16-18/06 Monday-Wednesday. Classes 21-22

Hello

This week we were trying to revise some things that we start forgetting. For example, how to ask questions, special and general.

Now practise on your own:
Questions Link 1
Questions Link 2

Let´s play some English games! When we play we learn a lot and have fun at the same time!

Game 1 "Word Wangling"
Game 2 "Pic-your-wits"

9-11/06 Monday-Wednesday. Classes 19-20

Hello

We had a kind of a small delay in our blog. Yeah, exams, summer´s coming and we´re simply becoming lazy. Don´t give up!

So, we started a new topic "Entertainment". We talked about television and learnt many new words (soap opera, news report, weather forecast, sitcom, chat show, reality show, quiz show etc.).


We were also talking about your preferences while talking about television. We learnt some useful expressions for it - likes and dislikes:
likes: I really like.../I´m keen on.../I love.../I´m really into ... / I´m fond of .../ I´m crazy about ..etc.
dislikes: I don´t really like .../I hate.../ I don´t mind .../ I can´t stand ... etc.

Is television good or bad? Listen to some people talking about it and do the online tasks, pay attention to some adjectives to describe the programmes (violent, educational, interesting, boring, entertaining ect.): Listening Link "Is TV good or bad for people?"

Do you enjoy watching horror movies? Listen to the audio and do the tasks - Listening Link.

We also learnt some new expressions to make suggestions and to respond to them:
Why don´t we + go to the cinema (Inf.) - That´s a good idea!
Let´s + go to the cinema (Inf.) - Sure. Why not?
We could + go to the cinema (Inf.) - You´re joking! No way!
I suggest we + go to the cinema (Inf.) - That sounds great!
How about + going ... (Gerund) - I´d rather say no.
Fancy + going ... (Gerund) etc. - I´d love to, but ...


We were practising making suggestions in different situations!
Watch a short video "Making suggestions" and write down what the boys suggest each other. What happened in the end?

Your homework is to revise the expressions and do the exercises in your copies.

26-28/05 Monday-Wednesday. Classes 15-16

Hello
This week we were talking about our hobbies and sports. We learnt different qualities of people (adventurous, creative, quiet, active, imaginative, intellegent, graceful etc.).
What kind of people like mountaneering, ice-skating, playing chess?

For more practice, check this list of exercises - Vocabulary Link.

Also we lernt how to express our preferences. So, here are some expressions:

I like + Inf/Gerund - I like riding a bike. I like to travel.
I love + Inf/Gerund - I love watching comedy films.
I´m fond of + Gerund - I´m fond of playing tennis.
I´m keen on + Gerund - I´m keen on gardening.
I´m crazy about + Gerund - I´m crazy about eating sushi.
I can´t stand + Gerund - I can´t stand watching football on TV.
I hate + Gerund - I hate playing chess.
I enjoy + Gerund - I enjoy walking in the park.

If you want to practise more, watch a short video "Likes and Dislikes" and repeat the phrases.

Also here´s a link for a listening activity - "What is his hobby?", listen to it and do the online exercises.

Your homework is to do the exercises in your copies. Next class we´re going to talk about cinema and theatre.

12-14/05 Monday-Wednesday. Classes 11-12

Hello!

These two classes we devoted to relaxing film-watching activity. We watched a beautiful and a little scary cartoon "Coraline" by Henry Selick. 
If you want to find out more about a cartoon, click on the link "Coraline. Summary".

We learnt some new words (scary, magic well, a ghost, souls, to cast a spell, parallel world etc.)

We also did some comprehension exercises and answered the questions.


Your homework is to write about your impressions of the film and your understanding of it. Is there any hidden meaning?




Here´s a link of the article about the meaning of the film. Read it AFTER you´ve written your opinion.
Article "The Hidden Meaning of the Movie "Coraline"
Do you agree with it? Is it the same as yours?

5/05-7/05 Monday-Wednesday. Classes 9-10

Hello!

This week we were talking about different medical professions and learnt some new words (a chemist, a dentist, an ophthalmologist, a doctor,an optician, a surgeon).
Check the vocabulary list in this Vocabulary Link.

Also do some listening and the exercises on-line: Listening Link.

We listened to some dialogues where people are talking at the chemist´s and dentist. We payed attention to some expressions that we us to give strong advice or suggestions:
I suggest you use this skin cream.
You mustn´t use them more than three times a day.
You needn´t be afraid.
You need to have a feeling.
We must do it now before it gets worse.

For strong advice we use must/mustn´t, also we use mustn´t for prohibition.
We use need/needn´t for necessity/lack of necessity:
You must brush your teeth after meals.
You mustn´t go out when you have  temperature.
I need to call my secretary.
You needn´t worry about us.

Practise modal verbs with the exercises - Grammar Link.
Must or Should? - Exercise Link.

If you want to practise the topic - check this link with lots of exercises - Exercises Link.

What can you do to have a good health? Read the text and do the tasks - Readning Link.

Finlly, we did a test on the topic, I´m sure you did it well!


Your homework is to look through the blog and do the exercises in the links!

28-30/04 Monday-Wednesday. Classes 7-8

Hello

So, these two classes we learnt some expressions to use when we go to the doctor:

What´s wrong (the matter)? - I´ve got a cold, sore throat, stomach-ache, headache etc.
How long have you had it? - For a week.
What other symptoms do you have? - I´m tired and feel dizzy.
Let me examine you/take you temperature/blood pressure.
I´ll prescribe you ...
You should ...

If you want to practise more check out these links:
Listening Exercise
Video Practice
Video Practice 2
Vocabulary Exercise

Also we learnt the difference between some similar words (hurt, pain, ache):

HURT can be a verb - He hurt his knee playing football. (to injure) Also "to hurt one´s feelings" or to feel pain - My back hurts a lot.
an adjective -  Fortunately, no one was badly hurt.
a noun - usually has a different meaning "a feeling of great unhappiness": She saw the hurt in his eyes.

PAIN can be a noun - the feeling when smth hurts: She felt a sharp pain in her leg.
He was in a lot of pain.
a verb - difficult or upseting for smb to have to do smth

ACHE can be a verb - when you feel  continuous, but not very sharp pain: His feet were aching from standing so long.
a noun - a continuous pain, that is not sharp or strong: a stomach ache.

Now check yourself and do the exercise: Link.

We also practised the First Conditional. We can use it in superstitions:
If you break a mirror, you might have bad luck or somebody might die.
If a black cat crosses the street in front of you, you´ll have bad luck.

First Conditional Link

Your homework is to read some vocabulary in your copies.

21-23/04 Monday-Wednesday. Classes 5-6

Hello

These classes we were talking about Treatment for different diseases:
to take a painkiller, medicine, aspirin, pills
to drink herbal tea, cough syrup
to put a bandage, arm sling, plaster cast
to use crutches, a syringe

Here´re good exercises to practise the vocabulary:
Link

We also learnt a structure with relative clause "when":
When I have a cold, I drink herbal tea and take aspirin.
When I have a broken leg, I use the crutches.
When I cut my finger, I use a plaster.

We learnt as well some new grammar - zero and first Conditional:
If people eat too much they get fat. (zero conditional) - general truth, no changes
If + Present Simple, Present Simple
Explanation Link

Exercises Link

If it rains I won´t go to the park. (first conditional) - particular situation which might happen
If + Present Simple, Future Simple
Explanation Link

Exercises Link

Your homework is to practise conditionals in your copies.

7-9/04 Monday/Wednesday. Classes 3-4

Hello

The week before vacations we´ve been practising new vocabulary on the topic "Health" (cough, flu, cold, measles, bruise etc.). 

Here´s a link with lots of exercises to practise the topic, choose any from the list and do them:
Vocabulary Link

Watch these videos and learn new vocabulary:
Video Part 1
Video Part 2

Also practise some listening and do the exercises online:
Listening 1 "At the Hospital"
Listening 2 "Food and Health"


Also we wrote a test last class, you´ll find out your results after vacations!

P.S. Think of the time you´re sick, what did you have? What happened? Why? What did you take to recover?

02/04 Wednesday. Class 2

Hello!
Hey, on Wednesday there were only two students present! What happened? Hope nothing serious and next week everybody shows up!

So, as there were very few people we were mostly revising our grammar and were doing a lot of grammar exercises - Past Simple,  Past Continuous and Past Perfect.

Practise the tenses with the exercises:
Link 1
Link 2
Past Tenses Mix

Your homework for the next time is to read the copy "Health Problems", translate the words and in your copies do the exercises.
(For those who were not present find the copy Health Problems in Aula Virtual).

Trimester III. 31/03 Monday. Class 1

Hello

Today we´ve been talking about your common mistakes:

1. plural/singular of some nouns:
There are a lot of people.
This furniture is modern.
My homework is easy.

2. the place of adjectives in the sentence:
She has brown eyes.
He´s wearing a red shirt.

3. the word order in questions:
Where´re you going?
What did you say?

4.  the use of some tenses:
She usually doesn´t work on Monday.
I´m wearing blue jeans.

Here is a very good link "Tips for Spanish Speakers who are learning English".

Your homework stays the same, we´ll check it next time. Plus make up one example for each common mistake from your list.

25-27/03 Monday - Wednesday. Classes 22-23

Hello
I´ve decided to join together two classes Monday and Wednesday.

We learnt this week some vocabulary related to the disasters and accidents (poisoning, drowning, electrocute, plane crash, car accident, etc.).

Aslo we read a text about a pilot who became a hero:
emergency landing
onboard computer
bolt of lightning
hit the plane
freak storm
air traffic control
pour with rain

Practise your listening about "Accidents" here.

Also we learnt a new grammar point - Past Perfect.
We form it with the verb "had" + Past Participle and we use to denote one action in the past that happened before another one also in the past:

She had cooked dinner before her husband came home.

Practise Past Perfect using these links:
Link 1
Link 2
Link 3

Your homework is to do the exercises in the copy and write a story describing an accident you have experienced or seen.

19/03 Wednesday. Class 21

Hello

Today we´ve been pracising Past Continuous while talking about accidents:
Lyn cut her finger while she was chopping carrots.
Bill scalded his hand while he was cooking.

We read a dialogue and learnt some expressions to talk about accidents:

You look awful!
Are you alright?
What happened?
That must have really hurt!
You can say that again!
Oh, you poor thing!
And, as if that wasn´t enough ...

Also we learnt Reflexive pronouns:
myself, yourself, himself, herself, itself, ourselves, yourselves, themselves

We use RP when the object and subject are he same, with preposition "by" to say without help or to emphasise the subject:
She cut herself.
He painted the room by himself.
I made the cake myself.

Practise your grammar with these links:
Link 1
Link 2

We also started talking about accidents and disasters. We learnt some new words:
blast, crash, oil slick, weedkiller, to collide, to perish, missing, I fear...

Your homework is to exercises in the copy and to read the text "The Great Plague".

17/03 Monday. Class 20

Hello!
Today we were practising Past Cont. as well together with Past Simple and another continuous action:
I was reading a book when the lights went out.
I was watching TV while my friend was writing a letter.

You were making stories about natural disaters - earthquake, flood and hurricane:
We were walking across the bridge when suddenly it started to shake.
I was raining heavily, that´s why the river overflew.
We were on the beach when suddenly a strong wind started to blow. etc.

Also we read a detective strory where you had to investigate the murder.
Who killed Miss Taylor? Why?
What was the butler doing in the evening?
What was the housekeeper doing?

Today we revised the parts of the body (neck, eyes, ears, legs, feet, head, hands, hair) etc.
What happened to people?
Ann hurt her back.
Lyn grazed her knee.
Bob scalded his finger. etc


What were they doing when this happened?
Helen was chopping the onion when she cut her finger.

Your homework is to finish the sentences in the copies and to write about an accident that you once experienced using Past Simple and Continuous.

12/03 Wednesday. Class 19

Hello
What were we doing on Wednesday? We were practising Past Cont. You see ...? I´m using Past Cont.!

We listened to some people talking about what they were doing when the lights went out (when there was a blackout):
We were watching TV when the blackout happened.

We were playing a board game using Past Cont.vs Past Simple. If you want to practise more, check these links:
Link 1
Link 2

We did some pronunciation and practised sounds /a:/ and /a/:
sound /a:/ (long): heart, aunt, laugh, park, car; link
sound /a/ (short): but, bus, Monday, come; link

Your homework is to do the exercises in your copies.

10/03 Monday. Class 18

Hello

Today we´ve started a new topis "Nature attacks". We learnt some new words related to natural disasters (a fire, an earthquake, a flood, a volcanic eruption, a hurricane etc.). 

Also we learnt some expressions to describe these disasters (to shake, to wobble, to blow away, to overflow, to spread, thick smoke, strong winds, heavy rains, flames, lava etc.).

If you want to practise the vocabulary, click on this link here.

Watch the video and learn new vocabulary: Video 

Also we got to know a new grammar item - Past Continuous.
We form Past Cont. with the help of "to be":
was
were         +          Verb-ing

I was watching TV yesterday in the evening.
We were playing basketball at 6 p.m.

We use it to emphasize the action in duration in the past (it not only happened in the past, but it lasted for some time).

Very often Past Cont. is used with Past Simple, when one action in the past interrupts another one in duration:
I was cooking dinner when the telephone rang.

Also we can have two continuous actions happening at the same time:
I was reading a book while my mother was cooking dinner.

Here´s the list of exercises to practise Past Cont. - link.

Your homework is to do the exercises in your copies.

05/03 Wednesday. Class 17

Hello!

Today we´ve been revising all the material and practising different types of future.
After that we wrote a test.

 How to improve listening skills?
Only by ... LISTENING!!!
My advice: do a little bit of listening EVERY DAY. Start with simple, short exercises.

In order to practise a little bit of listening visit the link, choose any listening task you like and practise:
Listening Activities List

Also here´s a link for Video Lessons, where you can watch, listen and if necessary see the subtitles while people´re speaking:
Video Lessons

Here´s one more link of the Elementary podcast (small radio programme) with lots of exercises to do online. There are a lot of programmes, so that you can listen to them and practise every day.

Also have a look at one more link - there are three lists of listening activities, you choose "Easy". There are also exercises to them and transcripts to read if you can´t understand.
Cyber Listening Lab

Hope you´ll find these links useful!
Remember: listen to at least one exercise EVERY DAY!

Next class we´re going to start a new topic.
Your homework is to read the text, to work with the highlighted words and fill in the gaps.

03/03 Monday. Class 16

Hello
Today we were talking about MONEY, a good topic, isn´t it?
We learnt a lot of useful words and expressions (to lend, to borrow, to earn, to win, to cash, to change) etc.:
Will you borrow me $2 for the bus?
I don´t like to lend money to people, ´cause they never pay back!
How much do you earn?
Have you ever won a lottery?

Also we learnt some specific words related to money (cash, currency, credit card, salary, wages, allowance). Remember: we say "to pay in cash, but by credit card".

We read a text "Shop ´til you drop" and found out who shopaholics are, also we learnt some new words: to regret, to waste, to blow one´s salary, finances, purchases, slightly etc.

Do you like shopping?
Are you shopaholic?
Do you usually waste your money on stupid things?
Can you blow all your salary in one go?
Do you pay in cash or by credit card?

We also listened to several people talking about their shopping habits. Listen to it again here and do the online activities.

shopping for food
wacky and weird food
girls stuff
DIY (do it yourself) things
outfit=clothes

For some more practice chech these links:
Listening 1
Listening 2
Listening 3
Listening 4

Your homework is to revise all the vocabulary and grammar and to prepare for the test.

26/02 Wednesday. Class 15

Hello!
What are you going to do this weekend? Hmm, I don´t know yet. I think I´ll stay at home.
See? I´m using different types of future.

So, today we´ve been practising to use Future Simple for spontaneous decisions:
What would you like? - I think I´ll have a coke.
What are you going to buy your mum for her birthday? - I don´t know. I´ll buy her some flowers.

For some extra practice click here.

Also we practised "to be going to" in predicitons based on what we see and evidences:
There are a lot of black clouds, it´s going to rain.
Those children are wearing swimsuits, they´re going to swim.

For some extra practice click here.
Will or Be going to?

Also we use "to be going to" to express our intentions/plans:
I´m going to prepare for my exams.
They´re going to the seaside on holidays.

For some extra practice click here.

Watch the video and practise Future tenses.


Your homework is to read the text in your copy and do vocabulary exercises.

24/02 Monday. Class 14

Hello!
Today we continued talking about Shopping and learnt some vocabulary related to Clothes/Accessories: shorts, a skirt, a slip, high heeled shoes, panties/knickers, pants/trousers, socks, flip flops, a nightdress/gown, a jacket, a sweater etc.

Watch these videos, repeat and learn the words:
Video "Clothes"
Video "Clothes Vocabulary"

Check this list of exercises and do those you like.

What would you wear if you went to the party/work/beach?
I would wear a dress and high heeled shoes ...
I would wear trousers and a blouse ...
I would wear a bikini and flip flop sandals ...

Also we were practising the use of Future Simple (in the function of predicitons based on the opinion):
I think you´ll get married within 5 years.
I´m sure you´ll buy a plane ticket next month.
I think you won´t go to the Japanese restaurant.

Practise Future Simple here.

Predicting Future - practice.

19/02 Wednesday. Class 13

Hello
Today we´ve been practising different expressions related to shopping and at the shops. We´ve learnt some useful phrases:
Can I have ..., please?
I´d like ... .
Where can I find ...?
I´m searching for/looking for ... .
Can I help you?
Would you like anything else? etc.

We practised them in different shopping situations. Watch the videos and practise saying the phrases:
Video "Shopping for clothes"
Video "At the Supermarket"


Also today we´ve started a new grammar point "Future" expressed by "will" and "be going to".
We use "will" future in:
- on-the-spot decisions/unplanned: Are you hungry? I´ll get you some sandwiches.
- predictions based on what we think/believe: I´m sure tomorrow it´ll rain.
- polite requests: Will you close the door, please?
- voluntary actions/offering support: I´ll carry your bags for you.
- promise/threat: I promise I´ll come tomorrow earlier.

We use "be going to" future in:
- plans/intentions: We´re going to the beach on the weekend.
- predictions based on what we know/see or evidences: There are black clouds, it´s going to rain.

Watch a short video with explanations - "Future Simple vs Going to".

Your homework is to do some grammar exercises related to Future.

P.S. What are you going to do this weekend?

17/02 Monday. Class 12

Hello and Bon Appetit or Enjoy your Meal!

Today we´ve listened to your recipes, they´re so good and sound very tasty! We also checked the exercises on the recipe of the pancakes.
Remember the new words: to whisk, to spoon, to beat, an electric mixer, to flip, batter (cooking mixture) etc.

Also we revised everything related to Food and Cooking and wrote a short test.

We started a new topic "Shops and Shopping" and learnt a lot of different kinds of shops:
bakery, butcher´s, greengrocer´s, hardware shop, chemist´s, florist´s, stationery, grocer´s, fishmonger´s, clothes shop etc.
We also talked about different things one can buy in each shop.

If you want to practise more (especially pronunciation) watch these two short videos:
Video "Kinds of Shops"
Video "Shops and Shopping"

Your homework is to do the vocabulary tasks in the copy.

12/02 Wednesday. Class 11

Hello!

Today we were talking about cooking and recipes!

We learnt some cooking verbs (to boil, to grill, to roast, to stew, to bake etc.).

What we can find in the kitchen? (a kettle, a teapot, a stove, an oven, a sieve etc.).

Watch the videos - In the Kitchen and Cooking, repeat and learn the words.

Also we learnt how to write a recipe, we watched a video "How to make an apple pie" and learnt some new words (to blend, to combine, to sprinkle, to pinch, to add, to cut off etc.). 

To write a recipe we use imperative verbs (infinitive form without "to"):
Preheat the oven.
Add some butter.
Mix everything.
Don´t pour water.

Your homework is to write your own recipe of your favourite dish as in the example.

10/02 Monday. Class 10

Hello!
Hey, finally, all students came today! Great!

Today we´ve been practising how to make uncountable nouns - countable. We use the special words for that - containers (a can, a tin, a slice, a loaf, a steak, a bottle, a bar, a mug, a jar etc.).

Check the containers here. Watch the video and repeat the containers - Video.

Do online exercises: Ex 1 and Ex 2  and practise the containers.

Also we were trying to use the containers in our speech when we´re shopping:
I´d like some meat.
How much would you like?
I´d like three steaks. How much is a steak?
It´s 3 euros.Three steaks are 9 euros.

Have you got any bread?
Yes, I have. How much bread would you like?
I´d like 2 loaves of bread. How much is a loaf?
It´s 50 cents.

Your homework is to do the exercises in the copy related to cooking.

05/02 Wednesday. Class 9

Hello!
Unfortunately, there was only half of the group in the class. If it was for football, it´s absolutely unforgivable!

So, generally, we practised a lot the use of some/any, much/many/a lot of and  (a) little/few:
There´s some milk in the fridge. (affirmative)
Would you like some water? (suggestion)
Can you give me some apples, please? (request)
There isn´t much/little juice left. (negative and uncountable)
How many potatoes do you need?  - A few. (question and countable)
There is a lot of cheese in the supermarket. (affirmative and uncountable)
There are a lot of bananas in the bag. (affirmative and countable.)

Check the previous page of the blog to practise this grammar. Also watch a grammar video "Countable and Uncountable Nouns" and do the exercises online.

Also we watched a video "Food in Britain" (you can watch it again) and talked about typical British food and new tendencies.
What is your favourite food? Watch a video and write down the answers, repeat the expressions after the speakers.


Your homework is to do exercises in your copies "Food containers" and "In the kitchen"(for those who were absent I´ll upload these copies in Aula Virtual).

03/02 Monday. Class 8

Hello
Yesterday we started a new topic "Eating in or out". We revised some food and drinks vocabulary. To practise more the vocabulary check Aula Virtual and also this webpage "Food Activities".

We revised some grammar (countable and uncountable nouns) - Exercises online. 

Also we revised some/any/a lot of and learnt some new things - (a) few and (a) little:
There were few people in the class (usually negative meaning).
There is little wine in the bottle.
There are a few apples left (meaning "un poco").
There is a little juice left.

Read these grammar rules for "much/many, few/little" here.

Do the online exercises here.

We also did a lot of speaking today, practised asking questions form the questionnaire "Eating Habits":
Do you eat chocolate every day?
How often do you eat bread?
Did you have breakfast today?
Are you a vegetarian?

Your homework is to practise much/many, few/little and do the exersices in your copies.

29/01 Wednesday. Class 7

Hello!
Today we´ve listened to your presentations about Festivals in Spain. They were all very interesting. Those who haven´t spoken you have the chance to do it next class.

Common mistakes: people/children (no article), on the 12th of August, the festival is celebrated, people sing songs, drink, dance etc. (NOT dancing, drinking, singing).

British celebrate one day with fireworks -  
Guy Fawkes Night or Bonfire Night  (November 5th).
We´ve read about the origin of this holiday, who Guy Fawkes was and what he did.
Remember the vocabulary (catholics, king, blow up, cellars, gunpowder, barrels, plotters, fireworks, dummy).

We watched a short video about how British celebrate this day and learnt some useful vocabulary: to let off fireworks, bonfire, dummy/effigy/ragdoll Guy Fawkes, torchlit processions, kick off the fireworks etc.
Watch the video again.

If you want to know more about the history, watch a short video about what happened that day and who Guy Fawkes was.

People usually recite this small poem this day:
Remember, remember, the 5th of November
The Gunpowder Treason and plot;
I see of no reason why Gunpowder Treason
Should ever be forgot.


Next week we´re starting a new topic "Eat in or out".
Your homework is to find the food and its names in your copies and revise the grammar points.

27/01 Monday. Class 6

Hello
Today you were speaking English non-stop about holidays and celebrations (Easter, Carnival, Halloween, Guy Fawkes Night etc.).
Remember:
on the fifth of November, at Easter/Christmas, people celebrate (no article), in spring, in December.

If you´re interested to find ou more about the holidays, watch the videos:
St.Patrick´s Day

Veterans Day

Thanksgiving Day

Carnival (Mardi Gras)

Traditions of Easter

We also did "Festival quiz" to check you knowledge on different traditions, it was fun!

Your homework is to prepare a short speech about tyour favourite holiday.

22/01 Wednesday. Class 5

Hello

Unfortunately, we couldn´t watch the second part of the video due to some technical problems. Here´s the link - Video Part 2, watch it and do the exercises in the copy.
Check for the transcript in case if you don´t understand the speech.

We read about some famous festivals in the world and learnt some adjectives (sunny, beautiful, colourful, incredible, fantastic, impressive, exciting, traditional, tasty etc.).

Today we learnt about some traditions that people have celebrating some holidays (to let off fireworks, to wear costumes, to burn dummies, to dress up as witches, to eat a stuffed turkey, to cook traditional meal, to light bonfires etc.).

We also revised some very famous holidays and he dates:
Halloween - October 31st
Mary Day - Mar 1st
St Patrick´s Day - March 17th
Independence Day - July 4th
Guy Fawkes Night - November 5th

Your homework is to prepare a short speech about different holidays, using your copy: what people do that day, what the traditions are, what people eat and drink etc.

20/01 Monday. Class 4

Hello everyone!
I´m happy that you have finally been reading our blog. It means I´m doing it for something.

Today we´ve been doing lots of listening - at the train station and at the airport. Hope that now you won´t be lost anywhere! Here´re the links if you want to listen again:
At the airport
At the train station

We did some situation conversations - at the customs:
Where´re you coming from?
How long are you planning to stay?
Where will you be staying?
What is the purpose of your visit?
Is there anything to declare? etc.

Watch a video "At the customs desk in Austarlia", repeat and learn the phrases.

We also watched a short video about a trip to London. Video Link.

Your task at home is to do the vocabulary exercise. Next class we´re going to watch Part 2 of the video.

15/01 Wednesday. Class 3

Hello! Sorry for a delay!

So, last class we were talking about transport (train, bus, plane). We learnt a lot of new vocabulary (the train arrives at the platform 6, departs from platform 7, to land/take off, to hire a car, to buy a single/return ticket to ..., to give a lift etc.). 
We also listened to the numbers related to transport (platform 6, bus line 360, flight number DST 4389, seat 22, the 11:50 train etc.)

Here´re couple of links where you can revise the vocabulary and learn some extra words/phrases to the topic: Link 1 and Link 2.

We practised also some situation conversations - At the train station and At the bus stop:
Excuse me, when does the train to London leave?
I´d like a return ticket to Manchester.
Does this bus go to Green Park?
Where can I get the bus to ...?etc.

Watch videos and practise questions from the conversations:
Video 1 "At a railway station"
Video 2 "At the airport"

Your homework is to learn new words and expressions and to read a text about the festivals.

13/01 Monday. Class 2

Hello and welcome new students to our group - Aridane and Nerea, hope you´ll like it with us!

Today we learnt some new adverbs that we use with Present Perfect - since and for:
I´ve lived here since last winter (Christmas, 1998, I was four, Monday etc.).
He´s known his friend for years and years (ages, three years, a week etc.).

A small exercise for you to practise for and since.

We also listened to your small presentations of places of interesest in London - Tower Bridge and London Eye, thank you Ana, Jessica and Marta for your work.

When we´re travelling we can´t help using different means of transport. This was our subtopic today. We learnt different words related to transport (hand luggage, boarding pass, arrivals, ticket office, platform etc.).

Check the previous post of our blog with some extra exercises on the topic. Watch a video - Means of Transport and do the activity.

Your homework is to study carefully the copy "Transport", to learn new words and expressions and to practise their use with the exercises.

Trimester II. 08/01 Wednesday. Class 1

Hello. I´m glad to see you again in our course and welcome new students as well.

Today we continued the topic we had started before. We revised grammar: Have you ever...?
And we learnt a new thing related to Present Perfect: yet, just and already.
Have you packed your suitcase yet? - Yes, I´ve just done it.
Have you cleaned your room yet? - No, I haven´t done it yet.
I have already sent an e-mail.

If you would like to practise more visit this site.

We also did some listening - Tour of London (visit the site if you want to listen once again). You can also practise some means of transport - Transport. 

Here´s also a list of different exercises related to Tourism and transport, choose the ones you like and do them.

Your homework is to choose one of the attractions of London and prepare some info about it. And also do the grammar tasks in the copy.