Contents for the mid-term exam - April 27 (2º BTO B)

The contents for the mid-term exam (April 27) are the following:

N. B. New contents have been marked in bold

•  Vocabulary
• Vocabulary: Units 1-5
• Phrasal verbs
• Prefixes and suffixes
• Idioms
• Extra vocabulary: extra vocabulary from previous terms and new vocabulary from this term -- to be delivered in class next Tuesday
• Grammar
• Tenses: present simple, present continuous, present perfect (simple and continuous), past simple, past continuous, past perfect (simple and continuous), "going to" future, "will" future, future continuous, future perfect (simple and continuous).
• Reported Speech
• Concessive clauses
• Relative clauses
• Purpose clauses
• I wish/ If only...
• Gerunds and infinitives
• Adjectives: compound adjectives. Position. Comparative and superlative.
• Comparative clauses: double comparatives and proportional comparison.
• Passive voice. Impersonal passive
• Causative "have" and "get"
• Adverbs of manner and degree
• Collocations: adjective + preposition; noun + preposition

As usual, the exam will also consist of writing, listening and reading comprehension exercises.

12 songs to teach you English pronunciation

Listening to songs and reading their lyrics at the same time is one of the easiest -- and most enjoyable, by the way! -- exercises you can do at home to improve your listening and speaking skills.

Have a go at doing this with the songs you'll find in the limk below:

12 songs to help you improve your pronunciation

Irregular verbs... rap!

A funny way to learn irregular verbs. Do you dare repeat it in class? XD

Contents for the exam (2º BTO B)

The contents for the mid-term exam (23 Feb) are the following:

•  Vocabulary
• Vocabulary: Units 1-4
• Phrasal verbs
• Prefixes and suffixes
• Extra vocabulary (to be delivered in class next Friday)
• Grammar
• Tenses: present simple, present continuous, present perfect (simple and continuous), past simple, past continuous, past perfect (simple and continuous), "going to" future, "will" future, future continuous, future perfect (simple and continuous).
• Reported Speech
• Concessive clauses
• Adjectives: compound adjectives. Position. Comparative and superlative.
• Comparative clauses: double comparatives and proportional comparison.
• Passive voice. Impersonal passive
• Causative "have" and "get"
• Adverbs of manner and degree

As usual, the exam will also consist of writing, listening and reading comprehension exercises.

Shakespeare's quotes

In order to celebrate the 400th anniversary of Shakespeare's death we are going to work in class with the following quotes:

3º ESO A

"To be or not to be, that is the question" (Hamlet)
"All the world's a stage" (As You Like It)
"O brave new world!" (The Tempest)
"Love's fire heats water;no water cools love" (Romeo and Juliet)
"A horse! A horse! My kingdom for a horse!" (Richard III)
"But love is blind; and lovers cannot see" (The Merchant of Venice)
"Life's but a walking shadow" (Macbeth)
"Be not afraid of greatness: some are born great, some achieve greatness and some have greatness thrust upon them" (Twelfth Night)
"We are such stuff as dreams are made on, rounded with a little sleep" (The Tempest)

3º ESO B

"O Romeo, Romeo. Wherefore art thou my Romeo?" (Romeo and Juliet)
"We know what we are, but we know not what we may be"
"It is not in the stars to hold our destiny but in ourselves"
"Better three hours too soon than a minute too late"
"Brevity is the soul of wit"
"If music be the soul of love, play on"
"A fool thinks himself wise, but a wise man knows himself to be fool"
"Love is a smoke made with the fume of sighs"
"Cowards die many times before their deaths; the valiant never taste of death but once"

Those in bold should also be written in a bubble.

Guideline for oral presentations (3º ESO)

1. Introduction
2. The town where you live
3. Traditions
4. Typical food
5. Personalities from your town

VIDEO: Compound adjectives (2º BTO B)

In this video we revise part of the theory we've seen today in class: