EFL at L'Alzina: 2017

Wednesday, September 13, 2017

Back to school

Today we start a new academic year, that's almost ten months together. I hope you learn a lot of English and enjoy the lessons.
Listen to the song and fill the gaps.

Tuesday, June 27, 2017

Vocabulary
From Unit 1 to 3.

City buildings, countries and nationalities, adjectives, classroom objects, opposite adjectives.

Grammar

Have got, verb to Be, prepositions: about by, of, This,That, These and Those, subject pronouns and object pronouns, a, any some. Present Simple: affirmative, questions and negative. Questions words:
Who, How, When, Where, What, How many, how much, How old.
Comparative form of adjectives.

Reading comprehension
Listening
Writing

Please, Do not forget to bring your summer work done (see Moodle INS ALZINA)

Monday, May 29, 2017

2nd ESO Past Continuous

The past continuous puts emphasis on the course of an action in the past.

Form

	Positive	Negative	Question
I / he / she / it	I was speaking.	I was not speaking.	Was I speaking?
you / we / they	You were speaking.	You were not speaking.	Were you speaking?

Exceptions in Spelling

Exceptions in spelling when adding ing	Example
final e is dropped (but: ee is not changed)	come – coming (but: agree – agreeing)
after a short, stressed vowel, the final consonant is doubled	sit – sitting
l as final consonant after a vowel is doubled (in British English)	travel – travelling
final ie becomes y	lie – lying

Use of Past Progressive

puts emphasis on the course of an action in the past
Example: He was playing football.
two actions happening at the same time (in the past)
Example: While she was preparing dinner, he was washing the dishes.
action going on at a certain time in the past
Example: When I was having breakfast, the phone suddenly rang.

Click here to do the exercises of Past Continuous
Exercise 2
Exercise 3
Exercise 4

Thursday, March 16, 2017

Saint Patrick's Day

Saint Patrick's day is celebrated on 17th March,the day St Patrick died.
St Patrick was born in Britain. When he was a boy, he was kidnapped by pirates and sold as a slave in Ireland.
St Patrick's mission was to convert the Irish to Christiany. His mission lasted over 20 years in Ireland.
The Celtic druids did not like St Patrick.
There are no snakes in Ireland because St Patrick drove all the snakes into the sea where they drowned .
(It is a legend!)
On St Patrick's Day, you have to wear green clothes. If you don't wear green on St Patrick's Day,children pinch you !

The Leprechaun

A leprechaun is a littke Irish fairy.
A leprechaun is a shoemaker.
A leprechaun hides a pot of gold.
Leprechauns do not like being with people (they are unfriendly and they live alone).
In order to find a leprechaun, you have to listen to the sound of his hammer.
If you stop looking at a leprechaun, he disappears.