UNIT 1: IN THE GARDEN

We're going to study this Unit in nine lessons but the most important grammatical aspects are going to be:

THE PRESENT CONTINOUS TENSE: It's the expression to talk about something that is developing at the moment or in a very close future. The form is:

a) Affirmative sentences:                SUBJECT + VERB "TO BE" + VERB "-ING"

Example:

• I'm studying English.
• He's cutting the grass.
• She's planting seeds.
• They're feeding the birds. 

b) Interrogative sentences: Questions and answers.  

•  Is she reading a book?  Yes, she is.
• Is he writing a note?  No, he isn't
• Are they watering the flowers?  Yes, they are.
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• What are you doing?   I'm listening to music.
• What is he doing?    He's playing computer games.
• What's she doing?   She's reading a book.

 COMPARATIVE AND SUPERLATIVE ADJECTIVES:

a) Short adjectives (1-2 syllables): We add "-er + than" for comparative and "the +"-est" for superlative.
   
  Examples:      Peter is taller than John.    / The mouse is smaller than a cat.
                       Josh is the shortest in the class.  / Sophie is the tallest in the group.  

b) Long adjectives (3 syllables or more...): We use "more + adjective+ than ..." for comparative and 
"the most + adjective " for superlative.

Examples:  Paul is more intelligent than /  This chair is more comfortable than that one
                  Tim is the most intelligent boy in the class  / Sarah is the most beautiful girl in the group. 

Links to activities for this unit:

 a1   a2   a3   a4   a5   a6   a7   a8   a9   a10   a11   a12   a13   a14   a15   a16   a17   a18   a19   a20

And if you want to watch different videos to learn more about the Present Continous Tense, you can click on the next links


Video 1     Video 2     Video 3

Link to activities for COMPARATIVE AND SUPERLATIVE ADJECTIVES:

A1    A2    A3    A4    A5    A6    A7    A8    A9    A10    A11    A12    A13    A14    A15

At last, if you want to watch videos to learn more about the Comparative and Superlative Adjectives, you can click on the next links.

VIDEO 1    VIDEO 2    VIDEO 3    VIDEO 4

The vocabulary is about different activities we do in a garden and adjectives with two  or more than two sillables:

Vocabulary 1:

cut the grass: cortar la hierba.
water the flowers: regar las flores.
plant the seeds: plantar las semillas.
pick the strawberries: coger las fresas.
feed the birds: alimentar a los pájaros.
make a window box: hacer una jardinera.
eat a carrot: comer una zanahoria.
dig a hole: cavar un agujero (hoyo)

More vocabulary:

tall: alto
butterfly: mariposa
bee: abeja
beetle: escarabajo
angry: enfadado
read a book: leer un libro
noisy: ruidoso, escadalosoa
take a photo:  echar una foto (tomar una foto)
shell: caparazón, concha
make a kite: hacer una cometa
ant: hormiga
dangerous: peligroso

Vocabulary 2:

beautiful: bonito/a, guapa
interesting: interesante
colourful: colorido
useful: útil
hard: duro
wonderful: maravilloso
ugly: feo/
fast: rápido
slow: lento
short: bajo, corto
noisy:ruidoso
angry: enfadado
big: grande
tall: alto
young: joven
old: viejo
easy: fácil
hungry: hambriento
thirsty: sediento
dangerous: peligroso

STARTER UNIT

The Starter Unit is: Hello, Grandad!
In this Unit, pages 2-5 you're going to learn about the other characters in this book. They're the course characters: Becca, Alfie, Josh, Hayley, Liam, Poppy. They are a group of friends. The main characters are Becca and Alfie (they're twin brother and sister) and they've got four friends, two boys (Josh and Liam) and two girls (Hayley and Poppy).
Apart of that, you're going to meet another character: Grandad Bob. He is Alfie and Becca's grandad and his name is Bob. At last, you can meet grandad's dog; his name's Rex. Read and learn all the facts about Alfie and Becca's friends and about Alfie and Becca's grandad and his dog.

MAIN GRAMMATICAL POINTS TO SEE:

• The use of the  third person in singular adding "-s":
• Bob lives with his family.
• The past tense of the verb "to Be": was/were
• He was in Morocco last year.
• They were in China.
• The way to say the years in English.
• From 2000 to 2009: two thousand/ two thousand and one, two thousand and two...
• From 2010 and so on... in two groups
• 2010: twenty ten
• 2015: twenty fifteen.....

Introduction Unit

In this Unit, we're going to MEET THE EXPLORERS. The explorers in this book are "cartoon characters". Their names are the vowels of the English alphabet plus the letter "y".
Explorers: A, E, I, O, U, Y. These characters are going to appear in different pages and places to give us clues and they'll teach us to learn about the English language. Pay attention, please!
We're going to work this Unit along pages 0-1. Look at your Class Book. Take a look at the poster and try to find "the explorers" and different objects and things about the vocabulary that appears in activity 2. Listen to the "Explorers' Rap" and find the explorers according to the activity 4.