Contenidos y secuenciación temporal

Los contenidos de la materia se estructuran en los siguientes bloques:


BLOQUE 1

UNIT 1: PACO

  • TOPIC 1: Who is Paco?

Presentation of the Present Simple and the Present Continuous tenses

The Saxon genitive case

Question words

Adverbs of frequency

Vocabulary: family members and leisure time

  • TOPIC 2: Paco always does the lottery.


The present simple tense

Adverbs of frequency

Word formation: adverbs

  • TOPIC 3:Paco is wearing a new suit.


The Present Continuous tense: affirmative and negative

The Present Simple versus the Present Continuous

Pronunciation: /s/ - /z/ - /iz/ third person singular

  • TOPIC 4: Does Paco have any close friends?


The Present Simple tense compared with the Present Continuous tense: questions

Rising intonation in questions

Vocabulary related to leisure activities

  • TOPIC 5: Paco's family.


The Saxon Genitive Case


Vocabulary: mythology and legends



UNIT 2: PACO'S DREAM COMES TRUE.

  • Topic 1: British Airways Flights B5992 Madrid- London: Boarding Gate 14.


Presentation of the Simple Past tense

Presentation of the Past Continuous tense

Time prepositions: in, on, at

Vocabulary: History

  • Topic 2: Paco didn't know much about London.


The Simple Past: affirmative and negative

The particle ago with Simple Past

Regular and irregular verbs

Pronunciation of the past -ed ending: /t/, /d/

 

  • Topic 3: Paco was visiting the city of Brighton when....


The Past Continuous tense: affirmative and negative

The Simple Past versus the Past Continuous: affirmative and negative

Pronunciation of the past -ed ending: /Id/

  • Topic 4: Did Paco find  what he was looking for in Liverpool?


The Simple Past tense compared with the Past Continuous tense:questions

Countable and uncountable nouns

Quantifiers

  • Topic 5: Scotland on the horizon.


Prepositional phrases

BLOQUE 2


UNIT 3: PACO VISITS SCOTLAND AND WALES.

  • TOPIC 1: Approaching Scotland.


Presentation of the Present Perfect Simple

Presentation of the Present Perfect Continuous

Singular and plural nouns

Suffixes

Verbs followed by infinitives

  • TOPIC 2: Scotland and the Scots.


The Present Perfect Simple (form and uses)

The Present Perfect Simple vs. the Past Simple

Use of 'Have you ever?'

Ever, just, still, already, yet, for, since

Writing informal letters

  • TOPIC 3: Towards the Highlands.


The Present Perfect Continuous (form and uses)

The Present Perfect Continuous vs. other tenses

Pronunciation of have and has

  • TOPIC 4: Welcome to Wales.


Singular and plural nouns

Regular plurals and pronunciation

Irregular plurals

Suffixes

Vocabulary: television

  • TOPIC 5: Socializing in Cardiff.


Types of infinitives and gerunds

Verbs followed by infinitives and gerunds

Diphthongs: /aɪ/, /ɛɪ/ and /ɔɪ/

Vocabulary: education, literature an cinema



UNIT 4: PACO VISITS CANADA AND THE USA.

  • TOPIC 1: Paco arrives in Ottawa.


Presentation of modal verbs

Presentation of relative clauses

Reported speech

  • TOPIC 2: In Toronto.


Modal verbs: form

Deduction and possibility

Obligation, advice, prohibition and lack of obligation

Ability, permission and request

  • TOPIC 3: Paco is in the North Pole.


Relative pronouns: who, which, that, whose + where and when

Defining relative clauses

Compound nouns

Vocabulary: animals

Diphthong /ʊə/

  • TOPIC 4: Paco is in Los Angeles, California.


The Imperative

Reported commands

indefinite pronouns:somebody, anybody, something, anything,somewhere, anywhere

Diphthongs /eə/ and /ɪə/

  • TOPIC 5: Paco is in San Francisco.


Reported statements

Changes in verbs, pronouns and other words

Writing: opinion essay

 

BLOQUE 3

UNIT 5: PACO VISITS IRELAND.

  • TOPIC 1: On the way to Dublin.


Presentation of the future with "going to"

Presentation of the future with "will"


First Conditional Sentences

Different uses of "would"

Second Conditional Sentences

  • TOPIC 2: On the bus tour.


The future with "will"

The future with "going to"

Differences between "will" and "going to"

Diphthongs /aʊ/ and /əʊ/

  • TOPIC 3: Paco visits Dublin.


The future through the Present Continuous

The future through the Present Simple

"Too" and "enough"

Phrasal verbs with "get"

  • TOPIC 4: It's St. Patrick's!


First Conditional: use and structure

Unless

Will vs. Might

Would: form and uses

Vocabulary: science

  • TOPIC 5: Paco visits the rest of Dublin.


Second Conditional: use and structure

Phrasal verbs: travel

Formal and informal English



UNIT 6: PACO HAD HAD  A DREAM ABOUT THIS BEFORE.

  • TOPIC 1: The Airport Authorities had cancelled some flights because of bad weather.


Past Perfect Tense

Conditional sentences 3

Passive voice: simple present and simple past

Have/ get something done

Question tags

  • TOPIC 2: New York Bay had frozen for a couple of weeks.


Past Perfect tense

American vs British English: differences in spelling and vocabulary

  • TOPIC 3: Paco would have landed in Washington before if the weather hadn't been so terrible.


Conditional sentences 3

American pronunciation

  • TOPIC 4: Florida is sometimes hit by hurricanes.


Passive voice: simple present and simple past

Vocabulary related to mass media

  • TOPIC 5: Paco visits Chicago.


Have/ get something done

Question tags

Vowel sound schwa



Estos contenidos se distribuyen a lo largo del año en tres trimestres de la siguiente manera:

 

Trimestres  Unidades
Primer trimestre Bloque 1: Unidad 1 y 2       
Segundo trimestre Bloque 2: Unidad 3 y 4
Tercer trimestre Bloque 3: Unidad 5 y 6