Cassandra´s dream

In passive sentences, the thing receiving the action is the subject of the sentence and the thing doing the action is optionally included near the end of the sentence. You can use the passive form if you think that the thing receiving the action is more important or should be emphasized. You can also use the passive form if you do not know who is doing the action or if you do not want to mention who is doing the action. [Thing receiving action] + [be] + [past participle of verb] + [by] + [thing doing action] Examples: Active / Passive Overview Active Passive Simple Present* Once a week, Tom cleans the house. Once a week, the house is cleaned by Tom. Present Continuous* Right now, Sarah is writing the letter. Right now, the letter is being written by Sarah. Simple Past* Sam repaired the car. The car was repaired by Sam. Past Continuous* The salesman was helping the customer when the thief came into the store. The customer was being h

Sometimes I teach people with a promising future sometimes I teach people doomed with no future because they have chosen not to learn anything or not behave properly. They have chosen the road to hell. Parents don´t care and our community doesn´t worry about them while they are at school. When they are over 18 then there are schools for adults. Spain is a strange country where students take a course/ grade and repeat and repeat without a good reason. Some of those students blame  the teachers  and accused them of being bad teachers or bad entertainers because they get bored during lessons but in their same classes the hard-working students thrive and get "top marks" and distinctions so teachers cannot be that "bad". Being at school longer than necessary by "repeating" for those who don´t study, don´t do homework, don´t respect their classmates, don´t respect their teachers´work because they are not working hard enough though they

Play Video Share Submit Corrections Cancel Come up to meet you, tell you I'm sorry You don't know how lovely you are I had to find you, tell you I need you Tell you I set you apart Tell me your secrets and ask me your questions Oh, let's go back to the start Running in circles, coming up tails Heads on a science apart Nobody said it was easy It's such a shame for us to part Nobody said it was easy No one ever said it would be this hard Oh, take me back to the start I was just guessing at numbers and figures Pulling the puzzles apart Questions of science, science and progress Do not speak as loud as my heart And tell me you love me, come back and haunt me Oh when I rush to the start Running in circles, chasing up tails Coming back as we are Nobody said it was easy Oh, it's such a shame for us to part Nobody said it was easy No one ever said it would be so hard I'm going back to the start Oh ooh, ooh ooh ooh ooh Ah

4º B VOCABULARY AND PRONUNCIATION 70 % NO WORKBOOK7NO HOMEWORK DONE SB, pps 4-5 ( done but not corrected) 1º BACHILLERATO 3/4 STATIVE VERBS 1º AMPLIACIÓN  A GREAT MANY STUDENTS SUM STICKERS AND BREAKING THE ICE ACTIVITY MONTHS DIVIDE INTRODUCTIONS WHAT´S YOUR NAME? WHAT IS YOUR FAVOURITE COLOUR? WHAT IS YOUR FAVOURITE TV SERIES? DRAW YOUR FAVOURITE FOOD? MOVE AROUND MEMORY GAME MIXING UP FOLLOWING INSTRUCTIONS

1º Bachillerato     1º Ampliación    Negative prefixes fair  unfair real unreal dependent independent legal ilegal` posible imposible correct incorrect verb structures  verb + V-ing verb + to infinitives When I was young,   it seemed that life was so wonderful, A miracle, oh it was beautiful, magical . And all the birds in the trees, well they'd be singing so happily, Joyfully, playfully watching me. But then they send me away to teach me how to be sensible, Logical, responsible, practical . And they showed me a world where I could be so dependable , Clinical, intellectual, cynical. chorus There are times when all the world's asleep , The questions run too deep For such a simple man. Won't you please, please tell me what we've learned I know it sounds absurd But please tell me who I am. Now watch what you say or they'll be calling you a radical, Liberal, fanatical, criminal. Wo

   

  If you are a student  in  2º Bachillerato 1,  you are supposed to read pages 120, 121, 122 & 123 of the SB.  After reading them you will understand the following scheme better. The grammar gist of  unit  4 has been studied  previously in 4º ESO and in 1º Bachillerato.   REPORTING VERBS: These verbs are used for introducing the sentences in reported speech. BACKSHIT- We use this word to talk about the changes to the past of the conjugated verbs. REPORTED SPEECH: Common patterns and the reporting verbs: 1. verb + that + finite clause ( S+ VB + O) He complained that he was paid too little.  The following verbs are used with this pattern: add, admit, agree, announce,believe, boast, claim, complain, deny, declare, explain, insist, remind, suggest, warn. 2. verb + somebody + that  finite clause ( S+ VB + O) They warned us that we might be stopped at the gate. The following verbs are used with this pattern: warn, remind 3. verb + somebody to do som

4º C SB, p 30 READING and p 31 GRAMMAR HANDED IN PHOTOCOPIES ON PRESENT PERFECT VERSUS PAST SIMPLE 1º B SB, p 29  READING HEALTHY FOOD, UNIT 3 PRESENT SIMPLE SB, VOCABULARY AND LISTENING PAGE 16 3RD DECEMBER 2013   SB, SPEAKING PRACTICE WORK IN GROUPS         FILE ON COMPLEX SENTENCES AFTER HAVING EXPLAINEN AND HAVING REVISED UNIT 3 GRAMMAR, SB´S BOOK AND WORK BOOK AS WELL 4º B UNIT 3, SB,  p 28  VOCABULARY p 29  LISTENING AND PRONUNCIATION P34   LISTENING COMPREHENSION HOMEWORK:  SB, GRAMMAR p 31 4TH DECEMBER 2013 4º B SB, P 31 AND PHOTOCOPY ON PRESENT PERFECT VERSUS PAST SIMPLE  CORRECTION OF PAGE 31 4º C CORRECTION PAGE 31 PAGE 32, QUICK REVISION AND DESCRIBE THE PICTURE. 1º  AMPLIACIÓN SB PAGE 17-18                       CLASSWORK WB, PAGES 25, 26 AND 27   HOMEWORK PAGES 24 AND FINISHING EX

2º Bachilerato 1 WB: CORRECTION  PAGES 27 AND 28 SB: DONE PAGES 36-37 on the same gramar point, which were homework, but unfortunately we ran out of time and couldn´t correct them in the class. All these exercises and the homework page should be REVISED . HOMEWORK: WB, PAGE 29 Next day we will complete a paper on complex sentences INCLUDING gramar points studied in units 1, 2 and 3. My idea is showing the students how I am asking these topics in the evaluation text. I have also encourage them to draw a summary/scheme of unit 3 linkers of constrast, purpose, reason and result.                                                              COMPLEX SENTENCES  (AFTER READING THE GRAMMAR APPENDIX, SB PAGES 119-120) A complex sentence is made up of a simple sentence (a complete statement or a definite clause) and a statement that begins with a dependent word, linking word, connector or conjunction. Here is a list of common dependent words: after although/  th