Find the irregular verbs!

Calligrams

We have been working on calligrams in the 3º PMAR group. All of you did a great work! I wish I could publish all your works (I will try).

I like eating apples. Mónica Mariño

I am fierce like a dog. Adrián Valle.

Adding -ed and -ing

These are the rules:
-Verbs ending in silent - e: drop the final -e before adding -ed and -ing
-Verbs ending in -ee, -ye, and -oe, just add -ed or -ing
-Verbs ending in vowel plus -l: add an extra -l before adding -ed and -ing
- Verb ending with a single vowel plus a consonant, and the stress is at the end of the word double the final consonant before adding -ed and –ing
-Verb ending with a vowel plus a consonant and the stress is not at the end of the word, just add -ed or -ing.
-Verb with only one syllable and ends with a single vowel plus a consonant, double the final consonant before adding -ed and -ing.
-Verb ends in -c, add a -k before adding -ed and -ing .

You can find here a detailed explanation with examples.
https://en.oxforddictionaries.com/spelling/verb-tenses-adding-ed-and-ing

Irregular verb list

Here's the irregular verbs list. Study 5 verbs a day and you'll know all of them before the summer break!

http://www.profesordeingles.eu/verbos-irregulares-en-ingles/lista-verbos-irregulares-en-ingles.php

The - s in the Present Simple

As you know, we add an -s in the Present Simple when we talk about he, she or it.

He reads

She cooks

It explains

But you have probably realized we sometimes add -es, or change a y into ie when adding -s.

These are the spelling rules:
(The chart is copied from http://www.learnenglishlanguagewell.com/grammar/verbs-with-s-in-present-simple/)
 

Spelling of third person singular forms in Present Simple Tense
Most verbs: Add “s” to infinitive(1) verbs finishing with  one vowel + “y” :add “s”	Work ->	works	Sit ->	sits
	Stay ->	stays (1)	See ->	sees
	know ->	knows	Live ->	lives
*Verbs ending with consonant and “y”: Change “y” for “ies”	Cry->	cries*	Hurry->	hurries*
	Fly->	flies*	Imply->	implies*
	Try->	tries*
Verbs ending in sibilant sounds –s, -z, -ch, -sh, or -x add “es” to infinitive	Push->	pushes	Fix->	Fixes
	Catch->	catches	Confess->	confesses
	Buzz->	buzzes	Finish->	finishes
Verbs ending with “o” Verb “have”	Go->	goes	Do->	does
	Have->	has

Present continuous

In a nutshell, we use the present continuous (I am doing)

-for actions happening right now
-for planned actions in the short term future

but we don't use it with stative verbs: be, have, love, hate, wish, believe, understand, etc. Here is a list of stative verbs

Present continuous
Present continuous stative verbs

European Day of Languages

At the initiative of the Council of Europe, Strasbourg, the European Day of Languages has been celebrated every year since 2001 on 26 September.
The general objectives of the European Day of Languages are:

1. Alerting the public to the importance of language learning and diversifying the range of languages learnt in order to increase plurilingualism and intercultural understanding;
2. Promoting the rich linguistic and cultural diversity of Europe, which must be preserved and fostered;
3. Encouraging lifelong language learning in and out of school, whether for study purposes, for professional needs, for purposes of mobility or for pleasure and exchanges.

portal del día europeo de las lenguas

Sorry for the delay! word of the day 29May- 2 June

Here are our words of the day for the last  week of May:

1ESO: speak, answer, change, clothes

2ESO: choose,meaning,wear

3ESO: job, following, return, complain

Remember that you have to learn a new word every day that you have English in your schedule. That means Monday, Tuesday, Wednesday and Thursday for 1ESO, Wednesday, Thursday and Friday for 2ESO and Monday, Tuesday, Thursday and Friday for 3ESO.

word of the day 22-26 May

Here are our words of the day for the fourth week of May:

1ESO: buy, yesterday, month, deep

2ESO:danger, other, place

3ESO:environment, building, floor, advice

Remember that you have to learn a new word every day that you have English in your schedule. That means Monday, Tuesday, Wednesday and Thursday for 1ESO, Wednesday, Thursday and Friday for 2ESO and Monday, Tuesday, Thursday and Friday for 3ESO.

word of the day 15-19 May

Here are our words of the day for the third week of May:

1ESO: jump, give, here, but

2ESO: home, under, queen

3ESO:own, took,slow, street

Remember that you have to learn a new word every day that you have English in your schedule. That means Monday, Tuesday, Wednesday and Thursday for 1ESO, Wednesday, Thursday and Friday for 2ESO and Monday, Tuesday, Thursday and Friday for 3ESO.

word of the day 24-28 April

Here are our words of the day for the third week of April:

1ESO:use, very, today,nice

2ESO:carrot,know, more

3ESO:hill, gave, how, too

Remember that you have to learn a new word every day that you have English in your schedule. That means Monday, Tuesday, Wednesday and Thursday for 1ESO, Wednesday, Thursday and Friday for 2ESO and Monday, Tuesday, Thursday and Friday for 3ESO.

Repasamos question words

What...? Qué?
Where...? Dónde?
Who..? Quién?
When...? Cuándo?
How...? Cómo? How much...? How old...? Cuánto?
Why...? Por qué?

What is your name?
What is this?
What are you doing?

Where do you live?
Where are you now?
Where is your mother?

Who is your teacher?
Who are you?
Who is your sister?

When is your birthday?
When do you study?
When do you play football?

How do you do?
How old are you?
How do you spell that word?

Why are you sad?
Why don't you study?
Why is she crying?

Past simple and past continuous

Some exercises to review the use of these tenses.

http://www.perfect-english-grammar.com/past-simple-past-continuous-exercise-1.html


Complete the text with the verbs in the past simple or past continuous

 Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart (be) ............................born in 1756, in  Salzburg, Austria. He (be).............. a musical prodigy. He (begin)...............to compose music when he (be).....................5 years old. In that period he (travel)..................around Europe and (play).......................the keyboard and the violin with his sister. One day, when he (play).......................before the European royalty, he (meet)............a very important musician. While he (travel)..................with his familiy, he (complete)..............his first opera. He (continue)......................to write music as an adult but he (not become)...........................famous. He (not make)............. much money from his compositions. His life (get) ................really hard when he (get) sick.................. He (try).................to finish a composition when he (die).................One of his students (complete).......................his work.

Haiku: part 2

These are the haiku poems we wrote in our 3ºB class. Well done, poets!

                                      Love is so crazy                                        

Everybody wants to find it

Love is too special

José Manuel Guerrero

There are green forests                                                                   People are to go mad

Lots of bushes with flowers                                                            Cupido shoots his arrow

All is beautiful                                                                                 Women and men love

Lola Barba                                                                                     Antonio Carlos Jinénez

Brown and green leaves fell                                                            The sun is big

In this season I wear hats                                                                The sun makes the world shiny

Lots of rainy days                                                                           Its rays are warm

Andrés León                                                                                  Manuel León

                                                            It´s a large season

                                                          It´s smell is incredible

                                                            I love spring and sun

                                                            Rosana Quintana

You are so pretty                                    I really love sport                          I smell the flower

You break my heart and I bleed          Football is special for me            I run on the street of spring

I can´t build my heart                               Football is my life                             I lie on the grass

Gloria Cascajosa                                        David Mendoza                                Damián Santaella

Let's play Clue

During Maggie's birthday party a scream is heard from one of the bathrooms of the house. It's 8:30 pm. A few minutes later the dead body of 15-year old Alicia, one of the guests, is found. She has been hit on the head. Also found were a number of items that may lead us to the killer: a pink purse with a bottle of vanilla parfum and a hammer inside, a photograph of Alicia with Maggie's ex-boyfriend, and a handkerchief with the initials I.G. Everyone who was at the party needs to be questioned.

How to describe a painting

Here is a quick guide to start describing a painting.

1. Make a list of all the words you might need to describe a painting: colours, shapes, adjectives.

2.Introduce the work you are going to describe, e.g. "My favourite painting is one of the Water Lilies by Monet."

3. Describe the scene you see on the painting using the Present Continuous.     "There is a woman reading a book and children playing in the background".

4. Remember some useful prepositions that will help you to locate objects in the picture:
At the top/bottom of the picture ...
In the middle of the picture ...
On the left/right of the picture ...
next to
in front of
behind
near
on top of
under

5. Say something about the style.
Its style is shiny/modern/traditional/abstract/realistic... . 
 
6. Round up with a personal opinion on the painting.
The atmosphere is peaceful/depressing/lively/cheerful...

I (don't) like the picture because ...

It makes me think of ...