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1 Programme of Work Class 29

A warm welcome to class.

Has everyone received their mid-year progress mark and signed their Student Record Card?
Return writing assignment;
Our next writing progress test is on 6th / 7th February. One task only. 150 – 175 words. It will be
based on Student's Book P 114: an informal email to thank someone for their hospitality. We
looked at it in our previous class. If you didn't come, make sure you check it out;
Anyone interested in studying / travelling abroad? See corridor noticeboard / announcements /
ask me;
There are still a couple of places available for our study trip to Dublin: 17th- 23rd February.

1. Error Correction sheet number 3.

2. The grammar theme of this unit is the present perfect. This is a very, very important tense. We MUST
be able to use it correctly to be promoted to the next course. With our partners, do Supplementary
Photocopies Page 5. Remember:

Present Perfect (Have / has + past participle) Past Simple

1. To talk about past experiences. Importantly, 1. For finished past actions, especially when we
we DON’T say “when” they occurred; say, ask or know WHEN they occurred;
2. To talk about RECENT past actions; 2. We use the past simple with expressions like
3. With “yet”, “ever”, “never”, “already”, “just”; yesterday, last week, last year, in 1995, .
4. With questions like, “How long . . . ?”
5. To answer questions about how long we have
done something.

b. Supplementary Photocopies Page 12.

3. Changing livces. P 18 – 19. Everything.
4. P 20 Reading Ex 5 (homework). Then, Listening.
5. Vocabulary and pronunciation.

Homework for Thursday 31st January:

✔ Make sure Workbook Lesson 2A is completed and corrected. Start Workbook Lesson 2B;
✔ Reader;
✔ Monologues.