Class 13th-May-2015

Warmer: We spoke about thing who did and forgot in the day, and know the difference among "to do" and "doing". Eg:

If I forget TO DO something: I didn´t do it
If I forget DOING something: I did it, but I forget

Practice test multi clause readings: exercises for readings with multiple choices

Review U7-12: SB page 92 exercises 1, 2 and 3.

Remind te exam next week (Monday and Wensday), and dome suggestions are:

• Review units (grammar and vocabulary)
• Flo-joe
• Review audios (www.examenglish.com)
• Review workbook
• Review the readings exercises tecniques.

GOOD LUCK

Confusing futures made simple. (From The British Council.)

Hello, everyone. Here's a really simple breakdown of how we use all those confusing futures. Let's say a big thanks to the British Council for this one.

Timetabled events, e.g. TV programme or train departure PS

Personal arrangements (something that's already organised) PC 

Predictions (when you can see the evidence) GT

Predictions (based on no evidence) W

General future intentions (not arranged) GT

Decisions made at the time of speaking W

Promises W

Decisions already made GT

Offers, refusals W

CLASS 11.05.2015

Warmer: Where would you like to go to Erasmus?

We practise FCE doing SB p. 90 ex 2 and p. 93 ex 5

We did two parts of the FCE listening

We play a game to practise reported speech

Homework: SB p. 90 ex 1

CLASS 06.05.2015

Speaking: p. 92 ex 2

We checked the homework (p. 50 ex 2-3) and did the exercise 4 (p. 51).

Listening: we did an exercise of FCE in a separate paper.

CLASS 04.05.2015

Warmer: Speaking about our plans after exams

We did an exam preparation with exercises of MC Cloze and Word Transformation.

We play a game with our smartphones about English Exam too,

Homework: SB p. 50 ex 2-3

CSIM Summer courses.

Hello, everyone.
Summer is on the way, and what better time to do that intensive course you've been planning?
All the information you need is on the link below.

https://www.dropbox.com/s/x14oawh8kubexr9/CIJ%2015%20DIGITAL%20EN.pdf?dl=0

If you think your friends might be interested, feel free to pass the information on.
See you in Summer.
Tom.

CLASS 29.04.2015

We revised homework questions
Review units 1-6
Boardgame -INF VS -ING

HOMEWORK: CD ROM
Units 1+2 PH.VBS + COMPOUND ADJS.
Units 3+4 OBLIGATION + AS/LIKE

CLASS 22.04.2015

WARMER: A robbery
GRAMMAR: Gerunds and infinitivos (to stop to / to stop -Ing)
TRIAL LISTENING
We also worked on FCE extra material.

HOMEWORK: Sb p.145  Ex 4+5

CLASS 20.04.2015

We had checking homework page 130 (Yoga), has practicing speaking page 142(Clubes) and de had working in extra material (You can find it on the blog).

Homework:
Extra material: page 16 and 17
Wb: page 116, writting about urban transport (Introduction, first idea, second idea,third idea and conclusion) Next wednesday.

Extra información:
Mon 27th No clases.

Homework and extra material. Class 20.4.15

RESOURCES

Photocopy 1

Photocopy 2

Photocopy 3

Essay Plan

Paragraph 1: A general introduction

Paragraph 2: First idea

Paragraph 3: Second idea

Paragraph 4: Third idea

Paragraph 5: A conclusion

hi colleagues, today i am going to play my songs at 20:00 in Siroco¡¡¡

it would be nice see you there¡¡
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=mCq7Y7nVRWA

Interactive English from The British council!

Hello, everyone.
Here's a page to help you get your head out of the book. 

http://learnenglish.britishcouncil.org/en/apps/learnenglish-audio-and-video

It's from The British Council, and it allows you to consult, practise, listen, read, watch videos or play games like the vocabulary game I've just been playing. You can use it on your phone too.
Try it, and let me know what you think.
Tom.

CLASS 15.04.2015

Speaking: parts of the body
Vocabulary exercise 5 and 6 unit 19
Phrasal verbs with on exercise 7.
Listening: exercise 4 Radio programme about health matters. (19.2)


Homework: pag 139 exercise 6 Student's book

CLASS 13.04.2015

Speaking:
We have started the class with a little questionnaire about healthy habits on page 136 "An apple a day..."

Grammar and vocabulary:
We have resolved the doubts of the exercises on pag 132, 133, 134, 135 "Untis 13-18 Revision".
Then, we have practiced advice & suggestions (theory on page 196) with the answers of the previous questionnaire.
Finally, we have learned expressions with "Time" (it's about time, it's time, it's high time).They mean the shame and they are followed by past simple. You can find it on page 137.

Homework:
Finish Units 13-18 Revision
Page 140-141: Multiple choice.

Class 8/04/2015

We have beeing practicing speaking test: review "Exam Advice" at the end of unit 18.
Advice: Try to be very polite when you speak: spanish communication style sounds rude to English people.
We have finished unit 18.

Homework
Review units 13-18.
See Tom's mail.

Free English film in CSIM on Friday at 16:00!

I've seen it, and I enjoyed it. I think you will too, and it's great for your English!

Inglés — "The Sapphires"

Proyección de la película, (musical-comedia-drama, Australia 2012) en VOS en inglés. 

Durante la Guerra de Vietnam de 1968, cuatro cantantes de una remota comunidad aborigen son descubiertas por un cazatalentos. Salen del anonimato y son bautizadas The Sapphires, la versión australiana del trío The Supremes, y las contratan para su primer concierto real – entretener a las tropas en Vietnam. Incluye actividad de introducción y de conversación al final de la proyección.

Entrada libre hasta completar el aforo. Viernes 10/04 - 16:00. Aula 404 / Facultad Filología A.

Class 25.3.15

In this class we studied pages 121, 125 and 126 - 129.

Grammar: 
We finished studying relative pronouns with exercises 5 and 6, and reviewed the use of articles using material from the student's CD Rom, (below).























Vocabulary:
We worked on the vocabulary of emphasis in Ex.7 and 8.
We also studied phrasal verbs using come and go on p.125 Ex.5
I've prepared definitions to help clarify.

PRE FCE 18.1 Phrasal verbs: Come / go.	To go up – To increase
	To go through – To experience
To come out – To be published	To go ahead – To do something as planned
To come up with – To have an idea	To go by – To pass (time)
To come across – To find by accident	To go off – To lose interest in something

Listening:

We heard 5 people speak about books they have read recently, in Ex.2 on p.126.

Speaking:

We discussed what genres, (styles), of books we prefer.

Writing:

We saw 'Exam advice' on p.129 on writing a review. 

Homework:

Read p.128 and 129 on how to write a review. Choose one of the tasks suggested in Ex.5, then follow the instructions in Ex.6

Relative clauses practice.

Here are two activities from Perfect English Grammar to help you practice what we've seen in class.

http://www.perfect-english-grammar.com/relative-clauses-exercise-4.html

http://www.perfect-english-grammar.com/relative-clauses-exercise-4.html

If you find them difficult, you should consult the explationations below, and of course you can always consult me directly in class or by mail.

http://www.perfect-english-grammar.com/relative-clauses.html

Monday 23/3/2015

Monday 23/3/2015

Speaking: Hobbies and collections

Listening: page 119 nº4

Grammar:

•  Articles, 
• Phrasal verbs with "look" page 119 nº6
• Relative clauses page 120 nº 1,2,3

Homework: Sb-page 121 and units 15-16 of the CD-ROM

Other relevant information: Holiday last the days between 25 of march and 8 of April, the mentioned days (25 and 8) we have class.

There isn´t class the 27 of April.

warmer: meals
listening: international
vocabulary: food
speaking: food topics
perfect tenses
the article

hw, sb p 115 (4)
wb p 39 (3)

Perfect tense time-lines.

If you're having trouble sorting out your perfect tenses, this link will clarify everything.

Scroll down to the perfect tenses, and compare the visuals with the explanations. It's soooo good!

1. http://www.eslcharts.com/verb-tenses-chart.html.

Thanks a lot, www.eslcharts.com

The natural world - Answers.

 The natural world.

Canal

Dam and reservoir

Floods

Lake

Pond

Rapids

River

Stream

Waterfall

hi colleagues
today in english class we have talked about pets, we checked our homework, we talked about perfect tenses, un/countable nouns and determiners (exercises 1, 2 and 3 in page 108) and eventually we have  practiced several expressions of quantity ( exercises 4 and 5 in page 109).
For the next class we have to do the reading in pages 113 and 114 (exercise 5) if you want to practise a little more do the exercises in page 37 of our workbook.
we have been learning a lot in the last classes, don´t miss the next ;)
let´s learn!

In the last class, we did the speaking and the listening in the page 106
we did the speaking (exercise 6),practise numbers spelling (exercise 7) and exrcise 8 in page 107 too
for the next class we have to write in a separated paper 6 phrases about your life in past perfect tenses, match the vocabulary in exercise 3 and 4with the pictures in this blog(you can see behind)  (page 106)) and exercise 5.

Homework for Monday 16.3.15. The natural world. U.15.1 p.106 Ex.3 & 4

Match the vocabulary in exercises 3 & 4, p.106 to the pictures below.

The natural world.

monday 9 march 2015

we discussed reading topics (page 101)
we did a Progress test
interview role play (page 103, ex 5)
we practised perfect tenses (page 102 ex1, 5)

homework:
write six phrases that are true for you in perfect tenses and in past
student book page 103 ex6

 Wednesday 4th of March.

Speaking: 

• About Spring
• Reporting Speech
• SB pag 100- ex 1,2.
• SB pag 103- ex 5.(We will continue next day)

              
Listening:

• SB pag 102- ex 4. (solutions pag 239)

Homework: SB pag 100- ex 3.

Monday 2nd of March.
Speaking: Speaking Folder pg88
               We spoke about Secondary Education and our High Schools and then we report the learning experiences of our partners.(pg 94 ex 1,2)
Grammar: Reporting Speech.(Extra Exercises: convert 10 sentences into a reporting statements)

Homework: SB p85 ex8 + optional p84 ex3
                 Write 5 sentences using diferent reponting verbs.

Wednesday 125th of February.
Speaking: We spoke about what we enjoy doing at weekends and about adjectives (pag 79 ex 7 SB). We compare photos (exam FCE, pag 82 SB)
Excercises: Listening (pag 81 SB), 
Homework: Reading page 83 SB

Monday 23rd of February.
Speaking: We spoke about childhood in Hollywood and we compare our places in our families (pag 77 ex 5 SB)
Excercises: Listening: pag 76 ex 3 and pag 77 ex 4 (SB).
Homework: Pag 27 , ex 5 WB.

Wednesday 18th of February.
Speaking: We spoke about films we have reccomended , famous celebrities and with who we take after with our family.
Excercises: 1 , 2 pag 78 SB.
Homework: Pag 26 , ex 1 WB.

Progress test reminder : 11.2.15 & 16.2.15

Hello, everyone.

This is to remind you all, especially those of you who haven't come to class recently, that we have our first progress test this week and next. Tomorrow, Wednesday the 11th, and Monday 16th. 

Please be punctual.

See you there.

Tom.

Future tenses review with answers.

Thanks to www.perfect-english-grammar.com

Mixed Future Tenses Exercise 1 Make the future tenses. It could be a positive sentence, a negative sentence or a question.

1. future simple (She / win the competition?) _______________________________________________________________
2. future continuous (She / wait when we arrive) _______________________________________________________________
3. future perfect (By next week I / finish this work) _______________________________________________________________
4. future perfect continuous (I / live here for one year next week) _______________________________________________________________
5. future simple (Who / pass the exam?) _______________________________________________________________
6. future perfect continuous (She / study so she will be tired) _______________________________________________________________
7. future continuous (How / you / get home?) _______________________________________________________________
8. future simple (I / come later) _______________________________________________________________
9. future perfect (She / catch the train by 3pm) _______________________________________________________________
10. future simple (It / rain tomorrow) _______________________________________________________________
11. future perfect (We / arrive in Bermuda by this time tomorrow) _______________________________________________________________
12. future continuous (John / sleep at 4am) _______________________________________________________________© 2014 www.perfect-english-grammar.com May be freely copied for personal or classroom use.
13. future perfect (I / not / complete the report by 5pm tomorrow) _______________________________________________________________
14. future perfect continuous (How long / you / see your boyfriend when you get married?) _______________________________________________________________
15. future perfect (You / have dinner by 8pm?) _______________________________________________________________
16. future continuous (It / rain in Scotland next week)
_______________________________________________________________
17. future perfect (When / she / sell the house?) _______________________________________________________________
18. future simple (She / not / do her homework) _______________________________________________________________
19. future perfect continuous (How long / you / work here when you retire?) _______________________________________________________________
20. future perfect (When / you / do everything you want to?) _______________________________________________________________
21. future simple (They / not / be able to arrive on time) _______________________________________________________________
22. future continuous (We / not / eat dinner at that time) _______________________________________________________________
23. future perfect continuous (He / not / work here for three years next month) _______________________________________________________________
24. future continuous (She / take her car to the party?) _______________________________________________________________

© 2014 www.perfect-english-grammar.com May be freely copied for personal or classroom use.

25. future perfect continuous (They / not / exercise before we meet) _______________________________________________________________
26. future simple (He / not / be happy) _______________________________________________________________

27. future perfect continuous (What / you / do before dinner?) _______________________________________________________________
28. future simple (You / drive here?) ______________________________________________________________
29. future continuous (She / not / lie on the beach yet) _______________________________________________________________
30. future perfect continuous (They / work all day so I will cook) _______________________________________________________________
31. future continuous (What time / you / arrive?) _______________________________________________________________
32. future perfect (He / not / finish the cleaning by the time she gets home) _______________________________________________________________
© 2014 www.perfect-english-grammar.com May be freely copied for personal or classroom use.

Answers: 1. Will she win the competition? 2. She will be waiting when we arrive. 3. By next week I will have finished this work. 4. I will have been living here for one year next week. 5. Who will pass the exam? 6. She will have been studying so she will be tired. 7. How will you be getting home? 8. I will come later. 9. She will have caught the train by 3pm. 10. It will rain tomorrow. 11. We will have arrived in Bermuda by this time tomorrow. 12. John will be sleeping at 4am. 13. I will not have completed the report by 5pm tomorrow. 14. How long will you have been seeing your boyfriend when you get married? 15. Will you have had dinner by 8pm? 16. It will be raining in Scotland next week. 17. When will she have sold the house? 18. She will not do her homework. 19. How long will you have been working here when you retire? 20. When will you have done everything you want to? 21. They will not be able to arrive on time. 22. We will not be eating dinner at that time. 23. He will not have been working here for three years next month. 24. Will she be taking her car to the party? 25. They will not have been exercising before we meet. 26. He will not be happy. 27. What will you have been doing before dinner? 28. Will you drive here? 29. She will not be lying on the beach yet. 30. They will have been working all day so I will cook. 31. What time will you be arriving? 32. He will not have finished the cleaning by the time she gets

Class 28-January



Speaking: We spoke about the good luck: Luck is something you´re born with? Give examples.

Grammar: Word formation, page 61 exercise 7

And technique for reading exercise (a different type of exercise like last week)

1. Read the questions
2. Read the text very quickly
3. Underline the relevant information
4. Read the questions again
5. Paragraph by paragraph

Review the homework: SB: pag 58 (unit 8) exercise 3 and pag 59 exercise 4

Homework: WB: p65 exercise 5 (SB p92)

                     SB: p72 (unit 10) The futures

                     use the cd-rom

                     visit the blog to see links to practice to the exam

Pd: This week, we don´t have class 

Exam task techniques.

Here are my suggestions on how to approach some of the typical FCE exam tasks. I hope you'll find them useful.

You can, and should, practice them on this website. Being familiar with the exam tasks is essential.

http://www.flo-joe.co.uk/fce/students/strategy/index.htm

Exam techniques.

Word Formation:

First predict the form of the missing Word. Is it a verb, an adjective, a noun perhaps? This may seem like a waste of time under exam pressure, but it will get you better marks.

Gapped reading:

1.       Read missing phrases.

2.       Skim text, underlining anything that seems connected to the missing phrases

3.       Now complete the gaps which seem clearest.

4.       Finally, read the paragraphs you haven’t completed, paying special attention to the sentences immediately before and after the gaps.

5.       Remember to answer everything. Even if you’re guessing, you may be right.

Reading: (See suggestions in SB p.58-60)

1.       Read the questions carefully, they test detailed understanding.

2.       Skim the text, underlining anything that seems connected to the questions.

3.       Now answer the questions that seem clearest to you.

4.       Look for the sentences specifically related to the questions you haven’t answered yet. (They are asked in the same order as the paragraphs in the text.)

Exam prctice links

Hello, everyone.

Here's a link we used in our Saturday class to practice future tenses. It's a great page to study and practice all your grammar.

http://www.perfect-english-grammar.com/support-files/all-future-tenses-exercise-1.pdf

And this is another old favourite, Flo-Joe, where you can practice all of the FCE activities typical of the exam.

 http://www.flo-joe.co.uk/fce/students/tests/tsindex.htm

Good luck with your exam on Saturday February 14th.

Solutions to the gerund / infinitive practice

OBJ 1ST U 7 GER / INF (FRM WB GRAM 2, P17)

JENNY SUGGESTED TO GO TO THE PARTY BY TAXI. (suggested going)

I LOOK FORWARD TO HEAR FROM YOU IN THE NEAR FUTURE. (to hearing)

I DON’T MIND TO DO IT. Don’t mind doing)

I’M INTERESTED IN LEARN SPANISH. (in learning)

MY BROTHER WANTS TO GO TO JAPAN. (Correct)

I’LL HELP YOU WHEN I FINISH TO WRITE MY LETTER. (finish writing)

I’M USED TO DO THE WASHING UP. (to doing)

LET ME MAKE THE TEA. (Correct)

THE CHILDREN WERE MADE TO GET OUT OF BED. (Correct)

I’M GOING TO TOWN FOR BUY NEW SHOES. (to buy)

I OBJECT TO PAY TO PARK MY CAR. (to paying)

I CAN’T AFFORD TO LENDING YOU ANY MORE MONEY. (to lend)

MY SISTER’S TOO SMALL TO BE A POLICE OFFICER. (Correct)

I’VE ALWAYS ENJOYED TO TAKE RISKS. (enjoyed taking)

IT PUTS SOME EXCITEMENT IN MY LIFE. (Correct)

I HATE TO SHOP AT CHRISTMAS. (hate shopping)

DO YOU ENJOY COOKING? (Correct)

I TRY AVOIDING ARGUMENTS IF I CAN. (try to avoid)

I JUST LOVE PLAYING WITH MY SISTER’S KIDS. (Correct)

Class 26-January

Speaking: We spoke about our plans in the future

Grammar: The use of used to or would. page 60 exercise 2

• And the best form to do reading exercise in the first exam:

1. Read the answer twice
2. Read the text and underline the clues
3. Answer the obvious ones
4. Read the clues of the paragraphs haven´t answered

Review our homeworks: SB: p56 and 57
                                       WB: p18 and underline the clues

Used two links the review the used to and would:

Used to:

http://www.eltbase.com/quiz/076_01.htm

Would:

http://www.eltbase.com/quiz/073_01.htm

Homeworks: SB:p58 exercise 3 and p59 exercise 4

                    WB: p21 exercise 4

Class 26.1.15

In this class we studied techniques for completing a gapped text, a typical FCE task. (WB p.18)
We also studied and practised used to / be used to / get used to & would in SB 8.2

Homework is the reading on SB p. 58 / 59. (Another typical FCE task.) The book takes us through the technique step by step.

English courses in the 2º cuatrimestre.

Hello, everyone.
Here's the information you need if you, or someone you know, is interested in doing any of the courses the CSIM offers this second term.

http://www.ucm.es/data/cont/docs/80-2015-01-12-horarios2%C2%BActm2015.pdf

Thanks in advance for passing the information on to your contacts.

See you in class.

Tom.

Reminder of progress test dates.

This is to remind you all, (especially those of you who haven't been able to make it to class recently), that our progress test will be held over two classes, on Wednesday the 11th of February, and Monday the 16th.

See you there.

Tom.

Games with 'Get'

Those nice people at Quizlet have created games to make your phrasal verbs less boring. Take advantage of them.
Enjoy.
Tom.

http://quizlet.com/18394722/flashcards

Extra practice for gerunds and infinitives.

HELLO, EVERYONE. HERE'S SOME EXTRA PRACTICE FOR GERUNDS AND INFINITIVES. I'LL POST THE SOLUTIONS NEXT WEEK, (AND IF I DON'T, REMIND ME.)

Class 21.1.15

Speaking: Dangerous Sports. 

- How you ever tried or watched a dangerous sport?

 Gerunds and infinitives: Internet link sent by Tom

http://www.englishpage.com/gerunds/gerunds_infinitives_29.htm

Stative Verbs: http://www.perfect-english-grammar.com/stative-verbs.html

Review of our homework: 

SB p.55, Ex.9 & WB p.19, Ex.2

Return Xmas handwriting

Homework: 

SB p.56 instructions p.57 exercises & WB p.18, underline the clues