DAY ONE

• Exercise 4: Subject and object pronouns (Oxford University Press)

• Exercise 3: Possessive adjectives (Oxford University Press)

• Question words (Englisch Hilfen)

November >>> Possible questions to ask in the exam so far:  

DAY TWO

• Exercises on the verb TO BE:  1   2   3

• Exercises on the verb TO HAVE:  1  2  3  (Agenda Web)

• Match the questions to the answers (one question has got 2 answers):

 Questions           >>>>>>      Answers

a. WHAT is the weather like?                              1. I don't understand this exercise.

b, WHAT time is it? / WHAT is the time?                      2. My birthday is on 12th March.

c. WHO is Mary's brother?                                            3. Because it is Friday.

d. WHAT is this?                                                            4.  It is half past nine

e, HOW OLD are you?                                                    5. We are on page 14.

f. HOW MANY flowers are there?                             6. There are ten flowers.

g. HOW MUCH water is there in the glass?             7. It is mine.

h. HOW do you spell 'athletics'?                                8. It is in London.

i. HOW are you?                                                     9. It is Mark.

j. WHAT page are we on?                                         10. a-t-h-l-e-t-i-c-s

k. Can you help me, please?                                      11. Of course, what's the problem?

l. WHEN is your birthday?                                           12.  I'm twelve years old.

m. WHERE is the River Thames?                                 13. I'm fine, thanks. And you?

n. WHY are you happy?                                                 14. It is sunny and warm.

o. WHOSE book is this?                                             15. This is a cat.

                                                                         16. There is a little water in the glass.

DAY THREE

Match these questions to these answers and think about the question/answer that makes reference to the physical description of a person, his/her personality or his/her health state:

    Questions             >>>>                             Answers                       >>>>           Goal

How are you?                        I'm a nice person, but sometimes a bit moody            APPEARANCE

What do you look like?          Fine, thanks! And you?                                              PERSONALITY

What are you like?                I'm not very slim and I've got brown eyes.                 HEALTH

• Now have a look at the post Victory belongs to the most tenacious and the comments made and then try to write a comment describing Rafa Nadal physically. Here are some notes that can help you.  

• Write another comment (it could be in the same post) about your personality. Here are some notes that can help you.

• Some exercises to describe appearance and personality (Agenda Web)

DAY FOUR

• Exercise on the Saxon Genitive (Practising English) & Saxon Genitive exercises (Agenda Web) 

• HOUSE - PREPOSITIONS OF PLACE (English exercises)

• Some sentences for you to translate into English:

 - Ella no tiene una nariz ancha.

- ¿Es tu tía una persona amable? Sí.

- Sus ojos son azules, pero no muy grandes.

- Bob el jardinero es muy valiente.

- Nosotros no tenemos un instituto muy viejo.

DAY FIVE

• Possessive pronouns (Agenda Web) - Different exercises to do

• Describing rooms in the house (English exercises)

• Fill in the blanks with the verbs TO BE & TO HAVE either in the affirmative or the negative. Write the contracted forms in brackets if possible :
  1) You __________ short, but you __________ fat.
  2) __________ the cat here? No,it isn't.
  3) We __________ hungry; __________ you got any food?
  4) I __________ got some food in the fridge.
  5) She __________ hungry too, but she __________ got any food.
  6) Arthur __________ a teacher, he __________ a student.
  7) We __________ students.
  8) They __________ got a book.
  9) __________ it got any milk?
  10) _______ she a doctor? No, she ________; she ________ a nurse.

DAY SIX

• Listen to the song and check the lyrics for superlatives. Can you tell me the two adjectives in the superlative form you see? Now you can do these exercises to make a revision:    1   2   3   4 

• Let's revise the difference between the PRESENT SIMPLE & the PRESENT CONTINUOUS watching these two New That's English episodes: 

MODULE 3 (NOTES)  >>>   Unit 1A          Unit 1B

• Finally do the following exercise...
  Write sentences with the words below in the PRESENT SIMPLE or the PRESENT CONTINUOUS (Circle the key word(s) ).
  
  1. Betty and Paul / not eat / lunch / at school / on Fridays / . _____________
  2. you / walk / the dog / every day / ? _______________________________
  3. the students / not do / a test / at the moment / . ____________________
  4. Dave / write / an e-mail / now / . _____________________________
  5. cakes / like / my grandmother’s / I / birthday ______________________
  
  

DAY SEVEN

• THERE IS / ARE (OUP) - More exercises:   1 ,  2  

• THERE IS / ARE + SOME, ANY... (Oxford Univ Press)   1   2    

• Translate these sentences into English :
  
  1. ¿Cuántos libros tienes en la cartera? _______________________________
  2. No hay mucho queso en el plato. _____________________________
  3. ¿Hay dinero en mi cartera? No. ________________________________
  4. Los hermanos de Andy no están trabajando en una oficina. _________________

DAY EIGHT

• PRESENT SIMPLE (English for U) - Explanation and many exercises to do

• Grammar test

• Do you remember the structure TO WANT SOMEONE TO DO SOMETHING? Try to translate these sentences into English:
  1) Yo quiero que mis alumnos disfruten de un buen verano.
  2) Alberto quiere que hagamos algunos ejercicios de repaso también.
  3) Mis abuelos quieren que les compre algo de pan en el supermercado.
  4) Mi primo quiere que nosotros juguemos con él.
  5) Nuestro profesor quiere que escribamos comentarios durante el verano.

 DAY NINE

• PRESENT CONTINUOUS (Agenda Web) - another exercise to do!  (Perfect English Grammar)

• Watch these New That's English episodes to revise the PRESENT CONTINUOUS:    
  MODULE 1 (NOTES)   Unit 9A    Unit 9B

• Then do these activities related to the two episodes you have just seen :
  1) Tell me what you are wearing right now.
  2) What do these words mean in Spanish: tracksuit bottoms, cardigan & pullover?
  3) Let's suppose you want to go to a summer party. Describe the clothes you would wear talking about colours, style, price, opinion/like, size...
  4) My friend likes wearing casual loose clothes during the summer time. Give me the opposites of 'casual' and 'loose'.
  5) Translate:  El jefe lleva puesto un traje a rayas. La camarera lleva una camiseta de colores brillantes. ¿De qué está hecha? Está hecha de algodón. Yo estoy buscando una blusa hecha de seda.

DAY TEN

• Watch these New That's English episodes about asking and giving information:   

                                 MODULE 2 (NOTES)     Unit 3A Unit 3B

• Listening exercise (Oxford online English): At a tourist information centre   >>>  do this listening exercise and do the quiz.

• Answer the questions, then write a dialogue of a person going to a language school asking for information :

1) When are the classes?   _______________________________________

2) How often are the classes?  _______________________________________

3) How old are you?   __________________________________________

4) How can I help you?    _________________________________________

5) Would you like to join a class or do you want private lessons?  __________________

6) How much do they cost?     _________________________________________

7) Which language are you interested in learning?   __________________________

8) Why do you want to learn this language?  ______________________________

DAY ELEVEN

• MODAL VERBS (ToLearnEnglish) - Can, Must or Should?

• Adverbs of manner (Test-English)

• Who says these questions? A ticket seller at a bus station or a passenger?
  a) How much does a ticket cost?    b) Can I help you?     c) Where's the bus stop?    d) When's the next bus?     e) How often does the bus run?    f) Woud you like a ticket?    g) Which bus do I take?

 Complete the dialogue with the previous questions?  

A: ____     B: Yes, please. I'd like to go to the beach.  _____    A: Bus 345 goes to the beach.   B: ____    A: Every twenty minutes.    B: I see.  ____     A: In ten minutes.    B: ___     A: It's £5 ____    B: Yes, please. _____   A. It's right over there. Have a good trip!

DAY TWELVE

• Comparison of equality (Practising English) - Different exercises to do, and more:  1  2  3  

• Watch this New That's English episode related to the comparison of equality (and also of inferiority):
  
  MODULE 3 (NOTES) Unit 7A

• Translate these sentences into English :
  1) Este té está tan bueno como de costumbre.
  2) Mi hermano es casi tan bueno como tú.
  3) Él es tan silencioso como un ratoncillo.
  4) El crucigrama de hoy es menos difícil que el de ayer.

Transform these sentences into the PRESENT CONTINUOUS:

1. He visits his grandmother. Now _________________________________________

2. I run with my friends. Now ___________________________________

3. They don’t eat lunch at home. Now ________________________________

4. Does your teacher play tennis? ________________________________ now ?

DAY THIRTEEN 

• There was / were  - 1  ,   2   ,   3   

• Watch these two NEW THAT'S ENGLISH episodes about the past;
  
  MODULE 2 (NOTES) Unit 9A Unit 9B

• Translate these sentences into English:
  1. Tengo matemáticas, inglés y francés los jueves.
  2. No había niños en la clase.
  3. No lo entiendo. Mis deberes estaban en mi cartera anoche.
  4. Había un examen.
  5. ¿Había dos páginas? No.
  6. No era pollo. Era pescado.
  7. El libro estaba encima de la mesa hace 5 minutos. 
  8. ¿Había tres vasos junto a la botella? Sí.
  9. Papá estuvo la semana pasada en la República de Irlanda con su hermano.
  10. Mi primer día fue el jueves.
  11. ¿Dónde estaba tu hermana?
  12. Éste fue su tercer gol. (de Benzema)
  13. Ayer por la mañana el tiempo fue realmente malo.
  14. Hacía niebla.
  15. ¿Estuvo Miguel en el cine el sábado pasado? No.

DAY FOURTEEN

• VERB TO BE in the Simple Past (Agenda Web) - More exercises to do:  1   2   3   

• Watch this video about the verb TO BE in the Simple Past
  I Was, You Were ("To Be" Past Simple Song) - Rockin' English

• Write questions with WHOSE and answer with the POSSESSIVE ADJECTIVES and POSSESSIVE PRONOUNS:
  
  1. ______ book _____________ ? (you) It's __________ book. ________________
  2. ______ pencils ___________ ? (he) ________________ . _______________
  3. ______ omelette _________ ? (we) __________________ . _________________
  4. ______ spoons ____________ ? (I) __________________ . __________________
  5) ______ cars ______________ ? (they) _________________ . ________________
  
  Rewrite these sentences using the full forms, not the contracted ones:
  
  1. Arthur's wallet's full of money. __________________________
  2. I've got a car, it's next to Bruce's. ______________________
  3. You aren't hungry. Your sandwich's on the table. ___________________________
  4. She's got Bruce's photo. She's Bruce's girlfriend. ______________________

DAY FIFTEEN

• PAST SIMPLE - REGULAR VERBS (Agenda Web)

• More exercises to do:    1    2   3    

• Listen to the song 'Yesterday' by The Beatles and then pay attention to the lyrics.

•  Translate these sentences into English:
  Your friend wants you to lie for him. TO WANT S.O. TO DO STH.

1. Mi madre quiere que haga la cama todos los días.

2. Mis padres quieren que nosotros nos lavemos los dientes por la mañana.

3. Tu novia quiere que yo vaya de compras con ella el sábado.

4. Mi profesor de francés quiere que escuchemos la radio francesa el fin de semana.

5. Os pido que escribáis rápido.

6. Te pido que me devuelvas mi dinero.

7. Le dije a mi padre que me llevara a la estación de trenes después de almorzar.

REVISION

1. Mi abuelo tiene muchos regalos.

2. Mi hermano tiene el pelo corto y castaño.

3. Yo tengo el pelo rubio.

4. Nosotros tenemos gafas.

5. Estoy en la casa de Tom.

6. Hoy es lunes, 4 de enero.

7. ¿Qué hora es?

Son las 9.45. Son las 13.00. Son las 14.10. Son las 3.20. Son las 7.30. Son las 7.50. Son las 8.30. Son las 17.50. Son las 19.55. Son las 3.20.

NUMBERS: 11, 8, 10, 24, 36, 7, 2, 12, 21, 18, 3

DAY SIXTEEN