ARRANGEMENTS

Hello everybody!!!                                                                     .      . Well, I imagine you are all preparing for your orals next week... If you want to hear an example of two people arranging to meet, I've just found this post from EOI Guía. Listen to the conversation between two of the teachers, Michael and Pina, and see how they use some of the expressions we have seen in class this week. GOOD LUCK!

This Is The Life…

This is the song (end of unit 3A) that we could not  listen to in class, but which you can enjoy right now here (as promised) !!!
  

Lyrics

This Is The Life 
 (by Amy MacDonald)

Oh the wind whistles down
The cold dark street tonight
And the people they were dancing to the music vibe
And the boys chase the girls with the curls in their hair
While the shy tormented youth sit way over there
And the songs they get louder
Each one better than before

And you're singing the songs
Thinking this is the life
And you wake up in the morning and your head feels twice the size
Where you gonna go? Where you gonna go?
Where you gonna sleep tonight?

And you're singing the songs
Thinking this is the life
And you wake up in the morning and your head feels twice the size
Where you gonna go? Where you gonna go?
Where you gonna sleep tonight?
Where you gonna sleep tonight?

So your heading down the road in your taxi for four
And you're waiting outside Jimmy's front door
But nobody's in and nobody's home 'til four
So you're sitting there with nothing to do
Talking about Robert Riger and his motley crew
And where you're gonna go and where you're gonna sleep tonight
[ Lyrics from: http://www.lyricsmode.com/lyrics/a/amy_macdonald/this_is_the_life.html ]
And you're singing the songs
Thinking this is the life
And you wake up in the morning and your head feels twice the size
Where you gonna go? Where you gonna go?
Where you gonna sleep tonight?

And you're singing the songs
Thinking this is the life
And you wake up in the morning and your head feels twice the size
Where you gonna go? Where you gonna go?
Where you gonna sleep tonight?
Where you gonna sleep tonight?

And you're singing the songs
Thinking this is the life
And you wake up in the morning and your head feels twice the size
Where you gonna go? Where you gonna go?
Where you gonna sleep tonight?

And you're singing the songs
Thinking this is the life
And you wake up in the morning and your head feels twice the size
Where you gonna go? Where you gonna go?
Where you gonna sleep tonight?

And you're singing the songs
Thinking this is the life
And you wake up in the morning and your head feels twice the size
Where you gonna go? Where you gonna go?
Where you gonna sleep tonight?

And you're singing the songs
Thinking this is the life
And you wake up in the morning and your head feels twice the size
Where you gonna go? Where you gonna go?
Where you gonna sleep tonight?

Where you gonna sleep tonight?

D. 
;-)

PAST SIMPLE OR CONTINUOUS?

The PAST CONTINUOUS indicates actions that were in progress at a specific time in the past:
When the Twin Towers fell, I was eating some pizza and my mother was driving home from work

The PAST SIMPLE indicates finished actions and finished time. It also indicates a sequence of events, one after the other:
When I saw the news, I got up, looked at the TV and phoned my brother in New York.

Revise this point with this presentation:

simple past vs. past continuous

More PowerPoint presentations from Beth Bogage

For online exercises on the past simple go here and here. for exercises on the past continuous, go here and here.

Present simple or Present continuous?

Present Simple or Present Continuous?

Click HERE to practise.

present

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What does he look like?

He's medium height and well built.He has blue eyes and short blonde hair...

appearance NB2

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NEW news

Hello dear students,
 For your information, classes will begin on Monday 10th and Tuesday 11th Sept , depending in which group you are.

See you there!!!!


Our NEW class book:

REVISION FOR THE ORAL TEST

If you're still a bit lost, these tasks may help you, especially if you do not know to how show in your speaking that you can use the structures we have seen this year.
This game can also help  you: https://docs.google.com/open?id=0BxS4JWEko5c3eXowRXJmSXFBUjQ
Good luck!
Nb2 Oral Mock Practice May 2012

REVISION FOR THE WRITTEN TEST

Hello again!
I would like to share with you this presentation with all (I hope) the types of writings you need to be able to do at this level. I hope it helps you with your final revision. Good luck with your exams!!!!

Writing Revision NB2

REVISION FOR THE ORAL EXAM

Hello again!
This presentation will definitely help you revise for the oral exam (and even for the written one).
We did it all together two years ago, so take your time and check if you can do most of these things... Good luck with your exams!
Speaking NB2

To see some samples of the certification exam, you can go here.

yet, already, just

Please watch this video to revise how to ask directions

Complete these sentences with yet, already or just .

Revision unit 8A

Dulce is ill. But still you can work on this!

COMPLETE WITH some/any/no- body/where/thing

1) I've got _____________ in my eye. 2) There is ______________ at the door. 3) We haven't heard____________about Peter. Is he ill? 4) Do you live ______________ near Mandy? 5)________________ wants to see you. 6) Has ________________ seen my bag?    - I haven’t, but it must be ________________. 7) My teacher asked me _____________ funny. 8) Can I have ________________to drink? 9) Don't worry. _____________ can tell you where the post-office in this town is. 10) I don't know________________ about it. 11)  Sorry. There is _____________ I can do. 12) This summer I’d like to go _______________ far away from Spain.

Fill the gaps with the adjectives in brackets.

1 He's such a monotonous speaker. I was so ________________ that I fell asleep (bored / boring)

2 Most sequels (film second parts) are really__________________. (disappointed / disappointing)

3 I had such a ________________ day I went straight to bed. (tired / tiring)

 4 Everyone's very ________________ about the news. (excited / exciting)

5 That lamp produces a very ________________ effect. (pleased / pleasing)

6 The whole school was ________________ by the tragic event. (shocked / shoking)

7 I don't like watching ________________ films on my own. (depressed / depressing)

 8 I was really________________ when she told me she'd got divorced. (surprised / surprising)

 9 He's such a ________________ man. He only ever talks about himself. (bored / boring)

10 I'm very ________________ in films and theatre. (interested / interesting)

ANSWERS, next day,  IN CLASS!

IF...

We're almost finishing the year, but not yet!
To revise the CONDITIONALS in File 6, read this old post.

Here you can see some examples of conditionals in songs, with some explanation. I hope you find them useful. Just remember: 

• 1st  conditional:  (IF + present) ,  will + Infinitive
• 2nd conditional:  (IF + past)  ,  would + Infinitive

Finally sing along while you revise with the help of these well-known songs. Enjoy!!!

MORE LISTENING PRACTICE

The final exams are closer and you feel that you need to practise more your listening? Then this post can help you! These are some good pages for you to use:

1. VOANews: if you visit the "Special English" section, you can listen to some news and read it. It's American English, the vocabulary can be a bit difficult, but they speak slowly and you can read what they are saying `please DO NOT READ the first time you listen). It's American English
2. Real English: videos in Youtube; they interview people in the street about different topics.
3. http://www.esl-lab.com/ (American English). Listenings with multiple- choice questions. They usually have three parts: pre-listening exercises, listening exercise and post listening exercise, with the answers and the transcript. There are also vocabulary and matching exercises with their answers. They are all on-line.
4. Listen to English, learn English http://www.listen-to-english.com/  A huge list of podcasts at a basic level which you can download (click right button and save as…). Some of them have comprehension quizzes and all of them have the transcript. They are about various topics and grammar points. You can subscribe and you’ll get an e-mail with the audio file every time there’s a new one on the website.
5. The British Council http://learnenglish.britishcouncil.org/en/  There are “before you listen” exercises as well as comprehension and vocabulary and grammar exercises about the structures and vocabulary used in the listening. All the exercises have their key.

• ELEMENTARY PODCASTS: It’s like a radio programme. It starts with a small conversation and then they develop a topic. You can listen to the audio on-line, or download it to your computer, pendrive, MP3 or smart phone. (click right button and "save as"…)
• Big City Small World : radio soap opera about a group of young people from around the world sharing their experiences. You can download the activity, but not the audio.
• Word on the street: video about British culture experiences. You can download the activity, but not the video.
• Overcooked (video on British food) You can download the activity, but not the video.
• How to… ask for repetition accept or refuse an invitation You can download the activity, but not the video.
• On this site you can also find Word games to play on-line as well as a section for kids.
Finally, this old post will also give you some ideas. Good listening!

PRESENT PERFECT

This is the presentation we used in class:

Present Perfect Nb2

and this other one will give you more practice. If you still have problems, maybe this video can help you

These other two videos give you some examples of the Present Perfect in some songs; an explanation follows, great idea!

and more songs... Sing along if you are brave!

for a more extensive explanation, go here.

THE FUTURES

It's been a long time ... but here you finally have the presentation we used in class to study the different types of future.
3 Futures Nb2

And this is the song by Whitney Houston that we heard, "I will always love you" (a promise, by the way). You can sing along, if you have the voice...