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Grammar: Modal Verbs (past tense)

26 Fevereiro 2021, 11:00 • Ana Rita Martins

Grammar: Modal Verbs

  • Modal verbs and the perfect tense
  • In-class exercises
HOMEWORK: Complete "Grammar: Modal Verbs" Quiz (see e-learning web page)

Activities related to the short story "The Thief" By Robley Wilson.

25 Fevereiro 2021, 09:30 • Isabel Maria Ferro Mealha

Checking the answers to Exercise 1 (2).

Activities related to the short story "The Thief" By Robley Wilson: 
(a) reading the story to yourself and asking reading comprehension questions on it; 
(b) turn-taking reading of the short story aloud to practise pronunciation and intonation; analysis of the plot, theme, and characters (to be continued next lesson).
HOMEWORK: Do the exercises about the Simple Past vs Present Perfect (pages 59-60) and about Verbs and Prepositions (pages67-68).


Watching & Speaking: "Paper isn't dead"

24 Fevereiro 2021, 11:00 • Ana Rita Martins

Watching & Speaking: "Paper isn't dead"

  • Vocabulary Practice
  • Modal Verbs: Introduction
HOMEWORK: Complete modal verbs exercise (see e-learning web page)

Conditional clauses continued. Multi-word verbs. Terms and expressions used in short story analysis.

24 Fevereiro 2021, 09:30 • Isabel Maria Ferro Mealha

Conditional clauses continued: feedback on the students' paragraphs using conditional sentences.

 Multi-word verbs: checking the answers to Task sheet 3.
 Terms and expressions used in short story analysis: plot, theme, character(s), climax, rising action and falling action, setting, exposition and resolution. 
HOMEWORK: EXERCISE 1 (question 2).

Conditional clauses.

23 Fevereiro 2021, 09:30 • Isabel Maria Ferro Mealha

Conditional clauses: checking the answers to the exercises about Types I, Ii, and III of conditional sentences.From theory into practice: writing a paragraph to practise the use of conditionals.


HOMEWORK: Finish the tasks below at home, please. Your paragraphs will be analysed tomorrow.

Write a paragraph of about 4-5 sentences on answer to these questions

  1. What would you do if you won the lottery?  (COND II) / START WITH “If I won the lottery, I would …

        2. What would you have done differently, if you had known about the consequences?  (COND III)

            (make up a situation)   START WITH  “If I had known he/she/they would react so …,

OPEN a blank page in your computer and write the paragraphs there, please, so that you can show the class your work by sharing the screen.