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miércoles, 8 de diciembre de 2010

DONNA LEON

JACK THE RIPPER

MURDER MYSTERIES



COMMON PHRASAL VERBS









INDIRECT QUESTIONS

QUESTION TAGS

TV AND KIDS

Is television good for kids? Why(not)? What should we do?

CONDITIONAL SONG LYRICS



CONDITIONALS

LISTENING

-TV guide
-Amanda
-Third conditional

READING

- Apologising: A how to guide
-Apologising
-Quiz: How lucky are you?
-Common superstitions
-Real unsolved mysteries
-Reality TV, comprehension exercise
-Agatha Christie, reading comprehension

PHRASAL VERBS LIST

-Phrasal verbs dictionary
-100 phrasal verbs

PRACTICE UNIT 7

-Third conditional
-Mixed conditionals
-Mixed conditionals
-Adjectives and adverbs
-Adjectives and adverbs
-Question tags
-Question tags
-Question tags
-Question tags
-Indirect questions
-Indirect questions
-Indirect questions
-Indirect questions
-Compound nouns
-Compound nouns
-Vocabulary:television and kinds of programmes
-Vocabulary: Television
-Vocabulary: Television and the Media
-Television and phrasal verbs
-Phrasal verbs
-Phrasal verbs
-Phrasal verbs
-Phrasal verbs
-Phrasal verbs
-Phrasal verbs
-Apologising

domingo, 7 de noviembre de 2010

TRAILER: THE MOTORCYCLE DIARIES

TRAILER: SCHINDLER´S LIST

HOLDING OUT FOR A HERO by Bonnie Tyler



READING

-Shopping in London
-Questions about reading shopping in London
-The Cannes festival
-The BAFTA awards
-Hollywood looks overseas for talent and profists
-Aung Sang Suu-Kyi
-Bono´s life

Trailer: Lord of the Rings

Trailer: The Beach

Trailer: Out of Africa

Trailer: Cinema Paradiso

LISTENING

-Grocery shopping
-Store returns
-Video rental shop
-Street market
-Tintin made into a film
-Movie sounds and clips
-What´s on the cinema?

REPORTED SPEECH

RELATIVE CLAUSES



PASSIVE VOICE





REPORTED SPEECH

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PRACTICE UNIT 6

-Reported speech: Theory and practice
-Reported speech
-Reported speech
-Reported speech
-Reported speech: statements
-Reported speech: questions
-Reported speech: orders-Passive voice
-Passive voice
-Passive voice
-Passive voice
-Passive voice
-Relative clauses
-Relative clauses
-Relative clauses
-Relative clauses
-Vocabulary: Places, stores and shops
-Vocabulary: shopping
-Vocabulary: shopping
-Vocabulary: shopping
-Vocabulary: shopping
-Vocabulary: cinema
-Vocabulary: cinema
-Vocabulary: cinema
-Vocabulary: cinema

jueves, 28 de octubre de 2010

SKATER BOY by Avril Lavigne



CURRICULUM VITAE



ARTICLES









GERUNDS AND INFINITIVES





HOW TO ANSWER JOB INTERVIEW QUESTIONS

SLOW FOOD

MEN´S BRAINS, WOMEN´S BRAINS

LISTENING

-Professional babysitters
-Your rights at work
-Part time job
-A healthy lifestyle
-Men´s brains, women´s brains

READING

- Can a healthy lifestyle cahnge your genes?
-The job interview
-Applying for a job
-Boys and girls
-Slow movement
-Amish lifestyle
-Slow food
-Slow cities
-Differences between the sexes
-Curriculum vitae

THEORY

-How to use articles
-Prepositions
-Gerunds and infinitives
-Quantifiers
-How to write a curriculum vitae

PRACTICE UNIT 5

-Quantifiers
-Quantifiers
-Quantifiers-Quantifiers-Articles
-Articles
-Articles
-Verbs and adjectives followed by prepositions
-Verbs followed by prepositions
-Adjectives followed by prepositions
-Adjectives followed by prepositions
-Adjectives followed by preposition
-Gerund or infinitive
-Gerund or infinitive
-Gerund or infinitive
-Gerund or infinitive
-Gerund or infinitive
-Gerund or infinitive
-Gerund or infinitive-Word formation
-Word formation
-Word formation
-Word formation
-Job and work vocabulary:Theory and practice
-Work vocabulary: Theory and practice

sábado, 23 de octubre de 2010

VISUALIZE YOUR IDEAL HOME

FINDING YOUR IDEAL HOME

WHAT WOULD YOU DO IF...

IF I WERE A RICH MAN

Listen to the song and pay attention to the use of second conditional.

BONFIRE NIGHT

FESTIVALS IN THE UK

SPORTS IN BRITAIN

BRITISH SCHOOLS

sábado, 9 de octubre de 2010

HOW TO MAKE FRIENDS



YOU CAN GET IT IF YOU REALLY WANT, by Jimmy Cliff

OUR HOUSE



USED TO

CONDITIONAL SENTENCES











BRITISH EDUCATION SYSTEM

Can you make a summary about what the British education system is like?

READING

-British houses
-Education in England-The British educational system
-The American educational system
-How to make friends

LISTENING

-Friendships
-Classes
-Classes
-University classes
-History lesson
-Conversation between friends
-First day of class
-School report

PRACTICE UNIT 4

-Conditional sentences
-Conditional sentences
-Conditional sentences
-Suggestions
-Suggestions
-Suggestions
-Used to
-Used to
-Used to
-Education vocabulary: Theory and practice
-Education vocabulary
-Vocabulary: education
-Education vocabulary
-House vocabulary: Theory and practice
-The garden
-The sitting room
-The kitchen
-The bathroom
-The bedroom

martes, 5 de octubre de 2010

LISTENING

-Modern manners
-What is she like?
-The ideal woman
-Plastic surgery
-A free cell phone

MODAL VERBS

HAVE TO, MUST, SHOULD

CAN, COULD, BE ABLE TO

MUST, HAVE TO NEGATIVE

MODAL VERBS

STREET SIGNS

READING

-Acceptable behaviour in England
-American table manners
-Polite manners in the UK
-Polite manners in the USA
-Courageous people

PRACTICE UNIT 3

-Modal verbs: obligation
-Modal verbs of obligation
-Modal verbs expressing obligation
-Modal verbs of deduction
-Modal verbs: deduction
-Modal verbs of deduction
-Ability and possibility
-can, could, be able to
-All modal verbs
-Modal verbs: different links to activities
-Mixed modal verbs
-Mixed modal verbs: theory and practice
-Mixed modal verbs
-Adjectives: -ing/-ed
-Adjectives: -ing/-ed
-Describing people: physical appearance
-Describing people

domingo, 19 de septiembre de 2010

PRESENT PERFECT TENSE PLUS VERB REVIEW

CAn you write down the questions? Pay attention to the verb tenses.

COMPARATIVES AND SUPERLATIVES

Could you write down all the questions? ... and answer them?

PRESENT PERFECT TENSES









LISTENING UNIT 2

-ABCs of Money matters
-Amounts of money (very easy)
-Travel arragements
-Adsense
-Talking about the film (strong adjectives)

CAR ESSENTIALS

DRIVING VOCABULARY

What kind driver are you?

READING

-Working online
-Driving in England. What are the differences between England and Spain?
-The Eurotunnel experience. Plan your journey

martes, 14 de septiembre de 2010

BEST BURGERS IN TOWN


What´s the special this week?
What does he order?
Does he have any problems with the order'

DICTIONARIES

-Wordreference.com
-Cambridge dictionary online
-Merriam Webster dictioanry
-Macmillan dictionary
-My dictionary
-Dictionary.com

BBC LEARNING ENGLISH

Grammar, vocabulary, quizzes etc.

LISTENING

-Randall´s ESL Cyber Listening lab:all levels
-Ello: 1000 listening exercises
-365 short stories
-British Council: Intermediate listening
-Download audio books
-Mp3s and podcasts
-Adsense
-BBC: Listen and watch
-English listening comprehension exercises
-TalkEnglish

NEW HEADWAY INTERMEDIATE ONLINE

More extra material from the same publisher

NEW ENGLISH FILE INTERMEDIATE

Extra material for your course

lunes, 13 de septiembre de 2010

PAST SIMPLE AND PAST CONTINUOUS

Watch this video and pay attention to the use of simple past and past progressive.

PAST PERFECT

PRESENT SIMPLE AND CONTINUOUS

CHOCOLATE FUDGE BROWNIES AND MORE


Watch these videos to learn how to make quick and tasty meals.

LISTENING UNIT 1

-Listen to this programme from BBC Learning English about food and cooking.
-Download mp3 files and do listening exercises about sport
-Sport
-Yoga poses
-Fast food restaurant
-Genetically modified foods
-Asking about restaurants
- Nigella´s choc chip muffins
-Sumo wrestling

I REGARD FOOD AS FUEL


Watch the video and answer these questions.
-What´s the purpose of eating?
-When can food be harmful?
-What does advertising make us do?
-Why do we sometimes eat more than we need?

READING: UNIT 1

-American football
-Kitesurfing
-Olympic games
-Read and listen about the food guide pyramid
-Britain is number one fast food nation
-Tips to save on food (reading and video)
-The truth about 12 health myths
-Find out what your personality is like with the Zamora personality test

BRITISH FOOD RECIPES


Why don´t you try some of these recipes and tell us about them?

PRACTISE UNIT 1

-Food vocabulary
-Food vocabulary
-Food vocabulary
-Food vocabulary
-Food vocabulary
-Simple present/present continuous
-Simple present/present continuous
-Simple present/present continuous
-Simple present/present continuous
-Past simple/progressive
-Past simple/progressive
-Past simple/progressive
-Past simple/progressive
-Past perfect
-Past perfect
-Past perfect
-Sport vocabulary
-Do, play or go (with sports)
-British desserts crossword
-Family vocabulary
-Family vocabulary
-Will/ be going to
-Future forms
-Future forms
-Future forms
-Describing personality
-Describing personality
-Describing personality

ENGLISH FOR LEVEL B1


Here you can find grammar, vocabulary, reading and phonetics for your level of English.

VERB TENSES



Click here to practise all verb tenses

GRAMMAR REFERENCE


Click here to get grammar explanations and practise