She is not just a pretty face!

Because the Day for the Elimination of Violence against Women is coming and because we are studying jobs, here you have a great song to work with.

                                        Shania Twain - She's Not Just A Pretty Face

 

BONFIRE NIGHT

 

On the 5^th of November people in England celebrate Bonfire Night.

There are small fireworks parties in back gardens along with big fireworks in public parks.

The reason they celebrate is because it's the anniversary of an attempt to blow up the Houses of Parliament by a protestant man called Guy Fawkes.

Guy Fawkes and some other men put 36 barrels of gunpowder under the Houses of Parliament in London, ready to set off a massive explosion. They wanted to kill the Catholic king James I.

One member of the group sent a letter to his friend who worked in Parliament, warning him to stay away on November 5^th.

The King found the letter. The Houses of Parliament were saved!

If you want to know more about this day, you can watch the following power point presentation and videos:

👉The Gunpowder Plot👈

- Guy Fawkes and the Gunpowder Plot

 How people celebrate Bonfire Night:

https://learnenglishteens.britishcouncil.org/uk-now/video-uk/bonfire-night

 HALLOWEEN

OCTOBER 2020

Así hemos celebrado Halloween en nuestro centro. Este año ha sido algo diferente, pero ha estado muy bien... para mi el mejor momento del día, el susto al entrar en el aula👽💀👹👻.. ¡Gracias, chicos!

Os dejamos unas fotos de la decoración de nuestras "aulas prefabricadas" y trabajos estupendos que han realizado nuestros alumnos de 2ºESO A. 

   Interactive Phnemic Chart: The 44 sounds & symbols of English 

 

Tips to Learn Irregular Verbs in English

Regular verbs have an established pattern through all their tenses. Usually, the only thing you have to do to form one is add -ed  at the end of the word and that’s it. For example:                      Play - played   /      study-  studied

Irregular verbs, on the other hand, Don’t follow a pattern at all. You can recognize them because they look so different in the past tense. Some examples:

Write - wrote - written  /  Go - went - gone

Here you have an irregular verb list of the most commonly used verbs.

Top tips to learn irregular verbs

Group them together!

Irregular verbs don’t follow any rules, and that makes them really hard to remember. Some of them, though, have a similar pattern. Instead of learning them in alphabetical order, put them in similar groups. How you do it depends on you, but here are some ideas:

- They stay the same in each form (split, upset, up, shut, cut).

- They stay the same in past tense and past participle (keep, shoot, bring, buy, build).

- They change in each form (be, break, flow, begin)

Here you can download a list of irregular verbs in groups:

https://yourclassathome.files.wordpress.com/2014/10/irregularverbsingroups1.pdf

Memorize the most common irregular verbs first

Instead of going through a list of irregular verbs, focus on the most commonly used words first.

• Find, found, found
• Go, went, gone
• Fell, felt, felt
• Come, came, come
• Know, knew, known
• Say, said, said
• Get, got, gotten
• Give, gave, given
• Become, became, become
• See, saw, seen

Learn in sentences

It is easier to remember the words when they’re part of a sentence of a phrase. Learn words by putting them into sentences. This way, you will also learn how to use them correctly.

To learn the word see, for example, you can use sentences like this: “I see the bee, I saw the snow, but I’ve never seen a bee in the snow!”

Be creative—the weirder the sentences are, the easier they will be to remember. 

Use the internet

Here’s a list of some online resources:

https://www.macmillandictionary.com/us/verb_wheel/

http://eslgamesworld.com/members/games/ClassroomGames/Quizshow/Irregular%20Past%20Simple%20Quiz%20Show/index.html

http://learnenglishteens.britishcouncil.org/grammar-vocabulary/grammar-videos/past-simple-irregular-verbs

http://esl.fis.edu/grammar/verbs/5.htm

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=zXoI86sk77Y

Get familiar with them

The more you expose yourself to irregular verbs, the faster you will memorize them. So, read as much as you can, watch more television in English and listen to podcasts or songs. 

Use your dictionary

If you’re not sure whether a verb is irregular or not, look it up in the dictionary. A dictionary entry will provide the past tense and past participle of the word so you can decide if it’s irregular or regular.

Apply all of these tips, and you will learn irregular verbs easly!

 

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