QUOTE OF THE DAY

Saturday, 31 December 2011

NEW YEAR'S RESOLUTIONS

A New Year's resolution is a commitment that a person makes to one or more lasting personal goals, projects, or the reforming of a habit.

A New Year's Resolution is generally a goal someone sets out to accomplish in the coming year. Some examples include resolutions to donate to the poor more often, to become more assertive, or to become more environmentally responsible. A key element to a New Year's Resolution that sets it apart from other resolutions is that it is made in anticipation of the New Year, and new beginnings. People committing themselves to a new year's resolution plan to do so for the whole following year.

Popular goals include resolutions to:

Improve well-being: lose weight, exercise more, eat better, drink less alcohol, quit smoking, stop biting nails
Improve finances: get out of debt, save money
Improve career: get a better job
Improve education: improve grades, get a better education, learn something new (such as a foreign language or music), study often,
Improve self: become more organized, reduce stress, be less grumpy, manage time, be more independent, perhaps watch less television, play less sitting-down video games
Take a trip
Volunteer to help others, practice life skills, use civic virtue, give to charity

For the year 2012, the top 5 resolutions, as identified by a SlideShare survey are:

Be financially-savvy
Read at least one book per month
Eat properly
Get enough sleep
Keep a journal of awesome moments

QUOTED FROM WIKIPEDIA



WHAT ARE YOUR NEW YEAR'S RESOLUTIONS?

Wednesday, 28 December 2011

INFINITIVES OR GERUNDS: REVIEW ACTIVITIES

Infinitive or Gerund

Saturday, 24 December 2011

CHRISTMAS

Friday, 23 December 2011

CHRISTMAS

CHRISTMAS

Thursday, 22 December 2011

MUSIC

One of my favourite Christmas carols. I hope you like it

Wednesday, 21 December 2011

CHRISTMAS

MERRY CHRISTMAS AND A HAPPY NEW YEAR TO EVERYBODY!!!

Tuesday, 20 December 2011

PASSIVE VOICE

Here you have some extra activities on passive voice. Feel free to do them.

Passive Voice                             

Sunday, 18 December 2011

CONNECTORS

Although, Despite

MODAL VERBS

modal verbs-1

Modal Verbs 2

Friday, 16 December 2011

MUSIC

Enjoy it!

Thursday, 15 December 2011

VOCABULARY

Facebook is a global social networking website. This kind of websites are quite common nowadays, not only among teenagers but among adults too. But the odd thing is that people tend to use nouns as verbs, especially, with all this new vocabulary that internet has developed. Facebook is an example, but there are some more: google, email, text,….
Today it is pretty usual to hear people saying:
“I’ve just facebooked the photos from my holiday” [meaning "uploaded them to my facebook page"].
I facebooked that girl we met at Tom’s party” [meaning "looked her up in Facebook"] or “I googled her” ["looked her up in Google"]
Did you facebook Maria about the party? [meaning "contact Maria through her Facebook page"].

Friday, 2 December 2011

MUSIC

HAVE A NICE LONG WEEKEND

Sunday, 27 November 2011

MODAL VERBS

Here you have some links to pages where you can practise modal verbs.

http://www.englishpage.com/modals/modalintro.html

http://www.ego4u.com/en/cram-up/grammar/modal-verbs

Friday, 25 November 2011

MUSIC

Have a lovely weekend!

Wednesday, 16 November 2011

EXAM SOLVED

1st Term Mixt-solutions

Saturday, 12 November 2011

EXAM

1st Term Mixt

Friday, 11 November 2011

Wednesday, 9 November 2011

Friday, 28 October 2011

MUSIC

A different version from the one we watched in class

Wednesday, 26 October 2011

JUST FOR FUN

Here you have the video we watched in class, any comments about how easy it is to become famous nowadays? Thanks

Monday, 24 October 2011

JUST FOR FUN

Friday, 21 October 2011

MUSIC

Enjoy the song and your weekend!

Tuesday, 18 October 2011

JUST FOR FUN

Monday, 17 October 2011

FOR AND AGAINST ESSAYS

For and Against

Saturday, 15 October 2011

JUST FOR FUN

Friday, 14 October 2011

MUSIC

One of my favourites

Have a nice weekend

Tuesday, 11 October 2011

INFINITIVES OR GERUNDS

Infinitive or Gerund

Monday, 10 October 2011

INFINITIVES OR GERUNDS

Infinitives Gerunds

Friday, 7 October 2011

MUSIC

I hope you enjoy it as much as I do

Nice weekend to everybody



Lyrics | Adele lyrics - Rolling In The Deep lyrics

Thursday, 6 October 2011

HOMEWORK

HOMEWORK

Monday, 3 October 2011

HOMEWORK


Sunday, 2 October 2011

HOMEWORK


HOMEWORK


Saturday, 1 October 2011

STOP MOTION

Stop motion (also known as stop action) is an animation technique to make a physically manipulated object appear to move on its own. The object is moved in small increments between individually photographed frames, creating the illusion of movement when the series of frames is played as a continuous sequence. Clay figures are often used in stop motion for their ease of repositioning. Motion animation using clay is called clay animation or clay-mation.

Here you have an example. Watch it and let me know what you think of it!

Friday, 30 September 2011

MUSIC

Enjoy the song and the weekend!!!

Wednesday, 28 September 2011

DO YOU NEED A TRANSLATOR?

Watch it and let me know what you think.

Monday, 26 September 2011

TIME LAPSE

Do you know what time lapse is? Here you have an example. If you want to write something about it, please feel free.

Saturday, 24 September 2011

HOMEWORK

HOMEWORK


Friday, 23 September 2011

MUSIC

A bit taste of summer....

Enjoy your weekeend

Thursday, 22 September 2011

HOMEWORK

Wednesday, 21 September 2011

HOMEWORK

Tuesday, 20 September 2011

HOMEWORK

Here you have page 6 from the SB, I can't upload the page from the WB because I left it at school. Sorry about that

Monday, 19 September 2011

VERBAL TENSES

Our review unit is on verbal tenses, here you have a presentation on them just in case you have any problems


Friday, 16 September 2011

MUSIC

I hope you enjoy this first song.

Have a nice weekend!

Thursday, 15 September 2011

Friday, 15 April 2011

MUSIC FOR THE WEEKEND

I hope you like it

Wednesday, 13 April 2011

UNIT 6 - MORE PRACTICE

TM2 More Practice 6

Friday, 1 April 2011

APRIL FOOL'S DAY



April Fools' Day is celebrated in the Western world on the 1st of April of every year. Sometimes referred to as All Fools' Day, April 1 is widely recognized and celebrated as a day which tolerates practical jokes and general foolishness. The day is marked by the commission of good humoured or funny jokes, hoaxes and other practical jokes of varying sophistication on friends, family members, teachers, neighbors, work associates, etc.

Traditionally, in some countries such as New Zealand, the UK, Australia, and South Africa, the jokes only last until noon, and someone who plays a trick after noon is called an "April Fool". It is for this reason that newspapers in the U.K. that run a front page April fool only do so on the first (morning) edition. Elsewhere, such as in France, Ireland, Italy, South Korea, Japan, Russia, The Netherlands, Germany, Brazil, Canada, and the U.S., the jokes last all day.
(from Wikipedia)

In Spain, we celebrate it on 28th December.




An April fool in Denmark, regarding Copenhagen's new subway. Apparently, one of her cars accidently had surfaced on the square in front of the town hall. In reality, it was a retired subway car from the subway of Stockholm cut obliquely, with the front end placed onto the tiling and loose tiles scattered around it. Note the sign "Gevalia", the coffee is known for its advertising featuring vehicles popping up: be ready for unexpected guests.

Thursday, 31 March 2011

CONDITIONAL SENTENCES

This week we are going to start studying the conditional sentences if you think you need further practice, here you have some extra activities:

Conditional sentences

Friday, 25 March 2011

MUSIC FOR THE WEEKEND

Enjoy the song!

Thursday, 24 March 2011

UNIT 5 - MORE PRACTICE

Here you have some review activities on Unit 5:
TM2 More Practice 5

Here you have the answer key:
TM2 More Practice AK

Monday, 21 March 2011

THIS DAY IN HISTORY

On this day in 1871, journalist Henry Morton Stanley begins his famous search through Africa for the missing British explorer Dr. David Livingstone.

Watch this video and see waht you understand:

Friday, 18 March 2011

MUSIC FOR THE WEEKEND

I hope you like it

Thursday, 17 March 2011

SAINT PATRICK'S DAY


St. Patrick's Day is celebrated on March 17, his religious feast day and the anniversary of his death in the fifth century. The Irish have observed this day as a religious holiday for over a thousand years. On St. Patrick's Day, which falls during the Christian season of Lent, Irish families would traditionally attend church in the morning and celebrate in the afternoon. Lenten prohibitions against the consumption of meat were waived and people would dance, drink and feast—on the traditional meal of Irish bacon and cabbage.



SYMBOLS AND TRADITIONS

St. Patrick's Day is a holiday known for parades, shamrocks and all things Irish. From leprechauns to the colour green.



Friday, 11 March 2011

MUSIC FOR THE WEEKEND

Enjoy it!

Monday, 7 March 2011

REPORTED SPEECH

Here you have some more activities on Reported Speech:
Reported Speech Verbs

And the answers:
Reported Speech Verbs A

Friday, 4 March 2011

MUSIC FOR THE WEEKEND

Have a lovely weekend!

Thursday, 24 February 2011

RELATIVE CLAUSES

Relative Clauses 1

Relative Clauses 2

Relative Clauses3
relative clauses-answers

PRACTICE TEST

Exam Practice 3

MUSIC FOR THE WEEKEND

Enjoy the long weekend!

See you next Wednesday

PASSIVE VOICE

Here you have some extra activities on the passive voice. There are some activities you still can't do because we haven't explained the structures.
The activities you can do are: page 1 (all of them); page 3 ex.1 (except for sentences 1 and 4), ex.2 (except for sentence 6), ex.3 and ex.4 (except for sentences3, 4 and 6)

Passive Voice

Wednesday, 23 February 2011

MODAL VERBS

You have a long weeekend ahead, so if you need or want to revise for your exams, here you have some extra activities:
Modal Verbs 08 09

modal verbs-1

Modal Verbs 2

Modal Verbs

Modal Verbs Answers

Tuesday, 22 February 2011

PASSIVE VOICE

Here you have some extra activities on passive voice:
Grammar Worksheets - Active and Passive Voice (with answers)

Sunday, 20 February 2011

JUST FOR FUN

Friday, 18 February 2011

MUSIC FOR THE WEEKEND

And the GRAMMY went to..... NEED YOU NOW (Lady Antebellum) for the best song
Enjoy it!

Thursday, 17 February 2011

AUSTRALIA

Discover another English-speaking country:

Australia

Wednesday, 16 February 2011

UNIT 4 - MORE PRACTICE

Here you have more activities on unit 4 in case you need further practice:

TM2 More Practice 4

TM2 More Practice AK

Tuesday, 15 February 2011

REPORTED SPEECH

Here you have a link to a page where you can find more infomation on Reported Speech as well as some activities:

http://www.ego4u.com/en/cram-up/grammar/reported-speech

Monday, 14 February 2011

VALENTINE'S DAY


Saint Valentine's Day, commonly shortened to Valentine's Day,is an annual commemoration held on February 14 celebrating love and affection between intimate companions.The day is named after one or more early Christian martyrs named Valentine and was established by Pope Gelasius I in 500 AD. It was deleted from the Roman calendar of saints in 1969 by Pope Paul VI, but its religious observance is still permitted. It is traditionally a day on which lovers express their love for each other by presenting flowers, offering confectionery, and sending greeting cards (known as "valentines"). The day first became associated with romantic love in the circle of Geoffrey Chaucer in the High Middle Ages, when the tradition of courtly love flourished.

Modern Valentine's Day symbols include the heart-shaped outline, doves, and the figure of the winged Cupid. Since the 19th century, handwritten valentines have given way to mass-produced greeting cards.

From Wikipedia


If you want to send any Valentine's day card, click here.



If you want to surprise someone with a delicious cake made by you, click here.


There have been plenty of movies on this day. One of the most recent is:

Friday, 11 February 2011

MUSIC FOR THE WEEKEND

A great song from the 90's

Enjoy your weekend!

Thursday, 10 February 2011

JUST FOR FUN

Don't you think he is so cute and funny?

Wednesday, 9 February 2011

COMMON MISTAKES

You make a lot of mistakes when forming irregular plurals. So, here you have a list of irregular plurals:

SINGULAR -- PLURAL
CHILD --- CHILDREN
MAN --- MEN
WOMAN --- WOMEN
PERSON --- PEOPLE
TOOTH --- TEETH
FOOT --- FEET
FISH --- FISH
GOOSE --- GEESE
MOUSE --- MICE
SHEEP --- SHEEP

Here you have some exercises:
http://www.ego4u.com/en/cram-up/grammar/nouns/exercises?03
http://www.tolearnenglish.com/exercises/exercise-english-2/exercise

http://www.englisch-hilfen.de/en/exercises/nouns_articles/plural2.htm


http://www.englisch-hilfen.de/en/exercises/nouns_articles/plural3.htm


If you need more information on the topic, click here.

Monday, 7 February 2011

JUST FOR FUN

I came across this document on the net and I found it quite interesting. You can read some examples of imperfect English. I hope you enjoy reading it.

Imperfect English

Friday, 4 February 2011

MUSIC FOR THE WEEKEND

Have a nice weekend!


REPORTED SPEECH

Some more activities on reported speech

Reported Speech 08 09

Thursday, 3 February 2011

REPORTED SPEECH

If you want further practice on reported speech, click on the pictures:






Monday, 31 January 2011

REPORTED SPEECH

A little bit more information on reported speech:
Special Introductory Verbs                                                                                                                                   

REPORTED SPEECH

Direct and Indirect Speech                                                                                                                                   

Saturday, 29 January 2011

Friday, 28 January 2011

REPORTED SPEECH

These days we have been studying the reported speech. Here you have a document with some useful information on it. If you have any questions, please let me know

reported speech                                                            

MUSIC FOR THE WEEKEND

I've just discovered this singer so I'd like to share it with you. I think the song sounds so beautiful!!!
Have a nice weekend!!

Wednesday, 26 January 2011

COMMON MISTAKES

ADJECTIVES
A very common mistake that most of you usually make is adding an -s to the adjectives when they go with a plural noun. So, it is advisable that you remember and follow these rules:


1. Adjectives describe nouns. The adjective is always invariable.
Example: beautiful trees, they are happy
Be careful!
  • Adjectives don't have a singular and plural form OR a masculine, femine and neuter form.
  • Adjectives are always the same! Never add a final -s to an adjective.
  • Adjectives can also be placed at the end of a sentence if they describe the subject of a sentence. Example: My doctor is excellent.
NOT!!: difficults books

2. Adjectives are placed before the noun.
Example: a wonderful book very interesting people
Be careful!
  • Don't place an adjective after the noun
NOT!!: an apple red

Tuesday, 25 January 2011

JUST FOR FUN

Two weeks ago we learnt what flash mob was. This week it's time for LIP DUB. Here you have an example.
Could you tell me what it is?

Monday, 24 January 2011

LEARNING VOCABULARY

Food for thought means anything that provides mental stimulus for thinking. So, if you are given "food for thought", you are given something to think about.

Friday, 21 January 2011

MUSIC FOR THE WEEKEND

Enjoy the song and have a nice weekend!!!

Wednesday, 19 January 2011

INFINITIVES AND GERUNDS

Do you remember Unit 2? Grammar was about infinitives and gerunds. Here you have the document we worked with in class.

Infinitives Gerunds

Tuesday, 18 January 2011

LEARNING VOCABULARY

Facebook is a global social networking website. This kind of websites are quite common nowadays, not only among teenagers but among adults too. But the odd thing is that people tend to use nouns as verbs, especially, with all this new vocabulary that internet has developed. Facebook is an example, but there are some more: google, email, text,….
Today it is pretty usual to hear people saying:
“I’ve just facebooked the photos from my holiday” [meaning "uploaded them to my facebook page"].
I facebooked that girl we met at Tom’s party” [meaning "looked her up in Facebook"] or “I googled her” ["looked her up in Google"]
Did you facebook Maria about the party? [meaning "contact Maria through her Facebook page"].

Monday, 17 January 2011

COMMON MISTAKES

You know that this year writing skills are very important, that's why, you have to try and improve your own writing skills. Therefore, today I'm starting a new section in this blog, that is, a section about common mistakes. Here you can check what common mistakes you make more frequently and you should try to avoid them...So, let's start:

PEOPLE /'pi:.pl/ is a plural noun, not a singular noun. So, avoid sentences like:

*People is... You should write: People are
*This people..... You should write:These people



W
hat do people mean?

1. men, women and children
Many people never take any exercise.
We've invited thirty people to our party.

2. used to refer to persons in general or everyone, or informally to the group of people that you are speaking to
People will think you've gone mad.
People like to be made to feel important.
Now that we've discussed our problems, are people happy with the decisions taken?