February 1st (First Class)

Welcome to Elementary 4!!

- Teacher: Gabriel Rodriguez
- Tuesdays and Thursdays from 7:30 p.m. to 9:30 p.m.
- We will communicate through the campus → private message and
forums.
- My email address is grodriguez@[Link]
- Write your email address in the chat box
- Book: Top Notch 1B - 3rd Edition - Pearson

- Bookstores: KEL or SBS

- Campus:
a) Online lessons: BigBlueButton
b) PLAN “B”: VIRTUAL CLASS (Plan B) - Google Meet
c) Announcements & News → News or posts
d) Class notes: you will have access to this document since I will keep a
record of explanations here.
 e) Photo: edit profiles + add photo
f) Cameras → COMPULSORY for exams / lessons
g) Microphones/headsets/headphones → COMPULSORY for every class
h) Units of work (Unit 6 to Unit 10)
i) Homework Forum: I will post homework
j) Homework: I will give you interactive activities (self-correct) and
workbook activities. I have already uploaded the Workbook Key.
k) Compositions: You will have at least 2 compulsory writings during the
course.
l) Midterm Exam: After Units 1, 2 and 3 - A written exam (Reading, Use of
English, Listening and Writing) Check our schedule. You need more
than 6 (six)
m) Final Exams:
1) Final Written Exam: It will include Units 1, 2, 3, 4, and 5: Reading,
Listening, Use of English and Writing. You need a 6 (six)
2) Final Oral Exam: It will include all the topics included in the
units (from Unit 1 to Unit 5) You need a 6 (six)
SCHEDULE
 Error Correction
1. Where are you staying now? / Where do you stay? (habit)
2. I came from there 1 month ago from there.
3. Do you want to present introduce yourself?
4. Would you like to introduce yourself, please? :)
5. I’m a medical doctor.
Paperwork / Papers
6. My husband are is in the middle.
7. I’m I have a Bachelor degree in Business Administration.
Technology (pronunciation)
8. I have problems for reading and speaking.
9. I prefer to go back and…
10. Last Monday, I had a call with someone from India. When she speak
spoke, I don’t didn’t understand anything.
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February 3rd

What are you up to? = What are you doing?

Why don’t …? = It’s for invitations (LESS FORMAL - INFORMAL)
Example: Why don’t we have dinner together? = Would you like to have dinner with me?
To be out of shape = not to exercise
To be in shape = to be fit
To be crazy about something = to love something
I am crazy about sleeping.
I am not crazy about running. = I don’t like running.
I hate running. = I detest running.
To be on your way
“Wait for me. I’m on my way.”
 CAN/CAN’T = to talk about ABILITIES
● Can you swim? Yes, I can.
● Can you speak Italian? Yes, I can.
● Can you drive a car? Yes, I can.
● Can you run 10 kilometers? Yes, I can.

● I can dance.
● We can’t go shopping on Tuesdays and Thursdays in the evening because we have
our English lessons.
subject + CAN/CAN’T + infinitive verb

HAVE TO (Obligations) - DON’T HAVE TO (No obligations)

● I can’t go shopping now because I have to work at ICANA.
● I can go shopping after the class because I don’t have to work at ICANA.
● My sister has to go to the doctor today.
● My sister doesn’t have to go shopping because it’s raining.

What do you have to do tomorrow?

What don’t you have to do tomorrow?

Exercise B (page 64)

1. have to study
2. can’t meet / she has to help
3. don’t have to work / can go running
4. can’t go shopping / has to go
5. can’t go / can’t play
6. can’t go / have to meet

Adverbs of frequency (with Present Simple)

● I always play tennis on Sundays.
Subject + Adverb of Frequency + verb
● I never study English on the weekend.
 ● He hardly ever cooks dinner. (15% = almost never)

Subject + VERB TO BE + adverb of frequency

● I am always tired.
● Susan is always late for work.
● We are usually busy at night.
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February 8th
Error correction
1. When I was a little, I was crazy about… OR When I was a little girl/child/boy, I was…
2. You have a hobby? = Do you have a hobby?
3. Studying English could be a perfect hobby for you. / Reading books in English could
be difficult.
4. Right now, she practise gym ‘s going to the gym/ ‘s doing exercise/ ‘s exercising at
the gym. (Present Continuous)
5. When I was young, I am was crazy about…
6. She should do more exercise. / She has to do more exercise.
7. Now, he is crazy about the sport sports.
8. Nobody in my group knows about couch potatoes. (“Nobody” is singular - 3rd
person)

on weekends (= all the weekends)

every weekend (= all the weekends)
on the weekend (Am. Eng.) = at the weekend (Br. Eng.)

Writings:
1) Use capital letters.
she was in Esquel. She was in Esquel.
2) Use punctuation. Finish your sentences with periods (.).
3) Be careful with word order.
She arrives always late. = She always arrives late.
4) Pay attention to spelling.
She ofen cooks dinner at 7 p.m. = She often cooks dinner at 7 p.m.
Error correction
1. I’m doing very well. / I’m OK. / I’m fine.
2. Where do we work?
3. Do you want to take ask for a rise to the boss?
4. At what time?
5. When will you will do this? (WH word + AUXILIARY + Subject + VERB + ?)
6. We must to do it. / We should do it. / We can do it. / We must go right now. / We have
to do it.
7. I’m very tired and sick of… = I’m (very) sick and tired of…
8. I have other another offer for other another company.
OTHER + plural noun (Example: other companies)
ANOTHER + singular noun (Example: another person)
9. I’m disappointed with about the pay.
10. You would Would you like to come with me?
11. The majority of bosses…

Review: Present Simple vs. Present Continuous

A) “I usually go to the gym on weekends.¨ (A habit / A routine)
B) “I’m going to the gym now.” (A situation happening now.)

Auxiliary verbs for PRESENT SIMPLE: DO and DOES

● Does my mum cook dinner on Mondays?

Auxiliary verbs for PRESENT CONTINUOUS: TO BE in the present (AM, IS, ARE)

● Are we talking in Italian? (Auxiliary verb + subject + verb -ing + … + ?)

PRESENT SIMPLE PRESENT CONTINUOUS

-Frequent activities - situations in progress now
-Habits - with time expressions such as “now,”
-Routines “right now,” “currently,” “these days,” etc.
-with the verbs have, want, need or like

Bonus track!
C) “Because this weekend I’m going to the beach.” (Present continuous for future plans)
D) Tomorrow, I’m meeting my parents.
Adverbs of frequency (ALWAYS, USUALLY, OFTEN, SOMETIMES, NEVER, HARDLY EVER,
RARELY, …) are used with PRESENT SIMPLE.
● We hardly ever go out during the week.
● He often plays tennis at night.
● I am always tired on Friday nights.

● TO BE IN SHAPE = To be fit and have a healthy lifestyle

● TO BE OUT OF SHAPE = Not to be fit / to be fat
● TO EAT JUNK FOOD = unhealthy or fast food
● TO AVOID SWEETS = not to eat sugar (desserts, ice-cream, sweets, candies, cakes, …)
● TO HAVE A SWEET TOOTH = that you like sweet things

● NUTRITIONIST
● TO HAVE SOME BELLY
 ● TO GO ON A DIET

Our health habits

Good habits Bad habits

“I drink gin tonic on Tuesdays.” (?) Smoking

“I drink water when you wake up.” “I eat junk food in excess.”
“I exercise every day.” “I am a couch potatoes.”
“I eat salads.” “I drink a lot of alcoholic drinks.”
“I sleep at least 8 hours.” “I drink 4 pints of beer on Fridays.”
“I eat three times per day.” “I use the cellphone for many hours.”
“I have a sedentary life.”
“I go to bed just after dinner.”
“I eat a lot of sweet things.”
“I eat in excess.”
“I take big portions.”
“I don’t exercise at all.”

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February 10th
Lesson 3 (page 68)

Lesson 4 (page 71)

 ● eat healthily
● eat healthy food
● maintenance

Error corrections:
1. How usually often do you go to the nutritionist? - HOW OFTEN…?
2. I have a diet. If you want (it), I can send it to your you the cellphone.
3. If you want, we are going can go to the gym together.
IF + subject + present simple + , + subject + WILL/CAN/SHOULD + verb
If the weather is OK, we will go to the park.
4. When’s it good for you? = When is a good day to go together?
5. I love staying at home. = I love to stay at home.
6. I need some help for to try to be healthy.
7. I cannot make do exercise because…
8. It’s good don’t not to be hungry.

Unit 7: On vacations
● You can go fishing
● Get back = return
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February 15th

There is = There was

There are = There were

WH- question word + WAS/WERE + subject + … + ?

Where were your kids yesterday morning?

Where was your husband last night?
Adjectives in English are always SINGULAR.
It’s a nice day.
It’s a six-day cruise. = The cruise lasts six days.
She is twenty two years old. = She is a twenty-two-year old woman.

_WAS_ there a pilot? (The noun “pilot” is singular.)

_WERE_ there a lot of kids? (The noun “kids” is plural.)
 ● INTENSIFIER + Adjective
The drive was kind of boring. = The drive was quite boring.

This course is too fast. = NEGATIVE MEANING

That jacket is too expensive. = NEGATIVE MEANING

CAN I GIVE YOU A HAND? = Can I help you?

 DECLINE HELP ACCEPT HELP

● No, thank you! ● Thank you.

● It’s alright. ● OK!
● It’s not necessary. ● Yes, please!
● Don’t worry! I can do it. ● Be my guest.
● No worries. ● A pleasure.
● Not at all! Thank you. ● Sure!
● It’s OK, but I can do it. ● That’s nice of you. Thank you!
● Great!

Past simple
1) WAS - WERE
2) Regular and Irregular verbs
REGULAR VERBS (those verbs ended with “-ed”)

Voiceless (no vibration) Voiced (with vibration) If the infinitive verb finishes
sound + we pronounce the sound + we pronounce the with “t” or “d”, we
“ed” as /t/ “ed” as /d/ pronounce the “ed” as /id/

looked climbed wanted

watched played needed

IRREGULAR VERBS (They don’t follow any rules.)

Tell - told
Say - said
Be - was/were
See - saw
Sit - sat
drink - drank
eat - ate
buy - bought
 think - thought
sleep - slept
go - went
do - did

Error correction:
1. I sometimes travel by a plane.
2. I prefer traveling by plane.
3. It’s more quickly quicker/faster.
4. I visited this place.
5. It’s a very romantic place.
 ● SOMEWHERE = indefinite place
● SOMEONE - SOMEBODY = indefinite person
● SOMETHING = indefinite object/thing

● ANYWHERE = indefinite place

● ANYONE - ANYBODY = indefinite person
● ANYTHING = indefinite object/thing

● NOTHING = no thing / no object

● NOWHERE = no place
● NO ONE = no person
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February 17th
 1. anywhere
2. something
3. nothing
4. no one / nobody
5. no one / nobody
6. something
7. someone

Error correction:
1. I don’t like the seafood.
2. What did you do the last night?
3. Lots of people was were in this party.
4. In the afternoon, it was raining. / In the afternoon, it rained.
5. Did you travel to Playa del Carmen?
6. Did you know visit another beach? = Did you know visit other beaches?
Did you meet other people?
Were you in other beaches? = Were you in another beach?
WERE + you / we / you / they + ….?
 7. Every days day in the morning, I went to walk on the beach.
All the days in the morning, I went…
During the morning, I went for a walk at the beach.
During the morning, I went for a walk along the beach.
8. I went to had dinner with (my) friends.
I went out with my friends.
9. We rented a house. We didn’t stay in a hotel.
10. The beach are was beautiful.
11. The people was were very pretty.
12. Did you ate eat out? = Did you go out for dinner?

● Were you at the hotel?

● Were you at hospital?
● How was the dinner?
● Was your husband at the beach?
● Did you go to the hospital?
● Where did you go out for lunch?

Present Perfect

Present Perfect Simple = to talk about indefinite past experiences. (We cannot mention
when we did them. NEVER!!!!!!!!!!)
A: Have you ever been there? [AUXILIARY VERB (have or has) + subject + (ever) + past
participle verb + ?]
B: No, I haven’t. But I was in Spain two months ago.

A: Have you ever eaten seafood?

B: Yes, I have.

A: Has your husband ever traveled to Brazil?

B: Yes, he has. He traveled there last year.

A: Did you go to Brazil last year?

B: Yes, I did.

I have just arrived from my vacation. (= It’s close to the present.)

Infinitive Past form Past participle

GO WENT GONE

SEE SAW SEEN

EAT ATE EATEN

DRINK DRANK DRUNK

SWIM SWAM SWUM

PUT PUT PUT

GIVE GAVE GIVEN

LEARN LEARNT (irregular) LEARNT

LEARNED (regular) LEARNED

PLAY PLAYED PLAYED

CLIMB CLIMBED CLIMBED

Examples:
● Have we ever talked about modal verbs?
● Has he ever bought you a present?
● Has she ever cooked pizza for us?
● Have they ever eaten seafood?
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February 22nd
 Subject pronouns Possessive adjectives Object pronouns
(They go before verbs) (They go before nouns) (They go after verbs or
prepositions)

I My Me
You Your You
He His Him
She Her Her
It Its It
We Our Us
You Your You
They Their Them

When we have the DIRECT OBJECT and a PREPOSITIONAL PHRASE, the direct object comes
first.
Example:
He gave those pants to me.

● GIVE + something + TO + someone

Please, give those pants to the shopper. = Please, give those pants to him.
Please, give me those pants.
Please give those pants me.
● BUY + something + FOR + someone
My mum bought a wallet for me.
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February 24th
Comparatives
Irregular adjectives:
GOOD - better
BAD - worse

● This book is worse than this book.

● This book is more interesting than that book.
● This book is less interesting than that book.
● This house is cheaper than that my house. = This house is less expensive than that
my house.

Something + verb TO BE + comparative adjective + THAN + something

2. shorter
3. heavier
4. looser
5. cheaper / less expensive
6. more popular

1. hotter than / lighter

2. prettier than / cheaper
3. longer / better
4. warmer / more expensive

They are much less expensive. (Intensifying)

Error correction:
1. Let me ask to my boss.
2. Do you want to prove try on one of them?
3. Please, try it on.
4. Would you like to try it/them on?
5. What I can help you?
6. How I can can I help you? / Can I help you?
7. It depends on the price. [DEPEND ON]
8. Have you got another other colors? [Br. Eng.] = Do you have other colors? [Am. Eng.]
Do you have it in another color?
9. This model is in different colors. - Is this model (available) in different colors?
10. I think the white is a really flattering color for you.
11. Which color is flattering for me?
FLATTERING = something makes you look good
12. Do you prefer wrap it for me? = Do you want me to gift wrap it for you?
13. How much cost do the jeans and the dress cost? = How much are the jeans and the
dress?
14. How much it costs? = How much does it cost?
15. This These jeans cost 20 dollars.
16. I look at am looking for a shirt for my brother.
 17. It’s Is it better for him?
18. Do you want something more anything else?
Is it possible …?
19. Do you want to pay with credit card?
20. Anything color? = Any color in particular?
21. There They/These are perfect for me.
22. Do you have it in light pink?

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March 3rd
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March 8th