Describing my house

Describing my house - NB1 Elementary - EOI Getafe

Mercedes describes her house. Her English is very fluent!

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Practising the conditional forms

Today we have been practising the conditional forms, try to answer this questions:

"If you could live in another period of time for its fashion, when would you choose and why?"

"If you could come back in another life, who (or what) would you like to be?"

"If you could change one part of your body, what would it be?"

"What would you wear if you were invited on a date by someone you really liked?"

And we have revised the grammar bank on page 136 and vocabulary bank on page 151.

People talking about different topics

In TED Ideas worth spreading you have an incredible site where listen to 

people talking about different topics.

You can select subtitle's language and you can also select the talk you want 

filtering, for example, by topic or length. It's amazing!!

List of links for learning English on the Internet

In the following link you will find an useful and complete list of links for learning English on the Internet.

We haven't tested all of the links so some of them might be broke but, 
is sure that the site where you are in will be interesting.

Steady job/ Steady phone (Vocabulary)

"Lo único que tengo ahora es un trabajo estable"

steady job - trabajo estable

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steady phone - teléfono fijo

Time clauses

(Here you can find some exercises)

Conditional forms and exercises

We have learnt the conditional forms:

Type 0. If + Present tense + Present tense i.e.: 

• If I press the button, the bell rings. / The bell rings if I press the button.
• Si pulso el botón el timbre suena.

Type 1. If + Present tense + Future tense i.e.: 

• If you study, you will pass your exam.
• Si estudias pasarás tú examen.

Type 2. If + Past simple tense + Conditional simple i.e.: 

• If you studied, you would pass your exam.
• Si estudiaras pasarías tú examen.

Type 3. If + Past perfect + Perfect infinitive i.e.: 

• If you had studied, you would have passed your exam.
• Si hubieras estudiado habrías pasado tú examen.

Besides, you will be able to know more about this topic in the following links and have to do the exercises related to it at home:

• Unit 38. If I do ... and If I did ...
• Unit 39. If I knew ... I wish I knew.
• Unit 40. If I had known... I wish I had known ...

We haven't to know anything about "I wish I knew" form so you don't need to study nothing about the part of this unit related to it.

Other ways to certificate your English level

Some people don't know that they can get English certifications by other ways so I have written this information for them.

This is a table of equivalences between English level and certifications you can get:

CEFR:  Common European  Framework of Reference	EOI: Escuela Oficial de Idiomas	Certificados Cambridge y British Council
C2		CPE
C1		CAE
B2	Nivel Avanzado  (5º)	FCE
B1	Nivel Intermedio (3º)	PET

Moreover, you can get information related to Cambridge English exams in the links below:

• KET (Key English Test) - (English version)
• PET (Preliminary English Test) - (English version)
• FCE (First Certificate in English) - (English version)
• CAE (Certificate in Advanced English) - (English version)
• CPE (Certificate of Proeficiency in English) - (English version)

By the way, here you can obtain a table of equivalences made by U.H.U. and, if you have any doubt you can navigate throw this link to get more information about this topic.

I really hope that this information will be useful for some of us.

Exercise about writing informal letters

Today, We have done a exercise about writing an informal letter, you can download it on the link below:

Here is some vocabulary about the text:

• secluded  /sɪˈkluːdɪd/ - apartado.
• greenery /ˈgriːnərɪ/ - vegetación.
• marshmallows /ˈmɑːʃˈmæləʊ/ - merengue, nube, malvavisco.
• hilarious /hɪˈlɛərɪəs/ - divertidísimo.
• boast /bəʊst/ - presumir.

Free English UNED courses

They are available a couple of free courses relative to English Language 

at 's online platform:

• Aprende las mil palabras más usadas y sus posibilidades comunicativas. (Begginer level)
• Inglés Profesional / Professional English. (Suggested B1 level)

I think It would be good for us and so I publish it here.

Vocabulary about Education

Homework

Today we have been talking about topics related to Education (N.E.F. on page 52 - Back to school, aged 35), and in the following link you will find homeworks for next day:

Revising modal verbs

Homework

Exercises for revise modal verbs:

· Must, have to, should
· Must, may, might, can't
· Can, could, be able to

Lesson 3 homework for next monday

Do all exercises about:

• "An informal letter - Writing" on page 49, 
• "What do you remember?" on page 50 and 
• "What can you do?" on page 51.

Song "You can get it if you really want"

Here is the song we have listened to today, its name is "You can get it if you really want" (Jimmy Cliff version)

Solution: 1.ʇsnɯ 2.pǝǝɔɔns 3.ʇsnɯ 4.uıW 5.ǝsol 6.ʇǝƃ 7.ʇǝƃ 8.ʇlınq 9.ǝɯoɔ 10.ǝǝs

Formal and Informal Letters

How to write formal and informal Letters...

 

Part one

Part two

Clothes and appearance and phrasal verbs

Here you can download the exercises about clothes and appearance and phrasal verbs for next day.

Homework

Useful Phrases for informal letter writing

Please do click onto the image to view the document.

Adjectives ending in -ed / -ing

Today we have learnt the use of adjectives ending in -ed / -ing, you can review them and do the exercises for the next day in the following links:

• Unit 98. Adjectives ending in -ing and -ed (boring/bored etc.) 
• Unit 99. Adjectives: a nice new house, you look tired 

Writing about "A nightmare journey you've had".

In the Unit 2 we have to make a writing about "A nightmare journey you've had (or invent one)", it will be done about mid-February.

Maybe interesting try to do it at home.

Don't you remeber - Complete the gaps

To improve our listening skill we are going to listen a song sometimes in class, so you can send your prefered lyrics to Lola in such a way that she will be able to show it to all.

 

This is the song lyric where you can try fill the gaps

Judging by appearances, describing people

Try to describe people in the photos and judge them by their appearance using look, look like, must, may, might and can't.

Use "What does he / she look like?" for appearance

, and "What is he / she like?" for personality.

I You He/She/It We You They
	look(s) + an adjective	He looks tired
	look(s) like + a noun	She looks like a doctor

You can use age adverbs as mid-, early, about, late and forties. For instance:

• He is about nineteen.
• She is in her thirties.
• She is in her early fourties. / mid fourties / late fourties.

You could use height and build adjectives, adjectives about hair or general adjectives like:

• slim, thin, tall, short...
• well built, medium height, overweight...
• fair, blonde, grey hair...
• short, shoulder-lenght, long...
• wavy, curly, straight...
• fringe, ponytail, beard, bald, wig, moustache...
• plain, pretty, ugly, handsome, good-looking, atrractive...

Note that it is important to distinguish between seem, appear, and look.

Modal verbs

Today we have learnt the use of modal verbas, you can review them and do the exercises for tomorrow in the following links:

• Unit 26. Can, could and (be) able to. 
• Unit 27. Could (do) and could have (done). 
• Unit 28. Must and can't. 
• Unit 29. May and might 1. 
• Unit 30. May and might 2. 
• Unit 31. Have to and must.

There are some many forms of use of (be) able to:

• would love to - I'd love to be able to do it. (Me encantaría ser capaz de hacerlo)
• won't be able to - I will not to be able to do it. (No seré capaz de hacerlo)
• have never been able to - I have never been able to do it. (Nunca he sido capaz de hacerlo)
• hate not being able to - I hate not being able to do it. (Odio no poder hacerlo)

Remember the use of the modal auxiliary verb "ought to" , it expresses duty, necessity, desirability and similar ideas. It is often used to advise people – to tell them that they have a duty to do things. The meaning is similar to should

• You ought to attend office regularly. (Duty) 
• We ought to help the needy. (Moral obligation) 
• We ought to buy some furniture. (Necessity) 

Ought is not as forceful as must.

Moreover, we have watched two videos about modal verbs today:

 

First one

Second one

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

If someone wants to add more photos please send it to my email address and, at the same time, if someone wants that any photo, where He or She appears, be deleted please let me know and it will be deleted.

If you wish you can leave comments clicking on the link below (No comments: )

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.

(This is the source of this content.)

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.