Weekly Planning: 31st October & 2nd November

Weekly Planning: 31st October & 2nd November

Firstly, a game to review the use of the Present Perfect:

We can also use the Present Perfect together with "since" and "for":

Let's do this online practice to check if we got it right:

Time for a break from grammar and focus on vocabulary. Let's learn some new vocabulary with this page:

And, to conclude, a song:

Iggy Pop, "The Passenger" (1977)

Weekly Planning: 24th & 26th October 2022

Weekly Planning: 24th & 26th October 2022

This week we are going to review the use of the Present Perfect, so before we start, let's refresh the Past Participles with this game:

In case you want to know more about the past participles, here you can find a (long) video about its use and examples:

Let's move on now to the Present Perfect itself:

Time to learn & practice with these worksheets:

And to conclude, a song:

Perfect Day, Lou Reed (1972)

Weekly Planning: 21st April 2022

Weekly Planning: 21st April 2022

Let's start with this game about the use of the verbs "make" & "do"

And now continue with Lesson 4B:

Let's have a look at some vocabulary about shopping:

And learn some Grammar about the differences between Present Perfect and Past Simple:

Let's check if you got it right with this game:

And to finish with the lesson, some speaking practice:

You can do the reading at home, as homework.

And last but not least, some fun with this song:

Carly Rae Jepsen "Call me, maybe"

Weekly Planning: 7th April 2022

Weekly Planning: 7th April 2022

We will start with a game to review vocabulary about housework:

After that, let's finish the listening activity from our previous lesson:

Audio 4.11

Let's refresh our knowledge about the use of the Present Perfect, in this case in conjunction with for and since.

Since = a starting point in the past >> Since 1994

For = a period of time >> For 10 years

And here we have a worksheet to practice:

And a game to learn and have fun:

And since we are about to celebrate Easter Holidays, here you have a reading activity about Easter:

Try to answer these questions about the text:

You can complement it by watching this video as well:

And to finish, a song:

Bob Dylan "Blowing In The Wind"

Weekly Planning: 31st March

Weekly Planning: 31st March

This week we start reviewing vocabulary about the house with this game:

And we start Unit 4:

Lesson 4A. We commence with some reading and then move on to vocabulary about "housework". We will do some speaking as well using a questionnaire:

Regarding grammar, we will have a look at the use of the Present Perfect with yet, just and already:

You can also watch this video, in case you have any trouble with it:

You can check if you got it right with this game about the Present Perfect:

And then continue with pronunciation differences between j-y.

And a listening activity:

Audio 4.11

And to conclude our weekly lesson, a song, as usual:

Roxette, "Spending My Time"

Week: 11th May to 15th May 2020

Planning y actividades para la semana del 11 al 15 de Mayo de 2020

Esta semana continuamos profundizando en el uso del Present Perfect, pues su complejidad requiere conocer bien su estructura y su uso, que difiere respecto al castellano.

Y como siempre, es hora de practicar la comprensión lectora en Inglés con noticias actuales y de interés:

También podéis escuchar esta noticia a través del siguiente reproductor:

Y ya que vamos pudiendo reunirnos con amigos y familiares, qué mejor manera de celebrarlo que con buenas recetas. Hands on the ingredients:

Y un video interactivo sobre cómo preparar un perfect English breakfast (prestad atención porque hay preguntas):

Y para finalizar, la mejor manera de hacerlo es con música!

Week: 4th May to 8th May 2020

Planning y actividades para la semana del 4 al 8 de Mayo de 2020

Continuamos avanzando con los contenidos del syllabus del curso de Uso Básico de Idiomas, Inglés A2.

Esta semana veremos uno de los tiempos verbales que más dificultades presenta a los hispano-hablantes porque no tiene correlación en cuanto a uso ni estructura con nuestros tiempos verbales. Se trata de el Present Perfect.

Seguimos practicando la comprensión de textos a través de noticias de actualidad como la siguiente:

Aquí tenéis el audio correspondiente a la noticia anterior para que podáis escuchar y leer al mismo tiempo:

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Vamos a ampliar nuestro vocabulario también con este video sobre "travelling vocabulary":

Y como siempre, aprender jugando es de lo más divertido:

Y ahora que ya podemos salir a hacer deporte, qué mejor que 

una canción en inglés motivadora: