBRA MUSSEL

3.      CANE TOAD

4.      EUROPEAN STARLING

5.      THE EUROPEAN/COMMON RABBIT

6.      KUDZU

7.      ASIAN LONG-HORNED BEETLE

8.      SMALL INDIAN MONGOOSE

9.      NORTHERN PACIFIC SEASTAR

10.  WATER HYACINTH

11.  FERAL SWINE

12.  BURMESE PYTHONS

13.  DOMESTIC CATS

14.  NUTRIA

15.  GYPSY MOTHS

16.  EUROPEAN GREEN CRABS

New Year's Resolutions

Discuss in groups: (10 minutes)

What are New Year's resolutions? Give three examples! 

Why do you think people make resolutions at the start of a new year?

Now watch the video and check your ideas:

Five tasks to work on New Year's Resolutions

Learn to write about New Year's Resolutions

Discuss about New Year's Resolutions (B2)

A PILGRIMAGE ROUTE

Write a post on this Pilgrimage Route webpage.

Include the following facts: 

- journey from / to

- transport

- accomodation

- what happened on the journey

- opinion

(If you include vocabulary from the unit you'll get extra points)

Thanksgiving day

 Thank a teacher, a mate or a student!!

Take a piece of paper and thank a teacher, a mate or a student:

NAME, thank you for + verb in -ING + rest of the sentence

ex Daniel, thank you for helping me with the homework

I'm grateful when... I see me students enjoy an exercise

I'm grateful when.., a student asks me "how are you today?"

A BOOK REVIEW

 USEFUL LANGUAGE TO WRITE A BOOK REVIEW

Introduction:

• The book/novel was written by…
• This well-written/informative/fascinating book…
• This original first novel…
• This novel is based on…
• “ __” is a powerful first novel by…

Main body

• The story is set in …. (rural Spain at the beginning of the XV century)
• The story takes place…
• The book tells the story of…
• The story begins/ is about…
• The story is told by…
• The plot focuses on….
• “___” is rich and detailed in plot.
• The plot has an unexpected twist…
• The plot is absolutely thrilling/ boring/clever/ exciting…
• A plot with well-developed believable characters.
• The character I like best is

General comments and opinion

• The characters are very well drawn and readers can identify with them easily.
• The story is totally convincing.
• It has a tragic/dramatic /surprising end.
• There was an unexpected twist to the story.
• What we don’t learn until the end is…
• What I liked best was (the way)…
• What I didn’t like was…
• My only reservation about this book…

Recommendations

• Don’t miss it.
• I would/wouldn’t recommend it because…
• It is at the top of my list.
• It’s a highly entertaining read.
• Don’t bother with this one.
• It’s well-worth reading.
• It will change the way you see…
• It’s a bore to read.
• I definitely recommend that you add this book to your collection.
• The book was so good that I couldn’t put it down..
• The book certainly lived up to my expectations.

Adjectives to describe a book

• Positive: gripping, best-selling, intriguing, thrilling, fascinating, enthralling, evocative, heart-warming, sensitive, memorable, powerful, beautifully written, engaging, fascinating.
• Negative: disturbing, unconvincing, preposterous, predictable, dull, unimaginative, poorly-written, confusing.
• Neutral: fast-paced (most of them collocate with the adjectives above).

Adverbs (most of them collocate with the adjectives above)

• Amazingly, considerably, exceedingly, extraordinarily, extremely, highly, immensely, noticeably, radically, remarkably, significantly, totally, truly, utterly.

Listen to the following booktuber (6,09) and answer the questions:

https://youtu.be/M0qL4zzIuC8

1. What genre is the book?
2. Who is the author?
3. Where is the setting?
4. Write two adjectives Hannah uses to describe the book?

Another example of a popular booktubers: https://youtu.be/XuXhqIsb2sk

Reading Comprehension: https://learnenglishteens.britishcouncil.org/study-break/reading-zone/a2-graded-reading/wonder-book-review-a2

Tangled(HD-1080) - Rapunzel's Daily Routine - When Will My Life Begin? #002

Tangled: daily routines

Pre-watching activity.

1) Match the verbs in A to the words in B and translate the housework:

A	B
1.      Do …	a)      the furniture
2.      Make …	b)      the floor
3.      Dust …	c)      the room
4.      Sweep …	d)      the bed
5.      Bake…	e)      the table
6.      Do the …	f)       a jumper
7.      Set…	g)      the washing-up
8.      Take the	h)      the cakes
9.      Knit …	i)        the rubbish out
10.  Load…	j)        ironing
11.  Take…	k)      dog for a walk
12.  Do the…	l)        laundry
13.  Tidy …	m)   the dishwasher

 

2) Watch the video again and choose the right option

1) How many books does she read?

1. maybe 2 or 3
2. maybe 4 or 5
3. maybe 1 or 2

2) What does she do after playing the guitar and knitting?

1. dances
2. sleeps
3. cooks

3) What does she do before baking?

1. has lunch and does puzzles.
2. has a shower and sings.
3. has a nap and dreams.

Finally name other activities that Rapunzel does on her free time

Watch the video and write true sentences about Rapunzel's daily routine: 

ex She plays hide-and-seek with her chameleon before seven o'clock in the morning.

REVISION: VERB TENSES

Review:

present simple

1) Complete the chart:

	affirmative	Negative	questions
I	I play.
you	You help.
He		He does not answer.
she			Does she sing?
It	It rains.
we			Do we dream?
you		You do not read.
they			Do they work?

2) Complete the sentence with the correct form of the verbs in brackets:

1. Peter ……………….. (speak) Chinese.
2. I ……………….. (want) some sugar.
3. Helen ………………….. (read) English very well.
4. We  …………………. (cook) lunch every day.
5. They never ………………… (clean) their shoes.

3) Complete the sentences with don’t or doesn’t and the correct verb below:

buy     want              sell       spend            wear              watch

1. She …………………… to buy those trousers.
2. They …………………... ties at the school.
3. I ………………………... a lot of money on piercing.
4. We …………………….. fashion programmes on TV.
5. He ……………………… casual clothes in his shop.
6. You ……………………. out of fashion dresses.

4) Complete the sentences with do or does. Then answer the questions. Use short answers:

1 ………….. you wear piercing?

2 ………….. your mum buy nice clothes?

3 ………….. your friends have black trainers?

4 …………..  your teacher carry a big bag?

5 ………….. you and your friend go shopping together?

6. …………. you like small T- shirts?

5) Order the words to write sentences.

1. they on the bench sit

2. in the forest often we walk

3. play hockey the boys

4. school meet after Frank and Robert

5. read I books at home

6. tests we write sometimes

7. and has he brothers two one sister

present continuous

5) Complete the table with the correct forms.

	Affirmative	Negative	Question
I	I am working.
you	You are jumping.
He		He is not dreaming.
she			Is she sleeping?
It	It is snowing.
We			Are we singing?
you		You are not fighting.
they			Are they reading?

6) Put the verbs into present progressive.

1. My sister (clean) …………………….the bathroom.
2. Look! They (go) ……………………. inside.
3. I (to wait) ……………………. in the car now.
4. Mrs Miller (listen) ……………………. to CDs.
5. We (speak) ……………………. English at the moment.

7) Choose the correct form. Note that there are exceptions in spelling when adding 'ing.'

1. His brother (twrite) …………………….a test at the moment.
2. They (swim) ……………………. in the pool.
3. Look! David and Max (come) ……………………. home.
4. My dog Charlie (run) ……………………. to the park.
5. I (make) ……………………. breakfast now.

8) Rewrite the sentences using the short forms (where long forms are given) or the long forms (where short forms are given).

1. We are reading a letter  ……………………. …………………….
2. He is opening the window  ……………………. …………………….
3. I am playing computer games. ……………………. …………………….
4. She's dancing at the party  ……………………. …………………….
5. They're drinking a cup of tea ……………………. …………………….

9) Rewrite the sentences using the negative forms.

1. We are playing a game  ……………………. …………………….
2. I'm drawing a picture ……………………. …………………….
3. He is making pizza right now  ……………………. …………………….
4. Susan and her brother are taking photos ……………………. …………………
5. Dad is working in the kitchen  ……………………. …………………….

10) Write questions in present progressive.

1. Robin / to ride / his bike   ……………………. …………………….
2. where / she / to go   ……………………. …………………….
3. what / your mother / to do / now - ……………………. …………………….
4. Which is a signal word for the present progressive?
   often now sometimes
5. Which is not a signal word for the present progressive?
   always Look! at the moment

past simple

„Was“ or „Were“?

1.      I ……………………………….hungry.

2.      You ……………………………….in Australia last year.

3.      She ……………………………….not there.

4.      Charly Chaplin ……………………………….a famous actor.

5.      Lisa and James ……………………………….at home.

Write the past forms of the irregular verbs.

1.      go → ……………………………….

2.      come → ……………………………….

3.      buy → ……………………………….

4.      have → ……………………………….

5.      do → ……………………………….

Complete the table in simple past.

positive	negative	question
Jane was tired.
	Sean did not work.
		Did I have a cat?
	Mary did not sing.
		Did she see us?

Put the sentences into simple past.

1.      We open the door. → ……………………………….

2.      You write poems. → ……………………………….

3.      Richard plays in the garden. → ……………………………….

4.      Kerry does not speak English. → ……………………………….

5.      Do you see the bird? → ……………………………….

Put the verbs into the correct form (simple past)

·         Last year I (spend) …………………………my holiday in Scotland.

·         It (be) ………………………… great.

·         I (travel) ………………………… around by car with two friends and we (visit)  ………………………… lots of interesting castles.

·         We (not /see)………………………………any ghosts.

·         One night we even (drink) ………………………… some Scottish whiskey.

·         We (be) ………………………… very lucky with the weather.

·         It (not / rain) ………………………… a lot.

·         But we (see) ………………………… some beautiful rainbows.

Future I Simple (will)

Level: elementary

Form: Affirmative S + will + V (He will talk) Negative S + will + not + V (He will not talk) Interrogative Will + S + V? (Will he talk?)

Signal Words in a year, next ..., tomorrow assumption: I think, probably, we might ..., perhaps

Use

• action in the future that cannot be influenced
• spontaneous decision
• assumption with regard to the future
• conditional sentences type I (If you ask her, she will help you.)

Fill in the verbs in the will-future into the gaps.

1. Tomorrow it…………………………………..in the North. (to rain)
2. My friend…………………………………..12 next Wednesday. (to be)
3. The pupils…………………………………..good marks in the test. (to get)
4. My father…………………………………..to work hard tonight. (to have)
5. Our class…………………………………..in a quiz show. (to take part)
6. There…………………………………..lots of accidents in that weather. (to happen)
7. I…………………………………..you tonight. (to see)
8. The people…………………………………..lots of cheap clothes. (to buy)

Make these sentences negative and interrogative:

1 Mary studies Science at university.

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2 We wrote a letter to the president.

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3 They are going to the beach.

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4 We will live in Barcelona.

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5 She enjoyed the film last night

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6 She lived in England two years ago.

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