Split VI (ago, already, yet, just, past simple vs present perfect)

Hi everybody,
Here you have some exercises to practice grammar points in unit 4

a) PAST SIMPLE WITH AGO: 1  2 

b) ALREADY, YET AND JUST: 1  2  

c) PAST SIMPLE / PRESENT PERFECT: 1  2  3  4 

And a song so you can listen to a lot of past simple and present perfect sentences:


Lyrics | Rufus Wainwright - Hallelujah lyrics

Split V (relationships, past simple form, present perfect form, for / since)

Hi everybody!
Today we are going to start unit 4.

ACTIVITIES:

Vocabulary: 1  
Past simple: 1  2  
Present perfect: 1  

Remember: We use for with a period of time and since with a point of time to express how long an action/event is.

examples: I've been in the classroom for 55 minutes

                I've been in the classroom since five to nine.

                We've been in this school for four years

                We've been in this school since 2006

For and since: 1

HAPPY NEW YEAR!

Hi everybody! Welcome back to school. 

Today we are going to work on a text about New Year's celebrations in England and Scotland. Follow the instructions and bring your notes to the class, we will correct the exercises on Wednesday.

1. Click on the link and read the text and try to fill in the blanks: HAPPY NEW YEAR

2. Listen to the text and check your answers. Look at the end of the post if you have any doubt.

3. When you have the correct version of the text, watch the video again and do the following activities on your notebooks.

a) Vocabulary:

Find a synomim of these words or phrases in the text:
typical Scotish musical instrument (2nd paragraph)
very big (3rd paragraph)
bright and colourful explosions used in celebrations (3rd paragraph)
people from your family (4th paragraph)
presents (4th paragraph)
a heavy congestion of traffic (4th paragraph)
lines of people awaiting their turns (4th paragraph)

products at reduced prices (5th paragraph)

finished (6th paragraph)

stop a habit (6th paragraph)

b) Comprehension questions:
Answer the following questions on your notebooks:
1. When is New Year's Eve?
2. What do people watch in London on New Year's Eve?
3. What do people normally do when they don't go to a party?
4. Why is it difficult to travel during the holidays?
5. Which typical New Year's resolutions do the text mention?


c) Writing:
1. Write a few lines about your New Year's celebration. Who was with you? What did you do? Where did you go? When did you go to bed? What did you do the following day?

2. Write sentences with used to about the following topics that appear in the text:

In Scotland on New Year's Eve 

British people's celebrations

The sales

d) Oral:
We will do this part in class and we will talk about our holidays.

Good work!
How about some music about ... New Year?
Look at the lyrics here:
Abba - Happy new year lyrics







Answers: celebrate, winter, kilts, bagpipes,, watched, went, Edinburgh, London, a party, visit, go for a swim, read, football, write, traffic jams, railway system, big stores, winter clothes, special offers, on the internet, weather, lose, give up, pay