Shopping!

Week 22^nd – 24^th April

Hello!

Last week we talked about what we like or don’t like doing.

·         Eugene loves watching sci-fi movies.

·         Luis loves playing games with his son because he always win!

·         Laura likes listening to music.

·         Juan loves cooking but he doesn’t like cleaning afterwards!

·         Nuria enjoys reading.

We read about “The Kumbh Mela bathing festival”

·         What is the ‘Kumbh Mela bathing festival’?

It’s a ceremony for Hindis where they celebrate their religion.

·         Where does it take place (happen)?

It takes place in one of four cities in India.

·         When is it?

It isn’t celebrated on a fixed date. It takes place every three years in April or May.

·         How do people get there?

They get there on special trains which are crowded (very full).

·         Where do people stay?

They stay at camps.

And we went shopping for clothes.

·         Can I help you?

·         I’m just looking, thanks

·        Can I help you?

·        Yes, I’d like that T-shirt.

·        What size are you?

·        I´m Medium.

·        Here you are. Would you like to try it on?

·        No, it’s OK. How much is it?

·        It’s £20.

·        Here you are.

·        Your receipt. Thank you.

·        Thank you. Bye!

(You try on clothes to see if they are OK)

We´ll continue in a couple of hours.

See you!

Shops and Shopping

Week 8^th -10^th April

This week we talked about our favourite time of the day, season, month…

Cristina’s favourite season is spring because she loves gardening.  What about you? Do you have green fingers? ( Are you good at gardening?)Luis’s favourite season is autumn, when school begins and holidays are over, because everything comes to normal!

Cristina’s favourite time of the day is the evening. From 10 p.m. on, because is when she goes home and starts to relax. Luis agrees (he thinks the same). The evening, when his son goes to bed, is his favourite time of the day!

And then, we changed of subject and started to talk about shopping!

·         Do you like shopping?

·         What do you like buying? CDs, DVDs, clothes, books, presents?

·         Do you prefer shopping alone or with your family? With friends?

·         When do you like going shopping?  To shopping centres, small shops, supermarkets?

Remember:

Love, like, enjoy, prefer, hate + ing

·         I don’t like buying clothes.

·         I hate going shopping on Saturdays.

·         He doesn’t like trying on clothes.

·         She hates going shopping with her boyfriend.

·         He loves buying presents.

Men and women are different. Men like clothes shops, electronics shops and music shops. Women love clothes shops, clothes shops and clothes shops!

Men spend one hour shopping, women a day! Women love trying on clothes and talking to the shop assistants; men love going home and playing with their new “toys”.

Enjoy your Easter and we continue talking about shopping and clothes next week. Bye!

Shopping Dialogue

Vocabulary. Clothes & Footwear

Holidays and Festivals!

Week 1^st – 3^rd April

Hello my dear students!

We finished talking about detective stories and robberies and we continued using the past tense to talk about HOLIDAYS!!!

We read and answered questions about a holiday in Rome. And you told me about other holidays you had had.

On holiday you can go sightseeing, go to restaurants, go to the beach, sunbathe, buy souvenirs, go to museums, see shows and, of course, relax!

We listened to a dialogue in a souvenir shop.  Do you buy souvenirs when you go on holiday? What souvenirs do you buy?

We learnt some vocabulary related to geography.

Have you ever seen the bloom of the cherry trees in the Jerte valley?

Would you like to visit the Niagara waterfalls?

Which is the longest river in Spain?

A hill is lower than a mountain.

A forest is a group of trees.

A lake is a body of water surrounded by land.

An island is land surrounded by water.

An ocean is bigger than the sea.

A stream is a narrow current of water.

We reviewed ordinal numbers and dates and read about famous festivals.

The Tomatina takes place (happens) on the last Wednesday in August, in Buñol, Spain.People throw tomatoes.

Carnevale d’Ivrea takes place in Italy, in January (the exact date changes each year). People that take part (participate) in this festival, throw oranges at each other.

Songkran is a Thai (from Thailand) water festival that takes place on 13^th  April. People throw water at each other.

Remember:

Don’t forget to use ordinal numbers for the dates.

1^st first                     4^th fourth          7^th seventh      10^th tenth

2^nd second              5^th fifth              8^th eighth      11^th eleventh

3^rd third                    6^th sixth            9^th ninth        12^th twelfth    etc.

20^th twentieth         21^st twenty-first      22^nd twenty-second    23^rd twenty-third etc.

       21^st     December 1984                           or December      21^st 1984

(the)      (of)                (nineteen eighty-four)                      (the)

Revise ordinal numbers and dates using this link.

You want to know about Easter traditions in the UK? Here's a link!

Easter

"Murder in a Country House"

Week 18^th – 20^th March

Here we are again!

Now that we know the names of the rooms in a house and the furniture, let’s play “Cluedo”.

“Murder in a country house”

Mr Jeremy Travers, a famous and rich businessman was murdered on June 22^nd 1938. On that day the family and Gordon, his business partner were at Jeremy’s country house celebrating Jeremy’s 60^th birthday. They had dinner and went to bed. Next morning, when his wife Amanda went to wake up Jeremy, she found him in his bed…dead!

We suspected of Amanda, his wife. Her motive could be that she knew her husband was having an affair with his secretary, Claudia. We also suspected of Claudia. She was angry because Jeremy promised her to leave his wife, but, he didn’t.

Gordon and Barbara, Jeremy’s daughter, had an alibi. They played cards together after dinner. So, who did it?

Eugene thought it was Gordon… and he was right!

Gordon was in love with Jeremy’s daughter. Jeremy didn’t want Gordon to marry his daughter because he thought that Gordon only wanted the money. He said, “If you marry my daughter, all my money will be for my secretary.” So, Gordon got angry and murdered him!

How did Eugene know? He said it’s because he read a lot of books by Agatha Christie. He also said that business partners, women and money aren’t a good combination…

In my opinion, he had read the story before!

See you on Tuesday!

No more crimes. I promise.

Houses and Furniture

Week 11^th – 13^th March

Hello again!

Yes, we continued talking about appearance and descriptions.

She is an actress. She’s got medium – length straight blonde hair. She is tall and slim. She’s got green eyes. She isn’t Spanish. She’s beautiful. Who is she?

He’s a Spanish sportsman. He has short wavy brown hair and brown eyes. He’s not very tall. He doesn’t look very friendly because he is very serious. He doesn’t have a beard or a moustache. He wears red overalls when he works.

Who is he?

And we continued talking about going out.

·         Where did you go last night?

·         I went to a new jazz club in town.

·         Was it good?

·         Yes, it was great!

·         Who did you go with?

·         I went with my boyfriend and some friends.

·         What did you wear?

·         I wore my long denim skirt and a new top I bought last week.

·         What time did you get home?

·         We got home at about three.

·         Did you get a taxi home?

·         No, my boyfriend has a car.

And we started learning vocabulary about houses and furniture.

·         Do you live in a house or in a flat?

·         Is there a garden?

·         How many floors are there in your house?

·         How many rooms are there downstairs?

·         Is there a bath upstairs?

·         How many bedrooms are there?

·         Is there a garage?

Check the vocabulary because tomorrow we’re going to talk about houses.

See you tomorrow!!!

Listening comprehension- Craig's house

Rooms in the house

Physical Description

Week 4^th – 6^th March

What’s new? Not much.

Last week we continued talking about “Go, get,have”. We asked and answered questions about ourselves using these verbs

We read a funny story about a Japanese businessman who had a meeting in London but took the wrong bus. He didn’t get to the airport, he went to a birthday party. He drank, he danced and had a fantastic time. But, he missed the plane and when we got to the meeting it was too late!

We worked a little on pronunciation.

And we started with vocabulary to describe people’s appearance.

For homework you had to describe somebody, either in your family or a celebrity.

This afternoon we’re going to focus on descriptions. Remember that we also learnt vocabulary about personality. So, you can talk about people’s appearance and also about their personality.

See you in this afternoon.

Useful links from the last lessons.

Irregular Verbs

Appearance
http://www.learnenglish.de/basics/appearances.html

Girls' Night Out

Week 25^th -27^th

Hi again!

Well, Sabina lives in Moscow and Sharon lives in Beijing.

And what about their “Girls’ Night Out”?

·         Did Sabina wear a dress? No; she wore a black sweater and trousers.

·         Did Sabina go to a bar? Yes; she went to “Piramida”, a bar and a restaurant.

·         Did she drink alcohol? Yes; she drank some wine.

·         Did they talk about men? Yes; they talked about men and fashion.

·         Did Sharon get home after 1.30? No; she got home at about 12.30.

·         Did they have a good time? Yes; they had a great time!

And now, can you think about a night out and tell me…?

·         Who did you go with?

·         What did you wear?

·         Where did you go?

·         What did you do?

·         What did you have to eat and drink?

·         Did you meet anyone?

·         How did you get home?

·         What time did you get home?

·         Did you have a good time?

Remember:

There are two types of verbs: regular and irregular.

Regular verbs make the past simple adding “-ed” to the infinitive. Irregular verbs  have a complete different form that we have to study. We usually study the three forms of the verb. The first one is the infinitive, the second is the past simple and the third one is the past participle.

Infinitive     Past simple      Past Participle

To wear       wore                  worn

What did you wear?            I wore a long dress.       I didn’t wear trousers.

What did you study?           I studied maths.              I didn’t study English.

We studied different meanings of “Go, Have and Get”.

GO

·         Go out: leave a room or leave home. I go out with my friends.

·         Go away: to travel.                          Did you go away last weekend?

·         Go by: with transport.                       He goes to work by bus.

·         Go for a walk.                                    I like going for walks in my free time.

HAVE

·      Have breakfast, lunch, supper.

·      (eat)                                                      I have coffee and orange juice for

·      breakfast.

·      Have a bath, a shower. (wash)     I have a shower in the evening.

·      Have a good time. (enjoy)              They went out and had a good time.

·      Have a coffee. (drink)                      She has three cups of coffee a day.

GET

Get a newspaper. (buy)                       Wait for me! I’m going to get a

                                                                  newspaper.

Get a taxi, a bus. (take)                        What bus did you get?

Get an email, a letter.(receive)           How many emails do you usually get?

Get home. (arrive)                                 What time do you get home after work?

Get up. (rise from bed)                          Do you get up late at the weekend?

                       

If you want to practise a little more, here you have a list of  irregular verbs with their pronunciation.

Irregular Verbs

CD - ROM with vocabulary and grammar exercises