WELCOME
Lesson 1
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PRE-INTERMEDIATE
Program
WELCOME
TODAY'S SYLLABUS
Grammar: Vocabulary:
Present Simple Food and restaurants
Present Continuous Sport
Defining relative clauses Personality
Past Simple (regular and irregular verbs) Money
Past Continuous Transport and travel
So, because, but, although Appearance
Present Perfect (yet, just, already) – (for - Education
since) Houses
Present Perfect or Past Simple Work
The infinitive with to/Verb + ing Shopping
Gerunds and infinitives Cinema
Have to, don´t have to, must, mustn´t
Should – Shouldn’t
Used to
Something, anything, nothing, etc
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How are you?
IN A GOOD MOOD. POSITIVE SAD TIRED
AWESOME! OPTIMISTIC DEPRESSED EXHAUSTED
FANTASTIC! RELAXED SAME AS ALWAYS FED UP WITH EVERYTHING
WELL, THANKS. BLUE (Informal) MOODY
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HAPPY AS LARRY! (Informal) DOWN (Informal)
Welcome!
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LET'S GET TO KNOW EACH OTHER!
Let's play... MAKE THREE SENTENCES ABOUT YOURSELF, ONE OF THEM MUST BE FALSE.
YOUR PARTNERS WILL TRY TO GUESS WHICH ONE.
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02 Who knows you better?
your family or your friends
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WHY?
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Present Simple
READING ACTIVITY
READ AN INTRODUCTION TO THE ARTICLE AND ANSWER
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abroad: en el extranjero
least: al menos
Present Simple
quite shy: tímido/a
laugh: reir
women es mujeres en plurar y se dice guimen
wrong: equivocado
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READING ACTIVITY
Does
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GUESS THE MEANING OF THE HIGHLIGHTED WORDS
OR PHRASES
FIND IN THE TEXT ADJECTIVES
USED TO DESCRIBE PERSONALITY
05 Present Simple
GRAMMAR
ADVERBS OF FREQUENCY
ALWAYS
USUALLY
OFTEN
SOMETIMES
RARELY
NEVER
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Example: "I rarely get angry."
"Vegetarians never eat meat."
"He always studies after class"
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Let's practice!
COMPLETE THE QUESTIONS ABOUT RICHARD
PRONUNCIATION
does he
does he work
Does Richard
Does he do
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does he like
Does he talk
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Let's practice!
PRESENT SIMPLE: AFF - NEG - QUESTIONS
Does Anna like music?
She has a lot of hobbies
I don't get on very well with my sister Do open
My brother doesn't know me very well doesn't have
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Do they have any children? listen
Does the film finish late? doesn´t talk
he goes out twice a week Does get on
We don't often talk about politics doesn't work
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PERSONALITY ADJECTIVES
READ THE DEFINITIONS AND COMPLETE WITH THE ADJECTIVES FROM THE BOX:
quiet
generous mean
lazy hard-working
funny serious
friendly unfriendly
shy extrovert
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COMPLETE THE OPPOSITE COLUMN
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YOUR TURN TAREA
THINK ABOUT SOMEONE YOU KNOW AND DESCRIBE HIM/HER TAKING INTO ACCOUNT
THE FOLLOWING ITEMS:
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10 At the Moulin Rouge
PRESENT CONTINUOUS TAREA
LOOK AND ANSWER
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11 Present Continuous
GRAMMAR
SOME RULES
We use the present continuous for things
happening now, at the moment.
Spelling rules for the -ing form:
Cook > cooking
Study > studying
Live > living
Run > running
Some verbs are not normally used in the
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present continuous, for example: like, want,
have (possession), need.
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Let's practice!
AFF - NEG -QUESTIONS CHOOSE THE CORRECT OPTION
Hey! You are standing on my foot!
They aren't playing very well today
What are you studying
at the moment?
We are thinking of you
Is she wearing make-up?
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They are making a big mistake
Is your brother working in London now?
She isn't talking to her father at the moment
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Present Simple or Present Continuous?
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What are
they doing?
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LOOK AT THE PICTURE, 5
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CHOOSE A PERSON 3
AND DESCRIBE WHAT 4
HE/SHE IS DOING
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15 More Exercises
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PRESENT SIMPLE OR
PRESENT SIMPLE
CONTINUOUS CONTINUOUS
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