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

Let's meet Mr. Will

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

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

View more presentations from Rafaarabit33.

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.

A Haunted House

UPDATE...(Actualización)

- House and Furniture
- File 6B: There was / There were (1)
- File 6B: There was / There were (2)

I live in a big dark house near the main road. The house has ten windows and seven of them overlook the garden. In the garden there is a big fountain with fish and a small swimming- pool.

On the ground floor there is a hall, a kitchen, a living room with lots of photos on the walls, a dining-room, a bathroom and a study room with hundreds of books in a giant bookcase. Upstairs, on the first floor, there are three bedrooms, a small toilet and bathroom.
This house is very cold because it hasn't got central heating. It's also dirty because it has lots of spiders and dust.

Strange things happen at night...
Be careful with monsters and try to do these activities.

VOCABULARY:

- Activity 1

- Activity 2
- Activity 3: Crossword 
- Activity 4: Wordsearch 

GRAMMAR:

- There is/There are (1) 

- There is/There are (2)

- There is/There are (3) 

- There is/There are (4) 
- How much / How many 

LISTENINGS:

- A big house 

- Frances's house

- Craig's house 

- Stephanie's house

- Pam's house 

VIDEO:

By courtesy of Isabel Bastida

Famous people around the world

"Ernesto "Che" Guevara was born on 14th June, 1928. He was born in Rosario, Argentina. He was a doctor and a famous guerrilla leader. As a guerrilla leader, he was hope for poor people in South America and Cuba. Che Guevara's parents were Ernesto Guevara Lynch, a civil engineer of Irish descent, and Celia de la Serna, of Spanish descent. They were born in Argentina too. There are some very good films about his life."

Now, click on this LINK and read the paragraphs about other famous people. Then, you can answer these questions:
- Where were they born?
- When were they born?
- What were they famous for?

Now, you can do some activities about the verb "To Be" in the past simple.

- Past Simple of To Be: was/were (1)
- Past Simple of To Be: was/were (2) 

- Past Simple of To Be: was/were (3)
- Past Simple: Regular & Irregular Verbs

Finally, watch this video and practise some questions and answers.

File 4D: Possessive Pronouns

Welcome to the interesting and important world of Pronouns! You know how to use Subject Pronouns, Object Pronouns and Possessive Adjectives. Now, it's time to learn how to use Possessive Pronouns.

Now, see this example with a Possessive Adjective and a Possessive Pronoun.

- And now... do you need more practice? It's very easy, click HERE to learn more about these pronouns.

- And now you can see a video about Pronouns and read an explanation in Spanish. Click HERE

- And finally, you can complete these activities:

Possessive Pronouns (1) 

Possessive Pronouns (2) 

Possessive Pronouns (3) 

File 4C: Object Pronouns

"Talk to her" is a famous drama film by Pedro Almodóvar. In it, Pedro Almodóvar tells us the story of Benigno. Benigno is a nurse and he looks at Alicia from his window. With the passing of time Benigno is in love with her. When Alica suffers a car accident and Benigno finds her in his hospital, he spends his days taking care of her, but she can't say to him, "Thank you".

In the text there are some object pronouns in bold (en negrita). Who do they refer to? (the film, Benigno, Alicia, the viewers of the film).

Now, watch these videos to know how to use the object pronouns.





Now, you can work on these activities, but remember we use object pronouns after transitive verbs or after prepositions.
OBJECT PRONOUNS (1)
OBJECT PRONOUNS (2)
OBJECT PRONOUNS (3)
OBJECT PRONOUNS (4)

By courtesy of Isabel Bastida

File 4A: CAN (Ability and Possibility) / Verb Phrases

Let's start File 4 with a very important verb: CAN. We use this verb to talk about Abilities and Possibilities. Watch the following video to learn about this modal verb.

Now, let's do these activities to practise this verb.
CAN (1)
CAN (2)
CAN (3)
CAN (4)
CAN (5)

Finally, you can click on the links below and do the Verb Phrases activities.
Verb Phrases (1)

Verb Phrases (2)

Verb Phrases (3)

Verb Phrases (4)

By courtesy of Sergio Viñals.

Goldilocks and the Three Bears

This is their story:
The three bears live in a little house in the middle of the forest: big Father Bear, medium-sized Mother Bear and little Baby Bear. They never change their daily routine.
For example, Mother Bear often cooks a big pot of porridge for breakfast and then she does the housework. Father Bear always gets up very early in the morning and gets dressed to go to work. And Baby Bear usually sleeps in bed until 8 o'clock when Mother Bear wakes him up. Baby Bear only goes to the forest with his friends twice a week.

Before talking about your daily routine and how often you do some things, do these activities. 
Frequency Adverbs (1) 
Frequency Adverbs (2) 
Frequency Adverbs (3) 

Do you want to practise? Answer these questions about you. Write your answers on the chat.

How often do you...? 
go out with your friends / come to English classes / do sport / tidy up your bedroom / go to the beach / go to the dentist / brush your teeth  / go to the shopping centre / talk on the phone with friends?

Ps. By courtesy of Isabel Bastida.

Frequency Adverbs with Hooria

What does Hooria do in the morning?


What does Hooria do in the evening after work?