CLASS 14 – UNIT 7

The contents of UNIT 7 – PEOPLE AND PRODUCTS are the following:

• Vocabulary: Shopping. Prefixes. Nouns and prepositions
  
• Grammar: Conditionals. Time clauses
  
• Reading: Scanning a text for specific information
  
• Listening: Dialogues
  
• Speaking: Comparing and contrasting pictures. Expressing preferences
  
• Writing: A formal letter
  

CONDITIONAL SENTENCES

Conditional sentences are usually divided into two parts (called clauses): the if part and the main clause. You have all the information about the form, uses and examples of these types of sentences in page 82 of your books or in pages 125-126 of the grammar appendix (in Catalan). If you want to make a diagram and send it to cristina.itaca@gmail.com you'll have an extra mark.

Now you should be ready to do the following exercises about conditionals. If you need more practice you will find more exercises at agendaweb.

• First conditional 1
  
• First conditional 2
  
• First conditional 3
  
• First conditional 4
  
• Second conditional 1
  
• Second conditional 2
  
• Second conditional 3
  
• Second conditional 4
  
• First & Second conditional
  
• First / Second conditional
  
• First Conditional or Second Conditional Quiz
  
• Error Correction - Conditionals
  
• Marge's Day Of Hell
  
• Third Conditional Exercise
  
• Conditional clauses 1
  
• Conditional clauses 2
  
• Conditional clauses 3
  
• Conditional clauses 4
  

SCANNING FOR INFORMATION

The purpose of scanning is to locate specific information quickly and efficiently by moving their eyes down a page looking for specific facts or key words or phrases. When using books, you should pinpoint specific pages to scan by first examining the table of contents and/or index.

The Scanning game will help you practise scanning for information as you try to discover who has committed a horrible murder in Sleazeville!

PREFIXES – OPPOSITE ADJECTIVES

In page 126 of your books you have explained how some prefixes are added to adjectives to form the opposite. Read it carefully and do the following exercises to check if you have understood it!

• Write the opposite of the following adjectives, using prefixes
  
• Negative Prefixes I (Adjectives)
  

LISTENING – DIALOGUES

If you want to practice your listening, here you have some interesting dialogues that may be useful to you.

• Rental Shop (Version B)
  
• Shopping for the Day
  
• Street Market
  
• Flower Shop
  

WRITING A FORMAL LETTER

In the link formal letter you'll find very useful information about writing formal letters. Have a look at it, and optionally you can write a formal letter to cristina.itaca@gmail.com to get an extra mark.

CLASS 13 - UNIT 6

In UNIT 6 - Women and Sport you are going to study the following topics:

• Vocabulary: Sports. Adjective suffixes
  
• Grammar: Modal & modal perfects
  
• Reading: Connectors
  
• Listening: Conversations
  
• Speaking: Agreeing & disagreeing. Speculating & predicting.
  
• Writing: for & against essay
  

VOCABULARY - SPORTS

The first thing you are going to do is try to remember all the vocabulary you know about sports. Do some of the following exercises and complete a list with all the sports you can and their translation into Catalan.

• Ball games
  
• Sports 1
  
• Sports 2
  
• Sports - Puzzle 1
  
• Sports - Puzzle 2
  
• Sports - Exercise 1
  
• Sports - Exercise 2
  
• Sports - Exercise 3
  
• Sports - Exercise 4
  
• Sports
  
• What sport do you..?
  
• Play, Go, Do
  
• Which Sportsperson?
  

If you want to know more about women and sport, you can have a look at the following pages:

• CNNSI - SI for Women - 100 Greatest Female Athletes
  
• Smart Girls Know - Blog - Happy "National Girls & Womens Sports Day"
  
• History of Women in Sports Timeline
  
• CNN/SI Equal footing: Women's field of dreams takes a worldwide stage
  
• The Independent: Womengainequalmoneyin season's final event
  

VOCABULARY – ADJECTIVE SUFFIXES(-ed / -ing)

Many adjectives can end in -ed or -ing. For example:
- I'm excited about tomorrow.
- This is an exciting book.

When the adjective ends in -ed, it describes the feeling of something. For example:
- I'm interested in modern art. (This is my personal feeling)
- I was really bored yesterday.

When the adjective ends in -ing, it describes the feeling given by something. For example:
- Modern art is interesting. ("Modern art" can't feel, but it makes me feel interested.).
- The news was shocking. (The "news" gives us a shocking feeling)

Compare:
- He's bored. - He has nothing to do, he's not enjoying himself. This describes his feeling.
- He's boring. - He's not an interesting person. This describes the feeling he gives to other people.

Now you should do some exercises to practice this topic:

• Adjectives: Using ED or ING
  
• Adjectives ending in -ed and -ing
  
• Adjectives: -ing or -ed?
  
• Adjective formation - suffixes
  
• Active and passive adjectives
  

CONNECTORS OF ADITION AND CONTRAST

Connectors are linking words which join ideas and show how these ideas are related to one another. They also help us to organise our writing and make it easy for the reader to follow, giving cohesion and coherence to the texts.

• Some connectors are used to connect similar ideas or information, they are addition connectors. These are some examples of this type of connectors: in addition, furthermore, moreover, as well as, also, and.
  
• There are some connectors used to express contrast. They connect contrasting ideas or information: but, however, nevertheless, yet, still, although, even if, even though, in spite of, despite.
  

Be careful because some connectors have similar meanings, but they are followed by different structures and are written in specific places in the sentence (students book – page 74). Here you have some exercises to practise them:

• connectors-contrast
  
• contrasting conjunctions
  
• Although / in spite of / despite
  

FOR & AGAINST ESSAY
(optional activity)

When we write a for & against essay, we present both sides of an issue and conclude by supporting one of the sides. This type of essays must include:

1. Opening: Introduction to the issue.
   
2. Body:
   
   1. Presentation of the side the writer disagrees with
      
   2. Presentation of the side the writer agrees with
      
3. Conclusion: The writer's opinion.
   

There is some useful language and expressions you can use in for & against essays: on the one hand, on the other hand, on the whole, it is true that, to sum up, in short, firstly, secondly, moreover, furthermore, in addition, I believe that, in my opinion.

HOMEWORK

• Optional activity: write a
  for & against essay discussing the advantages and disadvantages of learning a language using internet (100 words). Send the composition to cristina.itaca@gmail.com with for & against in the subject of the message, before the end of the classes.
  
• Make a list with all the sports you can and their translation into Catalan. Send the composition to cristina.itaca@gmail.com with sports in the subject of the message, before the end of the classes.