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Tuesday, 31 March 2015

How stressed are you?

 Is Simon stresssed?
 Simon works for a computer company.
 He lives in Brighton but he works in London.
 He has got three daughters.
 He gets up at six o´clock.
 He doesn’t have breakfast because he hasn’t got time. 
 HE HASN’T GOT TIME FOR BREAKFAST
 He starts work at nine o’clock.
 He drinks / has 6 cups of coffee a day.
 He has a sandwich for lunch at the office.
 He finishes work at half past five. 
 He doesn’t have dinner with his family because he is on the train.
 He gets home at a quarter to eight.
 He watches television after dinner.
 He goes to bed at about eleven o´clock.

 Listening comprehension
https://www.dropbox.com/s/66gbsh5qc37a3ge/LISTENING%20COMPREHENSION%20ESA%20BEGINNERS%20Prof.%20Parker%20and%20Simon.pdf?dl=0

New English File Elementary Class CD1 track 65
https://www.dropbox.com/s/bccnx20kwnpv0az/65%20-%20Track%2065.mp3?dl=0



Monday, 23 March 2015

Simple Present third Person Review

Remember the third person singular!!!!!

ATIONS by Shel Silverstein

Ations
If we meet and I say, "Hi," 
That’s a salutation. 

If you ask me how I feel, 
That’s consideration. 

If we stop and talk awhile, 
That’s a conversation. 

If we understand each other, 
That’s communication.


If we argue, scream and fight, 
That’s an altercation. 

If later we apologize, 
That’s reconciliation. 

If we help each other home, 
That’s cooperation. 

And all these ations added up 
Make civilization. 

(And if I say this is a wonderful poem, 
Is that exaggeration?)



 - Shel Silverstein

Thank you José for bringing this poem to class. 

Sunday, 22 February 2015

What time do you....................?

What time do you get up?
What time do you eat breakfast?
What time do you brush your teeth?
What time do you go to school?
What time do you eat lunch?
What time do you watch TV?
What time do you eat dinner?
What time do you go to bed?


AT .................

What's the time? What time is it?






Remember: First the minutes and then the hour! 
                                                                                It's twenty to four! 
                                                                               It's ten past nine! 
A  simple video showing how to tell the time in English. Perfect for people learning ESL. For more ESL videos visit www.englishchannelonline.com   http://youtu.be/3icBxO6Wjz0
I cannot insert the link  in this post but you can find it easily. It is very good!!!


What time is it?
It's ten to eight.

What time do you get up?
At ten to eight

Example of the dialogues

In class you prepared some dialogues following the instructions of the activity. Here you can see some examples of what you did. Those are the examples of Asun, Ascen, Fina and Maria.






Thank you all for your enthusiasm! 

Saturday, 21 February 2015

How much is it? Money, Money, Money

You can say: How much is it? or How much does it cost? to ask the price.



A) How much is it?

  •  It's one pound. 
  •  It's two pounds.
  • It's a/one hundred pounds.
  • It's two hundred and fifty pounds.
  • It's four thousand nine hundred and eighty-five pounds.






a) How much is the fruit juice?

b) It's 1.34 pounds

How can you say this?


  • It's one pound, thirty four pence.
  • It's one pound, thirty four. 
  • It's one, thirty four. (more used) 
People use the terms "pound" or "pence" very rarely.

Note that people write the pound symbol
and separate the pounds and the pence with a full stop (.)

But

a) How much is the Dairylea cheese?
b) I't 57 p.

How can you say this?

  • It's fifty seven pee ( much more used) 
  • It's fifty seven pence
Penny is used in singular and pence is plural.

Example dialogue:

a) How much is the Leerdamer cheese?
b) It' s  one pound, twelve.

a) How much is the Large Sausage Roll?
b) It is eighty-two pee.

Now try to do the following exercises:
http://www.englishexercises.org/makeagame/viewgame.asp?id=7605

And spice it with some music:

Money makes the world go round....by Liza Minnelli and Joel Grey


Or Money. money, money it's a rich man's world..... by ABBA



Have a nice time!