2 de febrero de 2017

SECOND CONDITIONAL


TALKING ABOUT UNREAL SITUATIONS IN THE PRESENT

LOOK AT THE PICTURES:

  
Resultado de imagen para values  Resultado de imagen para values

Answer to the next questions:

  • What values are promoted in your family?
  • What values are promoted among countries?

Sometimes we want to do something that is imposible at the moment, because it is an imaginary or an unreal situation.  

TIME TO WATCH: Look at the next video and identify the situation (question)


GRAMMAR TIME: The previous video talk about imaginary situations in the present, the people use the second conditional to talk about unreal situations.

 
                                                 
                                                               Taken from: pleunal.com

Listen to the interview about What would people do if they won ten million of dollars?



In the comments answer the next questions:
a) What would you do if you were omnipotent?
b) What would you do if you won a million of dollars?
c) Does people promote values in their answer?


TIME TO PRACTICE:
1. Exercise 1: match the columns and for homework copy five correct examples you had got
2. Exercise 2: choose the correct answer and  report your grade in the comments section.

FOR ADITIONAL EXPLANATION:
If you have doubts about second contitional clik on the video, there is an explanation into Spanish..



PROJECT: Make a comic using the second conditional or write a dialogue related to the topic contraceptive methods.

29 de mayo de 2015

PAST PERFECT

GRAMMAR REFERENCE: Look at the Spanish explanation
Examples:
     
                                                                                       





TIME TO PRACTICE GRAMMAR:
  1. Exercise 1 Complete the sentences in Past Perfect
  2. Exercise 2 Complete the sentences in Past Perfect 
  3. Exercise 3 Choose the correct answer: Past perfect




24 de abril de 2015

FIRST CONDITIONAL

GRAMMAR REFERENCES: 
Use the first conditional to talk about real situations in the present with a possible consequence in the future, for example: predictions,  offers,  threats or advice. Look at the next video, the explanation about First conditional is in Spanish

                                                              Taken from: Entendiendo ingles.co.cc
Remember:

IF
CONDITION
 IN PRESENT ,
RESULT IN FUTURE
If
Present simple
WILL+ base verb
If
study a lot,
will pass my exam.

Si tu estudias mucho, pasarás tu examen                                                                                            
Pasarás tu examen si tu estudias mucho.                                                                                            

RESULT IN FUTURE
IF
CONDITION IN PRESENT
WILL + base verb
If
Present simple
will pass my exam
if
study a lot.


 


READING TIME: Read the next sentences write similar ones for homework.

LISTENING  AND WATCHING TIME:
     I. Watch the video about superstitions (predictions) and write three examples you
         have seen.

        II.  This video shows you different uses of the First conditional, write the four uses you see  
              and copy one example of each one.


    III. Listen to the video and complete the next sentences:


  1. If I lend you my newspaper, We´ll ______ to read.
  2. If we _____ to read, We´ll become friends.
  3. If we become friends, I´ll lend you to go to my ________.
  4. If I lend you to goto my house, you´ll meetmy daughter.
  5. If you meet my daughter, you will fall in love together.
  6. If you fall in love togheter, you´ll run away togheter.
  7. If you run away together, I´ll find you.
  8. If I´ll find you, I´ll kill you.
  9. If I´ll kill you, 
PROJECT:  Make a comic using the first conditional. You could use pixton  or another program to do it.


TIME TO PRACTICE: Do the next exercises





QUESTION TAGS

USE:


GRAMMATICAL STRUCTURE:




EXAMPLES:



TIME TO WATCH:



PAST PASSIVE VOICE

WEBQUEST FOR THEN AND NOW OBJECTS

In this webquest you will find the steps to do your final product for present and past passive voice Push on the image and follow the indications it has.


PAST PASSIVE VOICE:

Resultado de imagen para uses of past passive voice

EXAMPLES:
Resultado de imagen para past passive voice examples


TIME TO PRACTICE:
1) Test 1:  past passive voice.
2) Test 2: active or passive sentences.

PRESENT PASSIVE VOICE

USE:

  • When we want to make the object more important
  • When we do not know the active subject

GRAMMAR REFERENCE:

Active sentence: He opens the door. 
Passive sentence: The door is opened by him


:
EXAMPLES:



TIME TO LISTEN AND SING:



TIME TO PRACTICE:

  1. Change active sentences to passive ones (1)
  2. Change active sentences to passive ones (2)
  3. Put the words in the correct order
  4. Fill in the blanks with the correct form of the verb

WELCOME TO ENGLISH

Dear student,
In this course you will learn different grammatical estructures with a great variety of topics. Your participation is very important to reach the goals in the activities.
The blog is stuctured in different sections for example:

  • Learning vocabulary: You will find important vocabulary to do your homework, exercises or projects
  • Grammar references: There are explanations in Spanish and English if you didn´t understand a topic in class, click in the corresponding link.
  • Reading time: In this section you will read short texts, comics or stories related with the topic in order to answer comprenhension exercises.
  • Listening and watching time: There are videos or audios with interesting topics, with themyou will listent, watxh and read examples  
  • Project: This is the final work you will do with your team, all the process will be explained in a Webquest
  • Time to practice: there are different exercises to practice the grammatical structures, click in the corresponding exercise
The next is the program of the class:

MODULE I
  • Present passive voice
  • Past passive voice
MODULE II
  • Question tags
  • First conditional
  • Second conditional
MODULE III
  • Past perfect
  • Third conditional
  • Relative clauses