Saturday 12 November 2011

MODAL VERBS

Last week you didn't have enough time to work on modal verbs, so today I hope you will.

1.- If you didn't become a millinaire last week, start by taking the Millionaire Quiz Challenge 

2.-Then do the two activities below the image.




3.- Now watch the following movie segment from Premonition and guess what might have happened to the characters. Check the options you believe are possible explanations for the characters’ current situation.








4.- Now try the following 4 rephrasing exercises.

5.- Finally, if you've finished all the above, you can listen to the following song by Abba, The Day Before You Came, where there are lots of examples of modals for deduction.


Lyrics | Abba lyrics - The Day Before You Came lyrics

Tuesday 8 November 2011

DESCRIBING PICTURES

As you know, next week we will start with the oral tests where you will have to describe a photo. Let's hear some examples and do some practise to help you with the task a bit more.

1.- Watch the following video which teaches you how to describe a photo together with some useful vocabulary and expressions.


Now write a comment with the words you remember for each picture. Do not worry if you can't remember all the words, just write down those words you remember.

2.- Go the site below and listen to the sample descriptions and the key words.




3.- Fill in the gaps with the expressions studied. You can click on ? for clues.





4.- The words studied so far may be useful to describe your photo. Revise the vocabulary in units 1 & 2 by doing the activities in the site below:

Thursday 3 November 2011

HOW DID YOUR CAMP EXPERIENCE GO?

Now that the week at Pueyo de Jaca's camp is about to finish, we would like to know your opinion about the experience you have lived through the following questionnaire: