1B LISTENING COMPREHENSION - AMERICAN V. BRITISH

Hello everyone!

How are you today? This is the last activity on the blog. I selected a video explaining some differences Between American and British English. I know you already know some of them " elevator/ lift", "sideway/pavement", "highway/ motorway"... These here have more to do with cooking and ingredients. Watch the video  and find out.

CLICK HERE TO WATCH THE VIDEO

TODAY'S ASSIGNMENT.

Answer as many questions as you can. Watch the video with subtitles if you need. Pause and play it as you wish, and above all, learn and enjoy.  Post a comment on the blog by today. 

Q1. Why does the young woman " Grace" speak American English? Where is she from? Explain.
Q2. How many different food do they mention? Please explain the difference between 5 of them, write the american and the English term?
Q3. What explanation does she give about the term "eggplant"?
Q4. What words differ only in the pronunciation? Give two examples.
Q5. What is the Spanish translation for "herbs"?
Q6. Grace use the term "garnish", in the context of cooking? What herb is she mentioning to be used as garnish?
Q7. In which meal do they eat "porridge" or "oatmeal"?
Q8. Where do they use the expression " you are walking in treacle"? In which context do they use it.
Q9. Could you explain the difference among " Jam" / "Jelly" and " Jello"? In which situations would you eat each of them? Which one is American and which one is English?
Q10. What is the meaning of " mince" ? Why is it different in American and in British English?

I hope learn a lot today! 

1B GRAMMAR REVIEW- TEST PREPARATION

Hi 1B juniors!

How are you today? We still need to work a little harder before the term is over, it's easy and simple, just a little more. We are going to review all the verb tenses, including time expressions. You'll have a test on Thursday June 11th. Don't worry, it's easy, just review what you know!

LET'S USE OUR BOOK!

Do you recognise all the tenses? Well, you are going to use the blue section at the back of your book to review. Just read, make sure you remember, do all the exercises in case you haven't ( There are exercises after every grammar explanation).I'll show you the pages:

UNIT 1 page 109

UNIT 2 page 111

UNIT 3 page 114

UNIT 4 page 115

UNIT 5 page 117

IRREGULAR VERBS LIST Page 152

SEE GRAMMAR REFERENCE IN SPANISH

TODAY'S SELF- CORRECTING PRACTICE

Here you are some online self-correcting practice 

PRACTICE 1  ( scroll down for corrections)

PRACTICE 2 (click check for corrections)

WHAT DO YOU HAVE TO DO IN THE BLOG?

Just post a comment explaining your mistakes. You can also ask a question about anything you do not understand . I'll prepare an extra set of exercises and explanations for tomorrow based on your questions. Have fun today, and practice a lot!

TOO AND ENOUGH. GRAMMAR AND LISTENING JUNIORS 1B

Hi my dear 1B students!

This is your last assignment of the week. Remember our "so" and "such" practice? Well, let's keep on practising with adjectives. This time it's TOO and ENOUGH turn. 

STEP 1. Watch the explanatory video 

STEP 2.

grammar practice

grammar practice 2

STEP 3. LISTEN TO THE SONG by Marvin Gaye 

Pay attention to the chorus of this song and practice the pronunciation of "enough" singing it. 🎶🎵🎤

WHAT DO YOU HAVE TO DO IN THE BLOG?

Answer the following questions USING YOUR OWN WORDS after listening to the song, and reading the lyrics. Post your comments by today.💻📝

1. Give an example of conditional sentence from the song.

2. Give two examples of imperative forms.

3. How would you translate " to keep me from getting to you" into Spanish?

4. Give an example of a contrast connector

5. Give an example of a comparative sentence

DON'T FORGET TO PRACTICE YOUR PRONUNCIATION SINGING THE SONG.🎧🎵🎶

See you on Tuesday, have a wonderful week!

1B So/ Such practice

Hello all!

How are you feeling today? I hope you are still with some energy to finish this week. Remember Thursday, Friday and Monday are no-school days, so let's try a little effort before your long weekend.

You are going to learn and practice the difference between so and such , together with too and enough.

Pay attention to the following links to study the difference. Follow the steps.

STEP 1. ( SO /SUCH) Watch the video explanation first. Then click on NOTES and PRACTICE to exercise what you are learning.

CLICK HERE TO SEE THE NOTES

CLICK HERE TO PRACTICE

STEP 2. LISTEN TO THIS SONG

Listen to the song by Coldplay called "The Scientist":pay attention to the lyrics and write down on your notebook any line of the song containing the structure " such+a/an+ noun" or "so adj".

STEP 3. COMMENT ON THE BLOG.

Write 4 different sentences (created  by you) using the structures learned in this lesson. Make them true for you . Remember they have to be original, check spelling before writing.

I hope you find this exercise useful.

1B Reading Practice- The internet

Hi 1B students!

How are you? Welcome to the last week of May!  Today you are going to exercise your reading skills starting a new topic. " Internet".

TODAY'S ASSIGNMENT.

STEP 1. CLICK HERE TO SEE THE TEXT AND EXERCISES., read the text without using a dictionary.

STEP 2. Do both comprehension activities ( True/False and Grouping).

NOW YOU CAN USE A DICTIONARY TO CHECK UNKNOWN THE WORDS IF YOU NEED

STEP 3 Post a comment answering this question What do you usually search on the internet?. Also, comment what new vocabulary you have learnt.

I hope you learnt a lot of vocabulary and find the topic interesting. Please post your answers by today. 

1B LISTENING AND PRONUNCIATION PRACTICE

Hi all!
Today we are going to practice a little bit of pronunciation. Let's do it with a song., shall we? How does it sound?

STEP 1. LISTENING
Listen to "Fireworks" by Katy Perry from this website 👉 click here There is a fill-in-the-gap exercise below the video so , scroll down to do the exercise. Make sure you understand the song. Check unknown words in a dictionary .

STEP 2 LISTENING AND PRONUNCIATION

Use the program Lyrics training to practice the song . You do not have to register or anything ( if the program asks you, just click on "quizás en otro momento". The song "Fireworks" has already been selected in the level "ADVANCED". Fill in the blanks with the missing words at the same time you listen to the lyrics. You can stop the song as many times as you need. 

CLICK HERE TO START THE SONG EXERCISE

STEP 3. SINGING, SINGING , SINGING

Just sing the song at home, follow the lyrics, play it again, sing it again, pay attention to pronunciacion, make sure you pronounce "you" correctly , "work" correctly. Sing it one more time. Learn some lines, the chorus, the beginning, by heart ( memorize it)

WHAT DO I HAVE TO DO IN THE BLOG?

Just leave a comment about Lyricstraining as a resource to learn English. 

Was it fun for you? 

Did you learn the song? 

Do you feel like you can pronounce better?

Do not rush practice with this song all day and leave your comment when you really have learned from the song. DEADLINE 23.59 OF TODAY

I hope you enjoy this activity. Have fun!

1B JUNIORS PHRASAL VERBS PRACTICE

Hi 1b juniors!

How are you today? Ready for some phrasal verbs practice ? Here it is a little review/ extension exercise. Let's concentrate on the phrasal verbs around this web.

LOOK + 11 different prepositions 

Check the meaning on an online dictionary.  and write down the meaning on your notebook.📓

CLICK HERE TO PRACTICE    //  AND A SECOND PRACTICE 👈These are  self-correcting exercise.

TODAY'S ASSIGNMENT:

Choose 5 phrasal verbs from above☝ and write an explanatory sentence that is true for you in the blog. Use a valid sentence ( S+V+O+ adverbs) that really explains the verb. Pay attention to the examples in the self-correcting exercises to see what follows  the verb. See some clues about how to use them below👇

Remember to use original sentences that are true for you, check spelling before writing. Do your best! Answers will be corrected by tomorrow.

Have a wonderful day!

1B LISTENING AND INFORMAL VOCABULARY

Hello My dear 1B students!

I have prepared some listening and vocabulary for you today. You are going to learn 10 new adjectives. Watch the video, play it and pause it , as many times as you need. Copy the adjectives and the example sentences for every adjective on your notebook ( make a list of them, they will be included in a text next week). Note if they have a particular use, if they are rude, affectionate, if they have more than 1 meaning, for example, or of they are used in a particular context. You do not have to show it to me unless I ask you to by email. 

SAY ALL THE ADJECTIVES ALOUD AND PRACTICE YOUR PRONUNCIATION WHILE YOU WATCH THE VIDEO.

Once you got the 10 adjectives and the example sentences written , be ready to apply them in context. 

TODAY'S ASSIGNMENT:

CHOOSE 5 of them and write an example sentence for every one of them. Try to find an equivalent of the adjective  in Spanish , take the context where it is applied into account before choosing the Spanish translation. Write you five sentences in the comment section👇. Please, write your name.

EXTRA CREDIT:

Have you heard any of them before? Where did you hear them? Which one is your favourite?

I hope you learn a lot from today's exercise. Be ready for more grammar practice, next week!

1B CONDITIONAL LISTENING and GRAMMAR PRACTICE

Hi everyone!

How did you find yesterday's explanation on conditionals? Did you remember any of it? Was it the first time that you learned about it? Well , today we are going to continue with some practice to really acquire this grammar point so my advice is, if by any chance you could not watch the video yesterday or do the practice, please go to yesterday's post and do that first.

For those of you who did see the video, this is today's practice.

CLICK HERE , to watch the video and get the exercises. There are 3 set of exercises; matching, multiple choice and gap filling. You'll have to do all of them.

TODAY'S ASSIGNMENT:
Do all the self-correcting exercises on the page ☝, post a comment on this blog explaining your results and answer the following questions.

1. If you could travel anywhere, where would you go and why?
2. If COVID-19 hadn't happened, what would you have done during Easter ( Holy Week)?
3. If you get bored on a rainy day, what do you usually do?
4. What would you do if you won the lottery?
Do your best answering the question and pay attention while doing the exercises. I hope you learn a lot from them 😉