NB1 EOI CT MAY: enero 2013

Phonetics : SOUNDS /i:/ and /i/

Long /i:/
This is a long wovel sound. The usual spelling is:
ee meet, three
ea speak, eat
e me, we

Short / i /
This is a short wovel sound. The usual spelling is :
i his, this, film
But also : English, women, busy

You can study these and other wovel sounds in the following links:

ENGLISH FILE WOVEL SOUNDS CHART

Listen to the difference between these two sounds:

SHIP

SHEEP

SHEEP or SHIP

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PRACTICAL ENGLISH. BUYING CLOTHES

Listen to this conversation at a shop:

Buying a pair of jeans. AUDIO

In the following link you can find other examples of conversations in a clothes shop:

IN A CLOTHES SHOP

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File 4 : GRAMMAR REVISION

Click on the following link to revise File 4 grammar:

FILE 4 GRAMMAR REVISION

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Gogo's Adventures - The yellow kite is hers.

Here you have a new episode of Gogo's adventures to revise possessive pronouns. Enjoy!

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Unchained Melody . Ghost

Enjoy the song we listened to in class with subtitles in English and in Spanish

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POSSESSIVE PRONOUNS AND CLOTHES

To learn more about clothes vocabulary click on the following links:

CLOTHES AND ACCESSORIES

CLOTHES AND ACCESSORIES INTERACTIVE BOOK

Can you answer these questions?

What clothes do you usually wear when it’s hot?

What clothes do you usually wear when it’s cold?

What clothes do you usually wear at work?

What clothes do you usually wear when you stay at home?

What clothes do you usually wear to do sport or exercice?

What clothes do you like shopping for?

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What do you like doing in your free time?

Do you like reading, dancing, swimming, studying, cooking...?

To talk about what we like or we don't like we use the verbs love, enjoy, like and hate. After these verbs we can use a noun

She loves ice-cream

They don't like tennis

Does she enyoy parties?

But we can also use a verb. When we use a verb it usually takes the form of the gerund, that is, we add -ing to the verb.

He loves going to the beach

She doesn't like playing football

Do they enjoy cooking?

To talk about it, learn some vocabulary in this wonderful interactive book:

HOBBIES INTERACTIVE BOOK

Remember that there are some rules to add -ing:
* most of the times we just add -ing directly to the verb

          go ---> going                 work ---> working
          study ---> studying        play--->playing
* but when the verb ends in a silent final e preceded by a consonant, we drop the -e and add -ing
         live ---> living        write ---> writing
* when the verb ends in a consonant and it is a strong one syllable verb then we double the final consonant. Also when the verb has two or more syllables but the stress is on the last syllable.
        stop ---> stopping         begin ---> beginning