PRESENT PERFECT MINDMAPS

FACE OF AMERICA: ELLIS ISLAND

Ellis Island opened in 1892 as a federal immigration station, a purpose it served for more than 60 years (it closed in 1954). Millions of newly arrived immigrants passed through the station during that time--in fact, it has been estimated that close to 40 percent of all current U.S. citizens can trace at least one of their ancestors to Ellis Island.

Before watching, do in groups the following warming-up activity. Once you've finished, your answers to the questions will be discussed.

Now watch:

Activities after watching

You can get more acquainted with Ellis Island history, reading the following article. 

For a brief explanation about Immigration in the Early 1900's, read here.  

THE FUTURE

You'll ind in the link a great ppt to review for the future. the future. As well as some exercises on future perfect and continuous. https://docs.google.com/document/d/1Oz4_n2NmPjlIk58BBXOxC-XYSlprVqGiwsW5nnq85QE/edit?hl=en

THE PASSIVE

In lesson number five we are going to review The Passive voice, which you already studied last year. In order to refresh your memory, watch the following tutorial:

Let's take some practise on the matter:

Easy Level:

Fill in the gaps with passive voice- Present
Fill in the gaps with passive voice- Past

Intermediate level:

Active or Passive?

Active to Passive Activity 1

Passive Gap Filling (various tenses)

Passive: two objects
Passive in text: The Canterbury Ghost
Listening: Stonehenge : Listen and take the quiz.

Too passive?? Let's get active with these two games and the song:

The Beatles: All You Need is Love

Basket: Hoop shot

Football: Penalty Shootout

In short, you'll be given some task to do related to the passive voice. At the moment you could start practising the passive in this link to see how you're doing. 

Stay tuned!

MONEY, MONEY, MONEY

In unit number 4 we will be taking a look at some vocabulary related to money. Watch this video and take note of the useful and interesting expressions the girl gives you in order to enlarge your knowledge of the language.

7 Common Expressions about MONEY 

Linked activities:

1.Listen and do the exercises on the handed paper. This is an activity to be marked, so listen carefully.

ABCs of Money Matters: Debt Consolidation

2.Take a look at the pictures and try to guess how the story about these two twin brothers goes.

Serve yourshelf!

In the following link you'll find vocabulary, pronunciation of the words given,  games and tests (at the end of the page) related to the vocabulary given, quite useful.

Learnenglish: Money

In this other link, you have a list of finantial words (nouns, verbs, adjectives) with quizes at the end.

ESLabout: Finantial Words

RELATIVES EXERCISE

Do the following exercise in the link:

https://testmoz.com/111240

Read the instructions carefully and take your time.