Writing practice: A short story.

Watch the video and tell the story. Try to introduce and describe the protagonists (present tense), explain how the story begins, the sequence of events and the conclusion (past simple and past continuous). What do you think about the story? How do you feel about it?

Comparative and Superlative

REMEMBER:

COMPARATIVE: 

(MORE+ADJECTIVE / ADJECTIVE-ER) + THAN...

                           

    Lions are more dangerous than elephants.

      Elephants are heavier than lions.

SUPERLATIVE: 

THE + (MOST+ADJECTIVE / ADJECTIVE-ES) + IN/OF...

     Lions are the most powerful animals in the jungle.

        Lions are the biggest of those four animals.

HOW DO WE KNOW IF WE NEED 

MORE/MOST OR -ER/-EST?

It depends on the adjective:

PRACTICE

1. Complete the sentences. Easy.

2. Complete the sentences. Medium.

3. Choose the right answer.

4. Complete the text.

5. Complete. (Includes "as... as" and "so... as".)

Let's play. Trivia game: https://create.kahoot.it/details/general-knowledge-quiz-with-comparatives-and-superlatives/193778a6-98ab-4b4b-8d43-5fc9a898e3b1

PAST SIMPLE II - NEGATIVE SENTENCES

REMEMBER:

1. THE STRUCTURE IS:

    SUBJECT + AUXILIARY: DID + NOT + VERB 

2. AFTER THE AUXILIARY, WE USE THE BASIC FORM OF THE VERB, NOT THE PAST.


PRACTICE:

1. Make the sentences negative. - Regular Verbs.
2. Make the sentences negative. - Irregular Verbs. Use your list if you need it ;)

PAST SIMPLE 1

1. Regular verbs. Spelling.
2. Past simple irregular verbs.
3. Past simple regular verbs.



6. Irregular verbs.
7. Complete the sentences.

I am going to... Plans fot the future.

SOME EXAMPLES...

We use the going to-future:


1. To talk about planned actions in the future:

We are going to have a party tonight.
They are going to fly to Las Vegas next week.

2. To predict something when we are sure it is going to happen because it is a logical consequence of what we see:

Look at that car! It is going to crash into the yellow lamp post!

PRACTICE

Going to: Statements

Going to: Negative sentences

Going to:  Questions 

Going to: Mixed

PAST SIMPLE OR PAST PROGRESSIVE

PRACTICE:

1. Choose the right tense to complete the sentences.

2. Write the sentences.

GAMES:

Past simple/progressive game 1

Past simple/progressive game 2

Irregular Verbs game 1

BIOGRAPHIES
HENRY VIII

Search the web and answer:

1. Who was he?

2. Where and when was he born?

3. Who were his parents?

4. How old was he when he became king?

5. How many times did he marry?

6. What happened to each of his wives?

7. How many children did he have?

8. When and how did he die?

Reference:

The fascinating life of Henry VIII. 
Henry VIII. Top 10 facts.
Henry VIII. Biography.

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