This week

Read this email and then try to write a reply to it. Use present perfect and past simple tense:

Hi,

How are you? I hope you are doing well.

This week has been really hard. I have done many things and I am now very tired.

I have studied for two of my exams. The first was the maths test on Monday. It was very hard but I think I did well. Then, the second one was yesterday. It was an easy geography test and I think my mark will be very good.

This week I have also gone shopping. I have bought a new T-shirt and a pair of trainers. My old trainers were worn out so I needed to buy some new ones. My sister has seen them and she said she would like to buy a pair like mine! 😀

I think I haven't done anything really interesting this week. And what about you? Have you done anything worth telling? Please write soon and give me your new phone number. Next time I'll send you a WhatsApp message.

Cheerio!

xoxo

Daily routines

Compound adjectives in English

Revision for ESO-3 exam

GRAMMAR:
Revision of tenses
Charts of tenses
More tenses and exercises:

• Revision of tenses
• present simple / present continuous
• past simple / past continuous
• future simple / going to / future continuous
• present perfect and past simple
• REVISION OF ALL TENSES EXERCISE

Comparatives and superlatives
Conditional sentences
Quantifiers in English

VOCABULARY:
Places in a town
Travel checklists
Travelling
Food

INTERACTION:
At the restaurant
Shopping for clothes
Asking for a refund

WRITING
How to write an essay
Connectors

Neiu4 0-summary of tenses from Ana Arias Castro

Project about traditional instruments

Make a printable poster about one traditional instrument:

• Use this template and MAKE A COPY  before starting work.
• Try to fill in all the fields with as much information as possible. DON'T COPY AND PASTE. Read and write original passages.
• Use one or two images. They should be Creative Commons or Public Domain images and you should state the source (as in the example)
• Write down your name.
• Share with the teacher (anaariascastro@gmail.com)

EXAMPLE

The ukelele from Ana Arias Castro

INSTRUMENTS YOU MAY CHOOSE FROM:

• bagpipe - Pablo Pérez
• banjo - Xoán Fernández
• berimbau - Jennifer López
• Celtic harp - María Vázquez
• concertina - Lucía Pérez
• crwth - Diego Saavedra
• didgeridoo - Tania Rodríguez
• fiddle - Andrés Piñeiro
• hurdy-gurdy - Silvia Vázquez
• lyre - Jorge Paz
• mandolin - Pablo Pajón
• ocarina - Samuel Fernández
• tin whistle or penny whistle
• castanets  - María Sindín
• dulzaina - Andreea Dumbrava
• vihuela- Sheila Lodeiro

Our recipes

BOILED POTATOES
Ingredients:

• 2 litres of water
• 0.5 kg potatoes
• a pinch of salt

How to cook it: 

• First, peel the potatoes.
• Next, wash them.
• Then, cut the potatoes into two or three bits.
• After that, pour some water into a pan and let it boil.
• Next, put the potatoes into the pan and let them cook for 15/20 minutes in boiling water.
• Finally, take the potatoes out of the water and serve with boiled octopus.

SPANISH TORTILLA
Ingredients:

• 1 kg potatoes
• 9 eggs
• olive oil
• a pinch of salt

How to cook it: 

• First, peel the potatoes and wash them.
• Then, slice the potatoes.
• Next, put them into the pan.
• Pour some oil and let the potatoes fry until they are ready.
• After that, mix the eggs in a bowl and add the fried potatoes.
• Next, put it all into a frying-pan.
• Wait for one minute and turn over so that it is cooked on both sides.
• Finally, put it on a plate and serve.

CHOCOLATE CAKE
Ingredients:

• Oil
• Flour
• Chocolate powder (Cola Cao)
• Baking powder
• 3 eggs
• 6 spoonfuls of sugar
• 6 spoonfuls of milk
• butter
• chocolate to cover

How to cook it:

• First, put the eggs into a bowl and add 6 spoonfuls of milk.
• Then add 6 spoonfuls of oil and 6 spoonfuls of flour.
• After that, add 6 spoonfuls of sugar and 6 spoonfuls of chocolate in powder.
• Put a bit of butter in a cup and melt it in the microwave for one minute.
• After that, put it all into a mold previously greased.
• Then, bake it in the microwave for 15 minutes.
• Put a bit of chocolate in a cup and melt it for one minute in the microwave.
• Finally pour the melted chocolate over the cake so that it is covered.
• And serve.

How to write an email

Email writing from Ana Arias Castro

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ACTIVITY:

In this activity you are going to write an email to a friend telling him/her what people have told you since your last email. These are some of the things you have been told:

• Your mother told you: "Don't arrive so late any more."
• Your best friend said: "I want to travel to Madrid next week end."
• The school director asked: "Are you going to go on a school trip with primary students?"
• Your teacher said: "You have to study these contents this week."

Of course you can add more information in your email but include some of the ideas above.
Remember to include some of the following connectors:

• first,
• then /later (on) / next / after that
• because / so
• however / although
• in spite of / despite
• in my opinion
• finally

Topics for your essays

Essay topics eso 3 from Ana Arias Castro

Essay topics eso 4 from Ana Arias Castro

How to improve your essays

Compare these two texts:

TEXT 1: TOBY

Toby got up at 6 o’clock.

Toby had a bone for breakfast.

Toby was happy.

Toby jumped and ran.

Toby played with Ron and Pastor.

Toby went to the river.

Toby swam.

Toby liked the river.

Toby went back home.

Toby had dog food for dinner.

Toby barked at a cat.

Toby went into his shed.

Toby slept at 11 o’clock.

Writing a text about everyday life

Every day I get up at 7:00 and I go downstairs for breakfast. I usually have a glass of orange juice and a large cup of tea and toast. I don't usually have coffee, just sometimes at the weekend. I always read the newspaper while I'm having breakfast.

Later I go upstairs, have a shower and get dressed. Then I pack my books for school and go to school by car. I drive to school in my car because I live 10 km away from school. After that I am at school for about 4-6 hours. I sometimes have lunch at school, a sandwich and some fruit but I don't like having lunch at school because it is rather stressful.

After school, at 4.30 I go back home and rest for about half an hour. Then I have another cup of tea and prepare my classes for the following day: check my students' work, prepare exams, etc.
At about 7,00 I often go for a walk or walk on a treadmill for one hour because I like to do exercise.
After that I have dinner, usually fruit or yoghurt but never meat or fish.

In the evening I always read for over an hour and I often watch TV or surf the net before I go to bed. However, I don't watch TV if I don't like the programmes they are showing.
On weekdays I go to bed at about 11:00 and fall asleep very quickly.

• RED: frequency and time expressions
• BLACK: frequency adverbs
• BLUE: sequencing
• ORANGE: sentence linking

Graded readers sheet

Graded readers sheet 2018-2019 from Ana Arias Castro

Let's write an essay

Choose one of these topics:

• My favourite invention
• Internet: good and bad aspects

Write a three-part text:

• Introdution: short, introduction to the topic. Just one or two sentences.
• Body: Defend your ideas. Give arguments for and against. 
• In my opinion, personally...
• A variety of tenses and rich vocabulary
• Connectors of additions and/or contrast: besides, moreover, however, although...
• Conclusion: Summaries the ideas mentioned and back your opinion.

How to Write an Essay from Tino Grandio

Essay topics eso 4 from Tino Grandio

My favourite invention

Make a poster or document with the following information:

• name of the inventor and brief biography (1-3 lines)
• description of the invention
• main uses and advantages

Programmes that you can use:

• Canva.com
• LibreOffice Writer

EXAMPLE:

Bic Crystal pen from Ana Arias Castro

ANDREEA DUMBRAVA

Internet from Ana Arias Castro

SAMUEL FERNÁNDEZ CASTRO

The violin from Ana Arias Castro

MARIO GAYOSO ÁLVAREZ

Invention from Ana Arias Castro

 

SHEILA LODEIRO VARELA

Tv from Ana Arias Castro

JENNIFER LÓPEZ RODRÍGUEZ

The mobile phone from Ana Arias Castro

PABLO PAJÓN CARREIRA

Bicycle from Ana Arias Castro

SILVIA VÁZQUEZ PÉREZ

The saxophone from Ana Arias Castro

Review for ESO-4 exam

1. Tenses:

1. present simple (go/goes)
2. present continuous (am/is/are going)
3. present pefect (have/has gone)
4. past simple (went)
5. past continuous (was/were going)
6. past perfect (have/has gone)
7. simple conditional (would go)
8. perfect conditional (would have gone)
9. future simple (will go)
10. going to

Tenses for ESO-4 from Ana Arias Castro

2. Infintives and gerunds

Infinitives and gerunds from Ana Arias Castro

3. Reported speech

Eso 4 reported speech from Ana Arias Castro

4. Essays

Eso 4 how to write an essay from Ana Arias Castro

Essay topics eso 4 from Ana Arias Castro

EXAMS FROM FORMER YEARS

4sb 3 term_16_17 from Ana Arias Castro

How to write an email

Email writing from Ana Arias Castro

MORE:

• Wikihow

ACTIVITY:

In this activity you are going to write an email to a friend telling him/her what people have told you since your last email. These are some of the things you have been told:

• Your mother told you: "Don't arrive so late any more."
• Your best friend said: "I want to travel to Madrid next week end."
• The school director asked: "Are you going to go on a school trip with primary students?"
• Your teacher said: "You have to study these contents this week."

Of course you can add more information in your email but include some of the ideas above.
Remember to include some of the following connectors:

• first,
• then /later (on) / next / after that
• because / so
• however / although
• in spite of / despite
• in my opinion
• finally

February 24th - Rosalía's Day

Revision for ESO-4 exam

GRAMMAR:
Revision of tenses
More tenses:

• Revision of tenses
• present simple / present continuous
• past simple / past continuous
• future simple / going to / future continuous
• present perfect and past simple
• Past perfect
• REVISION OF ALL TENSES EXERCISE

Comparatives and superlatives
Used to / didn't use to
Conditional sentences
Passive sentences

VOCABULARY:
Some- / any- compounds
Marketing

INTERACTION:
At the restaurant
Shopping for clothes

WRITING
How to write an essay
Describing a process
Connectors

Neiu4 0-summary of tenses from Ana Arias Castro

Email phrases

How to Write an Essay (ESO-4)

How to Write an Essay from Tino Grandio

Essay topics eso 4 from Tino Grandio

How to Write an Essay (ESO-3)

How to Write an Essay from Tino Grandio

Essay topics eso 3 from Tino Grandio