GETTING STARTED WITH MODAL VERBS

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ADJECTIVE VIDEOS

Here you have two videos about adjectives

SIMPLE PAST AND PRESENT PERFECT

Simple Past	Present Perfect Simple
irregular verbs: see 2nd column of irregular verbs Example: I spoke	irregular verbs: form of 'have' + 3rd column of irregular verbs Example: I / you / we / they have spoken he / she / it has spoken
regular verbs: infinitive + ed Example: I worked	regular verbs: form of 'have' + infinitive + ed Example: I / you / we / they have worked he / she / it has worked
Exceptions
Exceptions when adding 'ed': §                       when the final letter is e, only add d Example: love - loved §                       after a short, stressed vowel, the final consonant is doubled Example: admit - admitted §                       final l is always doubled in British English (not in American English) Example: travel - travelled §                       after a consonant, final y becomes i (but: not after a vowel) Example: worry - worried but: play - played

Use

In British English, the use of Simple Past and Present Perfect is quite strict. As soon as a time expression in the past is given, you have to use Simple Past. If there are no signal words, you must decide if we just talk about an action in the past or if its consequence in the present is important.

Note that the following explanations and exercises refer to British English only. In American English, you can normally use Simple Past instead of Present Perfect. We cannot accept this in our exercises, however, as this would lead to confusions amongst those who have to learn the differences.

Certain time in the past or just / already / yet?

Do you want to express that an action happened at a certain time in the past (even if it was just a few seconds ago) or that an action has just / already / not yet happened?

Simple Past	Present Perfect Simple
certain time in the past Example: I phoned Mary 2 minutes ago.	just / already / not yet Example: I have just phoned Mary.

Certain event in the past or how often so far?

Do you want to express when a certain action took place or whether / how often an action has happened till now?

Simple Past	Present Perfect Simple
certain event in the past Example: He went to Canada last summer.	whether / how often till now Example: Have you ever been to Canada? / I have been to Canada twice.

Emphasis on action or result?

Do you just want to express what happened in the past? Or do you want to emphasise the result (a past action's consequence in the present)?

Here you have some theory we have seen in class:

Simple Past	Present Perfect Simple
Emphasis on action Example: I bought a new bike. (just telling what I did in the past.)	Emphasis on result Example: I have bought a new bike. (With this sentence I actually want to express that I have a new bike now.)

Signal Words

Simple Past	Present Perfect Simple
§                          yesterday §                          ... ago §                          in 1990 §                          the other day §                          last ...	§                          just §                          already §                          up to now §                          until now / till now §                          ever §                          (not) yet §                          so far §                          lately / recently

After the theory let's practise with these exercises:

Exercise 1

Exercise 2

Exercise 3

FOR OR SINCE

HERE YOU HAVE A VIDEO ABOUT FOR AND SINCE

THE CLEVER FALCON

Here is the video we saw in class. Some of you asked for it.
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DICTATION

If you press HERE you can listen to a dictation about London.

Listen (normal or slow speed) and write what you hear. When you finish press "check".

Good luck!!

VIDEO WATCHING AND EXERCISES

Here is a VIDEO with some comprehension questions about a man who decided to give up money.
As it is a bit complicated check first this vocabulary:
give up/quit money - dejar el dinero
pocket- bolsillo
crazy-loco
Suelo's theory
life savings- ahorros de tu vida
highway- autopista
economy collapsed- la economia colapsó
cultivate- cultivar
heroes of the bible- héroes de la biblia
house was worth 2000 dollards- valia 2000 dólares
happiness- felicidad
finantial system
pay taxes- pagar impuestos
powerless- sin fuerza, sin energía

Answer these questions and give them to me (homework).

Questions

1. When did Daniel give up money?

2. Finish the sentence; “Money is an _____________.”

3. How much money did he leave in the phone booth?

4. What did his friend think of his decision?

5. How did 2008 change the narrator’s perspective?

6. What did Daniel choose to live in?

7. Name his food sources:

8. My philosophy is to use only what is freely ___________ and discarded and what is already ____________ and already ___________.

9. What does he will think will happen to money in the future?

10. We can cultivate freely giving and freely receiving, ______________ _______________ what station of life we’re in, that’s our true ______________ and it ___________ in everybody.

HALLOWEEN VIDEO

Here is the video we saw in class about Halloween
Complete with the appropriate word or words and give it to me:

1. It all began with the _______, a people whose ________ had spread over Europe more than _______ years ago
2. a magical time when the ________of the dead walked the ________
3. the villagers ________in huge bonfires
4. Nov 1st was designated ___  ____  ____
5. ..a calculated move on the part of the _______ to...
6. The holiday came to America with the _____ of Irish immigrants during the potatoe famine of the _________-
7. back in the 1930's it really became a _______    _________
8. children were encouraged to ____door-to-door  for treat as an ______________ to trouble making