Tuesday, 24th may 2,016

On Tuesday, I didn't go to class because I was doing an other exam.
The rest of my classmates were doing an exam for getting a better mark.
They told me that the exam was a little difficult.

Monday, 23th may 2,016

This day, we were very overwhelmed with the final exams.
We said to the teacher if she let us study in her class and she said yes.

Friday, 20th may 2,016

On Friday, the teacher gave us our exams and we revised them.
Th marks were good.
In the last minutes, Cristina, who is our teacher, told us our final marks.
We are very happy!!

Tuesday, 17th may 2,016

Yesterday, we did the final exam!!!!!!!

It was great!
Bye bye, see you soon!!!

WE WILL MISS YOU A LOT!!!!

We hope that you enjoy the summer!!!

Monday, 16th may 2,016

Hello again!!

This day, our teacher didn't come because she had to go to the hospital.
So Miguel Astorga came to the class and gave the marks to  those students who study art. Then we studied history for the exam.
In the last ten minutes, the teacher came.

Friday, 13 th May 2,016

Good morning!!

Last Friday we practised for the exam.
The teacher gave us the marks of the vocabulary exams.
They were not bad but we know that we can do it better.
After that, we started doing activities with the intention of passing the exams.

Monday, 9 th May 2,016

Hello everybody!!
In two weeks time we will have finished all the exams!!
We really need some holiday.

On Monday, we did a vocabulary test and we also gave to the teacher the last PAU exam that we had to do.

Then we revised grammar.

Friday,6 th May 2,016.

Good morning!!

On Friday, there were people who didn´t  go to school, because they  did a challenge in Cádiz about latin and greek
As a cosequence of that,  in class we didn´t do so much.

Tuesday, 10 th May 2,016.

Good morning!!!!

Yesterday we corrected the exercises that we started doing the day before.
As we had a philosophy exam, our teacher Cistina let us study.

Friday, 29th April 2,016

Hello everybody!!

On Friday, we did a lot of activities on the workbook and on the book too. After that, we corrected all of them.

Moreover, we reviewed some grammar that we have studied along the school year.

The class was at the last hour and we wanted to go  home because we had holidays!!!

Monday, 25th April 2,016

Hello!!!

We revised all the grammar that we had already studied.
It was very easy for us. 

Friday, 22th April 2,016

On Friday, we saw our exams. All of us, have passed it, so we are really happy.
We did a lot of exercises about everything.

Tuesday, 26th April 2,016

Hello again!!

On Tuesday, we continued with the same activities that we did on Monday.
We also read a test about happiness.

Tuesday, 19th April 2,016.

Helloo!!!
Yesterday ,we continued with  the passive voice:

HAVE /GET SOMETHING DONE.

Structure: have/ get (any tense)+ object+ past participle.

We use have/ get something done to talk about things that are done for us by other people, usually professionals. Get is more informal than have , and we often use it in spoken English.

Examples:
I should have /get  the car cleaned before we go on holiday.
You get your nails painted at the beauty salon.
You´d better go to the garage if you need to have your car repaired.



 

Monday, 18th April 2,016

Good morning!
We were nervous, beacuse we did  the English exam.
We studied all the grammar that we had learnt in the whole year!

We also did a reading and a writing.
In the writing we had to give our opinion about this: The media and the fasion factory should use ordinary people instead of  thin supermodels.

I wish we all passed the test!

Friday, 15 th April 2,016

Hello!!
On Friday  we reviewed for the exam.
We did some exercises about relative clauses and we  also read a text.

We  had to give to the the teacher a PAU exam, which  was about "public transport".
And that´s it! Let´s  study hard!

There is more information about what we had alredy learnt:

Tuesday, 12th April 2,016

HELLOOOOO!!!
Yesterday, we did many activities about the passive voice.

Our teacher Cristina was so ill that she couldn't speak. As a consequence of that, we corrected the activities on the blackboard.

In the break, we helped Susi with the solidary breakfast. There were a lot of delicious cakes and sweets. We collected much money.

Monday, 11th April 2,016.

Hello!!!
On Monday we reviewed the passive voice.
In spanish we hardly ever  use passive sentences, but in English is really commun.

Here we have the explanation with some examples:

The police arrested the shoplifter =Active.
                  past simple

The shoplifter was arrested by the police =Passive
                            Vb             participle of the verb 
                      to be in   +    

                      past simple 

We use by + agent when it is necessary to say who  or what does the action.

Example: A children's charity is challenging the ban. (ACTIVE).
                     The ban is being challenged by a children's charity.(PASSIVE).

Someone gave me(indirect object) this hoodie (direct object) for my birthday.

Remenber!
When the verb has two objects, we can form the passive sentence in two ways:
1. I was given this hoodie for my birthday.
2. This hoodie was given to me for my birhtday.

Friday,8th April 2,016

Good morning!!!
On Friday , we  started unit 6 reading a text.
It was about banning hoodies at the mall. What do you think about this? Do you usually wear hoodies?

Also, we have given to the teacher a PAU English text.
I can´t believe in two weeks time we will be doing this test!

Have a nice day!

Tuesday,5th April 2,016

Hello everybody!
How is your week going?
We did some exercises about relatives and about correcting the errors in the sentences.
 We have also done a reading about the Eurovision Show.Do you like it?

Next week we have more exams. Come on we can!!

Monday, 4th April 2,016

HELLO!!

It´s Monday of happiness!
We continued doing relative clasues exerccises.
We were very nervous,because at two o´clock we have the history exam :0!!
We wish we had passed it!
Our history teacher is travelling to Barcelona with the students of 4 ESO!
We want to  go with her hahaha

Friday,1st April 2,016.

GOOD MORNING!!

On Friday we visited the University of Algeciras where the staff  shown us the grades with the  UCA teachers.
We have learnt a lot of interesting things.
We are looking foward to finishing school!!

At the English class we practised relative pronouns and we also did a PAU exam.
Next Friday, we have to give this text  to the teacher.

Tuesday, 29th March 2,016

GOOD MORNING!!!

Yesterday we continued with the relative pronouns and we started learning the verbs in gerund and in infinitives.

Examples:
Mark stopped playing the guitar when he broke his  finger.
I am glad that you remembered to bring your guitar to this lessons.
I remember going to my first concert when I was twelve.

Monday, 28th March 2,016

WE ARE BACK!!!

On Monday, we did activities about relative pronouns:
To do the activities we have to use: which, that, who/whom, whose, where, when.
There are two types of relative clauses:

-DEFINING: It gives us essential information about people, places or things.
Examples: I am a member of a band which is called "Shakira's Boys".

- NON-DEFINING: It gives us extra information about people, places or things. We separate non-defining relative clauses using commas.
Examples: Good musicians, who earn a lot of money, write their own songs.

In any of them we can't omit whose.
We can omit the pronoun in a defining relative clause if it is not the subject of the clause.

Wednesday, 16 th March 2,016

GOOD MORNING, EVERYBODY!
WE HAVE FINISHED ALL THE EXAMS !!!!

Next week it´s Easter, so we won´t have lessons.
We will continue with the blog in two weeks!
Relax!
See you soon :)

Tuesday, 8th March 2,016

On this day, it was our last exam. We did the use of english and the listening.

The grammar was about modal verbs, reported speech and some vocabulary.
The listening talked about a teenager who started to work as a journalist.

Monday, 7th March 2,016

On Monday, we did the reading and writing exam. It was a little difficult.

The text was about mass-production and the natural resourcers.
On the other hand, the writing was about if marriages are old- fashioned. We spoke about the advantages and the disadvantages of that.

Friday, 4th March 2,016

Hello, we are back!!

We have to tell you that on Friday, we revised some vocabulary for the exam and one exercise about translating sentences. Also, we did some exercises about modal verbs.

VOCABULARY

-Invitar a salir: ask out                                    
-Cita: date
-Estrecho: Narrow
-Luminoso: light
-Piso: flat
-Mochila: bag
-Supervivencia: survival
-Fiable: reliable
-Actuación: performance
-Estropearse: to spoil


Rewrite the sentences:
- I advised you to see a dentist: You should see a dentist.
- It's forbidden to park here: You must not park here.

Wednesday, 2nd March 2,016

On this week, we haven't had English classes because we had holidays.

Tuesday, 23th February 2,016.

Good morning!
Yesterday, we did some exercises about modal verbs and about  all the grammar that we have studied before.

Next week, we won´t  write anything in the blog, because  we have five days of holidays.

 HAPPY ANDALUSIAN DAY !( 28th February)

Monday, 22th February 2,016

HELLO!
On Monday, we started  learning the modal verbs.
Modal verb and other related verbs express ideas of ability (can,could,be able to), posibility and certainty ( could, may, might, must, can´t), obligation (have to, must, need to,needn´t) prohibition (musn´t), and advice ( should, ought to)

 Examples: 

ABILITY
- I can speak three languages.
- I will be able to go to the cinema tonight.
- When she was five years old, she could play the piano.

POSIBILITY AND CERTAINTY 
 - I may study French today.
- It might rain later.

 OBLIGATION
- You have to study more if you want to pass all the exams.
- You musn´t  smoke  here.
- I need to go to the toilet.

ADVICE
- You should stay at home, you are really ill.
- Helen ought to be more careful.

We use a modal verb+ have+ past participle when we are talking about the past.

FELLINGS OF CERTAINTY ABOUT THE PAST.   
Estucture: must have + participle.
Example: She must have trained for many years.

REGRETS OR CRITICISM OF PAST ACTIONS.
Estructure : should have /ought to have + past participle.
Example: I should  have studied harder at school.

IMPOSIBILITIES IN THE PAST.
Estructure: can have + past participle 
Example: They can´t have passed their exams.

POSIBILITIES IN THE PAST.
Estructure: might have / may have/ could have + past participle.
Example: She might have become  a  famous mountaineer .

SUGGESTED ALTERNATIVES TO PAST ACTIONS.
Estructure: could have+ past participle.
Example: He could have gone to university.


 


 

Tuesday, 16th February 2,016

Yesterday, it was the graduation photograph's day!!

We did the class very quickly and then Cristina let us fifteen minutes to make ourselves up.
Elena appears very good but me not haha. Bye bye!!

Monday, 15th February 2,016

Today, we are very nervous because we are going to do the speaking test. We have thirty minutes to plan our conversation. It's about a teacher who never prepare her lessons. Each of us have to give arguments against and in favour.
Elena agrees with the topic and I don't agree. We talk around five minutes.
The teacher told us that we have some mistakes but she also tells us that our speaking has been one of the best of all.

Friday, 12 th February 2,016.

Good morning, guys!!

 The teacher gave us the mark of our exams. 

The next exam is in three weeks, so we have to study harder!!

Then, we did a reading.

On Sunday is Valentine´s day. We hope you enjoy it!!

Tuesday, 9th February 2,016

Yesterday, we read a text about a girl who works in a dangerous job, she is a stunt performer.
We did three activities, after that, we corrected them.
The teacher told us that we must do all the exercises that she gives us because they are very important for the marks.

Monday, 8 th February 2,016.

On Monday, we did the exam!! It was not difficult, because we had studied a lot for it.
It was about indirect speech, reading and listening ;).
There were two exercises of reported speech.
To continue with, the reading was a little difficult. It was about the photographers and paparazzi.
Finally, we heard the listening and we did the exercises which were about the same topic that we had dealt in class(celebrities lives).

Friday, 5th February 2,016

GOOD MORNING!!!!
On Friday we did some exercises of reported speech, because next day was the exam.
If you want to practised more of this, look for our last blog posts.

Tuesday, 2nd February 2,016

Yesterday, we corrected the exercises quickly because the teacher let us the hour to study philosophy.

Monday, 1 st February 2,016

Good morning!! It´s february, the love's month.

Next week we´ll have  the exam!!
We will do it great, because we have practised a lot!!

Enjoy the week and study too.

Friday, 29th January 2,016

Hello everybody!!!

How are you today? It's weekend;)

We're fine because our teacher Cristina let us listen to music in the class while we were doing a revision of indirect speech for the exam.

Here, we give you some activities that you should do:
1. Change into reported speech: 
-He's ill. She thought.
-I'll be back tomorrow. He said.
-I don't like this music. She said.
-Where's the bus station. She asked me.
-Have you finished?. I asked him.
-Nobody loves me. I felt.
-Do you want tea or coffee?. He asked her.

Tuesday,26th January 2,016

On Tuesday, we also have learnt some compound adjectives:

Good-looking: Having a pleasingly attractive appearance
Well-dressed
Dark-haired
Easy-going: Relaxed in manner or attitude
First class: The most expensive and most luxurious class of accommodation.

Later, we read the biography of one of the most  important spanish singer, Dani Martín.
We had to do the biography of Rafa Nadal, using the adjectives that we have alredy studied.

We  learnt how to order the adjectives:

Monday,25th January 2,016

Hello, everybody!!!

On Monday,we have studied the reporting verbs:

Examples:  

'Clara must come to the party' he insisted.
He insisted that Clara had to come to the party.

'I 'll sign the photograph' she offered.
She offered to sign the photograph.

'Please let me into the club ' the girl begged the doorman.
The girl begged the doorman to let her into the club.

'If I were you, I'd train every day before the tennis tournament' the coach said.
The coach advised training every day before the tennis tournament .

 

Friday,22 th January 2,016

On Friday,we learnt some vocabulary about fame. Here we have the following phrasal verbs:

Take up: started doing a new activity or hobby.
Break into: be successful in a new area.
Turn down: reject something or someone.
Take off: become successul quickly.
Come out: be released.
Make up: invent / end a disagrrement / compensated / apply cosmetics.

Tuesday, 19th january 2,016

On Tuesday,  we continued with the reported speech.

We did also some exercises that we will correct next day.
Finishing with the reported speech, we will give you a web page where you can  practise more:

http://esl.about.com/library/quiz/blgrquiz_reported1.htm
GOOD LUCK!!

Monday, 18th january 2,016

On Monday, our class did a reading about fame and fortune. We did the exercises and we learnt some vocabulary:

Here we have the synonyms and definitons of these words:

potential (n)= talent
confidence (n)= believe in yourself
support (v)= encourage/help
coach (v)= train/instruct someone in a sport.
disappointed (adj)=sad.
genuine (adj)= real

Friday,15th January 2,016

On Friday, we practised some exercises about reported speech.

Here, there are some examples:

Transform the questions into reported speech:

1."Are you going to wear your blue dress tonight?" Denise asked Lisa.
Denise asked Lisa if she was going to wear his blue dress that night.

2."How will we get into the club?" Lisa asked Denise.
Lisa asked Denise how they would get into the club.


Now, into direct speech:

1.Mark said that he hadn't done well in the audition that morning.
"I haven't done well in the audition this morning". Mark said.

2. He explained that he was going to another audition that afternoon.
  "I'm going to another audition this afternoon". He explained.
 

Tuesday, 12th january 2,016

Next class, we did a grammar point that is the reported speech.

It is used to pass direct sentences into in indirect sentences and to say what other person has said.

Examples:
"I'm very happy". Helena said.
Helena said she was very happy.

 "I did a concert yesterday". Malu said.
Malu said she had had a concert the day before.

We have different  types of sentences in the reported speech:

-STATEMENTS: They are refered to people´s opinions or feelings
Example: "The weather was awful tonight".Justin told us
                Justin told us that the weather had been awful that night 
Example: "I don´t like football" I said.
                 I said that I didn´t like football.

QUESTIONS: Interrogatives sentences 
Example: "What do yo do?" .We asked you.  (Open question)
                We asked you what you  did 
 Example: "Are you having a good time"She asked me  (Yes or no question)
                She asked me if/wether I was having a good time.


ORDERS AND REQUESTS:
Example: " Don´t talk so loudly" The teacher odered us  
                 The teacher ordered us not to talk so loudly.
Example: " Please, would you give me a glass of water?" The girl asked me 
                 The girl asked me to give her a glass of water.

SUGGESTIONS: Thet refered to possible plans
Example:"Let´s go to the beach!" I suggested
               I suggested going /that we go to the beach.
Example: "Why don´t we take a break?". I  suggested  them
                I suggested  them  that we take a break / taking a break

Here, we offer you some help if you have any doubt.


 

Monday, 11th january 2,016

Hello everybody!!!
Here we go again!! I wish you had had a great holiday.

On Monday, we started the new term and a new unit too. It's about fame. Some of us discuss about being famous and the advantages and disadvantages of that.

What do you think about this? 
There are some advantages:
- You can meet other famous people
- Get friends with them
- You can become popular all around the world
- Some people would like to be like you and they admire you.

Also, there some disadvantages:
- People will want to stay with you and you won't have privacity.
- Don't go out to anyplace.
- You will always have haters to destroy your life.
- You won't be able to stop being famous unless people forget you.


Other question for you: Do you want to be on a reality TV show?

Neither of us want to be on a reality show because we are very shy, we don't like that people look at us on TV or on the internet.
In conclusion, we don't like fame. We are ordinary girls.