This document provides lesson materials for a Batxillerat class including exercises on present simple, present continuous, and present perfect tenses. It includes role plays asking students to discuss their past experiences, present activities, and future goals. It also reviews irregular verbs and vocabulary related to personal descriptions, relationships, and leisure activities. Comprehension questions follow readings on topics like friendships and an Erasmus exchange program. Phrasal verbs and word building are additionally practiced.

1. Lesson 1
Batxillerat 2018-19

2. Email about the holidays

3. Talk to the person next to you
• Tell him/her about:
– Something fun you did last year
– Something great you have done this summer
– Something you are doing this year
– Something you plan to achieve
– What do you think 1st Batxillerat will be like
– What will you be doing in 10 years time
– What will you have achieved when you turn 30

4. Present simple review
• habits
• Routines
• Likes and dislikes
• Generalising
• State facts about the
present
• Scientific truths
• Feelings and the senses
• I prefer beer to wine
• She beats her nails
• Sarah plays tennis
• Water boils at 100
degrees Celsius
• I get up at 6:30
• This pizza smells
fantastic!
• Germans are punctual

5. Present continuous review
• Visualizing
• Look up at the sky. What colour is it? Can you see any
clouds? Look down and you start to see trees and
buildings. What kind of trees can you see? What kind of
buildings? Are there a lot of buildings or a few? Are they
old or new? In front of one of the buildings, you see
people. Do you recognise them? They are doing
something. What are they doing? You look left and see a
tree. In front of the tree you see an animal. What kind of
animal is it? What is the animal doing? You look right and
you see someone near you. It’s a friend of yours. Who is
it? What’s their name? They are doing something. What
are they doing?

6. My Dream
• “In my dream I am standing ……… In front of
me I can see ……”

7. Which verbs are not used in present
continuous?
Likes or
preferences
Thoughts and
opinions
States or
possessions

8. LEARNING ABOUT THE PRESENT
PERFECT

9. Present Perfect
• Subject + verb + past participle
• What is a past participle?
• How well did you do last year in irregular
verb exams?

10. PRESENT PERFECT FORM

11. DIFFERENCE WITH PAST SIMPLE
Actions that started in the past, arrive to the
present and may continue in the future
My teacher has written three plays
Action started Action finished Present
Shakespeare wrote many wonderful plays
(Why is this a simple past?)
THE
SIMPLE
PAST

12. ACTIONS COMPLETED WITH NO
REFERENCE TO TIME
Use 1 of Present Perfect

13. Yet and already indicate completion
• Yet – REFERS TO PRESENT AND FUTURE
• Used at the end of negative sentence or clauses and questions about
something that may soon happen –
• I have not washed the dishes yet
• Is dinner ready yet?
• It is not used in affirmative sentences
• Already – REFERS TO THE RECENT PAST (surprise that something has
happened / been done earlier than expected
• Usually in mid position –
• I have already washed the dishes
• But final position is also possible -
• Have you finished the typing already?
• It is not used in negative sentences

14. I HAVE just…. - actions recently
completed
• Arrived to school

15. UNCOMPLETED ACTIONS (WHICH
OFTEN REFER TO EXPERIENCE)
Use 2 of Present Perfect

16. We use Present perfect to talk
about experience (we are still alive,
aren’t we?)
• HAVE YOU EVER… ? (in question, it means
“at any time in your life”)
• I HAVE NEVER…
(an experience I have not had)
• I HAVE ALWAYS…
(since I can remember)

17. I HAVE NEVER BEEN / TRAVELLED /
VISITED …

18. I have always liked/thought/ admired…

19. YET – Used with questions and
negative sentences at the end of the
sentence
• Questions: Have you washed the dishes YET?
• Negative sentences: I haven’t washed the
dishes YET.
• YET has future
connotations (I will
wash them in the near
future)

20. Uncompleted actions and events
• FOR AND SINCE
• I have lived in Barcelona for ______________ PERIODS OF
TIME (3 MONTHS, 2 YEARS…)
• I have lived in Barcelona since ___________ POINTS IN TIME
(September, 1960, six o’clock, August…)

23. SUMMARY ON USES OF THE
PRESENT PERFECT
• Actions completed (with no reference to time)
• TIME SPAN IS STILL PRESENT (ALTHOUGH THE ACTION IS PAST)
» ALREADY (Usually used in affirmative sentences. To talk
about something that has happened earlier than expected.)
» YET (Usually used in negative sentences to talk about
something that has not happened but will probably happen
soon)
• TIME SPAN IS ALREADY PAST
» JUST (a short time before)
• Actions Uncompleted actions that started in the past and reach the present
(including personal experience)
» For + periods of time
• I have lived in Hospitalet since the 1980ss
» Since + point in time
• I have lived in Hospitalet since I was a child

24. Spelling tips
• Lie  Lying
• Want ____ break freeto

25. DESCRIBING PEOPLE AND
RELATIONSHIPS

26. They are
They have _____ met
acquaintances
She is doing/drying her hair
just

27. After that there will be a big
party. We will ______friends
and ____ a good time!
Who likes to look _________?
Siblings _________
all the time
argue
scruffy
have
make

28. Please, get in ______ if you ever come
to Barcelona
touch

29. •ðɪs səmər aj hæv med mɛni
əkwentənsəz bət no frɛndz

30. A ____________ man has no hair on
the lower part of his face
Clean-shaven

31. Auburn

32. Casual clothes:
I mostly wear ______ clothes: jumpers and jeans for
example.
Casual

33. BUILD (IS / HAS)
Medium / slim
build Strong build
He is a strong-built person / He has a strong build

34. Complexion
A pale complexion A tanned complexion
She is pale-skinned
She is tanned - skinned

35. Irregular adjectives

36. aɪ æm ˈlʊkɪŋ ˈfɔːwəd tuː rɪˈsiːvɪŋ ðə ʃiːp ˈʃɪpmənt
nɛkst ˈwiːkˈɛnd.

37. READING COMPREHENSION PAGE 6

38. Reading for gist

39. The friend list: Difficult words
ˈmiːnɪŋfʊl rɪˈleɪʃənz
əˈprɒksɪmɪtli wʌn ˈhʌndrəd ænd ˈfɪfti
eɪt
ɔːlˈðəʊ məʊst saɪˈkɒləʤɪsts əˈgriː
θru(ː)ˈaʊt ˈhɪstəri
ə kiː ɪnˈgriːdiənt fɔː ˈhæpɪnɪs

40. Will this help him to build ___ his confidence?up

41. I would like to ______________ some ideas on how to
improve the students’ level of English
Put forward

42. He _________________ a dishonest manTURNED OUT TO BE

43. Their friendship depends __ ______
shared passtimes
on having

44. Get ___ well
She gets on vey/really well with her sister – They never argue.
on

45. I wish we could ______up more often, but we are all very busy.meet

46. LISTENING COMPREHENSION

48. Young people from different countries
get together when they join the
Erasmus program
Melanie and Kate get together every weekend to go shopping

49. VERBS FOLLOWED BY ING / TO INF.
VERB + ING VERB + TO INFINITIVE BOTH POSSIBILITIES
CAN’T STAND
I cant stand doing nothing
ENJOY
I enjoy playing tennis
CAN’T RESIST (no puedo
resistirme a)
I can’t resist reading other
people’s mail
WANT
I want to break free
WOULD LIKE
I would like to be rich one
day
CANT’ WAIT
I can’t wait to see you!
LIKE
HATE
PREFER
LOVE
EXCEPTION I’M LOOKING FORWARD TO + GERUND
I’m looking forward to seeing you very soon

50. WORD BUILDING

51. TAKE AFTER = LOOK LIKE
Dogs often _________their ownerstake after

53. Phrasal verb review
• Hang out (with): pasar el rato
• Get back: volver
• Catch up (on): Ponerse al día
• Get together with: juntarse
• Meet up (with) : juntarse
• Look forward to + ing : quedar a la espera de
• Build up: aumentar

54. VOCABULARY REVIEW
• Watching movies is my favorite _________.
• Jack is always making jokes – you can’t have a ___
conversation with him.
• Are you _________ your holiday?
• Some people talked _________ the film – it was
so annoying!
• It’s important to ________ this hard work until
your exams.
• I never accept ________ as friends online.
passtime
meaningful
Looking forward to
throughout
maintain
strangers