The Olympics
2012 | 01 | 23We all know this is an Olympic year but how much do you know about the Olympics? Do the quizz and find out.
For more information about the event clik here and visit the official website of The Olympic Games.
BEN SAUNDERS
2012 | 01 | 10Read about the polar explorer and motivational speaker on wikipedia. You can also click on the photo and listen to him for 18 minutes, subtitles are availabe both in English and Spanish.
BOXING DAY
2012 | 01 | 10Sorry. I wanted to post this before Christmas but I forgot. Click on the picture and read about Boxing Day.
MERRY CHRISTMAS
2011 | 12 | 22I wish you a Merry Christmas and a Happy New Year.
See you on the 9th.
CHANGING EDUCATION PARADIGMS
2011 | 12 | 21Here is the video that Sandra commented on in class last Tuesday. It’s food for thought. I have found another one which you might also find interesting.
Enjoy them!
CAMBRIDGE EXAMS
2011 | 12 | 18I encourage you to take either the First Certificate or the CAE exam in June next year. I leave some examples of exams for you to do as well as some information about them. Visit this site to get information about registration and fees in your area.
FCE: general information + exam
CAE: general information + exam
Another exam (there is no listening test in this exam)
CONDITIONAL SENTENCES
2011 | 12 | 18TIME RACE + GET PHRASES
2011 | 12 | 10Key to the exercises
TIME RACE
1. from…to - 2. save - 3. pushed/pressed for or short of - 4. on - 5. long…ago - 6. on - 7. by -
8. off - 9. before - 10. lives - 11. at - 12. spare/free - 13. take - 14. ran out - 15. giving…hard
16. This - 17. in - 18. waste - 19. question/matter - 10. up
GET PHRASES
1. get rid of - 2. get it - 3. getting together - 4. get around - 5. get away - 6. got the wrong end of the stick - 7. get on like a house on fire - 8. gets on my nerves - 9. get through to him - 10. get her own way - 11. gets me down - 12. get her own back - 13. got the chance - 14. get the message - 15. got a shock - 16. getting on - 17. getting by - 18. get out of the/my way
MONEY MAKES THE WORLD GO ROUND
2011 | 12 | 04I hope you don’t mind if I dedicate this post to a very young friend hoping it brings good memories to him. But… the present is not for free: can you think of another song whose title includes the word money? Send a comment with a link to the video, I’m sure you will find it on youtube. I invite all my readers to do the same, let’s see how many titles we can get.
Esta película necesita Flash Player 7
While you think about the ‘money’ song you can do these exercises: click on the dollar to watch the video and do the first exercise, when you finish click on the next exercise button at the top of the exercise to do another one. Enjoy it!
