BOARD GAMES

Hi guys!

These days our students have been making board games.
The activity had two goals, the first one was revising the contents of the year and the second one was practicing the games with their classmates.

Intelectual test:
This game is for revising different topics worked along the year.



 The way of the star:
In this game the players must complete different activities before arriving to the end.


Tradicional trivial pursuit but in this case the game was adapted with English questions for practising the speaking.



This game is very similar to the Monopoly, in this case you can buy aliments and you can practice the speaking in the market.


The imposible game is a very funny way to practice English with your friends. You can practice the future forms with will and going to.



Party junior, this game is very similar to the original one. You must do different activities.



In this game the students revised the there is/are forms.




Memory cards for practising vocabulary.



Present simple game. In this boardgame you may practice sentences in present simple using different cards.



Party and co.



Thanks a lot to everybody for your work.
I hope this project had helped you to revise the English grammar worked in class this year.


         
                  

DID / DIDN'T PAST SIMPLE

NEGATIVE SENTENCES IN PAST SIMPLE.

We use didn't (did not) to make a negative sentence in the past tense.
This is for regular AND irregular verbs.
Except TO BE and MODAL verbs.

Compare:
Present: They don't live in Canada.
Pas: They didn't live in Canada.

Present: He doesn't speak Spanish.
Past: He didn't speak Spanish.

Examples of negative sentences in the past tense.

I didn't want togo to the dentist.
You didn't have time.
He didn't close the door.
She didn't come to my party.
We didn't study English.

Questions in the past time.

We use did to make a question in the past tense.
This is for regular regular AND irregular verbs.

Did he go to the beach?
Did they work on Sunday?
Did you eat my cake?

COMPARE:

AFFIRMATIVE  FORM	NEGATIVE FORM	INTERROGATIVE FORM
I lived	I did not live	Did I live?
You lived	You didn't live	Did you live?
He/she/it lived	He/she/it didn't live	Did he/she/it live?
We lived	We didn't live	Did we live?
You lived	You didn't live	Did you live?
They lived	They didn't live	Did they live?

       -did not = didn't ( short form)                -ed disappears at the negative and interrogative form 

ACTIVITIES:

ACTIVITY 1

ACTIVITY 2

PAST SIMPLE - TO BE

The past tense of To Be in English has two forms: WAS and WERE

To Be - Affirmative

Subject	To Be	Examples
I	was	I was tired this morning.
You	were	You were very good.
He	was	He was the best in his class.
She	was	She was late for work.
It	was	It was a sunny day.
We	were	We were at home.
You	were	You were on holiday.
They	were	They were happy with their test results.

To Be - Negative Sentences

The negative of To Be can be made by adding not after the verb (was or were).

Subject	To Be	Examples
I	was not	I was not tired this morning.
You	were not	You were not crazy.
He	was not	He was not married.
She	was not	She was not famous.
It	was not	It was not hot yesterday.
We	were not	We were not invited.
You	were not	You were not at the party.
They	were not	They were not friends.

To Be - Negative Contractions

The can make negative contractions of the verb To Be in the Past tense by joining the verb (was or were) and n't(e.g. were not = weren't). We don't make a contraction of the subject and the verb (e.g. I was).

I was not tired this morning.	OR	I wasn't tired this morning.
You were not crazy.	OR	You weren't crazy.
He was not married.	OR	He wasn't married.
She was not famous.	OR	She wasn't famous.
It was not hot yesterday.	OR	It wasn't hot yesterday.
We were not invited.	OR	We weren't invited.
You were not at the party.	OR	You weren't at the party.
They were not friends.	OR	They weren't friends.

To Be - Questions

To create questions with To Be, you put the Verb before the Subject.

Affirmative	You	were	happy.
	Subject	Verb
Question	Were	you	happy?
	Verb	Subject

Affirmative	Question
I was late	Was I late?
You were sick.	Were you sick?
He was surprised.	Was he surprised?
She was from Italy.	Was she from Italy?
It was a big house.	Was it a big house?
We were ready.	Were we ready?
You were early.	Were you early?
They were busy.	Were they busy?

Before the verb you can also have a WH- Question word (Why, Who, What, Where etc.)

Were you happy? Yes, I was.

Why were you happy? Because I was promoted at work.

To Be - Short Answers

In spoken English, we usually give short answers in response to questions.

Was he from Japan? - Yes, he was (from Japan). The last part (from Japan) is not necessary. We use shorts answers to avoid repetition, when the meaning is clear.

Question	Short Answers	Short Answers
Was I late?	Yes, you were.	No, you weren't.
Were you sick?	Yes, I was.	No, I wasn't.
Was he surprised?	Yes, he was.	No, he wasn't.
Was she from Italy?	Yes, she was.	No, she wasn't.
Was it a big house?	Yes, it was.	No, it wasn't.
Were we ready?	Yes, we were.	No, we weren't.
Were you early?	Yes, we were.	No, we weren't.
Were they busy?	Yes, they were.	No, they weren't.

EXERCICES:

Acitivity 1

Activity 2

Activity 3

Activity 4

SIMPLE PAST

SIMPLE PAST FORM

[VERB+ed] or irregular verbs

Examples:

• You called Debbie.
• Did you call Debbie?
• You did not call Debbie.

USE 1 Completed Action in the Past

Use the Simple Past to express the idea that an action started and finished at a specific time in the past. Sometimes, the speaker may not actually mention the specific time, but they do have one specific time in mind.

Examples:

• I saw a movie yesterday.
• I didn't see a play yesterday.
• Last year, I traveled to Japan.
• Last year, I didn't travel to Korea.
• Did you have dinner last night?
• She washed her car.
• He didn't wash his car.

USE 2 A Series of Completed Actions

We use the Simple Past to list a series of completed actions in the past. These actions happen 1st, 2nd, 3rd, 4th, and so on.

Examples:

• I finished work, walked to the beach, and found a nice place to swim.
• He arrived from the airport at 8:00, checked into the hotel at 9:00, and met the others at 10:00.
• Did you add flour, pour in the milk, and then add the eggs?

USE 3 Duration in Past

The Simple Past can be used with a duration which starts and stops in the past. A duration is a longer action often indicated by expressions such as: for two years, for five minutes, all day, all year, etc.

Examples:

• I lived in Brazil for two years.
• Shauna studied Japanese for five years.
• They sat at the beach all day.
• They did not stay at the party the entire time.
• We talked on the phone for thirty minutes.
• A: How long did you wait for them?
  B: We waited for one hour.

USE 4 Habits in the Past

The Simple Past can also be used to describe a habit which stopped in the past. It can have the same meaning as "used to." To make it clear that we are talking about a habit, we often add expressions such as: always, often, usually, never, when I was a child, when I was younger, etc.

Examples:

• I studied French when I was a child.
• He played the violin.
• He didn't play the piano.
• Did you play a musical instrument when you were a kid?
• She worked at the movie theater after school.
• They never went to school, they always skipped class.

EXERCICES:

PAST SIMPLE REGULAR VERBS

PAST TENSE - REGULAR VERBS

PAST SIMPLE SENTENCES

PRACTICE WITH DID/DIDN'T

comparative and superlative exercices

Click for practising with the comparative and superlative adjectives.

Activity 1
Activity 2
Activity 3
Activity 4
Activity 5

COMPARATIVES AND SUPERLATIVES IN SONGS.

THE PAST (part 2) IRREGULAR VERBS-------6TH

EXERCISE 1
EXERCISE 2
EXERCISE 3
EXERCISE 4

REVIEW.....VERBS AND VOCABULARY------2nd & 3rd

Hello children:
Here you have different activities to review the vocabulary we have studied in the first term and during this week. See you soon.

THE PAST (part 1), REGULAR VERBS -------6TH

The simple past is used to describe an action that ocurred and was completed in the past. The simple past is formed by adding -ed to the infinitive (base form) of the verb without to.

base form + ed = simple past

walk + -ED = walked
push + -ED = pushed
play + -ED = played
climb + -ED = climbed
watch + -ED = watched

CLICK HERE TO STUDY THE REGULAR VERBS LIST.

In English, the simple past of regular verbs is very easy, It is the same for all of the subjects.
Here you are sample sentences of the simple past with the verb work.

I worked yesterday
You worked yesterday
He worked yesterday
She worked yesterday
It worked yesterday
We worked yesterday
You worked yesterday
They worked yesterday

For regular verbs ending in the vowel -e, add –d.

base form		simple past
hate		hated
seize		seized
hope		hoped
assume		assumed
tie		tied
free		freed

For the very few English verbs that end in a vowel other than -e, add –ed.

base form		simple past
ski		skied
echo		echoed

Exceptions: The verbs DO and GO are irregular.

For regular verbs that end in a vowel+y, add –ed.

base form		simple past
play		played
decay		decayed
survey		surveyed
enjoy		enjoyed

Exceptions: The verbs SAY and BUY are irregular.

For regular verbs that end in a consonant +y, change the –y to –i and add –ed.

base form		simple past
cry		cried
dirty		dirtied
magnify		magnified

Exception: The verb FLY is irregular.

For regular verbs ending in a consonant + vowel + consonant, double the final consonant before adding -ed.

base form		simple past
dam		dammed
beg		begged
plan		planned
strip		stripped

Here are examples with regular verbs in the simple present and the simple past.

simple present		simple past
I walk to school.		I walked to school.
She works downtown.		She worked downtown.
They help on Tuesday.		They helped on Tuesday.
He asks a lot of questions.		He asked a lot of questions.

HOW TO TALK ABOUT THE PAST:  Collège Marc Chagall

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COMPARATIVES ----4TH

REMEMBER:
There are two ways for doing the comparatives: 1-2 syllables or adjectives with 3 or more syllables.
In class we have only worked the comparitives with one or two syllables.

• Short adjectives (one syllable):

young----younger than
old-------older than
long-----longer than
small----smaller than
new-----newer than
short----shorter than
tall------taller than
fast-----faster than

• Ending in consonant + vowel + consonant:

REMEMBER THAT YOU HAVE TO DOUBLE THE LAST CONSONANT

big----bigger than
hot----hotter than
fat----fatter than

• Two syllables adjectives ending in -y:

REMEMBER THAT YOU HAVE TO CHANGE -Y FOR -I

ugly-------uglier than
noisy-----noisier than
friendly-friendlier than
happy----happier than
funny----happier than

VOCABULARY 4---TH -----UNIT 3

CAN / CAN'T

Can is a modal verb that we use to show the abbility or possibility of doing something.

Can is the possitive form.

I can read a book.

 

Can't is the negative form.

You can't go to the park.

Remember that in the question form the verb goes before the pronoum.

Can I go to the toilet?

Click here for practising on line.

If you prefer you can print these activities.

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-OR & -ER SUFFIXES

Remember that some "-or" and "-er" endings are suffixes so you can create nouns coming from verbs. e.g:

clean + -er = cleaner
paint + -er = painter
vistit + -or = visitor

The most common ending to create nouns from verbs is -ER.

You can revise it in your activity book on page 20 exercice 3.

PREPOSITIONS ------ 5TH

In this unit we have worked with four of these prepositions:

AROUND:                                                                  

           

ON:

OVER

CAN YOU JUMP OVER THE FENCE?

    

 UNDER:

 

ACTIVITY 1:

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