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You'll find games which will help you with your grammar, your vocabulary and much more.

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Short movies

 VOCAB 

 undertaker: enterrador

coffin: ataúd

 hitchhike: hacer autostop

 bird of prey: ave de rapiña

 bury: enterrar

 grave: tumba

Answer the questions

 Did the old woman have any relatives?

 What caused the fall of all the things?

 What happened to the undertakers' car?

 They faced many difficulties in taking the coffin to the cetemery. Name some.

 Tell me the name of the animals we could see in the clip.

 What happened to the lady's sunglasses?

 When the coffin was on the road, what did one of the men tried to do?

 Did they succeed in burying the woman?

English Speaking Countries

English Speaking Countries webquest from chiquilennon

Real English

Remember I told you about long and short vowels? Well, let's have a look at the difference between /i:/ and /I/ If I had to name the verb "to get", I would call it the...This word has loads of meaning, it's impossible to know them all! What about phrasal verbs with ·get"? Forget it!!! Let's see the next clip which will help you with the different meanings of this "selfish" get. Phrasal verbs...nice...

Ordinary Love

I just wanted to show you this amazing clip from the Irish group U2.

 I love the different settings, landscapes, handwriting, originality, Bono's voice and ,of course,the lyrics.

 This song has been written to honour Nelson Mandela and will appear in the upcoming biopic called "Mandela: Long Walk to Freedom".

 I wish we could watch the film in class...obviously, in English Enjoy!!

 

Past simple songs

Let's practice some verbs in the past, shall we??

 Oh, I will survive...classic!! I hope I can have the lyrics printed for Thursday. The message is crystal clear and beautiful, so why don't we translate the song in pairs?

 
 
Meaning: pray, crowd, flush, keep on,

   

to lie, awful,

 Well, you said you liked The Beatles, so...
  believe in, long for, troubles, suddenly, as though,

 Fall in love with, hold tight,


 

lonely, wedding, no one, darn, buried, grave, nobody,

 

change my mind, every now and then, feel down, if,

The Power of Music

Let's talk about something...

Dreams: What do you dream about??



 Move into : mudarse
 quite: bastante
 redundancy: despido
 chance: opportunity
 date someone: tener una cita con alguien
 sort of: en cierto modo
 madly: locamente
Jealousy : Have you ever been jealous?


realise/notice: darse cuenta
 Naked: desnudo weird/ bizarre/ rare/ strange/ unusual/ odd: raro
 be scared of something : tener miedo a algo

  Freedom: when do you feel most free?



 make decisions: tomar decisiones
 own: poseer, aquí significa "propio".
 point of view: punto de vista
 be allowed to : poder ( tener permitido)
 freedom of speech: libertad de expresión
 whatever: lo que sea
 nag: atosigar, dar la lata
 'cause/ cos/ because
 else: más...(example: nothing else: nada más)
  If you had three wishes, what would they be?



 world peace: paz en el mundo
 That's it: eso es todo
 so hard: tan duro
 Health: salud

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Games

Memory game

Video comprehension

 1)Name the subjects you can pick in that school.
 2)What happened in the lab?
 3)When he went to the drawing class, what things were there to draw about?
 4)When he got dressed after the judo lesson, what was the problem with his trousers?
 5)Once in the toilet, how did he know the trousers the other man was wearing were his?
 6)When the military man appear, what did he start doing?
 7)What happened to his car while he was eating the chocolate cake?


 

1) Why did he have to take the bus?
 2) Do you think he knows how to resuscitate the poor man who lying on the pavement?
 3)When he realised he has run out of battery, what did he do?
 4)What did he use to stick the stamp on the envelope?
 5)When is Mr. Bean when the postman leaves?
 6)When he is trying to catch someone's attention, what did he use?
 7)When he goes on holiday, what did he take with him? was the suitcase big enough?
 8)How did he try to turn over the pages?
 9)Name the different means of transport we have seen.
 10)What is the feeling you get if there are turbulences?