Hiya,
Christmas time is round the corner!
These are the home tasks for this coming week.
◇ From Open World:
- Grammar reference p. 209: Used to/ Get used to/ Be used to. Read the explanations and do the accompanying exercises. Do not forget to watch the Grammar on the move video on page 33 (and do exercises 2 to 7 on the same page if you have not attended school this week).
- Phrasal verbs ex.2 and 3 on page 34: whether we have had time to see these exercises in your class or not, have a look at the list of verbs connected to the listening activity on the same page and check that you understand their meaning and how to use them. They are really essential core vocabulary when talking or writing about relationships.
- Speculation p.32. We have seen it in class, but spare a moment revising the language resources you can use to speculate. They are useful structures that will be appearing recurringly and you will need to use in conversations or monologues.
◇ VOCABULARY: Read these two vocabulary banks in detail and keep them at hand for ideas if you need to write/speak on the topics. Check out how the words expressions are used in context.
◇ ONLINE GRAMMAR: used to (& would)/be used to/ get used to
- British Council: ‘used to’ + infinitive and ‘be’ or ‘get used to’ + -ing + exercises
- Perfect English Grammar: ‘used to’ / ‘would’+ ‘be used to’ + exercises
◇ WRITING RESOURCES: Here is the ‘For & Against’ essay format to follow when writing about advantages and disadvantages. There are also two examples to illustrate. The second one is at the same time a useful exercise to practise the connectors we have been seeing for the past two weeks, apart from including two charts on the key expressions and linkers which are used in discursive essays.
| FOR & AGAINST: layout | example 1 example 2+exercise |
Use a maximum of 180 words. Try to use appropriate connectors and some of the structures we have seen (speculation, used to/be used to/get used to, passives). Send it via Teams and written in word format so that I can edit it including the corrections.
Please hand your work in for correction before the deadline (Sunday 3rd January, 23:59). It won’t be possible to submit it after that time.
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Next week I’ll upload more exercises, which I hope you will find time for during the holidays. Remember that our First Evaluación comes to an end the last week of January, so before we start classes again I will upload some essential info about the 1st Term exams to do in January.
Stay connected next week and throughout the festive season, please!
Cheers for now!