A THOUSAND YEARS

One of your classmates recommends this video song with subtitles in English and Spanish.
I hope you like it.

THE LOGICAL SONG

THE LOGICAL SONG  (Supertramp)

1.-  Write the words for the following phonetic transcriptions and then fill in the boxes.

/ ‘sensəbəl/                 _______________

/rɪ´spektəbəl/         ______________

/rɪ´spɒnsəbəl/         _______________

/prɪ´zentəbəl/         _______________

/ dɪ´pendəbəl/         ________________

/´vedʒtəbəl/               ________________

/ək´septəbəl/             ________________

2.-Find the word that matches the definitions:

…………………………….: someone you can be sure that they will always act consistently or sensibly.

…………………………….: a person who is able to make good decisions and judgements based on reason.

…………………………….: Someone who is approved of by society and considered to be morally correct.

…………………………….: A very sick or disabled person.

…………………………….: someone who is good enough.

…………………………….: people who behave properly and sensibly (without needing to be supervised).

…………………………….: Someone who looks fairly tidy or attractive

3.- Fill in the gaps with words ending in -al

When I was young
it seemed that life was so wonderful
A miracle, oh it was beautiful,  ……………………
And all the birds in the trees
Well they´d be singing so happily
Oh joyfully, oh playfully watching me
But then they sent me away
To teach me how to be …………………………..
…………………, oh …………………………., …………………
And they showed me a world
where I could be so ………………………….
Oh ……………………, oh ……………………, …………………

There are times when all the world´s asleep
The questions run too deep
For such a simple man
Won´t you please, please tell me what we´ve learned
I know it sounds absurd
But please tell me who i am
Now watch what you say
Or they´ll be calling you a ……………………
A ……………………, oh ……………………, ……………………
Oh won´t you sign up your name
We´d like to feel you´re
…………………………. , …………………………., Oh ………………………. , a …………………………. !

At night when all the world´s asleep
The questions run too deep
For such a simple man
Won´t you please,please tell me what we´ve learned
I know it sounds absurd
But please tell me who I am, who I am ,who I am

4. In which column would you put the adjectives? Look at the examples

+ sensible

__ fanatical

EACH OTHER AND REFLEXIVE PRONOUNS

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Most common errors

EACH OTHER, MYSELF, ETC Answers

1  1 herself   2 herself;her   3 itself   4 ourselves  5 him   6 yourself   7 himself   8 you   9 me 10 himself

2  1 ouserlves   2 herself   3 himself   4 themselves   5 myself   6 itself   7 himself,  8 yourselves   9 herself   10 yourself

3  1 each other   2 themselves   3 each other  4 yourselves   5 each other   6 each other   7 ourselves   8 themselves   9 themselves   10   each other

4 1 ourselves   2 him   3 each other   4 myself   5 her   6 me/us  7 myself   8 each other   9 itself  10 themselves 11 yourself  12 you;them

5 1 behave yourselves   2 shave   3 make yourself   4 Help yourself   5 Enjoy yourselves   6 hurry   7 feel  8 by myself   9 washes  10 dress

NARRATIVE TENSES

Click on this link for further practice on narrative tenses.

LISTENING PRACTICE

This week takes place a very important celebration for the American people: Thanksgiving
Learn more about how they celebrate in Canada through this listening exercise. On the right of the page there are vocabulary, reading questions and speaking practice too.
Let me know how difficult you found it after working with it.

One last question: What takes place in America right after Thanksgiving and it´s becoming even more popular than the traditional celebration?
I can´t wait to get your guesses!

WRITING TIPS

Click onthis page for some writing tips. Put them into practice in your next composition.

COMPOSITIONS WRITING STANDARDS

I provide this post to show you what we take into account as marking standards on your compositions .



EFICACIA COMUNICATIVA:  si se comprende bien o no, si cumple las funciones comunicativas, si el mensaje está bien formulado en cuanto al destinatario, propósito y situación.

CAPACIDAD INTERACTIVA: la coherencia y organización de las ideas respetando estructura y formato.También si se aporta información apropiada y suficiente con ejemplos si es necesario.

ALCANCE EN EL USO DE LA LENGUA: si el vocabulario es preciso, si utiliza recursos gramaticales de nivel. Si el texto está cohesionado con conectores, etc y el uso de los tiempos verbales es coherente con los propósitos comunicativos.

CORRECIÓN FORMAL:  en vocabulario, gramática, estructuras complejas, ortografía y puntuación.

FUTURE FORMS (answers)

2 c   3 b,c   4 b,c  5 a   6 a   7  c   8   a   9  a c  10 a   11 c  12 b,c

MY NIGHTMARE EXAM (I1E) answers

2 hadn´t studied   3 was raining   4 arrived   5 had already started   6 couldn´t answer   7 had ever given   8 was sitting   9 was writing   10 looked   11 was standing   12 wasn´t looking   13 threw  14 had already finished  15 called   16 was holding   17 had/´d both failed   18 had/ ´d written

THE LORD OF THE RINGS BAG END IN YOUR LIVING ROOM

Here´s an example of how fans can be devoted to their heroes. Click on this link to learn about the whole story.

NARRATIVE TENSES

More PowerPoint presentations from Beth Bogage

Past Tenses. Past Perfect, Past Simple and Continuous from José Antonio Romero Tena

IRREGULAR VERBS WHEEL

Click on this link to play a game and test your knowledge on irregular verbs. It´s addictive.Have fun!!

 You can also use this page to practice the pronunciation by listening and repeating some of the trickiest irregular verbs.

SPORTS HANDOUT (ANSWER KEY)

ARE YOU A SPORTS FAN?
1 Sportspeople
 a Fernando Muslera-football, goalkeeper, Uruguayan
b Tiger Woods- golf, American
c Venus Williams-tennis, American
d Bethany Hamilton-surfing American ( a shark tore off her arm when she was 13, 10 months later she was surfing again)
e Michael Jordan- basketball, american
f  Milton Wynants-cycling, Uruguayan
g Sebastian Vettel- Forumula 1 racing, German.
2 B
3 your own personal answer
4 your own personal answer
5 your own personal answer

A  SPORTS
1 badmington  2 volleyball  3 athletics   4 4 cycling  5 tennis  6 football   7 gymnastics  8 judo   9 basketball 10 karate   11 surfing  12 baseball   13 weightlifting   14  swimming   15 golf   16 table tennis  17 ice hockey   18 rugby

B SPORTS IDIOMS
 1
 a  tennis:  it´s your decision to do something or not
 b  hunting:  to make your best effort
 c  track :  there is almost no time left to accomplish something
 d  martial arts:  do or say something that is unfair
 e  cards:  illegal
 f   horse racing:  to be in a close tie with someone

3  a  the ball is in your court    b  neck and neck   c  under the table   d hit below the belt   e Give it your best shot  f It´s a race against time to...

C SPORTS PLACES
  boxing ring   football pitch  athletics track   basketball court   baseball field   judo tatami/mat   racing track  tennis court   golf course   swimming pool

D SPORTS EQUIPMENT:
motor racing:  helmet gloves, boots knee-pads  elbow-pads  motorcycle
karate: kimono  colored belt
ice hockey:  helmet gloves, stick knee-pads  elbow-pads   skates
skateboarding: helmet gloves  skate-board  knee-pads  elbow-pads
surfing: suf-board  wetsuit

E 2 The answers are easy to find on the text .
    3  1 dream team  2  in a row   3 forward  4 step down
    4 Again, easy answers on the reading text

F SPORT VERBS:
   1  are playing  2 goes  3 has done   4 went  5 has played  6 does

WHO IS THIS GUY?

What can you tell me abou this guy on the left? What´s special about him? What´s the story behind it?

 Did you guess? Listen to this young lady to help you out.
For further practice listen to this young man and learn more about it.

MYSTERY OBJECT

What´s this?
Why do people pin it on their lapels these days?