UNIT 5 - ESO 3 - GERUNDS vs INFINITVES

Here are some links to help you practise the use of gerunds and infinitives. Click on the link, do the exercises and check your answers!

1. ENGLISH PAGE

2. ENGLISH HILFEN

3. NON-STOP ENGLISH

UNIT 3 - LIFESTYLES (ESO 3)

Answer these questions in your notebook after having a look at HOMES AND GARDENS:

1. Go to BEDROOMS and click through the various rooms and decide which one you like best. Use four adjectives to describe your choice.

2. Go to READER'S HOMES and look at the Classical Houses and Contemporary Houses.

• What do you prefer?


• Describe one of each and say the one you prefer.

3. Go to READER'S LIVES:

• Choose one of the lives that interests you most.


• Read the description of the person’s life and write down their name, occupation and reason for pursuing this lifestyle.

If you have EXTRA TIME, go to HOMES AND GARDENS and try to find your ideal home. For an Extra mark write a description in the notebook (50 - 60 words).

EXTENSION ACTIVITY - UNIT 1 (RELATIONSHIPS)

After reading the text on SB 10 about the website "Friendsters" we'll try to learn more about it. Go to this LINK and answer the questions below. (Remember if you want an extra mark you need to copy them into your notebook. You can also post them here for a positive).

1. When and where was the website founded?
2. How many people view this site each month?
3. Which country uses the site more than others?
4. What can you do in the website?
5. Are you a member of any social networking website like "Tuenti" or "Facebook"? Explain in 40 - 50 words when, how and why you use it. If you don't use any of these tools, write why you don't try.
   

Try this GAME to check your vocabulary this unit.

WELCOME BACK!

Here we are again. New course, new students, new subjects, new teachers... This year English is going to be a little bit more difficult. You'll have to think and work in English all the time, so here you have an essential tool: A DICTIONARY! (That thing you never use). When you are on-line use it and also use the one you have on your shelf!

LONGMAN DICTIONARY

ART

This last unit of the course we're learning more about ART, especially paintings. In class we only had time to see some important paintings in history, but there are many more. If you like this topic, as I do, click on the links below to know more. You can use them to help with your composition as well.

Many of the paintings that we saw in class are in Museums in Madrid, as "Guernica" (Reina Sofia), "The Meninas" (Prado) and many more. Why not visiting them this summer? Check the website for timetables and prices.

100 GREATEST ARTISTS OF THE WORLD

DICTIONARY OF ART AND ARTISTS

PRADO MUSEUM

REINA SOFIA MUSEUM

THYSSEN-BORNEMISZA MUSEUM

BOOK DAY - 23rd APRIL

On 23rd April Book Day is celebrated. This year we're going to do an activity about the American author Mark Twain.

Mark Twain is one of America's most important writers of all the times. He became very popular with two of his books: "The adventures of Huckleberry Finn" and "The adventures of Tom Sawyer". He was even called the "Father of American Literature."

He lived in Connecticut, north east of the USA, in a big house that nowadays is a museum you can visit. As we can't go there (too expensive!) you can visit it on-line and learn things about the author, the house, his books, the museum, etc.

Now, go to this LINK and answer the questions below:

1. If you wanted to visit the museum, how much would it cost you? When would you be able to visit it? (Hours and days).
2. When and where was Mark Twain born?
3. Mark Twain was a pseudonym, which was his real name?
4. Did he have any children?
5. What happened to Mark Twain in 1870?
6. When was "The adventures of Tom Sawyer" published?
7. Go to "The House" and click on "Virtual Tour". How many rooms and floors are there? Choose one room and describe the picture you see.
8. Go to "The Mark Twain Store" and choose an object you would like to buy, say why.

If you finish, for an EXTRA mark, you can write down more information about Mark Twain or/and the house.

IF I WERE A BOY

HERE YOU CAN WATCH THE VIDEO AND SING ALONG! KEEP PRACTISING YOUR CONDITIONAL SENTENCES!

* REMEMBER! 2nd CONDITIONAL:

If + past simple, Would + infinitive
If I were a boy, (I think) I would understand.