Hello,
The aim of these activities is to provide you with more opportunities to practice and reinforce the work we do in class.
Class 14: Contrasting presents
For this week we talked about the presents, but this time we contrasted permanent activities with temporary ones. Now, let''s work on the following slideshow.
Let's put everything in practice through these exercises.
Teacher Claudia
May 17, 2020
Class 13: What do people usually do?
Hello,
The following exercises are aimed to help you practice on this topic. Please keep in mind that you are free to work on them as many times as you wish, but let's start with a video to review this topic.
And as all we know that practice makes masters, let's practice on this topic with the next activities, but before that, I want you to watch a brief video the spelling rules for this tense (video).
Best regards,
Claudia
May 17, 2020
Class 11-12: What are people doing now?
The following are some exercises for practicing on this topic.
Regards,
Teacher Claudia
May 17, 2020
Classes 8-10: Comparing people and things
P. 2 Superlatives
Last week in our class we started talking about the differences among three or more similar objects through adjectives, it means we are using their superlative form. Remember the activity we did about the Bobs family and the slides with houses, animals, professions and sports.
The following video shows a brief but clear explanation on the topic as well as the spelling rules.
Remember, we use the superlatives for expressing who or what is the number 1 out of a group in relation to a certain characteristic. For instance, Colombia has some big cities such as Cali, Medellín, Bogotá and Barranquilla, but Bogotá is the biggest of them. As you can see, I'm talking about the number 1 out of a specific group. At this point you may think that New York, Mexico D.F. or Tokyo are bigger than Bogota, but they are not part of the group I'm comparing.
Here we have other examples:
-There have been many excellent soccer players like Pelé, Maradona, Ronaldo, Ronaldhino, Messi, Platini, Messi among others, but for me, Pele and Messi are the best.
- Walking Death, Games of Thrones, House of Cards are some vey good series. Games of Thrones is the best of them for many people.
- Japan, Canada, South Korea, Thailand and Australia are peaceful countries. I think Canada and Japan are the most peaceful ones.
Now, let's see this visual example so you can have a clearer idea about what superlatives are for.
After this explanation, it's time for you to do some practice on this topic.
Spelling review (Click on group assigment and then on free text input)
Practice 2 (Complete the sentences with the correct superlative form of the words in the box on the right)
Practice 3 (Just click on START NOW)
Best regards,
Claudia
April 24, 2020
P. 1: Comparatives
Comparing people's, animals' or objects' characteristics is something very common in our life. We do it when we but things, when we decide what to eat, when we talk about people.
What I want you to remember to this point is that we are using adjectives while comparing. Read and analyze these examples:
Scooters are faster than byclicles.
Backpacks are bigger than tote bags.
Fruits and vegetables are healthier than junk food.
Physics is more dangerous than English.
The following video will help you remember how to use comparative adjectives.
It's time to stop chitchatting and start working through the following exercises.
Practice 1 (This is an interactive book. Work from page 10-17)
Cheers,
Claudia
April 24, 2020
Class 5 & 6: Talking about past events
Hello,
When you study a foreing language it requires a lot of practice, specially when you deal with verb tenses. The following exercises will help you study and practice the simple present tense.
Review irregular verbs (You find 5 different levels)
Practice 4 (Reading comprehension exercises about Romans)
Best regards,
Claudia
March 25, 2020
Class 3&4: Places in a house
Class 2: Prepositions of place
Class 1&2: There was - There were
