2 A & B Let's practise the FUTURE

Welcome again!

Today we're going to revise:
- unit 8 vocabulary ( not 2A)
-modal verb: must/musn't (not 2A)
- tow form of future: to be + going to and will
- reading comprehension: Food festivals

2A COMENÇAU DESPRÉS DEL Nº 2.

1. Revise unit 8 vocabulary (Places to go) HERE.

2. Practise the modal verb must (has de) HERE.

Remember we can form the Future with two structures:

-to be (is/are/am) + going to (She is going to buy a new computer)

-will (She will buy a new computer)

3. Practise the structure to be + going to HERE , HERE, HERE and HERE.

4. Practise the Future simple tense with WILL / WON'T HERE, HERE and HERE.

5. Read this text and answer the following questions on the NOTEBOOK:

FOOD FESTIVALS

Tomato festival

The tomato festival, or Tomatina, takes place every year in Buñol (Valencia) in Spain. It's in August. People come to the centre of town with thousands of tomatoes. They have a tomato figh.

Strawberry festival

In Florida in the USA, there's a strawberry festival each year. the festival is in March. There are parades, games and funfairs. People eat strawberries and celebrate the beginning of the strawberry season.

Cheese-rolling festival

In May the cheese-rolling festival takes place in Gloucester, a small town in England. At the festival, people push a large cheese down a hill. They run after the cheese and try to catch it. If you catch the cheese, you're the winner.

Eurochocolate festival

In October, the Eurochocolate Festival takes place in Perugia, in Italy. This a big festival for people who love chocolate. You can learn about chocolate and you can eat lots of chocolate too.

Exercises on the notebook (write the questions and answers):

A) In which four countries do the festivals take place?

B) Read the sentences and identify the festivals.

People run down a hill
There are parades and funfairs
It takes place in Italy
There's a fight with food
It takes place in Spain
It takes place in March

Texts by Oxford Spotlight 2.

C) Answer to the following questions:

1.In which part of the town does the Tomatina take place?
2.Why do people celebrate the Strawberry season?
3.Who is the winner in the Cheese-rolling festival?
4.What can you do with chocolate at the Eurochocolate festival?

6. If you finish you can practise more HERE (go to 2ESO and click on
Unit 8 - Extension)

Corey here you have a big explanation of the Passive Voice in many verbal tenses. Read it carefully and then do the next exercises.

Theory: click HERE
Exercises: 1, 2, 3 and 4.

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1A Past simple

Avui continuarem repassant el Past Simple en afirmativa i aprendrem a fer la negativa.

Recorda que per fer el passat en anglès hi ha dos tipus de verbs:

-verbs REGULARS (acaben amb -ED)
-Verbs IRREGULARS (la 2ª columna de la plana 128 del llibre)



0. Per fer els següents exercicis has de tenir la llista de verbs de la plana 128 oberta.
Si no tens el llibre aquí, obri una altra finestra amb cyberies.blogspot.com i fes click AQUÍ on trobaràs una llista.

Recorda que has de cercar el verb a la primera columna (perquè va per ordre alfabètic i és més fàcil trobar-ho) i quan el tenguis el passat és el verb que es troba a la segona columna.

1. En aquest exercicis trobaràs verbs REGULARS. El que has de fer és passar les frases a passat.
Has d'apuntar cada verb en passat al QUADERN. Pitja AQUÍ.

2. En canvi en aquest exercici hi ha verbs IRREGULARS. Per tant, abans de començar has de tenir la llista de verbs irregulars preparada.
Has d'apuntar cada verb en passat al QUADERN. Pitja AQUÍ.

3. Ara aquí els mescalrem una mica. En aquest exercici trobaràs verbs regulars i irregulars. Has de continuar tenint la llista dels verbs irregulars preparada.
Has d'apuntar cada verb en passat al QUADERN. Pitja AQUÍ.

En acabar aquests tres m'has d'ensenyar el quadern.

Recorda que per dir no, per fer la negació utilitzarem la paraula didn't i després posarem el verb en infinitiu (sense - ED si és regular o posarem el verb de la 1ª columna si es irregular)

4. Fes la negativa de les següents frases al quadern.

a) She drank Coke
b) My father worked on Sunday
c) My best friend bought a new pair of shoes.
d) Jane did the homework.
e) They visited the Cathedral.
f) John wrote an email.

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2C Class corrections

Good morning guys!

As I told you yesterday here you have the corrections of the worksheet I gave you.
If you didn't finish the exercises I encourage you to finish them before looking at the corrections.



1. Corrected in class.

2. Corrected in class.

4. Past simple affirmative form (revise the list on page 128):

1.made
2.studied
3.sold
4.slept
5.started
6.thought

5. Past simple negative form (remember didn't + Verb: 1st column / NO -ed)

1.didn't make
2.didn't study
3.didn't sell
4.didn't sleep
5.didn't start
6.didn't think

6. Past Simple (affirmative, negative and interrogative form):

1.What did you do last weekend?
2.I went
3.Who did you go with?
4.We caught
5. Did you visit all the museums?
6.We saw
7.We didn't go
8.Did you buy anything?
9.I didn't have
10.I took

7. Translation:

a) Behind the sofa there is my dog. OR There is my dog behind the sofa.
b) Next to your grandfather there were three cats
c) On the table there wasn't you book OR There wasn't you book on the table
d) Where are our biscuits?
e) Who was at your school?


8.Comparative adjectives:

1.Spanish is easier than English
2.George is taller than William
3.The jeans are more expensive than the shorts
4.Your bag is heavier than my bag.
5.Football is more popular than golf

9.Superlative adjectives:

1.London is the biggest city in England
2.Ophra is the best chat chow on TV
3.Glasgow is the most exciting city in Scotland
4.The Lord of the Rings is the longest film
5.Science is the most difficult school subject

10.Past Continuous:

1.I wasn't watching TV (TV estava a un lloc equivocat)
2.Was my sister doing her homework in her bedroom?
3. Mum and dad were playing tennis with their friends
4.My brother and his friends were listening music in his bedroom.
5.Grandma wasn't sleeping on the sofa in the living room.

11. A/an, some, any

a)an apple b) any milk c)some water
d)any oranges? e)some cars f) a biscuit
g)any cake? h)any pencil i)a sandwich

12. Remember: How mUch - Uncountable nouns / How many - Countable nouns

1.How many subjects...
2.How much water...
3.How many brothers and sisters...
4.How much money...
5.How many hours...
How much pasta...

Remember: Money (uncountable) but coins, banknotes, euros, dollars, etc are countable
Time (uncountable) but hours, minutes, seconds are countable

13. Countable or Uncountable?

rice-U pencil case- C cheese - U chicken - U onion - C bread - U wine - U


14. To be + GOING TO + Verb

Mary is going to buy They are going to fly
My friends aren't going to go My sister isn't going to tell
Is your dog going to bark a lot? Are we going to take this train?

Ànim al·lots que ja queda menys per les vacances d'estiu!

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2A Exam revision

Recordau que demà teniu el control de les Unit 6 i 7. El que farem avui és repassar aquests dos temes.


Recorda que el tema 6 tracta el vocabulari de la casa i sobre el Past Continuous (was / were + ING)

El vocabulari del tema 7 va sobre els accidents geogràfics, els noms contables i incontables, some i any.
Recorda que són noms INcontables: els líquids, menjars amb gra o pols (sopa, pasta, arròs, sucre, farina, etc), cheese, chicken, money i fruit entre d'altres.

1. Fer tots els exercicis de vocabulary i grammar dels temes 6 i 7 que trobaràs AQUÍ.

2. Si acabau realitzau el següent reading:

Come to the West Coast of Scotland

TheWest Coast of Scotland is a fantastic place for a holiday. There aren't any big cities, but there are lots of villages. There are beautiful lakes and rivers. There are also mountains - including Ben Nevis, the highest mountain in Britain.

One of the best places to visit is Inverawe Country Park. There are beautiful valleys and lakes and it's a great place for walking or cycling. You can see eagles and you can also go fishing in the lakes.

Another fantastic place is Ganavan sands. It's one of the best beaches in Scotland. You can swim in the sea (but the water is cold!). You can sometimes see whales and dolphins in the sea near the beach.

A) Read the leaflet again. Find te name of:

-a mountain
-a park
-a beach

B) Read the text again. Answer the questions:

1.Are there any big cities in the region?
2.What is special about Ben Nevis?
3.Are there any valleys in Inverawe Country Park?
4.What kind of bird can you see in the park?
5.Where can you go fiching in the park?
6.What is the only problems with swimming in the sea?

Carlos i Jose Antonio, recordau el que vos entra per l'examen de demà:

Vocabulari: body parts (parts del cos), family (membres de la familia) i daily activities (activitats de la vida diaria)
El verb "To be" (ser o estar) en afirmativa, negativa i interrogativa. Recorda: is / are /am
El verb "To have" (tenir) en afirmativa, negativa i interrogativa. Recorda: have got / has got
Personal pronouns (pronoms personals): I, you, he, she, it, etc

Tot això ho trobaràs a les Unit 0 i Unit 1 d'aquesta web.

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2B Reading and Exam revision

Well, next Monday we have got the exam of Units 7 and 8. Remember the next one will be from Unit 1 to Unit 9!
But today you just have to revise Unit 7 and 8.

1. Now, you're going to do some reading comprehension. Read the following text ans answer to the questions:

Invitation to a birthday party

Hi Tania,

It's my birthday on Wednesday 24th. we have got school on that day, so I'm going to celebrate on Saturday. Are you free?

A lot of my friends are going to be there. In the afternoon, we're going to go to the cinema to see "X-Men 2". It finishes at half past three. After that, we're going to prepare for the party. It's going to be a fancy dress party. The theme is "horror". I'm going to wear a monster costume. Sally is going to be a devil and I think Ben is going to be a ghost.

Danny's going to organise the music because he's got a lot of great CDs. Jane and Freddy are going to go to the supermarket and buy some bread, cheese, pizzas, crisps and drinks. Then they are going to make some sandwiches and decorate the room. The party starts at seven.

I hope you can come.

(Fancy dress party = festa de disfresses)

a) Read the email. What two things is Chris going to do to celebrate his birthday?

b) Read the text again. Answer the questions:

1.Why isn't Chris going to celebrate on Wednesday?
2.What film are they going to see?
3.what type of party is it going to be?
4.Who's going to wear a devil costume?
5.Why is Danny going to organise the music?
6.What are Jane and Freddy going to buy?

Text and questions by Oxford Spotlight 2.

2. Imagine it's your birthday next week. Write on your notebook an email about it to a friend.

Hi ......,

It's my birthday ...

In the afternoon we're going to ... (Write Where? / To do what? / Who with?)

In the evening we are going to ... (Do what? / Who with?)

I hope you can come.

Love,

..................

3.Let's review some grammar and vocabulary. Go to the next link and do the vocabulary and grammar exercises from Unit 7 and 8. Click HERE.

Corey, pot fer l'exercici de la Passive Voice AQUÍ, AQUÍ i en aquest link.
Corey, when you finish the Passive voice you can do some research about Mass or Alternative Tourism HERE.

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