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.