Sunday, 16 October 2011

WHAT WE DID IN CLASS OCTOBER 14TH

  • Frankenstein: Leandro chapter 9
                             Tomas chapeter 10

Handout: page 61 questions 6 and 7
                          

Monday, 10 October 2011

TOO / ENOUGH

A-TOO

TOO goes before adjectives and adverbs. It shows that something is more than enough/ necessary or wanted. It has a negative implication

too + adjectives / adverts + to infinitive








She is too young to talk on the phone (= She is so young that she can't talk on the phone)




TOO MANY (= more than wanted/enough) goes with plural countable nouns. E.g. You eat too many sweets (= you eat more sweets than necessary)

TOO MUCH (= more than wanted/enough) goes with uncountable nous. E.g. You spend too much time talking on the phone (= you spend more time talking than necessary)

B-ENOUGH
ENOUGH goes before nouns and after adjectives of adverbs. It show that there is as much of something as is wanted. That is the right amount. It has a negative or positive implication-

NEG AUXILIARY + ADJECTIVES / ADVERTS + ENOUGH + TO INFINITIVE

You room wasn't large enough to keep everybody (= it is small) NEG

AFF AUXILIARY + ENOUGH + NOUN + TO INFINITIVE

He has got enough money to eat out (= we can eat out) AFF




Wednesday, 5 October 2011

WHAT WE DID IN CLASS - OCTOBER 5TH

  • WE  MADE A WRITTEN AND ORAL REVISION OF MODULE 5
  1. CELEBRATIONS: PARTIES: A- FORMAL
                                                         B - INFORMAL

KIND: 15TH PARTIES, WEDDING, etc

Parties: clothes / food and drinks / presents / people / activities
Weddings: vocabulary: best man, bride, etc.

Multi- part verbs

To depend on: varies according to the situation
To put on: to put clothes onto your botdy
To dress up: to wear smart clothes
To turn up: to arrive at a plac
To get together: to meet people

Modals

Must / mustn't
Have to / don't have to
Needn't
Can / can't


EXTRA COPY: Complete with too (much), too (many), enough, such, few, because and so

Monday, 3 October 2011

WHAT WE DID IN CLASS OCTOBER 3RD

  • ORAL PRACTISE: Lifestyle / celebrations
  • THE PEARL

  • ALEJO CHAPTER 7

HOMEWORK: WRITE A COMPOSITION ABOUT A CELEBRATION YOU WENT LAST MONTH. INCLUDE:
  1. PLACE
  2. TIME
  3. PEOPLE
  4. CLOTHES
  5. ACTIVITIES
  6. FOOD AND DRINKS

ORAL SAMPLE