Disastrous journeys writing activity

Hello everybody!

Here you have the answer key to exercise 4b on page 116:

1. then
2. when
3. instead of
4. but
5. so
6. because
7. as soon as
8. although

I hope this model hepls you to do your own writing! Remember that the due date is 9th of April.

Happy holidays!!!!

Grammar activites: Past Tenses & Present Perfect

Hello everyone!

I would like you to do some extra practice on Past Simple and Past Perfect since you had many doubts in class. here you can find some exercises that you can do:

Present Perfect or Past Simple?

http://www.examenglish.com/grammar/b1_presentperfect_pastsimple.htm

http://www.perfect-english-grammar.com/past-simple-present-perfect-1.html

Past Tenses

https://elt.oup.com/student/englishfile/intermediate3/grammar/file05/?cc=global&selLanguage=en

You can also test your progress: 

https://elt.oup.com/student/englishfile/intermediate3/testmaker/files1-10?cc=global&selLanguage=en

Facebook _ Extra listening activity

1. What has created the phenomenon known as "Facebook depression?___________________________ (3)
2. The American Academy of Pediatrics has informed parents about the possible dangers of networking websites on their children’s ______________ (2)
3. Ms. O'Keeffe says that a big part of this generation's social and emotional development is occurring on the _______________ and _______________ (3)
4. Parents need to understand these technologies so they can relate to their children's ______________(2)
5. The report says that the Internet is not always a _________________________ (2) for kids.
6. Parents must be active and discuss things like ______________ (1).
7.  A recent survey indicated that ______________(3) of teenagers log on to a social media site more than 10 times a day.
8.  However, Facebook helps youngsters, by ______________ (1) them to express themselves.

Please, post your answers!

Enjoy your holidays!!!

María.

Happy Father's Day to all of you who are dads!

Let's celebrate it with some jokes!

Offside (fuera de juego) _ Listening Int 1

Listen to the second part of the programme (2:28'- 4:42') and complete the statements:

1. Mark Kermode, the critic, has never understood the kind of _________________________(2) for football.

2. The director of the film shows that sense of wanting to be part of this type of _______________________ ______(2)

Now listen to people’s opinions:

3. The first man thinks that it was one of the best films he had seen _______________________ (2)

4. The second woman thinks that it was funny, endearing and it made a really _______________________________ (2).

5. The last woman found it interesting because, although it was a heavy subject, there were ___________________________ (2). 

Now click on this link to read the transcript and correct your answers:

http://downloads.bbc.co.uk/worldservice/learningenglish/entertainment/scripts/entertainment_060622_offside.pdf

Enjoy the long weekend!

Offside - trailer

Here you have the trailer of the film in case you want to watch it again!

Superstitions in the UK

Hello everybody!

How are you today?

As I told you in class, I'd like you to know a bit more about superstitions in the UK. Click on this link to read the article:

http://www.educationuk.org/global/articles/uk-superstitions/

Then, watch this video and try to understant it as it's not very difficult.

If you compare them to the ones in Spain. Which ones are the same? Which ones are different?

Have a nice weekend!

February exams are over!