ENGLISH INS MOISÈS BROGGI

dilluns, 9 de desembre del 2024

List of Adverbs to Strengthen Your Writing

Don't overuse them! MANUSCRIPT MENTORING - We Help You Grow Your Writing (9min read)

Dependent prepositions (C1) and other tricky prepositions

Dependent prepositions are prepositions which follow a verb, noun or adjective. They don’t change the meaning of the word as with phrasal verbs.

EXPLANATION + EXERCISES (Spanish)

The preposition AT (advanced level) (Spanish)

In, On and At: Dealing with Tricky Prepositions in English

dimarts, 3 de desembre del 2024

Describing people

LESSON PLAN (A1)

You can do the game Who is Who? In the class. Everybody stands up. The teacher (or another student) says:

This person is tall (everybody who is not tall sits down)

This person has fair hair (everyboy who hasn't got fair hair sits down)

This person is a boy (all the girls sit down)

Etc, until one person is left.

Game 2: everyboyd knows the person being described except one person in the class, who has to guess who the student is by listening to their classmates.

Game 3: the student at the front can only ask YES7NO questions until he/she guesses the person.

Game 4: students/teacher could dictate how to draw a monster to the students/classmates: It has one big head, three eyes and one big nose,etc.

Game 5: Walking dictation: The teacher dictates what the monster looks like sentenece by sentence and the student group leaders go back to their groups to repeat the sentence and get another one to draw what they're repeating.

FAMILY AND DESCRIPTIONS

dimarts, 12 de novembre del 2024

POSSESSIVE -S: SAXON GENITIVE

EXPLANATION with exercises (British Council)

FULL EXPLANATION with exercises

VIDEO LESSON

Exercises

More difficult exercises

WORDWALL GAMES

COMMUNICATIVE GAMES:

Here are some communicative options:

Whose is it? – Classroom detective
Guess my classmate
Students secretly choose someone in the class and give clues using possessions/relationships:
- This is Laura’s best friend.
- His pencil case is black.
- That’s his brother’s football shirt.
Possessive ’s speed dating

Students sit in two rows facing each other. Put a question on the board: “Find out three things about your partner’s family/friends.” They have 90 seconds:

What’s your brother’s name?
What’s your mother’s favourite food?
What’s your best friend’s favourite sport?
Then one row moves one seat.

dilluns, 14 d’octubre del 2024

Opinion essay introductory and closing paragraph samples

INTRODUCTION

Introduce the topic and give your opinion. Say whether you agree or disagree with the statement or question. It can be a good idea to use a question to grab the reader’s attention

Nowadays, top sportspeople, such as football players or basketball players, have huge salaries, and this promotes a lot of debate. However, I don’t think they earn too much. In my opinion, their salaries are fair..
How often have you heard a friend or a colleague complain about the excessive salaries of professional sports players? But do they really earn too much? I don’t think they earn too much. I truly believe their salaries are fair.
A very common topic that is being discussed nowadays is wether schools should teach subjects that some may consider useless later in life. A clear example is history, since it is quite difficult to learn and does not help us in day-to-day activities.
It is often suggested that scientists and technology experts contribute more to society than artists. I agree with this view. Although it isn’t easy to measure someone’s value to society, I personally feel that scientists and technology experts have a more significant impact not only on our society’s economy, but also on essential services that improve our quality of life.
Nowadays, many teenagers have got video consoles at home and they often like playing active video games. These are good for you for a number of reasons.
Education is an essential component of a person's life, but not everyone can afford it. Therefore, the debate on whether college education should be free has been ongoing for quite some time. From my perspective, I believe that college education should be free for everyone.
Capital punishment, or the death penalty, is a controversial issue that has sparked intense debates among people for decades. Some people believe that it is an effective way to deter crime, while others believe that it is inhumane and should be abolished. From my perspective, I believe that capital punishment should be abolished.

CLOSING /CONCLUSION

Summarise your ideas and repeat your opinion.

To sum up, I believe top professional sports players have the salaries they deserve because their careers are short and because during those years, their personal lives are affected by their popularity.
All in all, I think that it is extremely important to learn about one’s own country’s history. Anyone who gets the chance to do this should not waste it, since they are very fortunate to have this opportunity.
In conclusion, I believe scientists and technology experts contribute significantly more to society than artists. They have more job opportunities and play a vital part in fields like healthcare, infrastructure, and innovation. While art and music hold great cultural value, the role of science and technology in providing essential services and improving lives makes them more valuable contributors to society overall.
To sum up, I believe that video games are a fun and social way to keep fit. I think they are a good option when you can't play outside and they might encourage people to do more exercise.
In conclusion, while there may be some challenges to making college education free, the benefits outweigh the drawbacks. Providing free college education would ensure that everyone has access to higher education and create a more skilled workforce, which would ultimately benefit society as a In conclusion, capital punishment should be abolished because it is not an effective deterrent to crime, there is always a risk of executing an innocent person, it is often used disproportionately against marginalized communities, and it is an inhumane practice that violates human rights. Instead, we should focus on implementing more effective and humane forms of punishment that promote justice and rehabilitationwhole.