Remember: Don't Lose your Pen!

Week 19^th – 21^st  

Hello again!

This week we started by revising the uses of “in, on, at” for place.

Rules for the use of prepositions? Which rules do we use in Spanish? The only thing both, in English or Spanish is learning them in context. That is, if you say “in the mountain”; it’s “in”. If you say “He works on a farm”; it’s “on” and so on ( etc.)

·        Write your name at the top/at the bottom of the page.        AT

·        What have you got in your hand? What do you wear in your feet?   IN

·        I’ll wait for you at the bus stop.    AT

·        I sit in the front row of the class. IN

·        My friend also sits at the front of the class, close to me. AT

·        Can you do the exercise on page 40, please?   ON

·        I saw the news on TV.   On

·        He read the news in the yesterday’s paper.   IN

·        They live on a beautiful island. ON  

·        They live in the south of the country.  IN

·        They live on the south coast.    ON

·        I was sitting in the front /the back (of the car) when we crashed. IN

·        The house has two gardens. The big one is at the front and the small one is at the back.(the front/ the back of a building or group of people)   AT

·        Write your name on the front / on the back of the test paper. (On a piece of paper)  ON

We continued with pronunciation.

This time we learnt to pronounce and identify consonant sounds.

You can practise on this link http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=rSnenzetZLE

And we started studying “Conditional Clauses” with an important piece of advice:

“Don’t lose your pen!” If you lose your pen, you’ll die.

If you lose your pen, you won’t be able to take notes.

If you aren’t able to take notes, you won’t pass your exams.

If you don’t pass your exams, you won’t get a degree.

If you don’t get a degree, you won’t find a job.

If you don’t find a job, you won’t earn any money.

If you don’t earn any money, you won’t be able to buy any food.

If you can’t buy any food, you’ll die.

So, if you lose your pen, you’ll die! Don’t lose your pen!!!

Remember the structure of the first conditional.

We use if + present simple                                            will / won’t + infinitive

If it doesn’t rain on Saturday, we’ll go for a walk.

We won’t buy milk if there’s some in the cupboard.

You can begin with the “if” clause or not. When you begin with “if” you need to use a comma.

And this is an example of Zero conditional.

We use if + present simple                                   present simple

If you begin the sentence with “if”, you have to use a comma.

Conditional exercises 

http://www.englishvideolesson.com/4101-zero-conditionals-video-lesson-english-with-jo.html

http://www.englishvideolesson.com/2721-esl-conditionals-first-type-conditionals-type-1.html

And this was about it!

Next week we’ll continue talking about conditional clauses and “Murphy’s Law”

Have a nice weekend! See you on Monday!!