lunes, 14 de abril de 2014

A Song and Games


Week 7th- 9th April

Hi! How are you doing?

Fine, aren’t you? Me, too. Because next week is Easter and we’ll be on holiday. After such a long term, we really deserve (to have as a reward, to get something good) a holiday; don’t you think?

We started the week with music! Song: “Sk8ter boy” by Avril Lavigne.

He was a boy, she was a girl. He was a punk, she did ballet…
…she sits at home, feeding the baby, she’s all alone…
You can listen to the song here, and pay attention to the use of articles (the, a, an, no article)


We worked in pairs so as to complete a crossword by using definitions.

·         It’s a place where you …
·         It’s a person who
·         It’s something you say / do when …
·         It’s the opposite of../ a kind / sort of…
·         It’s made of
·         It’s used for

We also practised making questions and answers so as to fill in the missing information we had on our pieces of paper.
We had to find out (discover) details about Orlando Bloom and Keira Knightley.

·         When was Keira born?
·         Who really was Orlando’s father?
·         How many films has Keira made since 2001?
·         Why did Orlando have a lot of problems at school?
·         How long has Keira lived in London?

We found out that both of them live in London. Both of them had problems because they’re dyslexic. Keira was born in Teddington and Orlando was born in Canterbury, (beautiful town, by the way); so, both of them are British. Both left school when they were teenagers and concentrated on acting.

If you want to know more about Canterbury, here you have their official website
You can do exercises on this topic on the following link:
Reading:

And we started a ‘Music Quiz’.

·         Which singer played football for Real Madrid?
·         Which group did Beyoncé sing in?
·         What kind of music did the ‘Sex Pistols’ sing?
·         When did MTV begin?
·         Who sang Philadelphia in the film of the same name?


Remember how we make questions in simple tenses in English:
               (Q)                      A                             S                           I   ?
(Question Word)       Auxiliary Verb         Subject            Infinitive?
 
Whose daughter            did                Michael Jackson    marry     in  1994?

But, what about…?

Which group sang ‘Losing my Religion’?
Which group did (where’s the subject?) sing ‘Losing my Religion’?

In this case the subject and the question word are the same; that’s why we don’t use the auxiliary. So, we make the question using the verb in a suitable tense depending if the question is present, past future…

When the question word is the subject in a question, we don’t use auxiliary verb.

Who painted ‘Guernica’?
Who did paint ‘Guernica’?
Which famous masterpiece did Picasso paint?
              Q                                    A       S        I    ?
We’ll have to wait until after Easter so as to know who the winners of our quiz are!

In the A- Team, Loli, Alex and Raquel gave these answers: 1a, 2a, 3b, 4b, 5a
In the B-Team, Sergio and Carlosl gave these answers: 1a, 2a, 3a, 4b, 5b


Anyway, enjoy your holidays, relax and we’ll see each other on Monday 21st !!!

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