Level 8

Comprender frases y expresiones relacionadas con áreas de experiencia que le son relevantes, para comunicarse durante tareas simples y cotidianas, así como saber describir en términos sencillos aspectos de su pasado y su entorno, a través de la práctica de las diferentes habilidades lingüísticas y comunicativas.

Sunday, February 4, 2018



Exam date: February 15th


Bimester 3
Looking for some links to practice?


Infinitives and Gerunds

To cook is my hobby.
Smoking is bad for your health.
I love swimming in the ocean.
I love to swim in the ocean.





Comparatives and Superlatives


Grammar:
as   +   adjective / adverb  +  as


Video


Practice



Modals


“I have a terrible stomachache.”  “ You should go to the doctor’s”
They shouldn’t smoke in a hospital.
Jenny has to do her homework every evening.
We have to leave the house early to catch the bus.
You don’t have to eat that if you don’t like it.
You must report the theft to the pólice immediately..
You mustn’t be late for work on your first day.

Grammar





MODAL
USES
EXAMPLES
Can
Cannot or can’t
Can J…?

1.To express ability

2.For permission

3.Requests

4. Possibility
I can speak a little Russian.

Can I open the window?

Can you make some coffee, please.

We can go or we can stay.
Could
Could not/couldn’t
Could J…?
1. To express ability in the past.

2. Polite requests.
He could run very fast when he was 5.
Could you open the window?
Be able to
Am is are + not
Was/ were + not
Will not / won’t
1. Ability  in the past, present or future.
I am able to jump high.
I was able to read when I was 5.
I will be able to drive.

May
May not
May J ….?
1. Polite requests
2. formal permission
3. less than 50% certainty
May I borrow your pen?
You may leave the book.
Where is Penny? She may be at the library.
Might
Might not /mightn’t
Might this be the key?

1. Less than 50% certainty
Where is Penny? She might be at the library.
Must
Must not /mustn’t
Must J…?
1.Strong necessity
2.95% certainty
3.Obligation (personal)

4. Prohibition (negative)
I must go to class today.
Mary is not in class. She must be sick.
I must study for the exams.

You must not open that door.
You mustn’t arrive late.
Have to/has to
Don’t / doesn’t have to
Do/does J have to…?

1.Obligation (impersonal)
We have to wear a uniform.
Peter has to wear a tie at work.
Will
Will not / won’t
Will J..?
1.Predictions
She’s on diet. She won’t eat at all.
Would
Would not / wouldn’t
Would J…?
1. Polite requests
Would you like to drink some water?
Shall
Shall not / shan’t
Shall J verb…?
1. Offers
2. Suggestions
I’m cold. Shall I close the window?
Shall I start a new book?



Should
Should not / shouldn’t
Should J…?

1. Advice
You should apologise before she stops talking to him.
(what I think is best for you to do)
Ought to
Ought not to
1.Advice
They ought to follow the school’s policy, or they will get expelled.
(what is necessary, and cannot be avoided)
Need to

Needn’t
1. Necessity

unnecesary
I need to take a shower.

You needn’t water the garden this evening. It’s going to rain tonight.




Friday, December 1, 2017

Practice for the exam. Level 8 Bimester 2

Present perfect 

Present perfect
What time does the film start? It has already started.
Have you ever been to England?
I haven’t visited the Tate Gallery yet.







                Present perfect vs past simple



Put the verbs into the correct tense (simple past or present perfect simple).


Quantifiers


There are many students in my class.
My mom doesn’t drink much coffee.
I spend much time studying Math.
You drink coffee with a lot of sugar.
There is a lot of flour in the bowl.
There are some apples in the fridge.
We don’t have any milk.
There is something wrong with our car.
There is someone at the door.




More practice
O     Many / much
O     Few/little
     O     Enough
O     Too or enough
O     Quantifiers




                              Relative clauses


Practice:







Level 8 Topics Bim 1

Verb be

She is a doctor. She isn’t from England. Is she busy?


Simple present

My aunt works in an office. She doesn’t work at a bank. Do you know her?

Grammar:

Practice:

Present Continuous
We are listening to the class now. We aren’t swimming in the pool.
Video:

Grammar:

Practice:

Present simple or Present Continuous

My aunt is a doctor and she is working right now.


Past Simple vs Past continuous

Past Simple

My friend went to Canada last summer.
My friend didn’t go to Canada last summer.
Did my friend go to Canada last summer?
My mom was at home yesterday.
My brothers weren’t at school last Sunday.



Grammar:
Past simple video:
                       https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ghOQvAi3ZtQ

Past continuous

Sorry, I wasn’t listening. Can you say it again please?
Last Sunday many people were shopping in the market.


Past Simple vs Past continuous
My mom was cooking when my dad arrived.
While my mom was reading, my dad was working.
I saw Laura in town yesterday. She was wearing a pink dress and an orange hat!
What were you doing when the lights went off last night?
The boys were standing on the talble when the principal came to the room.

Grammar:


                   Past continuous or simple past

Thursday, May 4, 2017

Practice exercises for the final exam


We've come to the end of the school year. I hope that you finish this course with new learning experiences and great memories for the years to come.  Here are some exercises to help you study.

The final topics are:

Tag Questions

Click   here & here for a lesson
Click here to practice here

Past Simple vs Past continuous

Past Simple
Click  here & here for a lesson.
Click here to watch a video about verb Be in past.
Click here to watch a video about the correct spelling of the verbs in past.
Click here to watch a video about Past Simple.

Past Continuous

Click here & here for a lesson.
If you want to watch a video click here
Practice here 


Past Simple vs Past continuous

If you want to review your lesson click here
Watch a video here &here
Now you can Practice here

Quantifiers

To watch a video about Countables and uncountables click here 
If you want to review Much or many go to the video
Some or any click here and about Something, anything and others click here 

Now, watch a video about quantifiers here and Practice here

Present perfect VS Past Simple

If you want to watch a Present perfect video click here here

If you want to review the Grammar click here & here

Now you can watch a Video here

It is time to Practice here & here


Some Modal Verbs 
If you want  a lesson about some Modal verbs click here & here
Watch a Video here & here
Practice here & here


Gerund and Infinitives
 If you want to review here are some lessons here & here
Watch a Video about this topic here & here

First Conditional

You can click here if you want to read about this topic, or you can watch a video 
It is time to practice here &here 

Second conditional

A lesson about Second conditional here and a video 
You can watch another video here
Practice here

Will or going to?

Click here for a lesson and here for a video
and to practice here

Don't forget to study about Relative Clauses







Monday, February 27, 2017

Bimester 4

MODALS
can (requests; permission)
could (polite requests)
would (polite requests)
shall (suggestion; offer)
Could (ability)
should (advice) have to (obligation)
Don't have to ( on obligation)
Must (obligation)
Mustn't (prohibition)"
may (possibility)
need (necessity)
needn’t (lack of necessity)
can /could / will be able to (ability)

Object pronouns
Indefinite pronouns
Reflexive pronouns

Present Perfect vs Simple Past

Tag questions

Wednesday, January 25, 2017

Bimester 3


Evaluation

Exam                       30
Verbs/voc                10
abilities
       Movie Guide    10
      reading              10
        Speaking           5
       writing               5
Homework              10
Classwork               10
Attitude                   10

Practice:

Adjectives of personality, practice here and here
               What is she like?
               What does she look like?
               Sensible & Sensible
Adverbs of degree 

Apologize, start watch on minute 1.20 here

Addition and contrast Linkers
     Learn and review here and answer the exercise here

Countable and uncountable video here
Quantifiers or determiners
               Lesson click here and practice here

Present Perfect 
        Lesson here  exercise 1 here exercise 2 here exercise 3 here
        Negative       exercise 1 here
        Question       exercise 1 here
        For & Since  practice here  and here
        Game                         here
        Been & Gone            here
        Have you ever....?     here
        Already, still, yet, just
              Lesson and practice  here

Reflexive Pronouns
             Lesson  here and practice here