See You Next Year!

Week 16^th – 18^th

This week we learnt how to use present continuous for future arrangements (definite plans)

We learnt how to make suggestions and invitations.

Would you like to…?

Shall we …?

Why don’t we…?

What about + ing …?

How about + ing…?

And we completed our diary for next week.

         ·            What are you doing on Friday?

         ·            I’m going Christmas shopping with my friend.

         ·            Are you free on Saturday?

         ·            Yes, I am.

         ·            Would you like to go to a concert in the evening?

         ·            Oh! I’d love to. Who’s playing?

         ·            A new band. They are very good.

         ·            Where shall we meet?

         ·            What about meeting outside “Sol” underground station at eight o’clock?

         ·            Perfect. See you then.

We also learnt the difference between going to and present continuous, for future plans.

Most of the times you can use both tenses when you refer to future plans. It’s better to use present continuous for arrangements, e.g. things you write in your diaries and going to, for future plans.

On Saturday I’m having lunch with my friend.

What are you doing on Sunday?

 (“I’m going to have lunch…” is also correct but it doesn’t sound as certain as “I’m having”)

Next summer I’m going to travel abroad.

I’m going to visit some friends in England.

And of course, we ended the class talking about Christmas and doing a “Winter Quiz” playing in teams.

I hope you learnt what Pantomime, mistletoe, First Footing, New Year Resolutions,etc are!

We had fun!

Enjoy your holidays and have a Happy New Year!

See you in 2014!!!

Happy New Year

What are they doing? How often do you ...?

Week 9^th – 11^th

This week we learnt the difference between present simple and present continuous.

We use present simple to talk about habits, customs, facts and routines. We use adverbs or expressions of frequency.

Remember the position of adverbs of frequency:

Before the main verb	Dani hardly ever does housework.	Jorge never goes to the dentist.	María usually does sport or exercise.
After the verb “to be”	Cristina is never at home in the morning.
In questions, after the subject.	Is Isabel often late for work?	Do you often buy flowers?
Expressions of frequency, at the end of the sentence.	Marilo goes to the hairdresser’s twice a year.	Cristian goes on holiday three times a year.	Alex sees his best friend every weekend.

We use present continuous to talk about actions happening at the moment of speaking or temporary situations.

I’m writing the report. (now)

She’s sharing a flat until she finds a house to rent.(temporary situation)

We described what the people are doing in our pictures so as to find the differences with our partner’s picture.

We talked about “how often” we do things.

We can also use the present continuous to talk about future arrangements. But, we'll see this use next week.

Bye for now!

Lisening exercise

Modal Verbs

Week 2^nd – 4^th December

We studied modal verbs for obligation, prohibition, permission and advice.

Obligation	Must (I must, when you impose the obligation yourself)	Have to (usually for rules  or laws)
Prohibition	Mustn’t /Can’t / isn’t- aren’t allowed to
No necessity	Don’t / doesn’t have to
Advice / recommendation	should / shouldn’t ought to / ought not to

We learnt about cultural differences. Different countries or cultures, different manners.

“When in Rome, do as Romans do.” (When you travel abroad behave as the people behave in their countries)

We also learnt what we should and shouldn’t do when giving presents in different countries. And which presents should or shouldn’t give.

We went on a tour of London. We started talking about present simple and present continuous.

 ·          The bridge is opening! It only opens once or twice a month.

 ·          We’re going up! On the London Eye! The guidebook says that you can see Windsor Castle on a clear day.

I think / I don't think - I'd rather / I 'd prefer to

Week 25^th – 27^th November

This week Mariya came back from her holidays. And on Wednesday we had a new student. Welcome to both of you.

We continued talking about rules and obligation. We also talked about advice and recommendations.

We give advice using should / shouldn’t.

Do you have a headache? You should take an aspirin.

You shouldn’t travel to Thailand during the rainy season. It’s dangerous.

Instead of “should” you can use “ought to.” “Ought to” is a little more obligatory than “should”; but the main difference is that after “ought” you need to

We practised the expressions “would rather” and “would prefer to”

I’d rather have a hamburger for dinner.

I’d prefer to have a hamburger for dinner.

(I’d = I would)

We practised the expressions “I think you should …” “I don’t think you should…”

I think you should book the tickets in advanced.

I don’t think you should take too much luggage.

Remember:

I think I’ll go away next weekend.

I don’t think I’ll go away next weekend .I think I won’t go away next weekend.

We only use the negative form in “I think” “I don’t think”


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