Mind Your English!

Hi, there!

Yesterday we talked about sports and learnt how to use "play", "go" or "do" with sports and activities. For extra vocabulary practice, try these sites:
How to use Play, Do and Go
Quiz: Play, Go & Do

Extra listening:
Sports
Football
Tennis
Rugby
Should sports focus on winning? (video exercise)
What sports did you play on the school ground? (video exercise)

Please, do exercise 3 on this worksheet for Wednesday's homework.

We finished the unit by revising your body parts and listening to a conversation between a doctor and her patients. You can do the exercises that we did in class again by clicking here and here. Finally, we completed a table which described seven common reasons for going to the doctor and roleplayed a doctor-patient conversation.

Extra listening:
The doctor and the patient (video + open questions)

To revise this unit, download these files:

Unit 10 test
Unit 10 test Answer key

You can also do the Revision test of unit 10 on page 157 of your Student's Book and check your answers here.

Cheers!

Published by Mariluz en 10:05 PM Comments

Hey guys!

Well, it's been really hot this week in Aranjuez and I guess this is the reason why some of you find it increasingly difficult to come to class on time...I can understand but try to be more punctual, please! On Monday we basically corrected homework and learned phrases used in CVs. We also watched a very ingenious short film about a man getting advice on his way to an interview for a job as a sales rep. Here you have the video to watch it again and here you have the transcription. We finished the unit yesterday by learning how to ask for & give advice, as well as how to read aloud email & website addresses.

Extra grammar:
should, shouldnt (1)
should, shouldn't (2)

Extra listening:
Job options (multiple choice quiz) (transcript here)
Students and jobs (multiple choice quiz) (transcript here)

To revise this unit, download these files:
Unit 7 test
Unit 7 test Answer key

You can also do the Revision test of unit 7 on page 154 of your Student's Book and check your answers here.

Published by Mariluz en 8:52 PM Comments

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

Good snowy Tuesday! Brrr!

Well, I guess yesterday some of you couldn't make it to the school because of the heavy snowfall, but a few students finally turned up and we had a regular class. We basically corrected homework about quantifiers (see answers) and we went over the reading test you did last Wednesday. In Básico 2A we finished unit 3D by learning how to ask for and give directions, and tomorrow (if a new snowstorm lets us reach the school) we'll do a listening test to revise for the exam, OK? In Básico 2B we already did the test and tomorrow we'll finish Unit 3D.

If you want to revise unit 3, download these files:

Unit Test 3
Unit Test 3 (answer key)

You can also do the Review test of unit 3 on page 150 of your Student's book and check your answers here.

 Now watch this video about directions:

Published by Mariluz en 2:40 PM Comments

Hey, guys!

Yesterday we finished unit 2 speaking about where you would travel to study English and learning vocabulary about school facilities. We also learned how to ask for information in a language school and I asked you to do exercise 1 on the Functional Language section, pg. 23, for homework.

If you want to revise the unit, you can do the Revision test on page 149 of your Student's Book and check your answers by downloading the Answer key.

If you want extra revision:
Unit test 2
Unit test 2 key

Finally, I highly recommend that you check out the new series of the British Council Elementary podcasts that you can play on the site or download to your Ipod or mp3 player and listen to them wherever you are (at home, on the bus/underground/subway/car, at work, etc. You can also download the Support Pack with exercises and transcripts, do activities online, or write your comments on the site.

If you don't know anything about podcasts, watch this video and learn how they work:



Cheers!

Published by Mariluz en 4:12 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