The Big Bang Theory - Prepositions

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In this class I bring to you 2 segments of 2 different episodes from The Big Bang Theory to work prepositions and their differences.

Prepositions can be a confusing study to many students from many different native languages and it is important to always observe how they are used.

1 – Watch the video segment composed by two small independent videos of The Big Bang Theory sitcom.



a- What´s the difference between “drive to work” and “drive from work” said by Sheldon? _________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________
b- What´s the difference between “work with me” and “work for me” said by Sheldon and Raj? _________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________
c- What´s the context of the preposition “to” in the sentences “I´m ready to go home” and “You can come to work for me” said by Sheldon? _________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________
d- In the sentence “I can´t drive you for the next few weeks” what is the context of the preposition “for”? _________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________
e- Sheldon says “I got some extra money from the head department”. What´s the context of the preposition “from”? _________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________

2- Leonard says he only has access to the lasers “at night”. “Night” is considered a period of the day related to time. Match the prepositions of time with their contexts:
On At In In the
( ) Hours ( ) Dates ( ) Holidays
( ) Month ( ) Seasons ( ) Periods of the day
( ) Weekend ( ) Year ( ) Night

3- Expressions:
a- What does “perfect timing” means? ______________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________


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ANSWER KEY
1-
a- "Drive to work" - Preposition "to" in this sentence indicates destination.
"Drive from work" - Preposition "from" indicates origin

b- "Work with me" means that Raj and Sheldon are co-workers, they have the same position
"Work for me" means that Sheldon has a higher position than Raj, he would be his superior.

c- In these sentences the preposition "to" is a connection of purpose. The sentence after the preposition is the purpose of the first sentence.

d- "For" is to indicate a duration of time

e- "From" indicates origin meaning that the department is the origin of the money

2-
IN - Months, Years
IN THE - Periods of the day, Seasons
ON - Dates, Holidays, Weekends
AT - Night, Hours

3-
Perfect timing means that they syncronized actions or just had luck on it.

The Ugly Truth - Simple Present and Present Continuous

Hey guys
After a long time I prepared another video class. Sorry I´ve been away. The year of 2014 has been pretty busier than last year and I´m not having much time to prepare new video classes for the blog.

Today, I bring to you a video class using a segment from the movie The Ugly Truth.


1- Watch the video segment and check the characteristics described by the woman:



( ) tall ( ) short ( ) smart
( ) intelligent ( ) handsome ( ) ugly
( ) successful ( ) athletic ( ) chubby

2- Describe the perfect guy in the woman´s opinion:
____________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________
3- In the sentences “You´re not even dating this guy?” and “You don´t even know him” there is a mistake in each of them. What is it? Rewrite the sentences correctly.
_____________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________
4- The sentences: “Whoa..”, “Hey,…”, “I mean…”, “Well,…” are used in what contexts:
( ) Get time to organize ideas ( ) Start a formal sentence
( ) Procedures ( ) Get time to think
5- Vocabulary and expressions:
a- What does “bucks” mean? ___________________________________________
b- What does “dog” mean? ____________________________________________
c- What does “schumck” mean? ________________________________________

6- Give a description of a perfect man or woman in your type: _____________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________

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ANSWER KEY
1-
Smart
Successful

2-
He is smart, sucessful in a job that means something.
He likes classical music and never gets up before you on a sunday.
He likes dogs, but prefer cats.

3-
Sentence order according the structure.
Aren´t you dating this guy?
Don´t you know him

4-
Get time to orgnize ideas
Get time to think

5-
a- bucks means dollars, relating money
b- dog in this case is a vulgar woman
c- schumck means stupid or imbecile

6-
Personal answer

You´ve got mail - If-clauses

Hi guys

There has been a while since my last post, latey I must confess that my creativity has been low... Hopefully this is over and I´ll be posting many classes.
Today, I bring to you a scene from the movie You´ve got mail, featuring Tom Hanks and Meg Ryan.

1 – Watch the video segment and number the sentences spoken by the characters:



If I ever get out of here:
( ) I should marry Orit
( ) I´m gonna start speaking to my mama
( ) I´m having my eyes lasered

2 – Some situations make people think about the future or the past. Debate the following questions among your classmates practicing if-clauses:
a- If you had won a millionaire prize on the lottery,… __________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________
b- If you had the opportunity of changing your body,… __________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________
c- If you could time travel,… __________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________
d- If you could live again any moment of your life,… __________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________

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Answer key
1-
2
1
3
2-
Students debate

POST 100 - The Matrix - Conjunctions

Hi guys

Today It´s the HUNDREDTH POST of Teacher Bruno´s blog. A very important goal was achieved with the blog recently and bigger ones are to come.
I would like to thank so many people who have been essencial for this work I do.
I´m totally sppechless with e-mails I´ve receive with suggestions, doubts and thanks from people world wide.

THANK YOU GUYS


Today´s post includes a new Matrix class using conjunctions.

1 – Watch the vídeo segment from The Matrix and identify the missing conjunction from the sentence.

Oracle: You´ve got the gift, __________ it looks like you are waiting for something else.



2 – This conjunction has the contexto of:
___________________________________________________________________

3 – Can you tell other conjunctions, which works the same context?
______________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________

4 – Rewrite the sentence using the conjunctions from activity 3:
__________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________

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Answer key

1 - But

2 - Contrast

3 - However, Although, Even though, Despite, In spite of

4 -
You´ve got the gift, however it looks like you´re waiting something else.
Although/ Even Though, You´ve got the gift, it looks like you´re waiting something else.
Despite/ In spite of having the gift, it looks like you´re waiting something else

The Matrix - Relative Pronouns

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After been off travelling a little, I´m back with new post. Today I´ll post the second class using The Matrix, now using Relative Pronouns.

Relative Pronouns are extremely used in all languages, because they make communication easier.



1 – Identify in the video sentences using Relative Pronouns.
_________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________

2 – What are the uses of these Relative Pronouns? ___________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________

3 – Relative Pronouns are used to link sentences, decompose these sentences. ________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________

4 – One interesting use of vocabulary is in the sentences “Even now, in this very room”. What´s the use of “very” in this sentence?
_____________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________

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300 - Will

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Today we will work the contexts worked by "will" sentences with a great movie, 300.


1 – Watch the segment and check the sentences using “Will”.



a- We will use our superior fighting skills ( )
b- We will march north to the coast ( )
c- The full moon will approach ( )
d- Sparta won´t go to war ( )
e- Sparta will burn! ( )
f- Her men will die at arms and her women and children will be slaves or worse. ( )
g- We will block the Persian coastal assault ( )
h- We will funnel them into the mountain pass we call the Hot Gates ( )
i- …their numbers will count for nothing. ( )
j- Wave after wave of Persian attack will smash against Spartan shields. ( )
k- Xerxes' losses will be so great he will have no choice but to abandon his campaign ( )
l- Will you trust the gods ( )
m- We will consult the oracle. ( )

2- According to the video check the contexts.

Plan/ Intention
________________________________________________________________________________
Future Fact
________________________________________________________________________________
Expectation
________________________________________________________________________________
Based on evidence
________________________________________________________________________________


3 – Vocabulary
a- “… our superior fighting skills…” The word “skill” has the same meaning of:
( ) habitat ( ) abilities ( ) performance

b- “…where I will make sure…” The sentence “make sure” has the same meaning of:
( ) be certain ( ) be well ( ) be lost

c- “The full moon approaches” The word “approaches” has the same meaning of:
( ) leaves ( ) delays ( ) comes

d- “your blasphemies has cost us quite enough already” the word “enough” has the same meaning of:
( ) sufficient ( ) a little ( ) several

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Answer Key

1 -
a-b-e-f-g-h-i-j-k-m

2 -
Plan/ Intention
a-b-g
Future Fact
m
Expectation
e-j-k
Based on evidence
h-i

3 -
a- abilities
b- be certain
c- comes
d- sufficient

Rock Star - Conjunctions

Rock Star - Conjunctions

A class by @TeacherBrunoGon

1 – Watch the video segment and check the information using the conjunctions below:

Therefore - In addition

In spite of - However

So - Because



a- Izzy came by bike screaming, _____________ people would get out of the way
b- His wife ran off with another man, ____________ he is really angry
c- _____________ the danger, somebody threw a TV out of the window
d- The valet parking boy would open the door, ___________ the door doesn´t
open
e- _____________ to people entering the room, there are more coming up the
elevator
f- The woman will be thrilled if she gets to be with Izzy, _______________ it will
make a lasting impression
g- She should dance at Chubbies, ______________ she has a killer body

2 – Taboo language

Out of my bloody way

What´s the context of the word bloody?
_______________________________________________________________________
Do you know similars to it?
_______________________________________________________________________

You have a killer body

What´s the context of the word bloody?_______________________________________________________________________
Do you know similars to it?
_______________________________________________________________________

3 – Collocations

Watch out
Do you know similar ones?
_______________________________________________________________________
Can you provide other contexts?
_______________________________________________________________________

Ran off

Do you know similar ones?
_______________________________________________________________________
Can you provide other contexts?
_______________________________________________________________________


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ANSWER KEY

1
a- so; therefore
b- so; therefore
c- In spite of
d- however
e- In addition
f- So; therefore
g- because

2-
It´s to emphazise a situation
fuck, damn

3-
Also to emphazise something in a good context
Great, amazing, perfect

4-
Look out, be careful
Traffic, crossing streets...

Leave, abandon, break up with, escape
Robbery, a marriage, love affairs

The Big Bang Theory - Wh Questions and Simple Present

Hi guys, here is one more video class with The Big Bang Theory to work Simple Present and Wh-Questions.

Here we see an episode which Penny sleeps in Leonard and Sheldon´s apartment. Observe their conversation to answer the following activity.



1- Answer the questions based on the video.
a- Who is sleeping on the couch? _________________________________________________________________
b- What time does Sheldon wake up on Saturday? _________________________________________________________________
c- How often does Sheldon watch Doctor Who? _________________________________________________________________
d- What´s Leonard´s suggestion? __________________________________________________________________
e- Who has a tv in his room? __________________________________________________________________
f- Why doesn´t Sheldon take it? __________________________________________________________________
g- Who arrives in the apartment? __________________________________________________________________
h- Whose robe Howard is wearing? __________________________________________________________________
i- Where is Christy?
__________________________________________________________________

2- What about you? Use your personal information to answer.
a- What time do you wake up on the weekend? __________________________________________________________________
b- What´s your favorite tv show? __________________________________________________________________

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The Big Bang Theory - Simple Past and Collocations

Hey guys

After some time without video classes I bring to you a Simple Past and Collocation class.
Let´s have fun with.


1 – Observe the dialogue below where Mary Cooper narrates a story which happened to Sheldon. Watch the video and try to fill in the verbs below in the correct forms:

Leonard: Sheldon, your mom ____________ dinner.
Sheldon: I'm not hungry!
Mary Cooper: I tell you, I love the boy to death, but he has been difficult since
he _______________ out of me at the K-Mart.
Mary Cooper: I ________________ chicken.
Mary Cooper: You know, we have an Indian gentleman at our church, Dr. Patel--
It's a beautiful story. The Lord ____________ to him and ______________ him
to give us all 20% off on Lasik— You know, those that ________________ it.
Mary Cooper: He once _______________ to fight a bobcat for some licorice.
Penny: Has Shelly ever freaked out like this before?
Mary Cooper: I remember one summer when he _______________ 13, he _________________ a small nuclear reactor in the shed and ________________ everybody he was gonna provide free electricity for the whole town.
Well, the only problem was, he ______________ no what you call "fissionable" materials.
Anyway, when he ______________ on the Internets to get some, a man from the government
_______________ by and _______________ him down real gentle, and __________________ him it's against the law
Penny: What _________________?
Mary Cooper: Well, poor boy ______________ a fit. ________________ himself in his room
and _________________ a sonic death ray.
Leonard: A death ray?
Mary Cooper: That's what he ___________________ it.
_______________ even _____________ down the neighbor kids (negative). It ___________________ our dog off to no end.
Mary Cooper: __________ I pluck a nerve there? (interrogative)
Howard: Oh, yeah.

2- Text Comprehension
What did Sheldon do when he was 13?
_____________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________
Who came to talk to him? ______________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________
Why? _____________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________
What did he build? Did it work? __________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________

3 – What do the expressions below mean?
a- Piss off
( ) get late ( ) get angry ( ) get anxious
b- To the death
( ) never ( ) once ( ) forever
c- Slow down
( ) stop ( ) fast ( ) speed up
d- Freak out
( ) lose temper ( ) get patience ( ) get lost

4 – Do you have any fun story to share? Narrate it below and share with your class. ___________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________

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ANSWER KEY SOON

Turner and Hooch - Can for Permissions

Hey

Today I bring to you a second class using this classic.

1 – Watch the video segment and check which things are mentioned by Turner.



( ) Run around the house - ( ) Slobbe
( ) Bark - ( ) Chew
( ) Growing - ( ) Wear a flea colar
( ) Sleep in the bed - ( ) Eat on the floor
( ) Lift the leg to things - ( ) Beg for food
( ) Pee in the house - ( ) Snif into crotches
( ) Go under the bed - ( ) Drink from toilet
( ) Touch his things

2 – Write a list of things Hooch has no permission to do:
___________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________

3 – Do you have pets? What can/ can´t it do?
___________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________

4 – Vocabulary:
Come to an understanding
What collocations are possible to make with “understanding”? _______________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________
Get along
What does it mean?
_____________________________________________________________________________
Is there any other way to express the same idea? __________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________
Do you know other collocations using “get”? ____________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________.

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Answer key

1-
Growing
Lift the leg to anything
Slobbe
Chew
Wear a flea colar
Beg for food
Snif into crotches
Drink from toilet

2-
Hooch can´t grow
Hooch canpt lift his/its leg to anything in the house
Hooch can´t slobbe
Hooch can´t chew
Hooch can´t beg for food
Hooch can´t snif into crotches
Hooch can´t drink from Turner´s toilet

3-
Student´s personal answers

4-
Reach an understanding - Come to an understanding - Have an understanding
Get along is to have a good relationship. To cope with.
Get over yourself, get lost, get up, get away with, get on, get in, get yourself together.

The Big Bang Theory - Slangs, Fillers, Collocations and Idioms

Hey guys
I bring to you another segment from The Big Bang Theory. I can´t help it, it´s my favorite sitcom.
Well, I got more language elements regarding everyday life communication. Let´s take a look.

Sheldon is a guy who is extremely intelligent and never uses slangs and idioms, however in this video we´ll see how he tries to cope formal and informal language.

Watch the segment below and answer the following questions.



A. Slangs
How does he classify “what´s shaking?”
_____________________________________________________________________________
Penny uses another one. Which one?
_____________________________________________________________________________
Do you know others similar to this one? _______________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________
Based on the video what is “Peace out”?
( ) greeting/ conversation opener ( ) farewell/ conversation closer
Do you know others? __________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________

B. Collocations
Penny uses the collocation “freaking me out”. Do you any similar? _____________________________________________________________________________
Sheldon uses the collocation “striking up”. Do you know what it means? Any synonym? __________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________

C. Taboo Language
What does “chit chat” mean? __________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________
What does “hook up” mean? Is there any other similar one? _______________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________

D. Fillers
In the video there are many fillers used. List them below. _______________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________
What´s the function of “fillers”?
( ) get time to think
( ) encode formal messages
( ) change topics during the conversation
( ) prepare the listener for new topics
( ) use in instructions

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ANSWER KEY
A
- Conversation opener
- Hey, S´Up
- Good morning, How is it hanging?, How is everthing?, Hi, How are things?, Good evening, Good afternoon
- Farewell/ Conversation closer
- Bye, See you later, So long, Later, Take care

B
- Scaring me, Scaring the crap out of me, Make me feel afraid
- It means "start". Initianing, begining

C
- Talk without any specific goal or any specific topic.
- To date someone. Make out, Night stand

D
- Oh, Well, Uh, See...,
- Get time to think, Prepare the listener for new topics, change topics during the conversation

The Hangover - Wh-Questions

Hi guys

Today I bring to you a segment of a success. The Hangover, let´s work the Wh-Questions.

1 – Do you know the characters of the movie “The Hangover”? Match their names with the pictures.

Allan - Phil - Doug - Stuart

2 – Watch the video and answer the questions.



a- Where are they? ______________________________________________________
b- When is this event? ____________________________________________________
c- Who wakes up first? ___________________________________________________
d- When do they wake up? ________________________________________________
e- Where do they wake up? _______________________________________________
f- Where does Allan go? __________________________________________________
g- What does Allan see in there? ___________________________________________
h- Who does Allan fall over? _______________________________________________
i- Why does Allan run away from the bathroom? ______________________________
j- How is Stuart? ________________________________________________________
k- What is Stuart missing? _________________________________________________
l- Who goes wake Doug up? _______________________________________________
m- Where is Doug? _______________________________________________________
n- Whose phone rings? ___________________________________________________


3 – It is possible to see the verb “to look” being used some times in different meanings.

Phil: Look at this place
Stuart: I look like a nerdy hillbilly
Stuart: Look around you

a- What are the differences among these sentences? ____________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________
b- Is there any other context to use “to look”? ____________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________

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ANSWER KEY

1-
Allan - Stuart - Doug - Phil

2-
a- In Nevada; In Las Vegas
b- At night
c- Stuart wakes up first
d- In the morning
e- They wake up in the hotel room
f- Allan goes to the bathroom
g- Allan sees a tiger
h- Allan falls over Phil
i- Because of the tiger
j- He feels a lot of headache
k- He is missing a tooth
l- He goes wake up Doug
m- He is probably at the pool
n- Doug´s phone rings

3-
a-
Look at referes to direct eye contact
Look around refers to the movement of the place which surrounds them
Look like referes similarity

b-
"Look for" is used in the same context of "search"
"Look" can be used to relate appereance
"Look up to" is used when you admire someone as a hero or a role model

The Big Bang Theory - If-Clauses

A Class by @TeacherBrunoGon and Teacher Dani Bertocchi

1 – Watch the first part of the segment (at night) and match the parts of the sentences and their images.



a- Do you realize that If Penny wakes up
b- If you want to avoid waking her
c- If you have time to lean
( ) speak in a lower register
( )you have time to clean
( ) there is no reasonable explanation as why we are here.

2 – Complete the sentences according to what happens in the videos and classify the sentences into If-clauses I, II or III.
If you speak loud, you _______________ her up (wake) ( )
If Penny cleaned her apartment, I ____________________ (come) here ( )
If it´s not his house, He __________________________ it (clean) ( )
If this situation disturbs Sheldon, he ______________________ (talk) to Penny ( )
If they don´t leave, Penny _____________________ (wake up) and see them ( )
If Sheldon hadn´t cleaned Penny´s apartment, he _______________________ (sleep) so well ( )
If Sheldon doesn´t understand sarcasm, Leonard _______________________ (tell) him that it is. ( )
If Leonard had Penny´s key, they _______________ (be) the responsible for the cleaning ( )
If they hadn´t gone into Penny´s apartment, she ________________ (be) so mad at them ( )
If what they did was wrong, they _______________________ (apologize) for their actions. ( )

3 – Answer the questions according to your personal opinions and justify:
If you did something wrong expecting something good, would you apologize for it? ____________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________
Do you try to help a friend or relative If he/she doesn´t want?
___________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________.
Would you try to correct a bad mistake if you had the chance? __________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________.

4 – Vocabulary:
Do you know synonyms for the vocabulary/ expressions below?
Insane: _____________________________________________________________
Give back: __________________________________________________________
Remove: _____________________________________________________________
Discussion:__________________________________________________________
Full: _______________________________________________________________
Get out: ____________________________________________________________

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ANSWER KEY
1-
c
b
a

2- will/ may/ can wake
wouldn´t come
shouldn´t/ don´t have to clean
should talk
may/ can wake up
wouldn´t have slept
has to/ must tell
must be
wouldn´t have been
should/ have to/ must apologise

3-
Personal answers

4-
Crazy, Nuts, Lost mind, Mad
Return
Take off, eliminate
Argument, debate, fight, conversation
Entire, whole, complete
Leave, get lost, get away

The Pacifier - Sequence words

Hey guys

This is a segment I´ve used before, but now I´m focusing a different part of the language.
Have fun with this amazing movie.

1- Work with your students the vocabulary relating sequence words.
First – Second – Right after/ before – Afterwards – Next – To finish – Then – When



2- Watch the video and complete the paragraphs

Driving part:
____________ he fastens the seat belt and ______________ he says “go” and ____________ she starts driving the car around the parking lot. ______________ she stops the car he tells her to go backwards and ______________ she does it.

Girls in the garden:
_____________ he teaches the girls the basic movements, _______________ one of the girls punches him to practice. __________________ he shows 3 girls how to fight to 3 girls and _________________ all the girls are practicing and he´s watching. ______________ he says “go” all the girls started crawling. ________________ one of the girls kick his arm strongly

Play Rehearsal:
_____________ the couple is dancing and the director is observing, _____________ he is advising that they have to do to improve their performance. ________________ the cast is crawling on the floor. ___________________ he shows in a miniature stage how the actors are supposed to work and ___________________ he observes the final moves of 2 actors on stage.

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ANSWER KEY SOON

Race to Witch Mountain - Modals and Collocations

Seth and Sarah are two aliens who are on Earth for a mission. Although they don´t intend to do anything harmful they are being chased by government agents. Seth and Sarah count on a taxi driver named Jack Bruno to help them.

1 – Watch the video segment and check St for Seth and Sr for Sarah according to their abilities and write the sentences.



( ) Fly - ______________________________________________________________________________
( ) Read peoples´ mind - _______________________________________________________________
( ) Manipulate fire - __________________________________________________________________
( ) Resist great impacts - _____________________________________________________________
( ) Pass through solid objects - _______________________________________________________
( ) Control peoples´ actions - _________________________________________________________
( ) Move objects using his/her mind - __________________________________________________

2 – The modal verb “can” can be replaced by:
( ) Be supposed to ( ) Be able to ( ) Recommend to ( ) be possible to

3 – In the sentence “They will overtake our vehicle…” there is the modal verb “will”. Its context is:
( ) Hypothesis ( ) Possibility ( ) Advice ( ) Inevitability

4 – In the sentences “It would appear we have not….” There is the modal verb “would”. Its context is:
( ) Hypothesis ( ) Possibility ( ) Obligation ( ) Inevitability

5 – The sentence “We should just keep moving” There is the modal verb “Should”. Its context is:
( ) Hypothesis ( ) Suggestion ( ) Ability ( ) Inevitability

“Should” can be replaced by:
( ) possible to ( ) recommend to ( ) suggest to ( ) be able to

6 – The sentence “We cannot trust him”. There is the modal verb “Can” in the negative. Its context is:
( ) Possibility ( ) Obligation ( ) Necessity ( ) Advice

“Cannot” can be replaced by:
( ) advice to ( ) suggest to ( ) impossible to ( ) possible to

7 – The sentence “We must”. There is the modal verb “Must”. Its context is:
( ) Obligation ( ) Possibility ( ) Hypothesis ( ) Suggestion

“Must” can be replaced by:
( ) Have to ( ) Advice to ( ) be able to ( ) recommend to

8 –The sentence “What could go wrong?” there is the modal verb “could”. Its context is:
( ) Remote possibility ( ) Obligation ( ) Necessity ( ) Inevitability

Vocabulary:
9 – The agent shouts “look out” during the scene. Do you synonyms of this phrasal verb? __________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________
10 – Do you know other phrasal verbs using the verb “to look”? __________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________
11 – What does Jack Bruno mean when he says “get down”? __________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________
12 – Do you know other phrasal verbs using the verb “to get”? __________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________


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Download the worksheet
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Answer key
1- Read people´s mind - Sr - Sarah can read people´s mind
Resist great impacts - St - Seth can resist great impacts
Pass through solid objects - St - Seth can pass through solid objects
Move objects using his/her mind - sr - Sarah can move objects using her mind
2- be able to
3-Inevitability
4-Hypothesis
5-Suggestion
Recommend to
6-Possibility
Impossible to
7-Obligation
Have to
8-Remote possibility
9-Watch out, Be careful
10-Look up, look for, look at, look around, look like, look beautiful...
11-He wants Seth and Sarah to protect themselves.
12-Get over, get lost, get yourself together, get real, get up, get in, get on, get out, get away...

Trust - Internet Language

A class by @TeacherBrunoGon and Teacher Dani Bertocchi

Internet and social networks are part of our lives today and Annie is not different of anybody else, as most of teenagers she likes to chat with friends online and use internet language.

1 – Do you have pen pals? __________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________
2 – What do you usually talk about? __________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________
3 – Do you talk with them every day? How often? __________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________
4 – Do you trust them? How do you know they can be trusted? __________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________

Watch the video for activities 5 and 6



5 – Check the internet words or sentences below and write their meaning.
( ) 2moro -( ) PWOMS - ( ) TTYL - ( ) AFK - ( ) BBL
( ) M2 - ( ) Brb - ( ) TY - ( ) B4 - ( ) btw
( ) LOL - ( ) ur - ( ) idk -( ) LMAO - ( ) OMG
______________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________

6 – Now, create a dialogue on a chat page using internet language studied above. __________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________


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http://www.4shared.com/video/RaQW1L4K/Trust_-_Internet_Language.html?
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ANSWER KEY

1 to 4
Personal answers

5
Appeared on the video:
PWOMS - Parent watching over my shoulder
TTYL - Talk to you later
M2 - Me too
TY - Thank you
LOL - Laughing out loud
ur - You are / Your (depends on context)
LMAO - Laughing my ass off

Others:
2moro - Tomorrow
AFK - Away from keyboard
BBL - Be back later
BRB - Be right back
B4 - Before
Btw - By the way
Idk - I don´t know
OMG - Oh my God

6
Personal answers

12:01 - Simple Present - 3rd Person - Adverbs of Frequency

Hi guys
Today I bring to you a movie based on a Short Story by Richard Lupoff.

1 – Watch the movie segment and check what he usually does in the morning after he wakes up.



( ) check the mail - ( ) take a shower - ( ) water the plants - ( ) do the dishes
( ) feed his fish - ( ) get dressed - ( ) have breakfast - ( ) get the paper
( ) watch TV - ( ) do the laundry - ( )talk on the phone - ( ) drive to work

2 – Write the sentences using the information you checked.
Ex: He wakes up at 7:35 am
________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________

3 – Get in pairs and ask your friend how often he or she does the following:

Ex: How often do you _____ ?
I ____________ “activity”

4 – Now, you will write down the information from your friend in sentences or paragraph.
Ex: My friend usually goes to the movies.
___________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________

Download the worksheet
http://www.4shared.com/office/GlEtYo10/12_01_-_Simple_Present_-_Adver.html?
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http://www.4shared.com/video/9txGcD4y/12_01_-_Simple_Present_-_Routi.html?


Answer key soon

Back to the Future 2 - Will

Hello

I bring to you today a true classic. Back to the Future II.

Marty Mcfly is a youngster from the year 1985 and here there is a scene in the future, more precisely, in the year 2015 when he has the chance to see how the world is like.


1 – What technological developments do you believe it will occur in the future?
____________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________

Now, watch the video and do activity number 2



2 – Check if these developments happen.
( ) People don´t walk anymore around the streets
( ) Gas station works only by machines
( ) Cars and skateboards can fly
( ) People wear exactly the same type of clothes as today
( ) It´s not possible to find old things in the future
( ) Clothes are automatic in the future

3 – Now, write the sentences from activity 2 using “Will” or “Will not” according to your notes.

_________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________

Worksheet
http://www.4shared.com/office/IgaP4Ai2/Back_to_the_future_-_Will.html?
Video segment
"http://www.4shared.com/video/SVzfUUXZ/back_to_the_future_-_will.html?"

ANSWER KEY
1 - Personal answers

2 -
F
T
T
F
F
T

3 -
People will walk on the streets
Gas stations will work without people / Gas stations won´t work using personel
Cars and Skateboards will fly in the future
People won´t wear the same type of clothes as today / People will wear different clothes
It will be possible to find old stuff
Clothes will be automatic in the future

Spoken Elements - Friends

Friends
Spoken elements

1- Watch the segment below and check S for Spoken and W for Written on the elements observed.



( ) Corrected structured questions ( ) Repetition of words
( ) Pauses ( ) Careful selected vocabulary
( ) Interruption ( ) Use of fillers

2- The extracts of the sentences below have a function in spoken conversations. What function is that?
You know - Uh - It´s just… - Like, like, like
_____________________________________________________________________________

3- Phoebe says “I just don´t buy it”. The verb “to buy” in the sentence has the meaning of:
( ) to think ( ) to have ( ) to believe ( ) to accept

4- Select one of the topics below or one of your preference and write an informal conversation between 2 friends.
Syria protests
Brazilian World Cup
Global Economic Crisis
Man on the moon
Global Warming
Brazil protests

_____________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________


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Download the video
http://www.4shared.com/video/Ts1-DuNq/friends_-_spoken_elements.html?

ANSWER KEY

1 -
Pauses
Interruption
Repetition of words
Use of fillers

2 -
Usually used to get some time to think or to call the listener´s attention

3 -
To believe
To accept

4 -
Personal answers

Harry Potter - Description

Hey Guys

I bring to you today a Harry Potter segment.

Harry Potter and the Sorcerer´s Stone
Introduction and Description


1 - Do you know the characters´ name? Write them under the picture.
Watch the video segment to check your answers.

2 – Give their description:
Ex: Mr. Filch has long brown hair and his eyes are black.
a- ________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________
b- ________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________
c- ________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________
d- ________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________
e- ________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________
f- ________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________


3 – Now, write your classmate´s description.
_______________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________


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http://www.4shared.com/video/Dd5tjpt8/Harry_Potter_-_Descriptions.html?
Download the worksheet
http://www.4shared.com/get/K95rDPsH/Harry_Potter_-_Descriptions.html


ANSWER KEY

1-
Harry Potter - Hermione Granger - Ronald Weasley
Draco Malfoy - Professor Dumbledore - Susan Bones

2 -
Harry Potter has black hair and brown eyes
Herminoe Granger is blond and has dark brown eyes
Ronald Weasley has red hair and green eyes
Draco Malfoy has blond hair and blue eyes
Professor Dumbledore has white long hair and a beard
Susan Bones has red hair and dark brown eyes.

3 - Personal answers