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Countable and uncountable Nouns and Quantifiers

This is in units 9A and 9B.

The vocabulary is about food (nice topic) and the grammar, countable and uncountable nouns (not so nice a topic).
Countable and uncountable nouns work in a similar way to Spanish. You need to remember, though, the following:
 - toast is uncountable even if you eat two or twenty pieces so you say "I had coffee and some toast for breakfast" (tampoco hace falta dar más detalles). If you think you are going to forget, please, have cereal for breakfast.
- fruit is uncountable as so is bread.
- trousers and jeans are always plural but you can say a pair of trousers if you prefer
- people is always plural
- somebody/anybody/nobody is always singular

With countable nouns we ask with HOW MANY (How many tomatoes are there in the fridge? If there are only two, could you get some more from the shop?)

With uncountable nouns we ask with HOW MUCH (How much free time do you have?).

The short answers are as follows:
A lot
quite a lot
not much (uncoun)/not many (coun)
none
The long answers are as follows:
I have a lot of time
I have quite a lot of time
I don't have much time/ I don't have many flowers
I don't have any time/ I don't have any flowers

So... how much free time do you have?

And some links...

https://www.curso-ingles.com/ejercicios-ingles/contable.php http://www.ompersonal.com.ar/ELEMENTARY/unit11/page2.htm http://learn-english-online.org/Lesson37/Lesson37.htm http://saberingles.com.ar/curso/lesson07/04c.html FOOD http://www.languageguide.org/english/vocabulary/food-new/ And ... some listenings and readings online
Listening activities:
The Barbecue http://www.ompersonal.com.ar/ELEMENTARY/unit11/page4.htm My Favourite Restaurant http://www.members.iinet.net.au/~adelegc/listening/fav_restaurant/fav_restaurant.html Ron's Favorite Foods http://www.elllo.org/english/0901/T940-Ron-Food.htm A Holiday to Singapore http://www.members.iinet.net.au/~adelegc/listening/holiday/holiday.html Burguer http://esl-lab.com/fastfood/fastfoodrd1.htm Reading activities: Teen Drinking http://www.cdlponline.org/index.cfm?fuseaction=activity1&topicID=3&storyID=108 A Hundred Billion Hamburgers http://www.tolearnenglish.com/free/text/archives/mcdo.htm The Young Tourist http://www.csdraveurs.qc.ca/theenglishprofessor/interview3.htm

1º NB - Comparatives and Superlatives

Hiya all, This was the "menu" last class: 

Comparatives and superlatives - File 9C
This is really easy:
1. one syllable +-er long - longer (pronunciation schwa at the end)
Remember... - if it finishes in -e we add -r nice - nicer
                     - if it finishes in -y we drop the y and add
                     -ier happy - happier
                     - if it is consonant + vowel + consonant we double the consonant big - bigger

Some two syllables adjectives work the same happier, tannier...


And ... never forget the THAN

2. more than two syllables We add MORE and the adjective in its original form.
Then, never forget the THAN more beautiful than, more interesting than

Now this is a photo of my hand. Can you compare it with yours?

"My fingers are shorter than your fingers, my skin is darker than your skin, my nails are not as long as your nails (yours)" and so on

And one thousand links
Comparatives
http://www.theyellowpencil.com/gramacomparativos.html
http://www.learnamericanenglishonline.com/Yellow%20Level/Y6%20Comparatives.html
Exercises
http://a4esl.org/q/h/vm/compsup.html
http://www.members.iinet.net.au/~adelegc/grammar/comparatives/comparatives1.html
http://www.members.iinet.net.au/~adelegc/grammar/comparatives/comparatives2.html
http://www.tolearnenglish.com/exercises/exercise-english-2/exercise-english-1269.php
http://englishexercises.itgo.com/yyadjective1.html
http://web2.uvcs.uvic.ca/elc/studyzone/330/grammar/regcom2.htm
http://www.esl-lounge.com/student/grammar/1g9-comparative-superlative-gapfill.php
http://www.english-zone.com/spelling/compsup1.html
http://depts.gallaudet.edu/esl/compsuperl.htm
http://www.sofaschool.com/gapfill.php?gappa_id=56
http://www.saywhatesl.com/quizes/Comparatives_mx.htm

Superlatives
http://www.learnamericanenglishonline.com/Yellow%20Level/Y7%20Superlatives.html
http://www.saywhatesl.com/quizes/Superlatives_mx.htm
http://www.eclecticenglish.com/quizzes/SuperlativeQuiz/superlativeQuiz.html
http://www.bbc.co.uk/apps/ifl/worldservice/quiznet/quizengine?ContentType=text/html;quiz=1114_biggest

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One-cup pancakes with blueberries Easy recipe HERE

2NA - The Oscar Awards

http://www.esolcourses.com/vocabulary/word-of-the-day/cinema/award.html?utm_medium=social&utm_source=social&utm_campaign=smhsfg

2NA - Home sweet Home

"Home is where your heart is" A whole lesson to work on HERE

2NA - Crime

Blame it on the Boogie

Enjoy the song HERE


Some language... responding to blame HERE

10 Bars in Jerez to help you improve your English

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Burn's Night

Traditional recipe to cook this Burn's Night

English for beginners

Casablanca - As Time Goes By with Lyrics [HQ]

2NA - Lesson plan Trump wins US election

Trump wins US election
Warm-up
Did you expect Trump to win the US election? Why/why not?

Keywords
Match the verbs on the left to the definitions on the right:

1. defeat (somebody)
   
2. gain (something)
   
3. announce (something)
   
4. struggle
   
5. vote
   
6. offend (somebody)
   
7. investigate (somebody)
   
8. clear (somebody)
   

a. to try hard to do something that is difficult
b. to win against someone in a contest or fight
c. to examine something or someone to find the truth
d. to get something that is positive
e. to make someone feel hurt or angry
f. to say that someone is not guilty of something
g. to show what your opinion is by putting a mark on paper h. to tell people about something in public

Reading
Read the article below. Put true (T) or false (F) next to each statement. Say why the false statements
are false.

1. The result of the election did not affect global financial markets.
   
2. Donald Trump encouraged his supporters to thank Hillary Clinton for her what she has done for America.
   
3. Mrs Clinton congratulated Mr Trump on his victory by telephone.
   
4. Trump plans to build a wall between the US and Canada.

Trump wins US election

1  Donald Trump will be the 45th president of the United States after he defeated Hillary Clinton.

2  The shock result caused global markets to fall, as a Clinton win was expected. Trump gained victories in the key states of Florida, Ohio and North Carolina, and with victory in Wisconsin he got the 270 out of 538 votes that he needed to become president.

3  At his victory celebration in New York Trump said: "I just received a call from Secretary Clinton. She congratulated us on our victory." He also said that Hillary Clinton had worked very hard and for a very long time for America, and that his supporters should thank her for this.

4  Mrs Clinton, 69, did not arrive for what was going to be her victory celebration in Manhattan. The mood was dark at the election night party as supporters cried and left early.

5  Trump, who announced that he wanted to be president in June last year, said that his victory had been "tough". The real estate billionaire and former reality TV star is new to the world of politics. He was laughed at across the globe when he said he wanted to be president, but in the election he won many of the key states.

6  When campaigning he offended many people with his comments about women, Muslims and his plans to stop immigrants getting into the US from Mexico by building a wall along the border.

7 Trump's proposals are popular with white working-class Americans as they are angry at the people in power and feel that they are struggling in today's economy.

8 When it was time for voting, men were much more likely to vote for Mr Trump, while women mainly voted for Mrs Clinton. Nearly nine in 10 black voters and two-thirds of Latinos voted for the Democrat, but more than half of white voters supported the Republican.

9 The result of the election was very surprising because Mrs Clinton was ahead by four points in many polls. However, the FBI investigated Mrs Clinton because of her use of a private email server when she had a high government position. She was cleared for a second time last Sunday of doing anything illegal, but experts thinks the event probably hurt her chances in the election.

10 Even though Trump won more votes, he has divided American society. During the last hours of voting, Canada's main immigration website crashed. Visitors got a "this page isn't working" error message.

Source: BBC News, The Independent, The Guardian

1. Find a word or phrase in the article which means ...
   

   1. very unexpected (noun used as adj., P2):
      
   2. when somebody wins something (noun, P3):
      
   3. difficult to do (adj., P5):
      
   4. a person who has made a lot of money from selling homes (noun phrase, P5):
      
   5. organising events to get people to vote for you (verb -ing, P6):
      
   6. wanted someone to win (verb -ed, P8):
      
   7. stopped working (a computer system ) (past verb, P10): 
2. Match the verbs on the left to the words on the right.
   

   1. be
      
   2. hurt
      
   3. win
      
   4. become
      
   5. leave
      
   6. receive
      
   7. gain
      

   a. a call
   b. a victory
   c. ahead
   d. an election
   e. early
   f. president
   g. your chances
   

   Now, make up a sentence for each collocation. 
   

Key:

five examples of each verb where necessary. Students can work alone and check in pairs.

1. b 

2. d

3. h

4. a

5. g

6. e

7. c

8. f

F - It caused the stock market to fall very quickly.
T
T
F -He wants to build a wall between the US and Mexico

shock
a victory
tough
a real estate billionaire campaigning supported
crashed

1. c

2. g

3. d

4. f

5. e

6. a

7. b 

NA - Vocabulary Insects

1NB - Prepositions At, In, On

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Remember, Remember, the 5th of November - Guy Fawk's Night

"Remember remember the fifth of November

Gunpowder, treason and plot.

I see no reason why gunpowder, treason

Should ever be forgot..."

And here is the story...