Halloween

Have a spooky Halloween!!!!

 

Prepositions: at, in, on

Describing events

Discussing what someone was doing at momentous historical times is a classic conversation topic.

These events have had great relevance:

- Franco's death on 20th November 1975.
- Tejero's coup on 23rd February 1981.
- The fall of the Berlin Wall on 3rd October 1990.
- The terrorist attack in New York on 11th September 2001.
- The terrorist attack in Madrid on 11th March 2004.
- FIFA World Cup final on 11th July 2010.

Activity:
Get together with an English speaking friend or relative and discuss what you were doing when you were told about any of the above-mentioned events or other events you can think of.

Examples

Action Words

Family

Talking about your family:

Listening activities: Family roots and A hiking family

Past simple: regular and irregular verbs

Pronunciation of past simple (regular verbs): video

Pronunciation of past simple (regular verbs)
 

Play a game on pronunciation of past simple regular verbs - classtools

More about past simple (regular and irregular verbs) - click here.

Irregular verbs - click here.

List of irregular verbs.



Let's practise as it's the best way to learn:
Past simple 1
Answer questions (past simple)
Affirmative sentences --> negative sentences
Build questions (past simple)

Mr Bean (present simple and present continuous)

Watch this video about Mr Bean and his daily routine. Have fun!!!
 

 Here you can watch the whole video but without the vocabulary.

Picture description

Complaining in a hotel

These links are quite useful:

Complaining

A cockroach problem (1)

A cockroach problem (2)

Complaining in a shop and a hotel

Roleplay: more situations



Script:
D: This is the front desk. How can I help you?

Lisa: We're having some problems in room three-two-one. Can you send someone up, right away?

D: Certainly. What seems to be the problem?

Lisa: Well, my sister spilled some juice on the bed sheets ...

D: Oh, dear! We'll send a maid up with fresh linen as soon as possible.

Lisa: Well, my sister tried to clean the sheets, but the water wouldn't stop. Now there's water everywhere ...

D: Oh, no! We'll send the janitor and the plumber, too!

Lisa: And then my sister slipped on the wet tile and hurt her toe.

D: Oh, we'll also send a doctor. (Lisa screams.) What's the matter?

Lisa: And send an electrician, as well. The lights just went out!

Marking code

Giving opinions

Passive Voice

Informal letters (key)

IKEA --> present simple / present continuous

I love IKEA stores!!!

- Describe the pictures using "there is/are", prepositions, colours...
- What do the people look like?
- What are the people wearing / doing?

Recording new vocabulary

Some tips to organize and learn new vocabulary:

Common mistakes

Watch these three videos to be aware of some mistakes Spanish students make in English:
 
Video 1 

Video 2

Video 3

Yes, we can avoid making these mistakes!!