Time Flies

Wow, Time Flies! isn't it?

Seconds, minutes, hours, days, months and years are passing by and I wonder how I could stop the time.




Maybe if we learn the time, days and seasons in English, or perhaps not. Well, anyway if you're interested in measuring the time, here's a good video to watch:

For more info and practice about the time, please feel free to have a look at the presentation below.

English through sketches

In this section you'll find all the sketches used in class, together with some other resources to get the most of all your theatre talents on stage. So, off we go and let's act those sketches out all day long. 

• The ticket inspector

• The Passport Office
• Fire Practice (audio 2)
• Fire Practice on YouTube
• The Bus Stop 

• Tea Break
• The King of Boonland
• The Restaurant
   

• Sketches
• English Sketches
• Theatre and drama at YouTube
• Drama resources and links.
• Theatre and drama for ESL.

And now it's time for the students:

• Congratulations, 2º PCPI. What a great job! 


One more time, please!

To be or not to be. That's the question

Here's your document to practise all through the verb to be


Below you'll also find a Basic English Grammar, together with some more practice on the verb to be

grammar book

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Trip to Ireland

Once again we're planning a Trip to somewhere.


This time we're going to go Dublin, Ireland.


However, there's still much to be done. Maybe we can get some ideas from this blog, or maybe we only need to talk about it in the classroom. Whatever the case, please feel free to leave a comment or ask any question about our forthcoming trip to Ireland.


Enjoy our power point presentation about Ireland:



And here's more info about Ireland:

 

Ireland & Dublin from EFL_Teacher

Future Events

Are you a good fortune teller? 


And what about telling the future in English?



At least we've got many weatherpeople and forecasters to rely on. Well, you're very likely to be worried about coming weather when planning an outing for the weekend, for instance.

Maybe you need to have a look at the following presentations entitled: Expressing Future Actions & what's the weather like? below:

Expressing Quantity

Today's topic is not only about expressing quantity, but related to these bikes on the car. What I'd like to say is that there are many ways of counting things in English. However, let's study them and try to use the most common ones every day.


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Daily Routines and Actions

Would you be able to describe your whole day from waking up to going to bed?


If so, why don't you leave a message telling us about you and you'll practise Daily routines and actions that way.


However, writing about our daily routine can be very dull and boring.

So, we could think about other ways of expressing everyday actions. How about telling a day from a cat's eyes? or the daily routine of a little baby or even a common day of a bird...
                                                                                                         

Well, it's just a question of using your imagination, don't you think? Let's be creative all day long!

Feelings and emotions

How do you feel about the way you express your feelings in English?

Willing to learn some more adjectives and expressions about feelings and emotions. This is your post to expand your vocabulary and what's more: you'll become more self-confident with your English emotions. 

Prepositions

Christmas around the world

The Three Wise Men according to Wikipedia. Christmas is coming and I'd like to know how you celebrate this festivity. There are many different traditions all over the world and that's nice. So, let's discuss about different traditions at Christmas.

How do you spend Xmas at home? Anything special? Please, let us know and leave a comment about your customs.

Youtube videos about Christmas

For further information about Christmas time, click on here.

   Now, let's sing some Christmas Carols. Would you like to sing a special Christmas Carol? Which one? Have a look at: It's Christmas now below.  For carols click:    More Carols 

Last Christmas by George Michael (Spanish lyrics) Is this song really about Christmas? Well, it isn't. Actually, what is it about so? You could write your answer by leaving a comment for this post below. What about this Xmas song? Do you know any other artist who sings the same song?

Christmas vocabulary (1, 2, ), special dates and traditions. Christmas vocabulary doc Christmas Flashcards Xmas wordsearch (1, 2) Christmas board game for Basic 2 (poster) Christmas Winter Quiz for Basic 2 Santa Questions about Xmas for Basic 2 Winter questions_Christmas for Basic 2

How to make Christmas Crackers

How to make a Christmas pudding How to make Christmas Brownies

Would you sit on Santa Claus' lap like this?

Have you ever received candy coal at Christmas?

Come on! Let's join a Christmas Quiz! Yes, why not?   Now it's time for some current songs about Xmas:


And finally, here are my Christmas gifts for all my dear students. Some Xmas cards. Enjoy them! Happy Christmas!

TESTS & Exams

Basic considerations before starting any English course or test.

First of all, let's find out your exact level of English.



Test your English by the

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Grammar, vocab and pronunciation TEST Beginner File. Answer sheet. Answer key.
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4 Skills TEST File Beginner. Audio. Answer Key. 
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However, this is very best Test or exam ever!:

Where shall we go? Let's go on a trip! USA, UK, Ireland, India. Where?

Listening skills

Here's your listening section to master your language skills all day long.

How often do you listen to music or any kind of audio in English?

What was the last film you've watched in English?

Are you really doing something for your listening skills? Come on! Be honest with you.

If your answer are never, hardly ever, no film in English or something like that, you're in trouble. Yes, absolutely! Ok, it's time for doing the opposite, don't you think?

Listening tools: 

How to write in English

I always encourage all my students to drop some lines in English. 

No matter the topic to write about. 

Then, I normally have a look at their writing, which they hand in quite regularly, and I leave a comment and several writing tips for them, together with the necessary corrections. Feedback and results may vary to a greater extent, but I just wonder if they are truly aware of my enormous effort to make them write real English.

Please, leave a comment about your English writing experiences.

Writing tools:
language mistakes at the 4th ESO

Connectors and linkers

Connectors, linking words and phrases

How to write a review

Writing a film review

What to read today

What to read in English?

Well, just a question of liking.

What would you like to read about?

News Horrors / thrillers

Novels Myths and legends
Short stories Magazines
Comedies Signs
Fairy tales Articles
Adventures Fiction
Fictional Detective


For more ideas and reading, please click on our What to read section.

Lord Arthur Savile's Crime and Other Stories by Oscar Wilde
These days we're dealing with this reader at school. There'll be a test on reading comprehension and understanding of the plot. However,  rather than reading through these stories by Oscar Wilde, we could analyse some basic literary questions, so that we can understand the main events throughout the different stories more easily and what's even more important: trying to play the main characters' roles and distinguishing their personalities.

Classroom language

As you can see, this is a very important section for all of you. We need to understand each other, don't you think? So, time for starting up and let's set the classroom rules and instructions.

Any questions so far?

Classroom language Listening 

Still lost with vocabulary, try this basic vocabulary for ESO