1º ESO Present Continuous with Movies and Songs

 Practise the Present Continuous with scenes from TV shows

 

 



 

What are these people doing NOW?

1. Are you dancing now?

2. Charlie’s writing on the wall.

3. Dexter, are you listening to me? Yes, I’m listening.

4. I’m not bothering you, am I? A little.

5. I know what you’re doing. Having breakfast?

6. Merlin, what are you doing? Looking for a book.

7.

- Cary, do you have a second?

- Sure. What’s up?

- Are you tweeting about me?

- Am I tweeting about you?

- Are you Upriser 7?

- What are you talking about?

- Someone’s gossiping online about me.

8. I know what you’re thinking. I’m not thinking anything.

9. What are you doing?

10. I’m texting.

11.

- Yes…me…what?

- Cary?

- Kalinda?

- What are you doing?

- What am I doing?

- Making an omelette? What do you think?

- Where are you?

- I need some help.

- OK. Now?

12. Hey, guys, what are you studying? Chemistry.

13. What are two laughing at? You, Eli. We’re laughing at you!

14. Mom. Phineas and Ferb are making a title sequence!


SONG: THE LEMON TREE by Fool´s Garden

Now watch this video and complete the song below:

LEMON TREE By Fool's Garden

I' (1)_____________ here in a boring room

 it's just another rainy
Sunday afternoon

 I'(2)______________ my time

 I got nothing to do
I'(3) ________________around

 I'(4)_______________ for you
But nothing ever happens- and I wonder

I'(5) ________________ around in my car

 I'(5) __________ too fast
I' (5)_________________ too far

I'd like to change my point of view
I feel so lonely

 I'(6) _______________  for you
But nothing ever happens-

 and I wonder

I wonder how I wonder

 why yesterday you told me
'bout the blue blue sky

and all tall that I can see

 is just a yellow lemon-tree
I'm turning my head up and down
I'm turning turning turning turning turning around
And all that I can see

is just another lemon-tree

I'(6)__________________ here I miss the power I'd like to go out
taking a shower but there's a heavy cloud in side my head
I feel so tired put myself into bed where nothing
ever happens- and I wonder

Isolation - is not good for me
Isolation -

I don't want to

sit on a lemon-tree
I'_______________' around in a desert of joy

 Baby anyhow I'll get another toy

and every thing will happen-

and you'll wonder

 

I wonder how I wonder why

yesterday you told me
'bout the blue blue sky

and all tall that I can see

 is just a yellow lemon-tree
I'm turning my head up and down
I'm turning turning turning turning turning around
And all that I can see

is just another lemon-tree

More practice : http://www.lyricstraining.com/play/70/fools_garden/lemon_tree_dance_remix



Clothes 1º ESO

                                                                    

 

Do you want to practise the clothes vocabulary?

Click here and have fun!

 

Then, watch this video and start practising!

 

1º BTO Revision Answer keys

These are the keys to the exercises I gave you in class. I hope you find them useful!

Exercise 1, Verb Tenses                   Exercise 2, Correct the errors
1. had travelled                                  1. .... did your train leave ...
2. had always wanted                        2. .... didn´t go ...
3. felt/was feeling                              3. ... lived ...
4. was rocking                                   4. .... were unpacking ...
5. had warned                                    5. .... had left ...
6. had mentioned
7. was
8. went
9. were swimming
10. couldn´ t

Exercise 3, Relative Clauses
1. Dr Smith, who is an excellent doctor, is retiring. ND
    Dr Smith, who is retiring, is an excellent doctor. ND
2. A lady (who) I didn´t recognise knocked on our door. D
3. The tour group visited Stradford-upon-Avon, where Shakespeare was born. ND
4. Our TV, which we´ve had for years, broke down again last night. ND
5. Show me the article (which/ that) you wrote for the paper. D
6. Her dress, which probably cost a lot of money, was gorgeous. ND
    Her dress, which was gorgeous, probably cost a lot of money. ND

Exercise 4 Rewriting (corrected in class)

Exercise 5 Complete with Modals (corrected in class)

Exercise 6 Complete with true sentences.
Example sentences:
 1. ... study more // ... take up a sport (which) I like.
 2. .... bring mobile phones or electrical devices.
 3. ...help my mum with the housework.
 4. ... travel because they have saved enough money.
5. ... afford to go on holiday. I was broke.(=sin blanca)

Exercise 7: Choose the correct Modal Verb
1. could have called
2. shouldn´t have shouted
3. may have left
4. Error!! Sería:  They can´t have had dinner yet. Deducción lógica de que no han comido porque la comida está en la mesa. Mustn´t have indicaría prohibición, lo cual no tiene sentido y needn´t have no tiene ningún sentido aquí.
5. might not have known

PICTURE DESCRIPTION: Preparing for the Oral Exam

Picture Description is an important part of the Oral Exam and it needs to be practised . 

One of the things that you need to take into account when describing a picture is that you cannot  be 100% sure what is happening in the picture. Therefore, you need to use appropriate language to show you  are guessing . You have to speculate about the pictures.

Some structures you can use:

• Look as if + sentence/ Seem as if + sentence : he looks as if / seems as if he is looking for something
• Seem + to infinitive: he seems to be tired/ he seems to be having a great time
• Look/ Seem + adjective: They look/ seem quite tired
• Appear + to infinitive : She doesn’t  appear to be concentrated on what she’s doing

Some modal verbs  you can use.

• Must : for positive deduction. He must be happy because he’s smiling. The photomust have been taken in summer.
• Can’t : for negative deduction. He can’t be going to school because he is not carrying books.
• May/ Might/Could : for posibility. He could be telling her something she doesn’t like. The photo might have been taken in winter as they are wearing winter clothes.

Words like : perhaps, maybe….   

Let’s listen to an example now.

You’ll hear a girl called Magda practising this part of the Speaking test

Now, watch this video for more practice:

CHRISTMAS AND SPOTS

Looking forward to having Christmas around?

 

The retailer´s Christmas TV spot, with its *pithy narrative, softly sung cover version and emotional *denouement has become a major event on the marketing calendar in England.

Watch the new Christmas advert The Man on the Moon by John Lewis and sing the song Half the World Away, originally by Oasis but performed by 19-year-old Norwegian newcomer Aurora Asksnes.

*pithy = breve 
*denoument = desenlace

REVIEW
The latest John Lewis advert plays on the theme of loneliness and introduces a little girl, Lily, who is desperate to make contact with a solitary man who lives on the Moon. Looking at the moon through her family telescope one night, she is amazed at what she finds, a man on the moon.
Lily watches on as our man goes about his chores, all alone up there. She becomes determined to get something to the moon, to send him a message and show him that someone down here is thinking of him.

 

And now,  Oasis´original song written and sung by Noel Gallagher.




WATCH MORE
If you want to watch John Lewis´ Christmas ads from years 2007-2014 click on
the link below:
    All John Lewis´Christmas Adverts

TOP NEWS: The founder of Facebook *gives away 99% of his stock

The news that Mark Zuckerberg is to donate 99 per cent of his shares to charity following the birth of his daughter may have surprised some. Why would the billionaire choose to freely give away stock worth $45bn (about £30bn)? Here’s a clue: “"Priscilla and I are so happy to welcome our daughter Max into this world. For her birth, we wrote a letter to her about the world we hope she grows up in,” the 31-year-old Facebook founder began in an open letter to newborn Max.
Click here to read the letter to his new-born daughter.

 *give away= donate

 

 

GIVINGTUESDAY



WHAT IS #GIVINGTUESDAY?

Americans have a day for giving thanks: Thanksgiving Day. They have two

 for getting deals: Black Friday and Cyber Monday.

Now, they have #GivingTuesday, a global day dedicated to giving back.

 On Tuesday, December 1, 2015, charities, families, businesses,

community centers, and students around the world will come together

 for one common purpose: to celebrate generosity and to give.

It’s a simple idea. Just find a way for your family, your community, your

company or your organization to come together to give something more.

 

It´s a pity few people heard about this on the news yesterday!

 

http://www.givingtuesday.org/