• Unit 1. Friends

    • U1 Friends: Describing friends and friends' birthdays URL
    • Possible speaking activities - Textbook Unit 1 File
    • SONG: "You've Got a Friend" by Carole King (1971) Page
    • SONG: "- - - - -" by Ottawan (1980) Page
    • SONG: "Happy Birthday!" by The Beatles (1968) Page
    • Monologue 1: "Birthday" (Past Simple in the last question) File

      Here you have Monologue 1 "Birthday" to practise in class for the oral exam. The last question refers to a past event. We're going to see it in class.

      Aquí tes o Monólogo 1 para practicar en clase para o exame oral. A última pregunta refírese a un evento pasado. Verémola en clase.

    • Dialogue 1: "Buying a present" File

      Here you have Dialogue 1 "Buying a present" to practise in class for the oral exam. 

      Aquí tes o Diálogo 1 para practicar en clase para o exame oral. 

    • Homework: Pre-writing exercises for "My best friend" Page

      Pre-writing exercises to prepare for composition "My best friend". Handout "My best friend": Do exercises 1, 3, 4, 5 and 6. Read rules in 2 about "because" and "also". Handout "Describing a friend": Do exercises a and b.

      Ejercicios de preparación para a redacción "My best friend". Fotocopia "My best friend": Facede exercicios 1, 3, 4, 5 e 6. Lede as reglas no exercicio 2 sobre "because" e "also". Fotocopia "Describing a friend": Facede exercicios a e b.

    • Writing Task Unit 1: “My best friend” (handouts & That’s English! A2.2 U1 p12 ex10; model: p10 ex2) Assignment
      Students must
      Make a submission
      Receive a grade

      Write a blog post on a pdf format about your best friend with the following information organized in two or three paragraphs with the most appropriate order: name, age, physical description, where your friend lives, marital status, children if any, job, free time activities, things your friend likes and doesn’t like doing, personality, why you like your friend, and when you see him or her. Remember one sentence isn’t a paragraph. The models for this writing are the paragraphs in exercises 1 and 6 of the handout “My best friend” and the text in the handout “Describing a friend”. You'll have until 18 February to submit the task. After that date, submissions won't be accepted. 

      To upload your pdf file with a text having the characteristics mentioned above, click on "Add Submission." Then, click on the arrow (if the arrow doesn't work, click on the right-hand top corner drawing of a file, which shows the word "Add..." when you place the cursor on it). After that, a new window appears, the "File Picker," and here, click on “Choose file” (if this doesn't appear, click on "Upload a file" on the left), and thus, you can see your computer files on the new window. Once you choose the file you want to submit, click on “Upload this file.” Finally, don’t forget to click “Save changes,” so that the file remains uploaded.