Where are you Going to Go? Where are you Going to Stay? We're Going to Change your Holiday!

Monday 12^th, Tuesday 20^th and Thursday 22^nd May

Hi everybody!

What did we do in our last three lessons?

Three lessons because 15^th May was Madrid patron’s saint and we didn’t have class.

We finished talking about clothes. We described the clothes we were wearing and asked and answered questions about the clothes our colleagues were wearing.

We started talking about future plans.

 To talk about future plans we use “going to” but don’t forget that this tense is made up by three verbs! To be + going to+ infinitive

	To be + going to+ infinitive
Affirmative	I’m going to travel by plane	She’s going to see the sights.	They’re going to stay for two weeks.
Negative	I’m not going to travel by plane	She isn’t going to see the sights.	They aren’t going to stay for two weeks.
Question	Are you going to travel by plane?	Is she going to see the sights?	Are they going to stay for two weeks?
Short answers	Yes, I am/No, I’m not	Yes, she is/ No, she isn’t	Yes, they are/ No, they aren’t

Remember that we use ‘going to’ for definite plans!

We read and listened about a TV programme called ‘Change your holidays’

The programme consists of two couples organising their respective holidays. Then, these two couples change holidays – they go on the holiday the other couple planned! But they don’t know where their holiday is until the last moment…

The first couple, John and Lisa are planning to go to New York. They’re going to stay in a hotel in Manhattan. They’re going to stay for a week. They’re going to see a show, to visit the Empire State Building, to go shopping and to go sightseeing. The second couple is going to (go) to Norway on a working holiday. They’re going to plant trees and to clean a river. They’re going to stay at a campsite.

Nobody was excited with the change of plans. But in the end, Jerry and Sue enjoyed their holiday in New York. Lisa and John didn’t. Their idea of a holiday is not working but relaxing and going sightseeing!

What are you going to do tomorrow? - Listening

Plans for the weekend - Listening

What about you? What’s your idea of a holiday? Or better, what your ideal holiday is!

Tell me on Tuesday. See you then!

Describing Clothes, Describing People

Week 6^th – 8^th May

Here we are, again!

This week we went on (continue) talking about clothes.

Clothes you wear on your top half:

Anorak, cardigan, sweater, shirt, vest, T-shirt, can you name more?

Clothes you wear on your bottom half:

Trousers, shorts, jeans, swimming trunks, leggings, can you remember more?

Clothes you wear on your top and bottom half:

Coat, dress, suit, do you know more?

What you wear on your feet:

Shoes, sandals, trainers, boots, can you tell me more?

We read an interesting text about some traditional clothes in the U.K.

Did you know that the name of “cardigan” for the woollen short coat with buttons came from a soldier -Lord Cardigan -, who led the soldiers at the battle of Balaclava. And the name of the battle - balaclava - is the name of a woollen hat that covers head and neck. Also, “wellingtons”-wellies, in short- got their name after another soldier, Wellington. They are rubber boots used for the rain or to work in the garden.

We also learnt the name of the typical hat, bowler hat and apron, slippers and vest.

The old lady is wearing an apron, a cardigan, a skirt, a sweater and slippers. She is carrying a cup of tea in her hand.

The old man is wearing a suit, a vest, a striped tie, a white shirt, a black hat, black shoes and black socks. He is carrying an umbrella and a newspaper.

We also talked about personality and appearance.

Remember:

To be like / look like

    ·            What does your father look like?

He’s tall and slim. He’s got short wavy grey hair and green eyes.

    ·            What is he like?

He’s funny and outgoing. He’s sociable and very talkative. But he’s a little mean when you ask him for money!

Look like a…/ like

 ·               She looks about thirty. / You look tired. / He looks American.

 ·               They look like top models. / He looks like an old man. / He looks like a teacher.

Summing up:

Look like, for physical description.

Be + like, for personality and physical description. Also to describe things in general or giving a general opinion on something. (What’s the food like)

Adjectives

We revised the different uses of “can”.

Ability. Can you play the piano?  I can’t speak Russian.

Requests. Can you help us, please? Can you pass me the salt?

Permission. Can I go to the toilet, please? Can I close the door?

Prohibition. You can’t take photos in here. You can’t park outside the building.

And we finished the week doing a pair activity. We had to find ten differences in the pictures. We only found three so we’ll continue tomorrow!

Yes, tomorrow. Remember that we changed the class on Tuesday 13^th for Monday 12^th!

See you tomorrow!

Can I Help you?

Tuesday 29^th April

Hello!

This was a really short week. We only had class one day because we had a long weekend.

Thursday was 1^st May. May Day Celebrations and Traditions in the UK.

May Day in the UK

We talked about free time activities and how men and women have different hobbies.

For example:

·         Women hate watching football. Men love watching football.

·         Women like buying presents. Men hate buying presents.

·         Women don’t like playing chess. Men like playing chess.

Of course, they are stereotypes because some men like buying presents and some women like playing chess!

Anyway, I hope that by now you will remember to use “-ing” after like, love, hate, enjoy, don’t mind.

We finished the dialogue about shopping for clothes.

·         Can I help you?

·         Yes, please. Do you have these jeans in black.

·         What size are you?

·         Medium.

·         These are Medium. Would you like to try them on?

·         Yes, please.

·         The changing rooms are over there.

·         How are they?

·         They’re fine. I’ll take them.

·         Anything else?

·         No, thank you. How much is it?

·         It’s £49.95

·         Can I pay by credit card?

·         Of course.

·         Here you are. Bye.

·         Good bye.

At the clothes store - dialogue