Merry Christmas to you all!

 

 

This Christmas card is dedicated to you with my best wishes for this holiday and the new year coming.

Christmas time

Learn about Christmas with this Interactive Book. Click on the image and you'll find lots of vocabulary and interesting information on this special season. You can even enjoy some Chrismas carols on the last pages. Have fun!

 

Try these Christmas activities too.

If you want to know some more about the history of Father Christmas, the British name for Santa Claus, you can watch this video.

Christmas is coming!

There is a sense of celebration in the air because Christmas is getting closer. However, there is still a lot to be done before our Christmas holidays. I would like to encourage you to make your last effort for your Term exams, so enjoy JB's sweet song and do your best! Try to learn the song  lyrics. They are really easy, and as you know it's an excellent way to learn new vocabulary!

Mistletoe

It's the most beautiful time of the year
Lights fill the streets spreading so much cheer
I should be playing in the winter snow
But I'mma be under the mistletoe.
I don't wanna miss out on the holiday
But I can't stop staring at your face
I should be playing in the winter snow
But I'mma be under the mistletoe.
With you, shawty, with you
With you, shawty, with you
With you, under the mistletoe.
Everyone's gathering around the fire
Chestnuts roasting like a hot July
I should be chillin' with my folks, I know
But I'mma be under the mistletoe.
Word on the streets Santa's coming tonight
Reindeer's flying through the sky so high
I should be making a list, I know
I'mma be under the mistletoe.
With you, shawty, with you
With you, shawty, with you
With you, under the mistletoe
Yeaaah,
With you, shawty, with you
With you, shawty, with you
With you, under the mistletoe.
Hey love, the Wise Men followed a star
The way I followed my heart
And it led me to a miracle.
Hey love, don't you buy me nothing
(don't you buy me nothing)
I am feeling one thing
Your lips on my lips
That's a Merry Merry Christmas.
It's the most beautiful time of the year
Lights fill the streets spreading so much cheer
I should be playing in the winter snow
I'mma be under the mistletoe.
I don't wanna miss out on the holiday
But I can't stop staring at your face
I should be playing in the winter snow
But I'mma be under the mistletoe.
With you, shawty, with you
With you, shawty, with you
With you, under the mistletoe.
With you, shawty, with you
With you, shawty, with you
With you, under the mistletoe yeah.
Kiss me underneath the mistletoe
Show me baby that you love me so
Oh oh oh oh oh oh.
Kiss me underneath the mistletoe
Show me baby that you love me so
Oh oh oh oh oh oh

PAST CONTINUOUS

READING COMPREHENSION: Read the following text and answer the questions about it. Then, invent an ending to the story.


Past SIMPLE or Past CONTINUOUS?:

Matching exercise.


Match and fill in the gaps.

Fill in the gaps.

Complete the text.

Choose the right option.

My Family

 

Get ready and get some practice before making your own Family Tree. Click on the links below.

This is My Family. 

Family Members.

My Family Tree.

PAST SIMPLE

Interactive book on 'How to talk about the past'.  You can also learn 'How to write and read a date'.


Mixed exercises with regular and irregular verbs, affirmative, negative and interrogative sentences:

Mixed exercise 1.
Mixed exercise 2.
Mixed exercise 3.
Mixed exercise 4.
Mixed exercises with BE.


For more practise on Irregular verbs, search Labels on the right-hand side of the Blog.


And now, test your knowledge of the Past Simple tense by listening to Coldplay's song Paradise, and then, clicking here to fill in the lyrics.

Where are you from? What language do you speak?

Countries and nationalities

English alphabet

Learn the English alphabet with pictures of animals and sound files.

From A to Z.

What time is it?

Watch the clock, click on the buttons below and read the time.

Stop the clock.

BE and HAVE GOT

Let's start with the revision of these two verbs. You can revise the grammar and then try the exercises.

BE

HAVE GOT

BE / HAVE GOT

BE and HAVE GOT

Verb TO BE / HAVE GOT

 

A new school year starts: new books, new partners, new experiences, new goals, new dreams and hopes...

Are you smart enough...?

Goodbye to my dear students!

Holidays are here, at last! It has been a long and tiring year and we all need a break. But before leaving, I would like to wish you all a fantastic summer. Have a lot of fun and, don't forget, "recharge batteries" for September.

This is a message for my 3rd of ESO students:

"And I'll say hey, You'll say Baby, how's your day?, I'll say crazy. But it's all gonna be alright"

I've been singing this song by Andrew Allen for the whole weekend. It makes me sing and smile. I want to share it with you. I think it's a nice song for a Sunday afternoon. Not much to do, just sitting here watching tennis on TV. Rafa is winning the Final at Roland Garros. Sorry, Federer! Come on, Rafa!, "it's all gonna be alright..."

How will you celebrate World Environment Day?

World Environment Day, which is a world-famous event, was founded by the UN General Assembly in 1972. This event commemorates every year on June 5th.This year the theme is "Forests: Nature at Your Service"
We all should be aware of the critical role played by forests.We all should care for the world we live in.
Our environment is the future of our world. If it is not healthy, then we can not think of taking a breath of peace. So, what will you do? Will you plant a tree or perhaps will you stop wasting so much paper ...?

Test your knowledge about Rainforests.

HANDS UP!

I know you are looking forward to listening to a song, so we are going to watch this video and celebrate that today is Friday ( in Usher's words "Thank God the week is done" ). 

You can read the Lyrics here, in English and in Spanish, but don't pay too much attention to Pitbull's part. Remember what I told you in class regarding words like "Gonna" and "Ain't", they are too colloquial. Don't use them at school. By the way, the Spanish translation is not a very good one.

FUTURE

Revise the grammar and have some practice!

More practice.

Fill in the gap.

Sing along with The Beatles When I'm 64.

1.Try to find out the missing words:

When I get youngerolder ,losing my

Many yearsweeks from now.

Will you still be sending me a Valentine   greetings, a bottle of

If I'd been out till quarter to three

Would you lock the windowdoor,

Will you still need me, will you still  me,

When I'm

You'll be older too,

And if you say the word,

I could stay with you.

 

I could be handy, mending a fuse

When your lights have gone.

You can  a sweater by the  

Sunday mornings go for a ride.

Doing the garden, digging the weeds,

Who could answerask for more.

Will you still need me, will you still feed me,

When I'm sixty-four.

Every summer we can rent a  cottagehouse

In the Isle of Wight, if it's not too dear

We shall scrimp and save

Grandchildren on your  

Vera, Chuck & Dave

Send me a    , drop me a line,

Stating point of view

Indicate precisely what you mean to say

Yours sincerely, wasting away

Give me your answer, fill in a form

Mine for evermore

Will you still need me, will you still feed me,

When I'm sixty-four.

2.What will Paul do?(Yes, he will/No, he won't)

(Put a tick next to the right answer.)

a.He will drive a car.

b.He will mend the fuse.
c.He will knit a sweater.
d.He will rent a cottage.

e.He will save money.

f.He will water the  flowers.

g.He will dig the weeds.

h.He will send a postcard.

STORY MAKER

Do you like writing? You can create your own story by clicking on this image. Then click on the Next button on the book. Have fun!

-ED and -ING ADJECTIVES

Do you know the difference between these two adjectives, bored and boring? If you are not completely sure, watch this video and then practise doing the exercises below.





Choose -ed or -ing.

-ED or -ING? 

Fill the gap with the appropriate adjective.

Click on  the right option. 

Complete with the right adjective. 

SONGS

9 Reasons why teachers should use songs to teach EFL

1. Songs almost always contain authentic, natural language.

2. A variety of new vocabulary can be introduced to students through songs.
3. Songs are usually very easily obtainable. 
4. Songs can be selected to suit the needs and interests of the students.
5. Grammar and cultural aspects can be introduced through songs.

6. Time length is easily controlled.
7. Students can experience a wide range of accents.
8. Song lyrics can be used in relating to situations of the world around us.
9. Students think songs are natural and fun.

For all these reasons, and because Music tames our souls, let's enjoy this lovely song by Coldplay.

Now, listen again and try to complete the lyrics.

Write the missing words:

The   go out and I can't be saved
Tides that I tried to   against
Have brought me down upon my   
Oh I beg, I beg and plead   

Choose the correct option:

Come out of things not saidunsaidunsay
Shoot an applesappleup off my head and a
Trouble that can't be namenamesnamed
A tiger's waitingwaitedwanted to be tamed singing

You are
You are

Find the missing words in the wordsearch:

 never stops
Closing walls and  clocks
Gonna come back and  you home
I could not stop that you now  singing
Come out upon my  ,
Cursed missed
Am I a part of the
Or am I part of the  , singing

You are, you are, you are
You are, you are, you are

And nothing else compares
And nothing else compares
And nothing else compares

You are
You are

Home, home where I wanted to go
Home, home where I wanted to go
Home, home where I wanted to go
Home, home where I wanted to go