Mary and Max

Hi guys!

Have you ever heard of Asperger's? This is a movie that deals with that topic. It's rather cute. 

Here's is the trailer:

Now, answer the following questions on your notebook?

1. Have you ever had a pen pal or an online friend? Why (not)?
2. Is it a good idea to have pen pals or online friends? Explain it.
3. Are they real friends? Or it just a fantasy?

You also need to complete these sentences on your notebook using Present Perfect or Simple Past. We will check the answers in class. (You can print and paste the page if you want)

1	I ____________ (choose) the same numbers for nine years. 3, 5, 6, 9, 11, 12.
2	I _____________ (have) many different jobs during my life.
3	My first job ______ (be) collecting subway tokens in the subway.
4	I __________ (work) at the frisbee printing machine in my third job.
5	In my fourth job, I _____________ (get - neg) paid much but ________ (get) free cookies and coffee.
6	____________ (you - ever - be) hang gliding?
7	_____________ (you - ever - be) a communist?
8	_____________ (you - ever - be) attacked by a crow or a similar large bird. When I __________ (be) nine, a crow _________ (attack) me on my way to school.
9	I _________________ (teach) myself to read two pages at once.
10	I have to go now. I __________ (tell - neg) you about my 7th job, in a condom factory.
11	I _______________ (eat - never) sweetened condensed milk.
12	I ________________ ( use - never) a condom.

*Activity borrowed from moviesegmentstoassessgrammargoals.

Vocabulary.

I know we're on vacations, but I found this interesting since we saw some of these definitions in class.

HERE.

Have fun everyone!

Final exam.

These are the topics we saw throughout the year. You can study from the vocabulary and grammar builder copies I gave you.

Present tenses (check notebook and doctor who activity)
Habitual actions in present and past
Narrative tenses
Simple and continuous forms. Stative verbs.
Infinitives and gerunds (there's a presentation here in the blog)
Conditionals
Ellipsis
Future tenses
Reporing structures
Emphasis
Modals -present and past, including would-
Passive voice


I hope you find this list useful. You should already know everything in it. You can go back to older posts in here to find practice for most topics.

If you want practice for the last topics, click here:  modal auxiliaries,  vocabulary.

Good luck guys!!!

PS
If you need any help, drop a comment.

Exam Module 4.

Hello guys!

Here's some practice for you before the exam.

Emphasis.

Reporting structures: practice 1
                                practice 2 (be careful to use the list of verbs provided on the page)
                                Power point presentation we saw in class.
This is the game we played in class. At the end there's a detailed explanation of each example.

Synonyms of walk. (don't worry if you don't know them all, you should just know the ones we saw in class)

Phrasal verbs with run.

Writing assessment.

Letter of complaint. 

You have just returned from a short holiday in London and are very disappointed. Write a letter of 200-250 words to the customer services department of the company complaining about the holiday and the way in which the advertisement misled you.

Structure:
First paragraph - Say why you are writing.
Middle section - Put each major complaint in a separate paragraph.
Final paragraph - Say what you expect the company to do. Finish with an appropriate set phrase.

Remember to use formal language. You can use some of the phrases you got from the activity in the classroom.

Letter is due on Tuesday for groups ABCD, and on Wednesday for groups EFG.

See you soon.

Reading project.

Here's the file as you saw it in class.

Projects are due on April 8th for groups ABCD, and on April 11th for groups EFG.

Emphasis.

Hi guys!

I found this little video about emphasis. It's not very entertaining, but can help you clarify some questions you have on this matter.

You can also check the sentences we used in the game in here.