WHAT'S THAT?

The words "this" and "that" are demonstrative adjectives (i.e. they demonstrate or indicate nouns.) They indicate not only a specific item or items but also where they are in relation to the speaker.

Additionally, Spanish has an extra demonstrative adjective to indicate items located physically even farther away from you. In other words, Spanish has an equivalent to "this" and to "that", but also has "this or that one over there."

Here are the Demonstrative Adjectives:

"This" and "These"	Singular	Plural
Masculine	este	estos
Feminine	esta	estas
"That" and "Those"	Singular	Plural
Masculine	ese	esos
Feminine	esa	esas
"That one over there" and "Those ones over there"	Singular	Plural
Masculine	aquel	aquellos
Feminine	aquella	aquellas

Este suéter ----------------->	This sweater
Estos suéteres---------------->	These sweaters
Ese suéter ---------------->	That sweater
Esos suéteres ---------------->	Those sweaters
Aquel suéter ---------------->	That sweater over there
Aquellos suéteres ---------------->	Those sweaters over there

Esta blusa ------------------>	This blouse
Estas blusas ----------------->	These blouses
Esa blusa ----------------->	That blouse
Esas blusas ----------------->	Those blouses
Aquella blusa ----------------->	That blouse over there
Aquellas blusas ----------------->	Those blouses over there

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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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