jueves, 28 de mayo de 2015

The never-ending…. relative clause!!

As you have been told in previous lessons, the use of relative clauses helps to clarify the meaning of some sentences, but you have to be aware that an excessive use of relative clauses is ineffective. To prove this, you were asked to come up with a sentence including the maximum number of relative clauses, defining or non-defining. These are some of the results. As you will see, it is quite hard to follow them, they are just too long and provide too much information. 





Ms. Ros & Ms. Lamb:
-          When we went to the beach we saw a woman who was swimming in the sea with a pink swimsuit that she had had for a year and her brother, who had given her the pink swimsuit she was wearing, was buying a towel because he didn’t have one as his sister, who was selfish, wouldn’t share the one that she had with him.

Mr. Cerdó:
-           I had a cousin whose half-step sister worked in a house which was located in the middle of the city whose owner was very rich and had more than ten cars which were all Porsche that could reach the three hundred km per hour and the guy who drove them was always stressed because he was the one who had to buy spare parts for them and had to pay everything with his own money which made him a little bit scared at the beginning but the guy who had the job before him gave him some advice which was very useful and told him where to go to buy the spare parts that he might need.

Ms. García & Ms. Van:
-          Elena, whose sister lives in England, was born in Saint Louis hospital which has recently been shut down, which makes her really sad and her mum, who lives with her younger brother, who has a mental illness which prevents them from being able to visit her sister, is trying to cheer her up, but none of this is having any result on Elena.

Inversions: Spot the mistake

Read the following examples of inversion sentences and find the mistakes. There may be more than 1 mistake, and some of thes sentences may be correct!



1.      Hardly had I went outside when it started to rain

2.      Not until he sat on the train he noticed he had been robbed.

3.      At no time the people were on the bus in any danger.

4.      Little did anyone care about what was happening.

5.      Never I have seen people hitting each other.

6.      Never had he been so tired.

7.      Rarely Laura forgets to take the keys.

8.      Never have I seen so much snow in November.

9.      Hardly had I reached the station when the train arrived.

10.  Seldom have I seen such a mess.

11.  What you had done have I no idea.

12.  When go she to school yesterday morning.




16.  I have no idea what you are talking about.

17.  Hardly had I started to feel bad when you left.

18.  Under any circumstances could the shop close in April.

19.  Suddenly came down the rain.

20.  No sooner Jerry had a slow death, I started to laugh.
      21.  Never have he seen something like that.

22.  Should the fire alarm go off, leave the house immediately.

23.  Few did he know that she would be his wife.

24.  You are not leaving this room under no circumstances
26.  Hardly had the bus began to move when I realised I had left my phone at home.

27.  Rarely won a football match have Norwich.

28.  Seldom have I forgotten to do my homework.

29.  Never had I been to London before.
      30.  Unusually the rain began to fall. 

Answers:
1.      Hardly had I gone outside when it started to rain

2.      Not until he sat on the train did he notice he had been robbed.

3.      At no time were the people on the bus in any danger.

4.      Little did anyone care about what was happening.

5.      Never have I seen people hitting each other.

6.      Never had he been so tired.

7.      Rarely does Laura forget to take the keys.

8.      Never have I seen so much snow in November.

9.      Hardly had I reached the station when the train arrived.

10.  Seldom have I seen such a mess.

11.  What you had done I have no idea.

12.  When go she to school yesterday morning.




16.  I have no idea what you are talking about.

17.  Hardly had I started to feel bad when you left.

18.  Under no circumstances could the shop close in April.

19.  Suddenly came down the rain.

20.  No sooner did Jerry have a slow death, than I started to laugh.
      21.  Never has he seen something like that.

22.  Should the fire alarm go off, leave the house immediately.

23.  Little did he know that she would be his wife.

24.  Under no circumstances are you leaving this room
26.  Hardly had the bus began to move when I realised I had left my phone at home.

27.  Rarely has Norwich won a football match.
28.  Seldom have I forgotten to do my homework.

29.  Never had I been to London before.
      30.  Unusually the rain began to fall.

miércoles, 20 de mayo de 2015

Class Daily Report

20th May 2015

2nd ESO Ms. Solà: FCE Listening pratice test: Test 1 Successful FCE

2nd ESO Mr. Martín: FCE test correction. Phrasal verb cooperative learning activity

1st BACH: Passive questions, passive with indirect complement: link

2nd ESO Mascaró: Spelling test

4th ESO Ms. Villalonga & Ms. Torrents: Inversion handout: cooperative learning structure: panel of experts

Passive: interrogative & indirect complement

Passive Interrogative:



Passive Indirect Complement


martes, 19 de mayo de 2015

Class Daily Report 19th May 2015

Class Daily Report 19th May 2015

3rd ESO Mr. Judkins: Reading & Writing: The Canterbury Tales. The Knight's Tale. Homework: Write a 10 line speech using rhyming couplets (as Emily, Palamon or Arcite)

2nd ESO Mr. Martín & Ms. Mascaró: FCE Listening Practice Test: Test 1 Successful FCE

1st BACH: Causative & Extra practice exercises

3rd ESO Mr. Mercer: Reading & Writing:The Canterbury Tales. The Pardoner. Homework: Activities page 113 & 114. Reading of The Knight's Tale (up to page 81)

Causative exercises





1. My sister went to the hairdresser's yesterday to……………………………… . (hair/cut)

2. I think I should take my car to the mechanic to ………………………….. (steering/repair)

3. For their wedding, the bride and groom ………………………….. and everybody thought it was delicious. (beautiful cake/make)

4. My boss ………………., he can't do anything right now. (laptop/repair)

5. "Shall we repair the motorbike?" "No, let’s ………………………..." (it/repair/mechanic)




1. The mechanic changed the battery in my car.

_______________________________________________________________________

2. The hairdresser cut my hair in a brand new shocking style.

_______________________________________________________________________

3. A painter has repainted our house.

_______________________________________________________________________

4. A friend of mine, who’s an IT expert, is going to repair my tablet very soon.

_______________________________________________________________________

5. My shirt is being cleaned at a dry cleaner’s.

_______________________________________________________________________

6. The road has just been rebuilt for the new shopping centre.

_________________________________________________________________________