Christmas karaoke

Click here and here. Sing along and enjoy. Merry Xmas!

Christmas in Britain

  What is Christmas like in the UK? If you want to find out how they celebrate it, click here and watch the video. Enjoy!

B1: Listening comprehension: Urban life.

Listen to some people talking about the cities where they live. Click here and practise. 

B1. Video: Parts of the city and means of transport

Means of transport: Click here.

Parts of the city: Click here.

Please, remember that some of the words you will study here are different in Bristish English: 

American English            British English

Theater                            theatre                      teatro

Gas station                      petrol station            gasolinera

Drugstore                       chemist's                   farmacia

subway                           underground / tube    metro

(shopping) mall              shopping centre        centro comercial

parking lot                      car park                    parking, aparcamiento

crosswalk                       zebra crossing          paso de cebra

sidewalk                         pavement                 acera

highway                          motorway               autopista

traffic circle                    roundabout              rotonda

B1. Video: London

 Click here and here and watch the videos. 

Thanksgiving Day

This week the Americans celebrate Thanksgiving Day. Here is a video for you to watch if you want to know more about this special holiday. Click here and enjoy (English subtitles are available if you click on the 2nd button).

Thanksgiving (Song): I will survive (The Turkey Lady Strikes Back)

This lovely turkey doesn't want to die. Click here and enjoy! Happy Thanksgiving Day, or Turkey Day ;)

B 1. Grammar: Past simple vs. past continuous.

Watch the video (here) and listen to the explanation.

Exercises here, here and here. 

And now take a more difficult challenge: Click here and do the activities.

B1. Listening comprehension: Holiday plans.

  Click here and listen to Rose and Jack talking about their holiday plans.

B1. Pronunciation of the -ed ending (regular verbs) (2)

 Click here and revise how to pronounce the -ed ending of the regular past simple tense. To solve the puzzle you have to choose  /t/, /d/ or /id/ for each verb in the boxes. 

B1. Grammar: Past simple exercises

 Click here and complete the sentences with the verbs in the past simple. 

Now put the words in order to make sentences in the past simple. Click here.

B1. Listening (extra practice): Going on holiday.

 Listen to some speakers talking about their vacation plans. Click here.

B1. Pronunciation of the -ed ending

 

 Select to see the KEY (see below)

/t/: fixed, liked, looked, produced, washed 

/d/: begged, blamed, complained, lived, snowed 

/id/: added, divided, edited, landed, permitted

B 1. Pronunciation of the -ed ending in regular verbs

 Click here.

B 1: Past simple: pronunciation of irregular past forms

 Watch the video and practice the past simple of these irregular verbs. Click here.

B1: Grammar exercises: Present simple or continuous

 Click here and do the exercise (the key in at the end of the document)

B1: Vocabulary (Clothes)

 Practise the vocabulary we studied in class. Click here and here. 

B 1. Time prepositions

Visit the "Grammar Challenge" page and practice the use of AT / IN / ON. You will find some quizzes and also a podcast which includes a grammar explanation. Click here, listen and do the exercises (Download the exercises to see the answers).

B1: Game: Prepositions of place.

 Where is the mouse? Click here.

(Special thanks to Ruth Sánchez at EOI Coruña)
Remember:
Inside: dentro de.
Between: entre.
Above: sobre (sin contacto).
Below: debajo de (en un nivel inferior) // under: debajo de (como escondido, metido debajo de).

B1: Video- The Present Continuous (Grammar)

Grammar explanation: Click here.

 Practice:What are they doing? Click here and find out.

B 1. Vocabulary: Clothes (2)

 Click here and listen / read.

B 1. Grammar: Present simple.

Present simple: Click here and complete the sentences

Frequency adverbs: Click here, watch the video and then do the exercises (match-up, sentences and text)

B 1: Grammar exercises: Questions (Extra practice)

 Click here, here, here and here.

B1. Describing people.

 Click here and listen to the interviews.

Watch the video and practise the vocabulary we use to describe someone. Click here.

Click here and match the descriptions with the pictures (PLEASE: Don't send your results at the end of the exercise). 

B1: Word order in questions

 Word order in questions (click here).

Exercises here.

B1. Numbers

Numbers 1-100. Click here and revise (you don't have to do all the exercises, just one or two should be enough), Have a look at this chart too and learn how to read large numbers (here)

Ordinal numbers. Click here

Ordinal numbers and dates. Click here.

Now it's time to practice with a dictation. Click here and here

Class activities: Click here / here (phone numbers)

More extra practice here.

B1 Revision: Numbers and the alphabet.

Numbers: click here and listen.

The alphabet: click here and listen. 

B 1: Video. The Alphabet.

Click here and enjoy the video. Then, try to fill in the blank spaces with the missing words. If you want to see those words, just select the text. 

Transcript

The Sketch Show (UK) –Learn ABC

Teacher: ABC…Now I know my ABC. Oh, hello headmaster.

Headmaster: What are you doing?

Teacher: Oh, I’m teaching them the alphabet

Headmaster: It goes like this a-b-c-d-e… Now I know my ABC, come along and sing with me.

Teacher: I never remember that.

Headmaster: It’s your job to remember.

Teacher: How does it go again?

Headmaster: A-b-c…

Teacher: That’ll do.

Headmaster: No. It won’t do. A-b-c…

Teacher: That’s the bit I struggle with. It’s too much. What about this?

A-b-c-d-e-f-g now let’s learn to count to 3. 1-2-3…

Headmaster: We aren’t doing counting, are we? What are we doing?

Teacher: Alphabet.

Headmaster: Now repeat. A-b-c…

Teacher: …H-I-J-K-EMILY-P

Headmaster: You’re saying Emily, aren’t you?

Teacher: Yes, I am.

Headmaster: It’s wrong.

Teacher: It’s too fast.

Headmaster: It’s gotta (=It has got to) be fast to rhyme.

Teacher: Oh, it’s gotta rhyme.

Headmaster: Yes.

Teacher: OK, what about (sings letters in a different order).

Headmaster: It’s gotta rhyme and be in the right order.

Teacher: You’re just picking on me now.

Headmaster: Now we’ll go again. A-b-c-d… Eyes to me.

Teacher: I wanna (I want to) go home.

Headmaster: L-m-n-o-p

(alphabet song)

Headmaster: That bell’s for me not you.

(alphabet song)

Teacher: Hey kids, before we go let’s do nursery rhymes.