Inglés 5 Ciurca- Pre-intermediate curso 17 2026 jue de 15 a 17 hs

April 7th - 13th

Three new activities are here for you! 

Apart from those, please fill in this Google Form survey:

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Make sure you fill in the survey before this Monday 12th. I will then send you the details for our first Zoom meeting (which will take place on Wedenesday 14th at 10 am)

April 21st - 27th

Phrasal Verbs

Look at these two sentences from the video:

This fungal infection causes bats to wake up while hibernating during a winter.

White-nose syndrome has wiped out entire caves full of bats, with a mortality rate that can exceed 90%.

It is often possible to understand what a phrasal verb means by looking at its particle. In this case, up indicates an upward movement and out, disappearance.

UP

Apart from its general meaning of in an upward direction, the particle up has other meanings:

1. With verbs of movement: approach.

In these cases, up is frequently followed by the preposition to.

Some examples: 

COME UP - DRIVE UP - GO UP - MARCH UP - RUN UP - RUSH UP - SAIL UP - SWIM UP - WALK UP

2. Completion

Compare:

You'll never get rich if you don't save.

They have saved up enough money to go for a holiday. (Here up implies that the saving is complete enough for a definite purpose.

Examples:

FINISH UP - DRINK UP - BURN UP - DRY UP - TEAR UP - SAVE UP - CUT UP - WASH UP - FILL UP - SHUT UP - USE UP - SWEEP UP

Other examples are: 

WIND UP - PACK UP - WRAP UP - BUTTON UP - DO UP - TIE UP

In this last group you form the opposite with un- (and without the particle up), e.g. untie, undo, etc.

April 28th - May 4th

May 5th - 11th

May 12th - 18th

Modal verbs

May 26th - June 1st

Like / As

In the video Ms Hood says:

It can be like guilting a friend into spending time with you or sneaking a peak at your partner's texts or shaming a child for their lack of effort at school.

We use like in different ways:

- to ask for descriptions or information about something or someone.

'What's she like?' 'She's very kind and patient.'

- to say that something is similar or the same.

She looks like Billie Eilish.

- to give an example.

Some names, like Pat or Alex, can be used for boys and girls.

We use as:

- to make comparisons.

He's not as tall as his brother.

- to describe a job or role.

She's working as a web designer at the moment. (=> she is a web designer).

Compare:

I work as a psychologist. (=> I am a psychologist)

Like a teacher, I work with all sorts of people. (=> my job is similar to a teacher's job, but I'm not a teacher)

June 2nd - 8th

DOWN

At the end of the short story Manhood you can read this sentence:

He put down the telephone, hesitated, then turned and began slowly to climb the stairs.

Apart from the general meaning of in a downward direction, it has these other meanings:

1. Completion of destruction.

Example: Someone has watered down all the milk, it's undrinkable.

Other verbs include:

BURN DOWN - CUT DOWN - FALL DOWN - KNOCK DOWN - PULL DOWN - TEAR DOWN - TONE DOWN - BREAK DOWN

2. Writing.

Example: The reasons have all been set down clearly in this article.

Other verbs include:

COPY DOWN - GET DOWN - PUT DOWN - SET DOWN - TAKE DOWN - WRITE DOWN

OVER

Apart from its general meaning of from one side to the other, this particle can have the meaning of:

Consideration and inspection

Example: I was going to refuse the job but, thinking it over, I realized I had to accept it.

Other verbs include:

GO OVER - LOOK OVER - READ OVER - TALK OVER - THINK OVER

June 9th - 15th

June 16th - 22nd

June 23rd - 29th

Grammar: Conditionals (0 & 1)

June 30th - July 6th

Unreal Conditionals (2 & 3)

July 7th - 13th

August 11th - 17th

August 18th - 24th

August 25th - 31st

Pink for boys and blue for girls? -

Watch the video below.

Used to - Be used to - Get used to

Used to / Would

September 1st - 7th

September 8th - 14th

This week we will work a wee bit with Scottish English. Aye, that's right, some bonny Scottish English.

First watch these videos to see some vocabulary and pronunciation features.

September 15th - 21st

This week we are looking ahead!

Or is it that we will look ahead?

Or is it that we are going to look ahead?

Maybe it's that we will be looking ahead...

But first let's look at what some people thought the future would look like...

And now let's watch some videos about future tenses:

September 22nd - 28th

September 29th - October 5th

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October 6th - 12th

This is the link to the film version of An Inspector Calls. Please watch it before our next class (October 20th)

https://drive.google.com/file/d/10JwkVdoa3b61PbO4V2egoY6nIo81bvXX/view?usp=sharing

October 20th - 26th

Passive Voice

Vocabulary: Crime

November 3rd - 9th

OUT

Apart from its general meaning of from the interior to the exterior, the particle out can have other meanings:

1. Clearness and loudness (with verbs of speaking, writing, drawing).

Please, copy out this article before lunch.

Examples:

SHOUT OUT - SPEAK OUT - READ OUT - CALL OUT - SHRIEK OUT - MARK OUT - DRAW OUT - WRITE OUT - SET OUT - COPY OUT

2. Sudden action

War has broken out between those two countries again

Examples: 

BURST OUT - BREAK OUT

3. Disappearance, vanishing

I am going to rub out all the words on the blackboard.

Examples: 

TURN OUT - GIVE OUT - WIPE OUT - RUB OUT - GO OUT - WEAR OUT - DIE OUT - WASH OUT - FADE OUT - PUT OUT

4. Distribution

Jamie, will you hand out the photocopies, please?

Examples:

HAND OUT - GIVE OUT - SHARE OUT - PAY OUT - DIVIDE OUT

5. Extension and projection

The policeman put out his right hand to stop the traffic.

Examples:

STICK OUT - HOLD OUT - PULL OUT - POINT OUT - JUT OUT - STRETCH OUT - HANG OUT - REACH OUT

November 10th - 16th