1st lesson...

Self introduction from chiquilennon

Tongue Twisters

Who doesn't like a good tongue twister??

1) DOUBLE BUBBLE GUM BUBBLES DOUBLE.

2) A TINY TIGER THINKS TOUGH THOUGHTS.

3) A TINY TIGER TIED HER TIE TIGHTER TO TIDY  HER TINY TAIL.

4) I WISH YOU WERE A FISH IN MY DISH.

5) IF TWO WITCHES WERE WATCHING TWO WATCHES, WHICH WITCH WOULD WATCH WHICH WATCH?

6) STUPID SUPERSTITION.

7) HOW MUCH WOOD WOULD A WOODCHUCK CHUCK IF A WOODCHUCK COULD CHUCK WOOD?

8) SHE SAID SHE SHOULD SIT.

9) THE BIG BLACK BUG BIT THE BIG BLACK BEAR, BUT THE BIG BLACK BEAR BIT THE BIG BLACK BUG BACK.

Duolingo

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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

WELCOME BACK

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TONGUE TWISTERS

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