Showing posts with label Vocabulary. Show all posts
Showing posts with label Vocabulary. Show all posts

Tuesday, 17 March 2015

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:

Enjoy the long weekend!

Friday, 5 December 2014

Colloquial English

Hello everyone!

Did you know that one of the most difficult things to translate are colloquial sayings? That's because we don't always have an equivalent in our mother tongue.

Your course mate Nora has shared this link with us and it's really interesting! Have a look!




In Spanish we would have: "A quien madruga, Dios le ayuda"

Thank you, Nora!

Thursday, 13 March 2014

Sport - vocabulary

You have different ways to test yourselves! Just choose a different study mode.

Wednesday, 8 May 2013

Advanced 1: Vocabulary revision Unit 5

Listen and complete! You can practise your listening and revise vocabulary at the same time!

Tuesday, 23 April 2013

Intermediate 1: Revision vocabulary_ Unit 4

Let's do the activities and practise some vocabulary & listening!

Friday, 12 April 2013

Advanced 1 - As Good as It Gets

This week we have been working on obsessions (OCD) and addictions and watching part of this great film as an example & good listening practice. Would you like to watch it completely?

As Good as It Gets is a 1997 American comedy that stars Jack Nicholson as a misanthropic,obsessive-compulsive novelist, Helen Hunt as a single mother with an asthmatic son, and Greg Kinnear as a gay artist. 
Nicholson and Hunt won the Academy Award for Best Actor and Academy Award for Best Actress, respectively, making As Good As It Gets the latest film to win both of the lead acting awards. It is ranked 140th on Empire magazine's "The 500 Greatest Movies of All Time" list.

Friday, 5 April 2013

Advanced 1: Revision activities Unit 4

We have been studying a wide range of grammar structures and vocabulary this year. 
Please, revise unit number 4 by doing the Revision activities in page 67.

Here's the answer key! 
 Revise and Check, UNIT 4

GRAMMAR
A-        1 b                   B-        1          to learn
2 a                               2          would have enjoyed 
3 a                               3          travelling
4 b                               4          pay
5 c                               5          doesn’t mind
6 a                               6          would win
7 c                               7          hadn't been wearing
8 a                               8          to attend
9 c                               9          Had...told
10 c                             10        catching
                                                11        wouldn't be living
                                                12        have seen

VOCABU LARY
A-        1          landline            B-        1 broken
            2          casualties                      2 get
3          ceasefire                        3 up
4          voicemail                       4 blow
5          minded                          5 out
6          enquiries                        6 up
                                   
7          sighted               C-        1 of
8          siege                               2 on
9          worn                               3 with
10        arrows                            4 on
11        retreat                             5 on
12        refugees           

Don't hesitate to ask me in class if you have any questions!

Thursday, 21 March 2013

Advanced 1_vocabulary unit 4

Let's revise vocabulary in unit 4A!