B1 class 29/01/2016

First class after my paternity leave. We started with a revision of verb patterns, especially try, forget and remember.

forget + vb-ing: refers to actions that have already happened. I'll never forget living in London.

forget + to infinitive: refers to actions that haven't happened. Don't forget to take the rubbish out.

remember + vb-ing: refers to actions that have already happened. I remember bringing the keys but I can't find them.

remember + to infinitive: refers to actions that haven't happened. Remember to bring milk from the supermarket.

try + vb-ing: do something to see what the result is, as an experiment. Try turning it off and on again.

try + to infinitive: do something which requires some effort. Try to do the exercise, it's not that difficult.

Then we did some revision of conditional sentences, and future time clauses, especially unless and in case.

unless: it means if not. Don't come to the party, unless you feel better/if you don't feel better.

in case: it describes something that might happen. Don't touch the ipad in case you break it.

We practised the use of in case in a conversation about what we would take with us on holiday to show that we are prepared for unexpected events.

Then I introduced the idiom of the day. Since we were talking about conditionals the idiom follows the structure of a conditional sentences: if you pay peanuts, you get monkeys.

Finally we talked about music festivals and the best and worst aspects of festivals and we concluded the lesson with the listening exercise on page 52.

For homework students must do exercise 4 on page 52.