Merry Christmas and a Happy New Year

Reading for the next term (Book)

The following book is the one that we have to read...  Its cost is about 8,70€

The Importance of Being Earnest - Macmillan Readers 

Christmas Dinner

Album about of our Christmas Dinner

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Merry Christmas song

Today we have heard a song about Christmas

Prepositions of place and time: AT, IN & ON (reminder)

In general, we use AT, IN and ON as preposition of place as following:

• at for a POINT
• in for an ENCLOSED SPACE
• on for a SURFACE

AT	IN	ON
POINT	ENCLOSED SPACE	SURFACE
at the corner	in the garden	on the wall
at the bus stop	in London	on the ceiling
at the door	in France	on the door
at the top of the page	in a box	on the cover
at the end of the road	in my pocket	on the floor
at the entrance	in my wallet	on the carpet
at the crossroads	in a building	on the menu
at the front desk	in a car	on a page

Look at these examples:

• Jane is waiting for you at the bus stop.
• The shop is at the end of the street.
• My plane stopped at Dubai and Hanoi and arrived in Bangkok two hours late.
• Jupiter is in the Solar System.
• There was a "no smoking" sign on the wall.
• I live on the 7th floor at 21 Oxford Street in London.

Notice the use of the prepositions of place at, in and on in these standard expressions:

AT	IN	ON
at home	in a car	on a bus
at work	in a taxi	on a train
at school	in a helicopter	on a plane
at university	in a boat	on a ship
at college	in a lift (elevator)	on a bicycle, on a motorbike
at the top	in the newspaper	on a horse, on an elephant
at the bottom	in the sky	on the radio, on television
at the side	in a row	on the left, on the right
at reception	in Oxford Street	on the way

Moreover, we use AT, IN and ON as preposition of time as following:

• at for a PRECISE TIME
• in for MONTHS, YEARS, CENTURIES and LONG PERIODS
• on for DAYS and DATES

AT	IN	ON
PRECISE TIME	MONTHS, YEARS, CENTURIES and LONG PERIODS	DAYS and DATES
at 3 o'clock	in May	on Sunday
at 10.30am	in summer	on Tuesdays
at noon	in the summer	on 6 March
at dinnertime	in 1990	on 25 Dec. 2010
at bedtime	in the 1990s	on Christmas Day
at sunrise	in the next century	on Independence Day
at sunset	in the Ice Age	on my birthday
at the moment	in the past/future	on New Year's Eve

Look at these examples:

• I have a meeting at 9am.
• Jane went home at lunchtime.
• In England, it often snows in December.
• Do you work on Mondays?
• Her birthday is on 20 November.
• Where will you be on New Year's Day?

Notice the use of the preposition of time at in the following standard expressions:

Expression	Example
at night	The stars shine at night.
at the weekend*	I don't usually work at the weekend.
at Christmas*/Easter	I stay with my family at Christmas.
at the same time	We finished the test at the same time.
at present	He's not home at present. Try later.

Notice the use of the prepositions of time in and on in these common expressions:

IN	ON
in the morning	on Tuesday morning
in the mornings	on Saturday mornings
in the afternoon(s)	on Sunday afternoons
in the evening(s)	on Monday evening

When we say last, next, every, this we do not also use at, in, on.

• I went to London last June. (not in last June)
• He's coming back next Tuesday. (not on next Tuesday)
• I go home every Easter. (not at every Easter)
• We'll call you this evening. (not in this evening)

*Note that in some varieties of English people say "on the weekend" and "on Christmas".

For a full list of 150 prepositions, including one-word and complex prepositions, with 370 example sentences, download the this free e-book English Prepositions Listed.

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Describing images and sceneries.

Today some partners have been describing some images and sceneries, these kind of activities are useful to train you for your speaking exam.

Bad Manners-List

Today we have been speaking about bad manners, you can download here the activity.

You can know more about bad habits here, too.

Information that can be found in our writings

Remember information that can be found in our writings

Gr - Grammar mistake 
P - Punctuation 
WO - Wrong order 
WW - Wrong word 
Sp - Spelling mistake 
T - Wrong tense
/ - Not necessary

"Modal Verbs" and "Comparatives and Superlatives"

Today Lola has teached us the use of some modal verbs and use of comparatives and superlatives.

Concretly, we have learned use of "have to", "must", "should" and "ought to", but we must know the use of modals related to lower levels and according to our level.

We have this homework about use of "must", "have to" and "should", and the use of "comparatives and superlatives" for wednesday.

Homework assignment

Conjuctions

I think this link about conjunctions might be interesting for all us.

Guide for candidates to the certification exams

Os dejo varios enlaces a documentos importantes a la hora de enfrentarse al examen de certificación y los de evaluación continua, espero que sean útiles para todos:

• Guía del candidato a los exámenes de certificación
• Plan de Centro: Proyecto educativo
• Criterios de evaluación (extracto)
• Destrezas a adquirir (extracto)
• Orden que desarrolla el currículo de las enseñanzas de idiomas (contenidos)
• Programación didáctica para el nivel intermedio

En ésta última orden aparecen los siguientes temas de comunicación e intercambios conversacionales en diversas situaciones:

En la clase En un centro educativo En un restaurante, cafetería, etc. En una tienda, supermercado, etc. Transporte y viajes En la agencia de viajes Visitando la ciudad En un hotel En la oficina de correos Hablar por teléfono

En el médico o el hospital En la comisaría de policía En el banco De visita y recibiendo invitados En el cine, teatro, etc Buscando alojamiento En la farmacia En la oficina El vehículo privado (I): en la gasolinera y el taller de reparaciones El vehículo privado (II): circulando y orientándose

Además os dejo el enlace al reglamento de organización y funcionamiento de la EOI por si a alguien le interesara:

• Reglamento de organización y funcionamiento de la EOI
• Decreto 15/2012, de 7 de febrero, que aprueba el Reglamento Orgánico de las EOI

Y recordad que existe un blog del departamento de actividades extraescolares y complementarias en éste enlace.

Todos ellos están accesibles en la página de la EOI de Huelva.


Por último comentaros que quien quiera conocer algo más sobre las equivalencias entre las certificaciones y los niveles marcados por el MCRE podéis consultarlo en éste enlace.

Un saludo.

Rob or Steal?

ROB OR STEAL?

Key

• To rob a place or a person (of things)
• To steal objects (from a place or person)

To rob a place or a person (of things) - rob (robbed, robbed)
El verbo to rob va seguido de un lugar o una persona.
Para nombrar el objeto robado se agrega of + el objeto.


They have robbed me.
They robbed the bank.
I was robbed of my cheque-book.


To steal objects (from a place or person) - steal (stole, stolen)
El verbo to steal va seguido del objeto robado.
Para nombrar de dónde o a quién se roba se agrega from + el lugar o la persona.

Someone has stolen my watch.
They stole plenty of money from us.

Related words

• robber: the person who robs
• robbery: instance of robbing
• thief: the person who steals
• theft: instance of stealing

Talking about Looks

Physical Appearance

The advantages and disadvantages of being famous

You can access to the document here.

Homework assignment

When I first met my universitiy flatmate

You can access to the document here

Homework assignment

Spain Mayor Steals Food For The Poor

You can access to the document here

Homework assignment

Remember how to make comparisons in English

Voiced and unvoiced sounds

Remembering voiced and unvoiced sounds of the past simple regular verb endings.

Pronountiation of -ed verb endings

Remembering how to Pronounce -ed verb endings.

Reading Book - The Lady in White

During this first term, I have read the book "The Lady in White" and I would recomend it to all my partners, It was a entertaining, thrilling and frightening story with a happy ending.

The Mistress of Spices

Some classmates have been watching this film and maybe we see it again in class another day because of most of classmates have been on strike today.

Fill gaps

One of the classworks of today.

Homework assignment

Tenses for the future

Today we have learnt the use of the tenses for the future, you can review them in the following links:

• Unit 19. Present tenses (I am doing / I do) fot the future.
• Unit 20. (I'm) going to (do).
• Unit 21. Will/shall (1).
• Unit 22. Will/shall (2).
• Unit 23. I will and I'm goint to.
• Unit 24. Will be doing and will have done.

Lola has given us a summary about this, you can download it here

Homework assignment

We must do the exercises related to each unit (English Grammar in Use - Units 19 to 24).

Leonard Cohen's speech

Today we have been watching a video about "Leonard Cohen's Prince of Asturias Speech", you can watch it again by the next link.

You can download the script here

Writing about "Describing a person"

In the Unit 1 we have done a writing about "Describing a person".

Maybe interesting try to do it at home.

Use of English (Grammar)

Homework assignment

List of personality adjectives

Remember the use:

Anna is	incredibly	untidy
	very / really
	quiet
	a bit

Crossword to practise personality vocabulary

Oxford University Press

Readig Comprehension - "Jack O'Lantern"

Homework assignment

Turnip

Reading Comprehension - "Halloween"

Readig Comprehension done in class

Trick or treat

Vocabulary Calendar

Write a new word every day , underline the stress and write the translation may be a brilliant idea , don't you think?

Readig Comprehension - "Language Fever"

Questions

1. Could you name the effects on the new academic year according to the article?
2. Why is so important to learn new languages?
3. Why students need to get the B1 level?
4. How many applicants did not get in this year?
5. The private language schools are suffering the crisis?
6. What is the main purpose of unemployed adults?
7. In general what is the students'level when they start learning a new language?
8. Are parents aware of the importance of learning a new language?
9. What is the final option to learn a language in your town according to the article?
10. Is there an increase in private classes and why?

Song "We are family"

Here is the song we have listened to today, its name is "We are family" which was originally recorded in 1979 by Sister Sledge and its authors are Bernard Edwards and Nile Rodgers.

And now, here you have the mp3 song to help you fill the gaps.

Video - "Talking about family"

I have three people in my family , and you?

Tenses for the Present, Present Perfect and Past

We have learnt the use of present and past tenses, you can review it at: 

• Unit 1-6 English Grammar in Use)  : Present and Past
• Unit 7-18 English Grammar in Use): Present Perfect and Past