Monday, 5 November 2012

GUY FAWKES

1. Watch the video and complete the chant.
"Remember, Remember, the 5th of ___________________,
The gunpowder treason plot
I know of no _______________ why the gunpowder treason
should ever be __________________."

2. Click on the link to get some information about Guy Fawkes. Then answer the following questions.
1-When did the plot take place?
2-What was the name of the King at the moment?
3-What did Guy Fawkes plan to do?
4-How did he plan to do it?
5-Why was he discovered?
6-When? Where? What was he doing?
7-Where was he taken by the soldiers?
8-Why is the 5th of November called Bonfire Night?
9-Read about the food people eat on Bonfire Night. Divide them into healthy or unhealthy food.
10-Find photographs of the two important monuments mentioned in Guy Fawkes' story.


3. True or False.
a-Guy Fawkes didn't act alone.
b-The plotters succeeded.
c-Children make bonfires every 5th November to celebrate that the King didn't die.








4. Vocabulary to learn: Divide  the words into verbs or nouns. Translate them into Spanish.
Gunpowder                                 plot                                plotter                             bonfire
effigy                                          blow up                          fireworks          let off             
 cellar                                          firework display


5. Finally, watch the video to see how children celebrate Bonfire Night and answer the questions:
1. What does the girl put in a can?
2. What is the boy making?
3. He uses his ________________, puts some _________inside and then draws a ____________.
4. What do they ask for in the Street? "___________for the __________". What do they use it for?
5. What do they finally do with the "guy"?
5. The King of England was a ___________________and he plotters were _________________.
6. What happened to Guy Fawkes? He was __________________.


      


Sunday, 23 October 2011

HALLOWEEN

Would you like to celebrate Halloween and win a lot of prizes?. Read the following and learn how to participate.
animated pumpkin & bat




These activities are for 1º and 2º ESO.




1. FIND THE MONSTER HIDDEN IN YOUR SCHOOL.

Which teacher is which monster?

1. Get in pairs.
2. Get a questionnaire from the "Reception Desk" in your school.

3. Find the teachers wearing a Halloween Badge, interview them in English and fill in the information in the chart.
4.   Place your completed worksheet in the box at Reception.


If your worksheet is selected, you will win a terrific Halloween prize!!!!


2. THE SCARIEST CLASSROOM.

Halloween Cupcake cliparta. Form different groups. Each group will bring:

-Some decoration for the class.
-The scariest Halloween cake.
-Something "bloody" to drink.

Wear a Halloween costume and you will have a surprise!


 The scariest classroom will be chosen by a jury during the break. The winners will be published on Monday!

Wednesday, 18 May 2011

PAST SIMPLE

  • WAS / WERE (Era / Estaba)



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  • THERE WAS / THERE WERE (Había)

  • PASADO SIMPLE
1. CUADRO DE PASADO SIMPLE
(fíjate en los cambios que se producen)

REGULAR


IRREGULAR

Study-----Studied


Didn´t study


Didn´t go

Did you study?


Did you go?

Yes, I did.


No, I didn´t

(go) ------went




2. PAST SIMPLE: AFFIRMATIVE (REGULAR VERBS)

a.EXERCISES ON -ED SPELLING

Recuerda que en AFIRMATIVA los verbos pueden ser REGULARES o IRREGULARES. Cuando son REGULARES, se añade –ed al verbo. ¿Recuerdas cómo?
Haz los siguientes ejercicios para comprobarlo.

REGULAR VERBS

b. ED PRONUNCIATION
La terminación –ed se puede pronunciar de diferentes maneras:
/t/ si el último sonido es sordo. Los más importantes son: /p/ /k/ /sh/ /ch/
stopped /stopt/             look /lukt/        wash /wost/      watch /wocht/
/d/ si el último sonido es sonoro. Los más importantes son: /i/ /n/ /l/ /r/
played /pleid/               rained /reind/                travelled /traveld/
/id/ si el último sonido es /t/ o /d/.
decided /disaidid/         wanted /wontid/

      Practica con los siguientes ejercicios:
     

3. PAST SIMPLE: AFFIRMATIVE (IRREGULAR VERBS)

Cuando el verbo es IRREGULAR en AFIRMATIVA, el pasado varía respecto al infinitivo. Estos verbos han de aprenderse de memoria. (p. ______ del libro). Recuerda que solo cambia en afirmativa.

 Practica con los siguientes ejercicios:
a. Une el infinitivo y su pasado
Exercise 2

b. Practica los verbs irregulares.

 c. ¿Eres el más veloz de la clase? ¿Te sabes los verbos irregulares mejor que nadie? Demuéstralo en estos ejercicios.

d.Crucigramas de verbos irregulares


e. ¿Te atreves con estos más difíciles?

f. Practica el pasado en afirmativa.

4. PAST SIMPLE: NEGATIVE
Recuerda que la negativa es más fácil que la afirmativa. Se forma de la siguiente manera:

DIDN’T + INFINITIVE

Ejemplo: I went to school last Monday. (Affirmative)
    I didn’t go to school last Sunday.  (Negative)

Practica con los siguientes ejercicios:


5. PAST SIMPLE: INTERROGATIVE AND SHORT ANSWER.

DID + SUJETO + INFINITIVO…? YES, ______DID. // NO, _____DIDN’T
  • Si preguntamos “Dónde”, “Cuándo, “Qué”,etc, se pone la partícula interrogativa delante de DID
                     Ejemplo: Where did you go yesterday?
Practica con los siguientes ejercicios:


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