1st ESO- UNIT 7: FUN AND GAMES

 

The topic of this unit is one I am sure you will be interested in: computer games and TV programmes!!

Have a look at some activities that will help you learn and practise the contents of Unit 7:

1. COMPUTER GAMES: A WORD SEARCH

2. COMPUTER GAMES: A MATCHING GAME

3. PAST SIMPLE "TO BE": GAME

4. PAST SIMPLE "TO BE": EXPLANATION AND GAMES

5. TV PROGRAMMES: PASAPALABRA

6. PAST SIMPLE AFFIRMATIVE (REGULAR VERBS) PRESENTATION

7. PAST SIMPLE AFFIRMATIVE (REGULAR VERBS)PRACTICE

8. MORE PRACTICE ON PAST SIMPLE AFFIRMATIVE (REGULAR VERBS)

9. READING COMPREHENSION PRACTICE

10. A GAME

Kung Fu Mantis: All bluff!

Slang is vocabulary of an informal register, common in spoken conversation but avoided in formal writing. "Bluff" belongs to such register and it can be used both as a verb or a noun. 

Click on the picture below and  find out what it means.

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"To bluff" means to deceive someone by making them think either that you are going to do something when you really have no intention of doing it, or that you have knowledge that you do not really have, or that you are someone else, or like the mantis, that you're more formidable than you look. Here you have some examples:

Is he going to jump or is he only bluffing?

Tony seems to know a lot about music, but sometimes I think he's only bluffing.

She bluffed the doorman into thinking that she was a reporter.

Eurovision and second conditionals

Now, here you have a grammar pill today! As you already know, second conditionals are used in English to talk about imaginary or hypothetical situations. Listen to Space Man, Sam Ryder's song representing United Kingdom at the Eurovision Song Contest 2022. 

1. How many second conditionals can you find? Take the very first sentence of the song as an example. 

2. Can you explain the structure?

3. Let's talk about it... What is the meaning of the conditionals, of the whole song? What would it happen if YOU were an astronaut? And, could you imagine another paragraph for the song?

This song makes me think of Elton John's Your Song... do you guess why? Again, second conditionals as main structure... a classic.

LANGUAGE PILLS COMPETITION

The competition will take place next Wednesday 18th May in classroom 106, during the third period (from 10:20 till 11:30). Once you finish it, you can go back to your class. 

Thanks for joining it! We wish you the best of luck!! 

MEMORIES

It is quite frequent to use this word in a wrong sense  since it is very similar to the Spanish word "memoria", but its meaning is different: it is a false friend!

If you look at the picture, I think you can guess its real meaning: in this context, it refers to a mental picture kept in the mind , a recollection.

Have you got any memories you want to share? What is your best one?

Now, you can relax and listen to the beautiful song "Memories" by Maroon 5:

 

"A LANGUAGE PILL A WEEK KEEPS YOUR ENGLISH FIT" FIRST COMPETITION

So, after a whole school year working with language pills, time to have the COMPETITION. You should take into account the following:

a. It will take place the third week in May.

b. There will be two levels and one winner in each: 

       LEVEL 1: 1st-2nd-3rd ESO 

       LEVEL 2: 4th ESO - 1st-2n BACH

c. If you want to take part in it, you must send a message to your teacher (use Teams to do so). Deadline Friday 6th May (included)

d. Remember you have all the language pills on the blog, so you have plenty of time to revise them. You also have examples of most pills on the Instagram account. 

e. Apart from that, we have created some other activities that can help you revise them, which are also on the blog.

                          RULES FOR THE COMPETITION

• You must try to answer as many questions as possible. You must have at least 15 correct answers to be eligible to get the prize.

• Although there may be other possible correct answers, yours must all be related to the language pills studied this year.

• There will be some extra bonus questions (always related to the language pills studied and you may also try to answer. In case of a tie,  those will be used to find out the winner.

• If, after that, there is still a tie, the winner will be chosen by raffle among all the students with the same results.

Hope lots of you decide to join the competition. There is a very nice prize 🏆 awaiting the winner in each level... 😉!!

GOOD LUCK EVERYONE!!

FUN ACTIVITIES TO REVISE AND PRACTISE THE LANGUAGE PILLS

The final competition is closer, so you may well do with some extra practice. We have designed different activities to revise and practise them. Hope they help you be one of the two winners 🏆!!

A CROSSWORD

A MATCHING ACTIVITY

FROGGY JUMPS

 

 ANOTHER MATCHING GAME