jueves, 23 de octubre de 2014

Week 7

This week we saw the Present Perfect.and Present Perfect Continous



Present Perfect: Examples

I have gone to Chicago before.
I have been to Limón many times.

Present perfect Continous

I´ve been looking for my glasses everywhere.
I´ve been running since 8:00 a.m.

And also we saw gerunds and infinitives.

Verbs followed by -ing (gerund)
can´t stand, enjoy, don´t mind, avoid, dislike, adore

Verbs followed by the infinitive
agree, promise, want, choose, decide, forget, refuse, expect








Week 6


This week we saw Unit 4 Wealth. We talk about differet things.
We made an interview like we were on a real tv show. The person I interview was Barack Obama, like I say on Week 5.

On grammar we saw Tag Questions


To make question tags, use the main verb/ an auxiliary verb. If the question is positive, the question tag is negative/positive. And if the question is negative, the question tag is negative/positive.

Examples:
You are a singer, aren´t you?         Yes, I am.
They have arrived, haven´t they?   Yes, they have.
You aren´t Costarrican, are you?    No, I´m not.

Also we saw about the factual conditional with if/when/unless/

Examples:
Unless you buy this (face cream) you will look old.
If I buy a lot know, I won´t have to come back later.

And the simple present form of the verb and will plus verb
Examples:
I will buy a new car as soon as I can afford it.
If you won´t pay the bill on time, you pay a late fee.
If they offer me the job, I will take it.


And also we talk about the movies or books we liked most. I choose the movie God´s Not Dead. It is a good movie.







Week 5

This week, on Monday we talk about a city that the teacher assign to us. I talk about the city of Vancouver, Canada.

Then we have to play a role of an actress, an actor, a politician. My partner was Barack Obama and I have to make questions like we were in an interview. It was fun, and also I learn things about I didn´t knew of the president.

sábado, 4 de octubre de 2014

Week 4

This week the topic was Home Sweet Home.

We saw about the diffrent types of houses, what does it have and the names. Some of the examples we saw are:                           



Apartments

Townhouse

House

Duplex



Also that many families like to do house swaps. In the class we saw a video of a program in The U.S.A. of a women that came to Costa Rica. She lives in Playa Tamarindo, Guanacaste. It was very interesting.

Also we learn abot the diffrent places of the house like the: AtticBasementFireplace




In the grammar class we saw the words will going and going to
Will is for the moment and going to is for plan.

  1. Ex:What woul you like to drink? I will (I/have) some water, please.
  2. Ex:Why are you moving all those books? I´m going to (I/change) offices tomorrow.
And also we saw comparative and superlative words like:
Superlative   Comparative
expensive      more expensive
peaceful        more peaceful
bad                worst






Week 3

In this week the topic was about the media.


Did you know that the most watch TV Show is: China´s Got Talent?

In the grammar lesson we saw about the active and passive voice.
The active voice is use to describe what someone or something does or has done. And the passive voice is use to describe what happens or has happened to someone or something.
For example:
Active sentence: The man kissed the baby.
Passive sentence: The baby was kissed by the man.

Also we saw about the simple past and past continous. For example:
  1. Someone stole (steal) my wallet while I wasn´t looking (not looking)
  2. I was driving (drive) home when I saw (see) a black cat on the side of the road.












Week 2


This week we saw about diffrent topics.
This Monday we didn´t have class because it was a holiday.

We saw about the present and present continous and learn how to use it in a sentence. 

Ex1: How is your English?
Not bad. It is getting (get) better.

Ex2: This train is (be) always late.     










And on vocabulary we learn how to use this diffrent words:
  • get along
  • get to know
  • have a lot in common
  • have the same sense of humor
  • keep in touch´
  • enjoy his company
Examples in sentences:
1-You should try to get to know Angela. She´s nicer than she seems.
2-Darren and I do everything together. I enjoy his company.




Week 1 (First class)

In this week that was the first one we introduce ourselves, the teacher also introduce himself.
The topic was relationships.

In the first class we saw prepositions like:

  • about
  • on
  • in
  • for
  • to
  • at


Also we saw about generalizations. It was so interesting. Also we saw a video about how men and women tend to be.
Some examples about the diffrent generalizations we saw are:

  • Generally
  • The average
  • Tend to
  • Most
  • In contrast
  • However