Hotel stuff. At the airport. Dates and big numbers.

Hello

Here´re some useful links for listening and vocabulary:

At the hotel Video 1
At the airport Video 2

Big numbers in English Video 3
Saying the dates in English Video 4

Days and Dates in English - Practice and Listening

Hotels Exercises:
Task 1

Hotels and Airports:
List of exercises


Enjoy!!!

02-04/06. Tuesday-Thursday

Hey! It´s been a long time I last saw you, guys! As we´re not progressing, I can´t post any useful material for you.

So, anyway, here´re some good links to practise your listening skills:
Around the World BBC link
Pronunciation Link

One more link of UK - it´s climate and geography:
Video Link

Some grammar - here´s a link with some exercises on the topic - Comparative Structures:
Grammar Link

Enjoy!
Hope to see you all this week!!!

Tuesday-Thursday 19-21/05

Hello

This week we learnt the names of the animals (wild, farm and pets). Let´s revise their names:
Names of the animals Video

Also we learnt their parts of the body:
a beak, antlers, horns, paws, claws etc.
Animal Body Video

Listen to the description of the animals and guess what animals they are:
Listening animals

What is your favourite animal? Why? Can you describe it? Listen to some people talking about their favourite animals:
My favourite animal Listening

We also watched a short video about an Animal Shelter in London. Watch the video again and do the online exercises:
Animal Shelter Video

This week we also started a new topic "Protecting the Planet" and learnt some new vocabulary:
recycling, decompose, battery, methane, landfill, greenhouse effect etc.

Some grammar questions: comparative structures (as...as, not as/so ...as):
Ben is as tall as his brother.
Madrid is as beautiful as Barcelona.
Jane is not so clever as her sister. (Her sister is cleverer than Jane)

(much + comparative + than):
Dogs are much friendlier than cats.

Grammar Exercise

Tuesday-Thursday 5-7/05

Hello

We´ve started a new topic "The World Around Us" and learnt a lot of new words (a mountain, a cliff, a stream, an ocean, a sea, a swamp, a lake, a hill, a desert etc.)

Let´s revise the vocabulary! Watch a video and repeat the words:
Video Link "Nature"

We watched a short video about Natural Parks in Britain.
Here´s a link:
Countryside is Great Video

If you´re interested in practising some more listening on the topic - here´s part 2 of the video:
Countryside is Great Video 2

We learnt some new adjectives to describe nature landscapes: majestic, scenic, rolling, sweeping, fantastic, peaceful, lovely etc.

As for grammar - we talked about article "the" with geographical names:

Exercises to practise:
Grammar Link 1
Grammar Link 2

Trimester III. Tuesday-Thursday 14-16/04

Hello!

This week we´ve started a new topic "Weather" and learnt a lot of new words:
sunny, hot, rainy, foggy, windy, drought, flood, thunderstorm, warm, showers etc.

What´s the weather like today?
It´s sunny and warm.
There are no clouds in the sky. 
There´s a thunderstorm.

Practise with the video "Weather" and online exercises 
Link 1 and Link 2.

What´s the weather like today? Cold and sunny...


We also read and listened to the weather forecast. Do you remember parts of the world (north, south, east and west)?
Look at the picture.

We usually say:
in the east/west/north/south of Spain...

Here are some new words and expressions we learnt:
dry spell (a period of dry weather)
sunny spell (a period of sunny weather)
wet spell (a period of rains)
heavy showers/rain
strong wind etc.

Watch these short videos and pay attention to the weather words:
Video 1
Video 2 + exercises
Exercise on weather forecast

We also started a new topic "Future Life". What will life in future be like?

We did some predicitons using the expressions some words:
air cars, nutrition pills, space station vacations, smart fridge etc.

Here we´re talking about future and for that we need to use Future Simple. 
We form it with the help of the verb "will" + Infinitive:

I will (I´ll) have a car in 10 years.
 
You will (you´ll)
he/she/it will (he´ll/she´ll/it´ll)
we will (we´ll)
you will (you´ll)
they will (they´ll)

Visit this page and do the exercises with Future Simple.

Classes 18-20. Tuesday-Tuesday 10-17/03

Hello

These weeks we continued talking about clothes, shopping and wearing clothes. We learnt some useful expressions like phrasal verbs, in this topic we have plenty of them:
put on
take off
try on
throw out
wear out etc.

Remember! We can use an object between the verb and preposition or after them if it´s a noun:
Can I try a jacket on? or Can I try on a jacket?

But: If it´s a pronoun, we always use it between the verb and preposition:
I´d like to try it on. Throw them out. 

We also watched a video about Camden Market in London and revised some vocabulary. You can watch all parts of it and study the Language Focus as well:
Camden Market Video

Also we learnt some grammar - Comparative and Superlative degrees of the adjectives.
Here´s a list of exercises, choose any you´d like to practise and do them online:
Comparatives and Superlatives

In our dialogues we were using one and ones, we also revised this/that and these/those:
One/ones exercise

Here´re some more listenings that could be useful for you - Shopping for Clothes and Comparing places.

Have a nice weekend and enjoy tomorrow´s day off!!!

Classes 16-17. Tuesday-Thursday 3-5/03

Hello

It´s been some time since I posted a blog for you. So, here we go!

We´ve started a new topic "Shopping for clothes" with our new super book!

We 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 do you usually wear when you go to the party/work/beach?
I usually wear a dress and high heeled shoes ...
I usually wear trousers and a blouse ...
I usually wear a bikini and flip flop sandals ...

We´ve also been practising different expressions "Buying at the clothes 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"

Also we learnt some expression "Agree", "Disagree" and "Not sure":
Hmmm, I´m not sure.
Absolutely!
No way! etc.

Here´s a link with some expressions and listening. There a lot of them, write out those you like, repeat them with the speaker:

Listening Expressions

Do your homework and enjoy your weekend!