In this unit we describe how a place to spend holidays and to learn about the Activities taking place within

each location. For example: To send a vacation anywhere, using the following points: ***Name of place ***Type of holiday ***Length of stay ***Activities ***Prices ***Contact number.

Vocabulary are also things we can take for a ride

For example:

Sandals, jacket, camera, passport, compass, etc.

We also find vocabulary: Weather: warm, hot, dry, cold, mild, rainy, snowy, cool, windy, sunny, wet, and foggy. Means of transport: bike, motorcycle, bus, car, taxi, boat, lorry, plane, helicopter, catch, drive, miss, get, take or ride. To answer we prepositional phrases as: ***On: sobre ***In: en ***By: por We also find the time: Present participle: we use to describe something. It was a boring film. (how was the film? Boring.) Past participles: to say how someone felt. We were bored. (how did we feel? Bored.)

EXPRESSING FEELINGS

Use suitable intonation to show your feelings. This helps the listener to understand you better For example: Upset, angry, fed up, exhausted, disappointed, pleased, and excited.

PAST SIMPLE: We use the past simple for an action that occurred at a definite time (started or implied) in the past. ---They spent their summer holidays in Italy last year--PAST CONTINUOUS: We use the past continuous for an action which was in progress when another action interrupted it.

---We were watching a horror film on TV when we heard a strange noise--LINKERS Linking ideas & sentences: avoid writing short sentences. Use appropriate linkers to join two sentences together. It makes your writing more interesting.

But, because, when, and, so, then, as.

In this unit also are the subject of indefinite article (a/an). We use a/an with unspecified singular, countable nouns ---Jack has bought a new car.(there are millions of cars; this is one of them.)--We use a with words that begin a consonant sound, and an with words that begin with a vowel sound. This depends on how a word is pronounced, not how it is spelt. ---a banana, a European, an apple, an honest person---

In this unit also are topics that relate to shops and shopping, and clothes / accessories. As to vocabulary is the types of shops & shopping, products; clothes; describing objects; gifts; homes prepositional phrases; antonyms. For examples: Shops and products: ***fishmongers ***electrical store ***confectioners ***butchers ***greengrocers ***dry cleaners ***stationers ***chemists ***jewellers ***bakers ***newsagents ***furniture shops MODALS VERBS (PRESENT FORMS) *most school children have to wear a school uniformEXPRESSES PROHIBITION

*You dont have to tip taxi driversEXPRESSES ABSENCE OF NECESSITY *You cant /mustnt drive a car until you are 17EXPRESSES OBLIGATION *You can drive for a year with an international licenceGIVES PERMISSION

PRESENT
Have to/must Can Be able to

PAST
Had to Could Was able to

MAKING REQUEST CAN: you call me later? (informal) COULD: you call Mr Jones for me, (please)? (formal) MAY: I have a glass of water, (please)?(very formal) POSITIVE RESPONSES: sure/of course/certainly NEGATIVES RESPONSES: Im sorry, but I cant/Im afraid not.

TOO/ENOUGH This skirt is TOO long; you cant wear it without shortening it first! I can wear this coat; its long ENOUGH to cover my skirt.

In this unit find the topics as celebrations, festivals and events. Contains as vocabulary: **traditional celebrations & customs **festive activities **feelings **greetings cards (verbs with prepositions). For example: FUTURE SIMPLE FORM: We use the future simple in decisions made at the moment of speaking. *Its cold in hereIll close a windows We use the be going to in plans, intentions or ambitions for the future. *Hes going to be a lawyer when he finishes university. FUTURE CONTINUOUS: We use the future continuous for actions which will be in progress at a started future time. *This time next month Ill be flying to Rome.

VERBS WITH PREPOSITIONS ***To: para ***On: sobre ***In: en ***With: con ***Of: de Also for the describing a picture is avoid describing pictures in too much detail. It makes your description unimaginative and uninteresting. For example: Point for describe the picture: *** where the people are ***what they are wearing/doing ***how they feel.

In this unit remember new word, places to eat, food and drinks. For example: Words related to restaurants Waiter, menu, dessert, chef, bill, tip, napkin, soft drinks, linen tablecloth, side dish four-course meal, servings, seafood dishes, main course and starter. ADJECTIVES TO THE NOUNS DECOR: Modern, luxurious, simple, unusual. FOOD: tasty, spicy, plain, tasteless, traditional. SERVICE: fast, slow, poor, excellent. PRICES: high, low, reasonable. ATMOSPHERE: relaxed, romantic, friendly, formal.

COUNTABLE AND UNCOUNTABLE NOUNS Countable nouns are those that can be counted (one apple, two apples). For example: We use the countables and uncountables in the ingredients for the menu,for example, for make pasta with tomato sauce we need:

For the sauce:

2 medium onions 5 small mushrooms 2-3 tbsps of olive oil 3 chopped tomatoes litre of water 2 tsps dried basil 2 tsps dried oregano A pinche of salt and pepper.

For the pasta:

250 g pasta 2 litres of boiling water Salt

COOKING METHODS: *fried *baked *boiled *grilled *roasted *scrambled *mashed *steamed For example, for make a cake, we need mashed the ingredients and baked for to make it ready.

GETTING STARTED For organizing ideas into paragraphs, when you write a story. This helps you to create a logical structure and guides your reader through your story. For example: how will you start your story? Who are the main characters? where are they? when does the story take place? what happens first? what happens next? whats the climax event? what happens in the end? how do the characters feel?

Here we use words and phrases with respect to sports, accidents and injuries using as vocabulary the types of sports; sport injuries; places & equipment; personal qualities, adjectives with prepositions. For example: Play: we use with most ball games (football). Go: we use with most sports ending in ing (swimming).

Do: we use with other sporting activities and martial arts (karate, boxing, aerobics etc.) In the sport injuries use the words: ***To pull a muscle ***to break a wrist ***to twist an ankle ***to sprain a leg. For example: a). Whats the matter? b). I pulled a muscle in my (leg/neck/back, etc). a). Really? How? b). While I was playing football. For describing pictures the sports use the next points: ***where the people are ***what they are wearing ***what they are doing ***how they fell In my opinion when answering questions always support your opinions with reasons or examples. Use linkers such as because, since, as, etc. For example, for expressing opinions ***in my opinion/view ***I feel ***I think

***I dont think that ***I strongly believe ***Id say/I wouldnt say And finally, pros & cons essay: Topic/supporting sentences A topic sentence is the first sentence of a paragraph and contains the main idea or topic of the paragraph. The supporting sentences further develop this main idea.