QUOTE OF THE DAY

Monday 31 December 2012

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 were:

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

QUOTED FROM WIKIPEDIA

Friday 21 December 2012

MUSIC


CHRISTMAS

I wish you a merry Christmas and a happy New Year. My very best wishes

Friday 14 December 2012

PASSIVE VOICE

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

Passive Voice                             

Wednesday 12 December 2012

CONNECTORS

Although, Despite

Wednesday 7 November 2012

MODAL VERBS

modal verbs-1



Modal Verbs 2

Tuesday 23 October 2012

Wednesday 17 October 2012

INFINITIVES AND GERUNDS

Infinitive or Gerund

Thursday 11 October 2012

INFINITIVES AND GERUNDS

Infinitives Gerunds

FOR AND AGAINST ESSAYS

For and Against

Wednesday 26 September 2012

VERBAL TENSES

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


Friday 21 September 2012

MUSIC

The first song for this school year. I hope you'll enjoy it. See you on Monday.

Wednesday 19 September 2012

3000 MOST IMPORTANT WORDS

Are you curious to know which are the most common words used in English? If so, click here. You can also watch this video.

Friday 14 September 2012

ENGLISH 2nd BAT - SCHOOL YEAR INFORMATION

procés 12-13

WELCOME TO SCHOOL YEAR 2012-2013

Today we are starting a new school year. I'd like to remember the purpose of this blog, that is to help you with your learning, so feel free to enter any time you want and make any comment.

Thursday 10 May 2012

Friday 4 May 2012

MUSIC FOR THE WEEKEND

HAVE A NICE WEEKEND!!!

Tuesday 24 April 2012

CONDITIONALS

This week we have learnt about the conditional sentences if you think you need further practice, here you have some extra activities:

Conditional sentences

Friday 20 April 2012

ALPHABET

What a difference learning the alphabet from now..
a for apple..b for bus....c for cat...d for door!! lol!!

Wednesday 4 April 2012

EASTER HAM

Tuesday 3 April 2012

EASTER EGGS

Sunday 1 April 2012

APRIL'S FOOL 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.

Friday 16 March 2012

JUST FOR FUN

Friday 9 March 2012

MUSIC FOR THE WEEKEND

One of my favourites!!

Friday 2 March 2012

MUSIC FOR THE WEEKEND

Friday 24 February 2012

MUSIC FOR THE WEEKEND

Enjoy it!

Tuesday 21 February 2012

SOLUTIONS TO CLASS' ACTIVITIES

Review Activities

SOLUTIONS TO CLASS' ACTIVITIES

Passive Voice 2011-2012

BBC PODCASTS

The English we speak is a series of podcasts produced by the BBC. This one is called "Don't get me wrong":

http://downloads.bbc.co.uk/podcasts/worldservice/tae/tae_20120206-1200a.mp3

Monday 20 February 2012

DON'T GET ME WRONG!

She's got everything; brains, beauty, money,... and oh, yes, a wonderful personality; she's a real catch.


Do you understand what a real catch means?


It's what we call in Catalan "un bon partit"

Friday 17 February 2012

MUSIC FOR THE WEEKEND

Wednesday 15 February 2012

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.

Tuesday 14 February 2012

SAINT 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 10 February 2012

MUSIC FOR THE WEEKEND

Thursday 9 February 2012

JUST FOR FUN

Wednesday 8 February 2012

DON'T GET ME WRONG!

Do you know what a ball is?

I'm sure you do. Do you know what on the ball stands for?


Can you guess it from this example?

- Make sure the kids are ready to leave by half-past seven.
- They will be. The alarms are set, the bags are packed, and they're going 
to bed especially early.
- Good to see you're on the ball

On the ball means "to be alert", did you guess it?

Monday 6 February 2012

REPORTED SPEECH

Reported Speech 08 09

Friday 3 February 2012

MUSIC

To start the weekend with energy!!!

REPORTED SPEECH

If you need more practise on Reported Speech, click on these links:

http://www.perfect-english-grammar.com/reported-speech.html

http://www.englisch-hilfen.de/en/exercises_list/reported.htm

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

Tuesday 31 January 2012

DON'T GET ME WRONG!

Last week we learnt the phrase "MAKE MY DAY" that expresses joy, today we are going to learn another phrase referred to joy:

OVER THE MOON

- How do you feel about being named coordinator for the Social Sciences Department?
- I'm over the moon, especially considering how inexperienced I am compared to some other people here.

It means very happy or delighted.. We can translate it as "en el séptimo cielo".

Monday 30 January 2012

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?

Friday 27 January 2012

MUSIC

A really sweet voice. Enjoy it!

Thursday 26 January 2012

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

DON'T GET ME WRONG!

Today I'm starting this section on vocabulary. I'm going to teach you phrases that English native speakers use and we sometimes misunderstand or don't know how to use them. This section attempts to approach you to a more natural English, to phrases that are quite useful and more accurate to what we really want to say, for example, when we do not undertand something, we normally ask What did you say? instead of using a more idiomatic phrase such as What was that again.

MAKE MY DAY

This English phrase has two different meanings:
- Someone has done or said something that made you very happy, and it made the day more special for you.
- Carry on with what you are doing - it will give me an excuse to behave badly.

The translation into Catalan is "Dóna'm una alegria" or "A veure si em donaràs el dia":

- I'm afraid I've got some news for you.
- Go on,make my day

Thursday 19 January 2012

MUSIC

Have a nice weekend!

Friday 13 January 2012

MUSIC

Enjoy your weekend

Tuesday 10 January 2012

HOW IMPORTANT IS PRONUNCIATION?

What do you think?
Pronunciation is extremely important, otherwise you can confuse people. Watch this video and you'll see

Monday 9 January 2012

IMPERFECT ENGLISH

An example that a language is not a literal translation of another language:

Imperfect English

Sunday 1 January 2012

HAPPY NEW YEAR!!!