THANKSGIVING: HISTORY AND FACTS (ELT listening)

What is THANKSGIVING?  Where does it come from? 

No doubt,  it is a  popular holiday celebrated in North America.  It is a great time of the year because families gather and give thanks for the good things they can share.  

This  video explains a bit of its origins. I recommend reading the glossary below before watching.  After that,  why don't you try the comprehension questions? 

WH ELEMENTS. QUESTIONS IN ENGLISH I (Yes/ no and wh-) FOR ELT

Understanding questions is paramount in order to improve reading and writing skills. In the following lines, we will learn about question words and how to answer them.The following chart will show you them basics of wh-elements:

WH ELEMENTS IN ENGLISH. GRAMMAR. JUANA MORAL'S ENGLISH SITE

Together with the previous, we also have to add some extra "question forms" in which we combine WHAT + OTHER WORDS, like the following picture shows. 

WHAT/WHICH. QUESTIONS IN ENGLISH. GRAMMAR. JUANA MORAL'S ENGLISH SITE

QUESTIONS IN ENGLISH
A. Questions in English always require the use of an auxiliary verb that appears at the beginning of the sentence followed by the subject of the sentence. 

AUXILIARY+ SUBJECT+ (MAIN VERB)...

B. The answers will depend on the type of question. Eye on the second person!!! 

YES NO QUESTIONS

WH QUESTIONS

-ANSWER: YES/NO -Start with an auxiliary verb:          -To be, have got,  do/does, DID,  modal verbs (CAN, COULD, MAY, MUST, SHOULD...)                         Is Peter Happy?                         Do you like chocolate?  AUXILIARY+ SUBJECT+ (MAIN VERB)...                ANSWER Is Peter good at tennis?                    Yes, she is/ No, she isn’t YES/NO +SUBJECT+ AUXILIARY(AFF/NEG) Does Peter speak English?             Yes, he does/ No, he doesn’t Can they sing?  Yes, they can/ No, they can’t Can you speak English?        Yes, I can/ No, I can’t Are you good at tennis?        Yes, I am Are you and Martin good students?       Yes, we are/ No we aren’t

-long answer: extra information -Start with WH element+ AUXILIARY VERB           -WHO: PEOPLE……….. QUIEN           -WHAT: THINGS…………QUÉ                   -What time:........ QUÉ hora                   -What colour: ......Qué color                   -What size: Qué talla           -WHEN: TIME………..CUÁNDO           -WHERE: PLACE………DÓNDE           -WHY: REASON ( because….)                      POR QUÉ?           -HOW:                 CÓMO?                  -How often…Con Qué frecuencia                  -How much…? Cuanto                  -How many…?Cuántos                  -How old...? Qué edad/años                  - How long...? Por cuánto tiempo                    WH WORD+ AUXILIARY+ SUBJECT+(MAIN VERB)....                ANSWER Where is Peter?                    Peter is at home          Subject+main verb+answer Who is your father?  PEOPLE                    My father is Pedro When is the class?  TIME                   The class is at 4.00 Why is Peter Sad?              Peter is sad because he has got an exam How is Joe?              Joe is fine How often do you play tennis?            I play tennis everyday How many pens has he got?           He has got 5 pens

For higher level, let us focus on the following question words: whom and whose, usually also employed as relative pronouns.

 

WHO/WHOSE/WHOM. GRAMMAR. QUESTIONS. JUANA MORAL'S ENGLISH SITE

Now, let us practice:

• BASIC ACTIVITY, YOU CAN PRINT OR DO IT ONLINE (SELF CORRECTION):

Wh elements basic worksheet, una ficha interactiva de JMC81

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• Worksheet to practise: word order in questions, question words and basic question for answers: CLICK HERE

Questions in english, an interactive worksheet by JMC81

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SEE ALSO: 

• SUBJECT AND OBJECT QUESTIONS. INFOGRAPHIES, EXPLANATION AND PRACTICE

PAST PERFECT AND SIMPLE PAST. EASY

Past perfect is a tense used to refer to an action happening before something else in the past. Have a look at the following presentation to learn about it, and do some practice afterwards.

Past perfect simple vs simple past de Juani Moral Camacho

HALLOWEEN GRAVEYARD. CEMENTERIO DE PERSONAJES ILUSTRES EN INGLÉS Y FRANCÉS AT IES RICARDO DELGADO VIZCAÍNO

Halloween has passed and with it, the activities we have done for these days (which will last for some more days indeed).Thanks to a great collaboration from all the teachers, we have created a Graveyard collecting tombstones, skeletons, scary elements and even more important, brief biographies from paramount worldwide figures.

They ranged from Mathematicians, Writers, Poets, Painters, Kings, Queens, Rulers, Scientists... from all over the world and from different periods in  History.

Very wellcoming doors for our graveyard. Come in!!!

This idea was partly based on that of a Mathematics Graveyard found on the internet in a high school in Murcia, Spain, however, it took more than a month of hard work.