Describing photographs

January 7, 2010

To helpyou to describe things in pictures try to remember to describe the following things:

  1. General description of the photo.
  2. What people are doing.
  3. Recent actions (just).
  4. Positions of people and things.
  5. Give opinions and make guesses.

What language can you use for these descriptions?

Here is a list of the writing we have studied in B level. Making this list helped us to remember and is helping us to study. Read the rest of this entry »

Our new multi-word verbs

January 4, 2010

Here are some of the multi-word verbs we have studied. Can you think of (and write) examples for the words without examples? Read the rest of this entry »

Lost Notices

December 31, 2009

LOST :  My purse.

  • I left it under a table in the school canteen last Wednesday, 24 December.
  • It’s a brown and white.  It made of leather and it’s small.
  • If you know anything about it , please phone me.
  • Name : İrem.
  • Phone number : 267 78 46
  • Mobile phone : 0 555 324 67 98
    • Reward : € 25.

Writing practice

December 30, 2009

Here is your question: Read the rest of this entry »

Multi-word verbs

December 24, 2009

Q. Which of these verbs are separable? Put a tick/check-mark next to the correct ones and cross out the incorrect ones. Use the cross if you like.

Here are your tools:and ✘. Read the rest of this entry »

BIOGRAPHY

December 23, 2009

before, after, later, so, finally, after that, but, and, so, because, in 1917, and then

Some and any…

December 23, 2009

Read this telephone conversation:

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How do charities raise money?

December 22, 2009

  1. Rich people  give  some money to charities.
  2. People do school charity  projects. For ex: people  go on a charity walk or people organise fashion show. Read the rest of this entry »

Homework and self study

December 18, 2009

This is the homework for the weekend: Read the rest of this entry »

Person A: When did Thomas Edison invent the light bulb?

Person B:  Thomas Edison invented the light bulb in 1925.

Person A:  No, Thomas Edison didn’t invent the light bulb in 1925, he invented it in 1879.

Person A: Did the Aztecs live in Peru?

Person B: No, the Aztecs lived in Turkey.

Person A:  No, they didn’t.  The Aztecs lived in Mexico.

Person A: What did the Aztecs do with chocolate?

Person B: The Aztecs ate it.

Person A: No, the Aztecs didn’t eat it, the Aztecs drank it.

Person A: When did Google go online?

Person B: Google went online in 1999.

Person A: No, Google didn’t invent 1999, Google went online in 1998.

Person B: Did Sergey Brin leave Russia in 1979?

Person A: No, Sergey Brin left Russia 1987.

Person B: Sergey Brin didn’t leave Russia in 1987, he left Russia in 1979.

Person A: Where did Ada Lovelace come from?

Person B: She came from the USA.

Person A: No, she didn’t come the USA, she came from England.

I am so sorry…

December 18, 2009

Here you can write you corrections. Have a look at this email text and at the corrections to help you. Also, there are some interesting sentences here: Read the rest of this entry »

Email: My apologies

December 17, 2009

Dear Isıl,

How are you? I am so sorry about last Friday. I hope that you are not mad with me but I was in a really bad mood at the concert in Tepekule. Read the rest of this entry »

Education Vocabulary

December 17, 2009

We had some problems today, here are the corrections: Read the rest of this entry »

My flatmate

December 16, 2009

Assessment task corrections

December 16, 2009

My favourite place

December 16, 2009

The things I did yesterday…

December 16, 2009

Homework

December 11, 2009

Please do page 49 from the student book and do numbers 1, 2, 3 & 4. I will be looking for:

  • how you use ‘it’ (see number 2)
  • how you use ‘and’, ‘so’, ‘but’ and ‘because’ (See Train Your Brain)

Please do number 4 in your porfolios.

Have a good weekend and see you all on Monday. Be good and be safe! :)

Some, any, is: Pronunciation

December 11, 2009

/ɪzðə renɪ/

/ðəz sʊm/

/ðərɪzn tenɪ/

/ɪzðərenɪ/

/ðəzə/

/ðərɪzən tə/

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