Armando Cañizález Madriz

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Activity Modifications:
Content:
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1. Strengths &
Weaknesses
Assessment /
warm-up activity: English O'clock

25. Where in Spain is Barcelona?

26. What nationality are people from Argentina?
27. I’m wearing a sweater and you?
28. I’m not wearing orange socks and you?
29. Is Murcia near Cartagena?
30. Is today Thursday?
31. Is today Christmas Eve?
32. Is there a bookshop near your house?
33. Are there any mice in this room?
34. Where are the toys? playground – home (Some are on
the playground and some are at home.)
35. What nationality are people from Sweden and what
nationality are people from Switzerland?
36. Am I asking you questions?
37. Am I asking you easy or difficult questions?
38. Is Monday after Tuesday or before Tuesday?
39. Is there a park in Madrid?
40. Are there any people in an office?

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2. Fundamentals
(1 of 2) DO & MAKE
Ø DRILL (15-20 Q’s): This is the first time your students start
learning about the difference between “do” and “make”, which is
confusing for your students because they only use one verb in
Spanish, ‘hacer’, to express both of these.
There are two conversation examples in this unit. In the “to do”
conversation, there are several examples such as “do the dishes”,
“do the shopping”, etc…
However, in the “to make” conversation, there is only one
example which is “to make cake”, please think of and use other
examples of what we say with “Make”, for example “make the
bed”, etc….

1.) Teacher: Do you make phone calls every day? Student: Yes, I
make phone calls every day.
2.) T: Do you do the dishes after eating? S: Yes I do the dishes
 after eating.
3.) Do you like doing your homework?
4.) Is it easy to do exercise?
5.) Do you often make mistakes?
6.) Did you make a lot friends at University?
7.) Are the police making any progress with their investigation?
8.) Have you ever made a prediction about the weather?
9.) Did you make a presentation last week?
10.) Am I making a sandwich
11.) Do you make your children do their chores?
12.) How many cups of coffee do you make every day?
13.) Does your company do a lot business with smaller firms?
14.) If I asked you to do an assignment would you do it?
15.) Do you make faces at people on public transport?
16.) Have you made a complaint at a hotel or restaurant?
17.) Do you like to do nothing on the weekends?
18.) Does it take you a long time to make up your mind?
19.) Do you try to do your best at school and University?
20.) Does cutting onions make your eyes water?

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3. Vocabulary:
(1 of 2)
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4. Prepared Corrections
presentation
(first delivery): • 45 sec presentation. Topic: I need english because...

Target Language: 1. first 2. second 3. third

TEACHER STEPS: give the student some feedback after listening

to their presentation.

Grammar Pronunciation Naturalness

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5. Spontaneous *Review any corrections given up to this point as dynamically as possible.
Review 1:
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6. MGP1:
UNIT 3
PRESENT CONTINUOUS
Ø DRILL (15-20 Q’s): Just as we reviewed the present simple in
the previous unit, let’s now review the present continuous. Make
sure to only practice the present continuous when expressing
things that are currently happening (you’ll practice the future with
the present continuous next week).
1.) Teacher: Are you listening to music? Student: No, I’m not
listening to music.

2.) Am I talking at the moment?

3.) Is s/he writing something?
4.) Are you currently learning English?
5.) Is she washing her hair?
6.) Are you driving to work tomorrow?
7.) Are there people running down the road?
8.) Is s/he studying Latin?
9.) Am I speaking in French or English?
10.) Are you working on your pronunciation?
11.) Is watching TV easy or difficult?
12.) Am I crying or laughing?
13.) Are you shopping for a new car?
14.) Are you sending any emails today?
15.) Were you running late this morning?
 16.) Is she catching a bus or learning English?
17.) Is learning to ride a bike simple?
18.) Are you reading a good book at the moment?
19.) Is leaving the class early today?
20.) Are you sleeping too much?

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7. Agility 1:
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8. Correct
homework:

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9. Spontaneous *Review any corrections given up to this point as dynamically as possible.
Review 2:
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10. Agility 2:

THERE AREN’T ANY

⦁ DRILL (20 Q’s): Get your students to answer with
“there aren’t any…”
Teacher: Are there any elephants in this classroom?
Student: No, there aren’t any elephants in this classroom.
⦁ Are there any books on the floor?
⦁ Are there any jackets on the chair?
⦁ Are there any monkeys in the classroom?
⦁ Are there any pens in your pocket?
⦁ Are there any chairs on the table?
⦁ Are there any pictures on the wall?
⦁ Are there any dogs under the table?
⦁ Are there any planes in the sky?
⦁ Are there any trees in the office?
⦁ Are there any clocks on the wall?
⦁ Are there any calendars on the wall?
⦁ Are there any guns in your bag?
⦁ Are there any cars in the classroom?
⦁ Are there any cigarettes in your mouth?
⦁ Are there any phones on the chair?
⦁ Are there any people on the roof?
⦁ Are there any spiders on the ceiling?
⦁ Are there any bags on your head?
⦁ Are there any mirrors in the room?
⦁ Are there any sweets on the table?

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11. MGP2:
UNIT 4
STOP & START
Ø DRILL (15-20 Q’s): Here practice using both start and stop in a
sentence, and also practice saying “stop + gerund”, e.g. “stop
shouting”.
1.) Teacher: Should you stop talking and start listening more?
Student: Yes, I should stop talking and start listening more.
2.) T: Do you want me to stop teaching? S: No, I don’t want
you to stop teaching.
3.) Do you often stop to take a break at work?
4.) What time does this class start?
5.) And when will it stop?
6.) Do people that stop and start projects annoy you?
7.) Does it often start raining and never stop?
 8.) Should you stop eating when you start talking?
9.) Did you stop smoking and start running?
10.) Will you stop running if it starts raining?
11.) Do you want to stop having fun?
12.) When will you stop working?
13.) Did you stop smiling and start laughing?
14.) Would you stop learning English and start learning French?
15.) Will I ever stop making mistakes in my new language?
16.) Should I stop correcting you?
17.) Do I ever stop asking you questions?
18.) Will you start watching TV in English?
19.) Should I start getting healthier and stop eating chocolate?
20.) Should you stop driving to work and start walking?

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12. Speaking 1. My last phone conversation
Activity 1 of 2:
2. I want to learn English because...
(improvised)
3. Your last trip
4. last meeting at work
5. Problem –> Solution
6. My tasks this week

Presentation
In 45 seconds
My last phone conversation
Target Language: 1. First 2. Secondly 3. Thirdly

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13. Spontaneous *Review any corrections given up to this point as dynamically as possible.
Review 3:
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14. MGP 1:
(review)
UNIT 3
PRESENT CONTINUOUS
Ø DRILL (15-20 Q’s): Just as we reviewed the present simple in
the previous unit, let’s now review the present continuous. Make
sure to only practice the present continuous when expressing
things that are currently happening (you’ll practice the future with
the present continuous next week).
1.) Teacher: Are you listening to music? Student: No, I’m not
listening to music.
2.) Am I talking at the moment?
3.) Is s/he writing something?
4.) Are you currently learning English?
5.) Is she washing her hair?
6.) Are you driving to work tomorrow?
7.) Are there people running down the road?
 8.) Is s/he studying Latin?
9.) Am I speaking in French or English?
10.) Are you working on your pronunciation?
11.) Is watching TV easy or difficult?
12.) Am I crying or laughing?
13.) Are you shopping for a new car?
14.) Are you sending any emails today?
15.) Were you running late this morning?
16.) Is she catching a bus or learning English?
17.) Is learning to ride a bike simple?
18.) Are you reading a good book at the moment?
19.) Is leaving the class early today?
20.) Are you sleeping too much?

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15. Agility 3:
English O'clock 158
MASTERING THE INTERROGATIVE – FORM A
QUESTION
TO WHICH THE UNDERLINED WORD IS THE ANSWER.

1. It’s on the floor.

2. Istanbul is in Turkey.
3. They’re Polish.
4. Her name is Jackie.
5. It’s a phone.
6. Hamburg is in Germany.
7. Cadiz is in the south of Spain.
8. Jack is a man.
9. Jack is a man.
10. We’re here.
11. My name’s Stella.
12. His name is Jack.
13. I’m tall.
14. Dublin is in Ireland.
15. It’s a screen.

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16. Prepared Corrections
presentation
(second • 45 sec presentation. Topic: Homework should be banned
delivery):
for all students in elementary and high school

Target Language: 1. In the first place 2. Because 3. Finally

 TEACHER STEPS: give the student some feedback after listening
to their presentation.
Grammar Pronunciation Naturalness
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1:01
17. Spontaneous *Review any corrections given up to this point as dynamically as possible.
Review 4:
1:02
18. Vocabulary:
(2 of 2)

1:07
19. Translate: Yo tampoco soy rico> I’m not rich either
Fundamentals (2
of 2)
86. I don’t have… and you? – I don’t have… either. / me neither.
/ neither do I.
 1. I don’t have a Rolls Royce and you? > I don't have a Rolls
Royce either.
2. I don’t have a million dollars and you?
3. I don’t have pink socks and you?
4. I don’t have a Rolex and you?
5. I don’t have a husband/wife and you?
6. I don’t have a mansion and you?
7. I don’t have French class today and you?
8. I don’t have a sister and you?
9. I don’t have a dog and you?
10. I don’t have a cat and you?

1:09
20. MGP 2
(review)
UNIT 4
STOP & START
Ø DRILL (15-20 Q’s): Here practice using both start and stop in a
sentence, and also practice saying “stop + gerund”, e.g. “stop
shouting”.
1.) Teacher: Should you stop talking and start listening more?
Student: Yes, I should stop talking and start listening more.
2.) T: Do you want me to stop teaching? S: No, I don’t want you
to stop teaching.
3.) Do you often stop to take a break at work?
4.) What time does this class start?
5.) And when will it stop?
6.) Do people that stop and start projects annoy you?
7.) Does it often start raining and never stop?
8.) Should you stop eating when you start talking?
9.) Did you stop smoking and start running?
10.) Will you stop running if it starts raining?
11.) Do you want to stop having fun?
12.) When will you stop working?
13.) Did you stop smiling and start laughing?
14.) Would you stop learning English and start learning French?
15.) Will I ever stop making mistakes in my new language?
16.) Should I stop correcting you?
17.) Do I ever stop asking you questions?
18.) Will you start watching TV in English?
19.) Should I start getting healthier and stop eating chocolate?
20.) Should you stop driving to work and start walking?

1:14
17. Spontaneous *Review any corrections given up to this point as dynamically as possible.
Review 5:
1:15
21. Speaking 1. My last phone conversation
Activity 2 of 2: 2. I want to learn English because...
(improvised) 3. Your last trip
4. last meeting at work
5. Problem –> Solution
6. My tasks this week

Presentation
In 30 seconds
Target Language: 1. First 2. Secondly 3. Thirdly

1:18 • Review corrections from the improvised speaking

22. Review activity
(comprehensive) • Review a selection from all other drills.

1:24
23. Agility 4:
English O'clock 44
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1. Is Cádiz near Tarifa or far from Tarifa?
2. Tell me everything you know about Philip Johnson.
3. Is Pablo Motos tall or short? (1.67 m)
4. Where’s Kate Moss from?
5. What is Asturias famous for?
6. They have a cat. So it’s...
7. Train – Krakow – Prague
8. How many people are there in a theater?
9. Ask X if there’s a newsstand near his/her house.
10. What is Janet to Peter if Peter is Janet’s son?
11. Is May before or after June?
12. What nationality are people from Peru?
13. Ask X if there are any bicycles in his garage.
14. What is Jerez famous for?
15. James is Katie’s uncle

put this as warm up next day

16. Is Andorra a big or a small country?

17. Is Jennifer Lopez rich or poor?
18. Is Miley Cyrus beautiful or ugly?
19. What color is an orange?
20. Where is Helsinki?
21. Is Cadiz in the south of Portugal or in the south of Spain?
22. Is Vienna in Austria?
 23. When’s Christmas Eve?
24. What color are roses?
25. What’s on a dining table, a plate or a computer?
26. Is Aranjuez north of Madrid or south of Madrid? (south)
27. Who’s Chinese, Li Tong or Aki Morita?
28. Where’s Finland?
29. Are people from Switzerland Swedish?
30. What’s under a desk, a chair or a calendar?

26/04/2022
For next day send the a table with the ordinals and have them memorise them, that way you can
introduce it next class, and in the same or in the next class you introduce the DATES.

Teacher Manual Unit 10.13

Teacher steps: You direct the questioning. Don’t leave the initiative to the students yet.

Pick a member of your family and tell the students to ask you questions about them. Here you should
feed the questions through them to make sure they stay with the verb to have.

1. Ask me if my brother has a car.

2. Ask me if he has any children.
3. Ask me how many children he has.
4. Ask me if he has any money in the bank.
5. Ask me how much money he has. (guess a figure)
6. Ask me if he has an expensive car.
7. Ask me if he has a house in the country.
8. Ask me if he has a big house.
9. Ask me if he has a diamond ring.
10. Ask me how many rings he has. (make up a number)
11. Ask me how many wifes he has. (good for a laugh)

The “going to” future is easier for students to grasp quickly and use in a natural setting than the “will”
future, which will come in the next unit.

What am I going to do?

Example:
The teacher’s plan is to get up, go to the door, open it, close it, and go back to his/her chair. The teacher
does the following:

Teacher (starting to get up but stopping): What am I going to do?

Student: You’re going to get up.
Teacher: What am I doing?
Student: You’re getting up.
Teacher (starting to head for the door): What am I going to do?
Student: You’re going to go to the door?
Teacher: What am I doing?
Student: You’re going to the door.
Teacher: (showing intention to open door): What I am going to do?
Student: You’re going to open the door.
Teacher: What am I doing?
Student: You’re opening the door.
And continue until you’ve closed the door and gone back to your chair.

Other actions you can show the intention of doing:

- going to hit the table
- going to hit yourself
- going to take a cigarette out of the pack
- going to clean your watch (take out a handkerchief, breathe on the
watch…)
- going to write something
- going to cry (starting pouting)
- Etc.

Answer the questions below

-Are you going to study English?

Yes, I am going to study English
No, IM NOT GOING TO STUDY ENGLISH

1. Are you going to play the piano?

2. Are you going to help your children study?
3. Are you going to watch the football match?
4. Are you going to cook later?
5. Are you going to take a shower later?
6. Are you going to play tennis later?
7. Are you going to use the computer later?
8. Are you going to travel abroad later?
9. Are you going to take a shower later?
10. Are you going to buy a motorcycle?
11. Are you going to get married?
12. Are you going to buy a pet?
13. Are you going to earn a lot of money?
Are you going to buy a big house?

Teacher Manual unit 11.10

 Frequency adverbs:
Teacher steps: Have your students answer the questions below in order for them to practice the use of
the adverbs of time.
Ex: Teacher: How often do you go to the beach?
Student: I go to the beach from time to time
Teacher: Be more specific.
Student: I go to the beach twice a year.

Teacher: How often …?

-go to the cinema
- go out for dinner
- travel to other countries (or abroad)
- play tennis, golf, volleyball, basketball, etc.
- get to work late
- stay late after work
- go hunting, fishing, shopping, skiing (new expression)
- work with a computer
- have computer problems

always (100%)
usually (90%)
often (50%)
sometimes (25%)
occasionally (10%)
seldom (5%)
hardly ever (2%)
never (0%)
Teacher steps: “Be more specific”

once a week
once a year
twice a week
twice a month
three times a week
five times a month
Etc.

Use your imagination here. There are hundreds of questions you can ask with “how often”. Remember
to stay in the present simple tense.
From time to time, after a student has answered by saying, for example, “I seldom play tennis”, say to
the student: “Be more specific, please”, eliciting a more specific explanation:

Basics

Teacher steps: Make the students these questions in order to practice the days of the week.
1. What comes before Monday?
2. What comes after Wednesday?
3. What comes between Wednesday and Friday?
4. What comes before Saturday?
5. What comes after Saturday?
6. What comes between Thursday and Saturday?
7. What comes before Wednesday?
8. What comes after Thursday?
9. What comes between Saturday and Monday?
10. What comes after Monday?
11. What comes before Tuesday?
12. What comes before Sunday?
13. What comes between Friday and Sunday?
14. What comes after Sunday?
15. What comes between Monday and Wednesday?
16. What comes after Friday?
17. What comes before Thursday?
18. What comes between Sunday and Tuesday?
19. What comes before Friday?
20. What comes between Tuesday and Thursday?

English O'clock

1. Is Berlin a city or a town?

2. Is Tokyo a big or a small city?
3. Where is England?
4. Is Michael Johnson a boy or a man?
5. Is Nancy Johnson married?
6. What nationality are people from Sweden?
7. Where’s Nebraska?
8. Is Colorado a state or a city?
9. Is the Amazon a long or a short river?
10. Is Serrano a long or a short street?

REVIEW

The “going to” future is easier for students to grasp quickly and use in a natural setting than the “will”
future, which will come in the next unit.

What am I going to do?

Example:
The teacher’s plan is to get up, go to the door, open it, close it, and go back to his/her chair. The teacher
does the following:

Teacher (starting to get up but stopping): What am I going to do?

Student: You’re going to get up.
Teacher: What am I doing?
Student: You’re getting up.
Teacher (starting to head for the door): What am I going to do?
Student: You’re going to go to the door?
Teacher: What am I doing?
Student: You’re going to the door.
Teacher: (showing intention to open door): What I am going to do?
Student: You’re going to open the door.
Teacher: What am I doing?
Student: You’re opening the door.
And continue until you’ve closed the door and gone back to your chair.

Other actions you can show the intention of doing:

- going to hit the table
- going to hit yourself
- going to take a cigarette out of the pack
- going to clean your watch (take out a handkerchief, breathe on the
watch…)
- going to write something
- going to cry (starting pouting)
- Etc.

Answer the questions below

-Are you going to study English?

Yes, I am going to study English
No, IM NOT GOING TO STUDY ENGLISH

1. Are you going to play the piano?

2. Are you going to have a meeting later?
3. Are you going to help your children study?
4. Are you going to watch the football match?
5. Are you going to cook later?
6. Are you going to have a break later?
7. Are you going to take a shower later?
8. Are you going to play tennis later?
9. Are you going to use the computer later?
10. Are you travel abroad later?
11. Are you going to take a shower later?
12. Are you going to talk to your boss later?

Keep practicing the future with going to telling the student to ask you the questions below.

Now start asking all the questions you can think of with “going to”:
Are you going to come here tomorrow?
Are you going to kill your husband next week?
Are you going to go shopping next Saturday?
Are you going to have dinner with me tonight?
Etc.
Is your wife going to come here after class?
Are your children going to attend an American university?
Is Spain going to invade France next year?
Is the government going to prohibit smoking next month?
Etc.
Ask me if I’m going to call my wife after this class.
Ask me if I’m going to continue teaching for the rest of my life.
Ask Paco if he’s going to take his children to school tomorrow.
Tell María to ask me if I’m going to be here for the next class.
Etc.

I play tennis twice a year

English Teaching Manual

Unit 13.11

Ask questions that elicit short answers only. Mix in a majority of questions that elicit the negative, in
order to practice “won’t”. Insist on the correct pronunciation of the word. Spaniards will pronounce it
very close to “want” if you don’t insist that they close the “o” similar to “wount”

Teacher:Will you practice English today?

Student: Yes, I will/ No, I won't

1. Will you kill me tomorrow?

2. Will you learn English someday?
3. Will you attend class 100% during the next two months?
4. Will your boss die someday?
5. Will your boss ask you for a report in the next 30 days?
6. Will the government ask you for money next year?
7. Will the president of the United States visit you next week?
8. Will you go to the moon tomorrow?
9. Will you become the CEO of your company tomorrow?
10. Will you have dinner at home tonight?
11. Will you go to a restaurant this weekend?
12. Will you build a house next month?
13. Will you go to work tomorrow?
Etc

English Teaching Manual

Unit 13.12
Future conditional: if…will…
Will you come here tomorrow if it rains?
Ask me if I’ll receive money for this class if I don’t come very often.
Will your secretary look for you if you don’t go back to your office after
class?
Will your boss leave the company if his salary is cut by 50%?
How long will you stay here waiting for me if I don’t come to the next
class?
Will you call me if you don’t come to the next class?
Will you promise to study more if I give you $10 every class?
Will you give me a tip if I teach this class well?
Ask me if I’ll stay at home if it rains tomorrow.
Etc.

Tricks for teaching

Routine 1
Ask me

what time I leave home in the morning

what time I get back in the evening
what time I usually go to bed
how many hours I sleep every night
if I have breakfast at home
if I have lunch at home
if I have dinner at home
if I know how to cook

English O'clock
Drills drills drills
pg 212

Teacher steps: Make the next questions to your student at the same time you show them some
items. Have them say yes, it is/ yes, they are.

Ex. Is this a…? – yes, it is.

1. Is this a pen?
2. Is this a book?
3. Is this a telephone?
4. Is this a chair?
5. Is this a table?
6. Is this a pencil?
7. Is this a mouse?
8. Is this a screen?
9. Is this a keyboard?
10. Is this a cable?
English Teaching Manual
Unit 13.11

Ask questions that elicit short answers only. Mix in a majority of questions that elicit the negative, in
order to practice “won’t”. Insist on the correct pronunciation of the word. Spaniards will pronounce it
very close to “want” if you don’t insist that they close the “o” similar to “wount”

Teacher:Will you practice English today?

Student: Yes, I will/ No, I won't

1. Will you kill me tomorrow?

2. Will you learn English someday?
3. Will you attend class 100% during the next two months?
4. Will your boss die someday?
5. Will your boss ask you for a report in the next 30 days?
6. Will the government ask you for money next year?
7. Will the president of the United States visit you next week?
8. Will you go to the moon tomorrow?
9. Will you become the CEO of your company tomorrow?
10. Will you have dinner at home tonight?
11. Will you go to a restaurant this weekend?
12. Will you build a house next month?
13. Will you go to work tomorrow?
Etc

Teacher manual
Unit 13.14

Here we introduce the third type of future. We introduce present continuous for future.

1. Are you going to Barcelona tomorrow?

2. Are you coming to the next class?
3. What are you doing this evening after work?
4. Are you taking your wife/husband out to dinner tonight?
5. Are you bringing your secretary to class next week?
6. Are you driving to France next week?
7. Are you flying to London next month?
8. Are you going to the beach next summer?
9. Are you taking me to the Bahamas next week?
10. Are you bringing your children to class next day?
Only a few verbs can be used in the present continuous for future actions. The above 7 are the most
common. It’s not really important that your students know the exact difference
between the three forms of the future. It would take three pages of text to explain the nuances of
difference. I would recommend that they stay with the “going to” future for most actions, except
when they want to insert a condition, in which case, they should use “will”.

English O'Clock
Question mix
pg 40

11. Where’s Munich?

12. Is Paris in the north or in the south or France? (north)
13. What nationality are people from Germany?
14. Is Aki Morita Japanese or Chinese?
15. Tell X to ask Y if Lichtenstein is a big or a small
country.
16. Ask X what date it is today.
17. What nationality are people from Russia?
18. Is Shanghai a big or a small city?
19. Is Lisbon a city in Spain or a city in Portugal?
20. What nationality are people from Portugal?
21. Is Nigel Perkins a man or a woman?
22. Is Austria a city or a country?
23. Is Austria a country in Europe or in Asia?
24. Where in Europe is Spain?
25. Where in relation to Madrid is Badajoz? (south-west)

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(este le gustó la grupo al que se lo mandé) DONE

Have the close their eyes and see if they can tell the numbersbelow.

70
819
55
490

30
497
1,167
3,598

7,632
4,837
7,106
 9,670

English Teaching Manual

Unit 13.12
Future conditional: if…will…

Will you come here tomorrow if it rains?

Ask me if I’ll receive money for this class if I don’t come very often.
Will your secretary look for you if you don’t go back to your office after
class?
Will your boss leave the company if his salary is cut by 50%?
How long will you stay here waiting for me if I don’t come to the next class?
Will you call me if you don’t come to the next class?
Will you promise to study more if I give you $10 every class?
Will you give me a tip if I teach this class well?
Ask me if I’ll stay at home if it rains tomorrow.
Etc.

Pg 40

26. Is La Rioja south of the Basque Country or is it

north of the Basque Country?
27. What nationality are people from Scotland?
28. Where in Andalucía is Granada? (west)
29. Is the Mississippi a long or a short river?
30. Is the Duero a long river? (long)
31. Ask me if Andorra is a big or a small country.
32. What date is it today?
33. Is Rome in the Netherlands? Is it in Norway? Where
is it?
34. Is Cork south-east of Dublin or is it south-west of
Dublin? (south-west)
35. Is Cameron Diaz beautiful or ugly?
36. Is the Guadalquivir a long or a short river?
37. Ask me if Li Tong is married.
38. What nationality are people from Finland?
39. Where’s Barack Obama from?
40. Is the Czech Republic a big or a small country?

Tricks for teaching

Routine 4
 English O'clock
Pg 41
10. Is Fifth Avenue in New York or is it in Boston? (New
York)
11. Is New Hampshire a state or a city?
12. What nationality are people from Sweden?
13. Where’s Los Angeles?
14. Is South Dakota a city or a state?
15. Is the Manzanares a long or a short river? (short)
16. Where’s Michel Johnson from?
17. I’m happy and you?
18. Is Barquillo a long or a short street?
19. Is Kenya a big or a small country? (big)
20. Is Michael Jordan tall or short?
21. Ask me if Denise Johnson is a boy or a girl.
22. Where’s Paula Eisenbach from?
23. Is Pamplona in the north-east of Spain or is it in the
south-west of Spain? (north-east)
24. What nationality are people from Germany?
25. I’m not standing and you?

Teacher manual 13.15

This point is easy to teach and “can” lends itself to all kinds of questions.

The important thing is to elicit the use of “can” with verbs, in order to drill into your students that fact
that “can” is never followed by “to”. Spaniards continuously make the mistake of saying: I can to go, etc.

First, however, let’s elicit the short answers:

 1. Can you play the guitar? No, I can’t
2. Can you travel by plane to Italy? Yes, I can.
3. Can you speak Norwegian? No, I can't
4. Can you ask for a raise?
5. Can you brush your teeth?
6. Can you go to New York by car?
7. Can you drive a bus?
8. Can you drive a motorcycle?
9. Can you talk to your boss?
10. Can you work with your workmates?
11. Can you take your husband out for lunch?
12. Can you do your homework?

Etc. (you should be able to ask hundreds of questions like these

two).
REPHRASE

Teacher Manual Unit 13.17

like
as well as
as fast as

Ask the questions below to the students as a way of practicing the expressions like, as well as, as fast
as and can.

Can you play the guitar like Andrés Segovia?

Can you play football like Maradona?
Can you write like William Shakespeare?
Can you drive like Fernando Alonso?
Can you sing like Michael Jackson?
Can you play tennis like Serenna Williams?
Etc.
Can you play tennis as well as Monica Seles?
Can you speak English as well as me?
Can you fight as well as Mike Tyson?
Can you act as well as Meryl Streep?
Can you run as well as Usain Bolt?
Etc.
Can you drive as fast as Michael Schumacher?
Can you type as fast as your secretary?
Can you run as fast as Carl Lewis?
Can you write as well as Agatha Christie?
Etc.
Ask me if I can play the guitar like Andrés Segovia.
Ask me if I can speak Spanish as well as you.
Ask Paco if he can run as fast as Carl Lewis.
Tell María to ask Pepe if he can cook as well as his wife.
Ask me if I can cook as well as Karlo Arguiñano?
Etc.

Besides drilling “can” in the interrogative form, we are making a timid

introduction of the comparative “as…as”, which will be seen in the next
unit.

English Teaching Manual unit 13.16

Questions using CAN

Have them ask you everything that occurs to them. If they seem to lack
inspiration, help them:

1. Ask me if I can speak 10 languages.

2. Ask me if I can buy a Rolls Royce.
3. Ask Paco if he can play golf.
4. Ask me If I can drive a motorcycle
5. Ask me If I can talk to the CEO of my company
6. Tell me to ask you if you can cook
7. Ask me if I can travel this summer
8. Ask me if I can have a day off next week

9. Tell me to ask you if

10. Tell me to ask you if you can sleep in a noisy room.
11. Tell me to ask you if you can count to ten in German.
Etc.

Let's review the days and the months

1. Which is the first day of the week?

2. Which is the second day of the week?
3. Which is the third day of the week?
4. Which is the fourth day of the week?
5. Which is the fifth day of the week?

6. What comes between Thursday and Saturday?

7. What comes before Wednesday?
8. What comes after Thursday?
9. What comes between Saturday and Monday?
10. What comes after Monday?
 1. What comes after April?
2. What comes after August?
3. What comes before July?
4. What comes between December and February?
5. What comes between February and April?
6. What comes between January and March?

X is the same as Y

Have the students put the fractions and numbers together using the same as.

Ex: 1/2 is the same as 50%

Teacher manual 14.12 (made by me)
to know how to

This point is easy to teach and “to know how to” lends itself to all kinds of questions.

Teacher: Do you know how to draw?

S:Yes, I know how to draw/ No, I don't know how to draw
First, however, let’s elicit the short answers:

1. Do you know how to play the piano? No, I don't know how to play the guitar
2. Do you know how to speak Spanish? Yes, I can.
3. Do you know how to speak German? No, I can't
4. Do you know how to get dressed?
5. Do you know how to lead your department?
6. Do you know how to brush your teeth?
7. Do you know how to pilot a plane?
8. Do you know how to drive a car?
9. Do you know how to talk to your boss?
10. Do you know how to drive a bus?
11. Do you know how to drive a motorcycle?
12. Do you know how to work with your workmates?
13. Do you know how to have lunch?
14. Do you know how to sail a boat?
15. Do you know how to do your homework?

Etc. (you should be able to ask hundreds of questions like these

two).

English Teaching Manual unit 13.16

Questions using CAN

Have them ask you everything that occurs to them. If they seem to lack
inspiration, help them:

1. Ask me if I can speak 10 languages.

2. Ask me if I can buy a Rolls Royce.
3. Ask Paco if he can play golf.
4. Ask me If I can drive a motorcycle
5. Ask me If I can talk to the CEO of my company
6. Tell me to ask you if you can cook
7. Ask me if I can travel this summer
8. Ask me if I can have a day off next week

9. Tell me to ask you if

10. Tell me to ask you if you can sleep in a noisy room.
11. Tell me to ask you if you can count to ten in German.
Etc.

If she struggles with this repeat one more time next day as an agility exercise

English Teaching Manual 14.13

Find the most advanced student of English you know and tell him or her the following:

Ask me if I know what time it is.

Nine times out of ten, they will ask the question as follows:

Do you know what time is it?

Nobody, apparently, spent enough time with those advanced students to drill in the indirect form.
Nobody reminded them constantly that the verb goes before the noun only in direct questions.

It should be:

Do you know what time it is?

So, give your students a break and start now to drill it in. Direct the class as follows:

Example:
Teacher: Ask me if I know where Rome is.
Student: Do you know where Rome is?
Teacher: Yes, I do.
Student: Where is it?
Teacher: It’s in Italy.

Teacher: Ask me if I know who Maradona is.

Student: Do you know who Maradona is?
Teacher: Yes, I do.
Student: Who is he?
Teacher: He is a famous football player from Argentina.
Etc.

Ask me if:
1. I know where Melbourne is.
2. where you are.
3. who you are.
4. what time it is.
5. when Christmas is.
6. who I am.
7. where I live.
8. who the president of the United States is.
9. where the president of Spain lives.
10. where my sister works.
11. what kind of cigarettes my sister smokes.
12. what time the next class is.
13. Etc
Teacher Manual 14.15
Here we start on the past tense, but only with the verb “to be” for the
moment.
Brief introduction:

EX: Was yesterday Monday? Yes, it was

No, it wasn’t

What day was it?

Yesterday was Monday

was – were contd. SHORT ANSWERS

Ago

Was Felipe Gonzalez the president of Spain 15 years ago?

Was Franco Spanish?
Was Napoleon an emperor?
Was Maradona a famous football player?
Was Pancho Villa a famous tennis star?
Was Alfred Hitchcock an important politician?
Was your boss in this class last week?
Was your wife/husband ill yesterday?
Was I your teacher last year?
Was I an English teacher 50 years ago?
Was I the general manager of this company 5 years ago?
Was I the most important person in your life last year?
Was Germany a country 1,000 years ago?
Was France an important country last century?
Was the United States a country 500 years ago? (was, not were)
Was Madrid an important city during the time of Jesus Christ?
Were the Germans important people in Europe 100 years ago?
Were the Americans friends of Spain in 1898?
Were the Mexicans part of Spain 300 years ago?
Were the Japanese similar to the Spanish people 100 years ago?
Etc.

Teacher Manual 14.15

Here we start on the past tense, but only with the verb “to be” for the
moment.
Brief introduction:

EX: Was yesterday Monday? Yes, it was

No, it wasn’t

What day was it?

Yesterday was Monday
was – were contd. SHORT ANSWERS
Ago

Was Felipe Gonzalez the president of Spain 15 years ago?

Was Franco Spanish?
Was Napoleon an emperor?
Was Maradona a famous football player?
Was Pancho Villa a famous tennis star?
Was Alfred Hitchcock an important politician?
Was your boss in this class last week?
Was your wife/husband ill yesterday?
Was I your teacher last year?
Was I an English teacher 50 years ago?
Was I the general manager of this company 5 years ago?
Was I the most important person in your life last year?
Was Germany a country 1,000 years ago?
Was France an important country last century?
Was the United States a country 500 years ago? (was, not were)
Was Madrid an important city during the time of Jesus Christ?
Were the Germans important people in Europe 100 years ago?
Were the Americans friends of Spain in 1898?
Were the Mexicans part of Spain 300 years ago?
Were the Japanese similar to the Spanish people 100 years ago?
Etc.

Tricks for teaching

Routine 4.1
Read the answer on the left column so that the students make the questions on the right.

Ask the second group of answers/questions

33. ask me where in… … is. – where in… is…? – It’s in the…
1. Ask me where in Afghanistan Kabul is. (east)
2. Ask me where in Australia Melbourne is. (south east)
3. Ask me where in Australia Perth is. (west)
4. Ask me where in Australia Sydney is. (south-east)
5. Ask me where in Austria Vienna is. (north-east)
6. Ask me where in Belarus Minsk is. (center)
7. Ask me where in Belgium Brussels is. (center)
8. Ask me where in Brazil Brasilia is. (center)
9. Ask me where in Brazil Rio de Janeiro is. (south-east)
10. Ask me where in Bulgaria Sofia is. (west)

English Teaching Manual 14.15

was – were contd. SHORT ANSWERS

Ago

1. Was Felipe Gonzalez the president of Spain 15 years ago?> Yes, he was
2. Was Franco Spanish?
3. Was Napoleon an emperor?
4. Was Maradona a famous football player?
5. Was Pancho Villa a famous tennis star?
6. Was Alfred Hitchcock an important politician?
7. Was your boss in this class last week?
8. Was your wife/husband ill yesterday?
9. Was I your teacher last year?
10. Was I an English teacher 50 years ago?
11. Was I the general manager of this company 5 years ago?
12. Was I the most important person in your life last year?
13. Was Germany a country 1,000 years ago?
14. Was France an important country last century?
15. Was the United States a country 500 years ago? (was, not were)
16. Was Madrid an important city during the time of Jesus Christ?
17. Were the Germans important people in Europe 100 years ago?
18. Were the Americans friends of Spain in 1898?
19. Were the Mexicans part of Spain 300 years ago?
20. Were the Japanese similar to the Spanish people 100 years ago?
21. Etc

English O'clock
Pg 248
49. what nationality is…? – He/she is…

1. What nationality is Philip Johnson? (American)

2. What nationality is Nancy Johnson? (American)
3. What nationality is Michael Johnson? (American)
4. What nationality is Denise Johnson? (American)
5. What nationality is Nigel Perkins? (English)
6. What nationality is Natasha Zarakovich? (Russian)
7. What nationality is Aki Morita? (Japanese)
8. What nationality is Pierre Monet? (French)
9. What nationality is Luigi Barghini? (Italian)
10. What nationality is Li Tong? (Chinese)
11. What nationality is Inés García? (Spanish)
12. What nationality is Paula Eisenbach? (German)
13. What nationality is Cate Blanchett? (Australian)
14. What nationality is George Clooney? (American)
15. What nationality is Brad Pitt? (American)

English O'clock

10. Is Paris the capital of Norway?

11. What color is sand?
12. When’s Independence Day in the US? (July 4th)
13. What nationality are people from England?
14. Who’s Italian, Michael Johnson or Luigi Barghini?
15. Is Nancy Johnson single?
16. Is Andorra a big or a small country?
17. Is Jennifer Lopez rich or poor?
 18. Is Miley Cyrus beautiful or ugly?
19. What color is an orange?
20. Where is Helsinki?

English O'clock
Basics
1. When is New Year’s Eve? (31/12)
2. When is New Year’s Day? (01/01)
3. When is Christmas Day? (25/12)
4. When is Three Kings Day? (06/01)
5. When is El Pilar? (12/10)
6. When is Constitution Day? (06/12)
7. When is St. Patrick’s Day? (17/03)
8. When is Valentine’s Day? (14/02)
9. When is Thanksgiving? (4th Thursday of November)
10. When is Halloween? (31/10)
11. When is April Fools’ Day? (01/04)
12. When is World Aids Day? (01/12)
13. When is San Jose? (19/03)
14. When is May Day? (01/05)
15. When is Assumption Day? (15/08)

English O'clock 275

78. How much… is there…? – There is…
1. How much milk is there in one liter?
2. How much sugar is there in a kilo?
3. How much money is there in a millionaire’s bank
account?
4. How much salt is there in a salt shaker?
5. How much chocolate is there in a bar of chocolate?
6. How much sugar is there in artificial fruit juice?
7. How much furniture is there in a furniture shop?
8. How much honey is there in a 1 liter jar?
9. How much oatmeal is there in a 1 kilo box?
10. How much music is there on your phone?

English Teaching Manual 14.16

was – were – FULL TREATMENT

Past continuous: was/were doing…

If you have a group class, use a routine similar to the following one:
T: Ask me where I was yesterday at 10:00 p.m.
S: where were you yesterday at 10:00 p.m.?
T: what do you want to know?
S: I want to know where you were yesterday at 10:00 p.m.
T: I was at home. Now, ask me what I was doing.
S: what were you doing?
T: What do you want to know?
S: I want to know what you were doing.
T: I was having dinner.

• Ask me what I was having for dinner

• What do you want to know?

• Ask me where I was last Saturday

• What do you want to know?(I was in Madrid)

• Now, ask me what I was doing

• What do you want to know?(I was in San Isidro)

• Now ask me If I was having fun

• What do you want to know?(Yes, I had fun)

• Now, ask me where I was last Sunday

• What do you want to know?(I was in Aranjuez)

• Now, ask me what I was doing

• What do you want to know? (I was in a Karaoke)

• Now, ask me if I was having fun

• What do you want to know? (Yes, I was having fun)

You can do a routine like this asking each student where he or she was at a given time yesterday and
then asking what they were doing at that time.

English Teaching Manual 15.12

much / many / a lot of

very little / very few
Here we introduce the use of “little” (singulars) and “few” (plurals)

1. Do you have a lot of problems or very few problems?>I have very few problems/ I have a lot
of problems
2. Do you have a lot of money or very little money?
3. Do you have a lot of suits or very few suits?
4. Do you have a lot of free time or very little free time?
5. Ask María if she has a lot of office space or very little office space.
6. Tell María to ask Paco if he pays a lot of taxes or very few taxes.
7. Ask Pepe if he knows a lot of French people or very few French people.
8. Etc.

Clearly differentiate the singulars and plurals (countables / uncountables)

English Teaching Manual 14.17

Pronunciation of “were”

Spaniards tend to pronounce this form like “wear”. It’s a good idea to drill in the correct
pronunciation (similar to “fur”).

Therefore, tell your students

to ask you a lot of questions:

Ask me if I was in Barcelona last week.

Ask me if I was an English teacher 3 years ago.
Ask me if I was popular when I was in secondary school.
Ask me if I was a good tennis player when I was in school.
Ask me if I was a good student when I was in school.
Ask me if I was in this room yesterday.
Ask me if I was a student in 1993.
Ask me if was last year a leap year?
Ask me if Madonna was a famous singer in the 90s
Ask me if Maradona was a famous football player
Ask me if Mariano Rajoy was the president of Spain 40 years
ago
Ask me if Marilyn Monroe was an actress?
Ask me if it my birthday was on Sunday?
Ask me if Napoleon was an emperor?
Ask me if Queen Elizabeth was the queen of England 20 years
ago?
Ask me if Shakespeare was a famous playwright?
Ask me if the 2nd of May was a Monday?
Etc.

X is the same as Y
Have the students put the fractions and numbers together using the same as.

Ex: 1/2 is the same as 50%

English O'clock Pg 41
21. Is Cadiz in the south of Portugal or in the south of Spain?
22. Is Vienna in Austria?
23. When’s Christmas Eve?
24. What color are roses?
25. What’s on a dining table, a plate or a computer?
26. Is Aranjuez north of Madrid or south of Madrid? (south)
27. Who’s Chinese, Li Tong or Aki Morita?
28. Where’s Finland?
29. Are people from Switzerland Swedish?
30. What’s under a desk, a chair or a calendar?

Review of going to

The “going to” future is easier for students to grasp quickly and use in a natural setting than the “will”
future, which will come in the next unit.

What am I going to do?

Example:
The teacher’s plan is to get up, go to the door, open it, close it, and go back to his/her chair. The teacher
does the following:

Teacher : I'm going to get up. What am I going to do?

Student: You’re going to get up.
Teacher:I'm getting up. What am I doing?
Student: You’re getting up.
Teacher I'm going to open the door. What am I going to do?
Student: You’re going to go to the door
Teacher: I'm opening the door. What am I doing?
Student: You’re opening the door.

Teacher: I'm going to close the door. What I am going to do?

Student: You’re going to close the door.
Teacher: I'm closing the door. What am I doing?
Student: You’re closing the door.

Other actions you can show the intention of doing:

- going to hit the table
- going to hit yourself
- going to take a cigarette out of the pack
- going to clean your watch (take out a handkerchief, breathe on the
watch…)
- going to write something
-going to write my name with a pen
-going to write my name in the center of the page
- going to cry (starting pouting)
- Etc.

English Teaching Manual 15.12

much / many / a lot of

very little / very few

Here we introduce the use of “little” (singulars) and “few” (plurals)

1. Do you have a lot of problems or very few problems?>I have very few problems/ I have a lot
of problems
2. Do you have a lot of money or very little money?
3. Do you have a lot of suits or very few suits?
4. Do you have a lot of free time or very little free time?
5. Ask María if she has a lot of office space or very little office space.
6. Tell María to ask Paco if he pays a lot of taxes or very few taxes.
7. Ask Pepe if he knows a lot of French people or very few French people.
8. Etc.

Clearly differentiate the singulars and plurals (countables / uncountables)

English Teaching Manual 15.13

more / less than… (uncountables)

This is not the introduction of comparatives (bigger, smaller), but only the words “more” and “less”, so
structure your questions in line with the following:

1. Do you have more or less money than Paul McCartney?

2. Do you have more or less power in this company than your boss?
3. Do you have more or less free time than your wife/husband?
4. Do you have more or less influence than the president of Spain?
5. Do you speak more English or less English than me?
6. Ask María if she smokes more or less than her husband.
7. Ask Pepe if he comes to this room more often or less often than me.
8. Etc.

English Teaching Manual 15.2

Number dictation

Dictate the numbers set out below. The students should write them on a sheet of paper,
after which you check them. The quickest way to check them is to write the numbers
yourself in large print on a sheet of paper.
After the dictation, you simply hold up the paper and the students check the numbers
themselves.

54,877 – 416,798 – 913,330 – 16,502 – 65,665 – 3,812 stop and check

743,775 – 812,492 – 357,755– 8,423,000 – 6,565,000 stop and check

MAKE SURE THEY WRITE THE NUMBERS WITH COMMAS

AND NOT WITH DECIMAL POINTS

Prepare a 30 second presentation on the video Foot Orthotics: How to Use Them Properly
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=lZJFtVib_0Y Target Language: 1. In the first place 2.
Furthermore 3. Finally

1. Prepare a 30 second presentation summarising the video in the link. (YOU DIDN'T SPECIFY THE
TARGET LANGUAGE) Target language: 1. First 2. Second 3. Third

Questions

1. What is he talking about? (Orthotics as a short term treatment)

2.What are orthotics for? (to unload and area so it heals faster)
3. Should the orthotic stay after the treatment? (Not, in his opinion)
4. Does he recomend take the orthotics off from time to time? (Yes, he thinks it helps the foot)
5. What should we do if a person has a deformity? (Use orthotics)

You can send this again before the last class

English Teaching Manual 15.14

more than
less than>Uncountable
fewer than>Countable

1. Do you have more cars or fewer cars than the Rockefeller family?>I have more/fewer cars
than the Rockefeller family
2. Do you drink more milk or less milk than a child?
3. Do you have more problems or fewer problems than your boss?
4. Is there more water or less water in Almería than in Asturias?
5. Are there more computers or fewer computers here than in IBM?
6. Is there more snow or less snow in Spain than in Sweden?
7. Are there more people or fewer people in Spain than in France?
8. Are there more camels or fewer camels in Spain than in Morocco?
9. Are there more or less High tech companies in Japan than in Spain?
10. Is there more or less sand in Paris than in Saudi Arabia?
Etc.
Try to elicit “less” and “fewer” as the answer to most of your questions

English Teaching Manual 15.17

Follow the same routine as above, but only with “as…as”
1. Is Spain as big as China?
2. Is a Renault as expensive as a Rolls Royce?
3. Is your office as big as my office?
4. Are you as young as the football players in Real Madrid?
5. Is Paris as poor as Indonesia?
6. Is a horse as fast as a camel?
7. Is your neighboor as famous as Lady Gaga?
8. Is a lawyer as rich as the president of Spain?
9. Is an elephant as big as a dolphin?
10. Is your hair as short as mine?
11. Is California as cold as Alaska?
12. Is a cat as small as a mouse?
13. Is Moscow as hot as Casablanca?
14. Are you as important as the CEO of your company?
15. Is Spanish as difficult as Portuguese?

Etc.

English Teaching Manual 15.16

Ex
Are you taller or shorter than me?> I am taller/shorter than you
Is Granada more beautiful or less beautiful than Bilbao?

Use the following adjectives, and more if I’ve forgotten some. Some of them are irregular, such as good-
better, bad-worse, and far-farther.
From 11 to 16 there are adjectives requiring “more” or “less”.

1. Is Canada richer or poorer than Indonesia?

2. Is a horse faster or slower than a camel?
3. Is Madonna more famous or less famous than your boss?
4. Is Valencia nearer Madrid or farther from Madrid than Segovia?
5. Is your English better or worse than mine?
6. Is your hair longer or shorter than mine?
7. Is a pillow harder or softer than a rock?
8. Is a king richer or poorer than a doctor?
9. Is Spain hotter or colder than the Sahara?
10. Is Paris colder or hotter than the North Pole?

11. Are you more or less important than your boss?

12. Am I more or less interesting than Jennifer López?
13. Am I more or less atractive than Brad Pitt?
14. Is English More or less difficult than Russian?
15. Is a car more or less expensive than a diamond?
16. Are you more or less popular than your collegues?
Etc.

English Teaching Manual 15.18

As much… as
As many… as

1. Do you have as much money as Paul McCartney?> Yes, I have as much money as Paul
McCartney
2. Do you have as many problems as the president of Spain?
3. Do you have as many cars as Bill Gates?
4. Do you have as many employees as your boss?
5. Do you earn as much money as your boss?
6. Is there as much oil in Spain as in Texas?
7. Do you have as many horses as the king of Morocco?
8. Are there as many camels in Spain as in Syria?
9. Ask me if there’s as much sunlight in Sweden as in Spain.
10. Ask me if I have as much gold as Donald Trump
11. Ask me if I have as much space in my office as you
12. Tell Pepe to María if there are as many people in her department as in yours.
Etc

UNIT 31(Durban trimestral)

Review point: When to use the article “the”

Do you like flowers? (in general, without article)> Yes, I like flowers

• Do you like the flowers in Retiro park? (specific group of flowers with article)
• Do you like croquetas?
• Do you like the croquetas your mum makes?

No article:
• What´s your favourite color?
• What´s the most difficult language to learn?
• Is steel stronger than aluminium?

No article
• Do you know the rules of chess?
• Are you a fan of football?
• What percentage of people in this class are Spanish?
• What time do you have breakfast/lunch/dinner etc?

No article
• Where did you go to school?>I went to school to Las Salinas school
• What did you study at university?
• When did you finish university?
English Teaching Manual 15.19
not as much as vs. less
not as many as vs. fewer

In English, it’s more common to make a negative, or backward

comparison, than a straight-forward comparison.

Example:
It’s more common to say: I don’t have as much money as you… than to say: I have less money than you.

In the following routine, the teacher states the less common form and the student must come back
with the more common one:

Teacher: There is less water in Syria than in England.

Student: There isn’t as much water in Syria as in England.

Teacher: There are fewer olive trees in Brazil than in Spain.

Student: There aren’t as many olive trees in Brazil as in Spain.

To facilitate this routine, I recommend that you take two countries, for example, Syria and Spain, and
follow the above routine comparing the two countries regarding:

1. There are fewer people in Syria than in Spain> There aren't as many people in Syria as in Spain
2. There's less sunlight in Spain than in Syria> There isn't as much sunlight in Syria as in Spain
3. There are fewer factories in Syria than in Spain> There aren't as many factories in Syria as in
Spain
4. There is less sand in Spain than in Syria> There isn't as much sand in Spain as in Syria
5. There are fewer bulls in Syria than in Spain> There aren't as many bulls in Syria as in Spain
6. There are fewer camels in Spain than in Syria> There aren't as many camels in Spain as in Syiria
7. There's less oil (petroleum)in Spain than in Syria> There isn't as much oil in Spain as in Syria
8. There are fewer flamenco dancers in Syria than in Spain> There aren't as many flamenco
dancers in Syria as in Spain
9. There are fewer olive trees in Syria than in Spain> There aren't as many olive trees in Syria as in
Spain
10. There is less olive oil in Syria than in Spain> There isn't as much olive oil in Syria as in Spain
11. There is less rain in Syria than in Spain> There isn't as much rain in Syria as in Spain
12. There are less Bedouins in Spain than in Syria> There aren't as many Bedouins in Spain as in
Syria
13. There is less coastline in Syria than in Spain> There isn't as much coastline in Syria as in Spain
14. There are less ports in Syria than in Spain> There aren't as many ports in Syria as in Spain
15. There's less industry in Syria than in Spain> There isn't as much industry in Syria as in Spain

English Teaching Manual 15.17

Follow the same routine as above, but only with “as…as”
1. Is Spain as big as China?
2. Is a Renault as expensive as a Rolls Royce?
3. Is your office as big as my office?
4. Are you as young as the football players in Real Madrid?
5. Is Paris as poor as Indonesia?
6. Is a horse as fast as a camel?
7. Is your neighboor as famous as Lady Gaga?
8. Is a lawyer as rich as the president of Spain?
9. Is an elephant as big as a dolphin?
10. Is your hair as short as mine?
11. Is California as cold as Alaska?
12. Is a cat as small as a mouse?
13. Is Moscow as hot as Casablanca?
14. Are you as important as the CEO of your company?
15. Is Spanish as difficult as Portuguese?
Etc.

English Teaching Manual 15.19

not as much as vs. less
not as many as vs. fewer

In English, it’s more common to make a negative, or backward

comparison, than a straight-forward comparison.

Example:
It’s more common to say: I don’t have as much money as you… than to say: I have less money than you.

In the following routine, the teacher states the less common form and the student must come back
with the more common one:

Teacher: There is less water in Syria than in England.

Student: There isn’t as much water in Syria as in England.

Teacher: There are fewer olive trees in Brazil than in Spain.

Student: There aren’t as many olive trees in Brazil as in Spain.

To facilitate this routine, I recommend that you take two countries, for example, Syria and Spain, and
follow the above routine comparing the two countries regarding:

1. There are fewer people in Syria than in Spain> There aren't as many people in Syria as in Spain
2. There's less sunlight in Spain than in Syria> There isn't as much sunlight in Syria as in Spain
3. There are fewer factories in Syria than in Spain> There aren't as many factories in Syria as in
Spain
4. There is less sand in Spain than in Syria> There isn't as much sand in Spain as in Syria
 5. There are fewer bulls in Syria than in Spain> There aren't as many bulls in Syria as in Spain
6. There are fewer camels in Spain than in Syria> There aren't as many camels in Spain as in Syiria
7. There's less oil (petroleum)in Spain than in Syria> There isn't as much oil in Spain as in Syria
8. There are fewer flamenco dancers in Syria than in Spain> There aren't as many flamenco
dancers in Syria as in Spain
9. There are fewer olive trees in Syria than in Spain> There aren't as many olive trees in Syria as in
Spain
10. There is less olive oil in Syria than in Spain> There isn't as much olive oil in Syria as in Spain
11. There is less rain in Syria than in Spain> There isn't as much rain in Syria as in Spain
12. There are less Bedouins in Spain than in Syria> There aren't as many Bedouins in Spain as in
Syria
13. There is less coastline in Syria than in Spain> There isn't as much coastline in Syria as in Spain
14. There are less ports in Syria than in Spain> There aren't as many ports in Syria as in Spain
15. There's less industry in Syria than in Spain> There isn't as much industry in Syria as in Spain

45 sec presentation. Topic: How to succeed at a job interview Target Language: 1. In the first place 2.
Because 3. Finally

TED@NYC: The Power of Negative Thinking

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=WtjSCoq8pE4&list=PLua6pzs27dr-
8LcGht9GjkjAlidA_JCNT&index=11

Questions:

1.Where is the speaker from? (He is from Argentina)

2. What's the problem with confidence people have in the speaker's country?(Excesive confidence)

3. What do economists say about Argentina? (That is perpetually devolving)

4. What's their world record? (They have the highest amount of psychoanalysts in the world)

5. What is his occupation/job? (He is a psychologyst)

6. What does he say about competence and confidence? (There's a weak relations between them)

7. What are the advantages of overconfidence? (You can fool other people and it feels good to think you
are great)

8. What is the problem with overconfidence? (It explains why some people are more likely to have
more car accidents or gambling addiction)

9. What does it promote? (A narsiccistic culture)

10 What's the solution?(Low confidence is the key to keep us humble. Feelin bad is fixed by working
hard)

English Teaching Manual 15.18

As much… as
As many… as

1. Do you have as much money as Paul McCartney?> Yes, I have as much money as Paul
McCartney
2. Do you have as many problems as the president of Spain?
3. Do you have as many cars as Bill Gates?
4. Do you have as many employees as Amancio Ortega?
5. Do you earn as much money as your best friend?
6. Is there as much oil in Spain as in Texas?
7. Do you have as many horses as the king of Morocco?
8. Are there as many camels in Spain as in Syria?
9. Ask me if there’s as much sunlight in Sweden as in Spain.
10. Ask me if I have as much gold as Donald Trump
11. Ask me if I have as much space in my office as you
12. Tell Pepe to María if there are as many people in her department as in yours.
Etc

English Teaching Manual 16.15 + English O'clock 338

There will be

This point might require a brief theoretical explanation. Get up and write on the blackboard:

There is – There are

There was – There were
There will be

Show how each form starts with the word “there”. In order to illustrate the concept even more, you
might add “there is going to be” and “there can be”.

Now, ask questions like the following:

1. Was there a party in this office yesterday?
2. Will there be a party in this office tomorrow?
3. Was there a parliamentary election last week?
4. And next week?
5. Was there a religious holiday last week?
 6. And next week?
7. Was there an important meeting in this room yesterday?
8. And tomorrow?
9. Were there elections in Andalucia last week?
10. And will there be elections next week?
11. Was there a wedding here last month?
12. And next month?
13. Was there a graduation in shool last year?
14. And next year?

From English O'clock 338

1. Was there a thunderstorm in Madrid yesterday?
2. Is there a thunderstorm today?
3. Will there be one tomorrow?
4. Will there be one in summer?
5. Will there be one next week?
6. Are there any people in this room?
7. Were there any people in this room yesterday?
8. Will there be people in this room tomorrow?
Etc.

English Teaching Manual 16.15 + English O'clock 338

There will be

This point might require a brief theoretical explanation. Get up and write on the blackboard:

There is – There are

There was – There were
There will be

Show how each form starts with the word “there”. In order to illustrate the concept even more, you
might add “there is going to be” and “there can be”.

Now, ask questions like the following:

1. Was there a party in this office yesterday?
2. Will there be a party in this office tomorrow?
3. Was there a parliamentary election last week?
4. And next week?
5. Was there a religious holiday last week?
6. And next week?
7. Was there an important meeting in this room yesterday?
8. And tomorrow?
9. Were there elections in Andalucia last week?
10. And will there be elections next week?
11. Was there a wedding here last month?
12. And next month?
 13. Was there a graduation in shool last year?
14. And next year?

From English O'clock 338

1. Was there a thunderstorm in Madrid yesterday?
2. Is there a thunderstorm today?
3. Will there be one tomorrow?
4. Will there be one in summer?
5. Will there be one next week?
6. Are there any people in this room?
7. Were there any people in this room yesterday?
8. Will there be people in this room tomorrow?

Etc.

English O'clock 337

Review of Will
Ask the questions below in order to practice will and THERE.

132. will there be…? – yes, there will. / no, there won’t.
1. Will there be an important meeting in this room
tomorrow?
2. Will there be a big party at your house this weekend?
3. Will there be a parliamentary election next
week?
4. Will there be a New Year’s dinner at your house?
5. Will there be a lot of traffic in the city this weekend?
6. Will there be Christmas lights shining all over Madrid
this evening?
7. Will there be a lot of stress right before Christmas?
8. Will there be a Christmas party at Vaughan?
9. Will there be a Christmas dinner in my department?
10. Will there be a public holiday here in Spain next
week?

Vocab list
Ortesis> orthotics
Articulación> Joint(s) (in the body)
Descalzo> Barefoot
Caminar descalzo> Walk barefoot
Llaga> Sorespot
Irritación> Irritation
Malformaión, deformidad> Deformity
Arreglar> Fix
Mobilidad>Movility
Flexibilidad>Flexibility
Descargar, reducir la carga> Unload
Función> Performance
Requerir> Require
A largo plazo>Long term
A corto plazo> Short term
Tratamiento>Treatment
Herramienta> Tool
Sanitario >Healthcare practioner/worker
Curar> Heal
Curado>Healed
Tratamiento>Treatment (plan)
Paciente> Patient
Zapatos de vestir> Dress shoes
Botas de trabajo> Work boots