Street musicians

English VI
GOAL:

To identify different kinds of music

using Past Perfect and music
vocabulary.
STARTING:
Look at the picture and answer: What is your favorite kind of music?
 VIDEO TIME:
2. Watch the video and answer the questions: 1. Watch the video.
1. What had he used to rinse his teeth before he felt
his mouth on fire?
2. How many minutes had Ann waited for Jake
before calling him?
3. Where had Ann and Jake been before they meet
each other?

3. Listen again and complete the sentences:

1. I ________________ my best shirt in the washer.

2. I ________________ my shirt on inside out.
3. They ________________ a mistake.
4. She ________________ at Taqueria San José.
 Exercises:
1. Past Perfect
Past Perfect
1. The storm destroyed the sandcastle that we (build) ____________.
S + had + verb (P.P) + complement.
2. He (not / be) ____________ to Cape Town before 1997. S + hadn’t + verb (P.P) + complement.
Had + S + verb (P.P) + complement + ?
3. When she went out to play, she (do) ____________ her homework.
4. My brother ate all of the cake that our mum (make) ____________.
Past Past
Base
5. The doctor took off the plaster that he (put on) ____________ six weeks before. Tense Participle

6. The waiter brought a drink that I (not / order) _______________. fall fell fallen

7. I could not remember the poem we (learn) ____________ the week before. choose chose chosen

8. The children collected the chestnuts that (fall) ____________ from the tree. draw drew drawn

9. (he / call) _____________ before he went to see Angie in London? break broke broken
10. She (not / ride) ____________ a horse before that day. sing sang sung
 LISTENING:
Listen to a story and select the correct answer:

Why was Anne excited about the party?

Example

a) She was bored. 3. Where was her mobile phone?

b) She was late. a) In her handbag.
c) She wanted to meet someone there. b) On the floor.
c) Next to her bed, charging up with electricity.
1. Why did she have to go back to change
her clothes?
a) It was raining. 4. How late was she for the party?

b) She had a hole in her tights. a) 45 minutes.

c) Her shoes were dirty. b) More tan 3 hours.

c) About 2 hours.
2. Why did her car stop?
a) It had run out of petrol.
b) It had a flat tyre.
c) It broke down.
 READING:
Read and answer the questions:

Last night, Dane and Emily danced in a

competition. They danced a salsa dance.
They had practiced for 6 months before they
danced in the competition. They were very
good.

Dane and Emily’s friends were in the

1. How long had Dane and Emily practiced before the competition?
audience. Before that night, they had never
seen Dane and Emily dance. In fact, Dane
2. Before that night, who had seen Dane and Emily dance?
and Emily had never danced in front of
anyone before the competition.
3. What happened after everyone had danced?
After everyone had danced, the judges
announced the winners. Dane and Emily
won! They were best dancers in the
competition.
COLLABORATIVE WORK:
Choose one topic and ask your classmate the questions.

TRAVELLING FREE TIME

Have you swum in the sea this year? What is the best book you have ever read?
Where have you travelled? Have you listened to music today?
Have you planned your What movie have you seen
summer vacations yet? recently?

ANIMALS HEALTH
Have you been to the Zoo this year? Have you recently been ill?
Have you ever kissed a dog? Have you ever broken a leg?
Have you ever ridden Have you ever had
an animal? a black eye?
 REVIEW

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3. ENGLISH FOR SPEAKERS OF OTHER LANGUAGES. (2023). One of those days: past perfect.
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e-days-past-perfect

4. Really Learn English. (2019). Past Perfect Story 1.

https://www.really-learn-english.com/support-files/past-perfect-story-1.pdf

5. ISL COLLECTIVE. (2019). PRESENT PERFECT - Speaking cards.

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/present-perfect-tenses/present-perfect-speaking-cards/113620

6. New York Times. (2011). So You Think You Can Judge Dance.
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Where do you want
to travel, Sam? English VI
GOAL:

To make comparisons and use

superlatives using sentences
joined by conjunctions.
STARTING:
Look at the picture and answer the questions.

Who is smaller?

Who is taller?
 VIDEO TIME:
1. Watch the video and complete the sentences:
1. Chocolates are _________
the best food in the world.
2. I think some cookies are __________.
healthier
3. Your hair is ____________
shorter than before.
4. He is ________________
the most famous guy in the school.
5. So his marks are ___________
better than mine.
6. I’m _____________
the friendliest person.

2. Listen again and answer the questions:

1. What do we use in comparative sentences?

_______________________________________.
Than, words ending in –er.
2. What do we use in superlative sentences?
_______________________________________.
The, words ending in –est.
 Exercises:
1. Comparative and superlatives:

1. My sister thinks she’s________________

more intelligent (intelligent) than me, but I don't
Adjective Comparative Superlative
agree! the worst
2. Avatar is probably____________
the wettest (bad) film I've seen! long longer than the longest

3. What is _____________ (wet) month of the year in England?

better the most
modern more modern
modern
4. Do you think
the the
mostHarry Potter films are ________ (good) than the books?
powerful
good better than the best
5. Who is ___________________ (powerful) person in your country?
funnier
bad worse than the worst
6. I think Men in Blackolder
1 was __________ (funny) than Men in Black 3.
far further tan the furthest
7. Is Angelinathe
Jolie _______ (old) than Sandra Bullock?
nicest
8. John is ____________ (nice) person that I know.
Comparatives
Noun 1 + Verb to be + Comparative + Than + Noun 2

Superlatives
Noun + Verb to be + The + Superlative.
 LISTENING:

Listen and select the correct answer.

1. Who is older, her mon or her dad? 3. What movies make her happier?
a) Her mom a) New movies
b) Her dad b) Old movies
c) It doesn’t mention it. c) It doesn’t mention it.

2. Which city is more expensive? 4. Which food tastes better to her?

a) San Francisco a) Japanese Food
b) Los Angeles. b) American Food
c) It doesn’t mention it. c) It doesn’t mention it.
 READING:
Read and choose T (true) or F (false).

A consumer is a person who buys things, and a consumer society is a

society that encourages people to buy and use goods. Some people
think that a consumer society provides people with better lives. People
in consumer societies tend to live more comfortably. They eat a wider
1. Everyone agrees that consumer
variety of food. They go to restaurants more often. T / F
products improve their lives.
They also buy a lot of products, maybe more than they need. Products
2. These days, consumer goods are
such as TVs, cell phones, and computers used to be luxuries. Today T / F
hard to find.
people can buy these things more easily than ever before. The market
3. Many people want luxury
for these goods is growing faster all the time. Consumer societies T / F
products these days.
encourage people to buy bigger and better products. For example,
“smarter” phones come out every year. In a consumer society, people 4. Consumer societies help the
T / F
are often buying newer and more advanced products. This creates a lot environment.
of waste. Nowadays, many people are thinking more seriously about
the effects of consumer societies on the environment, and they are
trying to become more responsible consumers
COLLABORATIVE WORK:
Choose one topic and ask your classmate the questions.

SCHOOL YOUR CITY

∙ Are Math teachers stricter than English ∙ Is air cleaner now than before in your
Language teachers? city?
∙ Is History less interesting ∙ Does your city become more
than Literature? beautiful every year?
∙ Are exams harder now? ∙ Is traffic worse in your city
now?

HOBBY MUSIC
∙ Is fishing more boring than reading ∙ Is pop music more positive than rock
books? music?
∙ Is karate more useful than dancing? ∙ Is rap more popular than hip hop?
∙ Is skateboarding more difficult ∙ Is jazz more boring than
than snowboarding? classical music?
 REVIEW

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 REFERENCES
1. National Geographic. (2019). Consumer Society.
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2. Deloitte. (s.f.). Consumers.

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3. Ana Vicmel Flores Garcia. (2020). L3 09 Comparatives. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=LKoOwFEFp5g

4. Sound Grammar. (s.f.). Comparative and Superlative.

https://www.soundgrammar.com/learn/L3-CEFR-A2/L3-09-Comparatives.htm

5. ISL COLLECTIVE. (2019). Comparative and Superlative- Speaking cards.

https://en.islcollective.com/english-esl-worksheets/vocabulary-practice/vocabulary-flashcards-and-dominoes
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6. Oxford University Press. (s.f.). Comparative and superlative.

https://elt.oup.com/student/solutions/preint/grammar/grammar_04_012e?cc=cl&selLanguage=es