This document contains lessons, exercises, and information about grammar topics in Spanish including: - A lesson on commonly confused words in Spanish and examples of corrections to errors in a spooky story. - An exercise with vocabulary related to crimes, law breaking, and punishment that must be matched to Spanish words. - A quiz on Spanish idioms with translations to test understanding. - A lesson on the past perfect tense in Spanish, how it is used to talk about actions that occurred before others in the past, and examples that contrast it with the preterite or simple past tense. - Key phrases, words, and conventions for writing formal and informal emails in English.

1. LESSON 3 – 4TH ESO

2. •I -------- TWENTY YEARS OLD
•I -------- Twenty
•I -------- twenty years

3. WHAT DO THESE WORDS HAVE IN
COMMON?

4. CAREER OR DEGREE?

5. HISTORY OR A STORY?

6. • Burglar
• Witness
• To surrender
• To break the law
• Gang
• To shoot
• To punish
• To mug
• Lladre
• Castigar
• Saltar-se la llei
• Testimoni
• Rendir-se
• Robar amb violència
• Disparar
• Banda

7. ERRORS IN SPOOKY STORY
We were in the forest but we heard something.
We visited one house abandoned
Every year on October 31st….
The people who lives there…
Ben open the graves and see the deads.
The family are aterrorized
We are taking when I saw something strange.
A lot of time in Transylvania.
The boy it was so brave.
The sound is just a little animal.

8. • We were in the forest and we heard something
• We visited an abandoned house.
• Every year, on October 31st….
• The people who live there.
• Ben opens the graves and sees the dead.
• The family were terrified.
• We were taking when I saw something strange.
• A lot of time ago, in Transylvania.
• The boy was so brave.
• The sound was just a little animal.

10. WORDREFERENCE QUIZ
• A buen hambre no hay pan duro
• Abrir camino
• Mal de ojo
• Estar en el ajo
• Hacer el ridículo

11. QUIZ ANSWERS
• A buen hambre no hay pan duro
• Hunger is the best sauce / hunger is the best spice
• Abrir camino
• Paved the way / blazed a trail
• Mal de ojo
• Evil eye
• Estar en el ajo
• To be in the know
• Hacer el ridículo
• Make a fool of oneself

12. PAST PERFECT TO TALK ABOUT
PAST BEFORE THE PAST, SPECIFIED
OR NOT
I had live in Venezuela before I lived in New York.

13. USES OF THE PAST PERFECT
• Per parlar d’una acció que va tenir lloc abans
d’una altra acció en el passat. L’acció més recent
s’expressa en past simple
• I had not met her when I went to live in Moscow.
• Abans del moment concret del passat que
s’esmenta en la frase
• She had finished her homework by 11:00 last night.

14. CONTRAST PAST PERFECT PAST SIMPLE
• Amb el Past Perfect destaquem una acció que va
tenir lloc abans d’una altra en el passat. Amb el
past simple parlem d’una sèrie d’accions en el
passat
• I had already done the homework when I went to bed.
• I did the homework and went to bed

15. TIME EXPRESSIONS AND
CONJUNCTIONS
• With a past perfect  Already, after
• I had already heard the news when she phoned
• I read the book after I had watched the film
• With a past simple  Before, by the time, when
• She had studied law before she got her degree in
economics.
• By the time the phone rang, I had taken a decision.
• When my father arrived my boyfriend had already left.

17. THE SNOWFLAKE EMAIL
Go on strike Echar de lado / no ser
considerado
Stage a strike Iniciar / realizar una
huelga (ahora)
Get brushed aside Ir a la huelga
Get stepped on Ser pisado
To be fed up Exigir
To demand something Estar harto

18. EMAIL OPENING AND CLOSING
• Informal
• Hi Frost,
• Dear Frost,
• Hugs,
• See you,
• Love,
• Thanks,
• Take care,
• Formal
• Dear Sir / Madam,
• Dear Mr. / Mrs. / Ms.
Jones,
• Dear Dr. Lee,

19. TRUE OR FALSE
We normally use contractions in emails to friends.
We can use contractions in formal emails, too.
When we start an email with “Hi Mary” the comma
goes after “Hi”.
When you finish a paragraph, you need a double
space.
“Ms” is the way to address to married women.
“For” is the preposition that goes after “I apologise /
thanks / sorry

20. SOME KEY PHRASES I
PREVIOUS CONTACT
• Thank you for your
email.
• Sorry, I haven’t
written for ages, but
I’ve been really
busy.
• I’m writing to inform
you that…
• I’m writing about…
• Just a short note to
tell you that…
• I’m writing about…
GOOD NEWS
• You will be pleased
to hear that…
• I am able to confirm
that…
• Good news!

21. SOME KEY PHRASES II
BAD NEWS
• I apologize for…
• Sorry for…
• Unfortunately, …
REQUESTS
• Please, could you…
• Could you…
• Can I have…
ENDING
• Hope to hear from
you soon.
• I’m looking forward
to seeing you.