In the midst of this terrible pandemic, Cecilia Castellano (2º Bach IES Taboada Chivite de Verín) and her English teacher remind us that we shall overcome some day.
Se muestran los artículos pertenecientes al tema INGLÉS.
Practising tenses with videos
Verb Tense Revision Chart by Humberto de la Cuesta
Click HERE, as well
Present perfect + ever (last video)
- Have you ever skipped school?
- Have you ever fallen asleep in the cinema?
- Have you ever been to a nude beach?
- Have you ever done something you regret?
- Have you ever read a whole Harry Potter book?
- Have you ever drunk while underage?
- Have you ever had an accident?
- Have you ever kissed someone on the first date?
- Have you ever read the Bible?
- Have you ever aced a test without studying?
- Have you ever passed out?
- Have you ever slept until 5 pm?
- Have you ever eaten food that fell on the floor?
- Have you ever tried to cut your own hair?
- Have you ever lied to get a job?
- Have you ever regifted something that was gifted to you?
- have you ever given a stranger a fake phone number?
- Have you ever met someone famous?
(Questions from Cristina Cabal’s blog)
All tenses revision HERE
THE ENVIRONMENT
Amazing unit by Cristina Cabal - HERE
Vocabulary - HERE
Climate Change cartoon - HERE
Climate Change, can we stop it? (Reading with audio) - HERE
Nature and the environment texts - HERE
Artic Warming - Reading (gapped exercise) HERE
Written mediation
As eco as they can be, electric scooters turn out to be more of a problem than convenience on the streets of Madrid and other major Spanish cities. The scheme is the same as with the rentable electric cars or bicycles - you find it using an app, pay a fee, ride, and then park it at any location. That last part turns out to be causing troubles for pedestrians as scooters are being left on sidewalks or used without taking into consideration traffic rules.Some viral videos show people racing with the vehicles causing problems for pedestrians.
Oral Mediation + Interaction - HERE
C1 Written mediation - Bar chart above
Writing - The climate change problem
SCIENCE, TECHNOLOGY AND RESEARCH
CLICK HERE ( BLOG CRISTINA CABAL)
- Reading Comprehension : "Robots - friend or foe?" HERE.
- Listening Comprehension: "Living online" - HERE.
- Phones and technology vocabulary HERE + vocabulary HERE and HERE
- Idioms about Science and technology HERE
-Genetically modified crops- HERE
- Speaking task - HERE
- Oral Mediation (C1_ Written B2):
Automation (Click HERE):
Robots have been doing the repetitive drudge work in our factories fordecades. But now they can flip burgers, lay bricks, even co-operate to open doors and escape. Giant 3D printers can make houses out ofconcrete in a fraction of the time humans can. "Artificial Intelligence is a big threat to low-skilled jobs, no question," says Bernard Louvat, general manager of digital customer engagement solutions at tech firm Nuance."Chatbots are certainly eliminating jobs - we need fewer and fewer human agents each year. The ones that are left will be highly skilled super-agents looking after the most complicated cases."
And Selfie-Tourism (Click HERE - Key):
You read the following text in a news article:
Technology has changed the way we travel. Smartphones, travellers’ comments and photos,search engines and algorithms can all inspire and empower us to plan complex journeys all overthe globe within minutes.
For many people, mobile phones have become their external brain when on the road. These so-called “selfie-gaze” tourists see and experience the destination largely through their cameras
and the comments and feedback they receive on their posts. In this sense, their satisfaction does not depend on the quality of the destination and experience, but on how well they manage impressions and attract “likes” and positive comments.
Advanced writing about mobile phones - Article HERE
A for and against essay about mobile phones HERE
Click HERE
HEALTH VOCABULARY ACTIVITY by Cristina Cabal
Do you agree?Use the words in the wheel (or HERE) in your answer. + VOCABULARY HERE
- ” Modern lifestyles can seriously endanger our health”
- Countries should make vaccination compulsory
- Do you think the numbers of vegetarians and vegans will continue to grow? If so, what explains their continued popularity?
- How do you feel about surgery? Would you consider having surgery that isn’t completely necessary, like plastic surgery?
- Lifespans are getting longer. How long do you think the Millennials Generation (1980-1994) will live on average?
LISTENING C1 - MEDICAL ADVANCES IN WORLD WAR 1
READING B2 - BENEFITS OF GETTING FIT
B2 LISTENING EXERCISES HEALTHCARE
READING (ADVANCED) ARE MOBILE PHONES BAD FOR YOUR HEALTH?
MEDIATION:
1- Topic: Health - Junk food
You read the following text in a news editorial:
In the continuing effort to fight obesity in the US, the Food and Drug Administration is reviewing its nutrition labeling guidelines. However, what motivates people to buy junk food varies so much based on context - the purchasing environment, their socio-economic status, their emotional state, their hunger - so a label is unlikely to “interrupt” the purchasing decision except in a small number of cases.
EXPLAIN IN YOUR OWN WORDS WHAT YOU HAVE JUST READ
2- Topic: Health - Cosmetic surgery
You read the following text in a news editorial:
According to the American Society of Plastic Surgeons (ASPS), almost 18 million people underwent surgical and minimally invasive cosmetic procedures in the United States in 2018.This total means that there were almost a quarter of a million more procedures in 2018 than in 2017. The authors of an earlier study in the United Kingdom analysed 204 questionnaires to identify the factors that make people go through cosmetic surgery. The findings showed that women who rated their self-esteem, life satisfaction, and attractiveness as low, had few religious beliefs, and had high media exposure were more likely to undergo cosmetic surgery.
EXPLAIN IN YOUR OWN WORDS WHAT YOU HAVE JUST READ
WRITING - HEALTH (INCLUDING SUMMARY, BAR CHART, PIE CHART AND LINK TO USEFUL VOCABULARY FLASHCARDS)
WRITING - A COMPLAINT LETTER/EMAIL:
TOPIC: A COMPLAINT TO THE TOWN COUNCIL
Tidworth health centre closes its doors with just four days’ notice. The healthcentre has been forced to close its doors this week in the face of “considerables taffing challenges”. Millstream Medical Centre will provide enough clinical stafft o continue to be able to see patients of this area.
Write an email to the town council complaining about the closure. Include the following
points:● Briefly describe the consequences for the community of this closure.● Explain what actions the community is going to take to protest against this measure.
QUESTIONS ABOUT THE TOPIC: WORK (B2-C1)
City of Stars, from La La Land
City of Stars is the main theme of La La Land, the musical that will be performed by IES Taboada Chivite students in June 2023 (in Galician Language). Could you translate the second verse of the song into Galician in such a way that it can be sung in our language? (Pay attention to rhythm and rhyme!). Give it a try!!!!
City of stars
Just one thing everybody wants
There in the bars
and through the smokescreen
Of the crowded restaurants
It's love
Yes, all we're looking for is love
From someone else
A rush
A glance
A touch
A dance
IES Taboada Chivite Teachers’ Choir’s version HERE
PROBAS CERTIFICATIVAS - GALICIA + LINKS
CLICK HERE (2020) and HERE (C1)
HERE, AS WELL (GUIDES)
HERE EEOOII scoring guides (rúbricas).
AND......USEFUL POSTS:
EXCELLENT POST BY NATALIAZLM: WRITING - USEFUL EXPRESSIONS FOR ESSAYS + WRITING BANK
CONNECTORS AND LINKING WORDS - INGLÉS PARA PEREZOSOS - Click HERE
TALK SPEAK ENGLISH YOUTUBE CHANNEL-HERE
USEFUL VOCABULARY (AND MORE) B2 AND C1 - B1 - ENGLISH FILE OUP + VOCABULARY B2 INGLÉS PARA PEREZOSOS HERE
SOME PRICELESS TOPIC BASED VIDEOS TO HELP YOU PREPARE FOR YOUR SPEAKING TEST (FROM CRISTINA CABAL’S WEBPAGE)
ENGLISH FILE RESOURCES - DIFFERENT LEVELS HERE
B1-B2-C1 EJERCICIOS Y APUNTES -INGLÉS PARA PEREZOSOS HERE
B1 GRAMMAR (FROM LAWEBDELINGLES) It includes translation exercises.
B2 GRAMMAR ( FROM LAWEBDELINGLÉS) It includes translation exercises.
C1 GRAMMAR (FROM LAWEBDELINGLÉS) It includes translation exercises.
CRISTINA CABAL’S EOI SPEAKING TOPICS AND MAREK CONNELL’S EOI MONOLOGUES
B2-C1 MONOLOGUE(CONTROVERSIAL ISSUES, F EX UNEMPLOYMENT) AND DIALOGUE (A SHORT BREAK AT THE FALLAS)
AMIGOS INGLESES: IMPROVE YOUR WRITING USING MORE ADVANCED VOCABULARY
SIX TIPS TO PASS THE EOI B2C1 WRITING/SPEAKING EXAM SAMPLE MEDIATION IN WRITING AND SPEAKING
FORMAL LETTER-EMAIL ASKING FOR INFORMATION - COVER LETTER - COMPLAINT LETTER (+ COVER LETTER INGLÉS PARA PEREZOSOS) + FORMAL EMAILS DONE IN OUR LESSONS->HERE - COMPLAINT - USEFUL PHRASES- HERE (another complaint e-mail HERE)- Complaint letter by Cristina Cabal HERE
SPEAKING AND WRITING ABOUT CHARTS, GRAPHS, DIAGRAMS...IN ENGLISH + GRAPHS, CHARTS DONE DURING THE LESSONS HERE - USEFUL VIDEO HERE
OPINION ESSAYS AND FOR-AGAINST ESSAYS - B2-C1 OPINION ESSAY HERE + C1 WRITING MODELS - HERE + HOW TO WRITE A PROPOSAL C1+ MULTIFUNCTION WRITING - HERE
- A FEW LINKERS + B1-B2-C1 USEFUL VOCABULARY
- TO THE POINT ENGLISH WITH BEN (VOCABULARY...C1-C2) It includes translation activities-Advanced and proficiency verbs.
- TWO C1 ORAL MEDIATION EXAMPLES
- ESSAY WRITING C1
- ARTICLES, GRAPHS, COMPLAINT EMAILS
- INVERSION
- RECURSOS LISTENING C1 - C2 - FRIENDS MILES AWAY
- C1- C2 LISTENING PRACTICE
- FOLDERS WITH EEOOII "PRUEBAS CERTIFICATIVAS" B1-B2-C1 - HERE
- B2-C1 USEFUL LINKERS + B2-C1 PHRASAL VERBS + B2- C1 USEFUL IDIOMS + B2-C1 OTHER USEFUL EXPRESSIONS
- ENGLISH FILE GRADED VOCABULARY
- UPPER-INTERMEDIATE VOCABULARY AND INTERMEDIATE VOCABULARY
- NEF ADVANCED VOCABULARY
- C1 ORAL MEDIATION TASKS
- HEALTH VOCABULARY ACTIVITY BY CRISTINA CABAL
- THE WORLD OF WORK - HERE - WORK B2-C1
- HEALTH - HERE - HEALTH B2-C1
- SCIENCE, TECHNOLOGY AND RESEARCH - HERE
- THE ENVIRONMENT - HERE
FRAZE.IT AND FLAX
C1 - C2 LISTENING PRACTICE
THE AUDIO LONG READ - THE GUARDIAN
NPR PODCASTS AND SHOWS (AMERICAN ENGLISH)
CBC PODCASTS (CANADIAN)
ABC PODCASTS (AUSTRALIAN)
BRITISH MEDIA ONLINE
CLICK HERE
MEDIATION: RELAYING INFORMATION FROM GRAPHS AND INFOGRAPHICS (By Paula Gómez Cernadas)
Click HERE ( Paula Gómez's blog - Pontevedra EOI)
FRIENDS MILES AWAY
One of the BEST blogs to prepare your B2/C1/C2 EOI exam. Click HERE
Essay Writing C1
CLICK HERE
MUNDO PRIMARIA GAMES
Click HERE
Sample EOI tests
Click HERE
Wheel of Fortune Reported Speech
Report the sentences above
TO THE POINT ENGLISH WITH BEN
An American in Spain - 10 Spain cultural shocks
Click HERE (Vídeo: An American assistant teacher speaking about 10 culture shocks she experienced during her stay in Spain)
Click HERE(An American writes about five questions he’s been asked in Spain (!!!) and his answers).
Now...Your turn...What questions would you ask our American assistant teacher?
HOMEWORK:
Write them in the PADLET above ( question number and your name)
EXPRESSIONS WITH NO - TRANSLATION
TRANSLATE INTO ENGLISH ( USING THE EXPRESSIONS WITH NO IN THE VIDEO ABOVE)
1- DE NINGÚN MODO DEBERÍAS COGER UNA BAJA A MENOS QUE QUIERAS SER DESPEDIDO.
2- NO TENEMOS MÁS OPCIÓN QUE IR A LA HUELGA PARA QUE NUESTROS DERECHOS LABORALES SEAN RESPETADOS.
3- TENIENDO EN CUENTA QUE SE ESTÁN IMPLEMENTANDO POCAS MEDIDAS PARA DETENER EL CAMBIO CLIMÁTICO,NO ES SORPRENDENTE QUE LOS CASQUETES POLARES SE ESTÉN DERRITIENDO.
4- PUEDE QUE NO LO CONSIGAS, PERO NO PASA NADA POR INTENTARLO.
5- NO SIRVE DE NADA LLORAR POR LA LECHE DERRAMADA.
6- NO ES RELEVANTE SI INTENTAMOS SOLUCIONAR EL PROBLEMA AHORA MISMO O LE DAMOS UNA VUELTA.
7- YA NO SOPORTABA EL TRABAJO, ASÍ QUE NO ME ARREPIENTO EN ABSOLUTO DE HABER DIMITIDO.
8- EL DIRECTOR DEL COLEGIO NO PUSO NINGUNA OBJECIÓN A QUE LOS PADRES DEL ALUMNO ASISTIESEN A LA REUNIÓN DE EVALUACIÓN.
9- NO TENGO NINGUNA DUDA EN RECOMENDAR A PETER JOHNSON PARA EL PUESTO QUE SE OFERTA EN SU EMPRESA.
10- SUS OPINIONES CON RESPECTO AL ASUNTO QUE NOS OCUPA SON IRRELEVANTES PARA MÍ.
KEY:
1- DE NINGÚN MODO DEBERÍAS COGER UNA BAJA A MENOS QUE QUIERAS SER DESPEDIDO.
BY NO MEANS SHOULD YOU TAKE SICK LEAVE UNLESS YOU WANT TO BE MADE REDUNDANT.
2- NO TENEMOS MÁS OPCIÓN QUE IR A LA HUELGA PARA QUE NUESTROS DEREHOS LABORALES SEAN RESPETADOS.
WE HAVE NO CHOICE BUT TO GO ON STRIKE SO THAT OUR RIGHTS AS WORKERS CAN BE RESPECTED.
3- TENIENDO EN CUENTA QUE SE ESTÁN IMPLEMENTANDO POCAS MEDIDAS PARA DETENER EL CAMBIO CLIMÁTICO,NO ES SORPRENDENTE QUE LOS CASQUETES POLARES SE ESTÉN DERRITIENDO.
TAKING INTO ACCOUNT THAT FEW MEASURES ARE BEING IMPLEMENTED IN ORDER TO STOP CLIMATE CHANGE, IT IS NO WONDER / IT COMES AS NO SURPRISE THAT POLAR ICE CAPS ARE MELTING.
4- PUEDE QUE NO LO CONSIGAS, PERO NO PASA NADA POR INTENTARLO.
YOU MAY NOT GET IT, BUT THERE IS NO HARM IN TRYING.
5- NO SIRVE DE NADA LLORAR POR LA LECHE DERRAMADA.
IT IS NO USE CRYING OVER SPILLED MILK.
6- NO ES RELEVANTE SI INTENTAMOS SOLUCIONAR EL PROBLEMA AHORA MISMO O LE DAMOS UNA VUELTA.
IT MAKES NO DIFFERENCE IF WE TRY TO SOLVE THE PROBLEM RIGHT NOW OR IF WE THINK IT OVER.
7- YA NO SOPORTABA EL TRABAJO, ASÍ QUE NO ME ARREPIENTO EN ABSOLUTO DE HABER DIMITIDO.
I COULDN’T STAND THE JOB ANYMORE, SO I HAVE NO REGRETS ABOUT HAVING RESIGNED.
8- EL DIRECTOR DEL COLEGIO NO PUSO NINGUNA OBJECIÓN A QUE LOS PADRES DEL ALUMNO ASISTIESEN A LA REUNIÓN DE EVALUACIÓN.
THE HEADMASTER HAD/SAW NO OBJECTION TO THE CHILD’S PARENTS’ ATTENDING THE ASSESSMENT SESSION.
9- NO TENGO NINGUNA DUDA EN RECOMENDAR A PETER JOHNSON PARA EL PUESTO QUE SE OFERTA EN SU EMPRESA.
I HAVE NO HESITATION IN RECOMMENDING PETER JOHNSON FOR THE POSITION OFFERED BY YOUR COMPANY.
10- SUS OPINIONES CON RESPECTO AL ASUNTO QUE NOS OCUPA SON IRRELEVANTES PARA MÍ.
HIS OPINIONS AS REGARDS THE ISSUE WE ARE DEALING WITH ARE OF NO CONSEQUENCE TO ME.
NOTTING HILL CARNIVAL - Video listening Comprehension
Questions about the video above HERE
BRITISH AND AMERICAN FESTIVITIES
PODCASTS FROM...CLICK HERE.
Activitiy for our 2022 Cultural Week (English Department - IES Taboada Chivite)
Let's learn about the USA!!!! (Ohio)
Click HERE (American icons and landmarks), HERE (USA Quiz), HERE (USA Cloze Test)
Fast Facts about USA geography, people and culture, nature, governnent, economy and history HERE.
US history in 47 episodes HERE.
What’s the education system like in the USA? Click HERE.
Tessa, our assistant teacher, is from Ohio. Watch the video above and answer these questions:
- Ohio is in a region of the USA called........
- One nickname which is commonly used for the state of Ohio is the Buckeye state because of the buckeye ........
- Who was William Harrison?
- Ohio has another nickname. Which one?
- Who were the Wright brothers?
- What is the Ohio Burgee?
- The Ohio state flag is not...........
- Where is the city of Columbus?
- Where do cardinals live?
American English vs British English
GRAMMAR - Click HERE.
SPELLING - Click HERE and HERE
VOCABULARY - Click HERE and HERE, THEN WATCH THE VIDEO ABOVE AND....
What do these British and American slang words mean?
Flossing (American slang)=
Chin Wag (British slang) =
Ba-Donka-Donk (American slang)=
Chuffed to bits (British slang)=
Shawty (American slang)=
PRONUNCIATION- Click HERE
Pronounce the following words, first with a British accent and then with an American accent:
ADULT – GARAGE – HOSPITABLE – MOBILE – CAN’T – CLASS – AFTER – EAR – CHAIR - MORE – CIVILIZATION – ORGANIZATION – GLOBALIZATION – BETTER – WATER – BOTTOM- NOTICE
Now read the following sentences with British and American accent:
1- Adults should drink more than a glass of water a day.
2- You can’t use your mobile now. Only after the class has finished.
3- I’ve noticed she isn’t a hospitable host.
4- Is globalization better for our civilization?
5- Where’s your old chair? It’s in the garage.
English Pronunciation Problems and Mistakes Spanish Speakers Make
Click HERE(from the excellent YouTube Channel: Pronunciation with Emma)
25th November - negative and positive messages
By 2nd ESO A and B - Reforzo. Activity for our EDLG
ONLINE ESL SCATTERGORIES
Click HERE.
"GUESS WHO" GAME
Click HERE
OPINION ESSAYS and FOR-AGAINST ESSAYS
USEFUL VOCABULARY FOR WRITING A GRAPH ESSAY
TED TALK ABOUT FOBO (for unit 8 C11 That's English!)
Exercises from LINGUAHOUSE HERE
SPEAKING AND WRITING ABOUT CHARTS, GRAPHS, DIAGRAMS... IN ENGLISH
HAPPY SUMMER!!!
By Youssef, Ana and Soraya ( English REF - 1 ESO C)
SIMPLE ENGLISH VIDEOS - PRONUNCIATION
Formal letter/e-mail asking for information- Cover letter - Complaint letter
LET'S GO GREEN
This year, the topic chosen for our Cultural Week (IES Taboada Chivite) has been the protection of the environment....Let’s go green!!!!
1st year ESO (REF) students and 3rd year PMAR students recite poems about nature in the second video above.
2nd year ESO students sing "What a Wonderful World" in the third video above.
PHOTO ALBUM HERE
INGLÉS PARA PEREZOSOS
Very useful YouTube Channel to prepare B1, B2, C1. Click HERE.
REVISION RELATIVES, PASSIVE VOICE, TO/ING
SPEAKING (B11, B21, B23 THAT'S ENGLISH)
B11:
- SPEAK (2 TO 3 MIN) ABOUT: PROS AND CONS OF GLOBALIZATION
- SPEAK (2 TO 3 MIN) ABOUT: AN INVENTION THAT WE USE EVERY DAY
- SPEAK (2 TO 3 MIN) ABOUT: HOW DO YOU TAKE CARE OF THE ENVIRONMENT?
- SPEAK (2 TO 3 MIN) ABOUT: FOOD- COOKING - RESTAURANTS:
A) WHAT’S YOUR COUNTRY’S CUISINE LIKE? WHAT ARE SOME TYPICAL DISHES FROM YOUR COUNTRY? DESCRIBE THE LAST THING YOU ATE ( FLAVOUR, TEXTURE, DID YOU LIKE IT? WHY/WHY NOT?), DO YOU COOK MUCH?
B) TWO RESTAURANTS, ONE IS TRADITIONAL, THE OTHER IS A RESTAURANT WHERE NOUVELLE CUISINE IS SERVED. WHICH ONE WOULD YOU CHOOSE TO TAKE YOUR PARENTS? AND SOME FRIENDS? WHY? WHEN WAS THE LAST TIME YOU ATE OUT? WHERE DID YOU GO? DID YOU LIKE IT? WHY / WHY NOT?
- SPEAK (2 TO 3 MIN) ABOUT: YOUR LAST VACATION. WHERE DID YOU GO? WHO WITH? HOW LONG DID YOU STAY? WHAT DID YOU DO? DESCRIBE THE PLACE
- SPEAK (2 TO 3 MIN): WHAT DO YOU DO IN YOUR FREE TIME?LEISURE - HOBBIES
B21:
- SPEAK (3 MIN) ABOUT: THE ENVIRONMENT - WHAT’S A CARBON FOOTPRINT? HOW BIG IS YOURS? HOW CAN IT BE REDUCED? SHOULD WE BE WORRIED? ARE YOU WORRIED?
- SPEAK ( 3 MIN) ABOUT: DOPING - WHAT ARE YOUR THOUGHTS ON ATHLETES USING PERFORMANCE ENHANCNG DRUGS? DO YOU THINK ATLETES IN ALL SPORTS TAKE DRUGS? WHICH SPORTS SEEMS TO SUFFER MOST FROM PARTICIPANTS USING PERFORMANCE ENHANCING DRUGS? WHAT IS WRONG ABOUT PERFORMANCE ENHANCING DRUGS? IF THERE WAS A VOTE, DO YU THINK ATHLETES WOULD CHOOSE TO ALLOW PERFORMANCE ENHANCING DRUGS IN SPORTS?
- SPEAK (3 MIN) ABOUT: OLD AGE - WHAT COMES TO MIND WHEN YOU HEAR THE TERM "OLD AGE"? DO YOU WORRY ABOUT YOUR OLD AGE? WHAT DO YOU THINK OLD AGE IS LIKE? HOW WILL YOUR LIFE BE DIFFERENT WHEN YOU REACH YOUR OLD AGE? WHEN DOES OLD AGE START?
- SPEAK (3 MIN) ABOUT: YOUR FAMILY - YOUR RELATIVES, YOUR BROTHERS AND SISTERS, YOUR RELATIONSHIP WITH YOUR FAMILY ( HOW OFTEN YOU MEET, THINGS YOU DO TOGETHER, DO YOU GET ON WELL?)
- SPEAK (3 MIN) ABOUT: FILMS - WHAT KIND OF FILMS DO YOU LIKE/ARE YOU INTO? A FILM YOU LIKED (+ FEATURES) OR ONE YOU DIDN’T LIKE (-FEATURES): WHO WAS THE DIRECTOR? WHO WAS IN IT? WHERE IS IT SET? IS IT BASED ON A BOOK? DID IT GET GOOD REVIEWS? DID IT WIN ANY AWARDS? WHY DID /DIDN’T YOU LIKE IT?
- SPEAK (3 MIN) ABOUT: CHARITIES - IF YOU HAD TO CHOOSE TWO CHARITIES TO DONATE MONEY, WHICH TWO CHARITIES WOULD YOU CHOOSE AND WHY?
B23
- SPEAK (3 TO 4 MIN) ABOUT: TIME - WHAT COMES TO MIND WHEN YOU HEAR THE WORD TIME? DO YOU EVER WASTE TIME? DO YOU HAVE ENOUGH TIME TO DO THE THINGS YOU WANT TO DO? DOES TIME FLY WHEN YOU ARE HAVING FUN?
- SPEAK (3 TO 4 MIN) ABOUT: DESCRIBE A FRIEND IN ENGLISH PROVIDING AS MUCH INFORMATION AS POSSIBLE ( APPEARANCE AND PERSONALITY, HOW YOU MET, YOUR RELATIONSHIP ( DO YOU GET ON WELL?, DO YOU HAVE ARGUMENTS? WHAT ABOUT? HOW OFTEN DO YOU MEET...?)
- SPEAK (3 TO 4 MIN) ABOUT: FOOD- COOKING - RESTAURANTS:
A) WHAT’S YOUR COUNTRY’S CUISINE LIKE? WHAT ARE SOME TYPICAL DISHES FROM YOUR COUNTRY? DESCRIBE THE LAST THING YOU ATE ( FLAVOUR, TEXTURE, DID YOU LIKE IT? WHY/WHY NOT?), DO YOU COOK MUCH?
B) TWO RESTAURANTS, ONE IS TRADITIONAL, THE OTHER IS A RESTAURANT WHERE NOUVELLE CUISINE IS SERVED. WHICH ONE WOULD YOU CHOOSE TO TAKE YOUR PARENTS? AND SOME FRIENDS? WHY? WHEN WAS THE LAST TIME YOU ATE OUT? WHERE DID YOU GO? DID YOU LIKE IT? wHY / WHY NOT?
- SPEAK (3 TO 4 MIN) ABOUT: PLACES
A) LIVING IN THE COUNTRY OR LIVING IN THE CITY, ADVANTAGES AND DISADVANTAGES
B) TALK ABOUT YOUR HOMETOWN ( INTRODUCE YOUR HOMETOWN, ADDING BACKGROUND AND DETAILS, TALK ABOUT WHAT YOU LIKE AND DISLIKE ABOUT IT AND ABOUT HOW IT HAS CHANGED OVER TIME)
- SPEAK (3 TO 4 MIN) ABOUT: BODY LANGUAGE - IS BODY LANGUAGE IMPORTANT? WHY/WHY NOT? CAN BODY LANGUAGE CAUSE CONFLICT WHEN SPEAKING TO EOPLE FROM OTHER COUNTRIES? ARE THERE ANY GESTURES YOU FIND OFFENSIVE? WHICH ONES?
More advanced linkers and words
IMPERSONAL PASSIVE WHEEL
TRANSLATE THESE SENTENCES INTO ENGLISH. YOU CAN'T START WITH THE PRONOUN IT.
KEY:
JOHN AND MARY ARE SAID NOT TO GET ON WELL THE CRIMINAL IS BELIEVED TO HAVE ESCAPED IN A VAN |
THE LEVEL OF THE TEST IS CONSIDERED TO BE SUITABLE |
THE POLICE ARE SAID TO HAVE CAUGHT THE MURDERER |
SHAKESPEARE IS THOUGHT NOT TO HAVE WRITTEN "TWELFTH NIGHT" |
"TWELFTH NIGHT" IS THOUGHT NOT TO HAVE BEEN WRITTEN BY SHAKESPEARE |
THE BUILDING IS SAID TO BE ABOUT TO COLLAPSE |
SOME ALIENS ARE SAID TO HAVE BUILT THE PYRAMIDS |
THE PYRAMIDS ARE SAID TO HAVE BEEN BUILT BY SOME ALIENS |
THE CAPITOL RAIDERS ARE BELIEVED TO BE ALREADY IN JAIL |
tophonetics.com
Have you got an English text and want to see how to pronounce it? This online converter of English text to IPA phonetic transcription will "translate" your English words "into" IPA symbols so that you can know how to pronounce them.
Interactive Phonemic Chart HERE.
Click HERE to find out how to pronounce words in English.
When I'm sixty-four - Cando teņa sesenta e catro anos
Some years ago, a few 2nd Bach students recorded the famous song When I'm Sixty-four, by The Beatles.
This course plenty of the activities organised by our EDLG have to do with the passage of time, with ageing/growing old, and the song is sung by a young man to his lover, and is about his plans of growing old together with her. That's why some 2nd Bach students have decided to translate the song which was recorded long ago into Galician language and to subtitle the video.
FUNNY OXYMORONS
- I am a deeply superficial person.
- I distinctly remember forgetting that.
ADD MORE IN COMMENTS
Simon Sinek on Millennials
What's your opinion on what Simon Sinek says in this video?
Vocabulary - Climate Change (Cristina Cabal's blog)
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Correct these ten mistakes (activity from Cristina Cabal's blog)
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Other activities on error correction by Cristina Cabal:
Quiz: Fixing Most Common Mistakes Seen in Intermediate Written Exams- HERE.
And HERE, mistakes in pronunciation.
How to pronounce -ed (past simple regular verbs)
Click HERE and then..... Enter site >English > Menu > 4º ESO > Intermediate > The -ed suffix.
What is the coronavirus? (Listening comprehension)
Watch the video and choose the correct answer.
1. What is the coronavirus?
a.) A new bacteria from China that no one had ever heard about before.
b.) An outbreak of disease that started in China that is caused by a new type of coronavirus.
2. What are the symptoms?
a.) Common flu symptoms like coughing, runny nose, and fever which can develop into pneumonia.
b.) A rash on your face, fever and trouble breathing.
3. Where have cases been confirmed so far?
a.) In animals and humans.
b.) The outbreak first started in Wuhan, China, but cases have been identified in a growing number of other international locations.
4. Should I be panicking about this outbreak?
a.) It's a serious public-health threat, like the flu, and we should be cautious, but not alarmed.
b.) The virus affects people of all ages equally. There is no cure and it is very difficult to fight off the virus.
5. How is this virus transmitted?
a.) It's transmitted from animals to people. The virus is spreading across China from animals to people.
b.) It's transmitted from person to person. An infected person can spread the virus to other people.
6. What treatment is available?
a.) Currently, there isn't any treatment.
b.) Antibiotics
7. How serious is this outbreak compared to others in the past?
a.) Compared to other outbreaks, not as serious.
b.) It's just as serious as outbreaks of Ebola and SARS.
TRANSCRIPT HEREFrom eslvideo.com - Click HERE.A few pronunciation activities
Best English Speeches - J. K. Rowling
Click HERE to listen to (and watch) other speeches. Best English Speeches youtube channel.
Rephrasing Test for 2nd Bach
Click HERE. (Click on "Jugar cuestionario". Don’t write dashes or full stops. Repeat the first word/words that you are given)
KEY - Click on "Fichas de estudio"
GROUP TOGETHER (PRONUNCIATION EXERCISE)
EXTENSIVE GRAMMAR REVISION BY natalialzam.wordpress.com
ACTIVITIES AND KEY. CLICK HERE.
LIVEWORKSHEETS
A very useful webpage to practise English in a fun way. Click HERE and you will find plenty of exercises to improve your English.
MY FAVOURITE SONG LINES PADLET
COULD YOU ADD YOURS??? (AND THE VIDEO, IF POSSIBLE?) AND COULD YOU WRITE YOUR NAME, SURNAME AND GROUP UNDER THE LINE OR LINES YOU HAVE CHOSEN?
THANK YOU VERY MUCH!!!!!!!
Reading - Relative pronouns / Revision
Fill in the gaps in the text above with that, who, which, where, when, whose. Listen to the KEY HERE.
Text HERE, as well.
Theory - revision HERE.
Another quiz HERE (Remember that WHOM is used to refer to people, often after prepositions but also when the relative pronoun refering to people is the object and not the subject of the sentence. For example: "the people who(object) I (subject) met at the party were really nice" is ok, and "the people whom(object) I (subject) met at the party were really nice" is also correct)
LEAN ENGLISH WITH MOVIES - YOUTUBE CHANNEL
This channel is really useful, as it helps you to improve your English with fun lessons based on movies. You watch scenes from very famous films, such as Star Wars, Beauty and the Beast, Joker or Fight Club.
WATCH THE VIDEOS AND..... LEARN A LOT!!!!!!!!
EngVid lesson about Covid-19 - Vocabulary and expressions
Rephrasing for 2nd Bach ( from M Luisa's English Blog)
OVER THE RAINBOW
After We Shall Overcome, and Moonriver, our (Cecilia Castellano and her English teacher's) third duet is Over the Raibow (from The Wizard of Oz musical)
PRONUNCIATION ACTIVITY (MATCH UP)
Moonriver
After We Shall Overcome, Moonriver (our version of the famous song by Henry Mancini)a new duet by Cecilia Castellano (2 Bach B) and her English teacher.
DO RE MI (THE SOUND OF MUSIC) - COVID 19 VERSION
VOCABULARY - HERE
And HERE "My favourite things - Covid-19 Version", also from "The Sound of Music"
THERE ARE PLENTY OF COVID 19 VERSIONS...
Another example: " In Quarantine" ( "Under The Sea", from " The Little Mermaid") - HERE
"Shop, shop, shop online", from "My Fair Lady" - HERE.
"Somewhere Over The Rainbow", from "The Wizard of Oz" - HERE
"Supercalifragilisticexpialidocious" version("Mary Poppins") - HERE
The Beatles' Help by Phillip (from Amigos Ingleses)
Click HERE to watch the video.
FILL IN THE GAPS
I never needed (1) _____ ____ in any way
But now these days are gone, I’m not so (2) ____ ______ (but now these days are gone)
(And now I find) Now I find (3) I’ve _____ ___ _____ and opened up the doors.
Help me if you can, I’m (4) _____ _____
And I do appreciate you being (5) _____
Help me get my (6) ____ back on the ground
(7) ____ you please, please help me?
And now my life has changed in oh so many ways (and now my life has changed)
My independence seems to (8) _____ in the (9) ____
But (10) ____ ___ ___ ___I feel so insecure (I know that I)
I know that I just need you like I’ve never done before.
Check your answers!
I never needed (1) anybody’s help in any way
But now these days are gone, I’m not so (2) self assured (but now these days are gone)
(And now I find) Now I find (3) I’ve changed my mind and opened up the doors.
Help me if you can, I’m (4) feeling down
And I do appreciate you being (5) ’round
Help me get my (6) feet back on the ground
(7) Won’t you please, please help me?
And now my life has changed in oh so many ways (and now my life has changed)
My independence seems to (8) vanish in the (9) haze
But (10) every now and then I feel so insecure (I know that I)
I know that I just need you like I’ve never done before
Revision time!
I never needed anybody’s help nunca necesité la ayuda de nadie
self-assured seguro de sí mismo. Alguien ‘self-assured’ tiene el autoestima alto, ‘they have high self-esteem’.
She’s a self-assured and confident negotiator.
to change your mind cambiar de idea
Your dad is so stubborn, nothing will make him change his mind.
to feel down sentirse triste, decaído
When I’m feeling a bit down, that song always cheers me up.
to vanish, esfumarse, desaparecer
Have you seen Tom anywhere? He just vanished like a ghost!
haze neblina, cortina de humo
We drove across the desert, through the shimmering heat haze
.
every now and then de vez en cuando, de tanto en tanto
I’ve lost touch with most of my school friends, but I still see Julia every now and then.
Conditionals - Rewrite Quiz
If your answer is wrong, the message "uppss" will appear on the screen.
If it is right, no message will appear and you should move forward to the next screen.
Reported Speech Quiz
How to report utterances: HERE
Revision of connectors (by Esther Martínez)
Linkers Chart HERE
Learn Emma Watson's British Accent
From the Youtube Channel Eat Sleep Dream English
Learn English with QUEEN
Enjoy the music of this awesome band and.... LEARN ENGLISH!
WE SHALL OVERCOME
We shall overcome, we’ll defeat the coronavirus!!!!! Come on!!!!!!
VENCEREMOS NÓS - GALICIAN/ENGLISH/SPANISH VIDEO- Click HERE
WE SHALL OVERCOME
We shall overcome, we shall overcome.
We shall overcome some day .
Oh, deep in my heart, I do believe
we shall overcome some day .
We’ll walk hand in hand, we’ll walk hand in hand.
We’ll walk hand in hand some day .
Oh, deep in my heart, I do believe
we shall overcome some day .
The truth will make us free, the truth will make us free .
The truth will make us free some day.
Oh, deep in my heart, I do believe
we shall overcome some day .
We are not afraid, we are not afraid.
We are not afraid today.
Oh, deep in my heart, I do believe
we shall overcome some day.
We shall overcome, we shall overcome .
We shall overcome some day .
Oh, deep in my heart, I do believe
we shall overcome some day.
Choose the best answer for each question.
1. Why does the writer repeat the words in each part of the song?
a. to rhyme the sentences
b. to make the idea important
c. to match the music
d. to help people sing
2. Why does the writer keep saying some day?
a. to tell when it will happen
b. to rhyme all the lines
c. to show it is about the future
d. to show it is about today
3. What does “deep in my heart” mean in the song?
a. what I really feel
b. how I think
c. what I like
d. how people share
4. What does “walk hand in hand” mean in the song?
a. walking down the street
b. a parade
c. people cooperating
d. making a trip
Write your own answer to this question. What is your favorite part of the song? ______________________________________________________________________ ______________________________________________________________________
What does it mean to you? ______________________________________________________________________ ______________________________________________________________________
READING
This song, with its promise “We shall overcome some day,” probably dates back to antebellum days, when slaves sang phrases such as “I’ll be all right someday” as they worked in the fields. Much of their music had roots in African songs brought over during the brutal Middle Passage to the New World. The patterns of call-and-response and repetition provided a sense of community and participation in a hostile and forbidding world, as well as an outlet for ideas about freedom that could not otherwise be voiced.
I’m Not Moving
On December 1, 1955, Rosa Parks got on a bus in Montgomery, Alabama. It was 6 P.M., and she was going home from work. She took a seat in the back of the bus, behind a sign that said “colored.”1 Mrs. Parks sat in that section because it was the law: In the southern part of the United States, white people sat in the front of the bus, and black people sat in the back. Mrs. Parks was African American, so she had to sit in the back of the bus. That evening, she sat in the first row of the “colored” section.
At each bus stop, more people got on the bus, and the “white” section filled up. There were no more seats there, so a white man was standing. The bus driver got up and moved the “colored” sign back one row. He was making the “white” section bigger.
“You have to move so this man can sit down,” he told Mrs. Parks.
“I’m not moving,” Mrs. Parks said.
“If you don’t move, I’ll call the police,” the bus driver said.
“I’m not moving,” Mrs. Parks said again.
The police came and arrested Mrs. Parks. When African Americans heard about Mrs. Parks’ arrest, they were angry. They decided not to ride the buses in Montgomery. There were 40,000 African American commuters in the city, and for more than a year, they did not ride the buses. Some people had to walk miles to go to work. During that year, the buses ran, but they had very few passengers. The city lost a lot of money.
Sometimes African Americans ”marched” peacefully in the streets–they walked together in big groups. They marched in Montgomery and in other cities in the South.
In 1956, the United States Supreme Court said that separate sections for blacks and whites on buses were illegal. African Americans began to ride the buses again, but they didn’t stop marching. They continued to march because they wanted more changes. They didn’t want separate restaurants, hotels, hospitals, and schools. They didn’t want separate restrooms and drinking fountains. When they marched (and whites often marched with them), they sang. “We shall overcome,” they sang: We will succeed. And they did succeed.
During the next ten years, blacks and whites began using the same buildings, restrooms, and drinking fountains. All of these changes began when Rosa Parks said, “I’m not moving.”
1 Today we do not use the word “colored.” We use the word “black” or “African American.”
Answers:. Item 1 2 3 4 Answer b c a c
Elementary Level That's English! - Revision 1
- Greetings and Goodbyes - HERE
- Numbers 1-20 - HERE and HERE
- Numbers 10 to 100 - HERE ,HERE.
- Days of the week - HERE
- Countries and nationalities - HERE, HERE, HERE (1 ESO easy my country)
- The alphabet - HERE (1 ESO - The alphabet)
- Possessive adjectives - HERE, HERE, HERE.
Verb TO BE (+ nationalities) - HERE (make the sentences negative)
Where is he/she from?//Is X HIS HER real name? What is HIS/HER real name? Click HERE
WHAT’S YOUR /HIS / HER NAME? MY NAME IS…...HER NAME IS….. HIS NAME IS….
WHERE ARE YOU FROM? I’M FROM…..
WHERE IS HE/SHE FROM? SHE IS FROM……. HE IS FROM…...
WHAT’S YOUR PHONE NUMBER? MY PHONE NUMBER IS ...
WHAT DAY OF THE WEEK IS ………………… IN SPANISH?
ENGLISH FILE ELEMENTARY - CLICK HERE
NEW ENGLISH FILE ELEMENTARY UNIT 1 C - HERE
ENGLISH FILE ELEMENTARY THIRD EDITION UNIT 2A - HERE
Singular and plural nouns exercises HERE and HERE.
This/That/ These / Those exercises HERE , HERE and HERE.
What’s on the table? Click HERE. (Object revision - HERE and HERE)
Be and Have got - HERE and HERE.
Mistakes Spanish speakers make in English
Click HERE.(By Patrickshwa)
Cultural Week 2020: Taking care of the environment
This year we have chosen the topic" Taking Care of the Environment" for our Cultural Week at IES Taboada Chivite. (Click HERE and HERE for information about some of the previous Cultural Weeks, about Celtic Nations and The Beatles).
3 ESO PMAR students are going to recite the song "What a Wonderful World" while holding photos of our wonderful world. (OUTLINE HERE)
Very soon, a video on this blog.
EEOOII MEDIATION
B1- B2 - C1 Mediation activities. Click HERE.
MEDIATION in Cristina Cabal’s blog. Click HERE.
Also from Cristina Cabal’s webpage: The environment (Activities including mediation ones - HERE)
Mediation activities Guadalajara EOI - HERE.
B1 Mediation activities - Raimundo de Toledo EOI - HERE.
Mediation Samples from several EEOOII - HERE.
The Way Experience - Speaking & Mediation materials for ESL teachers.
Learn English with movies: The Lord of the Rings
Other lessons HERE.
Listening Comprehension :"Memento" Trailer
QUESTIONS:
1. ____________________ is a state when someone can’t remember things.
Anorexia
Memory
Amnesia
(Does he suffer from amnesia?)
2. The man says that he hasn’t been able to "make new memories" since:
last year
his injury
his accident
3. What’s the last thing he remembers?:
His wife dying
His wife taking to him
Someone smashing a glass
4. The man wants to:
get revenge on his wife
remember his wife
avenge his wife
5. Why isn't it safe for him to hang around there any more?
because there is a murderer looking for him
because there are cops looking for him
because the man who killed his wife is looking for him
6. The woman tells him: Trust....... Trust your own.........You can .........everything. You can never know anything for...........
(From learnenglishfeelgood)
NEW YEAR'S RESOLUTIONS
B2 Grammar Activities
Click HERE.
Choirboy using helium (from classicfm.com)
How do you get over the problem of your boy sopranos’ voices breaking? A massive helium balloon, of course. Here’s how it sounds in Allegri’s Miserere...
Choirboys have a pretty tough life.
For years, they’ve been praised and admired for their beautifully angelic high Cs – but then puberty comes and...no more high Cs
Luckily, The Choir of King’s College, Cambridge has found a solution for this inconvenience.
Instead of hiring a soprano to hit the top notes, they’ve discovered that a nice big balloon of helium does the job just as well.
In this stunning performance of Allegri’s ‘Miserere’, a male university student is able to hit a C6 (a soprano C, to you and me) simply by inhaling a gulp of helium from a giant balloon.
Allegri’s ‘Miserere’ was famously transcribed and brought into the public domain by Mozart in 1770.
The young composer, then aged just 14, supposedly once heard the piece at a concert, returned home and wrote down the whole thing note for note.
In all seriousness, this video was actually filmed as an April Fool’s prank in 2014.
COMPLETE:
"High …......……. ……......... have been part of the choir sound for ……....... ….......….. …….......… ………………”. "...…….. a lengthy consultation process, during …....…….we …....……. that the surgical solution was surprisingly …......….. with the choral scholars, someone in the …......……. ….......…….. came up with a …....……. …….......…. ....................-- and now all we …….….. is a very large ……....…. ……...…. ……......….”
Suggesting ideas (By linguahouse)
Upper Intermediate Grammar Tests (Multiple Choice)
SIX TIPS TO PASS THE B2/C1 WRITING/SPEAKING (from friendsmilesaway.com)
Click HERE (from friendsmilesaway.com)
Translate this short text.
Another short text to translate into English.
Third short text to translate into English.
Fourth short text to translate into English.
Fifth short text to translate into English.
Sixth short text to translate into English.
Seventh short text to translate into English.
Eighth short text to translate into English.
Click HERE (Vocabulary for different topics)
DRIVE MY CAR (The Beatles)
Click HERE to do some activities.
Thank you very much for your suggestion, Inés!
ALCOHOL, DRINKS AND DRINKING
Click HERE.
Monologue:
In the UK, the drinking age is 18, and in the USA it is 21. What is the drinking age in your country?
Why do we need a drinking age?
Do you think there should be different drinking ages for different types of alcohol?
What advice for staying safe would you give to a young person who is just about to reach the drinking age in their country?
(From linguahouse)
Vocabulary relationships - Two texts to translate
Click HERE.
Vocabulary (RELATIONSHIPS) – Translate into English:
-Nos llevamos muy bien debido a que tenemos mucho en común. Además disfrutamos mucho el uno de la compañía del otro y estamos de acuerdo (see eye....) en la mayoría de las cosas, así que raras veces nos peleamos.
-Aunque no fue amor a primera vista, (al principio éramos sólo buenos amigos que estábamos a menudo en contacto el uno con el otro, y nuestra relación tuvo sus altibajos) poco a poco nos enamoramos. Hace unos pocos días me pidió que me casara (no usar marry ) con él. Vamos a casarnos (no usar marry) en una iglesia cerca de la casa que acabamos de comprarnos, donde nos vamos a asentar.
Very, very beginner lesson - Verb TO BE
IMPROVE YOUR WRITING
Writing activities, tips, exercises.... in Cristina Cabal's webpage. Click HERE.
Book Review Language
"English Explained" YouTube Channel
PRESENT SIMPLE (Elementary)
Friday I'm in Love (The Cure)
Watch the video and do the activities HERE.
