Buenas Tardes Padres de Familia!

A continuación presento información sobre las inscripciones al semestre Enero - Junio 2016

The Homework for next class is:

• 10 Sentences using Prepositions of time, places and movement. (Not 10 of each, 10 in total).
• Workbook page 32, 36, 37 and 38
• Study for the TOEFL!!!

Here's the presentation about prepositions, here's the presentation about Past Perfect, here's the presentation about Present Perfect, here's the presentation about tag questions, here's the vocabulary for unit 3, and here's the vocabulary for unit 4.

Next class we are not going to have a quiz becuase you will have the TOEFL. So please just prepare yourself, listen to the tv in English, listen to movies (without subtitles), listen to music, read short stories, and trust in yourself!!!
I know you can do it!!!

Best wishes
Mr. Agustín Rodríguez

Hello Guys!

Here are some links so you can practice for the TOEFL, Good luck!!!

1 Grammar
http://www.examenglish.com/TOEFL/toefl_structure_1.htm
2 Reading
http://www.examenglish.com/TOEFL/TOEFL_reading1.htm
3 Grammar
http://www.examenglish.com/TOEFL/toefl_structure_2.htm
4 Reading
http://www.majortests.com/sat/reading-comprehension-test06
5 Reading
http://www.saberingles.com.ar/reading/queen-elizabeth-life.html
6 Grammar
http://www.learn4good.com/languages/toefl/toefl_stan_test3.htm
7 Reading
http://eslus.com/LESSONS/READING/CLOZE/R3.HTM
8 Listening
http://www.examenglish.com/TOEFL/TOEFL_listening_conversation1.htm
9 Grammar
http://www.learn4good.com/languages/toefl/toefl_stan_test8.php3
10 Reading
http://www.english-online.org.uk/toeflfolder/toeflread1.php?name=TOEFL+Reading+test+1
11 Grammar
http://www.4tests.com/exams/questions.asp?exid=22580316&googlebot=57
12 Reading
http://www.grammarbank.com/toefl-reading-practice.html
13 Grammar
http://www.majortests.com/sat/identify-sentence-errors-test04
14 Reading
http://www.examenglish.com/TOEFL/TOEFL_reading2.htm

Good evening!

The homework for next class is:

• Workbook pages 26 to 28
• Reading Comprehension Worksheet
• Write 10 Sentences in Present Perfect
• Present Perfect Worksheet

Next class we are going to have our next quiz. Please study A LOT Present Perfect. It is very VERY important that you know the Past Participle of the verbs. You must learn them, you can find them on your Student's book page 127. Here's the presentation seen in class, and here's another presentation with the conjugation of the verbs in all tenses.

Have a nice week:)

Hello!

Let me remind you the topics for Quiz #4:

• All/Both/None/Neither/Either
• Conditional Sentences Type 1
• Relative Pronouns

Here's a power point presentation for you to study.

Hello!!!

Here's the homework for next class:

• Study for Quiz #4 !!! (The topics will be posted later)
• Reading Comprehension Activity
• Complete Worksheet about Relative Pronouns
• Workbook page 15, 16, 17, 18, 19, 20 and exercise A for page 23.    

 (SOME OF THESE EXERCISES ARE ALREADY ANSWERED THE POINT IS TO HAVE ALL OF THE ANSWERED).

• Copy the next exercise on your notebook and complete it:

I. Underline the correct word to complete the sentence.
1. This the girl who / whose sister was so generous. 
2. Where are the people whose / that were so impolite at the café? 
3. I don’t like formal parties who / which make me feel insecure. 
4. Being forgetful is a problem who / which you can solve with good planning. 
5. There is the writer whose / that book made me so optimistic about the future. 
6. My best friend is someone who / which is never impatient to me.
 7. That was the restaurant which / whose was comfortable and charming. 
8. Geraldo is the man whose / who is very talkative but a little insecure.

II. Complete the sentences. Use who, whose, that or which.

1. This is the person. He helped me with my car. _____________________________________________________
2. This is the friend. I met her in Hawaii. ____________________________________________________
3. Is this the bicycle? Your dad gave it to you. ______________________________________________________
4. These are the DVDs. Katherine bought them at the mall. _____________________________________________________
5. Do you have a brother? He is very charming. ______________________________________________________
6. Where are the students? We went to their party. _____________________________________________________
7. We don’t like neighbors. They are too noisy.
__________________________________________________

Have an excellent week!!!

Best wishes
Mr. Agustín Rodríguez

Good Afternoon!!!

Remember next class we are going to have our FIRST PARTIAL EXAM!!! Please STUDY a lot!!

The topics and some links to excercises, ppts videos and more are:

• Present Simple v.s. Present Progressive

- The exercise from the exam is going to be very similar to the one in Quiz #3!! Please remember what verbs are stative, and the time expressions!!! 

- REMEMBER Present progressive is:  verb to be (am/is/are) + verb-ing. NOT ONLY THE VERB IN -ING!!!

- PowerPoint Presentation

- Student's Book page116

- Workbook page4 exercise B

- Workbook answers 

- Quiz #3

• Past Simple v.s. Past Progressive

- The exercise from the exam is going to be very similar to the one in Quiz #3!! Please remember Past progressive is:  verb to be (was/were) + verb-ing. NOT ONLY THE VERB IN -ING!!!

- Study IRREGULAR VERBS

- Student's Book page 117 and 120

- Quiz #3

- PowerPoint Presentation

• Verb Used to

- The exercise from the exam is going to be VERY similar to the one in Quiz #2!!! Please! review the exercise from that Quiz, if you review it I'm 100% sure you will get it correct-

- Student's Book page 117-118

- Workbook page 11 exercise D

- Workbook answers 

- PowerPoint Presentation

• Some/Any/No/Every and their compounds

- The exercise from the exam is going to be similar to the one of the worksheet we did last class (the one that is on the upper right corner). 

- Student's Book page 117

- Workbook page 8 (exercise C) AND page 9 (exercise D).

- Studens must have the answers to those exercises.

• Comparatives and Superlatives

- The exercise from the exam is simply going to be about transforming and adverb or adjective to its comparative or superlative form. Very similar to the exercise on workbook's exercise B page 6.

- PowerPoint Presentation

- Workbook answers 

- Student's book page 116-117

- Workbook page 6 exercie B and C.

• Vocabulary

- All you need to know of vocabulary comes from your student's book page 8 and page 12.

- Page 8 vocabulary words: snowboarding, karate, aerobics, jogging, mountain biking, skysurfing, track and field, pool.

- Page 12 vocabulary words: baggy pants, flared jeans, torn jeans, checkered shirt, striped shirt, sparkly dress, tight pants, spotted dress.

- In your exam you are going to have some pictures about those vocabulary words and you will have to write their names. 

Remember next class we'll have our FIRST NEWSPAPER RECYCLING CAMPAIGN!!!

All of you need to bring newspaper, it will count as participation (NOT as extra points but as a grade).

It doesn't matter if you bring just a little bit but you need to bring some!

Also, when you bring the newspaper you will have to write your name, your group's name (Pre-Intermediate "B" - Classroom 07) and your teacher's name (Mr. Agustín Rodríguez).

Please study hard and also do your homework!

Just to remind you, here's the homework for next class:

• Write 5 sentences using Both/All/Neither/Either/None
• Workbook page 19 (exercise C) and ALL page 20.
• Reading Comprehension Activity
• Speech about something you like (2 minutes max.)

Hello!

Sorry I'm late by publishing the Homework!!, but I have had lot of work during the week. Anyway, here's the homework for next class:

• Workbook (activity about Some/Any/No/Every)
• 10 Sentences using Some/Any/No/Every
• Quiz #2 mistakes.  Remember 5 times each mistake!

NEWS!!!  Next class there will be no Quiz!!!

This week you can take it easy, but prepare because the new topic (Some/Any/No/Every) is difficult to understand and we need lots of practice. 

Also about Quiz #3 you got very bad grades!! It is very sad for me to inform you that none of you passed the exam!! We need a lot to practice about the last topics (Present and Past) because they are very important, I know the type of exercises that were on the exam are different and difficult but you need to get used to them.

REMEMBER TO DO THE HOMEWORK!!

Hello Parents!

Here you can have access to the presentation given during our First Parents Meeting!

On Monday, I will post the homework for next class as well as some news about the results from Quiz #3 and what we (Teacher, Students and Parents) can do so that the Grades get higher.

Have an Excellent Week Start!

Mr. Agustín Mario Rodríguez Treviño

Hello!

I hope you're ready for tomorrow's quiz!

Here you can find the answer from your Workbook activities. Remember these answers are for you to study and check if you answered it correctly.

See you tomorrow!!

Hello!!

I hope you're having an excellent week start!!!

First I want to remind you about the Homework that you HAVE TO deliver next class (Saturday 12th, 2015):

• A short story (7 to 8 lines) using the Simple Past and Past Progressive.
• Workbook pages 10 to 12.
• The Quiz's mistakes:

                  If you got less than 80 in your Quiz, you must copy the whole exam                         with the correct answers.
                  If you got 80 or more in your Quiz, you must copy only your mistakes.

• Study for Quiz # 3!

REMEMBER !!!

Next class is going to be our first Parents-Teacher meeting!!
It is very important that your parents come to the meeting. The meeting will be from 12:30 p.m. to 1:20 p.m. approximately. In this meeting we will discuss some very important points about the course, the evaluation, and of course about your progress.


Next class we're going to have our Third Quiz of the semester. It will cover ALL of the topic we have seen since the beginning of the course, so it is very, very important that you study and get prepare for it.

The topics that will be covered by the 3rd Quiz are:

• Present Simple v.s. Present Progressive
• Stative verbs
• Comparatives and Superlatives
• Past Simple
• Past Progressive
• Verb used to
• Vocabulary about modern clothes

Now I'm going to give you some resources so you can study and prepare for the exam:

• Present Simple v.s. Present Progressive     AND     Stative verbs

- Student's book page 116
- Workbook page 4 (exercises B and C)
- Power Point Presentations (seen in class) Class Presentations
- The worksheet about stative verbs seen in class. (This is also uploaded in the previous link)

• Comparatives and Superlatives

- Student's book page 116 and 117
- Workbook page 6 (exercises B and C)
- Power Point Presentations (seen in class) Class Presentations
- This youtube video might help: Comparatives AND Superlatives
- Irregular Comparatives

• Past Simple, Past Progressive and Verb Used To

- Student's book page 117 and page 120
- Workbook page 10 (exercise C) and page 11 (excercise D)
- Power Point Presentations (seen in class) Class Presentations
- Irregular verbs list: Students book page 127
- This youtube videos must help:

•  Past Simple
•  Past Simple Exercises
•  Answers to the previous link: 

was 2) did not like 3) did not like 4) cried 5) was 6) stopped 7) did not quit 8) continued 9) learned 10) passed 11) became 12) graduated 13) decided 14) wanted 15) called 16) taught 17) was 18) said 19) needed 20) said 21) cost 22) worked

• Irregular verbs in Past
• Past Progressive
• Past Progressive 2 (Excellent video)

• Vocabulary

- Student's book page 12

Just remember the best material to study is your own note-book (your notes).

Please study hard!! If you have any doubts about anything please let me know :) 

My e-mail is: agustinmrt@hotmail.com

Best wishes!!

Mr. Agustín Mario Rodríguez Treviño

Welcome to Pre-Intermediate "B"

Hello :)

The main purpose of this blog is to improve the communication between teacher and students, out of the classroom.

Here, I'm going to be posting several videos and exercises that you'll have to watch or answer so you can practice and improve your English skills.

Also some extra homeworks or important news will be posted, so it's necessary that you enter this blog daily.

See you!