REPORTED SPEECH

A little bit more information on reported speech:
Special Introductory Verbs

REPORTED SPEECH

Direct and Indirect Speech

NEW ZEALAND

NEW ZEALAND

REPORTED SPEECH

These days we have been studying the reported speech. Here you have a document with some useful information on it. If you have any questions, please let me know

reported speech

MUSIC FOR THE WEEKEND

I've just discovered this singer so I'd like to share it with you. I think the song sounds so beautiful!!!
Have a nice weekend!!

COMMON MISTAKES

ADJECTIVES
A very common mistake that most of you usually make is adding an -s to the adjectives when they go with a plural noun. So, it is advisable that you remember and follow these rules:


1. Adjectives describe nouns. The adjective is always invariable.
Example: beautiful trees, they are happy
Be careful!

• Adjectives don't have a singular and plural form OR a masculine, femine and neuter form.
• Adjectives are always the same! Never add a final -s to an adjective.
• Adjectives can also be placed at the end of a sentence if they describe the subject of a sentence. Example: My doctor is excellent.

NOT!!: difficults books

2. Adjectives are placed before the noun.
Example: a wonderful book very interesting people
Be careful!

• Don't place an adjective after the noun

NOT!!: an apple red

JUST FOR FUN

Two weeks ago we learnt what flash mob was. This week it's time for LIP DUB. Here you have an example.
Could you tell me what it is?

LEARNING VOCABULARY

Food for thought means anything that provides mental stimulus for thinking. So, if you are given "food for thought", you are given something to think about.

MUSIC FOR THE WEEKEND

Enjoy the song and have a nice weekend!!!

INFINITIVES AND GERUNDS

Do you remember Unit 2? Grammar was about infinitives and gerunds. Here you have the document we worked with in class.

Infinitives Gerunds

LEARNING VOCABULARY

Facebook is a global social networking website. This kind of websites are quite common nowadays, not only among teenagers but among adults too. But the odd thing is that people tend to use nouns as verbs, especially, with all this new vocabulary that internet has developed. Facebook is an example, but there are some more: google, email, text,….
Today it is pretty usual to hear people saying:
“I’ve just facebooked the photos from my holiday” [meaning "uploaded them to my facebook page"].
“I facebooked that girl we met at Tom’s party” [meaning "looked her up in Facebook"] or “I googled her” ["looked her up in Google"]
“Did you facebook Maria about the party? [meaning "contact Maria through her Facebook page"].

COMMON MISTAKES

You know that this year writing skills are very important, that's why, you have to try and improve your own writing skills. Therefore, today I'm starting a new section in this blog, that is, a section about common mistakes. Here you can check what common mistakes you make more frequently and you should try to avoid them...So, let's start:

PEOPLE /'pi:.pl/ is a plural noun, not a singular noun. So, avoid sentences like:

*People is... You should write: People are
*This people..... You should write:These people

What do people mean?

1. men, women and children

Many people never take any exercise.

We've invited thirty people to our party.

2. used to refer to persons in general or everyone, or informally to the group of people that you are speaking to

People will think you've gone mad.

People like to be made to feel important.

Now that we've discussed our problems, are people happy with the decisions taken?

ENGLISH ACCENTS

As any language, English has a lot of different accents. English is pronounced in different ways depending not only on geographical terms, but also on social class, formality, sex and age. Listen to this great actress playing up different English speakers with different accents.
I hope you enjoy it again.

MUSIC FOR THE WEEKEND

A little bit of music for the weekend. Enjoy it!!!

OPINION ESSAYS

This week we have been working on opinion essays. During one of the lessons you were asked to work in groups and write introductory paragraphs on different topics. Here you have the topics we used in class in case you want to write some more introductory paragraphs or any optional composition. You can write your introductory paragraphs below or email them to me.


Opinion Essay

UNITED KINGDOM

DO YOU WANT TO KNOW A BIT MORE ABOUT UK?
Then, have a look at this presentation

FOR AND AGAINST ESSAYS

Here you have the presentation on for and against essays we saw in class

For and Against

LEARNING VOCABULARY

TAKE IT EASY
to relax and not use too much energy

informal: to rest and not do things that will make you tired

Take it easy and don't tire yourself out.

spoken: used for telling someone to be calm when they are upset or annoyed

Hey, cool down! Take it easy

RELATIVE CLAUSES

If you want to revise the relative clauses a bit more, here you have some supplementary work for further practice.

http://www.ego4u.com/en/cram-up/grammar/relative-clauses
http://elc.polyu.edu.hk/cill/eap/2004/u6/relativeclauses.htm

NEW YEAR'S RESOLUTIONS

Last year's lesson was about Christmas time and we talked a little bit a bout New Year's Resolutions. As we said a New Year resolution is a commitment that an individual makes to a personal goal, project, or the reforming of a habit. A key element to a New Years Resolution that sets it apart from other resolutions is that it is made in anticipation of the New Year, and new beginnings.
My New Year's resolution was starting this blog and I hope you like it.

JUST FOR FUN

Flash mob (or flashmob) /ˈflæʃ.mɒb/or /-mɑːb/
a group of people who agree to come together suddenly in a place and do something funny or silly and then move away

WELCOME!

Welcome everybody!
This blog is going to be a place where you will find extra activities and information related to the things we do in class. You are allowed to do any comments and practice your English as much as possible.
Have fun and take it easy!