CLASS 4 (3-14.NOV.08)

UNIT 2 - THE PERFECT DATE
I hope you all did very well in your exams. Let's start working on the next unit. In Unit 2 - THE PERFECT DATE you are going to deal with:

• Past simple, past continuous and present perfect simple
• Gerunds and infinitives
• Common noun suffixes
• Main idea in paragraphs
• Describing a person
• Word order

First of all we are going to practice with the PAST SIMPLE, the PAST CONTINUOUS and the PRESENT PERFECT SIMPLE. Remember you have to know the list of irregular verbs you have in your book (pages 138 and 139). In the following links you will find exercises to practice them:

• English Learning Website : Do the past simple, past continuous exercises and present perfect exercises.
• The Happy Verby Gang : Try with the Past Simple Boy, Lady Past Continuous and the Present Perfect Man. It has explanations in Spanish!
• English 4U : Do the past tense exercises (7),the past progressive (6) and the present perfect (3). (past progressive is the same as past continuous).
• Past simple order : Put the words in the correct order to make sentences.
• Correct the mistakes :The sentences are wrong, you have to correct them!
• English Grammar Online: Simple Past : Form, use and plenty of exercises at the end of the page.
• English Grammar Online: Past Continuous : Form, use and plenty of exercises at the end of the page.
• English Grammar Online: Present Perfect : Form, use and plenty of exercises at the end of the page.

Describing a person is one of the topics of this unit. Click the pictures of this three famous people and you will find their biographies. Fill in the blanks to complete them.

HOMEWORK

• Read Teen Date Ideas: Dinner and a Movie? and 25 things to do on a first date and write a composition (150 words) explaining to your teacher you ideal date. Then write an e-mail to cristina.itaca@gmail.com with the composition attached. The subject of your e-mail must be "My ideal date".
• Continue practising with the past simple, the past continuous and the present perfect in the links you have above. If you have any problems with these verb tenses, ask your teachers for help