Here you will find a list of Latin and Greek roots and their meaning.
https://www.thoughtco.com/common-word-roots-in-english-1692793
Latin and Greek Roots
Author: selena1111
Ways to Say Hello & Goodbye
English riddles
Here are some riddles to entertain you and activate your right brain half 🙂
The answers are below the riddles!
- What runs all around a backyard, yet never moves?
- What goes through cities and fields, but never moves?
- What invention lets you look right through a wall?
- Which weighs more, a pound of feathers or a pound of bricks?
- Which letter of the alphabet has the most water?
- What is the center of Gravity?
- I have no legs. I will never walk, but always run. What am I?
Mind maps
Below are the mind maps that were created by the B1 course.
Please note that although the classes are not taking place right now, I will continue posting in this blog.
A1: 12.03.2020
Review Homework.
Common mistakes:
He is was born in the USA.
She was born on January 3, 1983.
He is an actor and a singer.
He is a portuguese Portuguese (nationality!) football player.
He got married in 1990. He married his wife in 1990.
He lives in the USA. I live in the USA.
Michael Jackson’s parents live in the USA.
They are friends. Their names are Jane and Mary.
Review Phonetic Alphabet (cards)
Saying the time
What time is it?
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p. 32, ex. 3a, 3b, 4a, 4b
p. 33 ex 5a
Simple Present – p. 140 §8
Homework:
Study Present Simple. Do the exercises from the handout
B1: 12.03.2020
Do not forget to hand in the homework – description of a place of worship
Review: Past Simple – Passive Voice (Grammar Sheets)
DOWNLOAD MATERIAL: Passive Voice
Additional: DOWNLOAD MATERIAL: Passive Voice -2
Play Noughts & Crosses Game (p. 35, Ex. 7) – in pairs
Devices, p. 36
Groups of 3 – each group selects one device.
1a – Discussion in groups
1b, 1c – Make mind maps on the whiteboard or a flip chart.
2a Discussion with the teacher (for this exercise, only pay attention to the verbs)
2b add the VERBS from both columns to your mind map
Examples of mind maps:
http://baibasvenca.blogspot.com/2013/01/using-mind-maps-with-students.html
http://lhollandvocabulary.weebly.com/5-vocabulary-strategies.html
https://www.mindmeister.com/blog/learn-a-second-language-with-mind-maps/
https://learnenglishteens.britishcouncil.org/skills/reading/elementary-a2-reading/mind-maps
Homework:
2c, choose any device you know (can be a household appliance) and create a mind map for it. (You will present it to another student during the next class)
To find words for your mind map, you can use:
- Texts in English about this device
- Online dictionaries (such as Oxford Collocation Dictionary, http://www.freecollocation.com/)
- Examples from Linguee https://www.linguee.com/
20 Questions Game
Check out this game:
How to play
- select a language or a theme
- think of a word related to the chosen topic
- enter your gender, age and select the country (this is optional)
- answer the questions by selecting one of the options
- try to win! 😊
British vs American
A1:05.03.2020
Homework: Hand-in the description
Phonetic Alphabet p. 164 +cards
Numbers: p. 12 play the game (in pairs)
Match the years and the events:
| The American Revolution | 1517-1648 |
| The Reformation | 1989 |
| The Life of Jesus of Nazareth | 1440 |
| Fall of Berlin Wall | 1775-1783 |
| The Life of Muhammad | 1 AD – 33 AD |
| The Life of the Buddha | 570 AD – 630 AD |
| World War I | 1492 |
| Gutenberg’s Printing Press | 563 BC- 400 BC |
| Discovery of America | 1914-1918 |
p. 31 ex. 1a-2b.
Homework: p. 37 Ex 1a, 1b, 2a, 2b.
B1:05.03.2020
Review phonetic alphabet
(source: http://thelanguagenerds.com/)
p. 33 (Homework) First listen to the text, then retell the text to the partner.
More information about Mumtaz Mahal: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mumtaz_Mahal
p. 34 ex. 4a-4d
p. 149 (Passive Voice: Present and Past)
p. 35 x. 5a, 5b, 5d, 6a, 6b, 6c
Homework: p.35 5c, write about the Lotus Temple OR about any other place of worship (a cathedral, a church, a shrine, a mosque, a synagogue, etc.). Hand in your story in during the next class.
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