Modern homes

Topics:

• Comparative adjectives
• Superlative adjectives
• Household objects

Comparatives

An iron is smaller than a fridge.
A microwave oven is more expensive than a hair dryer.

Exceptions: good (better than)
                 bad (worse than)

Superlatives

A fridge is the biggest household object in a home.
A a big flat screen TV is the most expensive object in a home.

Exceptions: good (the best)
                 bad (the worst)


Homework

Workbook: finish unit 6

Links I recommend:

Household objects-Vocabulary game
Animals-Vocabulary game
Lessons A and B-comparatives and superlatives-Grammar exercises
Questions-simple past-Grammar exercise
Questions-simple past 2-Grammar exercise
Simple past-negative sentences-Grammar exercise
Simple past-positive sentences-Grammar exercise

An amazing experience

Source: http://op-ed.ca/2011/10/27/tweets-by-historical-figures-if-they-had-twitter-accounts/ 

Topics:

• Simple past (was/were and regular verbs)
• Prepositions of time

Student´s book: pages 48-49

Homework:

Student´s book: Practice, exercise 2 "complete the e-mail" (page 49)

The Simple Past (was/were)

Pablo Picasso was a famous composer.
Cleopatra wasn´t Egyptian, she was Greek.
Was Marco Polo a traveler?

Charles Darwin and Albert Einstein were famous scientists.
Quasimodo and Aladdin weren´t real characters.
Were Copernicus and Galileo Galilei two important astronomers?

The Simple Past (regular verbs)

Graham Bell invented the telephone.
Isaac Newton didn´t invent the car.
Did Thomas Edison invent the light bulb?

Links I recommend for practice:

Simple Past- Lessons A and B-Exercises
Prepositions of time-Exercise
Prepositions of time-Exercise 2