6.6.16

4.6.16

What are your plans for next weekend?

I am going to buy some clothes next weekend

In English, when we want to talk about our plans we use this structure:

be (present) going to + infinitive

My parents are going to go to the cinema tonight
My teacher is going to travel to London next summer
She isn't going to go to the party because she is ill

Watch this video to see what Henry's plans are:

http://www.childrenclips.com/video/Plans-and-intentions-039going-to039-Johnny-Grammar-Learn-English-British-Council/371c0d18341938d4f7d33da495f4d12e


Do these activities to practise:

1. Activity 1: Choose the correct sentence
2. Activity 2: Match
3. Activity 3: Put the words in the correct order

Watch this video now. Answer:
a) What is Tony going to do?
b) What is Gogo going to do?
c) What are Gogo's friends going to do?


 

To finish, write a short text about your plans for next summer. Look at this example:

Next summer I am going to go to the beach with my friends. We are going to sunbathe and swim in the sea. We are going to play on the beach in the mornings and we are going to go shopping in the afternoons. I am going to send postcards to my parents. I am going to buy souvenirs. I am not going to go surfing but I am going to explore the city and visit some museums. I am going to have fun.

28.5.16

Means of Transport

Play these games to revise the vocabulary of transport. Copy the new words in your notebook.

Game 1: Match the words with the pictures

Game 2: Write the words

Game 3: Watch the video and complete + Crossword






HAVE YOU EVER TRAVELLED BY PLANE?
Have you ever + past participle? = ¿Has ... alguna vez?

HAVE YOU EVER DRIVEN A CAR?
past participle of "drive" = "driven" (remember: drive - drove - driven)

HAVE YOU EVER RIDDEN A MOTORBIKE?
past participle of "ride" = ridden (remember: ride - rode - ridden)

Now, tell me what your favourite means of transport is and answer these questions. Read the model text and write a text about your experiences with different means of transport.

"My favourite means of transport is the train. It is fast and comfortable. I don't like the ship, especially when there are big waves. I have never travelled by helicopter. Perhaps one day!"

HAVE YOU EVER FLOWN? / HAVE YOU EVER TRAVELLED BY TRAIN?
Yes, I have. Last year I flew from Madrid to London. It was amazing. It took two hours. I took photos of the clouds.

21.5.16

NO DOGS!

One last entry to practise the past simple tense. This time you are going to watch a short video with a moving story. You can watch the video as amny times as you need to answer the questions below. Remember to write full answers. That way you can practise the past form of regular and irregular verbs.


The questions are:


  1. What time did Katie finish school?
  2. Who was waiting for Katie at the school's gates?
  3. Where did they decide to go?
  4. Who is Jaia?
  5. What did they do when they arrived there?
  6. Can Jessie go with them?
  7. What did Katie's mother do?
  8. Did Katie and Jaia have a good time?
  9. Who went the highest?
  10. Did Jessie sleep that night?
  11. What did Jessie do then?
  12. What happened in the park?
  13. What did Jessie do there?
  14. Did Jessie have a good time there?
  15. What did Jessie think when he went to bed?
  When you finish you can play this game. Can you win?

http://www.eslgamesworld.com/members/games/ClassroomGames/Quizshow/Irregular%20Past%20Simple%20Quiz%20Show/


13.5.16

Last Weekend

You are going to watch a video. The interviewer is asking some people about their last weekend. Pay attention to how the interviewer asks the questions.



Now, answer these questions:
1. What did Rebekah do?
2. What did Bríd do?
3. What did Julia do?
4. What did Glenn do?
5. What did Sara do?

To finish, write a short text and tell me what you did last weekend.