Reported Speech

Have a look at the following presentation about Reported Speech and do the exercises that follow.


One. Different tenses.
Two. Changes in pronouns.
Three. Multiple choice.
Four. Complete the sentences. Statements, questions & commands.
Five. Questions.

Writing: 3D

Here you can see some of your compositions about our high school and several after-school activities.

Congratulations! Keep on working like this

My School and After-School Activities

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GLOBAL CLASSROOMS PRESENTATIONS

Hi, 3rd ESO students,
Here I'm going to post all the presentations regarding Global Classrooms that our language assistant Kirsten shows you in class.

Unit 11: Position Paper Body Paragraphs


Unit 10: Offical Topic Mock Conference.



Unit 9: Exploring our Topic and Position Papers.




Unit 8: Topic Introduction and Position Papers.



Unit 7: Conference Structures and Opening Speeches.
3D ESO students: Have a look at slides 12 & 13 and do some research on women's role in government according to your assigned countries. Deadline: by Tuesday 7th November 2017.




Lesson 5: Debate in Action




Lesson 4: Plagiarism and Works Cited.

  


Lesson 3: Formal vs Informal Language.

  


  Lesson 2: Researching and How to Find Credible Sources.

 


Lesson 1: The United Nations and Global Classrooms.

Order of adjectives

Have a look at the following video.

And here you have an explanation about the order of adjectives taken from the British Council (http://learnenglish.britishcouncil.org/ar/english-grammar/adjectives/order-adjectives). Below you can find some exercises you can do.

Sometimes we use more than one adjective in front of a noun:

He was a nice intelligent young man.
She had a small round black wooden box.

Opinion adjectives:

Some adjectives give a general opinion. We can use these adjectives to describe almost any noun:

good	bad	lovely	strange
beautiful	nice	brilliant	excellent
awful	important	wonderful	nasty

Some adjectives give a specific opinion. We only use these adjectives to describe particular kinds of noun:

Food: tasty; delicious
Furniture, buildings: comfortable; uncomfortable
People, animals: clever; intelligent; friendly

We usually put a general opinion in front of a specific opinion:

Nice tasty soup.
A nasty uncomfortable armchair
A lovely intelligent animal

Usually we put an adjective that gives an opinion in front of an adjective that is descriptive:

a nice red dress; a silly old man; those horrible yellow curtains

We often have two adjectives in front of a noun:

a handsome young man; a big black car; that horrible big dog

Sometimes we have three adjectives, but this is unusual:

a nice handsome young man;
a big black American car;
that horrible big fierce dog

It is very unusual to have more than three adjectives.

Adjectives usually come in this order:

1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8
General opinion	Specific opinion	Size	Shape	Age	Colour	Nationality	Material

We use some adjectives only after a link verb:

afraid	alive	alone	asleep
content	glad	ill	ready
sorry	sure	unable	well

Some of the commonest -ed adjectives are normally used only after a link verb:

annoyed;  finished;  bored; pleased; thrilled

We say:

Our teacher was ill.
My uncle was very glad when he heard the news.
The policeman seemed to be very annoyed

but we do not say:

We had an ill teacher.
When he heard the news he was a very glad uncle
He seemed to be a very annoyed policeman

A few adjectives are used only in front of a noun:

north south east west

northern southern eastern western

countless occasional lone

eventful indoor outdoor

We say:

He lives in the eastern district.
There were countless problems with the new machinery.

but we do not say:

The district he lives in is eastern
The problems with the new machinery were countless.

Try these tasks to improve your adjective ordering.

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Seven.

Useful Websites for Country Research

Useful Websites for Country Research

Global Classrooms

CIA World Factbook: https://www.cia.gov/library/publications/the-world-factbook/

United Nations: http://www.un.org/en/

·         United Nations Data: http://data.un.org/

o   Type the country name in the search bar.

·         United Nations Human Development Program: Human Development Reports: http://hdr.undp.org/en/countries

·         United Nations Member States: http://www.un.org/en/member-states/

The World Bank Development Indicators:

·         Overall Data: https://data.worldbank.org/

o   You can type the name of your country and a specific statistic into the search bar.

·         By Country: https://data.worldbank.org/country

·         By Indicator (topic): https://data.worldbank.org/indicator

Eurostat (European Union Statistics): http://ec.europa.eu/eurostat

European Union Member States: https://europa.eu/european-union/about-eu/countries_en

United States Department of State:

·         Country Reports on Human Rights Practices for 2016: https://www.state.gov/j/drl/rls/hrrpt/humanrightsreport/index.htm - wrapper

o   You can select a specific country under “Countries/Regions.”

·         Countries and Regions: https://www.state.gov/p/

Other ideas:

·         Your country’s government website

o   For example, Spain’s official website: http://www.lamoncloa.gob.es/Paginas/index.aspx

·         Your country’s Department/Ministry of Foreign Affairs’ website

For example, Spain’s Ministerio de Asuntos Exteriores y de Cooperación website: http://www.exteriores.gob.es/Portal/en/Paginas/inicio.aspx

Blank maps

Do you need some practice in order to know where some countries and capital cities are located? Try this website. You will have fun at the same time you learn.

Modal verbs

Here you can have a look at an explanation about the use of some of the modal verbs we've seen in class.

Exercises:

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Two.

Three. (Ought to)

Past perfect

If you need to know when to use the Past Perfect, I recommend you to have a look at this page by the British Council. You can do the exercises that follow.
Here you also have another explanation with several timelines and some exercises.

Some more exercises:
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