Yesterday we corrected homework and learnt how to combine what and how with other words to make questions. Practise question-making by clicking on these links:

How questions

WH- Questions (pdf)

The Space Game

Then, we had real fun doing the Trick or Treat quiz (Answer key). Watch the video to learn vocabulary about this traditional festivity:

Word game. Match words related to Halloween to their meanings.

Finally, a song to sing and dance in Halloween: Thriller, by Michael Jackson:


Karaoke version. Sing along!

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Desde la Dirección de la Escuela me indican que difunda esta carta de interés para los alumnos.

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Yesterday we corrected homework and introduced the topic of neighbours (neighbors in American English) by making a list of the top 5 best and worst famous people as our neighbours. Most of your choices were really funny and shocking: your best neighbours ranged from Mother Teresa of Calcutta, Rafael Nadal or Bill Gates to Paquirrín or Torrente. On the other hand, some of your worst neighbours were Zapatero, Paris Hilton and Belén Esteban!

For Wednesday (tomorrow), please read the text on page 10 with the title "Who would you like as...a neighbour?" and do exercises 1 and 2 of the Reading section. (If you want to see how Alan Titchmarsh secretly transformed gardens while the owners were away, click here.)

If you have extra time, visit the fantastic elllo page to practise your listening skills:

Neighbors game (easy)

Neighbors quiz (a bit difficult without looking at the transcript)

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Hi guys!

In our last class yesterday we learnt some verb collocations about friendship. Please, revise them and do exercise 3, pg.8 by next Monday. We also revised questions with auxiliary verbs (present and past) and I told you to do exercise 1 on the SPEAKING section, pg. 9 for homework.

More exercises on auxiliary verbs here:
Making questions (explanation)

Exercise 1, exercise 2, exercise 3, exercise 4, exercise 5, exercise 6, exercise 7, exercise 8, exercise 9

More exercises on collocations here:
Words that go together (adjectives)
Words that go together (verbs)

Speaking about friends, Twitter is the internet site that everyone's talking about this year. Find out about the site in this worksheet and create you own Twitter messages (you can use the "comments" section below to write them). Remember you can only use up to 140 characters!

Now play the video to learn more about the site and answer this question:

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Yesterday we started using the coursebook to revise vocabulary about family and relationships. We also revised questions with the verb to be and I told you to do exercise 3, pg 7 for Wednesday.

If you want more practice:

The Family tree (just move your mouse around to listen to the words!)

Family Ties game

Word order in questions 1

Word order in questions 2

Listening:





Now you can read the transcript and learn about the vocabulary we use to talk about parents, brothers and sisters. Finally, you can download the exercises related to the vocabulary, print them and check your answers. Play the file as many times as you need and enjoy!

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Hi, there!

Yesterday we basically corrected homework (see answers in the previous post) and we also revised the past simple tense  (answer key). For more practice, click on the following links:

Past Simple (regular and irregular)

Past Simple (regular and irregular 2)

Now watch this video:

19 exercises about the video


Remember that next Monday you must bring the Student's book to class with you! If you don't have it yet, you'll have to ask somebody in the class to share it with you.

Cheers!

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Hi everyone!

If you weren't able to attend the class yesterday, you can just download the lesson by clicking here and try to do the activities yourselves at home (check the answer key).

Don't forget that next Friday, 16th October, we will have an ordinary class and you must do your homework to correct in class. There are two photocopies with activities that you can download by clicking on the following links:

1. Present simple questions 
(Answer Key)

2. Errors
(Answer key)

Now watch this video and try the exercises below:

10 exercises about the video


If you have extra time, you can visit some more useful sites to practise the present tense and question words. Have fun!

To be-simple present

To have-simple present

Simple present-agreement exercise

Yes/no questions

Information questions

Question words 1

Question words 2

Question words 3

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Welcome!

Hi there y'all,

I just wanted to welcome you all to the new course that we have just started.
I hope this year will be productive and fulfilling for you, and I hope we all can achieve the goals that we set out in our first meeting session. 

Hola a todos,
Solo quería daros a todos la bienvenida al nuevo curso que acabamos de comenzar.
Espero que este año sea productivo y satisfactorio para vosotros, y espero que todos logremos los objetivos que nos propusimos el primer día de clase.
 

My intention with this class blog is to encourage you to use the resources available on the web to practise and improve your English. 
Although it requires a lot of time and effort from you, I believe it can be a very useful tool for students like you. 
So, check it out and if you like it, I hope you join me in the blogging work and eventually become bloggers yourselves.

Mi intención con este blog de aula es animaros a utilizar los recursos disponibles en la web para practicar y mejorar vuestro inglés. 
Aunque requiere mucho tiempo y esfuerzo de vuestra parte, estoy convencida de que puede ser una herramienta muy útil para estudiantes como vosotros. 
Por lo tanto, echadle un vistazo y si os gusta, espero que os unáis a mi en la creación del blog y vosotros mismos acabéis siendo "blogueros".
 
Straightforward Pre-Intermediate student's book, by Macmillan Publishers, is the coursebook that we will use this year. Also, I recommend that you get the corresponding workbook to do at home. If you have problems with your English grammar, you will find Essential Grammar in Use by Cambridge very helpful, with a Spanish edition of the book available in the school's library.

That's all for now, but remember: English is a journey, enjoy the ride!

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