Introducing myself

Hi guys!
Today in our splitting class we are going to do a speaking activity: Let's introduce ourselves!

Here you have an example:

My English teacher's introduction

Hi!  My name is Mª Francisca and I am thirty-three years old. I am neither tall nor short, I have long dark hair and brown eyes. I have a dog called Whisky, it is small, brown and very nervous. My favourite food is hot chocolate with the typical Majorcan cake called "Ensaïmada", I love it! About music I can tell you that my favourite singer is Madonna and my favourite groups are Coldplay and Antònia Font. This last group is going to release a new album very soon, I am very excited about that. Related to sports I love swimming, I think it is a very relaxing sport. I also like hiking on the mountains, the Tramuntana mountain range is an excellent place to go. When I was a teenager I was a girl scout and we made beautiful campings along the Tramuntana. Referring to my hobbies I can tell you that I love photography and travelling above all. My favourite journey was the one along the Silk Road, it was amazing!

In the future I would love to get to know Spain a bit more and Iceland, Easter Island and many other places! But what I love most is enjoying life: meeting with friends, singing SingStar with them, organising dinners, going to the beach, drinking a Coke and eating some olives in a bar by the sea, playing with my baby, having fun with my family, etc!

And what about you?  Tell us!

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From IES Manacor to IES Sant Marçal / Santa Maria

This year the destiny has sent me to work at IES Sant Marçal / Santa Maria and for some reasons I am very happy about it but for others I'm sad because I have had a great time here at IES Na Camel·la and then IES Manacor. Maybe the destiny will bring me back to Manacor but since then I will miss you all a lot!!!

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3D Working with the Future!

Hi guys!

Welcome to our Unit 7 computer class!

Today we are going to revise the three forms we can use to talk about the Future!:

           Present Continuous (is/are/am + ING)
           to be (is/are/am) + going to + verb
           Future Simple (will/won't)

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


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

3.  Practise the Present Continuous AQUÍ i AQUÍ.


Now you can relax a little bit from grammar and learn interesting aspects from another culture, in this case the Indian culture and its caste system.



0. You need an open office document and Wide World Web (internet).
1. Go to internet and look for a map of India. Copy and paste it on an open office document.
2. Look for the name of the most important cities in India.
3. Write the name of the four most important religions in India.
4. Go to google and write the name of ten official languages spoken in India.
5. What is the “Taj Mahal”? Which four architectural elements has it got?
6. Look for a picture of the Taj Mahal and paste it on your open office document.
7. The society in India is divided into groups. Go to internet and find the name of the five most important castes.
8. Who are the dalits? You can describe it in Catalan or Spanish.

Great job!

HAVE A WONDERFUL WEEKEND! 

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ADG: Revising PASSIVE voice for the exam

Hi guys!

I hope you had nice Easter holidays! Here you have Passive Voice exercises to practise for the exam.

The passive voice in past

REMEMBER HOW WE FORM THE PASSIVE VOICE

PRESENT: ____ is/are + verb (ed / 3col)

isn't/aren't

PAST: ____ was/ were + verb (ed / 3col)

wasn't/ weren't

REMEMBER HOW WE FORM QUESTIONS INTO THE PASSIVE VOICE

WHAT

WHEN + was/were/is/are + _____ + verb (ed / 3col) ?

WHERE

Active: Do ......

Passive: Is /are + ____________+ verb (ed / 3col) ?

Active: Did ......

Passive: Was /were + ____________+ verb (ed / 3col) ?

1. Write the verbs in brackets in the right tense. All of them must be in the passive.

a. The children .............................................(take) to the zoo last week.

b. She ........................................(wake) by a strange noise, but she didn’t get up.

c. My house ...............................(build) in 1990.

d. The supermarket .......................................(open) last month.

e. Last week, the dog .................................................(take) to the vet by his owner

f. The exams ...........................................(mark) by the teacher yesterday.

g. “Don Quixote” .....................................(write) by Cervantes.

h. My keys ...........................................(find) in the street last Monday.

i. The bank .......................................(rob) this week.

j. The robbers ....................................(arrest) five hours later.

2. Rewrite these sentences. Write a passive sentence (instead of using “somebody”, “they” or

“people”.) You may find present and past verbal tenses.

e.g.: Somebody asked me the way to the bus station.

I was asked the way to the bus station.

a. They cancelled our flight because of the storm.

b. English people drink a lot of tea.

c. Someone broke my cup.

d. People warned us about pickpockets.

e. In Mexico, they cook very hot meat.

f. Somebody builds a hut in that hill.

g. People often buy clothes on sales.

h. They gave me three tickets.

i. Somebody sells this house.

j. They arrested him the day before yesterday.

3. Change into the passive voice in past.

1) She bought four apples.

2) We won the match.

3) The man stole the blue car.

4) The police arrested the thieves.

5) Jack swam the 200 metres.

6) The dog bit the old lady.

7) Tom and Max ate five hamburgers.

8) Oliver taught the children.

9) Victoria rode the brown horse.

10) Grandmother told good stories.

4.- Complete the sentences using the present simple passive. a) Coffee …....................(grow) in Brasil and Colombia. b) Kangaroos …..............................(find) in America. c) ........... Ford …...................(make) in Spain? d) El Prado …...........................(visit) by hundreds of people every day. e) How often ….........................general elections.................................(hold)? f) Dogs …...........................(not allowed) in restaurants in most countries. 5.- Put the sentences into the past simple passive. a) Etienne Lenoir made the first motor car in Belgium. b) How many paintings did the police find? c) I didn’t paint Las Meninas. d) Lennon and McCartney wrote the song Yesterday. e) The government ordered them to build a new bridge. f) When did Cook discover Australia? 6.- Put these sentences into the passive (present or past) a) The airline sent our luggage to Australia by mistake. b) Farmers grow soy in Argentina. c) People export Spanish tortilla to the US. d) El Greco painted The Burial of the Count of Orgaz. e) You don’t find penguins at the North Pole. f) Columbus didn’t discover America in 1491. g) They draw some paintings. h) My uncle sold the bicycle. i) The child broke all the plates in the cupboard. j) She didn’t find the book. 7.- Put these questions into the passive. a) When did Pasteur discover Penicillin? b) How do people make sushi? c) Where do people speak Mandarin? d) Did Spain win the last basketball Olympics? e) Do people speak English in Hawaii? 7.- Write questions for these answers in the passive form. a) Yes, rice is grown in Spain. b) Yes, the song was sung by them. c) No, the trees weren’t cut down. d) No, the story isn’t known. e) Yes, he was told to be quiet.

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2A & 2B "Just good friends" class

JUST GOOD FRIENDS

1. Listen (and pay a lot of attention) to the plot of the play we are going to watch tomorrow.

to; when; doesn’t; him; more; goes; come; can’t; but; is; to; who

Polly is a schoolgirl who 1.................. to the local comprehensive school. She 2....................really like it. She’d prefer to spend time with her friends, or go shopping, or go 3......................the cinema, or listen to music. What she’d really like 4.........................to become famous, be a pop star or a famous actress. That and make Peter notice her. Peter’s in her class and he’s a brilliant student 5...................... is good at everything. Peter likes school. He actually likes studying. Polly 6..................... understand this but she likes Peter anyway. But, the thing is, he is so shy. What can Polly do to make 7......................notice her and to make her school a bit 8........................exciting?

Well, we don’t want to give away all the story 9...................Polly does find a way. Something happens to change her school completely 10.........................she meets Stanley, her guardian angel. Her school becomes really strange. And what happens 11.......................... Peter? Well, he changes too, but to see how you will have to 12................to the performance.

2.Matching activity:

-After having listened to the story of “Just good friends” we will learn more about the characters.

-We are going to divide the class in three groups and we will give you a sheet of paper each.

-Try to match these two groups of sentences.

3. DREAM ON!

Polly is always dreaming but now it is your turn. Imagine the details about your perfect style of living.

Write a letter to a friend explaining your perfect life. Use these sentences to structure your writing:

Where are you?

In what country?

What is the weather like?

What’s your house like? Describe it.

What can you see from your window? What is around you?

What do you do? Your job, occupation?

What is a typical routine for you?

What are you doing today?

What did you do yesterday?

What will you do tomorrow? What would you like to happen tomorrow?

Who lives with you?

Who is with you at the moment?

What plans do you have for the future in general?

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