27th April

During this session we consolidated the grammar point 'used to'. We read some sentences and then explained those which applied to us. Then we thought about our childhood and compared it to our lives nowadays.
After that, we listened to Justin and Helen talking about an anecdote when they were children and the students answered the comprehension questions.
We continued the class explaining some tricks to use during the conversation and interactive phase in the exam.
We need to show interest, surprise and make the conversation going.
We can do so by repeating some of the words mentioned by the examiner, for example:

Examiner: Last night I saw a black horse in the park.
Candidate: A black horse?

Or we can add some expression of surprise: Really? Uh_huh, wow, yeah,yeah!

Or identify the main information in the speech to ask question about it.

Examiner: I'm really nervous about the exam.
Candidate: Why is the exam so important? When is the exam? What's the exam about?

Homework:Think about an anecdote when you were 10 years old. Be prepared to be asked more questions for information, or to show surprise and interest.

Answer key to pending exercises

-Go to Documents section and there you will find lots of questions about the topics studied in Grade 6. Think about the possible answers and we'll work them out in class.

-Key to listening comprehension: STRANGE SPORTING STATISTICS

1.oldest   2.33   3.98   4.hardest   5.3,8   6.180   7.tallest   8.2,45   9.highest   10.272-0   11.largest   12.1950   13.200,000   14.heaviest   15.1.90   16.165kgs.

Reading comprehension
Unit 8- grade 6, p.70

Ex.5c
1c   2d   3b   4a

Ex.5d
1F   2F   3T   4T   5T   6F   7T   8T

Health: illness and disease, injuries - key

54.1
1. a cough, sore throat, sneezing
2. a cough, sore throat, sneezing, temperature, aching muscles
3. runny nose, sneezing, sore eyes
4. headache
5. keep going to the toilet
6. difficulty in breathing
54.2
in class
54.3
I had a terrible toothache so I made an appointment to see the dentist. I need a fiiling, so I had an injection first, now I feel much better
54.4
1. hurts   2.attack   3.ache   4.pain   5.lung   6.prescription   7.asthma   8.disease   9.myself   10.aches

Health: injuries
55.1
verbs
cut, wound, injure, shoot, bleed, bandage, bruise, treat
55.3
1. I was preparing the dinner and I cut myself
2. he said he was in a fight and someone gave him a black eye
3. I was running for a bus and I hit my foot on something on the pavement and fell over
4. We were running for the same ball and we collided

13th April

During this session we completed the topic about health and fitness, and that means the end of grade 6.
We started the class, with the photocoopies from the coursebook, New Pass Trinity. On p.69, we listened to a fitness intructor giving some advice about keeping fit. As we listened we completed the sentences from 1-8. (audio 26).
After that, we completed the vocabulary exercises 4a-c.
Then, we worked the vocabulary related to sports and played the "20questions" game.
To finish the class, we watched a video in which some people on the street were interviewed about the healthy lifestyle.
And finally, we thought about some some ideas related to health and fitness and then, raised some questions that the examiner might ask us in the conversation phase.

Homework: Reading, unit 8, Grade 6, ex.5 a-d

Thing about the answers to the possible questions raised by the examiner. On this link you'll  have access to some more questions...Health and fitness, conversation questions ...how would you answer to them?

Listening comprehension photocopy."Survival of the fittest"ex. 2 Listen Better (audio 6.4)

key to past continuous exercises

On this link you can have access to the key to the grammar exercises about the past simple/continuous:
Past continuous- key

23rd March

Today we've talked about health and illness.
We started the class marking some expressions according to whether they were good or bad for our health. Then we read four short texts about what some people did to keep healthy and expressed our opinions about them.
To continue with this topic, we did a health quiz and talked about what we usually do to treat some illness. Then, we listened and checked if we were right or not (t.10.1).
After that,we completed some expressions with verbs and adjectives/nouns combination.
Then, we read an extract from a website and listened to a patient calling to a helpline to ask for advice for his problem (t10.2).
To consolidate the new vocabulary and structures, we did a role-play in which the students acted as doctors and patients.
We finally listened to other two patients talking about their problems and completed a dialogue with the missing words (t6.4)
Homework: vocabulary photoocopy about illness and disease, injuries

16th March

We finished the topic talking about money and shopping reading a text about tipping in Britain and asnswering the comprehension questions.
Then, we started a new point of discussion:health and fitness. To start with, we did a questionnaire about healthy habits. The students answered the questions first, personally, and then, we listened to an expert giving the correct answers.
After  that, we expressed our opinions about the questionnaire and so, we could practise how to express surprise in English: I was surprised about...
Finally, we studied the grammar structure from this unit: first conditional.
Zero condtional is formed as follows: if+present/present
First conditional: if+present/future
We completed a grammar practice exercise, ad finally we did a personal list of ten pieces of advice to keep healthy.