sábado, 4 de abril de 2015

Unit 10 : Expressing feelings

Modals 


  •  Dont have to: Obligation " We dont have to go until 5 pm
  • Must not: Not to do somenthing (obligation) " you mustn´t talk to him like that 


  • Should : advice " You should not smoke in the bedrooms.

  • Can: permission " Can I use the TV.

  • Cant:  impossibility "You cant playing the guitar

  • Can + be : criticism " He can be so annoying


  • Will: assumption " They will be there in one hour 
  • Wont: refusal "I wont stop until I go wherever I want 

  • May/ might: possibility " I might need a TV.

  • Must: certainty " The must be hungry now.
  • Be bound to : prediction of certainty "He is bound to get the job.


Modals of deduction


  • Must have (been): certain " The homework must have  been bad 



  • Might have (been): possibility "I might have left my lipstick in the car.


  • Cant have or couldnt have (been): impossibility " He cant have finished the homework 




Would





Exercises doing at home:





exercises in class


reference:
English in common 6 with active book
Unit 9: People with vision 


The most important thing we learned in this unit is the unreal past


  • Wish/ If only: describe unreal or imaginary situations 
* Wish/ if only + past tenses : describe imaginary present or future " If only I were stronger.
*Wish/ if only + past perfect: describes the imaginary past " I wish I had bought that  TV
* Wish  + object + would : is used to comlain " I wish you would be quiet.


  • Its time , Its high time , Ints about time: it is used for to say something should be happening now but isnt
* for example: Its high time you stopped acting like a child.



  • Would rather: it is used to describe preferences,  to refuse permission.

* for example:  Id rather she gave me the cash
                          Id rather dance the tango than the foxtrot
                          Id rather you didnt smoke in my house.



  • What if/Suppose: it is used to ask about an imaginary situation in the present or future, to ask about an imaginary situation in the past and to ask about a situation that you thonk is probable.

*For example;  What if we had arrived earlier
                          What if you plan doesnt work




Activities done in class:













Reference:
 English in common 6 with active book


viernes, 3 de abril de 2015

Unit 8: Problems and issues.


For this unit me and my group made a presentation about Global warming 

Reporting verbs:


  1. Show the  function of the original piece of speech
  2. Use different patterns (that).
For examples:


  •  Verb +  that clause : accept, recollect, respond, imply, insist, presume, maintain, suggest, answer, confess
  • Verb + object + infinitive: persuade, remind,tell, advise, urge, warn, expect, force, invite, order.
  • Verb + gerund: deny, regret, suggest, mention.
  • verb + object + preposition + present participle: blame for, congratulate on , thanks for .

Continuous forms:  its used to talk about:

  • Actions that are temporary or incomplete "She is working for me right now"
  • Actions that are repeated "I´ve been training every day for the last month"
  • Actions in process of change " Prices are rising"



Exercises in class










for this unit I  have been practice a lot in the house 




http://www.perfect-english-grammar.com/relative-clauses-exercise-1.html


reference: English in common 6 with active book
Unit 7: The natural World 

For this Unit we had talked about the animals like the food, the types of animals and another things. We did exercises in class like listenings and we didnt see a lot of grammar, we only learn about relative clauses.







For this unit we had to made groups of 4 people and sale something, describing the product

      
This is a USB that makes your homework for you so its unique,its used but is in excellent conditions and its made by hand. Its the best choice you can make because its the latest model.


Grammar

Relative clauses its used to make it clear who or what is being referred to.

they can be replace who or wich.

  • Thats the town where I lived ten years ago.
that can be replace who or which

  • they´re playing the song which Jenny wrote
  • they´re playing the song that Jenny wrote

And the most important thing its that you cant use commas before the relative pronoun in defining relative clauses.




 In this Unit I am very confused with  wich, who, where so I have been practiced in house with online activities 



Reference:

  • English in common 6 with active Book 






jueves, 2 de abril de 2015

Unit 6: Understanding power


Articles:


  • a/an is used to modify non-specific or non-particular nouns is consideredlike an indefinite article.


A
An
singular noun beginning with a consonant

a boy; a car; a bike; a zoo; a dog”
singular noun beginning with a vowel

an elephant; an egg; an apple; an idiot”
singular noun beginning with a consonant sound

a user (sounds like 'yoo-zer,'  begins with a consonant 'y' sound, so 'a' is used); a university; a unicycle”
nouns starting with silent "h"

an hour”
 nouns starting with a pronounced "h"

“a horse”



  • The:  is used before singular and plural nouns when the noun is specific or particular. The signals that the noun is definite, that it refers to a particular member of a group. 

"The dog that bit me ran away." Here, we're talking about a specific dog, the dog that bit me.
"I was happy to see the policeman who saved my cat!" Here, we're talking about a particularpoliceman. Even if we don't know the policeman's name, it's still a particular policeman because it is the one who saved the cat.
"I saw the elephant at the zoo." Here, we're talking about a specific noun. Probably there is only one elephant at the zoo.




  • No article: Names of languages and nationalities: Chinese, English, Spanish, Russian (unless you are referring to the population of the nation
its not used on:



  1. Names of sports: volleyball, hockey, baseball
  2. Names of academic subjects: mathematics, biology, history, computer science




(one writting lab, 2015)


  • whatever: it is used to mean anything but could also mean everything for example:

Whatever you do, pay attention to the road when you are driving.
(You can do anything as long as you pay attention to the road)
They say you can buy whatever you desire in Harrods, as long as you have the money.
(You can buy anything in Harrods, if you have enough money)

  • whoever: it is used to mean any person or every person and also it is  used to refer to a person unknown to the speaker

Whoever broke the vase, can you please replace it?
(Any specific person who broke the vase, please replace it)
Whoever goes to the shop, please don't steal anything.
(Any one or more of the people who will go to the shop, don't steal anything)

  • whenever: it used to mean anytime but also could mean everytime.

Whenever the neighbours flush the toilet, water comes through our ceiling.
(Every time they flush the toilet it happens)
Whenever she calls, the landlord is busy.
(Every time she calls the landlord, he/she is busy)


Exercises in class 






 For this unit me practiced a lot in class with the activities on the book. And I have been practiced for my own in my house  with activities online.








pages of the exercises: 

  • https://elt.oup.com/student/solutions1stedition/ad_unit_page/unit10/grammar10/exercise1?cc=us&selLanguage=en
  • http://www.learnenglishfeelgood.com/mixed-english-articles1.html#


references:


  • Woodward english (2015) Whoever,Whatever, Wherever. Recuperado de
http://www.grammar.cl/Notes/Whoever_Whatever_Whenever.htm


  • Online Writting Lab (2015) Using Articles. Recuperado de 

https://owl.english.purdue.edu/owl/resource/540/01/