Class: Friday 29 July

LAST CLASS
- did Questionnaires (enquestes)
- reviewed homework / looked at Michael Swan´s Practical English Usage
- 7A - p.100 second text + Grammar Bank explanation and exercises
- Jeopardy (continued)

Kirk encouraged everyone to practice in August, especially to read. Some resources online for reading:
http://www.quantumleap.cat/
http://www.bbc.co.uk/
Rut recommended this book: http://www.amazon.co.uk/Curious-Incident-Dog-Night-time/dp/0099450259/ref=sr_1_1?ie=UTF8&qid=1311950574&sr=8-1

answers to Unit 7 Grammar Bank exercises

7A
a)
1.
2. G
3. H
4. K
5. C
6. J
7. A
8. E
9. D
10. B
11. F
c)
1. would have won, hadn´t been
2. had known, wouldn´t have married
3. would have lent, had asked
4. had had, would have spent
5. would have been able, had told
6. had asked, would have changed
7. would have enjoyed, had come

7B
a)
1. do you
2. aren´t they
3. can he
4. doesn´t she
5. will you
6. wasn´t she
7. haven´t we
8. did you
9. wouldn´t you
10. isn´t it

b)
1. where they live
2. if there´s a bank near here
3. where I can buy some stamps
4. if this bus goes to the castle
5. what time the shops are open
6. where the toilets are
7. if Susan is at work today
8. if Milan won last night
9. where we parked the car
10. what the time is

7C
a)
1. up
2. back
3. up
4. over
5. out
6. out
7. up
8. up
9. up
10. out

b)
1. Take them off.
2. Could you look after them?
3. Do you get on with her?
4. Switch them off.
5. I´m looking for them.
6. Please pick it up.
7. Turn it down!
8. I´m really looking forward to it.
9. Can I try it on?
10. Don´t throw it away!

Class: Thursday 28 July

Classwork:
- reviewed homework
- Alibi (reported speech)
- pp.92-3 relative clauses + Grammar Bank pp.140-1
- Presentation: George
- Jeopardy part I - amazing!

Homework:
- Student Book pp.94-5 Reading, p.95 4 Vocabulary

Class: Wednesday 27 July

Classwork:
- reviewed homework
Unit 6A
- egg toss - reported speechhttp://www.blogger.com/img/blank.gif
- p.84 Grammar + Grammar Bank p.140
- Questions game - practice of indirect questions
(see answers below)
- pp.140-1 reported commands, exercise b
- p.85 Shopping Questionnaire + student recommendations (see below)
- Song translation: Roxanne

Homework:
- Student book p.153
- Workbook p.54 - 1 and 2, p.56 - 5

Student recommendations
- ComeIn bookshop: Balmes, 129
- Aire de Barcelona: http://airedebarcelona.com/index.html
- Fargas chocolates
- amazon.co.uk (books)
- redcoon.com (electronics)
- Dans le noir restaurant: http://www.danslenoir.com/
- Mirablau restaurant

Link to a list of other reporting verbs:
http://www.learnenglish.de/grammar/reportedspeech.htm#Reporting

Answers to indirect questions game:
1. George asked what my favourite TV programme was.
2. George asked what kind of computer I had.
3. Dayana asked if I had ever changed a wheel on a car.
4. Dayana asked if I was an optimist or a pessimist.
5. Luz asked where I would be at 8 the next morning.
6. Luz asked how often I wore a hat.
7. Rut asked how long I had been learning English.
8. Rut asked what time I had woken up that day.
9. Javi asked how much water I drank a day.
10. Javi asked if I had ever worked in a bar or restaurant.
11. Enric asked if I was going out that night.
12. Enric asked what my favourite fruit was.
13. Carlota asked how I had come to class.
14. Carlota asked whether I would like to be famous.
15. Jose asked if I had a pet.
16. Jose asked if I would prefer to live in the town or in the country.
17. Carlos asked if I supported a football team.
18. Carlos asked whether I was afraid of any animals or insects.
19. Nikita asked if I could play chess.
20. Nikita asked what languages I could speak.

Class: Tuesday 26 July

Classwork:
- reviewed homework (Student Book p.139 5C)
- speaking exercise (infinitive vs. gerund)
6B
- pp.88-89 Reading, Grammar, Grammar Bank (p.140)
- p.90 Vocabulary and Speaking
- Student presentations (Dayana, Carlos, Fredy)
- Film Trivia game

Homework:
- Student Book p.154 (Vocabulary Bank)
- Workbook p. 57 1 a and b

We will do a course questionnaire (enquesta) on Friday during class (at 16h15).

Monday 25 July - answers to homework

p.81 Writing
b)
2. Career history
3. Education
4. Languages
5. Computer skills
6. Additional information

c)
1. I am writing
2. I have been working
3. I speak German fluently
4. I enclose
5. I look forward to hearing from you
6. Yours faithfully

d)
1. Yours faithfully
2. Yours sincerely
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p.139
a)
1. to rent
2. flying
3. to book
4. not to make
5. failing
6. dancing
7. Being
8. to find
9. learning
10. To be able to

b)
1. working
2. to work
3. work
4. work
5. working
6. working
7. to work
8. Working
9. to work
10. to work

Class: Monday 25 July

Classwork:
- jobs quiz/brainstorm
Unit 5C:
- p.76 1 Vocabulary, 2 Pronunciation & Speaking
- p.77 3 Grammar - Reading - Speaking
- student presentations

Homework:
- p.139 5C exercises a & b
- p.81 Writing - cover letter (due Wednesday)

Class: Friday 22 July

Classwork:
Unit 5B
- youtube videos
- p.72 Grammar and Grammar Bank (pp.138-9)
- Communication exercise (generalizations/opinions)
- p.73 Reading and Speaking and How Words Work:
(however, according to, whereas, on the other hand, also)
- Presentations (Rut, Luz, Norma, Nikita)
- p.97 Writing - Film Review

Homework:
- prepare oral presentation
- p.97 (Student Book) - write a film review - due on Monday or Tuesday by email

Class: Thursday 21 July

Classwork:
- reviewed homework
- Speaking exercise (used to) with partners
Unit 5A
- pp.68-9 Grammar, Pronunciation
- pp.138-9 Grammar Bank and two exercises
- Speaking exercise (how much/how many) with partners
- p.70 vocabulary
- p.71 vocabulary and speaking
- Game: Sentence Auction

Homework:
- continue preparing presentations
- Workbook: pp.44-45

Class: Wednesday 20 July

Classwork:
- oral review of second conditional/house vocabulary
- inventions of 20th century - "used to"
Unit 4C
- p.60 Vocabulary & Speaking and Grammar (plus Grammar Bank p.136)
- p.61 Listening and Pronunciation & Speaking
- Song: I used to love her
- p.63 Listening & Speaking

Homework:
- prepare for oral presentation (for Friday or Monday)
- Student Book p.137 4C exercise b
- Student Book p.62 Reading and p.63 How Words Work...

Links for song: Our House

The song we listened to at the end of class on Tuesday 19 July is called "Our House", by the British group Madness.

Here is a link to the lyrics:

http://www.lyricsfreak.com/m/madness/our+house_20086770.html

And here is a link to one version of the song on YouTube:

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4p4RWBCEFRo

Class: Tuesday 19 July

Classwork:
- review of homework
- Unit 4B: pp.56-7 Grammar, Text, Grammar Bank (pp.136-7), Communication exercise
- p.151 Vocabulary Bank: Houses, speaking about houses
- example presentation about Vermont
- p.58 Listening exercises a and b, Song: Our house

Homework:
- begin thinking about/preparing presentation for Friday (Rut, Javi, Jordi, Luciano, Carlos, Nikita, Norma, Luz, and anyone else who can) or Monday. 3 minutes, open topic (I recommend one you like)
- Workbook. p.37 1 a and b, p.38 3 a and b

Class: Monday 18 July

Classwork:
Questions and statements game
Unit 4A
pp52-53 Vocabulary, Pronunciation, Reading
pp54 and 136 Grammar and Grammar Bank
Class mingle game

Homework:
1. p.150 Vocabulary Bank (Student's Book)
2. pp. 35-6 Grammar exercises a, b, c
3. p.54 e - writing a few sentences beginning with one of these prompts

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