GRAMMAR PRACTICE: past simple vs past continuous

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act 5
act 6

GRAMMAR REVISION: present perfect simple with for or since

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GRAMMAR REVISION: comparatives and superlatives

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UNIDAD 5- contenidos

Comprensión oral:  Listenings
Expresión oral: Ask for and give directions (Spb unit 5 pg 38)
Comprensión escrita: reading comprehension activity
Expresión escrita: A biography
Gramática: Comparison of adjectives (Spb unit 4); Present perfect simple with for and since (Spb unit 4)  Past simple and continuous (unit 5)
Vocabulario: Adjectives with negative prefixes (Spb unit 4); time markers (while, as, when), prepositions of motion, verbs of movement (Spb unit 5)
Fonética: English long vowels
Reflexión sobre el aprendizaje: search for interactive activities;use textual clues to help you read (Spb 3º pg 44 )
Aspectos socioculturales: UK2

SONG

 1. Match the words to their correct definition.

____ To be stuck ____ To run away ____ To stab someone in the back ____ To break down ____ To fake a smile ____ To lock yourself in ____ To kick someone when they're down ____ To be on the edge ____ To turn up ____ To be left out

a) To lose control of your feelings and start crying. b) To increase the sound. c) To continue to hurt someone when they are already defeated. d) Unable to move or be moved. e) To be nervous, excited or bad tempered. f) Not included or mentioned in something. g) To escape h) To prevent someone from entering your room by locking the door. i) To give a false, not genuine smile. j) To betray someone who trusts you

2. Listen to the song and fill in the spaces with the missing words in the box and some words from the previous exercise.

all right, deep, desperate, edge, ever (2), gave, had, hears, hurt, lost, place, pushed around, over, sick (2), somebody, straight, stupid, understands

IST PART
Do you _____ feel like ____________ ________?
Do you _____ feel out of ________?
Like __________ you just don't belong
And no one _______________ you
Do you ever wanna ______ _________?
Do you _______ ____________ in your room?
With the radio on __________ ____ so loud
That no one ________ you screaming
No you don't know what it's like
When nothing feels _________
You don't know what it's like
To be like me
CHORUS
To be _______
To feel ________
To be _______ in the dark
To be _______ when you're down
To feel like you've been _________
To be on the _________ of __________
And no one's there to save you
No you don't know what it's like
Welcome to my life
2ND PART
Do you wanna be _______ else?
Are you _______ of feeling so _______?
Are you ________ to find something more?
Before your life is ______
Are you _______ inside a world you hate?
Are you ________ of everyone around?
With their big _______ smiles and _______ lies
While _______ inside you're bleeding
No you don't know what it's like
When nothing feels _________
You don't know what it's like
To be like me
CHORUS
To be _______
To feel ________
To be _______ in the dark
To be _______ when you're down
To feel like you've been _________
To be on the _________ of __________
And no one's there to save you
No you don't know what it's like
Welcome to my life
3RD PART
No one ever lied __________ to your face
And no one ever ____________ you in the _______
You might think I'm happy but I'm not gonna be okay
Everybody always _______ you what you wanted
You never ______ to work it was always there
You don't know what it's like, what it's like
CHORUS
To be _______
To feel ________
To be _______ in the dark
To be _______ when you're down
To feel like you've been _________
To be on the _________ of __________
And no one's there to save you
No you don't know what it's like
Welcome to my life
Welcome to my life
Welcome to my life
3. Answer the following questions.
a) Do you think this is a happy song? Why?
b) Do you ever feel like breaking down? What makes you feel like that?
c) Do you ever feel out of place? What makes you feel like that?
d) Do you ever want to run away? Why? Where do you want to go?
e) Do you want to be somebody else? Why? Who would you like to be?

READING COMPREHENSION

Drawing Conclusions

Luke is very competitive and loves to win when he plays sports. Kyler doesn’t take sports all that seriously. So when their tennis singles match was over, it was no surprise that both boys were in a good mood, especially Luke.

1. Which statement is most likely true?

a. Luke won the match.
b. Kyler won the match.
c. The game was rained out.
d. Kyler was given a new truck.

Leslie’s main playlist has forty rock songs, fifteen rap songs, and one country song. It also contains twelve classical instrumentals.

2. Which statement is probably NOT true.

a. Leslie likes music.
b. Leslie’s favorite music is country.
c. Leslie likes rock better than rap.
d. Leslie listens to a wide range of music.

I think you’ll like your present, Scott. You’ll still be able to use it for at least the next couple of months before the weather gets too warm. It can be a lot of fun, especially if you take a lesson or two first. Remember, people are often injured by using these things if they don’t know what they’re doing.

3. Scott’s new present is a _______.

a. rifle
b. tennis racquet
c. snow shovel
d. snowboard

Brad put a load of clothes into the washing machine. An hour later, he unloaded the damp clothes and put them into the dryer. Later, he unloaded the clothes and carried them upstairs in a basket. To his dismay, Brad noticed that the load of laundry just didn’t smell nearly as fresh as usual.

4. One of the following is the reason why. Which one is it?

a. Brad forgot to turn on the washing machine.
b. Brad wasn’t paid to do the laundry.
c. Brad had forgotten to put detergent into the machine.
d. The radio didn’t work.

1___________2___________3___________4___________

WRITING

READING SESSION

Primera sesión de lectura: viernes, 14 Enero
Tenéis que traer el libro Food for Thought de Pauline Francis (Penguin Readers). Recordad que os di la referencia el 14 de diciembre.

GRAMMAR PRACTICE: future tense

Activity 1
Activity 2: will, be going to
Activity 3: will, be going to
Activity 4: will, be going to
Activity 5: will, going to, present continuous
Activity 6: will, going to, present continuous
Grammar theory and examples