Adverbs

Nuria is from Spain. Now she's living in Los Angeles and she writes about the good and bad things of living there.








Click HERE to read about Nuria's life in L.A. (select lesson 8D to read it). Get information about these two questions: 
- How do people drive in L.A.?
- How do people work there?

When we give information about the action (the verb), we use adverbs. When we want to give information about the noun, we use adjectives. Work on these activities to understand the difference.

- Adverbs (1)

- Adverbs (2) 

- Adverbs (3) 

- Adverbs (4) 

- Adjectives or Adverbs?  

Like doing / Would like to + Infinitive

"Oh, I would like to thank the Academy from the bottom of my heart! I would like to thank Emily Watson, Fernanda Montenegro and my friend Cate Blanchett for their help and patience".

This is Gwyneth Paltrow's speech at the Oscar Awards Ceremony. The speech has the structure "would like to + infinitive"

Now try these activities with "like + ing" (general) and "would like to + infinitive" (specific, particular).

- Would like to + Infinitive (1) 

- Would like to + Infinitive (2)

- Would like to + Infinitive (3)

VIDEO - Gwyneth Paltrow's speech
Click HERE

Yummy!

There is a new Thai restaurant in town. Food is really good and cheap. You can try some typical Thai noodles, rice and vegetables. 
However, their speciality is spring rolls. They use cabbage, carrots, onions and meat to prepare this delicious meal. 
Would you like to try Thai food? Do you think it is healthy for your body?

To discover more information and ideas about food, do these activities:

• GRAMMAR

- Countable & Uncountable nouns 
- Nouns that can be Countable & Uncountable 

- a / an / some / any (1) 

- a / an / some / any (2)
- some / any  

- How much / How many / a lot / not much, etc (1) 

- How much / How many / a lot / not much, etc (2) 

•  VOCABULARY

- Crossword

- Wordsearch 

• LISTENING ACTIVITIES

- My favourite food: pizza

- Todd's daily diet 

- Guess the fruit 

• VIDEO - SESAME STREET (SPEEDY PIZZA)

Enjoy watching this Sesame Street scene and answer these 3 questions after watching the video three times:
1. What's the address for the pizza delivery? (dirección de entrega)
2. What are the two ingredients of the pizza?
3. When will the pizza be ready?
Do you want to check your answers? Then, click HERE to download the transcript so you can read it and listen to the audio at the same time.

• GAME - Trolley Dash

Welcome to Trolley Dash! You have sixty seconds to collect everything on your shopping list. Finish in time and move to the next level. Click HERE to play.

By courtesy of Isabel Bastida

Let's meet Mr. Will

- Will + Infinitive (Form, Use and exercises)
- Will + Infinitive (Grammar explanation, Exercises and Tests)

Asking for and giving directions

Asking for directions

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VIDEO - Excuse me, could you tell me the way to...?

ACTIVITIES TO PRACTISE:

- Activity 1

- Activity 2

- Activity 3 - Post office

- Activity 4 - Cinema

- Activity 5 - Hangman

Revision: Irregular Verbs

Sarah describes her town

Read the following description about Sarah's home town, Cartagena. Pay attention to the use of linking words (in bold).

"Hello guys! This is my home town, Cartagena. It is near the coast, in the south of Spain. In Cartagena, there are a lot of things to do. For example, do you like archaeology? Then, you can visit its beautiful Roman theatre and its museum. Do you like shopping? There are lots of shops in the city centre and also in the surrounding areas. Do you like tapas? There are some tapas bars near the port and a lot of good restaurants in other areas of the city, too.
However, there is a problem. There is a lot of traffic, so some people say that Cartagena is a noisy and polluted town. What do you think?
 
What about you? Do you live in a town or in a village? Are there a lot of activities to do there?"

Now read and listen to this tale and answer the question at the end of the story.
Around my neighbourhood  /'neɪbəhʊd/ (barrio, vecindario).

Now, try these activities about the use of English. 

Places in town (1) 

Places in town (2) 

Try now this listening activity. Six people talk about the places where they live. Listen to each person and answer the questions.
Happy Places

Finally, watch these videos about different places you can find in a town or in a city.
Video 1 - Places in my town


Video 2 - Places in my town


By courtesy of Isabel Bastida

What are you doing now?

"Naomi Campbell is the best top model on the catwalk. 

In the photo she's modelling casual clothes by Calvin Klein. Naomi's wearing a grey jacket and matching grey top. She's wearing blue jeans too. For a perfect look, she's wearing a golden belt and some bracelets.

But Naomi is sophisticated. She never wears casual clothes when she isn't working. She prefers dresses and high-heeled sandals or boots."


In the text there are verbs in red and verbs in purple. Which verb forms are these? When do we use the verb in the red form? When do we use the verb in the purple form?
Meet the Present Continuous Guy and try these activities:

- Theory - The Present Continuous Guy

- Present Continuous (1)

- Present Continuous (2) 

- Present Continuous (3) 

Revise the Present Simple and try then these activities about Present Simple and Present Continuous:

- Theory - The Present Simple Girl 
- Present Simple Affirmative & Negative (1)
- Present Simple Affirmative & Negative (2)
- Present Simple Interrogative (1)
- Present Simple Interrogative (2)

- Present Simple or Present Continuous? (1)

- Present Simple or Present Continuous? (2) 

- Present Simple or Present Continuous? (3) 

- Verbs not usually used with the Present Continuous 

Now try these listening activities. They are a bit difficult for you, but don't worry. Listen to them and read the transcript later.

- Guess the correct piece of clothing

- What are you wearing today?  

- What do you think about shopping? 

Activities by courtesy of Isabel Bastida.

Finally, watch these videos about the Present Continuous:

Video 1 - Present Continuous - 1 - (Theory)

Video 2 - Present Continuous - 2 - (Theory)

Video 3 - Present Continuous - (Review)

Prepositions of Time & Place

Powerpoint: Prepositions of Time & Place

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Activities to practise:

- Prepositions of Time (1) 

- Prepositions of Place (1)

- Prepositions of Place (2)

Let's watch how Gogo plays Hide and Seek (escondite) with his friends.

Past Simple Review - Songs

Now, click HERE to listen to it again and complete the song with the correct form of the verb. Enjoy it!

And here you go another song with a lot of regular and irregular verbs in the past. Do you know the infinitive of the verbs in the song? Listen to it and try!
Click HERE to listen to "Lazybones", by Ben Eyler.

By courtesy of my colleague Estefanía Galiana