Class Notes: Monday, 26 October, 2015

1. Grammar

Let's correct the exercises from page 127.

1.C.a 

1. John is wearing a shirt today!
2. It's hot. Why are you wearing a coat? 
3. Anna is sitting next to Jane today.
4. Hey! Your are standing on my foot! Oye! Que me estás pisando!
5. What book are you reading?
6. We are thinking of you at the moment.
7. Is she wearing make-up? ¿Lleva maquillaje?
8. They are making a big mistake.
9. Is your mother shopping in town?
10. She isn't living with her mother at the moment.

1.C.b

1. He doesn't bite.
2. Why are you wearing sunglasses? It's raining!
3. I'm not listening to it.
4. I need to go to the bank. I don't have any money.
5. The baby is putting that pen in her mouth!
6. Do you usually cook at weekends? No, we normally eat out.
7. What are you doing here? I'm waiting for Emma.
8. I usually drink tea, but I want a coffee today.
9. My sister works from 9 to 5.
10. We live in Paris, but we are staying in Nice at the moment.

*Remember, some verbs are state verbs and cannot be used in continuous tenses. State verbs include: want, need, like . . . etc. Some verbs can be state or non-state verbs depending on their use. 

Go to this website for more practice with state and continuous verbs:
Englishpage

*We can use the present continuous + always to express things that annoy us.
Podemos usar el presente continuo para hablar de cosas que nos molestan o mosquean.

My husband is always leaving dirty socks in the living room.
Mi marido siempre está dejando sus calcetines sucios en el salón.

Let's go to page 8. Do exercise 3b.

1. In the painting, the man isn't wearing shoes.
2. In the UK, women often wear big hats at weddings.
3. In the painting, a white cat is sitting on the man's knees.
4. My son usually sits at the back of the class so that the teacher can't see him.

2. Speaking

Let's go to page four and describe what the people are doing or wearing in the pictures.

*Remember: wear/carry/hold
-> We use "wear" for clothes. Eg: She is wearing a black dress.
-> We use "carry" for objects we are transporting by hand:
     Eg: She is carrying a red bag.
-> We use "hold" for things that are in our hand(s) when we are not moving.
     Eg. He is holding a book.
wear-> llevar puesto
carry-> llevar en la mano / transportar llevandolo en la mano
hold -> sujetar, aguantar, sostener con la mano

3. Listening

Let's go back to page 8. Look at the painting and listen to track 1.24.

Listen again and decided if the sentences in 4b are true or false. Correct the false sentences.

1. Percy is the name of the cat. T.
2. Mr and Mrs Clark made clothes for famous people. T.
3. The painting shows their living room. F. bed
4. The painting is quite small. F. large
5. Celia is pregnant in the painting. T.
6. Ossie is putting his feet into the carpet because he is cold. F. the artist couldn't paint his feet properly
7. The position of the couple in the painting is unusual. T.
8. The open window is a symbol of the love between them. F. distance
9. the cat is a symbol of infidelity. T.
10. Ossie Clark died in 1995. F. 1996

Listen again with the transcript on page 118 to check you understand.

New words
pregnant -> embarazada
portrait -> retrato
aim -> meta, objetivo
successful -> exitoso
it seems -> parece
close together -> cerca, juntos
relationship -> relación
lover -> amante

4. Vocabulary

Let's go to page 9. Let's do page 5a.

1. in
2. on the left; on the right
3. in the middle; between
4. on
5. under
6. on; behind
7. next to
8. in front of
9. in

Listen to track 1.25 to check your answers.

5. Speaking

Look at the box in exercise 6. Read how to describe a picture.

Do exercise 6a with a partner. When you finish drawing, write a description of one of the pictures.

New words

vase -> jarrón
in the background -> al fondo
armchair -> butaca
against -> contra
end table -> mesa auxiliar
coffee table -> mesa baja
navy blue -> azul marino
rug -> alfombra
carpet -> moqueta
round -> redonda
floor -> suelo (solo interiores)
legs crossed -> piernas cruzadas
lie down -> tumbarse