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Follow the links and you will play and learn English with the SENTENCE BUILDING and the CROSSWORD of "RELATIVES".  Come on!  They are funny and not difficult!



SENTENCE BUILDING DRILL:

http://uk3.hotpotatoes.net/ex/136009/ZKUOUZAW.php



CROSSWORD: "RELATIVES"

http://uk3.hotpotatoes.net/ex/136009/UGEXYFKB.php





I hope you all enjoy them all as much as I did when I made them up!







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TO HAVE- Spelling, uses and meanings.

TO HAVE.

To have (got) means "to be the owner of something" whenever it works as main verb.  In all the other cases, it is an auxiliary verb which helps other main verbs to form compound tenses usually with a past meaning.





Examples of positive sentences:

I have got a car. (Tengo un coche.)

You have got two brothers. (Tienes dos hermanos.)

He has got a big house. (Él tiene una casa grande.)

She has got a cold. (Ella tiene un resfriado.)

It has got a ball. (Tiene una pelota.)

We have got brown hair. (Tenemos pelo moreno.)

They have got red bicycles. (Ellos tienen bicicletas rojas.)

Now, take a look to the contracted forms of the verb HAVE.  They are more used than the full forms!

Examples of HAVE GOT negative sentences:

I haven't got a car. (No tengo un coche.)
You've not got two brothers. (No tienes dos hermanos.)
He hasn't got a big house. (Él no tiene una casa grande.)She's not got a cold. (Ella no tiene un resfriado.)It hasn't got a ball. (No tiene una pelota.)
We've not got brown hair. (No tenemos el pelo moreno.)They haven't got red bicycles. (Ellos no tienen bicicletas rojas.)

Examples of "HAVE" negative sentences:

I don't have a car. (No tengo un coche.)
You don't have two brothers. (No tienes dos hermanos.)
He doesn't have a big house. (Él no tiene una casa grande.)She doesn't have a cold. (Ella no tiene un resfriado.)It doesn't have a ball. (No tiene una pelota.)
We don't have brown hair. (No tenemos el pelo moreno.)They don't have red bicycles. (Ellos no tienen bicicletas rojas.)

Examples of "HAVE GOT" interrogative sentences: 

 Have I got a car? (¿Tengo un coche?)
Have you got two brothers? (¿Tienes dos hermanos?)
Has he got a big house? (¿Él tiene una casa grande?)
Has she got a cold? (¿Ella tiene un resfriado?)
Has it got a ball? (¿Tiene una pelota?)
Have we got brown hair? (¿Tenemos pelo moreno?)

Examples of "HAVE" interrogative sentences:

Do I have a car? (¿Tengo un coche?)
Do you have two brothers? (¿Tienes dos hermanos?)
Does he have a big house? (¿Él tiene una casa grande?)Does she have a cold? (¿Ella tiene un resfriado?)
Does it have a ball? (¿Tiene una pelota?)
Do we have brown hair? (¿Tenemos pelo moreno?)Do they have red bicycles? (¿Tienen bicicletas rojas?)

Now, the best way to check your understanding is doing some exercices on this topic.  Clic on the following link and you will be allowed to do a great exercice about what we have just seen.  Check your answers at the end by the "correction" button.  Good luck!

http://www.curso-ingles.com/ejercicios-test-kingles/have_have_got.php

VERB TO DO: Spelling, uses and meanings.

THE VERB TO DO.


As you may probably know, the verb TO DO might be used either as a main verb or as an auxiliary one to form other verbal tenses (past) and also: questions, negative sentences and short answers. We will see all this in detail later on.  First of all, let's see how the verb is written according to the  personal pronoun it follows:

In the positive :

In the negative and the interrogative forms, this verb is used as an auxiliary one to help other verbs to form negative and interrogative sentences.

SUJETO	AUXILIAR	EJEMPLO
I	don't	I don't work
You	don't	You don't work
He	doesn't	He doesen't work
She	doesn't	She doesn't work
It	doesn't	It doesn't work
We	don't	We don't work
You	don't	You don't work
They	don't	They don't work

SUJETO	AUXILIAR	EJEMPLO
Do	I	Do I work?
Do	you	Do you work?
Does	he	Does he work?
Does	she	Does sge work?
Does	it	Does it work?
Do	we	Do we work?
Do	you	Do you work?
Do	they	Do they work?

Pay attention to the  place we locate DO when we use the interrogative.  It is also important to remember that the form we use in all the personal pronouns is DO, except for the 3rd. singular person: DOES.  Have you noticed that when we use the interrogative form, the final -s is only added to the auxiliary DO(ES),  and not to the main verb?

Peter works as a plumber      =           Does Peter work( )   as a                                                                     plumber?

VERB TO BE. Spelling, uses and meanings.

VERB TO BE.

Take a look to the following table.  Here you may see the verb TO BE in its Simple Present form, its full and contracted forms in the positive and the negative manners.  

USES OF THE PRESENT.

Simple Present with TO BE: We can use it to express WHO ARE WE, WHAT IS OUR PROFESSION, HOW ARE WE FEELING...

 I am a doctor (yo soy un doctor). You aren’t happy (Tú no estás feliz). Is he Carlos? (¿Es él Carlos?)

Present Continuous with TO BE: We can use it to describe actions taking place in the moment we are speaking.  To do so, we use TO BE as an auxiliary, followed by the main verb ending in -ing.

 I am playing football (yo estoy jugando al fútbol). You aren’t attending (Tú no estás atendiendo). Is he eating? (¿Está él comiendo?)

MEANING OF THE VERB TO BE TRANSLATED INTO SPANISH:  it can be translated as SER or ESTAR, depending on the context.

Examples:

I am a nurse. Soy una enfermera. (SER)
I am at school. Estoy en la escuela. (ESTAR)

Gmail - Cómo crear una cuenta de correo en Gmail

FIRST OF ALL, OPEN A GMAIL ACCOUNT!



This is one of the warm up activities.  As we are considering 2 sessions of 50' each to develop all contents (or part of them) concerning unit 1, it would be better to open 2nd. session with this activity.



The following video explains you how to open a Gmail account.  Watch it and open your own account.  Then, send me a message of greeting so as I can have the address of your new Gmail account.  We will use emails to get in touch if necesary.





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English on Tour Unit 1-1 Greeting and meeting people!

EXPRESSING LIKES AND DISLIKES

LIKES AND DISLIKES

Watch the following video from Youtube.  These are 5 short conversations expressing likes and dislikes.  Listen to them all. You can learn and practice how to express likes and dislikes in English.  Enjoy it!

USEFUL 

EXPRESIONS

Do you like ...?/      Yes, I do-No, I don't

Don't you like...?                                     

I don't like... at all, but I like...very much       

          I love.....but I hate...                                           

Tell us something about you.  What things do you like?  What things you don't like at all? Use the expressions you have learnt and write down about at least 3 things you like...or not. 

PEOPLE AND HOBBIES

WRITING/SPEAKING.

 Describing people.

TASK 1
Using the following model form, select one of your partners and write down his/her description. 

Describe a classmate                                         

He/she...

is _____ years old.

is _______________. (Nationality)

speaks ___________. (Language)

is from _______________.

lives in _______________.

has a boyfriend / a girlfriend.

has ___ brother(s) / ___sister(s).                              

likes ___________+ing.

likes to ____________.

doesn't like ___________+ing.

doesn't like to ___________.

What does he/she look like?

He/she...

is tall / short.

is fat / skinny.

has long / short hair.

has black / brown / red / blond / hair.

has brown / blue / hazel / green eyes.

wears glasses / contacts / braces.

wears a jeans / earrings / a           T-shirt/ a     jacket/ a            skirt.

has a piercing / a tattoo...

DO YOU KNOW WHO IS HE OR SHE?

TASK 2

 After you have your written description ready, you will read it out loud to the rest of the classroom and they might guess who you are talking about.  And remember:  you must not say his/her name...!

GRAMMAR EXTENTION FOR 1st COURSE OF E.S.O

EXTRA RESOURCES FOR REINFORCEMENT OF LINGUISTIC ABILITIES.

As a way to reinforce the contents that the students see all through the introduction unit and the 1st. unit, I have considered the possibility of offering them extra material for the practice of those points which they find difficult or they simply like most.  This extra sources are showed in the form of printable worksheets, which in turn seem to me visually very appealing, so they can help students to memorize and learn English linguistic structures.  Of course, they do not need to do all of them (unless they need to! bad symptom...), only the ones they need to solve difficulties with the English language.  

Go to the web page http://www.englishwsheets.com/ and surf on it through all the contents you need or wish.  However, if you want to center on the units language, you may clic on here on the links below.  These should open the worksheets directly and will allow you to print them and to start practising.  You know, the sooner, the best!  I hope you enjoy them!


CLASSROOM LANGUAGE.  

Clic on the following link and you will find an interesting worksheet for the practice of words and expressions we usually use in the classroom.

http://www.englishwsheets.com/classroom-language-1.html

http://www.englishwsheets.com/classroom-language-2.html

SAMLPE OF GREETINGS IN ENGLISH.
No task required excpt for a reading comprehension.

http://www.englishwsheets.com/greetings-1.html

AUXILIARY VERBS: TO BE/TO DO.  
Practice these verbs in their affirmative, negative and question forms. Here you have a link which leads you to a multiple choice exercise.  You have also a worksheet with the correct answers to self-checking and self-assesment.

AUXILIARY  TO BE
http://www.englishwsheets.com/be_do_1.html

 AUXILIARY TO DO.
 Fill in the gap exercise.

http://www.englishwsheets.com/do-does.html

AUXILIARY TO HAVE

http://www.learnenglish.de/grammar/verbtohave.html

PRESENT SIMPLE.
 1.Uses and related words and expressions.
 http://www.englishwsheets.com/present-simp

2. Fill in the gap exercise with auto-checking.
 http://www.englishwsheets.com/present-simple-2.html

3.Usingcontractions in negative sentences:DON'T/DOESN'T.                                                   
http://www.englishwsheets.com/present-simple-3.html

4.Describing people's jobs and occupations with the present simple tense.  http://www.englishwsheets.com/present-simple-4.html

5.Practice with the verb TO HAVE

http://www.englishexercises.org/makeagame/viewgame.asp?id=641

PRESENT CONTINUOUS.

Read the short grammar explanation and examples about Present Continuous Tense.1.Fill in the blanks with the correct forms of the verbs in brackets. 2.Complete the sentences with a sutable verbs.3.Unscramble the words and make sentences.
http://www.englishwsheets.com/present-continuous-1.html

Choose the correct verbs from the box and fill in the blanks with them.Then number the pictures.
http://www.englishwsheets.com/present-continuous-2.html

EXTRA DIGITAL SOURCES TO LEARN MORE ABOUT  PEOPLE'S APPEARANCE. 

Videos are funny and you learn better if you enjoy what you are learning.  However, if you want to get a good mark in English, you should better be an active student than a passive one.   So, ready? 

 Do you know  the following expressions?

How is/are he-she/they?

How do/does they/he look like?

DESCRIBING PHYSICAL APPEARANCE.

Here you have some sample videos related to people' appearances which may help you to learn how a description is made in English.  In the two sections you will find below, you need to take notes, writing down every word or phrase difficult for you.  Try to solve yourself the vocabulary problem whith the help of a dictionary and ask in the classroom any word or expression in case you cannot find or guess the meaning through the context. Then, you will be asked to make up a description showing you have understood this topic.  Go ahead...

READING COMPREHENSION.

  These are two great powerpoints without any sound that you can watch to learn some new vocabulary related to people's physical description in English.  You do not need to listen:  only read the passing cards and enjoy them!  

LISTENING COMPREHENSION.  

And these are other videos.  They are shorter than the previous ones but offer you to know the word's pronounciation so as you can perfectly say them out loud.

Now, try yourself!  Choice a real friend, a famous person or a fictional one and make him/her physical description. However, you may prefer to describe yourself: it will be fine, too! Come on, it will be easy!