A/an, the, zero article

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Exercise 1
Exercise 2
Exercise 3
Exercise 4

Differences between men and women

Listen to these people talking about how being a man or a woman is like and answer the questions.

Here you have the ad we saw in class and another interesting clip.

Sing along: Skater Boy

Slow down, we move too fast

Find out more information about Slow Food and Citta Slow, in case you are interested.

Here's the list of slow cities in Spain. You can find more about them here:

- Begur and Pals in Catalonia.

- Lekeito and Mungia in the Basque Country.

- Bigastro in the Valencian Community.

- Rubielos de Mora in Aragon.

There's a siminlar a similar movement going on in Alhama called Alhama en Transición. If you are interested, you can visit their blog here.

Friendship and TV series

There are loads of TV series which deal with the topic of friendship, even their opening themes do. I'm sure you've heard from all of these.



Thank you for being a friend.
Travelled down the road and back again.
Your heart is true, you're a pal and a confidant.
And if you threw a party,
invited everyone you knew,
you would see, the biggest gift would be from me
and the card attached would say:
'Thank you for being a friend'.



Sometimes you wanna go
Where everybody knows your name
And they're always glad you came
You wanna be where you can see
Troubles are all the same
You wanna be where everybody knows your name.
You wanna go where peolpe know
People are all the same
You wanna be where everybody knows your name

So no one told you life was gonna be this way
Your jobs a joke, you're broke, your love life's D.O.A.

It's like you're always stuck in second gear
And it hasn't been your day, your week, your month,
or even your year
but..

I'll be there for you
When the rain starts to pour
I'll be there for you
Like I've been there before
I'll be there for you
'Cuz you're there for me too...

Tests

Quick test unit 3 and key.
Quick test unit 4 and key.

Used to, any more, any longer

Exercise 1
Exercise 2
Exercise 3
Exercise 4
Any more, no longer, still (pdf)

Get some more practise with this song:



There was a game ______
We would hit ____ on friday night
And stay _____ until sunday
We _______
We were living for the love we had and
Living not for reality

It was _____ x3

There was a time ______
I _______ my faith in love
It's the greatest thing from the man above
The game ______
_______ my cards upon the table
Let it never be said that I'd be unstable

It was just my imagination x3

There is a game _______
I like to hit the town on friday night
And stay _______
We'll always be this free
We will be living for the love we have

It's not my imagination x3
Not my x18


And this one's just come to my mind.

If I were a boy

Before listening, put the verbs in brackets in the correct tense.

If I were a boy
I__________ (turn off) my phone
Tell everyone that it's broken
So they _________(think)
That I ___________(sleep) alone
I___________(put) myself first
And _________(make) the rules as I go
Cause I know she __________(be) faithfull
__________(wait for) me to come home



Mores exercises on the song here

How do you like Beyoncé? I prefer Coldplay, atually.

Meet somebody or know somebody?

I met my best friend (for the first time) when I was at school.

We've known each other for 15 years.
We've known each other since I was 8.

We used to see each other a lot, but know I only meet her when I can.

Here you have an exercise for you to practise.

Second conditional

2nd conditional

Exercise 1
Exercise 2
Exercise 3
Exercise 4
Exercise 5

Here you have a couple of worksheets for you to do at home. I'll upload the key as soon as I can.

Worksheet 1
Worksheet 2

Sing along: Our house

This is another song which, well, is not exactly about a house, but I like it.

110

What does this sign mean?

You MUSTN'T drive faster than 110 km/hr.

You CAN'T do it, it is prohibited/forbidden/not allowed.

You HAVE TO drive faster than 110 km/hr or you'll get a fine.

It is a race against the clock this weekend for road maintenance crews to change all the 120 km/hr signs across the country to 110 km/hr. In most cases stickers are being used to replace the signs, while in Navarra stickers are being used just to replace the ‘2’ with a ‘1’.


All the signs should be changed by 6am on Monday from when the top speed on Spanish motorways will be 110km/hr after the measure was printed in the Official State Bulletin on Sunday.


The Government has announced the measure will be in force for an initial four month period, which could be extended if there continues to be possible supply problems from oil producing countries.


The measure is not possible with the public, with a poll published in El País on Sunday showing 69% of the population are against it. The Government has called for responsibility and coherence and considers the measure will reduce petrol consumption by 28.6 million barrels a year, and save 12.5 tons of CO2 emissions.


The DGT traffic authority has said that 100 € fines will be issued for anyone clocked travelling at 111kms/hr, although some driving associations claim that fines will not be issued until 115kms/hr.

(Source: http://www.typicallyspanish.com/news/publish/article_29487.shtml#ixzz1FrHhz4RI)

What do you reckon about this new speed limit?

Types of houses

Houses

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Check out this state agent's on Costa Calida and have a look at the language they use to describe properties.

1st conditional: Murphy's Laws

1. If you are in a supermarket and you change queues, the queue you were in before will move faster.
2. If you wash your car, it will rain.
3. If you're looking for sth you've lost, you'll find it in the last place you look.
4. If you wear something white, you'll spill wine or coffee on it.
5. If someone near you is smoking, the smoke will always go directly towards you.
6. If you find sthg in a shop that you really like, they won't have it in your size.
7. If you take sthg that doesn't work back to a shop, it'll start working.
8. If you stop waiting for the bus and start walking, the bus will come.
9. If you arrive at the station and a train is just leaving, it will be your train.


Murphy's Laws Site