Thursday 4 June 2020

Describing People: Clothes

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I'm happy to see you! Today, we are going to be describing your outfit.

We use the verb 'wear' to talk about the clothes that someone has on.

  • Present simple form 
 -wear-

Example: I wear a jacket when it is cold. 

  • Past simple form 
          -wore-

Example: Yesterday, she wore a red t-shirt. 

  • Present continuous form
          -be + wearing-

Example: He is wearing black trousers.

Can you think of some clothing items?

  1. T-shirt
  2. Trousers
  3. Blouse
  4. Dress
  5. Jumper
  6. ___________
  7. ___________
  8. ___________

Do you need help? Watch this video: click here

Extra Activity: Can you match the pictures to the words: activity.

Describing People's Clothes

Speaking:
  • What are you wearing now?
  • What did you wear yesterday? 

Describe these two people: Talk about what they look like and what they are wearing.
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Can you describe these families?

Pin en Manualidades para niñosAfro American black family in casual clothing vector cartoon flat ...     Ilustración De Stickman Con Una Familia Coreana Con Ropa ...
Finally, do this online quiz.
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Sunday 31 May 2020

Free Time and Holidays

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Who doesn't love a great holiday! This week we are going to talk about free time and holidays.
You can view the presentation below which has all the content that we will cover in this post. 
If you have any problems, click here.



Questions about Free Time and Holidays:

  • What do you do in your free time?
  • What hobbies do you have?
  • What are you doing this weekend?
  • What did you do last summer vacation?
  • What did you do last weekend?
  • What is your favourite holiday?
  • Tell me about your best memory from a holiday.
  • Are there any holidays that you really don’t like? 
  • Do you think your country should have more, or less, holidays? Why?
Describing pictures (holidays):
Activity 1: Instructions: A teacher is going to take a class of students on a school trip. Talk together about the different places the class could visit and decide which trip the class would enjoy most. Here are some ideas to help you:
  • go sailing / boats / lake  cinema / actors  
  • horses / riding school  
  • old castle  
  • art gallery / paintings
  • I think … would be a good idea because it is (more) interesting / boring because
  • Most people like visiting / going to … 
  • I recommend that they go to … 
  • I think that they should choose 

Activity 2: Instructions: Use the 3 pictures to create a story. You can use the vocabulary bank on the right to help you.


Activity 3: Instructions: Now, in this part you are going to talk together.. Here are some pictures that show different holidays. Do you like these different types of holiday? Say why or why not. Now, talk together with your partner. You can use these questions to help you:

  • Do you think staying at a campsite is fun?
  • Do you think lying on a beach is boring?
  • Do you think having a holiday in the mountains is difficult?
  • Do you think going on a school trip is exciting?
  • Which of these holidays do you like best?

Extra Activity: Find the differences. Instruction: Find the differences between the two pictures.
Flyers preparation: Speaking - Find differences

Extra Activity 2: Find the differences between the 2 pictures.


THANK YOU!
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Animals

Animals
Hello! For this week, we are going to talk about your favourite animals and learn how to describe various animals.
There are five steps that you need to follow in order to describe animals:
Step 1: What has it got?
Step 2: How is it?
Step 3: What can it do?
Step 4: What can't it do?
Step 5: Where does it live?
Watch the presentation below:
If you have any problems viewing the presentation, click here.



Extra Practice:
Do this short online activity (click here). Instructions: Match the description to the correct animal.