Hello, How are you today?

Good morning! How are you today?  
It's a cold, windy day but it's also sunny today.
And there is snow on the Tozal de Guara!

Photo of The Sierra de Guara from Sariñena - 20th November 2013.

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Need.

What is it? What are they?

Time and Routines.

Prepositions of place (on, in, under..)

Food.

Some/Any (what's in the 'fridge?)

Have got.

Hello. Greetings, Where do you live? - Where are you from?
What do you do? (profession/job)

The Weather.

 Verbs
Nº1 Like (gustar) + list of 100 useful verbs!

Adjectives

I AM, WE ARE: Using the verb TO BE (ser, estar)

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NEED

You need to eat a lot of fruit and vegetables to stay healthy.

NEED (verb)
Necesitar, requerir, hacer falta.

NEED (noun)

Necesidad.

I need a long zoom on my camera to take a photo of The Sierra de Guara from my house. 

Today I need to go shopping.  
I need to buy bread, vegetables and some milk.   
I also need some eggs, but I don't need any ice-cream.

My Dad needs to tidy his garden before Winter.  The grass on the lawn is very long, so he needs to cut it.   My Dad is 79 years old, so he needs some help with the gardening!

We need to..... (acción)

We need a/some/the...... (sustantivo)

She needs to....

It needs a/some/the......

We don't need to ..... (acción)

We don't need a/any/the..... (sustantivo)

He doesn't need to...

He doesn't need a/any/the.....

I will need ..... (future)

I won't need .....

I'm going to need ....

I'm not goingn to need ....

I needed to ..... (past)

I didn't need to .... 

They need to use a lot of meat and potatoes to make this stew for 100 people.  And they need lots of olive oil, too.  

No utilizamos el gerundio (-ing) con NEED.  

No decimos nunca: I am needing or I was needing.

I always need a good cup of coffee first thing in the morning!

In November in England you always need to carry an umbrella, because it rains alot!

To make an omelette you need eggs, salt and oil.  You don't need to add cheese, but you can if you want.

En algunos casos podemos usar otros modal verbs en lugar de "need", por ejemplo: Must...(deber de).  Have to...(tener que)  Should...(deber de).

What is it? What are they?

WHAT'S THE TIME - DAILY ROUTINES

WHAT’S THE TIME?        

HAVE YOU GOT THE TIME?

DO YOU KNOW THE TIME?      

WHAT TIME IS IT?  

 

It’s …………..

……….. o’clock.       Half past …………….

Quarter to………     Quarter past …………

Five to …………     Five past ……….……..

Ten to …….......     Ten past …………

Twenty to …………..          Twenty past …………….

Twenty five to ………         Twenty past……………..

What's the time?
It's twenty to twelve.

Five to = menos 5

Five past = y 5

Ten to = menos 10

Ten past = y 10

Twenty to = menos 20

Twenty past = y 20

Twenty five to = y 25

Twenty five past = y 25

Half past = y media  

AM = por la mañana.

PM = por la tarde. 

Tambien se dicen:  

12:30 = half past twelve OR twelve thirty.

03:15 = three fifteen

07:20 = seven twenty

Nearly – casi                  

About – alrededor de

Sorry, I don't know         I’ve no idea.

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DAILY ROUTINES – PRESENT SIMPLE

I get up at 7 o’clock.                    We have lunch at 2 o’clock.

Get up                                                           Have a shower

Go to work                                                    Go to school

Have lunch/lunch/supper                              Have a coffee

Check my e-mail                                            Meet friends

Watch TV                                                      Play tennis

Go shopping                                                  Go to the gym

Do yoga                                                        Make the supper

Study English                                                Read the paper

Go to bed                                                     Go to sleep

CLASE 12 NOV

Hola. 

En clase el martes, hacemos nuestro rutina diaria:

Utilizamos las palabras de frecuencia:

Usually, normally

Sometimes

Always and never

Daily activities.  Los verbos de nuestra rutina diaria:

I  normally get up at 8 o’clock

I go to work at 9.

I have lunch at half past one.

I watch TV between 7 and 8pm.

I usually go to bed at 11.

Wake up

Get up

Get dressed

Have a shower

Brush (my/your/her..) teeth/hair

Wash (my/your/her..) face/hands/hair

Make breakfast/lunch/supper

Cook

Have breakfast

Have lunch

Have supper

(Have dinner)

Have a snack

Have tea

Have a cup of tea/coffee

Have a cofffee

Have a glass of wine/a beer

Lay the table

Clear the table

Put the dishes in the dishwasher

Wash the dishes

Go shopping

Do the shopping

Go to work

Go home / Come home*

Drive to work

Cycle to work

Walk to work

Work

Type

Phone/Call/Telephone

Write

Read

Go to a meeting

Attend a meeting

Make an appointment

Go to … the post office/the library/the shops/the park

Listen to the radio

Watch televison/T.V.

Catch the bus/train

Make the lunch/dinner/supper

Cook

Make the beds

Do the housework

Clean the  house

Take the children to school

Walk the dog

Do exercise

Phone (my/your) friends

Buy bread/a newspaper/the lotery

Clean the house

Work in the garden

Do (my) homework

Call/Phone my friends

Send e-mails

Check my e-mail

Help my children with their homework

Go to the cinema/the gym

Go running

Go to bed

Go to sleep

clase 11 nov

Hello!  How are you today?  

It's very windy today, isn't it!

Hoy, seguimos con La Comida.  

Los deberes:  vocabulario de comida.

Hacemos también los números entre 1 y 12.  

Y echamos un vistazo a las horas del reloj.

Si tienes ganas (y tiempo) a estudiar, también tienes aquí una lista de los verbos de nuestra rutina diaria.  En clase, vamos traduciéndolos.

WHAT’S YOUR FAVOURITE FOOD?  Qual es tu comida favorita?

I like…  A mi me gusta(n)…

She likes….. A ella le gusta(n)…

Jenny likes…..

My partner likes….

We like….

I don’t like…… A mi no me gusta(n)….

She doesn’t like………

Jenny doesn’t like………

My partner doesn’t like…….

We don’t like………

 NUMBERS: 1-12

one

two

three

four

five

six

seven

eight

 nine

ten

eleven

twelve

THE TIME: 

What’s the time?  Que hora es...

It’s……

.... one o’clock.  la una

It’s five o’clock.  las cinco

It’s quarter past one.  y cuarto

It’s quarter past five.

It’s quarter to one.  menos cuarto

It’s quarter to five.

It’s half past one.  y media

It’s half past five.

  

It’s midday.  - mediodia

It’s midnight. – media noche

It’s nearly five o’clock – casi las 5.

It’s about five o’clock – alrededor de las 5

Daily activities.  

Los verbos de nuestra rutina diaria:

Wake up

Get up

Get dressed

Have a shower

Brush (my/your/her..) teeth/hair

Wash (my/your/her..) face/hands/hair

Make breakfast/lunch/supper

Cook

Have breakfast

Have lunch

Have supper

(Have dinner)

Have a snack

Have tea

Have a cup of tea/coffee

Have a cofffee

Have a glass of wine/a beer

Lay the table

Clear the table

Put the dishes in the dishwasher

Wash the dishes

Go shopping

Do the shopping

Go to work

Go home / Come home*

Drive to work

Cycle to work

Walk to work

Work

Type

Phone/Call/Telephone

Write

Read

Go to a meeting

Attend a meeting

Make an appointment

Go to … the post office/the library/the shops/the park

Listen to the radio

Watch televison/T.V.

Catch the bus/train

Make the lunch/dinner/supper

Cook

Make the beds

Do the housework

Clean the  house

Take the children to school

Walk the dog

Do exercise

Phone (my/your) friends

Buy bread/a newspaper/the lotery

Clean the house

Work in the garden

Do (my) homework

Call/Phone my friends

Send e-mails

Check my e-mail

Help my children with their homework

Go to the cinema/the gym

Go running

Go to bed

Go to sleep

 I  normally get up at 8 o’clock.

I go to work at 9.

I have lunch at half past one.

I watch TV between 7 and 8pm.

I usually go to bed at 11.

Where: PREPOSITIONS: ON-IN-UNDER

WHERE : DONDE / ADONDE.

Where are the people?  

They're in Monzón Castle.  

Where's Jane's rucsack? mochilla
It's next to the trig point. vértice.

Where is Huesca?  It's in Aragón, Spain. It's near The Pyrenees.  It's a long way from Madrid.  It's not in Navarra.  It's south of Jaca.

Where are you?  I'm in class.  I'm at home.  I'm at work.  

Where are the magazines?  They're on the table. They're in my bag. They're under the newspaper. 

Where is your house?  It's near the supermarket. It's opposite the cinema. It's in Huerto. It's between the petrol station and the chemist's.  It's not far from here.

Where's the dog?
It's/He's infront of the people.
Where are the people?
They're on a mountain, behind the dog.
They're in the mist!


ON - sobre, encima de
IN - dentro
AT - en/a
UNDER - debajo de
BEHIND - detrás de
IN FRONT OF - delante de
BETWEEN - entre
ABOVE/OVER - encima de 
OPOSITE - en frente de
NEAR - cerca
NEAR TO - cerca de
CLOSE - cercana
CLOSE TO - cerca de
FAR FROM - lejos de
FAR AWAY - lejano
A LONG WAY FROM - muy lejano de
IN THE MIDDLE OF - en el centro de
IN THE CENTRE OF - en el centro de
ON THE OUTSKIRTS OF - en los alrededores (pueblos etc)
ON THE CORNER - en la esquina
ON THE RIGHT - a la derecha
ON THE LEFT - a la izquierda
NORTH OF - al norte de
SOUTH OF - al sur de
WEST OF - al oeste de
EAST OF - este de


Hay unas exjemplos: HERE - AQUÍ (HAZ CLICK)

Where's Ricardo?

He's by the building.  He's on the right of the building. edificio.

He's next to the hermitage. ermita.

He's on a mountain.  He's in the mountains.

He's in the Pyrenees.

Where are you going now?
¿Adonde vas ahora?
I'm going home, to study English.
Voy a casa, para estudiar inglés!

MONDAY'S CLASS: 11 NOV 2013

THE SIX O'CLOCKERS

No olvidar: Your Homework (deberes):
Hacer una lista de tu comida preferida.

En la próxima clase:

Preguntas con el verbo LIKE - gustar

Do you like?
Does he like?
Does Jenny like?
Does she like?
Does it like?
Do they like?

Yes, I do.  No, I don't.
Yes she does.  No she doesn't.
Yes he does.  No he doesn't.
Yes we do.  No we don't.
Yes they do.  No they don't.


Activities/Actions con el verbo LIKE.
Se hacen con el verbo en el infinitivo + ing.

Do yoga = hacer yoga.
I like doing yoga.
I don't like doing yoga.
Do you like doing yoga?

Doing yoga.
Sewing. 
Reading the newspaper.
Watching TV (television)
Playing chess.
Doing puzzles.
Doing crosswords.
Taking photographs.
Walking the dog/Taking the dog for a walk.
Relaxing.
Walking in the mountains.
Rock climbing.
Riding a bike/Cycling.
Riding a horse/Horseriding.
Playing football/paddel/tennis/bastketball.
Skiing
Snowboarding.
Running/Jogging.
Cooking.
Making Bread.
Painting.
Playing the guitar/the piano/the drums.
Singing
Dancing.
Going out with my friends.
Going to the pub.
Learning English.

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I like ....

You like ....

Jenny likes .... / She likes ....

John likes .... / He likes ....

My dog likes.... / It likes .... 

My friends and I like ..... / We like.... 

Our neighbours like .... / They like .....

Hay MÁS vocabulary  HERE

My house. mi casa

Your house. tu casa

Her house. su casa

His house. su casa

Its house. su casa

Jenny's house.  la casa de Jenny

The dog's house.  la casa del perro

David and Julia's house.  la casa de David y Julia

Our house.  nuestra casa

Their house.  su casa

FOOD GLORIOUS FOOD!

Lyrics from the musical “Oliver”:

Food, glorious food!

Hot sausage and mustard!   

While we're in the mood - Cold jelly and custard!

Pease pudding and saveloys! 

What next is the question?

Rich gentlemen have it, boys – in-di-ges-tion!

Food, glorious food!

We're anxious to try it.

Three banquets a day - Our favorite diet!

Just picture a great big steak -

Fried, roasted or stewed.

Oh, food, left side

Wonderful food, right side

Marvelous food, left side

Glorious food, all together!

Sausage - salchicha

Mustard - mostaza

Pease pudding – plato tradicional hecho de legumbres secos (guistantes, alubias)

Saveloys – salchicha tradicional, picante, vendida en fish and chip shops.
Jelly - gelatina

Custard – natillas de vainilla, de estilo ingles – normalmente se come caliente sobre postres de biscocho, tartas de manzana por ejemplo.

Indigestion - Lo que pasa a veces cuando comemos demasiado o rápido!

Left side - lado izquierda

Right side - lado derecha

Fried - frito

Roasted - al horno

Stewed - guisado

A great big steak - un enorme filete!

All together - todo juntos

The Meals of the Day:

Breakfast – el desayuno o almuerzo.

Lunch or Dinner – la comida*

Tea – la merienda

Supper or dinner – la cena*. 

Elevenses - (coloquial) - un "snack" a las 11 de la mañana / almuerzo.

En mi casa, “dinner” fue al mediodía y la cena, siempre “supper”.

“A dinner party” es una cena algo formal. 

No olvides usar el verbo HAVE.

I normaly have breakfast at 9 o’clock.

At the weekend, we have lunch early.

The kids always have tea after school.

When do you usually have supper?

Carol is having a dinner party tonight.

Let’s have a coffee/a cup of coffee.

To go out to dinner/supper/lunch (v) – salir para comer en un restaurante.

Dish – plato de la carta

Dish of the day – plato del día

A dish – un plato hondo, para la sopa por ejemplo

A meal - normalmente un menu completo, de primer/segundo plato y postre.

First course - primer plato

Second course / Main course - segundo plato

Sweet / dessert - postre

To wash the dishes (v) – limpiar los platos

A dish washer – una lavavajillas

A plate – un plato para la comida.

FOOD GLORIOUS FOOD

Bread - el pan 

A loaf of bread - una barra de pan.

Olive oil - aciete de oliva

Pork sausage – salchicha de cerdo

Beef sausage – salchicha de ternera

Lamb - Ternasco 

Vegetables -

Fruit -

Steak – solomillo de ternasco

Fried – frito

Roasted – en el horno

Stewed – guisado

Grilled – a la plancha

Boiled – hervido

Toasted – en el tostador

Raw – sin estar cocida/crudo

Cooked – cocida

Salt and pepper -  sal y pimienta

Para aprender vocabulario de la alimentación, haz una lista de la comida que tiene en la nevera o que comes todos los días.

Jane's list of favourite food:

Apples and pears - las manzanas y las peras

Coffee - el café

Peanut butter - la crema de cacahuete 

Toast and butter - tostada con mantequilla

Fish and seafood - pescado y marisco

Tuna - atún

Tomatoes - los tomates

 Vanilla ice cream - helado de vainilla

Dark chocolate - chocolate de cacao 70%

Wholemeal bread / brown bread - pan integral

MORE FOOD vocabulary.

To be on a diet (v) – estar de régimen

Our diet – nuesta dieta diaria, lo que comemos normalmente.

A healthy diet – una dieta saludable

An unhealthy diet – una dieta que no es saludable!

In a restaurant, bar, pub or café:

To book a table – hacer la reservación en una restaurante

A waiter – camarero

A waitress – camarera

The cook or chef – el/la cocinero/el chef

Choose (verb) - eligir

The menú – la carta

The wine list – la carta de vino

The bill – la cuenta

Useful sentences:

Are you ready to order?

What would you like to drink?  Que quieres tomar?

Can we see the menu, please?  Podemos ver la carta por favor?

Can we have the bill, please?  La cuenta, por favor.

I'd like ...............................   Me gustaría/me apetece tomar......

I'll have ..............................  Quiero......................

Have you got.....?  ¿Tiene...?

What's the ................ made of?  ¿De que contiene .....?

Is it gluten free?  

Can I have.........  Me podrías traer .....

Cabbage is a very common vegetable in England,
but usually people over-cook it.
Children usually HATE cabbage!