Advent Calendar

En aquest enllaç trobareu un calendari d'Advent amb una activitat per a cada dia. Us animem a petits i grans a fer-ho. És molt divertit!!

http://www.advientos.com/destinatarios-publico.php?target=1#visualizar

English Club

Us passem la llista de classes extra (gratuïtes) de desembre:

ENGLISH CLUB

December 2nd, 10-11 am: English conversation: for Adults 1-2.

December 15th, 11.30 am-12.30 pm: English conversation: for Adults 4-5.

December 15^th, 7-8 pm: English conversation: for FCE and CAE.

December 22^nd, 11.30 am-12.30 pm: Improve your vocabulary: for Adults 2 to 5.

Remember all these extra lessons are FREE OF CHARGE. If you wish to join any of them, please let us know (grupagora@grupagora.com)

Phrasal Verbs

Separable Phrasal Verbs The object may come after the following phrasal verbs or it may separate the two parts: ·  You have to do this paint job over. ·  You have to do over this paint job. When the object of the following phrasal verbs is a pronoun, the two parts of the phrasal verb must be separated: ·  You have to do it over.
Verb	Meaning
blow up	explode
bring up	mention a topic
bring up	raise children
call off	cancel
do over	repeat a job
fill out	complete a form
fill up	fill to capacity
find out	discover
give away	give something to someone else for free
give back	return an object
hand in	submit something (assignment)
hang up	put something on hook or receiver
hold up	delay
hold up (2)	rob
leave out	omit
look over	examine, check
look up	search in a list
make up	invent a story or lie
make out	hear, understand
pick out	choose
pick up	lift something off something else
point out	call attention to
put away	save or store
put off	postpone
put on	put clothing on the body
put out	extinguish
read over	peruse
set up	to arrange, begin
take down	make a written note
take off	remove clothing
talk over	discuss
throw away	discard
try on	put clothing on to see if it fits
try out	test
turn down	lower volume
turn down (2)	reject
turn up	raise the volume
turn off	switch off electricity
turn off (2)	repulse
turn on	switch on the electricity
use up	exhaust, use completely

Adults 4 Extra practice

Unit 1

Name: _______________________________________

1 How do you say these numbers and dates? Circle the

correct form (a or b).

Example 321

a three hundred and twenty-one

b three hundreds twenty-one

1 Liverpool 3–Chelsea 0 (football score)

a Liverpool three–Chelsea zero

b Liverpool three–Chelsea nil

2 01902 (phone code)

a nought one nine nought two

b oh one nine oh two

3 40–0 (tennis score)

a forty–love b forty–nil

4 7 May (date)

a the seventh of May b the seven of May

5 1999 (year)

a one thousand nine hundred and ninety-nine

b nineteen ninety-nine

 

2 Complete the table with the other parts of speech. Two

examples have been given.

Noun Adjective Verb

 

promise promising promise

scare __________ __________

poison __________ __________

__________ organized __________

__________ __________ entertain

__________ __________ hate

 

3 Mark the stress on the following words.

Example 'promise

organized development promising

playful entertain

4 Complete the sentences with a compound noun or

adjective formed from life, house, or home. Make sure

you spell the word correctly (one word, two words, or

with a hyphen).

Example I never buy potatoes from a supermarket.

All our vegetables are home-grown.

1 My children hated living abroad. They were

__________ the whole time.

2 Since they won the lottery, they’ve enjoyed a

luxurious __________ .

3 I do my grandmother’s shopping as she is

__________ .

4 Due to advances in medical science, people’s

__________ has increased.

5 We’ve finished decorating, so we’re organizing a

__________ party for all our friends.

6 I was shocked to see the number of __________

people sleeping on the streets.

(2 points for each correct answer)

5 Complete the sentences with the correct form of do, be,

or have. Some of the answers are negative.

Example Have you ever been to Japan?

1 I work in a large company, but I ____ like it very

much.

2 ____ you been waiting long?

3 It’s very hot today, ____ it?

4 I don’t understand what they ____ saying.

5 The job ____ advertised in last night’s paper.

6 You don’t see your parents very often. When ____

they emigrate?

7 ‘Have you moved house yet?’ ‘No, we ____ .’

8 A new road ____ being built through the town

centre at the moment.

 

 

6 Complete the sentences with the correct form of the

verb in italics. One example has been given.

have

1 We have French classes twice a week.

2 Don’t call the office at one o’clock. We

____________________ a meeting.

3 You’re so lucky! You ____________________ three

holidays already this year.

work

4 I’m a designer, but I ____________________ in the

sales department at the moment.

5 She ____________________ in London when I last

saw her.

6 He ____________________ for three different

companies since last year.

travel

7 Before she emigrated last year, she ____ never

____________________ abroad.

8 People ____________________ to the moon in the

25th century.

9 I ____________________ 5,000 miles by the end of

this month.

(2 points for each correct answer)

7 Make these sentences passive.

Example They’re repairing the bridge.

The bridge is being repaired.

1 Has someone repaired your car?

__________________________________________

2 They haven’t printed the results yet.

__________________________________________

3 They won’t tell the staff about the problems.

__________________________________________

4 They are improving the property.

__________________________________________

5 They don’t manufacture computers at that factory.

__________________________________________

6 They will advertise the new product on TV.

__________________________________________

7 They must do the work carefully.

__________________________________________

 

 

 

 

 

 

8 Translate these sentences.

1 She took the plunge and decided to emigrate about

a month ago.

__________________________________________

__________________________________________

2 We all suffered from culture shock at first, but now

we feel very much at home.

__________________________________________

__________________________________________

3 You’re boring me with all your questions. Go and

look it up in a book.

__________________________________________

__________________________________________

4 If you’re bored, there’s plenty of housework to be

done.

__________________________________________

__________________________________________

5 My life has changed a lot since I was made

redundant last year.

__________________________________________

__________________________________________

6 When my father was a child, his family decided to

move abroad.

__________________________________________

__________________________________________

7 When I went to London last week, I had dinner at

a brilliant restaurant.

__________________________________________

__________________________________________

8 Are you being paid for working during the

holidays?

__________________________________________

__________________________________________

9 That puppy’s very cute, but it hasn’t been housetrained

yet.

__________________________________________

__________________________________________

10 If they haven’t been found by 9.30, we’ll have to

organize a search party.

__________________________________________

__________________________________________

 

 

 

 

 

Adults 1 Grammar Unit 1

Aquí teniu un resum de gramàtica del tema 1:


Pronouns and possessive adjectives:

Els pronoms acompanyen el verb (I am) i els adjectivius possessius acompanyen el nom (My friend).

I-----My
You----Your
He----His
She----Her
It---Its
We----Our
You----Your
They----Their

To be (ser o estar):

Affirmative           Negative          Interrogative

I am                       I am not            Am I?
Your are               You are not       Are you?
He is                     He is not            Is he?
She is                   She is not           Is she?
It is                       It is not              Is it?
We are                 We are not         Are we?
You are                You are not       Are you?
They are               They are not      Are they?

Adults 1

Hola,


Aquí teniu l'enllaç a la web corresponent al vostre llibre, on podreu trobar exercicis, jocs, gramàtica, vocabulari... Esperem que la feu servir i si teniu qualsevol dubte, pregunteu-nos!!

https://elt.oup.com/student/result/engelem/?cc=global&selLanguage=en

Babies I, Monday 13

¡Bona tarda!

Aquest setmana hem començat la classe amb la Hello song per motivar als nens a parlar en anglès des de el principi. Desprès hem continuat la classe amb el vocabulari del temps de la setmana passada, preguntant als nens quin temps feia amb las flashcards. També hem treballat la cançó Can I have a...? per repassar el vocabulari de la setmana passada: Pencil, Crayons, Rubber, School bag, Scissors and Glue i desprès hem après a demanar aquests materials als companys i ha donar una resposta. Hem introduït vocabulari nou amb les flashcards: happy, sad and tired. Per últim, hem repassat como dir ¿Quants anys tens? en anglès i les diferents respostes.

¡fins la setmana que ve!

Babies 3, Thursday 16th

Hello Parents,

Com bé ja sabeu em començat amb el llibre "Happy house 2".
Estem realitzant i coneixent els animals mitjançant diverses activitats:

A CROCODILE
A SNAKE
A LION
A TIGER
A MONKEY
A ZEBRA

Entenem com es pronuncien les paraules, com s'escriuen, també aprenem a relacionar el que la mestra ens pregunta amb la resposta corresponent, etc.

For example:

Can you see a ___________? Yes, I can see a _________ / No, I can't see a _________

I seguirem informant-vos!

Per cert, enrecordeu-vos, qui no ho hagi portat avui els deures, per la setmana que ve feu el Puzzle dels animals. Please :)

See you next week!

Adults 4

Here it is the address of your book’s website. You’ll find extra exercises, vocabulary… So, if you are bored… and want to practice more, do not hesitate to take a look at it: 

https://elt.oup.com/student/headway/?cc=global&selLanguage=en

 

 

 

Babies I

¡Bon día!

Aquesta setmana hem fet repàs del vocabulari de la setmana passada: 

-         - Aprendre a formular les preguntes i respostes de: ¿com estàs? I ¿Quants anys tens?

-         - Vocabulari del temps: sunny, rainy, windy and snowy amb flashcards. 

Desprès hem continuat la classe amb l’aniversari de la granota Frankie. Hem cantat tots junts la cançó Happy Birthday, Frankie! Que podeu trobar en el CD que hi ha darrera del vostre llibre ( Cançó Num. 1). També hem introduït vocabulari nou amb flashcards i jocs com a motiu de l’aniversari de la Frankie, els seus regals han sigut: a pencil, crayons, a rubber, a school bag, scissors and glue.

Desprès hem cantat tots junts la cançó Today is my birthday! ( cançó num. 2)  per poder treballar aquest nou vocabulari d’una manera més dinàmica. Una vegada après el vocabulari hem anat a la classe de conversa per poder seguir fent jocs en anglès. 

Ja podeu treballar aquestes dues cançons a casa, però, si us plau, no feu les altres de moment.

¡Fins la setmana que ve!

Resum reunió Babies

Us deixem un resum de la reunío d'ahir:

- La classe s'estructura de la manera següent: arribada i rutina de salutació, treball a l'aula de jocs/conversa, treball a l'aula a través de fitxes, treball a l'aula de jocs/conversa, rutina de despedida.

- Aquest curs treballarem les festes: Halloween, Christmas (farem el concert de Nadal), Easter, dia del pare.

- El projecte d'escola per a aquest curs és Australia.

- El Patch serveix per premiar la bona actitud envers l'idioma. Quan rebeu el Patch, podeu transformar la seva caixa. Cada dia el nen/a l'ha de saludar i cantar-li una cançó.

-Hem vist el material amb el que es treballa a classe: stickers, posters...

- No escolteu el CD de cançons fins que la professora us ho indiqui a través del bloc.

- Rebreu dos informes l'any.

Si teniu qualsevol pregunta sobre els temes tractats, us podeu posar en contacte amb nosaltres.

Matrícula curs 2014-15

Hola!

 

Ja tenim els horaris per al proper curs.

 

La matrícula ja està oberta i tots aquells que la formalitzin abans

del 30 de juny es podran beneficiar d’un descompte en l’import de

renovació i d’un 10% de descompte en tres quotes mensuals!!

 

Per a més informació, no dubteu a posar-vos en contacte amb nosaltres.

Dates d'exàmens

Children 1: dimarts 17, grammar and vocabulary, listening and oral

 

Junior 1: dimecres 18 de juny, oral, reading and listening, dilluns 23 de juny, grammar and vocabulary

 

Junior 1: dijous 12 de juny, oral, reading and listening, dijous 19 de juny, grammar and vocabulary

 

Junior 2: dijous 12 de juny, oral, reading and listening, dijous 19 de juny, grammar and vocabulary

 

Junior 3: dijous 12 de juny, oral, reading, listening, and writing, dijous 19 de juny, grammar and vocabulary

 

Junior 3: divendres 20 de juny, oral, reading, listening and writing, divendres 27 de juny, grammar and vocabulary

 Adults 1: dijous 12 de juny, oral, dimarts 17 de juny, reading, listening and writing, dijous 19 de juny, grammar and vocabulary

Adults 2: dijous 12 de juny, oral, dimarts 17 de juny, reading, listening and writing, dijous 19 de juny, grammar and vocabulary

Adults 3: dimecres 18 de juny, oral, reading, listening and writing, dilluns 23 de juny, grammar and vocabulary

 

Adults 3: dijous 12 de juny, oral, dimarts 17 de juny reading, listening and writing, dijous 19 de juny, grammar and vocabulary

 

Adults 4: dijous 12 de juny, oral, dimarts 17 de juny reading, listening and writing, dijous 19 de juny, grammar and vocabulary

Babies 0

Hello parents,

Avui hem seguit amb la Unit 6! Estem fent parts of the Body: hand, foot and head! També hem estat ballant una cançó "PUT YOUR HAND UP" i em jugat amb les flashcards.

See you next week!

Intensius d'anglès per adolescents i adults

Per a nois i noies a partir de primer d'ESO i també grups d'adults. La millor manera de seguir aprenent anglès durant l'estiu!!

Intensius:

Del 25 de juny al 25 de juliol: de dilluns a divendres de 10 a 12 h. Preu: 1 setmana: 55 euros. Tot el mes: 230 euros

Intensius de conversa i comunicació:

Del 25 de juny al 25 de juliol: dilluns i dimecres de 19.30 a 21 h. Preu: 115 euros

Casal d'estiu en anglès

Ja tenim tota la informació del Casal d'estiu en anglès.

Anirem d'excursió, farem pintura, fang, manualitats, cuina, teatre, esport, gimcanes... i ens ho passarem molt bé mentre parlem en anglès!!

Per a nens a partir de P3.

Hi ha dos horaris: de 9 a 14 o de 9 a 16.30 (amb possibilitat de permanència de 8 a 9):

Preus:

De 9 a 14 h:

Setmana 25 a 27 de juny: 29 euros
Qualsevol setmana entre el 30 de juny i el 8 d'agost: 38 euros/setmana
Setmana del 8 al 12 de setembre: 32 euros

Permanència de 8 a 9: 5 euros/setmana

De 9 a 16.30 h:

Setmana 25 a 27 de juny: 37euros
Qualsevol setmana entre el 30 de juny i el 8 d'agost: 44euros/setmana
Setmana del 8 al 12 de setembre: 40euros

Permanència de 8 a 9: 5 euros/setmana

Babies 1, Monday 5th of March

Hello parents,

Avui hem seguit amb la unitat dels ANIMALS,

Em realitzat vàries activitats on han pintat, relacionat i jugat amb el tema tractat.

Colours (red, green, yellow & Blue )
Animals ( rabbit, tortoise and duck )
Numbers ( one, two, three )

April

Us deixem petit resum del que hem anat fent fins ara; val més una imatge que mil paraules: