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Idioms

Idiom of the day:

A sweet tooth.

This idiom refers to someone who really likes sweets and chocolate.

B1 class 30/05/2016

We spent the most part of the lesson correctin the homework from the previous day, the exercises on reported speech.

Then we saw the idiom of the day: a sweet tooth.

And it was time to explain the last piece of grammar in the course: a quick revision of the first and second conditional and then the third conditional. It is used for imaginary situations that refer to the past

And fnally we had a look at two vocabulary exercises, exercise 1 on page 94 with some informal expressions, and the one on page 96 with exressions with get.

For homework students must do exercises 8 and 9 from page 97.

Idioms

Idiom of the day:

To have a green thumb.

This idiom refers to someone who is very good at looking after plants.

B1 class 25/05/2016

This class started checking the homework on phrasal verbs, placing the object in the right position within the phrasal verb.

Then we had a class totally based on grammar. I explained reported speech in different forms: statements, questions, requests, imperatives and reporting verbs.

On the two blackboards next to this we can see how the tenses change in reported seech.

With statements we can either use said or told but after told we must use an object.

With questions we can use a wh- particle, if or whether, depending on the type of question; and then we have the same structure as in affirmative sentences.

For requests and imperatives we use the verbs ask and tell, followed by an object, and to + infinitive.

Reporting verbs have different structures depending on the verb.

After the exlanation we had a look at the idiom of the day: to have a green thumb.

For homework students must do exercise 8 page 87, 6 and 9 from page 89, 2 and 5 from pages 90 and 91.

Idioms

Idiom of the day:

A shotgun wedding.

A wedding arranged to avoid embarrassment due to an unplanned pregnancy.

B1 class 23/05/2016

In this class we checked the homework related to the text about a wedding on page 82, On exercise 2 we had to decide the correct word in each sentence and on exercise 3 we had to find the synonym for each phrasal verb.

The idiom of the day was related to weddings: a shotgun wedding. I'll publish the meaning shortly.

Then I explained the different tyes of phrasal verbs, whether they are followed by an object or not, and what was the position of the object. On the picture a short explanation of the dfferent types of phrasal verbs can be seen.

Then we had a look at the vocabulary about work on page page 86 and we did the listening activity on the same page.

For homework students must do exercise 5 on page 83.

Idioms

Idiom of the day:

Golden touch.

Someone with a golden touch is successful and makes money with anything.

Jim has proved he's got a golden touch again, he's just opened another restaurant and it was completely packed.

Writing tips for certification exams

Yesterday we had a workshop with students from the Centre d'Idiomes where they were given some tips for certification exams such Official School of Languages, PACLE, CertAcles, TOEFL, IELTS, First Certificate and so on.

Here is the presentation used during the workshop which was also accompanied by some exercises done during the workshop.

Writing tips for certification exams from Miguel Angel Cortés Diaz

B1 class 18/05/2016

The start of the lesson yesterday was slightly different. Instead of the idiom we checked the homework on page 78, several expression for contacting people. These include expressions such as lose touch, keep in touch with and get in touch with. Touch in this context just means contact.

Then we saw the idiom of the day golden touch. In this context the meaning of touch is completely different. 

After this we started with unit 10B, we did a revision of vocabulary for describing people, we used that vocabulary to describe the people in the picture on page 80 guessing who we were talking about. 

Related to the picture we did the listening exercise where modals of deduction were introduced and later explained.

With this piece of grammar we did a speaking activity guessing who the items on page 81 might belong to. The purpose of the activity was to make deductions and provide an explanation why we thought that particular item belonged to someone at the party.

For homew
ork students must do exercises 5 and 6 from page 81, and exercises 2 and 3 from page 82.