Let's listen to a song!

Listen to this Beyonce's song from the lyrics training web site. Fill in the gaps with the word you hear. How many words could you understand?

Let's read about daily life in the UK!

Read about Easter in the UK. Click here , read and then say if the sentences below are TRUE (T) or FALSE (F). Correct the false ones. You need to hand this activity to your teacher next day.

1. The name of the boy is Peter.
2. Craig has got three sisters.
3. The garden is in front of Craig's house.
4. The family has got a cat.
5. Craig's dad gets up at 7.30.
6. Craig has some coffee for breakfast.
7. Craig's school uniform trousers are black.
8. Craig's favourite subject is Maths.
9. Craig usually does his homework before watching TV.
10. On Saturdays, Craig and his family go to the shopping centre.

Tarea 3.4

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Let's pronounce!

1.  Listen to this song by The Beatles and fill in the gaps with the verbs in the below.

NOTICED   LIT   STARTED   ASKED      HAD      LOOKED    CRAWLED 

SHOWED       WAS         TOLD (x2)         SAT     WORKED      AWOKE 

 

 Norwegian Wood  

I once (1)_________a girl
or should I say
she once had me.
She (2)__________me her room
Isn’t it good
Norwegian wood?

She (3)__________me to stay
and she (4)_______me to sit anywhere
So I (5)____________around
and I (6)________there wasn’t a chair.

I (7)________on a rug
biding my time
drinking her wine.
We (8)__________until two
and then she said
"It’s time for bed"

She (9)_________ me she (10)________in the morning
and (11)____________to laugh.
I told her I didn’t
and (12)___________off to sleep in the bath

And when I (13)__________
I (14)__________alone
this bird had flown
so I (15)___________a fire
Isn’t it good
Norwegian wood?

1. Now, classify the regular pasts according to their pronunciation: /id/, /t/ or /d/.

Esta canción de The Beatles se trata de un documento de audio perfecto para revisar el pasado simple de verbos irregulares. Se puede explotar de varias formas:

- Como una actividad de "listening comprehension" mediante un ejercicio de "fill in the gaps".
- Activida de fonética para aprender y practicar la pronunciación de los finales en "-ed" de los verbos regulares
- Actividad de "Speaking" en la que, tras haber visto el video varias veces para llevar a cabo las actividades anteriores, se pide a los alumnos que hablen de cómo la gente se divertía en el pasado y cómo lo hacen ahora

Let's revise our English

Activity 1 - READING

We are going to start our session by reading about Family Life for a British teenager. Click here to access the text.

Be the first to answer the questions the teacher is going to ask you !!

Activity 2 – VOCABULARY & GRAMMAR REVISION

1. Click here to revise the present continuous
2. Click here to contrast the present simple and the present continuous
3. Click here  to match questions and answers
4. Click here for hobbies vocabulary
5. Click here for routines vocabulary
6. Click here for family vocabulary
7. Click here for more vocabulary on family
8. Click here for jobs vocabulary
9. Click here for an assorted crossword. A little bit of everything!

Let's watch a video!

Do you know Mr Bean? He is a hilarious comedian. Have a look at this funny video and then answer the questions below. The questions are in the same order as the actions in the video. Enjoy it!!

 QUESTIONS

1. Where does the action take place?
2. Which things can you see on the table?
3. What does he take out from his jacket?
4. What does he do next?
5. What does Mr Bean do when the waiter brings the menu?
6. What does he give to the waiter?
7. Why doesn’t Mr Bean want to drink any wine?
8. Why do people look at him?

Let's quote!

Hi everyone! I love quotations, and I've got quite a few favourite ones. Do you know what a quotation is? Well, the OED (Oxford English Dictionary) defines it as "a group of words or a short piece of writing taken from a book, play, speech, etc. and repeated because it is interesting or useful". 

I invite everyone to post a quotation they like (it can be from a song or book you have listened to or read). If you can't think of one right now, you can always check this site where you'll find lots... Here's some of my favourites:

" A friend is one before whom I may think aloud" (Ralph Waldo Emerson, Us essayist and poet)

"Freedom is not worth having if it does not include the freedom to make mistakes" (Mahatma Gandhi, Indian poltical and spiritual leader)


"We live in an age when unnecessary things are our only necessities" (Oscar Wilde, Irish dramatist, novelist and poet)

Let's revise our grammar!

It's a good idea to revise grammar contents from time to time. The links below will take my 2nd of ESO students to interesting websites where you can practise in a fun way what we have already studied:

• Click here to practise the present simple tense.
• Click here for a multiple choice exercise on adverbs of frequency.
• Click here to practise the present continuous.
• To practise the present simple and the present continuous  with exercises where you need to type the correct tense, click here or here

Let's go to the movies!

We all love going to the cinema and talking about the films we like. Which words will we use in order to talk about movies? Find it out with the activities we propose. 

• What are the English words for film genres? Become familiar with them with this easy wordsearch  and a crossword
• Now, listen to these people deciding about which movie to rent and answer the questions.
• And how can we describe a film? Which adjectives shall we use? Try this synonyms matching game and this opposites matching game
• Now, listen to these two people talking about the movie About a Boy. Then, do the activity.
• YOUR TURN: imagine you and your classmate have just been to the cinema. Decide which movie you've watched and create a dialogue in which you talk about it
• Finally, in groups of five people, create a five question survey to find out your classmates' film preferences

Let's compare !

Let's revise how to make comparisons in English.

Now, practise making comparisons using these images. Write your comparison below as a comment: