miércoles, 30 de septiembre de 2015

Comparative and superlative adjectives



  • the comparative and superlative forms for one syllable adjectives

 3 students: Dani, Ismael, Paula

Ismael is tall, but Paula is taller than Ismael. Dani is shorter than Ismael.
Paula is the tallest of the three.  
 

  • the comparative and superlative forms for one syllable adjectives ending in “e”



strange






 wide




nice






This ________ sofa is nice. But the _______ one is nicer than the _____ one. It's also wider than the _______ one.

The _______ sofa is nicer than the _________ one, but the________ one is the nicest of the three.


  •  the comparative and superlative forms for one syllable adjectives ending in consonant-vowel-consonant 
   3 Hot months:
   3 wet months:
The weather in _______ can be hot, but the weather in ______ is hotter than in ______. _____ is a wet month, but _______ is wetter than _______.
 _______ is the wettest month of the year. _______ is the hottest.
 
  •  the comparative and superlative forms for two syllable adjectives ending in “y” 
  I am happy when I visit a friend, but I'm happier when it’s her birthday.
 
I am happy when I’m on vacation, but I’m the happiest when travel to a new place.

  • the comparative and superlative forms for two or more syllable adjectives
 3 beautiful cities:
 ________ is a beautiful city, but _______ is more beautiful than ________.
 _______ is a very beautiful city, but in my opinion _______ is the most beautiful city in the world.

 
Making Comparative and superlative adjectives
 

miércoles, 23 de septiembre de 2015

Notes on the Present Continuous

Here are the notes on the present continuous
(aquí tenéis los apuntes  en azul del present continous:
Copiad los apartados
1 structure
2 making the ing form
3 affirmative, negative and interrogative
(el 4 no porque lo veremos juntos en clase)
En el aparatado 2, making the ing form, tenéis dos opciones: copiarlo en inglés o en español. Si lo entendéis en inglés, lo copiais. Pero si lo leéis y veis que no lo entendéis, hay un enlace para copiarlo en español, lo veréis cuando leáis el aparatado 2)


(Comienzan los apuntes) 

Present Continuous

1. Structure


It has 2 words:       One is the verb to be  :    
                               
                                And a verb in ing form

        

2. Making the ing form

Notes in English Prezi (clic to watch)
(podéis ver la presentación de esta mañana para repasarlo, antes de copiar)
General rule: we add ing
Study-----studying

Special case 1: E
 Verbs ending in one E------- we drop the E, then we put the ING
Take-------tak + ing   -------- taking

(only with one E: not see or agree)

Special case 2 CVC  (Consonant Vowel Consonant)















Special Case 3: L
Only in British English, verbs ending in L, double the L
(In American English: Only one L)
Example:  Label (etiquetar)
                  American English------ Labeling
                  British English---------- Labelling


Special Case 4 : IE
Verbs ending in IE, drop the IE, we put Y, and ING

Tie------T(bye, bye ie)-------- T(hello Y) y--------- Ty (hello ing) ing----tying














 Si no entendéis estos apuntes en inglés, haced clic en el enlace, lo tenemos en español en esta página. (copiadlo sólo en un idioma: si lo entendéis, en inglés. Si no, en español)

Notes in Spanish  (optional)


3. Affirmative, Negative and Interrogative

 (Fin de lo que tenéis que copiar para el martes. Copiad los apuntes hasta la tabla inclusive) El resto lo veremos el martes.

4 Use and signal words
Watch the prezi and copy use 1, use 2 and use 3.
Prezi on how to use the present continuous

Notes in Spanish
 Remember:

Actions happening now
Actions in progress now
Actions happening in an inmediate future


Signal words


martes, 15 de septiembre de 2015

The present: present simple, present continuous

Hi there!
These are the notes you must have in  your notebook by Thursday.
(estos son los apuntes en azul, que tenéis que copiar en inglés en el cuaderno de aquí al viernes. Cuando pone una traducción en negro, si estáis seguros de lo que significa, no hace falta copiarlo en español, pero tenéis que saber bien qué pone en los apuntes)

Present Simple vs Present Continuous

The present simple only uses one word (palabra) in the affirmative
The present continuous uses 2 words (palabras), one is an ing form (una es una forma en ing)

Example:











A. Present Simple
1. Special verbs (that use no auxiliary)
2. Most verbs (that use auxiliary)
3. Spelling cases: third person singular S
4. Use and signal words


1. Special verbs (that use no auxiliary)
There are some verbs that don't use an auxiliary (do, does, don't, doesn't) to make the negative and interrogative. 
(hay algunos verbos que no usan un auxiliar (do, does, don't, doesn't) para hacer ni la negativa ni la interrogativa).



Don't write do with these verbs when writing the negative or interogative 
(no escribáis el auxiliar do con estos verbos para hacer su negativa o interrogativa)


Be - ser , estar
Can- poder, saber hacer
Have got- tener only in British English.

See photocopy (ver fotocopia, os daré estos verbos fotocopiados)





2. Most verbs (that use auxiliary)
Most verbs use do to make the negative and interrogative form
(la mayoría de los verbos, que si usan auxiliar do, does, don't o doesn't para hacer la negativa o la interrogativa)

Copy this example:
(recordad copiar la columna de afirmativa, la de negativa sólo la que pone contractions, interrogativa y short answers affirmative and negative)

3. Spelling cases: third person singular S

Most verbs add an "s" in the affirmative with the pronouns: HE, SHE, IT

(la mayoría de los verbos añaden una S en la afirmativa con los pronombres He, she, it)

But there are some cases where we put: (pero en algunos casos ponemos )

  • ES

  • IES

Copy this image and the examples (copiad esta imagen con los ejemplos)
















Practise here

4. Use and signal words

There are many uses for the Present Simple, but we are mainly going to concentrate on two of them.
(Hay muchos usos del present simple, pero nos vamos a concentrar principalmente en dos de ellos).

Routines & Habits

General Truths &facts

(rutinas y hábitos--- verdades generales y hechos)


Example of routine and habit: Iván usually plays football at school.

Example of general truth: Madrid is the capital of Spain



Signal words:



















Copiad el significado de lo que no sepáis
Always (siempre)
Often (a menudo)
Sometimes (a veces)
Seldom (raramente)
Never (nunca)


Every day (cada día/ todos los días)
Every week (cada semana /todas las semanas)
Every year (cada año/todos los años)
O cualquier expresión de tiempo que vaya con Every

On Mondays (los lunes) Ojo, pone on MOndays, así que es todos los lunes
after school: después del colegio.

End of notes to be copied in notebook --- Fin de los apuntes a copiar en el cuaderno














This week we are going to go through the PRESENT
Simple, continuous and perfect

Look at this picture:

When do we use each?










Games to practise:

Only present simple

Prezi presentation

  Important verbs (be, have got, can) (no auxiliary)

Rest of verbs (affimative, negative ad interrogative) Using and auxiliary

Spelling cases(adding the third person "S" go-goes, catch-catches....)


Use and Signal words


Interactive monkey

 Adding the third person s

Only present continuous
 Para familiarizarse con la estructura: Very easy (muy fácil)
(No os entretengáis mucho en este)

When do we put am, are or is:  ? (Also very easy)

 Adding ing form (añadiendo el ing)

Present simple and present continuous
You must know when to use one and the other

How fast can you think sentences (easy)

Snake and ladders (this one is good to practise)

lunes, 14 de septiembre de 2015

Present perfect quickview (de un vistzo rápido)

Hi again!
Have you enjoyed this long weekend?
We have started the Welcome unit. We have seen a tense some of you didn't know: the present perfect.
We'll learn it in detail i unit1.
















We have learnt some words that go with the present perfect: 
Already
Yet
For 
Since




jueves, 10 de septiembre de 2015

Welcome, people of year 6!

Welcome!!
This is the blog we will use to reinforce and practise what we see in the classroom

Today we have talked about:
countries, so here is a list of countries in English and Spanish

reading large numbers