Mind Your English!

Hi, there!

I hope you all had a very nice Easter break and are refreshed and ready to begin work again. On Wednesday we finished unit 6 by listening to a man making a restaurant reservation and practising the language used by customer and assistant in a fast food restaurant. Then we watched Jamie Oliver cook a barbecued salmon. Here you have the video to watch it again and here you have the transcription.

Extra listening:
At the restaurant
Restaurant review
A Cuban recipe
An omelet recipe
A spaghetti recipe
A dessert recipe (see transcript here)

Finally, I asked you to write your next assignment: a recipe. Follow the instructions, read the sample recipe (here you can watch the video) and keep it simple. Please, hand it in or send it as an attachment by e-mail (DOUBLE SPACE, please!) before the end of Wednesday, April 21st.

To revise this unit, download these files:

Unit 6 test
Unit 6 test (answer key)

You can also do the Revision test of unit 6 on page 153 of your Student's book and check your answers here.

See you next week, have fun!

Published by Mariluz en 4:35 PM Comments

Hello everyone!

Yesterday we finished unit 5 by reading about different kinds of holiday. Surfing on the net I found the Poseidon Undersea Resort website, a really different sea holiday experience!

We also learnt some verb patterns and practised speaking with a travel agent-clients role play.

Now, watch this video to learn more about verb patterns (people in this video are American, that's why they usually say "like to do" instead of "like doing") :

Exercises about the video
(Video transcript)

Finally, I asked you to write your next assignment: an e-mail to arrange a trip (exercise 6 only). Try to include the verb patterns studied in this unit and the language expressions used in any formal e-mail. Please, hand it in or send it as an attachment by e-mail (DOUBLE SPACE) before the end of Friday, March 26th (before Easter).

To revise this unit, download these files:
Unit 5 test
Unit 5 test (answer key)
You can also do the Revision test of unit 5 on page 152 of your Student's book and check your answers here.

Extra listening:
Great places (+multiple choice quiz)
Resort game
Vacation game
New York (+cloze exercise)
New York City Top 5 Things to Do (+cloze exercise)
California (+cloze exercise)
Adventure game (+multiple choice quiz)
Immigration and customs (+multiple choice exercise)

Extra vocabulary:
Holiday crossword game
Holiday wordsearch game
'Journey', 'travel' and 'trip' quiz

That's all for now, see you tomorrow and
Happy Saint Patrick's Day!

Published by Mariluz en 6:51 PM Comments

Hi, guys!

Well, yesterday we learnt some more vocabulary about dating, and we listened to two phone calls and also learnt how to make invitations and suggestions. This is particularly important because it's usually included in the oral exam tasks. Check the following web where you can practise these questions and responses by listening to a short explanation with examples and answering a quiz at the bottom of every page:

Asking someone out

(See transcript here)


 Informal invitations
(See transcript here)


Polite invitations
(See transcript here)


Declining invitations 
(See transcript here)

Remember to do exercises 3, p 42, and 4, p 43, from the Functional Language section and exercises 2 and 3, p 43, from the Grammar section, for homework tomorrow. I also asked you to do exercises a and b of this worksheet. Exercise c is your next assignment. You must choose ONE of the advertisements and write a formal e-mail asking for information. Please, hand it in or send it as an attachment (DOUBLE SPACE) to my e-mail before February, 10th.

Extra listenings:

What makes a good date? (with video)
When is the first time you fell in love? (with video)

Finally, if you want to revise unit 4, download these files:

Unit test 4
Unit test 4 (answer key)

You can also do the Review test of unit 4 on page 151 of your Student's book and check your answers here.

Bye, see you tomorrow!

Published by Mariluz en 6:29 PM Comments

Hi, everyone!

After a very busy week, I can finally write a new post on our blog. During the last classes we worked on the past tenses (past simple and progressive, used to) and vocabulary about education. For next week I told you to do the exercises on these pdf worksheets for homework.

Extra practice:
Past progressive (1)
Past progressive (2)
Past simple or progressive (sentences)

 Answer Key

Past simple or progressive (text)
Answer Key

We also read about some embarrassing situations at school. I told you to think about an embarrassing experience that happened to you or someone you know and write about 80-100 words describing the situation. Download the plan in pdf and read it before writing your story. This will be your next assignment due December, 2. 

Extra listening:
Embarrassing moments in high school
(Read the transcript after doing the exercises)

Used to:



Read the transcript after watching the video.

Have a nice weekend!

Published by Mariluz en 5:22 PM Comments

Hi, how're you doing?

Well, yesterday we finished unit 1 learning how to make phone calls. We practised how to say phone numbers and how to take and leave phone messages. Then we did some pairwork telephone roleplays.  Finally we learnt how to write an informal e-mail and I gave the first writing assignment for you this year. Do the final task: choose one of the situations to write an e-mail and send it to my personal e-mail address or use the blank "e-mail page" given and hand it in to me before the end of 16th November.

To revise this unit, I recommend that you download the following test and do it at home. You can also download the key to check your answers.

Now, watch this video to practise saying phone numbers:

 Do this listening comprehension exercise about the video.

Download this worksheet and write down information from phone conversations:

Published by Mariluz en 12:47 PM Comments