Phil Collins - Another Day In Paradise (Official Music Video)

READING COMPREHENSION TEMPLATES

Dear students, to understand much better the book, please use one of these templates.

https://www.edrawsoft.com/reading-comprehension-graphic-organizers.php

READING TEST

Dear students, please read this short book:

CLICK HERE 

TEST FRIDAY 14 CLASS A1
TEST SATURDAY 15 CLASS A1

COMPARATIVES-EXERCISES

http://www.perfect-english-grammar.com/comparative-adjectives-exercise-1.html
https://www.ego4u.com/en/cram-up/grammar/adjectives-adverbs/adjectives/exercises
http://www.englishexercises.org/makeagame/viewgame.asp?id=2065
http://www.myenglishpages.com/site_php_files/grammar-exercise-grammar-comparatives-superlatives.php
http://www.language-worksheets.com/comparative-adjectives-elementary.html

COMPARATIVES-GRAMMAR

Formation of Comparative Adjectives

There are two ways to make or to "form" a comparative adjective:

• short adjectives: add "-er"
• long adjectives: use "more"

Short adjectives: add -er	examples
1-syllable adjectives	old, fast
2-syllable adjectives ending in -y	happy, easy
RULE: add "-er"	old → older
Variation: if the adjective ends in -e, just add -r	late → later
Variation: if the adjective ends in consonant, vowel, consonant, double the last consonant	big → bigger
Variation: if the adjective ends in -y, change the y to i	happy → happier

Long adjectives: use more	examples
2-syllable adjectives not ending in -y	modern, pleasant
all adjectives of 3 or more syllables	expensive, intellectual
RULE: use "more"	modern → more modern expensive → more expensive

With some 2-syllable adjectives, we can use "-er" OR "more":

quiet → quieter/more quiet
clever → cleverer/more clever
narrow → narrower/more narrow
simple → simpler/more simple

Exception: The following adjectives have irregular forms:

good → better
well (healthy) → better
bad → worse
far → farther/

Comparatives grammar animation -- Mosaic

Shopping for Clothes: Colours & Sizes

ESL - Shopping for clothes

Object Pronouns Exercises

http://a4esl.org/q/h/9901/jd-pronouns.html
http://www.englishexercises.org/makeagame/viewgame.asp?id=1965
http://www.tolearnenglish.com/exercises/exercise-english-2/exercise-english-13991.php
http://www.montsemorales.com/gramatica/Objectpronoun.htm
http://www.englishexercises.org/makeagame/viewgame.asp?id=1961
https://www.ego4u.com/en/cram-up/grammar/pronouns/exercises?02

Object pronouns-Grammar

The seven basic pronouns have one form when they are used as subjects and another form when they are used as objects.

Subjects are what the sentence is about. (See more about Subject Pronouns)
Objects are what is affected by the action of the subject.

• I like orange juice. (I is the subject).
• I read books. (Books is the object as it is receiving the action).

PRONOUNS
Subject Pronoun	Object Pronoun
I	Me
You	You
He	Him
She	Her
It	It
We	Us
You (plural)	You
They	Them

Object pronouns are used instead of nouns, usually because we already know what the object is. It makes the sentence easier to read and understand and avoids repetition. We normally use object pronouns after a verb or a preposition.

Examples
I like horses.	Subject Pronoun
Horses don't like me.	Object Pronoun
We talk to our neighbour.	Subject Pronoun
She talks to us.	Object Pronoun
They listen to the teacher.	Subject Pronoun
Listen to me carefully.	Object Pronoun
You speak very quickly.	Subject Pronoun
We watch them on TV.	Object Pronoun

The Object Pronoun - it

Be careful when using 'it' as an object pronoun because it is only in the correct context that it has meaning. It needs to have already been mentioned or obvious to the listener what you are referring to. Compare;

• You are sitting on it! (The listener probably doesn't know what the speaker refers to).
• The letter is on the sofa. You are sitting on it! (It is obvious in the second sentence that the reference is to the letter)

Subject and object pronouns in English

LISTENING-READING

Bruce Lee was the man who brought kung fu to the West with his famous film Enter the Dragon.

Although Bruce Lee was born in Chinatown in San Francisco in 1940, his parents soon moved back to Hong Kong. Unfortunately, the Japanese Imperial Army invaded Hong Kong shortly afterwards but the family survived.

His father Lee Hoi Chuon was a famous Cantonese opera singer and actor and his mother Grace was a wealthy aristocrat from Hong Kong. In 1957 Lee fought and won the Hong Kong high school boxing championship and then became the Hong Kong cha cha cha champion for 1958.

At the age of 18, he returned to the United States where his sister and brother lived. He studied drama and philosophy at the University of Washington in Seattle. Then he opened his first martial arts school where he taught his friends Jun Fan Gung Fu.

Bruce Lee then had the original idea behind the very famous TV series Kung Fu but Warner Bros. decided not to have a  Chinese person as the star of the series. As a result, Bruce and wife and children caught a plane to Hong Kong.

Back in Hong Kong, Bruce immediately made three very successful films with director Raymond Chow called The Big Boss, Fist of Fury and The Way of the Dragon. There is a very famous fight scene in The Way of the Dragon with Chuck Norris filmed in the Colosseum in Rome where the gladiators fought. His last film was Enter the Dragon and was also a huge hit. The movie has made more than 200 million US dollars.

Bruce Lee was a philosopher as well as a fighter and wrote a lot of books. He believed that all knowlegde eventually became self-knowledge.

AUDIO:

http://www.autoenglish.org/listening/BruceLee.mp3

SIMPLE PAST EXERCISES

http://www.myenglishpages.com/site_php_files/grammar-exercise-simple-past.php
https://www.ego4u.com/en/cram-up/grammar/simple-past/exercises
http://www.englisch-hilfen.de/en/exercises/tenses/simple_past_mix.htm
http://www.perfect-english-grammar.com/past-simple-exercise-7.html
http://www.grammarbank.com/simple-past-irregular-verbs.html
http://www.really-learn-english.com/simple-past-exercises.html

SIMPLE PAST-GRAMMAR

1. Use of the Simple Past

1.1. actions finished in the past

I visited Berlin last week.

1.2. series of completed actions in the past

First I got up, then I had breakfast.

1.3. together with the Past Progressive/Continuous
The Simple Past interrupted an action which was in progress in the past.

They were playing cards, when the telephone rang.

1st action → Past Progressive → were playing
2nd action → Simple Past → rang

2. Signal words

• yesterday
• last week
• a month ago
• in 2010

3. Form

regular verbs → infinitive + ed
irregular verbs → 2nd column of the table of the irregular verbs

4. Examples

4.1. Affirmative sentences in the Simple Past – regular verbs

Long forms	Contracted forms
I cleaned my room.	not possible
You cleaned your room.
He cleaned his room.

4.2. Affirmative sentences in the Simple Past – irregular verbs

Long forms	Contracted forms
I went home.	not possible
You went home.
He went home.

4.3. Negative sentences in the Simple Past

Do not negate a main verb in English. Always use the auxiliary did (Simple Past of to do) and the infinitive of the verb for negations.

There is no difference between regular and irregular verbs in negative sentences.

Long forms	Contracted forms
I did not clean the room.	I didn't clean the room.
You did not clean the room.	You didn't clean the room.
He did not clean the room.	He didn't clean the room.

4.4. Questions in the Simple Past

You need the auxiliary did and the infinitive of the verb.

Long forms	Contracted forms
Did I play football?	not possible
Did you play football?
Did he play football?

More Past Simple examples in Songs!!

Past Simple Tense - English grammar tutorial video lesson

Past Simple Tense be - was / were: Fun & Interactive English Grammar ESL...

USED TO EXERCISES

http://www.perfect-english-grammar.com/used-to-exercise-1.html
http://learnenglishteens.britishcouncil.org/grammar-vocabulary/grammar-videos/used
http://www.tolearnenglish.com/exercises/exercise-english-2/exercise-english-17482.php
http://www.englishexercises.org/makeagame/viewgame.asp?id=1230
http://learnenglishteens.britishcouncil.org/grammar-vocabulary/grammar-videos/used
https://www.englishgrammar.org/exercise-8/

READING TEST. (saturday morning class)

Dear students, practice the reading exercises A1 for the test

http://learnenglishteens.britishcouncil.org/skills/reading-skills-practice

Listening Practice (saturday morning)

Listening practice (saturday morning)

SIMPLE PRESENT VS PRESENT PROGRESSIVE EXERCISES

http://www.englisch-hilfen.de/en/exercises/tenses/simple_present_progressive.htm
http://www.perfect-english-grammar.com/present-simple-present-continuous-1.html
https://www.proprofs.com/quiz-school/story.php?title=present-simple-vs-continuous
https://www.learnclick.com/mchoice/show/849
http://web2.uvcs.uvic.ca/elc/studyzone/330/grammar/simcon1.htm
https://elt.oup.com/student/solutions/preint/grammar/grammar_01_012e?cc=ec&selLanguage=en

Learn English - present simple and present progressive

IRREGULAR VERBS

IRREGULAR VERBS LIST
https://drive.google.com/open?id=0B3zF-fRYYUOMLTBSRklrdk1MdVk

LINKS FOR LISTENING
https://elt.oup.com/student/highspiritsitaly/highspiritsdigital/level3/irregularverblist?cc=global&selLanguage=en
http://verbos-irregulares.blogspot.com/2011/05/verbos1.html

READING PRACTICE

http://learnenglishteens.britishcouncil.org/skills/reading-skills-practice

LISTENING PRACTICE

http://www.eslvideo.com/esl_video_quiz_intermediate.php?id=17124

PARAHAMBURGER

Parahamburger de David Lucas

TRANSITIONAL WORDS

https://drive.google.com/open?id=0B3zF-fRYYUOMdFlURGZMVDBDVzg

SPEAKING QUESTIONS

1. What´s your name?

2. What´s your surname? How do you spell it?

3. Where do you come from?

4. Where do you live?

5. What´s your e- mail?

6. What is your telephone number?

7. Are you single or married?

8. How old are you?

9. When is your birthday?

10. Do you work or study?

11. What does your family do together?

12. Do you have a best friend? Describe him/ her please.

13. Do you study English? Do you like it?

14. What time do you get up?

15. What do you do before you go to sleep?

16. How do you come to classes?

17. How long does it take to arrive to your school?

18. What does your mother do?

19. What does your father do?

20. Do you have a pet?

21. How often do you go to the cinema?

22. Do you study or work? Where do you study or work?

23. What do you usually eat for breakfast/ lunch or dinner?

24. What is your daily routine?

25. What kind of music do you like?

26. Have you got brothers or sisters? How many brothers and sisters have you got?

27. Tell me something about your family.

28. Who do you admire and why?

29. Which restaurant do you recommend to visit and why?

30. How often do you have holidays?

31. What´s your favorite sport?

32. What do you do in your free time?

33. How long do you spend on the internet?

34. What can you do?

35. What can´t you do?

36. Where do you study?

37. What do you never do on weekends?

38. What do you always do in the afternoons?

39. What´s the weather like today?

40. What do you like to wear on a sunny day?

41. What do you like to wear on a rainy day?

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42. What makes you happy?

43. What makes you sad?

44. Why do you study English?

45. Where did you go last holiday?

46. Would you like to go back? Why or why not.

47. What did you eat?

48. What did you drink?

49. How long did you spend in your last vacation?

50. What do you prefer camping or staying in hotels and why?

51. Do you like to go shopping? Why or why not

52. What did you do the last weekend?

53. What was your favorite toy when you were a child?

54. Do you believe in friendship?

55. What is it important to have and to be a good friend?

56. Compare the life in the city and the country.

57. What are your plans for the future?

58. What is your favorite subject at the school and why?

59. What are you going to do this weekend?

60. How often do you visit the dentist?

61. Who is your favorite singer and song?

62. Describe yourself

63. Which place do you like to visit and why?

64. Do you prefer cold or warm places to visit? Why?

65. What do you love doing?

66. What do you hate doing?

67. What chores do you have to do at home?

68. What is your favorite TV show or program? Why?

69. What do you think about the beach?

70. Tell me something about your high school or university.

71. What did you do yesterday afternoon?

72. What other subjects do you study at high school or university?

73. What food you do not like to eat and why?

74. What is your opinion about Ecuador?

75. What is the best part of Ecuador?

76. What country do you like and why?

77. How often do you have holidays?

78. What is your favorite junk food?

79. Can you play the guitar?

80. Talk about your favorite TV show.

urgente

Estimados estudiantes.
Este mensaje es para el GRUPO A1 DE LOS DÍAS SÁBADOS
El examen oral y escrito se realizará este día VIERNES 26  de MAYO EN SU HORARIO RESPECTIVO. Ya no tendrán que venir el día sábado.
Muchas gracias por su comprensión.

Saludos

Hernán

VOCABULARY TEST

Dear students, tomorrow Wednesday, May 17th, you have a TEST about VOCABULARY,
UNITS 1-2-3-4-5.
Check the book and the platform.
Regards

Teacher Hernán

TEST SATURDAY CLASS

Dear students.
Remember that tomorrow, SATURDAY13th, you have a test about Unit 3, please do not forget to study and practice.

Warm regards

Hernán

TEST MONDAY-FRIDAY CLASS

Dear students.
Remember that tomorrow, Friday 12th, you have a test about Unit 4, please do not forget to study and practice.

Warm regards

Hernán

PRESENT PROGRESSIVE EXERCISES

http://www.really-learn-english.com/present-progressive-exercises.html
http://www.englisch-hilfen.de/en/exercises/tenses/present_progressive_mix.htm
https://www.ego4u.com/en/cram-up/tests/present-progressive-1
https://learnenglishkids.britishcouncil.org/en/grammar-practice/present-continuous-future-arrangements
https://www.ego4u.com/en/cram-up/grammar/present-progressive/use/exercises?use02
http://www.myenglishpages.com/site_php_files/grammar-exercise-present-progressive.php
http://www.englishexercises.org/makeagame/viewgame.asp?id=983

PRESENT PROGRESSIVE GRAMMAR

1. Use of the Present Progressive

1.1. actions happening at the moment of speaking

Peter is reading a book now.

1.2. fixed plans in the near future

We are going to Basel on Saturday.

1.3. temporary actions

I am working in Rome this month.

1.4. actions happening around the moment of speaking (longer actions)

My friend is preparing for his exams.

1.5. trends

More and more people are using their computers to listen to music.

1.6. repeated actions which are irritating to the speaker (with always, constantly, forever)

Andrew is always coming late.

2. Signal words

• now
• at the moment
• Look!
• Listen!

3. Form

to be (am, are, is) + Infinitiv + -ing

4. Examples

4.1. Affirmative sentences in the Present Progressive

Long forms	Contracted forms
I am playing football.	I'm playing football.
You are playing football.	You're playing football.
He is playing football.	He's playing football.

4.2. Negative sentences in the Present Progressive

Long forms	Contracted forms
I am not playing football.	I'm not playing football.
You are not playing football.	You're not playing football.
	You aren't playing football.
He is not playing football.	He's not playing football.
	He isn't playing football.

4.3. Questions in the Present Progressive

Long forms	Contracted forms
Am I playing football?	not possible
Are you playing football?
Is he playing football?

Present continuous for future use | Johnny Grammar | Learn English | Bri...

PRESENT PROGRESSIVE WITH MR BEAN

THERE IS/THERE ARE EXERCISES

http://www.agendaweb.org/grammar/there-is-there-are/index.html
http://www.adelescorner.org/grammar/there_is/thereis.html
http://first-english.org/english_learning/english_beginners/there_is_there_are/01_there_is_exercises.htm
http://www2.arnes.si/~oskplucija4/ces/thereisare.htm
http://www.englishexercises.org/makeagame/viewgame.asp?id=5272

COUNTABLE AND UNCOUNTABLE EXERCISES

http://www.myenglishpages.com/site_php_files/grammar-exercise-countable-uncountable-nouns.php
http://www.montsemorales.com/gramatica/CountableSpot1-6.htm
http://web2.uvcs.uvic.ca/elc/studyzone/410/grammar/count2.htm
http://www.learn-english-online.org/Lesson36/countuncount.htm
http://www.ecenglish.com/learnenglish/lessons/coutable-uncountable-nouns

When to Use 'There is' or 'There are' in English

Countable and Uncountable noun

sing

Dear students
You can also learn English by singing. I recommend to use this link:

https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCFs-ggEbPWeCSTC4qL8a9LQ

TEST UNIT 2 SATURDAY MORNING

Dear students.
Tomorow morning Saturday April 29th, you have a test about the topics we have studied in unit 2.
See you tomorrow!

SIMPLE PRESENT EXERCISES

https://www.ego4u.com/en/cram-up/tests/simple-present-1
http://www.englisch-hilfen.de/en/exercises/questions/simple_present.htm
http://www.englisch-hilfen.de/en/exercises/tenses/simple_present_mix.htm
http://www.really-learn-english.com/simple-present-exercises.html#01
http://www.really-learn-english.com/simple-present-exercises.html#05

SIMPLE PRESENT GRAMMAR

Simple Present Tense

English Grammar Rules

The simple present tense in English is used to describe an action that is regular, true or normal.

We use the present tense:

1. For repeated or regular actions in the present time period.

• I take the train to the office.
• The train to Berlin leaves every hour.
• John sleeps eight hours every night during the week.

2. For facts.

• The President of The USA lives in The White House.
• A dog has four legs.
• We come from Switzerland.

3. For habits.

• I get up early every day.
• Carol brushes her teeth twice a day.
• They travel to their country house every weekend.

4. For things that are always / generally true.

• It rains a lot in winter.
• The Queen of England lives in Buckingham Palace.
• They speak English at work.

Verb Conjugation & Spelling

We form the present tense using the base form of the infinitive (without the TO).

In general, in the third person we add 'S' in the third person.

Subject	Verb	The Rest of the sentence
I / you / we / they	speak / learn	English at home
he / she / it	speaks / learns	English at home

The spelling for the verb in the third person differs depending on the ending of that verb:

1. For verbs that end in -O, -CH, -SH, -SS, -X, or -Z we add -ES in the third person.

• go – goes
• catch – catches
• wash – washes
• kiss – kisses
• fix – fixes
• buzz – buzzes

2. For verbs that end in a consonant + Y, we remove the Y and add -IES.

• marry – marries
• study – studies
• carry – carries
• worry – worries

NOTE: For verbs that end in a vowel + Y, we just add -S.

• play – plays
• enjoy – enjoys
• say – says

Negative Sentences in the Simple Present Tense

To make a negative sentence in English we normally use Don't or Doesn't with all verbs EXCEPT To Be and Modal verbs (can, might, should etc.).

• Affirmative: You speak French.
  Negative: You don't speak French.

You will see that we add don't between the subject and the verb. We use Don't when the subject is I, you, we or they.

• Affirmative: He speaks German.
  Negative: He doesn't speak German.

When the subject is he, she or it, we add doesn't between the subject and the verb to make a negative sentence. Notice that the letter S at the end of the verb in the affirmative sentence (because it is in third person) disappears in the negative sentence. We will see the reason why below.

Negative Contractions

Don't = Do not
Doesn't = Does not

I don't like meat = I do not like meat.

There is no difference in meaning though we normally use contractions in spoken English.

Word Order of Negative Sentences

The following is the word order to construct a basic negative sentence in English in the Present Tense using Don't or Doesn't.

Subject	don't/doesn't	Verb*	The Rest of the sentence
I / you / we / they	don't	have / buy eat / like etc.	cereal for breakfast
he / she / it	doesn't

* Verb: The verb that goes here is the base form of the infinitive = The infinitive without TO before the verb. Instead of the infinitive To have it is just the have part.

Remember that the infinitive is the verb before it is conjugated (changed) and it begins with TO. For example: to have, to eat, to go, to live, to speak etc.

Examples of Negative Sentences with Don't and Doesn't:

• You don't speak Arabic.
• John doesn't speak Italian.
• We don't have time for a rest.
• It doesn't move.
• They don't want to go to the party.
• She doesn't like fish.

UNIT 1 PLATFORM

Dear students, you have to do ALL the activities in the platform.

MONDAY TO FRIDAY CLASS (DUE DATE: 23 APRIL 2017, 11:59 PM)

SATURDAY CLASS (DUE DATE: 24 APRIL 2017, 11:59 PM)

GOOD LUCK!

CÓDIGO PARA PLATAFORMA LUNES-VIERNES

Dear students this is the code you have to use for the platform:
YQ5D-9MRK-5898-9BII

CÓDIGO PARA PLATAFORMA SABADOS

Dear students this is the code you have to use for the platform:
7GPZ-D2JH-9TDB-E48A