The Olympic Games

Tuesday 21^st April

Hi everyone! How’s it going?

I hope you are ok. Cheer up! We are nearly in May and the summer is arriving. Come on! Make a last effort to finish the school year!

What did we do in our last lesson?

We went on (continued) talking about Olympic Games.

We started by checking the vocabulary on Winter Olympics.

Do you remember these words?

Torch and flame – stick and puck – curling – bobsleigh – biathlon – Nordic combined- luge?

And what about these ones?

Saddle – venue – helmet- crew- wrestler- canoe – pool – goggles – court – clubs – net – rink -

Are they people, places or equipment? Sometimes a word has more than one meaning and can be two things. For example, club. Do you remember the two meanings? Can you write both definitions either on the blog or in your notebook?

We practiced the vocabulary playing a game in pairs. A team wrote a definition and the other teams had to guess the word.




Then, we watched a couple of videos. One of them compared the Ancient Olympics with the Modern Olympic Games. You took some notes and after that we made the comparisons.

Remember how we use comparative adjectives in English.

In the second video we listened to some students telling us about a sport. This is what I intended (wanted) you to have done last week. Watch it again and pay attention to how they describe that sport. Remember you can play it subtitled in English.

And… that was it!

Don’t forget to do homework. It’s the reading and the exercise on the photocopy I gave you. I explained the glossary in class but if you don’t understand a word, use a dictionary (not a translator).

          GAME 2

Player 1	5
Player 2	7
Player 3	9
Player 4	8
Player 5	6
Player 6	4

      

  See you on Tuesday!

How Long does it Take to Get from...to ...?

Tuesday14^th April

Hi! How are you?

I’m not very happy because last Tuesday’s class was rather disappointing.

Why didn’t you do homework? I can’t believe you didn’t take the time to look in the blog and find the vocabulary you needed to complete your presentation on sports. Besides, there’s a thing called dictionary that you can use when you don’t know a word in English!!!! Yes, I know it’s easier to ask me ‘How do you say…in English?’

So, I expect you to do your presentation on the sport I assigned you for next Tuesday. This time in ‘black and white’ (this means, written on a piece of paper)

For homework, write about the sport written on your card. You must say where the sport is played, the people who take part in it, mention the equipment and say what the game consists of and finally, give your opinion on that sport.

After the disastrous attempt to presentations, we continued talking about ‘How long  it takes to get from London to different cities in Great Britain.

How long does it take to get from London to Dublin by plane? It takes …

15 minutes	¼ h	a quarter of an hour
30 minutes	½	half an hour
45 minutes	¾	Three quarters of an hour
60 minutes	1 h	1 hour
90 minutes	1 ½ h	1 hour and a half
120 minutes	2 h	2 hours
150 minutes	2 ½ h	2 and a half hours
210 minutes	3 ½ h	Three and a half hours

This week we continued talking about sports.

Depending on the sport we use the verbs, Go, Do or Play.

GO	PLAY	DO
windsurfing	rugby	karate
climbing	ice hockey	aerobics
scuba diving	table tennis	gymnastics
swimming	badminton	judo
cycling	squash	yoga

We use Go + ing, except fencing and boxing. We don’t go fencing or go boxing

And we finished the class with a listening.

·         The Tour of France is a cycle race.

·         The Grand Prix is a motor racing championship.

·         The Test Match is a cricket competition.

·         Ski-jumping is an event in the Winter Olympics.

·         The Open is a golf tournament.

Don’t forget homework. Apart from the composition (which was last week’s homework), do the exercises on the photocopies I gave you: vocabulary and Winter Olympics.And click here for more practice:Are You a Sporty Person?

         GAME 1

Player 1	4
Player 2	1
Player 3	2
Player 4	2
Player 5	4
Player 6	1

      

  See you on Tuesday

Sports and Prizes

Tuesday 7^th April,

Hello everybody!

 It was good to see you again! I see you had very nice holidays but…they are over now!

What did we do in our first class of this term?

We started talking about sports.

I could notice that apart from football, your vocabulary about other sports isn’t so wide, that’s why we talked about the equipment, clothes and place where you can do different sports.

Sport / activity	People	Place	Equipment / clothes
Football	Footballers, football players, goalkeeper, referee, defenders, forwards	Football field / football pitch	Ball, T-shirt and shorts, boots, gloves, shin pads, goals
Golf	Golfer, caddy	Golf course	Golf clubs, ball
Tennis	Tennis player, umpire	Tennis court	Rackets, ball, net, T-shirt, shorts and tennis shoes
Skiing	skier	Ski slope/ ski resort	Skis, poles, goggles, ski suit, boots
Fencing	Fencer, judges	Court, gymnasium	Mask, swords
Ice -hockey	Hockey player, referee	Ice rink	Skates, puck, sticks, helmet,
Boxing	Boxer, referee	Boxing ring	Boxing gloves, shorts
Table tennis	players	Table, net	Bats, ball
Baseball	Players, referee	pitch	Bats, glove, ball
Badminton	Players, referee	court	Rackets, shuttlecock

Why don't you try this quiz? Come on! Go ahead!

Are You a Sporty Person?

Then, we described the pictures showing the winners of some sports. What have they won?

The swimmer has won a gold medal.

The football player has won a trophy.

The tennis player has won a prize.

The racing car driver has won a wreath.

We learnt some expressions of time:

·         They have been on court for 3 hours and 26 minutes.

·         With only 20 minutes to go, the United is losing the match.

·         Paula has been in the lead (in the first position) since the start of the marathon.

·         Time is running out (finishing) - there are only five minutes left for them to score.

·         The match started only 11 minutes ago and the Lakers already have 20 points on the board.

Use of the prepositions, for, since, ago with present perfect or past simple.

 ·          Since is only used with perfect tenses.

He’s played for Real Madrid since 2010.

 ·          Ago is only used with past simple.

He played  for  Manchester United 8 years ago.

 ·          For can be used with both tenses but the meaning of the sentences is different.

They played for 3 hours 26 minutes.        The match is over (finished)

They’ve  played for 3 hours 26 minutes. They’re still playing.(not finished)   

We started a pair activity but we couldn’t finish it. We’ll finish it on Tuesday.

For homework, write about the sport written on your card. You must say where the sport is played, the people who take part in it, mention the equipment and say what the game consists of.

·            In some sports you hit the ball.

What do you hit the ball with? A bat, a stick, a club, your hand?

·            In other sports you kick the ball (you use your feet). Can you think of any examples?

·            In other sports you throw the ball, as in handball.

We’ll continue on Tuesday. Have a nice weekend!