Competencias Pedagogicas

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María Enedina Romero Gómez

English Teacher

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Grammar Summary with Examples.

Unit 1PROFILES

• Can / Can´t

• Adverbs of manner

• Adverbs of degree (very / really)

• Prepositions of place

Can We use CAN to express ability.

• Javier Chicharito Hernadez can score many goals.

• We can learn English in one year.

Can’t

• Justin Timberlake

can’t climb mountains.

• I can’t speak Russan

ExercisesComplete with can or can’t

*Copy in your note book and answer the sentesnces

1 Where________I see a good rock concert? 

2  Can Lisa speak French? No, she_________.

3 What ___________ you do?

4 Where __________ I buy a camera?

5 ________ you read Portuguese? Yes, I can.

6 ___________find my keys. Where are they? 

7 Monkeys _________ Talk

8 I don't know the answer.______ you tell me?

Adverbs of Manner

• We use this adverbs to describe how we do actions.

• Most adverbs are formed by adding ly to the adjective. E.g. Slow - slowly

• But adjectives ending in le: we eliminate the “e” and add a “y”. E.g. Terrible - terribly

• Adjectives ending in a consonant + y: We eliminate the “y” and add “ily”. E.g. Angry – angrily

• Some adjectives are irregular. E.g. Good - well bad – bad-badly

• He is climbing dangerously

• Shakira dances beautifully

Adverbs of MannerExercises:Rewrite the sentences and put the adverbs in

correctly.

• She speaks. (slowly) → ____________________________________

• They sang. (wonderfully) → _________________________________

• He treated her. (respectfully) → ______________________________

• John speaks English. (well) → _______________________________

• The dog barks. (loudly) → __________________________________

• My sister plays the piano. (awfully) → _________________________

• She met him. (secretly) → __________________________________

• The children laughed. (happily) → ____________________________

• She hurt her leg. (badly) → _________________________________

• They sneaked out of the house (quietly). → _____________________

Adverbs of degreevery / really

• They are used to strengthen the meaning of the adjectives that follow them.

Adverbs of degreevery / really

• Very and really have de same meaning in affirmative sentences.

• In negative, we use very not really

-The Taj Mahal is very beautiful.-This picture is really nice.

Adverbs of Degree Choose the correct word very / really

1 She finished the day  (very / not really )exhausted.

2 The Serrano Towers in Valencia are ( very / really) high.

3 Jerez de la Frontera isn’t a ( really I / very ) interesting place.

4 That boy of yours is  extremely lazy. ( not very / really ) hard working.

5 It wasn´t  ( very / really ) freezing this morning! So I had to wear my coat.

6 María is n´t ( really / very ) nice person.

7 Ecuador is a ( really / very ) great country.

Prepositions of place

• A. The dog is on the chair.• D. The cat is in the wardrobe.• E. The cat is under the bed.

Continue with

• B_____________________________• C_____________________________• F_____________________________• G_____________________________• H_____________________________• J______________________________

K______________________________• L______________________________

Unit 2CHOICES

• Comparative adjectives.

• Demonstratives.

• Spelling of plural nouns.

• Offers and requests.

Comparative Adjectives

• We use adjectives to describe and “Compare” two objects.

• Some adjectives form their comparative with “er” or “r”.

• Some of them with “more”.

• And there are some irregular adjectives.

Comparative adjectives with “er”.

• Petronas towers are taller than The Empire State.

• Ferrari is faster than Nissan.

Comparative adjectives with “more”.

• Climbing is more dangerous than playing soccer.

• Megan Fox is more beautiful than Hillary Swank.

Irregular adjectives.Good - Bad

• Liver is worse than .“Taquitos”

• Bayern Munich is better than Inter of Millan

Demonstratives.

Demonstrative adjectives

Near Far

Singular This That

Plural These Those

This & That

• This is the Eiffel Tower.

• That is the Eiffel tower.

Those & These• These chocolates

are delicious.

• Those guys are crazy.

Spelling of plural nouns.

Most nouns add “s”Book - booksSkirt - skirtsWallet - wallets

Nouns ending in ss, sh, s, ch, x, add “es”

Sandwich – sandwichesSex – sexesDress – dressesWatch - watches

Nouns ending in consonant + “y” , the “y” becomes “ies”

Activity – activitiesBaby - babies

Nouns that end in “”f” or “fe”, the “f” or “fe” become “ves”

Knife – knivesScarf - scarves

Common irregular plurals Man – menChild - children

Plural nouns• Leaf

• Leaves

Requests.Can you (do something for me)…?

Can I (do something for me)…?

• Can you answer the phone?• Can you close the door, please?• Can you help me?• Can I try on a smaller one?

Offers1. Can I ( do something for you)…?

2. Would you like to( do something for you) …?3. Would you like (something for you)…?

• Can I help you?

• Can I give you a ride?

• Would you like to come to my party?

• Would you like some orange juice?

Unit 3PREFERENCES AND

PROMISES• Obligation and necessity.

• Countable and uncountable nouns with “some, any and a lot of”.

• Let’s (Let us).

• Can (possibility).

Obligation and necessity.Have to

• I have to study English because I have an exam tomorrow

• I have to eat healthy food

Need to

• I need to go to the super.

• They need to go to the vet (veterinary).

Want to

• I want to go to Hawaii.

• She wants to eat a pizza

Would like to.

• I would like to travel to China.

• I would like to be a professional soccer player.

Like to

• I like eating italian food.

• I like going to the cinema.

Countable and uncountable nouns.

Some - any

• There are some grapes in the picture.

• There aren´t any peaches in the picture.

A lot of

• There are a lot of trees in the forest.

Let´s = Let usLet´s use it for suggestions.

• Let´s go to a restaurant.

• Let´s go to the cinema.

CanWe use it as a possibility

• You can learn English in one year.

• Everything can be done.

Unit 4Explorers and inventors.

• Simple past - Regular verbs.

• Simple past - Irregular verbs.

• Simple past - Questions, short answers and negatives.

• Simple past - Questions with Who and What.

• With most regular verbs we create the simple past by adding ed to the verb. For example, work - worked.

• Verbs ending in e, add d. For example, explore - explored.

• Verbs ending in a consonant + y, change y to i and add ed. For example, study - studied.

• Verbs ending in one stressed vowel + a consonant, double the consonant and add ed. For example, permit - permitted

Simple past - Regular verbs• Michael Jacson acted

videos.

• Stive Irwin worked with animals

Simple past with irregular verbs.

• Many verbs in English are irregular and do not follow the rules for regular verbs. For example:

• Be - was/were

• Make - made

• Go - went

• John Lennon was a singer and a social leader.

• Pavarotti sang opera.

Simple past - Questions, short answers, and

negatives.• We start a question in simple past with the

auxiliary “Did”.

• Short answers are used for specific questions.

• The negative statements are created by adding “not” to the auxiliary did.

• The contraction of: did not is: didn’t.

Did Da Vinci paint The Monalisa?

Yes, he did.

Did Shakespeare write “Don Quixote de la Mancha?

No, he didn´t.

• Napoleon did not discover America.

• Cervantes didn’t write Romeo & Juliet.

• What did Da Vinci paint? He painted The Monalisa.

• Who painted The Monalisa? Leonardo da Vinci. Leonardo da Vinci did.

Unit 5 Sensory perception.

• Simple past - When clauses.

• Object pronouns.

When clauses

• We use When clauses when one action in the past interrupts another action.

• I knew that my mother arrived when my dog started barking.

• I finished my homework when I arrived from the party.

Object PronounsSubject pronouns.

IYouHe SheIt

We YouThey

Object pronouns.MeYouHimHerItUsYou

Them

• Do you like Charlize

Theron? Yes, I love her.

• The Roling Stones are great. I listen to them since I was a child.

Unit 6 Forward thinking

• Future with going to.

• Present progressive with future meaning.

Future with going to.

• We use the verb to be + going to when we want to talk about the future. For example:

-He is going to travel to Cuba next week.

He is going to swim in the sea.

I am going to buy a Motor cycle next month.

Present progresive with future meaning.

• The present progressive tense can be used for the future.

• We use it for very near future.

• Most of the times it is used when we are talking about our timetables or schedules.

• We are camping next week.• From 5th to 7th at 11 A.M. We are taking our

Circus skills class.• At noon we are having lunch and free play.

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