lunes, 20 de junio de 2016

I have just had a terrible weekend! On Saturday I was so tired that I slept all morning. When I woke up I had a head ache and my throat was sore. My body ached all over. My nose ran and I coughed a lot. My mother took my temperature but I did not have a fever.

My mother made me some soup for lunch and I ate it in bed. I drank some juice. I tried to read a book but I couldn’t keep my eyes open. I lay in bed all afternoon. I drifted in and out of sleep. I drank more juice. I felt miserable all afternoon. I didn’t want to do anything.

I got out of bed at dinner time. My parents ordered pizza for dinner and I was able to eat some of it. I drank more juice! I felt a bit better after dinner so I stayed up. I snuggled under a blanket on the couch and watched some TV with my parents. I fell asleep in front of the TV.

The next morning I felt better but now my mother had a cold! She looked miserable. It was her turn to be sick.

Vocabulary help:

ache (verb) - hurts, is painful
asleep (adjective) - to be sleeping
couch (noun) - furniture to sit on
drifted (verb) past tense of to drift - to move slowly
drifted in and out of sleep - when you are not really awake but not really asleep either
miserable (adjective) - sad, unhappy, unpleasant
snuggled (verb) past tense of to snuggle - to move into a warm, comfortable position
terrible (adjective) - very bad,
woke up (verb) past tense of wake up - to stop sleeping

More vocabulary? Click on the icon that looks like a book, to the left

Comprehension Check:

Did you understand the story? Are these sentences true?
1. The boy was sick on Saturday. Yes or no?
2. On Sunday his father was sick. Yes or no?
3. He had a fever on Saturday. Yes or no?
4. He ate dinner in bed on Saturday. Yes or no?

Fill in the Blanks:

5. The family had _______________ for dinner on Saturday.
6. On Saturday night the boy fell asleep while he __________________________.
7. He had a head ______________ and his throat was ________________.
8. The boy drank lots of _______________.
9. What is the present tense of these verbs? tried _____________, took ________________,
felt ________________, did _________________

lunes, 28 de marzo de 2016

THE SIIMPLE PAST WITH VERB TO BE

0.- http://www.englishexercises.org/makeagame/viewgame.asp?id=2023

1.- http://www.myenglishpages.com/site_php_files/grammar-exercise-simple-past.php

2.- http://www.agendaweb.org/verbs/tobe-past-simple/index.html

3.- https://www.ego4u.com/en/cram-up/grammar/simple-past/exercises?03

4.- http://suz.digitaleschulebayern.de/english/grammar/was_were1.htm

SHORT ANSWERS

http://www.grammar.cl/english-games/was-were-short-answers.htm

lunes, 8 de febrero de 2016

LAB PRACTICE FIRST PARTIAL

1.- Watch the video and make note about it on your notebook

press here

2.- second activity

Comparative and superlative adjectives

Instructions:

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Sophie is working in Rome this week. Oliver, Alfie and Daisy have decided to eat out tonight.

When we want to compare two or more things, we can change the form of adjectives by adding –er or –est. We can also use extra words like more or most and expressions like not as … as.

Here are some examples:

I think you're taller than me. (tall)
She's the tallest in the group. (tall)
The pizzas in La Bella Napoli are better than the ones in Pietro's. (good)
It was the best pizza I've ever had! (good)
People say Bioshock is a more exciting game than Skyrim. (exciting)
Grand Theft Auto is the most exciting video game. (exciting)

Mmm, I don't quite see what the rule is here.

With most one-syllable adjectives, we add –er or –est, and with most adjectives with two syllables or more, we add more or (the) most. In comparatives, we also use than before the second thing which is compared, if it is mentioned.

La Bella Napoli is nearer than Pietro's. (near)
It's not the cheapest restaurant though. (cheap)

With one-syllable adjectives ending in vowel + consonant, remember to double the final consonant before –er/–est.

big → bigger → biggest

If the adjective ends in –e, just add –r or –st.

large → larger → largest

So what are the exceptions, apart from good → better → best?

Other exceptions are bad → worse → worst and far → further/farther → furthest/farthest.

They use the worst cheese.

What about adjectives ending in –y, like crazy? My brother is crazier than me.

Yes, that's correct. With adjectives ending in y, you change the y to i and add er/ est.

lucky → luckier → luckiest happy → happier → happiest

They've got the friendliest waiters!

With most adjectives with typical adjective endings, and with two or more syllables, you use more/most + adjective.

They do the most disgusting pasta I've ever tasted.

What other ways of comparing things are there?

We often use not as … as.

I'm not as tall as you. (= I'm smaller than you)
Maybe the pizza at La Bella Napoli isn't as good as I remember.

And what about less and least?

Yes, less and least are also ways of comparing things. They are used more in writing.

It is less cold in the north of the country than in the south. (the north is warmer, but both north and south are cold)
Of the four participants, Bill is the least experienced. (the other three have more experience)

OK, this isn't as hard as I thought. I think I've got it, more or less.

DO THE NEXT ACTIVITIES

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ACTIVITIES FOR MARCH 7th 2016

http://www.englishexercises.org/makeagame/viewgame.asp?id=4632

http://www.englisch-hilfen.de/en/exercises/food_drinks/scrambled_letters2.htm

http://www.esltower.com/VOCABSHEETS/food/food.html

http://www.englisch-hilfen.de/en/exercises/food_drinks/scrambled_letters2.htm

CLASS FOR MARCH 14 2016

http://www.eslgamesplus.com/food-drinks-esl-interactive-vocabulary-board-game/

http://www.digitaldialects.com/French/Food.htm