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The Simple Past Tense

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TO PLAN A HOLIDAY, WE CAN USE THE TIPS ABOVE.

HERE AN EXEMPLE:




NEXT SUMMER I'M HAVING A FANTASTIC HOLIDAY. I'M GOING IN PARIS WITH MY WIFE. WE'RE FLYING FROM VERONA AIRPORT ON 25th JULY AT 14.30. HERE I'M MEETING MY SON. I'M FEELING VERY EXCITED! IN MY BAGGAGE I'M BRINGING MY IPAD. WE'RE STAYING IN A NICE HOTEL IN PLACE DE LA REPUBLIQUE (REPUBLIC SQUARE). WE'RE STAYING TWO WEEKS. WE'RE VISITING THE LOUVRE, NOTRE DAME, WE'RE SAILING THE SEINE. I'M BUYING SOME SOUVENIRS, A T-SHIRT AND SOME POSTCARDS. I'M EATING TYPICAL FRENCH DISHES AND SOME WINE.




STUDENTS CAN USE THE TIPS ABOVE, TALKING IN THE PRESENT, PAST OR FUTURE TENSES.

Appearance

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F2F: Past Continuous

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My Family&Have Got

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Possessive case

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Oggi a scuola

Per gli alunni di 1D gli esercizi sono a pag. 49 n. 1-2-3 + studiare verbo avere.
Per gli alunni di 2D fare esercizi scheda e studiare present continuous (future meaning)
Per gli alunni di 3D fare esercizio p.80 n.8 + studiare past continuous (when/while)

1D students: exercises p.49 n. 1-2-3 + verb "to have got"
2D students: exercises worksheet "Planning a week" + present continuous (future meaning)
3D students: exercise n.8 p. 80 + past continuos vs. simple past.

Talking about physical appearence

There are many ways to talk about physical appearance.

Age

My grandfather is quite old. In fact, as he has a pension, he is an old age pensioner, or a senior citizen.
His daughter, my aunt, is 55, and middle-aged. She has three sons. One is a young adult, at 24 years of age, and the other two are both teenagers. They are 16 and 17. My sister also has two children – one toddler who is a two-year old, and a baby who is 6 months old.

Build

People are built in all shapes and sizes. There are those who are fat and overweight. Some people are extremely overweight and are obese. Other people are naturally slim, but others look have absolutely no fat on them and are thin, or skinny.
Personally, I am stocky – small, but well-built. My father is tall and lean – with very little fat. My sister is short, but wiry – she is quite thin, but muscular. Both my brothers are athletic and well-proportioned. My mother looks like a 1940's film star. She is curvaceous, with an hour-glass figure.
My grandfather is fit for his age and takes plenty of exercise. He doesn't want all his muscles to get flabby.

Colouring

My sister is an English rose – she has fair hair and fair skin. She doesn't tan easily and has to be careful in the sun. My mother is blonde, also with a fair complexion. I am a red-head – with red hair. Like many other people with a pale complexion, I get freckles from the sun – small brown dots on my face and arms. In contrast, my father has dark-brown hair and he is quite dark-skinned. You are born with a colour – white or Caucasian, black or Asian. People whose parents are of different ethnic origin are mixed-race. Southern Europeans are sometimes described as Mediterranean.

Face

Faces, like build, vary a lot. Some people have oval faces – their foreheads are much wider than their chins. Other people have heart-shaped, square or round faces.
Features also vary. My grandfather has bushy eyebrows (he has lots of hair!), a hooked nose and high cheekbones. His eyes are large and set quite far apart. My mother has a broad nose, which she hates, as she prefers narrow noses. But she is lucky to have even or regular teeth. My sister corrected her crooked teeth by wearing a brace which straightened them. She has rosy cheeks, small ears and a snub nose, which goes up at the end.
I have long, curly hair, though my sister is the opposite, with short, straight hair. Her hair is fine and doesn't weigh very much, but mine is thick and heavy. My mother's hair is wavy – in between straight and curly. It's cut in a bob and she also has a short fringe, where it is cut horizontally across her forehead. My father is losing his hair – in fact he is going bald, which makes him very sad. My brother looks like he is going to lose his hair too – it is receding.

English words connected with the bedroom.

You can find bedrooms which contain just a single bed, or those which have a double bed (bed which is big enough for two people), or even twin beds (two single beds side by side).  When children share a bedroom, they might sleep in bunk beds, where there is one bed on top of the other. The upper bunk is reached by a small ladder.
On your bed, you'll have at least one sheet (normally in cotton, but in a variety of colours or patterns. Some people also have a sheet over them, with blankets (made from wool) to keep them warm. Alternatively, you can replace the top sheet and blankets with a duvet (a warm, but lightweight quilt). You're likely to sleep with your head on a pillow, which is often filled with feathers. Pillows are normally put inside a cotton pillow case, and the duvet is also put inside a cotton duvet cover.
As well as a bed, you're likely to have other furniture in your bedroom, such as a chest of drawers (a piece of furniture with several drawers to put clothes in); a wardrobe, which is a piece of furniture with doors where you can hangdesk shirts, trousers, or skirts and dresses on clothes hangers; and a bedside table, which is a small table next to the bed. On the bedside table, you might have a lamp and an alarm clock. Some people also have a desk, a bookshelf , other shelves, or a dressing table, which is a small table that you sit in front of, with a mirror to see your reflection in when you do your hair or make-up, and a couple of drawers.

English vocabulary: talking about your family

Your family tree

Your closest relatives are your parents: your mother and father; and your siblings (brothers or sisters). If your mother or father is not an only child, you also have aunts and / or uncles. An aunt is the sister of your mother or father, while an uncle is the brother of your mother or father. Your female child is called your daughter, and your male child is your son.

If your aunts or uncles have children, they are your first cousins. (In English, the word cousin is used, whether the cousin is female or male.) Your female cousin is your mother (or father's) niece, while a male cousin is the nephew of your mother and father.

In-laws

When you marry, your husband (or wife's) family become your in-laws. The mother of your spouse (husband or wife) is your mother-in-law and his or her father becomes your father-in-law. The term in-law is also used to describe your relationship with the spouses of your siblings. So the husband of your sister becomes your brother-in-law, while the sister of your husband becomes your sister-in-law. If you are a woman, you become the daughter-in-law of your husband's parents, and if you are a man, you become the son-in-law of your wife's parents.

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Grandparents / grandchildren

The parents of your parents are your grandparents – grandmother and grandfather. You are their grandchildren – either a granddaughter or a grandson. The mother of your grandmother or grandfather is your great-grandmother. The father is your great-grandfather. If you go back another generation, the grandmother of your grandmother / grandfather is your great-great-grandmother. The grandfather of your grandparent becomes your great-great-grandfather.

Second families

If your mother or father remarries, you can acquire a new family and set of relatives. For example, if your father marries a second wife, she becomes your step-mother. Any children she already has become your step-sisters or step-brothers.

If your mother or father remarries and has children, they become your half-brothers or half-sisters.

Today's activities

Oggi in 3b si è ripreso l'uso del simple past e visto le descrizioni della casa.
In 2d corretto esercizi sul present continuous (future meaning) e parlato in breve del Be Going to.
In 1d si è consolidato l'uso del possessive case.
In 3d si è introdotto l'uso e la formazione del past continuous.

Compiti per 2d finire gli esercizi della scheda.
Compiti per 3d pag. 78 n. 4 e pag. 79 n. 5 - 6 - 7 + studiare regole past continuous

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