Blog de 4º. Tierno Galván. Tres Cantos: April 2016

Wednesday, 27 April 2016

Trinity. Special occasions

Special occasions

SPECIAL OCCASIONS

1. What is your favourite special occasion?

2. Do you like celebrating your birthday?

3. What do you usually do for your birthday?

4. When is your birthday?

5. Have you ever travelled for your birthday?

6. What are you going to do for your next birthday?

7. How old will you be this year?

8. Would you rather receive a huge present or have a big party for your birthday?

9. Will you go to New York for your 20th birthday?

10. Who do you celebrate your birthday with?

11. Have you ever been to a wedding, a Christening or a first communion?

12. Tell me about the best party you had

Was/Were Past tense verb to be

Look and complete

Fill in the blanks activity

Fill in the blanks activity 2

Read and complete

Was or were?

Quiz

Sunday, 24 April 2016

Present simple: Activities

Present Simple: Introduction

Like and don't like

Present simple verbs

Simple present tense

Simple Present Tense II

Simple Present Tense III

Simple Present. Negative and Questions

Transform into Negative

Simple Present: Yes/No Questions

Adverbs of frecuency

Trinity: Festivals

Festivals

FESTIVALS. More questions to practise:

1. What is your favourite festival?

2. When do you celebrate this festival?

3. What does your family do for this festival?

4. Who do you celebrate this festival with?

5. What did you do last (festival)?

6. What is this festival about?

7. How long do you celebrate this holiday for?

8. What do you prefer: Easter or Carnival? Why?

9. Would you rather celebrate this festival with your friends or your family? Why?

10. Are you going to celebrate this festival this/next year?

11. Do you think you will always celebrate this festival?
22. What do you do on New Year's Eve?

EASTER

Why do we celebrate Easter?
Do you celebrate Easter in your country?
How do you celebrate Easter in your country?
Do you have any special family traditions?
Do you celebrate Easter?
What do you do to celebrate it?
Do you consider it an important holiday? Why or why not?

CHRISTMAS

Did it snow last year at Christmas?
Did you enjoy last Christmas?
Do you celebrate Christmas in your country?
Do you celebrate Christmas in a special way?
Do you celebrate Christmas in a traditional way?
Do you have a traditional Christmas?
Do you decorate the outside of your house for Christmas?
Do you eat a turkey dinner for your Christmas dinner?
Do you enjoy Christmas time?
Do you enjoy singing Christmas songs?
Do you go to church on Christmas day?
Do you hang up a stocking?
Do you have a Christmas party at school?
Do you have a Christmas tree?
If so, how do you decorate it?
Is it real or artificial?
Do you see your relatives at Christmas time?
Do you think we will have a white Christmas this year?
Do you usually put up Christmas decorations in your house? (Do you usually decorate your home?)
Does your family have any special Christmas traditions?
Does your town get decorated at Christmas?
What kind of decorations?
Have you ever celebrated Christmas in a foreign country?
Have you ever made your own Christmas cards?
If so, how did you make them?
How do you usually spend New Year's Eve? How about New Year's Day?
How long do you keep your Christmas tree up after Christmas?
How long is your Christmas vacation?
How many Christmas cards did you receive last year?
How many Christmas cards did you send?
How many presents do you usually receive?
If you could go anywhere during Christmas vacation, where would you go?
What are some popular foods for the Christmas season?
What did you do last year on Christmas Day?
How did you celebrate Christmas last year?
What do you eat on Christmas Day?
What do you usually do for Christmas?
What do you want Santa to bring you for Christmas?
What does your family eat for Christmas dinner?
What is Christmas like in your country?
What is the best Christmas present you have ever gotten?
What is the most expensive Christmas present you have ever had?
What is the typical menu for a Christmas meal in your family? (... in your country?)
What is the weather like in your country around Christmas time?
What is your favorite Christmas carol?
What is your favorite Christmas song?
What kind of interesting things do you do for Christmas in your home country?
What kind of presents do you expect to get next Christmas?
What time do you wake up on Christmas day?
What time does your family open the presents?
What was the best present your received last Christmas?
What will you do next Christmas?
What's your favorite Christmas song?
When do you open Christmas presents? (On what day? At what time?)
Who would you like to be with at Christmas?
Will you spend Christmas vacation with your family or your friends?
Will you travel abroad during the Christmas vacation?
Would you like to go skating during Christmas vacation?
What did you get for Christmas?
Do you go skiing at Christmas time?
Which comes first, Christmas or New Year's Eve?
What traditional ways of welcoming the New Year do you have in your family or in your region?
Are children allowed to stay up late on New Year's Eve in your country?
Are there any special meals or activities for New Year's day?
Did you celebrate New Year's Eve? What did you do?

HALLOWEEN

What day of the month is halloween?
How is halloween celebrated in your country?
Why do you like to celebrate Halloween?
Would you go out and trick or treat? Who would you go with?
Do you know any Halloween legends?

Friday, 22 April 2016

GESE 5 is an oral exam with 2 parts.the topic (5 minutes) and the conversation (5 minutes.

The grammmar structures and functions you will have to use in the topic and in the conversation phase are:

Language functions

Talking about the future — informing and predicting
Expressing preferences
Talking about events in the indefinite and recent past
Giving reasons
Stating the duration of events
Quantifying

Grammar

Present perfect tense including use with for, since, ever, never, just
Connecting clauses using because
Will referring to the future for informing and predicting
Adjectives and adverbials of quantity, e.g. a lot (of), not very much, many
Expressions of preference, e.g. I prefer, I’d rather

Lexis

Vocabulary specific to the topic area
Vocabulary specific to the subject areas
Expressions relating to past and future time, e.g. two days ago, in the future
Phrases and expressions relating to the language functions listed above

Phonology

The correct pronunciation of vocabulary specific to the topic and subject areas
The combination of weak forms and contractions, e.g. I’ve been to ...
Avoidance of speech patterns of recitation (Don't memorize, please!)

Two subject areas will be selected by the examiner from the list below in the conversation phase.

- Festivals

- Means of transport

- Special occasions, e.g. birthday celebrations

- Entertainment, e.g. cinema, television, clubs

- Music

- Recent personal experiences

You have also to use easier structures and functions (GESE4)

Language functions

Talking about past events
Talking about future plans and intentions
Expressing simple comparisons
Expressing likes and dislikes
Describing manner and frequency

Grammar

Past simple tense of regular and common irregular verbs
Going to future
Like + gerund/infinitive, e.g. I like shopping, I like to read books
Adverbs of manner and frequency
Comparatives and superlatives of adjectives
Link word but

Lexis

Vocabulary specific to the topic area
Vocabulary specific to the subject areas
Adverbs of frequency, e.g. sometimes, often, never
Adverbial phrases of frequency, e.g. every day, once a week
Expressions of past time, e.g. yesterday, last night
Phrases and expressions relating to the language functions listed above

Phonology

The correct pronunciation of vocabulary specific to the topic and subject areas
Appropriate weak forms and intonation in connected speech
Three different ways of pronouncing ‘ed’ past tense endings, e.g. played, walked, wanted
Avoidance of speech patterns of recitation

And remember:

Tuesday, 19 April 2016

Present simple

Trinity: Means of Transports

Transport

Moe questions:

Have you got a bicycle?
- If so, when did you get it?
- How much did it cost?
- How often do you ride it?
- Do you always wear a helmet?
- What colour is it?
Have you got a car?
Do you often use public transportation?
Do you ride a bicycle more than once a week?
Do you always wear a seat belt?
Have you ever been in a traffic accident?
How do you get to school?
- How long does it take?
- How much is the bus fare or the train fare?
How many times have you traveled by airplane?
Is there any environmentally-friendly transportation in your area?
What do you think is the most dangerous form of transportation? Why?
What do you usually do when you have a long journey?
- Do you read?
- Do you sleep?
What is your favourite kind of car? Why?
What kind of transportation do you use most often?
What's your favourite colour for a car?
What's your favourite form of transportation?
When was the last time you went by bus?
Would you like to go on a cruise? Why or why not?
Do you sometimes take a taxi (cab)?
How important do you think it is to use public transportation?
Do you have good public transportation where you live?
Have you ever travelled by subway/metro/underground ?