Bye, bye!

Well, this is all, folks! It's time for me to say goodbye and I just want to thank you all. It's been a real pleasure!

Thanks to all,
Mariluz

COMPARATIVES AND SUPERLATIVES

Do the activity below while you watch this video:

(See transcript here)

UNIT 6B. Roles people play

Grammar: Superlative adjectives. Game
Superlatives (1)
Superlatives (2)

Happy Saint Patrick's Day!

Today is St Patrick's Day, the patron saint of Ireland. Learn about its legend and do the quiz below.

If you have time try the Ireland quiz!

Unit 6. Life with teenagers

Grammar:
Comparative adjectives. Grouping game
Comparatives: as...as, less than (1)
Comparatives: as...as, less than (2)
Comparatives: as...as, more than, -er than

Vocabulary:
Personality adjectives crossword

Unit 5. REQUESTS, OFFERS AND SUGGESTIONS

Hi,

Check this website to learn how to make requests and do the exercises.
Check this website to learn how to make offers and suggestions and do the exercises.

Listening:
Could you do me a favour? (See transcript here.)
Pick Up Places. Jonathan and Jeff talk about places to meet women. (See transcript here.)

UNIT 5 B. NEVER TOO OLD

GRAMMAR:
The Future with "Will"
The future with "Be Going To"
Going to & Will 1
Going to & Will 2
Will or Going to?

Verb patterns
Gerund after prepositions
Verbs with prepositions

LISTENING:
What are your plans for tonight?
Wish list Quiz (See transcript here)

SONG: LEAN ON ME + PENELOPE CRUZ'S SPEECH AT THE OSCARS

Lean on me by Bill Withers

Michael Bolton (Karaoke version). Sing along!


This is taken from Self-learning EOI Coruña:

And the Oscar goes to ... Penélope Cruz

This is not going to be 45 seconds, I can say that right now. Has anybody ever fainted here? Because I might be the first one. Thank you so much to the Academy. I want to share this with my fellow nominees and with the amazing ensemble of actors that I had the privilege to work with in this movie. Thank you, Woody, for trusting me with this beautiful character. Thank for you having written over all these years some of the greatest characters for women. And I cannot talk about great female characters without thanking my friend Pedro Almodóvar for having made me part of so many of his adventures. Thank you, Bigas Luna, Fernando Trueba, for giving me my first movies. Thank you, Harvey Weinstein. I wanted to dedicate this to my parents and to my brother and sister, to my friend Robert Garlock, who is not with us anymore, and to everyone who has helped me from the beginning and you know who you are and I thank you from my heart.

I grew up in a place called Alcobendas, where this was not a very realistic dream. And I, always on the night of the Academy Awards, I stayed up to watch the show and I always felt that this was, this ceremony was a moment of unity for the world because art, in any form, is and has been and will always be our universal language and we should do everything we can, everything we can, to protect its survival. So I thank you so much and I have to say something in Spanish, because everyone: Todos los que desde España ahora estén compartiendo este momento conmigo y sientan que esto también es de ellos, se los dedico. Y a todos los actores de mi país. Muchisimas gracias.Thank you so much.

UNIT 5. Into the future

Grammar:
will / won't for predictions (1)
will / won't for predictions (2)
will / won't for promises, offers, decisions (1)
will / won't for promises, offers, decisions (2)
might for possibility
present, past and future of can
review of tenses (1)
review of tenses (2)

Listening:
Cars of the future quiz (See transcript here)
Future talk and kids (See transcript here)

CONFUSING WORDS

ANOTHER/THE OTHER
OTHER, ANOTHER, OTHERS, THE OTHERS 1
OTHER, ANOTHER, OTHERS, THE OTHERS 2

TRIP, VOYAGE, EXPEDITION, JOURNEY, TRAVEL

SAY/TELL 1
SAY/TELL 2

FINISH/END 1
FINISH/END 2

HAPPY VALENTINE'S DAY!

As you all know, next Saturday is Saint Valentine's Day, so here you have some links and activities related to the festivity of love. Enjoy!

Article: The language of Love
Listening: Valentine's Day around the World
Quiz activity
Valentine Cards
ALL YOU NEED IS LOVE by the Beatles (with subtitles in English and Spanish)

Karaoke on line

Singing songs is an excellent way of improving your pronunciation. So I have found this excellent karaoke site . It is called Karaoke Party

and the great thing is that if you register you can actually get a score for your singing when you hit the right notes! but if you don't have a microphone you can still sing the songs!

No excuses . Get singing right now!

Blog entry taken from Blog de Cristina

January Exam

Aquí tenéis los archivos que contienen el examen que realizasteis en enero con las respuestas y las transcripciones de los archivos de audio. Poned el cursor encima del archivo que deseéis guardar, haced click en el botón derecho del ratón y elegid la opción "download" para poder guardar los archivos en vuestro ordenador.


Extra practice:
Listening about jobs with a different exercise
Listening about Santa Claus with a different exercise. See transcript here.

SONG: YOU CAN'T HURRY LOVE

Diana Ross and the Supremes


Phil Collins version


Karaoke version. Sing along!

ORAL EXAM: example of a task

Hi,
Here is an example of an official oral task. It's task 2, an interaction among students, and this is just what you'll be tested about. Have a look at it and good luck!

Extra listenings for the exam

Click on the images to print the activities. There you can check the answers to the questions and read the transcripts.

UNIT 4. TV or not TV?

TV addiction quiz
Listen to a girl talking about how much TV she watches and answer the questions. You can read the transcript by clicking SHOW TEXT/HIDE TEXT.
Listen to another girl talkig about TV preferences and answer the questions. You can read the transcript by clicking ON while you listen.
Listen to a man talking about films and answer the questions. You can read the transcript by clicking on TRANSCRIPT.
Vocabulary: -ed/ing adjectives 1 | 2| 3

Recursos: yappr.com

Practica y aprende inglés de la manera divertida con entretenidos videos en www.yappr.com.

No hace falta registrarse, aunque es gratis e interesante. Con darle al botón 'videos', elegís el nivel (fácil), y véis los videos con subtítulos en inglés y en español.

¡Recomendado!

Blog entry taken from Sergio Viñals's blog

EXAM MATERIAL

Sorry to keep you waiting, I've been having problems with my Internet connection. Here are some activities to practice for the exam. All of them have the key for you to check your answers. Just click on the images and print them. Best of luck!

Reading
Part 1: Headings


Part 2: Multiple choice


Part 3: Gap filling


Listening
Part 1: Headings



Part 2: Multiple choice



Part 3: Gap filling