Restaurants and other places

1) Read this loooong text and then answer the questions below: 

Read and choose one (or two)restaurant (s) for each answer:

0.    Which restaurant is famous for its lamb? ANSWER: A (Last Days of the Raj). 1.        Which restaurant serves hot and spicy food?  -- 2.       In which two restaurants can you listen to some great music? -- 3.      Which restaurant only has desserts and sweets? -- 4.      Which restaurant is good for people who don't eat meat? -- 5.      Which restaurant employs staff trained in Europe? -- 6.      Which restaurant serves an all-day breakfast including sausages, bacon and eggs?   -- 7.   In which restaurant can you eat outside?  --

a)    Last Days of the Raj b)   A Taste of Tuscany c)    Your Local Caff d)   The Lemon Tree e)    Cheesy Bites f)    Fast Best g)    The Chocolate Box h)   Musical Chairs  (C) Copyright BRITSH COUNCIL

2) Watch and learn more about the city of LONDON

3) Now watch this video and practice your pronunciation on PLACES & BUILDINGS vocabulary:

HAVE A NICE WEEK(END)!!!
D.

Listen and read: a story

Read and listen to this story
and after that, do this comprehension exercise.

Leave a comment giving your opinion about both the activity and the story.

 Did you like it?

Happy Halloween!!!!!!!!!!!

Hellooooooooooo!!!!!!!!!!
Halloween is here again. Are you ready?


elcivics has some interesting information for you to read, just click here. Have a look at the first 3 pages.


This is a long story about a witch. You can listen to it or read it while you listen, you choose. The script is a little below the picture, where it says "Katie’s Halloween Aunt"


How about a Halloween song? Enjoy this one from the "Nightmare Before Christmas" (I think..)

FILE 4 COMPLEMENTARY EXERCISES

Here are the links to the official Oxford English File Pre-intermediate website.

Click here to practise the grammar from Unit 4.

Click here to practise clothes vocabulary and here to practise opposite adjectives vocabulary from Unit 4.

Click here to practise phrases from the Practical English section 'Lost in San Francisco'.

If you want to try to reconstruct the texts from Unit 4, click here and choose one of the texts you have read. Read the text, then take out 25%, 50% or all of the words. Try to guess which words they are by writing them in the space.

And if you want to shop for clothes in English, then go to this website for topshop (women's clothes) and this website for topman (men's clothes). They are both famous clothes shops in the United Kingdom. Can you find anything you like?

Enjoy yourself!

IT'S CARNIVAL TIME!

Hello everybody!
As you well know, these days we're celebrating carnival in Las Palmas. But what do you know about its origins? Read this post to find out. For this year's programme, go here. By the way, next week there are no lessons. We're coming back on Monday 22nd.

And since it's Saint Valentine's on Sunday, you can look here to send a romantic letter to your Valentine. Or to practise more your WRITING, you can do some of the compositions suggested below

Extra Writing Units 1-4

FILE 3

We have just finished this unit, but do you still feel you don't control the contents in it?
For the futures, go here. or sing along this song, because I feel that tonight is going to be a good night

To revise the practical English section (problems with a meal), see this. and for the text builder section go here.
Do you want to read in English and not spend a penny? You can download some books for free at mansioningles. I hope you find something you like!

FILE 2

It is always good to do some EXTRA PRACTICE: 

• all the GRAMMAR points are here, 
• you can also practise "calling reception" 
• and reading (choose the files we've seen, click on "next", take out some words and try to complete the text as fast as you can)
• Subject and object questions seem to be still a bit hard for some of you. For extra practice go here, here, and here.
• For the pronunciation of -ed: read this. Then listen to the podcast and repeat the verbs and sentences. You can download the transcript in word format here, on the right, below the little face.

• Finally,  this is some cool practice on prepositions of location, and direction; then revise them here. This presentation will also help you; click here.
  

Happy Halloween!

How was Halloween?

Hey ho for Halloween

When the fairies all are seen;

Some black and some green,

Hey ho for Halloween!...

(Traditional Irish Rhyme)

What are its origins? Watch this to find out.

For further practice on UNIT 2:

• grammar, holidays vocabulary and reading (text building, just choose the lessons we have seen). 
• This is a game for the prepositions. If you like games with a joystick, go here and practise questions. This other game is easier to play and choose the correct prepositions.
• By the way, if you want to revise the pronunciation of verbs in the past, go here and do not forget to check this post by Laura. Really useful!
• Finally,  this is for the "Practical English" section.

Now you can sing along if you wish:

Tate Modern

This is the link you'll need for the search . Remember that for task 2, one is a future exhibition, the other is a current one. Good luck!

But meanwhile... have a laugh with Gomaespuminglish!