Click on the following link to practise listening and talking about the past:
TALKING ABOUT THE PAST
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Here you have the interactive book about "Have got" that I told you about in class.
Have a look at it to understand its meaning. But you can use the verb "have" instead if you prefer.
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| This is Meg the witch ( preparing a potion in her cauldron), the owl, and Mog the cat |
Listening practice: Watch this episode of "Meg and Mog " and see how much you can understand. I will give you the tapescript in class, but first here you have some vocabulary:
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| A witch put her clothes and things to dry |
From left to right :
a witch,
a tall black hat,
a green frog,
a pointed black shoe,
two stockings,
a broom,
another pointed black shoe,
a spider,
a witch cloak,
a cauldron.
Can you answer the following questions about the episode?
- Meg prepares to go to a witches' spell (encantamiento) party. What clothes does she put on?
- It's time for breakfast. What does she need for her breakfast?
- What does she take with her to go to the party?
- Who does she meet on her way to the party?
- What happens in the end?
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This is a short vowel sound, the usual spelling is:
u bus, lunch, lucky
ugly, run, cut
but you can also find it in the following words:
come, brother, son, does, youngWatch this BBC video to learn more about the pronunciation of this sound:
Click on the link below to practise a bit more the difference between the sounds ( it is a bit difficult to distinguish at this level so don't worry too much):
LINK: CUT or CAT
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Click on the following link to practise the past with this wonderful interactive book:
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This is the book you have to read before the end of the course:
Bathsheba, a beautiful Weather Witch, lives with her cat, Cobweb, on top of a high mountain near the village of Sunnyville. The people in the village don't know about Bathsheba or about the important job she does for them, She changes the weather. Her life is peaceful until one day she goes down to the village and meets some of the people there, including a very special soldier…
Learn some vocabulary about the weather clicking on the following link:
Watch this video to practise and learn some more words:
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Last weekend our classmates Jose and María went to London. They sent us this beautiful postcard:
And they also brought this lovely ginger cookie !!!
Thank you!!!
went simple past of go
sent simple past of send
brought simple past of bring
Here you have a little example of a conversation at a party. Just like in the oral exam. Remember you have to role play a similar dialogue in class very soon
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Let's revise and practise these sounds:
This is a short vowel sound. The usual spelling is:
a thanks, flat
black , cat
have, stampTo learn more about this sound watch the following video:
This is a long vowel sound. The usual spelling is:
ar garden, party, start
a father, glasses,dance
but also:
aunt To learn more about this sound watch the following video:
To practise the difference between these two sounds click on the following link:
To listen to all the sounds click on the symbols you will find in the following link:
English sounds phonemic chart
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listen to this sound:
This is a long vowel sound. The ususal spelling is:er her, verb
ir bird, first, third
ur nurse, turn
but also:
learn, work, word, world
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