Monday, November 6th

(the sixth)

Les pronoms personnels compléments

Exercise (translate in English):

Ex : Il lui parle (à une fille) : He is talking to her.

a) Je te parle. >> I am talking to you.

b)Elle lui parle (à un garçon).

>> She is talking to him.

c) Je leur parle. >> I am talking to them.

d)Vous me parlez. >> You are talking to me.

e) Ils vous parlent. >> They are talking to you.

HOMEWORK : Tuesday, 7^th:

Learn the pronouns (pronoms suj + compl)

Wednesday, October 18^th

(the eighteenth)

What really happened?

Finally, the customer:

-       got (get) a gun out of his bag.

-       became (become) furious.

-       didn’t order breakfast.

-       had lunch / ordered from the lunch menu.

Le prétérit

-       Les verbes réguliers se terminent en –ED: prononciation:

[t] danced  -  [d] ordered – [id] wanted

- Les verbes irréguliers sont différents, il faut les apprendre.

- Pour les négations et les questions, on ajoute l’auxiliaire « did » :

        -> He didn’t leave.  Did he leave ?

                                BV                    BV

Hello everyone,

Here are your lessons:

Countable (dénombrables) / uncountable (indénombrable) words

-       Les mots dénombrables: on peut les compter et utiliser “a” ou “an”. Ex : a donut / five donuts.

-       Les mots indénombrables : on ne peut pas les compter ni utiliser « a » ou « an ». Ex : ø orange juice / a glass of orange juice. 

Thursday,October 12^th

(the twelfth)

Video: a movie extract from the film “Falling Down”

The scene takes place in an American diner at thirty-four past eleven (11:34) at the end of morning.

There are a customer, a manager (Rick) and a waitress (Sheila).

The customer wants to order breakfast but it’s too late: breakfast is served until thirty past eleven.

HOMEWORK for next time: learn the lesson (video)

Hello everyone, here is what we did lately:

Ordering food at a diner

-       Hello, I’m very hungry. I’d like...

                                          [= I would like]

...chilli bowl, hash browns, scrambled eggs and diet cola.

How much is it, please?

-       It’s fifteen dollars and seventy cents.

There are two customers and a waiter.

The customers are ordering dinner. (temps: présent Be + V-ing)

Hello everyone,

Last week and this week, we finished sequence 1.

You had a flashtest and we started preparing your blogs for the final task.

Here are the lessons:

Correction of the test:

Compare people in the grid (3 sentences : +   -   = )

James is clumsier than Dorian.

Wendy is as clumsy as Sam.

Dorian is less clumsy than Sam.

Ex 2:  Talk about your tastes (use tastes verbs, activities, 4 sentences)

I love playing soccer but I hate going to the dentist’s.

I can’t stand eating fish but I am crazy about eating vegetables.

Ex 3: Say it in English:

a)   Paul est extrêmement paresseux mais il n’est pas très bavard.

Paul is extremely lazy but he is not very talkative.

b)  Lisa n’est pas du tout égoïste mais elle est assez travailleuse.

Lisa is not selfish at all but she is quite hardworking.

c)   Sam est très désordonné mais il un peu tête en l’air.

Sam is very messy but he is a bit/a little absent-minded.

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PREPARATION OF FINAL TASK N°1

A blog about me

Create a blog and include:

-       Three things you like (minimum)

-       Three things you don’t like (minimum)

-       Three qualities you have

-       Three flaws

Vocabulary: adverbs (a little...) / taste verbs (be crazy about...) / activities

Creation of the blog:

www.eklablog.com       www.canalblog.com          fr.wordpress.com

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SEQUENCE 2: American Diners

Vocabulary: