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How do you describe yourself?  Are you tall or short? Are you sociable or shy? Today you are going to check how to describe your and someone else´s 😎 personality and 💁 physical appearance . So, let´s start. Check the following links! Take notes.   💻 Appearances Physical and Emotional characteristics and feelings  (Click on the words to listen to and practise the correct pronunciation)   Appearance and Personality Traits    Be / Have and Adjective Order HOMEWORK 5 Look at these two questions and say which one we use to describe personality and which one we use to describe appearance . (Copy the questions and answers in your notebook) What do you look like?  What are you like? 📌 Are you ready to practice? HOMEWORK 6 Do the 3 exercises . When you have the scores, take a screenshot and paste them in your notebook. o     Physical Description Game o     Describing People: Physical Appearance o     Describin...

A  preposition of time   is a   preposition   that allows you to discuss a specific  time  period such as a date on the calendar, one of the days of the week, or the actual time something takes place. Click  here , to learn more about how we use these prepositions.  

Did you know that there are different ways of asking and telling the time?  Read the following information and find 2 different examples of telling the time and the different ways to ask the time. Click   here   and  here . PRONUNCIATION  Do you remember how to pronounce o´clock?, quarter? and half?   No?!  Do not worry. Open the link  Telling the time , listen and practise.  Now that you know how to tell the time, you can go back and answer the questions.

Explanation To read all the information, click  here or watch some videos.   Click   here and   here Let´s practice. TASK 3.1 Print and complete the table 

Have you got any plans for the weekend?  Which one(s)? To talk about the future we can use a variety of options depending on the certainty or uncertainty of an action or event or to make it clearer, on the function of what we want to say, whether we are talking about arrangements, plans, predictions, etc. These options are: ·           Present Simple ·           Present Continuous ·           Be Going To ·           Future Simple ·           Modal Verbs To have a better understanding about the future forms, let´s go to the following website . Do not forget to take notes and answer the exercise. Now you are going to watch a video and listen to Oliver and Alfie deciding to enter a car race. Pay attention on how the different ways of t...

There are four types of Past Tenses, but this time we will just revise 2: Past Simple and Past Continuous . Check these links and take notes. Click on the images. Let´s see if you get the difference between them. Let´s play a game!! Click the picture One exercise more. Click the picture. EXTRA Activities Exercise 1: Past Simple and Past Continuous Past Simple or PastProgressive

The present tenses are used to talk about: ·         a current event , ·         state of being , ·         the past ( when we are telling a story in   spoken   English or when we are summarising a book, film, play etc .) and ·         future .   These present tenses are: §   THE PRESENT OF VERB TO BE §   THE PRESENT SIMPLE §   THE PRESENT CONTINUOUS §   THE PRESENT PERFECT §   THE PRESENT PERFECT CONTINUOUS We use these forms: ·          to talk about the   present : He   works   at McDonald’s. He   has worked   there for three months now. He   is working   at McDonald’s. He   has been working   there for three months now. London   is   the capital of Britain. ·  ...

Have is one of the most common verbs in the English language. It functions in many ways. TO HAVE AS A MAIN VERB As a main verb “to have ” implies the meaning of possession. For example: I have a mobile phone. I have a car. I don´t have any time. When it is used to indicate possession you can say “I have...” or you might see/hear “I have got…” When you are talking about actions you only use “have” I have a shower. I have breakfast. Check this webpage and complete your notes. Practise the use of have with these exercises . E XTRA ACTIVITY        Reading  

Are you new at school, in the neighbourhood or do you want to meet someone but don´t know how to ask things politely? Well, you are in the correct place. Click here to learn how to make polite questions. Go to this link and copy the qu estion tenses chart. Practise time!  Click here  and here . EXTRA ACTIVITIES Pre-reading While-reading Post-reading

To help us know how often something happens we use Frequency Adverbs. With the following links, you will soon express how frequent you do your favourite activities. Check this explanation first. Then watch this fantastic video . Finally, have some practice by checking this useful link . There you can print the exercises in the Worksheets and Downloads section. EXTRA ACTIVITIES Adverbs of frequency Hangman

Now you read how to use the indefinite articles a/an, but do you know when to use the definite article“the”? Ok then, let´s read more about it. Click here . To make it clearer, check the following video It´s time to practice! :D Click here and answer the Practice quiz 1 and 2 EXTRA ACTIVITIES Who wants to be a millionaire

With this topic we start with UNIT 2. So click   here   and find out what the topic is. Don´t forget to make notes and answer the exercises 4 and 6. EXTRA ACTIVITY Gap Fill Exercise 1.

These verbs: ask, decide, explain, forget, know, show, tell, understand , can be followed by a question word such as where, how, what, who, when or whether plus the to infinitive Read the information to find more about the use of infinitives after question words. Click on the images. Let´s Practice! Unit 5 Infinitiv e  after question words Kico4u EXTRA ACTIVITY Click on the image.

In this lesson you will check and practice how to talk about your habits and routines. First, watch the video and take notes Then go to this  link and complement the information from the video with the uses of present simple. Practice your listening and reading skills with the wild life facts. Finally, to practice the present simple you must answer the exercise . Don´t forget to check and print it. Now play a game !  Print your score.

In this lesson you will learn how to talk about the things you do on your own and the things other people do on their own. First watch the   video   to have a general explanation. Then check   this page   and take notes. Finally answer and check the exercises. Click   here   to have more practice. Don´t forget to print and paste the exercises. EXTRA ACTIVITIES The Flatmates Reflexive pronoun ladder

In this lesson you will learn how to talk about things someone else does for you. Click HERE and HERE to check this topic and take notes. Secondly, answer the exrcises and check them. Finally, print the exercises and paste them on your notebook. EXTRA ACTIVITIES Walk the plank QUIZ