PAST SIMPLE: WAS WERE

WAS / WERE: GRAMMAR REFERENCE

Grammar game: WAS or WERE?


FAMOUS PEOPLE IN HISTORY 1:


Who were these people?
What were their jobs?
Where were they born?

Salvador Dalí
Antonio Vivaldi
Eduardo Chillida
Thomas Edison
Nelson Mandela

FAMOUS PEOPLE IN HISTORY 2:

GAME

PRESENT PROGRESSIVE

Watch the videos. Then do the exercises below:

1. Simple or progressive game.

2. Present simple or present progressive?

To practise at home:

3. Present simple present progressive?

4. Present simple or present continuous?

Looking for the world's weirdest animals.

We share this planet with some wonderful 
strange creatures. 

Let's learn about some of them.

This is an axolotl (ajolote).

Axolots live in Mexico.

They are about 15 cm long.

They eat little fish and worms.
They are  an endangered species.

Axolotls can regenerate their limbs, spines, and even their brains!

YOUR TURN:

MY FAVOURITE WEIRD CREATURES:

What do you have to do?

1. Open a odt or word file.

2. Insert a table with two columns and 2 rows.

3. Find 2 really weird animals that you consider interesting.

4. Copy and paste one picture of each of the animals on the left column.

5. On the right column, next to each picture, you must include the following information:

     - Name of the animal in English and in Spanish.

     - Where does it live?

     - How big is it?

     - What does it eat?

     - 2 interesting or surprising facts about your animal.

6. Send the document to my emal address: mj.english.hub@gmail.com

Where can you find information?

National Geographic for Kids - Animals

National Geographic for Kids - The ocean's weirdest animals

Bored Panda - Strange Animals

Bored Panda - Unusual Animals

Green Global Travel - Strange animals from all around the world

Presnt Simple

PRESENT SIMPLE: GRAMMAR PRACTICE

a. Negative sentences
b. Negative (long)
c. Questions
d. Questions (long)
e. Wh- questions
d. Mixed sentences
e. Frequency adverbs

IN, AT or ON?
Exercise: In, at, on?

Kahoot Games:

Auxiliaries
Negative and interrogative
Questions
Wh- questions
Mixed
Frequency Adverbs
Frequency Adverbs 2
Frequency Adverbs 3

Numbers: hints and things

Numbers can be fun

Let's play with some of them

NUMBER MAGIC

Funny numbers

All numbers are beautiful, but some are especially interesting. 

Don't you believe it? 

Then check this out:

COOL NUMBERS 

BIG NUMBERS

Classroom rules. Respect and common sense.

Some classroom rules that will make our time at school easier and much more pleasant ;)

https://youtu.be/9iQg16bEGGM

PAST SIMPLE: NEGATIVE AND INTERROGATIVE SENTENCES

SHORT VIDEO LESSONS

How to ask questions in the past tense.

What did you do last weekend?

How was your vacation?

PRACTICE

1. Questions in the past: game 1

2. Questions in the past: game 2

3. Simple past: negatives.

4. Simple past: Yes/No questions

5. Simple past: Wh- questions

PAST SIMPLE - 1 ESO

Past Simple: Learn English Teens

Pronunciation:

Present progressive Unit, From Lear English Teens, British Council

1. Click HERE to watch a video with several examples of the Present Progressive and learn some things about its use.

2. What are the animals doing? Some more Examples of verbs in the PRESENT PROGRESSIVE.

3. Complete the sentences- Easy. :)

4. 

2nd Term - Oral Presentation Project - 1st year ESO

Hi kids,

Remember that in your oral presentation this term you must talk about an endangered species. 

You should describe the animal and its characteristics, explain what family it belongs to, talk about its life span, reproduction, habits, food and situation in the food chain, what it can and what it can't do, and also about its usual habitat and the areas where we can find it. 

If it is an endangered species, explain why it is in danger. 

Work hard and good luck!

Glossary:

- endangered species: especie en peligro de extinción.

- life span: periodo / duración media de su vida.

- food chain: cadena alimentaria.

DESCRIBING A PAINTING - ART AND VISUAL EDUCATION - 1ESO

- Take a close look at the painting, study it carefully and think about what makes it important or special. What calls your attention? Why have you chosen it?

- Decide how to structure your description; draw a diagram with the ideas you are going to include. This is a basic outline:

1. INTRODUCTION:

The name of the painting is…

It was painted by…, in… (place and year)

The style/movement it represents is… (realism/impressionism/surrealism/cubism…)

The size of the painting is…

We can see it in/It is displayed in…

2. THE ARTIST

When and where was he/she born?

Do you lnow anything about his/her education and ideas?

Is there any important event in the artist's life that is relevant when we talk about this work in particular?

3. DESCRIBE WHAT YOU SEE AND WHERE IT IS IN THE PAINTING:

What can you see?

Is it a landscape, a portrait, a still life, an abstract painting…?

The painting shows/depicts/represents...

The scene takes place in...

We can see...

There is/are...

In the foreground/background...

In the middle/In the centre...

At the top/At the bottom...

On the left/On the right...

Between/Behind/In front of/Next to…

The atmosphere is relaxing/peaceful/depressing/bleak...

b. Colours:

We can see cool/warm/bright/loud/dark/delicate...colours.

c. People:

Are there people in the painting? What do they look like? What are they wearing? What are they doing? What is happening?


d. Style, techniques and visual elements:

Materials: oils, watercolours, canvas, paper...
Lines, shapes, brushstrokes, light, texture, composition...

4. YOUR OPINION:

I think…
In my opinion…
It seems…
The painting makes me think of…
It reminds me of…
It makes me feel…
I like / don’t like this painting because…
It symbolizes…
It expresses…
It depicts...


Click HERE to see an example.

Click HERE to visit our Moodle course and find more information and extra practice.

Dumb ways to die

"Dumb Ways to Die" is a song by Australian band Tangerine Kitty. The Melbourne Metro created this awesome animated video-clip as a reminder that getting hit by a train is the dumbest way to die.

And, what does DUMB mean?

In formal English the adjective DUMB /dʌm/ means UNABLE TO SPEAK, but in informal English it is used as a synonym for STUPID. This is the sense in which it is used in this funny song suggested by María González. Hope you enjoy it!

Are you a procrastinator?

Do you know what procrastination is? A clue: "cras" is a Latin word that means "tomorrow".

We procrastinate when we delay or postpone action, when we put something off till another day or time. Do you consider yourself a procrastinator? This map can help you understand the concept:

Click here if you want to take a look at an approximate translation: http://adpv.tumblr.com/image/36213037471

Who's that girl?

1st Year ESO - Quiz 4

One extra point in our next test for the first student who sends correct answers to these questions (in English, of course!):

1. What is the name of this painting?
2. What is the real name of the woman in the painting?
3. Who painted it? When? What style is it?
4. How were the author of the painting and that woman related?

Quiz 3 - 1st year ESO

1 extra point in our next exam for the first answer to these questions:

a. What famous painting is this image based on?
b. Who painted it (the real one)? When ?
c. What does it represent?
d. Where can you see it now?