The purpose of these activities is to explore the characteristics of our city and country and to recognize the problematic situations they have.
1. Watch the two following videos about Medellín
Video 1
What is the video about?
How is the city described?
What places are mentioned in the video?
What are the most important events held in the city?
Why is Medellín one of the most visited cities in Latin America?
What kind of visitors does the city receive?
Why would people fall in love with Medellín?
4. What is the purpose (intention) of the video?
5. What kind of audience is the video for?
6. What does the producer of the video want to communicate?
Workshop: City Problems
Do the following exercises
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Listen to the conversation and fill in the blanks
Audio: https://drive.google.com/file/d/16BSSGocE5GNXS7WdIJN4ousO2q_ypyUN/view?usp=sharing
Practice August 25th:
Adverbs of Quantity
Organize the sentence
Complete the sentences with the appropriate adverb of quantity
Listening Comprehension
City Problems: Elllo
Global Issues
Environmental Issues:
1. Choose one event or change you consider important for
the history of humanity. Also, look for the inventor, company or group that promoted
that change.
2. Describe how was life before and how is life now
with that event or situation.
Ex: life before cellphones and after cellphones
Life before internet and life after internet.
3. Look for information on the web to expand the
topic.
You can use images, videos, pictures to contextualize
the presentation.
4.Write simple ideas and structures to describe and
compare.
Simple past, simple present, there is/are was/were, adverbs
of quantity (much, many, few, Little, a lot of, most of, all of).
5. Prepare a simple presentation (ppt, prezzi, canva).
Present Perfect Simple
The Present Perfect Simple is used, if an action happened in the past and there is a connection to the present. This action has just stopped or is still going on. There's no exact time expressed when the action happened.
Key words: already, just, yet, ever, never, for, since, so far, up to now, not yet, lately, recently
How to form the Present Perfect Simple
I, you, we, they - have + 3rd form
he, she, it - has + 3rd form
They have visited her uncle recently. - She has just baked an apple pie.
Short forms
I've never been there before. - We've studied a lot so far.
He's worked in this shop lately. - He's found his wallet.
Negation
I, you, we, they - have not (haven't) + 3rd form
he, she, it - has not (hasn't) + 3rd form
They haven't tidied up their room so far. - He hasn't finished his homework yet.
Questions
Have you already done your homework?
Have/Has - subject - verb
How long have you been there?
Question word - have/has - subject -verb
Use of the Present Perfect Simple
Examples:
Nick has gone on holidays. - result - He is not in the office.
He has already met Sue. - connection to the present - He likes her.
He has just eaten something bad. - connection to the present - He feels sick now.
He has lived in Spain for ten days. - connection to the present - He is still there.
He has been in Spain since Friday. - connection to the present - He is still there.
Have you ever been to Italy? - connection to the present - Do you know Italy? No, I've never been there.
Let's Practice:
1. Complete the sentences with the verb in brackets in past simple or present perfect.
1. She loves Paris. She ..................... (be) there many times.
2. Bill ....................... (work) in that company for 3 years. (He still works there).
3. They ....................... (go) to London on holiday last summer.
4. I ....................... (read) that book. It´s good.
5. His parents ....................... (be) here yesterday.
6. They ....................... (go) to Germany when he ....................... (be) only 4.
7. ........... you ......... (watch) a film last night?
8. I ....................... (have) some toast when I got up.
9. He ....................... (live) in Rome since he was a teenager.
10. The house looks different. .......... you .............. (paint) it?
11. I ....................... (not see) you in class last Friday.
12. Shakespeare ....................... (write) over one hundred sonnets.
2. Say if the following sentences are right or wrong. Correct them if necessary.
1. Have you ever been to Thailand? ......................................................................................
2. I´ve had sausages for lunch at half past one. ....................................................................
3. She´s enjoyed herself at the party last night. .....................................................................
4. I´ve read that book but I didn´t like it much. .......................................................................
5. Tom has left school one year ago. .....................................................................................
6. My cousins have lived in Dublin since they´ve been children. ...........................................
7. We have worked here for a year and a half. ......................................................................
8. My parents lived in Britain for a couple of years. ...............................................................
9. James has made a cake yesterday. ..................................................................................
10. I´ve washed the car. It looks great now. ............................................................................
3. Complete the sentences with the following verbs in present perfect or past simple.
be - finish - stop - watch - not smoke - enjoy - win - live
1. She ............... smoking two months ago.
2. She ............... for two months.
3. ......... you ever .......... to Florence?
4. ......... you ........... that TV show last night?
5. They still live in that town. They ............... there for ages.
6. A friend of mine ............... the lottery three years ago.
7. When ........... you ........... your homework?
8. They ............... themselves at the party last summer.
EXERCISES
Present perfect simple - Exercise 1
Present perfect simple - Exercise 2
Present perfect simple - Exercise 3
Present perfect simple - grammar test
Present perfect questions - Exercise 1
Present perfect questions - Exercise 2
Present perfect questions - Exercise 3
Past simple or present perfect - Exercise 1
Past simple or present perfect - Exercise 2
Past simple or present perfect - Exercise 3
Past simple or present perfect - Exercise 4
Past simple or present perfect - Exercise 5
Past simple or present perfect - Exercise 6
Should, ought to, had better
http://web2.uvcs.uvic.ca/elc/studyzone/330/grammar/330-modals-advice.htm
Exercises
1. Giving advice using should or shouldn't
2. Should, Ought to , Had better
3. Giving Advice
4. Should and Would
Game: Giving Advice
Writing Activity:
Write three problems of the city. Describe them and give some possible recommendations to solve them. Use the comments space for this writing activity.
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Pollution
Read the text and fill in the gaps
City Problems
Should / Must workshop
Problems and Advice
I feel very tired My neighbors are too noisy these days.
Language
There are different ways of giving advice in English.
Fill in the missing words in the conversations below.
Which is the strongest advice given?
1. John My neighbours play loud music every night and it’s driving me mad!
Sue If I _____________ you, I _____________ call the police.
2. Claudia I’m really struggling in my English class. I don’t understand anything.
I don’t know what to do!
Marco Why _____________ you speak to your teacher? She’ll help you.
3. Dave My girlfriend is really angry with me because I forgot her birthday.
Have you got any advice?
Jack I think you _____________ buy her some flowers and say you’re sorry!
4. Sarah I think Dave’s girlfriend is cheating on him.
Suzy What? You _____________ to tell him! He has a right to know!
Giving Advice
If I were in your place...This page lists useful expressions for the language function of giving advice and recommendations to other people.
Elementary
- (I think/I really think) you need to/must/should ...
- How about ...?
- It is usually a good idea to ...
- My suggestion/advice is (to) ...
- Why don't you ...?
- You could (try) ...
- You probably/definitely/really should ...
Pre-intermediate
- Have you tried ...?
- I (would) (strongly) suggest/advise that ...
- If I was/were you, I'd ...
- In my experience, ... works really well.
- It's generally best/a good idea to...
- One idea is to ...
- One thing you could/should/have to do is ...
- The best/most important thing (to do) is to ...
Intermediate
- ... might work.
- ... would probably work.
- ... (always) works for me.
- If I was/were in your place, I'd ...
- If that happened to me/In that case/If I had that problem, I'd ...
- My (main/personal) recommendation is/would be ...
- You'd better ...
- In this (kind of) situation, I (would) always recommend/advise ...
Upper Intermediate
- (If I was/were) in that (that kind of) situation, I'd ...
- Have you thought about ...?
- If it was/were me, I'd ...
- Make sure you (don't) ...
- The sooner you ... the better.
- Whatever you do, ...
- Your only option is to ...
- You have no choice but to ...
Advanced
- ... is worth a try.
- A (self-help) book I read recommends ...
- A piece of advice from ... that I'd like to pass on is to ...
- A wise man once said ...
- As the proverb says, ...
- I can't recommend ... strongly enough.
- You should ..., no doubt about it.
- It might be an old wives' tale, but ...
Reading Comprehension Activity: Saving the planet
https://app.box.com/s/rs7e7eokmad1mdmgm1vc8datyf2lgfwe
Referents in English
Video: Identifying reference words
Reading Comprehension Exercise
Task 1: read the following paragraphs and pay attention to the signaling words in red color.
Signaling Words
The Earth faces many environmental problems. The first one is pollution. Factories and cars release poisonous chemicals into the air. These chemicals not only kill living creatures in the oceans, rivers and lakes but also mix with the water in the clouds. Then the polluted water falls and damages everything in the world. Food waste and too much packaging cause land pollution. What’s more, the hole in the ozone layer is getting bigger and bigger because of aerosols. The second problem is the extinction of some species. The main causes of extinction are overhunting, pollution and habitat loss. Many animals find it more difficult to survive in their nature. The last but not least is deforestation. We cause the loss of forests by cutting trees down. Erosion and fires also cause forests to disappear. To sum up, we can say that we live in a world which has serious problems.
Task 2: Design a graphic organizer using the main ideas and the topics from the previous reading. you can use the following model.
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