Class Notes: Wednesday, 18 November, 2015

1. Pronunciation

Let's go to page 17. Look at the information in exercise 2. Most two syllable words in English have the stress on the first syllable. Remember that syllables with the "schwa" symbol (la "e" dada la vuelta) never carry the stress.

Now underline the stressed syllables in exercise 2a. Listen to track 1.49 to check your answers.

a-cross   af-ter a-gain  a-long  al-though  aw-ful  be-cause  birth-day  
eve-ning   in-vite   per-fect  se-cond

2. Vocabulary

Now let's make verb phrases using the verbs and expressions in exercise 3a on page 17.

invite somebody to dinner
have a wonderful time
drive along the high street
meet in a coffee bar
give somebody your email/phone number
take somebody to a restaurant
wait for somebody
be in a hurry
play a song
leave the club very late
run across the road

3. Speaking

Now, re-read the story on page 16. After that, retell the story using the connectors and verb phrases on pages 16 and your own words.

4. Listening

What do you think wiill happen in the happy ending and the sad ending to the story? 

Let's listen to both. (Tracks 50, 51).

Now listen to track 50 again with the questions on page 101.

Next, listen to track 51 again with the questions on page 109.

Check your answers with the transcripts on pages 118-199.

New words:

It was love at first sight -> fue un flechazo
gosh (God)-> forma de suavizar una expresión fuerte de sorpresa
injury -> herida, lesión
I'm afraid -> me temo
dent -> bollón
shout -> gritar
hit and run -> un accidente donde uno de los conductores se da a la fuga

5. Grammar: Present Perfect

The structure of the present perfect is similar to haber + participio pasado.

Subject + have/has + past participle + object
      I               have              seen              that film.

We use  the present perfect to talk about experiences using ever/never.

Have you ever been to China? I have never been to China.
¿Alguna vez has estado en China? Nunca he estado en China.

We use the present perfect to talk about recent past actions. We can use "just" to express the same idea as acabar de hacer algo / venir de hacer algo

I have just arrived. Acabo de llegar.

We did a worksheet (from the Básico 1 book) on present perfect. We also looked at irregular past participles.

Homework:

Review on page 18-19 of your student's book and the writing exercise on page 112.