Now do this song activity:
1. Download this worksheet
2. Listen to the song twice and answer the questions. To listen click here.
3. Download the keys here.
1. WARM-UP about having pets.
We started the lesson by talking about what it means to have a pet. These were some of your ideas:
2. VOCABULARY : YOU NAMED SOME PETS AND there were some doubts about pronunciation.
VOCABULARY: Look at this powerpoint, name all the animals you see on the slides.
Do ferrets make good pets?
GRAMMAR: EXPRESSIONS USED TO COMPARE ( ADVANCED LEVELS)
We started organizing the different expressions to compare and this is what I wrote down
SPEAKING TASK: Speaking practice- Face 2 Face student's book. Page 43. Get ready...Get it right!
1. Choose two places, two people or two things that you both know well ( cities, actors/actresses, bands, restaurants, cars,etc.)
2. Using the expressions from the smarboard above, write five sentences comparing the places, people or things you and your partner chose in A.
Example: Tokyo isn't any more expensive than London.
I think Julia Roberts is a far better actress than Cameron Diaz.
3. SPEAKING CARD: MONOLOGUE ABOUT DIFFERENT TYPES OF HOLIDAYS.
Click here to read Juan Antonio's comparison exercise.
OTHER COMPARISON STRUCTURES
Listen to this song by UB40 ( Higher Ground) and pay attention to another type of comparison structure.
Not a clue yet?
EXERCISES
1. Listen to the chorus and fill in the gaps with the missing words.
2. Write down the grammar structure of the chorus to compare things?
3. Check your answers at the end of the lyrics.
4. Do the grammar exercise at the bottom of this post.
Enjoy the song!
Lyrics to Higher Ground by UB40
Every hour of every day I'm learning ___________ The_________ I learn, the __________ I know about before The _________ I know, the _________ I want to look around Digging deep for clues on higher ground
Moon and __________ sit way up high
Earth and _________ beneath them lie
The ________blows fragrant lullaby
To cool the night for you and I
On the wings the birds _________ free
Leviathan tames angry _________
The flower waits for honeybee
The __________ wakes new life in me
Every hour of every day I'm learning ___________ The_________ I learn, the __________ I know about before The _________ I know, the _________ I want to look around Digging deep for clues on higher ground
The fishes swim while rivers run
Through fields to feast my eyes upon
Intoxicated drinking from
The loving cup of burning __________
In dreams I'll crave familiar _________
Of whispered rain on weary__________
Of kisses sweet and warm ___________
Another time another __________
And every hour of every day I'm learning ___________ The_________ I learn, the __________ I know about before The _________ I know, the _________ I want to look around Digging deep for clues on higher ground
These are the keys to the " Help with grammar section" of the copies on Technology
Exercise 4 c
1 be able to + inf
2 be useless at/quite good at +-ing
3 could/can + inf
4 haven't got a clue how + to infinitive
5 manage + to infinitive
6 have no idea how + to infinitive
7 find something easy/difficult + to infinitive
8 know how + to infinitive
There was /were is also used when we are telling a story.
Before doing the activity answer this question:
1. What's a bean?
2. Is there any similar tale in Spanish? What's its title?
1st.Listen to the video twice and do the exercises (What's the order?) 2nd. Watch the video and check your answers. You can also read the transcript (full text).
language/expressions: After doing the activities
There are also other expressions for tales openings and endings. In Spanish we use:
---Érase una vez, había...... or Y vivieron felices y comieron perdices.
What are the equivalent expressions in English? Submit your answers.
pages- 56-57- Exercise 1b- Grammar- second conditional
Joaquín Cortés (JC)
Isabella Rossellini ( IR)
1. B (JC) and J ( IR)
2. A ( IR) and H (JC)
3. D (IR) and F ( JC)
4. C ( JC) and G (IR)
5. E ( JC) and I (IR)
page 57- exercise 1 c
1. The past tense
2. The conditinal form ( would + infinitive)
3. There is no if-clause
4. Imaginary situations
Grammar Bank keys 4B- page 136. a. 1 It would be better for me if we met tomorrow. 2 She wouldn't treat him like that if she really loved him.
3 If I could live anywhere in the world, I'd/would live in New Zealand.
4 The kitchen would look bigger if we painted it white.
5 I wouldn't buy that house if I were you
6 He'd /would be more attractive if he wore nicer clothes
7 If we didn't have children, we'd /would travel more.
8 What would you do in this situation if you were me?
b
1 get
2 'd/would feel
3 lost
4 'll cook
5 didn't live
6 doesn't get lost
7 gets
8 'd /would enjoy
