ZArchive+NTE+Pre-Int

Thursday, April 28, 2011:
Watch "My blackberry is not working": http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=kAG39jKi0lI

Thursday, March 31, 2011:
Today we revised the past simple and finished U2.1 in the CB.


 * Homework**: finish WB 2.1

Thursday, March 17, 2011:
Today we finished U1.3 and looked at how to use the present continuous for things happening right now and around now.


 * Homework**: WB U1.3

http://www.englishclub.com/grammar/verb-tenses_present-continuous_u.htm http://www.learnenglish.de/grammar/tenseprescont.htm http://www.ilexis.de/index.php?article_id=319 http://www.onlinemathlearning.com/present-continuous-tense.html
 * present continuous:** http://www.eclecticenglish.com/grammar/PresentContinuous1A.html

Thursday, March 10, 2011:
We finished U1.2 in the CB and looked at how to respond to information. We also talked about social networking sites and auction sites on the internet and read the info on Joe Duley's wall on page 14.


 * Homework**: check out the contents of the student's CD ROM by installing it on your computer. And do ex 3 on page 14 in the CB, WB 1.2

Thursday, February 17, 2011:
Today we looked at how to express likes and dislikes http://www.scribd.com/doc/3664210/Expressing-Likes-and-Dislikes http://www3.ac-clermont.fr/etabliss/brioude/DISCIPLINES/ANGLAIS/GRAM/likesdis.htm


 * Homework**: WB 1.1

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 * watch these videos to learn the irregular verb forms:**

**More information on TELC or KET exams:** http://www.telc.net/fuer-teilnehmende/ http://www.cambridgeesol.org/exams/general-english/ket.html online practise: http://www.english-online.org.uk/ketfolder/kethome.php?name=Practice%20for%20the%20Key%20English%20Test

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Thursday, December 2, 2010:
Today we talked a lot and looked at need to and needn't. In the CB we got up to Unit 13 ex 5c on page 119.


 * Homework**: vocab. page 112, WB U13 ex 2+3+8

Quiz on need to/needn't: [] Quiz on needn't and mustn't: [], [] []

Thursday, November 25, 2010:
past continuous. In the CB we got up to ex 2b on page 115


 * Homework**: vocabulary page 111, WB U13 ex 1, handout


 * Murphy old+ new version**: U14 + 15 (past continuous)

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Thursday, November 18, 2010:
Today we did some work on Revision 4 on pages 112/113 in the CB. We got up to ex 1b on page 114 in the CB.

WB U12, vocabulary page 110
 * Homework**: write 10 tips for a temp at work using modal verbs (see no. 2 of Grammar on page 113)

we talked about fairy tales and homophones, and we talked about relaxing sounds/smells. In the CB we got up to ex 1a on page 104
=== **Homework**: vocabulary page 106, finish WB U11, read article "The Call Wood Project" [|Wrong Homophones fairy tales.doc]  [|homophones_exercise_rb..doc] === === Some homophone activities: [] [] [] [] === = =

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Thursday, October 14, 2010:
Today we finished the copies I gave you last week. We talked about how to describe the appearance of someone and we looked at the first conditional. **Homework**: vocabulary page 105, handout, ex 10 Person to Person

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**First conditional:** http://www.cafe-lingua.de/englische-grammatik/first-conditional-sentence.php http://www.englishclub.com/grammar/verbs-conditional_2.htm http://www.better-english.com/grammar/firstconditional1.htm http://www.learnenglishfeelgood.com/g-grammar-firstconditional1.html http://www.englishmedialab.com/Quizzes/preintermediate/first%20conditional.htm https://myenglishproject.wikispaces.com/file/view/1stconditional+worksheet.pdf http://www.oup.com/elt/global/products/headway/preintermediate/a_grammar/unit09/hwy_preint_unit09_2/

Thursday, October 7, 2010
we looked at the going to future for personal intentions and will future for predictions and we revised body parts.


 * Homework**: reading comprehension on the handout, vocabulary page 104

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Thursday, September 30:
today we looked at the advantages and disadvantages of telecommuting and if with present simple (Murphy Unit 111/new version: UNit 99). In the CB we got up to ex 2b on page 97.

**Homework**: vocabulary page 103, WB U11 ex 1

if + present simple (= conditional 0): http://www.learnenglish.de/grammar/conditional0.htm http://www.tolearnenglish.com/exercises/exercise-english-2/exercise-english-45745.php http://www.english-grammar-lessons.com/type0/menu.php

Thursday September 16:
Today we looked at different words in American and British English. And we reviewed the comparative and the superlative. In the CB we got up to ex 6c on page 92


 * Homework**: vocabulary pages 100/101, WB U10 ex 1/2/3/6

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Thursday September 2:
We used copies from Total English to talk about must/have to, don't have to, mustn't, should and shouldn't


 * Homework**: copy from Total English

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 * Video Tutorial:**

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Unit 1: be Unit 2: be in question form Unit 4: present continuous Unit 5: present cont. questions Unit 6 - 8: present simple Unit 9: present simple vs present cont. Unit 11: was/were Units 12+13: past simple Units 16-19: present perfect Unit 20: for /since/ago Unit 21: past simple vs. present perfect Unit 22: passive Unit 24 Unit 25 Unit 26: used to Unit 27: present cont. for future use Unit 28: going to Units 29+30: will Unit 32: can / could Unit 36: would you like / I'd like Unit 37: there is/are Unit 38: there was/were Unit 39: it Unit 43 Unit 44 Unit 47 Unit 57: do / make Unit 58: have Unit 59: personal pronouns Unit 60: possessive pronouns Unit 64: 's Unit 65: a / an Unit 66: plural Units 67 + 68: countable / uncountable Unit 70 Unit 73: this / that Unit 75: some / any Unit 82: much / many Units 86 + 87: comparative Unit 88: not as...as Unit 89: superlative Units 92 + 93: word order Unit 96 Unit 97 Unit 99 - 102: prepositions of place Unit 113: a person who
 * Murphy Units so far:**

Some exercises for the summer break:

 * Adjectives**: []
 * verbs**: []
 * jobs**: []
 * odd one out:** []
 * pronouns (challenging!)**: []

an **amazing website** with **tons of links to online exercises**!!! Go check it out!: [] = =