A ROBBERY

1-Read this text.

A STRANGE EXPERIENCE

Last month I was on holiday in Ireland with my mum and dad. One day, we were driving through a small village. It was time for lunch, so we stopped at a restaurant .

It was a large , old builiding. We looked through the window. There were lots of people in the restaurant. They were eating , drinking and chatting . A musician was playing the violin. But there was something strange about the people . They weren't wearing normal , modern clothes. They were wearing hats, jackets and dresses from another century . We couldn't understand it. But we were hungry , so we opened the door .

When we went into the restaurant, everything was different. The people were wearing normal clothes. The musician wasn't there- the music was on CD. It was a very strange experience !

Daniel

2- Now copy these questions in a new file and answer them .

1- Who was Daniel on holiday with ?

2- Why did they stopa at a restaurant ?

3- What were the people in the restaurant doing ?

4- What instrument was the musician playing ?

5- What was strange about their clothes?

6- When they went into the restaurant, did they see the musician ?

WRITING -

1-Look at the picture and write what these people were doing when the teacher arrived at the school ?

Example

1- When the teacher arrived , the girl in number 1 was sitting on a bench and she was studying .

Write your sentences in the new file .

Activity

In this lesson we'll refresh what we just learnt about countable and uncountable nouns. Print this worksheet.

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Special Dates

In this lesson we have talked about different celebrations around the world with a reading and answer to how,  when. Answer this questions in your notebook.

- When do people celebrate Thanksgiving?

- How do people celebrate Christmas?

- When do people celebrate Halloween?

- How do people celebrate Valentine´s day?

- When do people celebrate New Year's Eve?

JOB FORM

We learn about filling a job application form and different job categories.

PRINT BOTH IMAGES AND GLUE THEM IN YOUR NOTEBOOK.

STORIES TO BE TOLD

PRESENT PERFECT + EVER, NEVER, ALREADY, YET

EVER

Los adverbios "ever" y "never" se refieren a un tiempo no identificado, anterior al presente (Have you ever visited Berlin?). "Ever" y "never" siempre se colocan antes del verbo principal (en "past participle"). "Ever" se utiliza:

EN PREGUNTAS

EJEMPLOS

Have you ever been to England?
Has she ever met the Prime Minister?

EN PREGUNTAS NEGATIVAS

EJEMPLOS

Haven't they ever been to Europe?
Haven't you ever eaten Chinese food?

EN ORACIONES NEGATIVAS CON "NOTHING+EVER" O "NOBODY+EVER"

EJEMPLOS

Nobody has ever said that to me before.
Nothing like this has ever happened to us.

CON "THE FIRST TIME"

EJEMPLOS

It's the first time that I've ever eaten snails.
This is the first time I've ever been to England.

NEVER

"Never" significa nunca antes de ahora y equivale a "not (...) ever": (I have never visited Berlin)

¡CUIDADO!: "Never" y "not" no deben usarse juntos.

I haven't never been to Italy.
I have never been to Italy.

ALREADY

"Already" se refiere a una acción que ha ocurrido en un tiempo anterior al presente pero no especificado. Sugiere que no es necesario repetir la acción.

EJEMPLOS

I've already drunk three coffees this morning. (= ¡y me estás ofreciendo otro!)
Don't write to John, I've already done it.

También se utiliza para preguntar:

Have you already written to John?
Has she finished her homework already?

"Already" puede colocarse antes del verbo principal (en "past participle") o al final de la frase:

I have already been to Tokyo.
I have been to Tokyo already.

YET

"Yet" se utiliza en oraciones negativas e interrogativas, con el significado de (no) en el periodo temporal entre el pasado y el ahora, (no) hasta el momento presente, incluido éste. Suele colocarse al final de la frase.

EJEMPLOS

Have you met Judy yet?
I haven't visited the Tate Gallery yet
Has he arrived yet?
They haven't eaten yet

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WHAT HAVE YOU DONE LATELY?

Present Perfect

El presente perfecto

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El presente perfecto equivale más o menos al pretérito perfecto del español. Veremos las diferencias en la sección sobre usos. En general, es una mezcla entre el presente y el pasado. Lo usamos para acciones en el pasado que tienen importancia en el presente.

Grammatical Rules (Reglas gramaticales)

Form (Forma)

Para formar el presente perfecto, se usa el verbo auxiliar “to have” en el presente y el participio pasado del verbo. Para verbos regulares, el participio pasado es la forma simple del pasado. Ver la lección sobre el pasado simple para más información sobre como formar el pasado.

Sujeto	Verbo auxiliar	Forma Corta	Participio Pasado
I, you, we, they	have	I’ve, you’ve, we’ve, they’ve	talked, learned, traveled…
he, she, it	has	he’s, she’s, it’s	talked, learned, traveled…

Structure (Estructura)

1. Affirmative Sentences (Frases affirmativas)

Sujeto + verbo auxiliar (to have) + participio pasado…

Ejemplos:

I have [I’ve] talked to Peter. (He hablado con Peter.)

She has [She’s] gone to work. (Ha ido a su trabajo.)

We have [We’ve] been to London. (Hemos ido a Londres.)

They have [They’ve] learned English. (Han aprendido inglés.)

2. Negative Sentences (Frases negativas)

Sujeto + verbo auxiliar (to have) + “not” + participio pasado…

Ejemplos:

I haven’t talked to Peter. (No he hablado con Peter.)

She hasn’t gone to work. (No ha ido a su trabajo.)

We haven’t been to London. (No hemos ido a Londres.)

They haven’t learned English. (No han aprendido inglés.)

3. Interrogative Sentences (Frases interrogativas)

Verbo auxiliar (to have) + sujeto + participio pasado…?

Ejemplos:

Have you talked to Peter? (¿Has hablado con Peter?)

Has she gone to work? (¿Ha ido a su trabajo?)

Have you been to London? (¿Has ido a Londres?)

Have they learned English? (¿Han aprendido inglés?)

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WHAT DO YOU EAT?

We use some cuantifiers to make uncountable nouns into countable nouns.

LIQUID CONTAINERS

a spoonful of

• honey
• medicine
• ice cream
• sugar

a glass of, a bottle of

• milk
• water
• beer
• wine
• cola

a cup of, a mug of, a pot of

• coffee
• tea
• cocoa
• hot water

a mug of , a glass of, a stein of, a barrel of

• beer
• cola
• lemonade
• soda 

a gallon of, a liter of

• milk
• wine
• oil
• orange juice
• water

MOSTLY DRY CONTAINERS

a bag of  (paper or plastic)

• flour
• sugar
• oats
• beans}
• flour
• rice

• corn
• wheat

a carton of   (liquid or dry)

• eggs
• milk
• yogurt
• soup

a pound of, a kilo of

• meat
• apples
• onions
• potatoes
• coffee

a slice of

• salami
• bread (squarish)
• ham
• cheese

a loaf of

• bread
• banana bread
• meat loaf  (ground meat mix)

a bar of, a square of  

• chocolate
• ice-cream (bar)

 

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IT'S HALF PAST NINE!

We continue learning how to tell the time , but this time HALF PAST. Check on this video..

Print this worksheet and glue it to your notebook.

Review

Past Continuous

El pasado continuo

El pasado continuo se utiliza para acciones que ocurrieron en un momento específico en el pasado. Como el presente continuo, se forma con el verbo auxiliar “to be” y el gerundio.

Grammatical Rules (Reglas gramaticales)

Form (Forma)

Para formar el pasado continuo se utiliza el verbo auxiliar “to be” y el gerundio (infinitivo + “-ing”) del verbo. El verbo auxiliar “to be” está en el pasado simple, pero ten en cuenta que “to be” es un verbo irregular.

Sujeto	Auxiliar (to be)	Gerundio
I, he, she, it	was	talking, eating, learning, doing, going…
you, we, they	were	talking, eating, learning, doing, going…

Structure (Estructura)

1. Affirmative Sentences (Frases afirmativas)

Sujeto + verbo auxiliar (to be) + gerundio.

Ejemplos:

I was talking. (Estaba hablando.)

He was eating. (Estaba comiendo.)

They were learning. (Estaban aprendiendo.)

2. Negative Sentences (Frases negativas)

Sujeto + verbo auxiliar (to be) + “not” + gerundio.

Ejemplos:

I was not [wasn’t] talking. (No estaba hablando.)

He was not [wasn’t] eating. (No estaba comiendo.)

They were not [weren’t] learning. (No estaban aprendiendo.)

3. Interrogative Sentences (Frases interrogativas)

Verbo auxiliar (to be) + sujeto + gerundio?

Ejemplos:

Were you talking? (¿Estabas hablando?)

Was he eating? (¿Estaba comiendo?)

Were they learning? (¿Estaban aprendiendo?) SIMPLE PAST El "simple past" se utiliza para hablar de una acción que concluyó en un tiempo anterior al actual. La duración no es relevante. El tiempo en que se sitúa la acción puede ser el pasado reciente o un pasado lejano. EJEMPLOS John Cabot sailed to America in 1498. My father died last year. He lived in Fiji in 1976. We crossed the Channel yesterday. Afirmativa Sujeto + raíz + ed   I She skipped. went   Negativa Sujeto + did not + infinitivo sin to They didn't go. Interrogativa Did + sujeto + infinitivo sin to Did Did she they arrive? eat dinner? Interrogativa negativa Did not + sujeto + infinitivo sin to Didn't Did you he play? run 10 kms? To continue practicing, click here and here.

Word formation

Participle and Gerund Adjectives

Some participles and gerunds (like 'bored' or 'boring') can be used as adjectives. These are used in a slightly different way from normal adjectives. We usually use the past participle (ending in -ed) to talk about how someone feels:

• I was really bored during the flight (NOT: I was really boring during the flight).
• She's interested in history (NOT: She's really interesting in history).
• John's frightened of spiders (NOT: John's frightening of spiders).

We usually use the gerund (ending in -ing) to talk about the person, thing, or situation which has caused the feeling:

• It was such a long, boring flight (so I was bored).
• I read a really interesting book about history (so I was interested).
• Many people find spiders frightening (so they're frightened when they see spiders).

Be careful! 'I'm boring' is very different from 'I'm bored'! 'I'm boring' means I cause other people to be bored. This is not good! Here are some examples of when one person causes a feeling in another person:

• I was talking to such a boring guy at the party. He talked about himself for an hour!
• She's a really interesting woman. She's lived all over the world and speaks five languages.
• My maths teacher at school was really frightening! He was always shouting at the students.

These participle adjectives make their comparative by using 'more' (not -er) and their superlative by using 'most' (not -est):

• I was more frightened of dogs than spiders when I was a child.
• That book is more boring than this one.
• I think Dr Smith's lesson was more interesting than Dr Brown's.

• For 24 hours on the flight to Australia, I was the most bored I've ever been.
• I think this is the most interesting talk we've heard today.
• It was the most frightening film that he'd ever seen.

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Haven't you?

Question Tags

En inglés es frecuente terminar las frases con otra frase corta, de signo contrario, la cual tiene la intención de pedir la opinión o buscar la aprobación del interlocutor: son las llamadas question tags (preguntas coletillas). Estas frases equivalen a: ¿verdad?, ¿no es verdad?, ¿no?, ¿no es así? ¿en serio?

Ejemplos:

You eat meat, don’t you? (Comes carne, ¿verdad?)

She doesn’t like to dance, does she? (No le gusta bailar, ¿no?)

Alex and Sergio are friends, aren’t they? (Alex y Sergio son amigos, ¿no?)

Grammatical Rules (Reglas gramaticales)

Para formar esta pregunta corta utilizaremos el auxiliar de la frase principal y su sujeto pero de signo contrario. Si no tuviera auxiliar entonces utilizaríamos el auxiliar “to do”.

Si la oración es afirmativa, la pregunta coletilla es negativa y viceversa.

Ejemplos:

Oraciones afirmativas

Your brother is older than you, isn’t he? (Tu hermano es mayor que tú, ¿no es así?)

You can help me, can’t you? (Puedes ayudarme, ¿verdad?)

John is getting married, isn’t he? (John se casará, ¿verdad?)

You worked yesterday, didn’t you? (Trabajaste ayer, ¿no?)

Sarah likes ice cream, doesn’t she? (A Sarah le gusta el helado, ¿no?)

Oraciones negativas

You’re not from here, are you? (No eres de aquí, ¿no?)

Kate’s not American, is she? (Kate no es americana, ¿verdad?)

Peter never liked Susan, did he? (A Peter nunca le gustó Susan, ¿verdad?)

They didn’t go to class yesterday, did they? (No fueron a la clase ayer, ¿verdad?)

You can’t dance, can you? (No puedes bailar, ¿no?) Continue practicing clickinng here.