THIRD PERIOD

 

THEMES OF THE THIRD PERIOD

TOPIC 7:  AN ECO-FRIENDLY UNDERTAKING

•Countable and uncountable nouns.
•Expressing quantity.
•How many, how much, not many, not much, too, much, too many, a lot of, enough.

Nouns can be countable or uncountable. Countable nouns can be counted, e.g. an apple, two apples, three apples, etc. Uncountable nouns cannot be counted, e.g. air, rice, water, etc. When you learn a new noun, you should check if it is countable or uncountable and note how it is used in a sentence.

Countable nouns

For positive sentences we can use a/an for singular nouns or some for plurals.

There's a man at the door.

I have some friends in New York.

For negatives we can use a/an for singular nouns or any for plurals.

I don't have a dog.

There aren't any seats.

Uncountable nouns

We use some with uncountable nouns in positive sentences and any with negatives.

There's some milk in the fridge. 

There isn't any coffee. 

Questions

In questions we use a/an, any or how many with countable nouns.

Is there an email address to write to?

Are there any chairs?

How many chairs are there?

And we use any or how much with uncountable nouns.

Is there any sugar? 

How much orange juice is there? 

TOPIC 8: RULES DON’T HAVE TO BE BORING

•Could and Couldn’t
•Should and Shouldn’t
•Must and Mustn’t 
•Have to..and Don’t have to…
•Expressing opinions and giving advices.
•Expressing obligations and prohibition 

characteristics of modal verbs

-no has infinitive: it is not accompanied by the particle "to" therefore it has no future or conditional.
-no s / es: in the 3rd person singular in the present simple
ex: he must, she can, it may, etc.
-no past participle: therefore it cannot have present perfect and past perfect
- do not use the auxiliary "do": for the negative statement, interrogative.
    - you can not
    - can you?
    - can't her?
- do not use "to": to introduce the following verb) except "be able to, ought to and have to"

TOPIC 9: CUTTING BACK ON BAD HABITS

•Prepositions.
•Reading comprehension.
•Write short paragraphs 
•Create an interview

What are phrasal verbs?

-They are compound verbs that have a different meaning from the original verb, since they are formed with a verb and a gramatical complement, either a preposition, an adverb or both.

-These types of verbs can have more than one meaning and their use is more common in informal context.

Ex: My Routine in the morning 

I wake up at 6:00 o'clock, get up after 5 minutes, and make a prayer. Then laying the bed always ready the clothes I'm going to wear. Get in the shower then get out of the shower, put on my clothes; go to my study room and turn on the PC finally start the virtual class.

 

                  

15:PEACEFUL BEHAVIOR

 José Celestino Mutis

José Celestino Mutis y Bosio was a priest, botanist, geographer, mathematician, doctor and teacher at the Universidad del Rosario, in Santa Fe, the university where his remains currently rest. He is one of the main authors of the Spanish Universalist School of the 18th century.