Picnic

How to Have a Stay at Home Picnic

 

Choose your location wisely

Picking the perfect spot for your stay at home picnic is one of the most important steps. If you have a backyard or an outdoor space, we’d recommend setting up there. Otherwise, choose somewhere close to natural light and windows. This way you can help mimic the experience of a picnic in the park.

Set the scene

Just because you’re moving your picnic indoors doesn’t mean you can forget about the picnic blanket! Get everything together that you would for any other picnic – a blanket,  a basket, reusable plates, and cutlery. Next, use your plants to create the feeling of being in the great outdoors by gathering up all your plants from around your home and surround your indoor picnic area with beautiful greenery! Plus, you could always pop on some nature sounds for that extra little touch.

Make stations

One of the benefits of having a picnic in the comfort of your home is that you have more space to work with. Use that space to your advantage and set up stations for the different aspects of your picnic like iced tea, salad, and snack stations!

Choose the right food

You don’t have a table in front of you when picnicking so choose foods that don’t involve too much mess, can be made individually, and can be eaten with your hands. 

VOCABULARY: EXPRESSING WANTS, LIKES AND DISLIKES

 

REVIEW OF QUESTION FORMS

 

Questions in the present simple and past simple

For other verbs in the present simple, we use the auxiliary verb do/does in the question.

Affirmative	Question	Question with question word
You work at home.	Do you work at home?	Where do you work?
It costs £10.	Does it cost £10?	How much does it cost?

We use the auxiliary verb did in the past simple.

Affirmative	Question	Question with question word
She went home.	Did she go home?	Where did she go?
They went to the cinema.	Did they go to the cinema?	Where did they go?

ACTIVITY

 CIRCLE THE CORRECT ANSWER 

1. They has / have been married for / since 2009. 

2. Mark has /have had his job for /since five years.

3. Ella has been / is locked out their apartment for / since an hour.

4. We have / has been in class for / since 3:00. 

5. I live / have lived here for / since a long time. 

6. I has / have studied here for / since 2011. 

 LOOK AT THE STATEMENT IN ACTIVITY ONE.WRITE  A QUESTION FOR EACH STATEMENT :

1. How long have they been married? 

2. How long __________________________________________________? 

3. How long __________________________________________________?

4. How long __________________________________________________?

5. How long___________________________________________________? 

6. How long____________________________________________________? 

PRESENT PERFECT WITH FOR AND SINCE

 

How do we make the Present Perfect tense?

The structure of the Present Perfect is:

subject	+	auxiliary have	+	main verb
		conjugated in Present Simple
		have, has		past participle

The auxiliary verb (have) is conjugated in the Present Simple: have, has

The main verb is invariable in past participle form: -ed (or irregular)

For negative sentences we insert not between the auxiliary verb and the main verb.

For question sentences, we exchange the subject and the auxiliary verb ( El verbo auxiliar (have) se conjuga en el Presente Simple: have, hasEl verbo principal es invariable en forma de participio pasado: -ed (o irregular)Para oraciones negativas no insertamos entre el verbo auxiliar y el verbo principal.Para las oraciones de pregunta, intercambiamos el sujeto y el verbo auxiliar). 

Look at these example sentences with the Present Perfect tense:

	subject	auxiliary verb		main verb
+	I	have		seen	ET.
+	You	have		eaten	mine.
-	She	has	not	been	to Rome.
-	We	have	not	played	football.
?	Have	you		finished?
?	Have	they		done	it?

When we use the Present Perfect in speaking, we often contract the subject and auxiliary verb. We also sometimes do this in informal writing. (Cuando usamos el Presente Perfecto para hablar, a menudo contraemos el sujeto y el verbo auxiliar. A veces también hacemos esto por escrito informal). 

I have	I've
You have	You've
He has She has It has John has The car has	He's She's It's John's The car's
We have	We've
They have	They've

In negative sentences, we may contract the auxiliary verb and "not":

• You haven't won the contest.
• She hasn't heard from him.

He's or he's??? Be careful! The 's contraction is used for the auxiliary verbs have and be. For example, "It's eaten" can mean:

• It has eaten. (Present Perfect tense, active voice)
• It is eaten. (Present Simple tense, passive voice)

It is usually clear from the context.

Present Perfect for experience

We often use the Present Perfect to talk about experience from the past. We are not interested in when you did something. We only want to know if you did it:

I have seen an alien. He has lived in Bangkok. Have you been there? We have never eaten caviar.
past	present	future
!!!
The action or state was in the past.	In my head, I have a memory now.

For and Since with Present Perfect tense

We often use for and since with perfect tenses:

• We use for to talk about a period of time: five minutes, two weeks, six years
• We use since to talk about a point in past time: 9 o'clock, 1st January, Monday

for	since
a period of time	a point in past time
- - - - - - - - - - - -	- • - - - - - - - - - -
20 minutes	6.15pm
three days	Monday
6 months	January
4 years	1994
2 centuries	1800
a long time	I left school
ever	the beginning of time
etc	etc

Look at these example sentences using for and since with the Present Perfect tense:

• I have been here for twenty minutes.
• I have been here since 9 o'clock.
• John hasn't called for six months.
• John hasn't called since February.
• He has worked in New York for a long time.
• He has worked in New York since he left school.    PUEDEN REALIZAR EL SIGUIENTE TEST DE MANERA OPCIONAL A MODO DE PRACTICA:
• https://www.englishclub.com/grammar/verb-tenses_present-perfect_quiz.htm

LANGUAGE NOTE: STATIVE VERBS (verbos estáticos)

 SOME VERBS DESCRIBE STATES, NOT ACTIONS. WE DON´T USUALLY USE THESE VERBS IN THE PRESENT CONTINUOUS.

algunos verbos describen estados, no acciones. normalmente no usamos estos verbos en el presente continuo. 

NEED : necesitar.

WANT : querer.

THINK: pensar.

BELIEVE: creer.

KNOW: conocer -saber.

LIKE : gustar. 

PREFER: preferir.

LOVE : amar. 

ex:  I need to talk to him today. 

Non–action verbs (or stative verbs) cannot be used in the present continuous. They must be used in the present simple. The most frequent are the verbs of the senses (hear, see, smell, etc. ), verbs of opinion (believe, consider, like, love, hate, prefer, think, etc.), and other verbs like be, have, need, want, etc. Los verbos no acción (o verbos estáticos) no pueden ser usados en el continuo presente. Deben ser usados en el presente simple. Los más frecuentes son los verbos de los sentidos (oír, ver, oler, etc. ), los verbos de opinión (creer, considerar, como, amar, odiar, preferir, pensar, etc.), y otros verbos como ser, tener, necesitar, querer, etc.

Por favor, dame mi dinero, lo necesito ahora.

Mírala, ella parece triste.

• Please, give me my money; I need it now.
• Look at her; she seems sad.

PRESENTE CONTINUOUS

 

• I am washing all the dishes.
• She is watering the flowers in the garden.
• They are playing on the PlayStation.

• I’m not working this Tuesday.
• They’re not having a good time.
• He is not studying very well.

• Are you listening to music?
• Am I really that annoying?
• Is he living with his girlfriend?

GUIA DE TIEMPOS VERBALES

 Conocer los tiempos verbales es fundamental en la gramática de cualquier idioma y es necesario para consolidar los conocimientos básicos de este. 

GUIA DE TIEMPOS VERBALES

 Conocer los tiempos verbales es fundamental en la gramática de cualquier idioma y es necesario para consolidar los conocimientos básicos de este.

VERBAL TENSES : GUIA DE TIEMPOS VERBALES

 

Conocer los tiempos verbales es fundamental en la gramática de cualquier idioma y es necesario para consolidar los conocimientos básicos de este.

PRESENT SIMPLE

 

LIFE ON THE RIG

VER VIDEO ( INFORMATIVO): 

 INFORMATIVE VIDEO TO LEARN A LITTLE MORE ABOUT THE ACTIVITIES A PERSON DOES ON AN OIL  RIG 

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=PCGeQdZpO6A&t=4s 

QUERIDOS ESTUDIANTES DE 9A Y 9B LES RECOMIENDO UNA PELICULA QUE TRATA SOBRE LA VIDA EN UNA PLATAFORMA PETROLERA, LES DEJO EL TRAILER, ESPERO TENGA TIEMPO DE VERLA EN SUS CASAS EN SU TIEMPO LIBRE Y PODAMOS COMPARTIR EN CLASE COMENTARIOS AL RESPECTO ( NO ES DE CARACTER OBLIGATORIO VER LA  PELICULA)  ES UNA HISTORIA DE LA VIDA REAL.  LA PELICULA LA PUEDEN ENCONTRAR CON VARIOS NOMBRES: HORIZONTE PROFUNDO / DEEPWATER HORIZON. 

VER : https://es.wikipedia.org/wiki/Deepwater_Horizon

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5Tv97phg_EU

Language note: Adverbs of frequency 

Ex: There are ALWAYS things to do. 

He USUALLY goes to the gym.

He SOMETIMES play ping - pong 

JOBS VOCABULARY