DESCRIBING A PHOTOGRAPH

For your oral exam you will have to describe a photograph. Yo can get some help here:
1.- Watch the following video which teaches you how to describe a photo together with some useful vocabulary and expressions.





2. Go the site below and listen to the sample descriptions and the key words: click on the picture

3. Now go to our wiki for more help.

THANKSGIVING

Last Thursday 24th was Thanksgiving Day in the U.S. let's celebrate it in a special way.


We're going to say THANK YOU to someone for something.


Thank You


Now, listen to the song by Dido and fill in the blanks in the worksheet.

Finally, go to our wiki's wallwisher and write your "thank you" message to a friend.

SUBJECT/OBJECT QUESTIONS

OBJECT QUESTIONS:

• These are the most common questions. Have a look at the structure:

Question Word + Auxiliary + Subject + Verb + Optional Object or Complement ?

Example: What did you see last Saturday evening on TV?

• The Question Words are usually: what, where, when, who, why, which, how.

SUBJECT QUESTIONS:

• These are not the so common but you can find them anywhere:

Question Word + Verb + Optional Object or Complement ?

Example: "Who won the Eurovision Contest 2008?" "Russia"

• The answer of the question is the IDENTITY of the QUESTION WORD "Who". That's why we call these questions SUBJECT QUESTIONS.

• The Question Words can be WHO or WHAT,  because they can be the subject of the question.

• REMEMBER: Where, when, why (etc.) can't be the subject of any question.

 Notice the difference: we don't need an auxiliary verb in the SUBJECT questions.

Subject question			Object question
Who	phoned	John?	Who	did	John	phone?

¿Quién llamó a John?                                         ¿A quién llamó john?

Click here to get more practice:

EXERCISE 1

EXERCISE 2

EXERCISE 3
EXERCISE 4

WH- QUESTIONS

Her you have some practice with WH- questions:

The Company Men: Diet Coke

  In this scene from the movie, Company Men, Bobby (Ben Affleck) loses his temper over the discussion of his qualification during a job interview.

VOCABULARY:

Willing: not refusing to do something.

Base salary: amount of money someone earns  for a job.

Qualified: having the necessary skill, experience or knowledge to do a particular job.

Skip: not do or have something.

Bonus: an extra amount of money that is given to an employee

1. Choose the correct answer: 

2. Now try your listening skills: pick the correct word from three similar-sounding options to complete the gaps in the transcript.

3. Quizz challenge: 

4. Use the words in the vocabulary section to fill in the gaps:

5. You can read the transcript now:

Joyce: Looks like you worked at GTX for 12years.

Bobby: I did. Divisional sales leader for three ofthose years. I know the times are different now and I'd be willing to accept 110, hope for bonuses.

Joyce: Well our base salary is 65 thousand a year for regional sales directors.

Bobby: I...I responded to an ad for the vicepresident of marketing.

Joyce: Well, we've had a number of highlyqualified applicants for that position.

Bobby: I'm a highly qualified applicant for that position. I'm a highly qualified applicant for that position. Excuse me, I'm sorry. I must have just had too many cups of coffee while I was sitting in your waiting room for two hours.

Bobby: Thanks for your time, Joyce. And just between the two of us, you can probably skip theDiet Cokes. They're not helping you.

You made the cat angry!

Puss In Boots:You Made The Cat Angry!
In this scene from the spin-off movie from the Shrekfranchise, Puss (Antonio Banderas) shows the other people in the tavern  that he is a lot tougher than he looks. Before watching the video, take note of the vocabulary items ; getting familiar with them now will make it easier to understand the video and will help you with the exercises that follow.


VOCABULARY:

• coming up: (idiomatic expression)  ordered; about to be served 
• humble:  modest, without pretensions or illusions ofimportance
• score: a way of obtaining something quickly, often through illegal activities
•  the Law: the police and judicial authorities
•  reward: a compensation (usually money) for doing something of use to someone else

You Made the Cat Angry




Puss in Boots

— MOVIECLIPS.com

Exercise 2: Time to try out your listening skills with this exercise. Watch the video again and pick the correct word from three similar-sounding options to complete the gaps in the transcript: 

Oral assignment; pronunciation

Pronounce the following verbs finished in -ed

PAST CONTINUOUS

Past Continuous Form And Use

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PAST SIMPLE

Presentación past simple

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PAST SIMPLE vs PAST CONTINUOUS

Past Simple Vs Past Continuous

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Now, let's practice what you've learnt:
- EXERCISE 1: Move the sentences into the correcto box.
- EXERCISE 2: Complete the sentences
- EXERCISE 3: Put the verbs in the past simple or Continuous
- EXERCISE 4: Read the sentences and decide if they are correct 

PAST SIMPLE vs PAST CONTINUOUS

Try the following quiz to test yourself on these tenses: