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: