Intermediate English 1

Lesson 15
 Why do you want to learn English?
¿Por qué quieres aprender inglés?

How did you practice English this week?

¿Cómo practicaste inglés esta semana?

How do you feel about your progress?

¿Cómo te sientes acerca de tu progreso?

What is the most enjoyable way for you to practice English?

¿Cuál es la forma más agradable de practicar inglés?
1. Describe a recent flight.

My most recent flight was….

First…. After…
Next… Later…
Then… Finally…
 Writing
Escritura
Introduce yourself in writing.
Preséntate por escrito.

Hello, my name is…

 Writing: focus on spelling
Escritura: enfoque en la ortografía
New: Spelling
Nuevo: Ortografía
Find a paper and pencil. Set your page up like this:
Encuentra un papel y un lápiz. Configura tu página de
esta manera:

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1. Use 4 letters to spell _ _ _ _
You get _ _ _ _ every Tuesday.
Te pagan todos los martes.
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2. Use 4 letters to spell _ _ _ _
The bananas are very _ _ _ _
Los plátanos están muy maduros.

1. paid
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3. Add a letter to spell _ _ _ _ _
It took forever for the bananas to _ _ _ _ _
Los plátanos tardaron una eternidad en madurar.

1. paid
2. ripe
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4. Use 5 letters to spell _ _ _ _ _
Do you like to _ _ _ _ _?
¿Te gusta bailar?

1. paid
2. ripe
3. ripen
4.
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10.
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5. Add a letter to spell _ _ _ _ _ _
You are a good _ _ _ _ _ _
Eres un buen bailarín.

1. paid
2. ripe
3. ripen
4. dance
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6. Use 6 letters to spell _ _ _ _ _ _
He had to _ _ _ _ _ _ in court in six days.
Tuvo que comparecer ante el tribunal en seis días.

1. paid
2. ripe
3. ripen
4. dance
5. dancer
6.
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7. Use 7 letters to spell _ _ _ _ _ _ _
The bananas _ _ _ _ _ _ _ very slowly.
Los plátanos maduraron muy lentamente.

1. paid
2. ripe
3. ripen
4. dance
5. dancer
6. appear
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8. Use 7 letters to spell _ _ _ _ _ _ _
You have _ _ _ _ _ _ _ the rent for the month.
Ha pagado por adelantado el alquiler del mes.

1. paid
2. ripe
3. ripen
4. dance
5. dancer
6. appear
7. ripened
8.
9.
10.
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9. Use 9 letters to spell _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _
The magician made the rabbit _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _
El mago hizo desaparecer al conejo.

1. paid
2. ripe
3. ripen
4. dance
5. dance
6. appear
7. ripened
8. prepaid
9.
10.
In English the word ending (suffix) ‘-ance’ means the action or process of doing
something.
En inglés, la palabra terminación (sufijo) ‘-ance' significa la acción o proceso de hacer
algo.

The Suffix ‘-ance’ El sufijo '-ance’

perform – performance realizar – realización

maintain – maintenance mantener – mantenimiento
observe – observance observar – observancia
allow – allowance permitir – permiso
resemble – resemblance parecerse – parecido
accept – acceptance aceptar – aceptación
assist – assistance asistir – asistencia
insure – insurance asegurar – aseguradoras
annoy – annoyance molestar – molestia
acquaint – acquaintance conocer – conocido
resist – resistance resistir – resistencia
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10. Use all 13 letters to spell _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _
The pólice investigated the mysterious _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _
La policía investigó la misteriosa desaparición.

1. paid
2. ripe
3. ripen
4. dance
5. dance
6. appear
7. ripened
8. prepaid
9. disappear
10.
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10. Use all 13 letters to spell _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _
The pólice investigated the mysterious _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _
La policía investigó la misteriosa desaparición.

1. paid
2. ripe
3. ripen
4. dance
5. dance
6. appear
7. ripened
8. prepaid
9. disappear
10. disappearance
Let us organize the words you wrote to see the spelling
patterns.
Permítanos organizar las palabras que escribió para ver los
patrones de ortografía.
Código de color:
green = root word (palabra raíz: la parte principal/raíz de la palabra)
brown = suffix (sufijo: el final añadido a la palabra principal/raíz)
purple = prefix (prefijo: el comienzo añadido a la palabra principal/raíz)

Read the words you spelled and look for patterns.

Lee las palabras que escribiste y busca patrones.

appear paid ripe dance

disappear prepaid ripen danceer
disappearance ripened
Review: Use the word ‘to’ Use to with these verbs:

• have
• hope
• like
• need
1. Do you plan to work this week? • plan
2. Does Derly have to study for exams this week. • try
3. Can you ride your motorcycle quickly in traffic? • want

4. Should you walk the dogs every day? Verbs that do not use to:
5. Do you try to drink Ensure every morning? • can
6. Do you plan to travel to Bogota? • should
7. Do you need to pay the rent this week?
8. Do you want to visit Canada next year?
9. Does your sister plan to visit Cali?
10. Do you hope to ride with the motorcycle group this
week?

Ask me 5 questions using these verbs.

Use the words to make a proper sentence.
Uso las palabras para hacer una oración adecuada.

family
want
I
my
help
to
Use the words to make a proper sentence.
Uso las palabras para hacer una oración adecuada.

family
want
I
my
help
to

I want to help my family.

Use the words to make a proper sentence.
Uso las palabras para hacer una oración adecuada.

hope
I
every
fly
to
week
Use the words to make a proper sentence.
Uso las palabras para hacer una oración adecuada.

hope
I
every
fly
to
week

I hope to fly every week.

Use the words to make a proper sentence.
Uso las palabras para hacer una oración adecuada.
gym
like
go
to
to
at
I
university
the
the
Use the words to make a proper sentence.
Uso las palabras para hacer una oración adecuada.
gym
like
go
to
to
at
I
university
the
the

I like to go to the gym at the university.

Use the words to make a proper sentence.
Uso las palabras para hacer una oración adecuada.

rocks
succeed
have
big
to
to
my
I
focus
on
Use the words to make a proper sentence.
Uso las palabras para hacer una oración adecuada.

rocks
succeed
have
big
to
to
my
I
focus
on

I have to focus on my big rocks to succeed.

Practice: Present Perfect.
Example:
Have you met Emmett?
Yes, I have met Emmett.
Yes, I’ve met Emmett.
Sí, he conocido a Emmett.

No, I have not met Emmett.

No, I’ve not met Emmett.
No, no he conocido a Emmett.

1. Have you walked the dogs today?

2. Have you seen your sister recently?
3. Have your parents travelled to Medellin?
4. Have the dogs fallen off the terrace?
5. Have you made dinner yet?
¿Ya has preparado la cena?
6. Has Derly done well on her exams?
7. Have you drunk Ensure this week?
8. Has your cousin called you?
9. Has Derly made new friends in university?
10. Have you seen your motorcycle group
recently?
11. Have you taken the garbage out yet?
¿Ya has sacado la basura?

Ask me 3 questions.
Ask Questions Who? ¿Quién?
What? ¿Qué?
When? ¿Cuando?
Where? ¿Dónde?
Why? ¿Por qué?
How? ¿Cómo?
Picture Description

1. In this picture I can see…

2. In the background I see…
3. In the foreground I see…
4. Before this picture was taken, I think… (use Past Simple Tense)
5. Next… (use Future Simple Tense)
Participle Adjectives

1. What do you find fascinating?

2. What do you find thrilling?
fascinating fascinante 3. What do you find frightening?
thrilling emocionante 4. What do you find disgusting?

frightening espantoso
1. ¿Qué te parece fascinante?
disgusting asqueroso 2. ¿Qué te parece emocionante?
3. ¿Qué te da miedo?
4. ¿Qué te parece repugnante?
Listening

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New: Talk about your recent visit to Restrepo.

Start/Begin Let me tell you about my recent visit to Restrepo.

Comenzar/Empezar

Details First Primero

Detalles
Next Próximo

During Durante

Then Entonces

After Después

Later Más tarde

Finally Finalmente
We use many different verb tenses when we talk: Present Simple, Present Continuous, Past
Simple and Future Simple
Usamos muchos tiempos verbales diferentes cuando hablamos: Presente Simple, Presente
Continuo, Pasado Simple y Futuro Simple

Ask questions Answer questions

Past Simple
What did you do yesterday?
What did you do this morning?
Present Perfect
Where have you been this week?
What have you eaten this week?
Present Continuous
What are you doing now?
How are you feeling?
Future Simple
What will you do this evening?
What will you do tomorrow?
 How will you practice English this week?
¿Cómo practicarás inglés esta semana?

It is important to spend time everyday talking and

listening to English as well as attend classes each week.
Es importante pasar tiempo todos los días hablando y
escuchando inglés, así como asistir a clases cada semana.

Talk on the phone in English to improve your
comfort level with talking English.
Habla por teléfono en inglés para mejorar tu
nivel de comodidad hablando inglés.
Listen to movies in English with Spanish subtitles.
This really helps to develop the flow of the language.
Escucha películas en inglés con subtítulos en español.
Esto realmente ayuda a desarrollar el flujo del
lenguaje.
 ¡Chau!

¡Adiós!

Bye!

Goodbye!
Until next time!

See you later!