martes, 19 de abril de 2016

7B: Are you ready for another activity on BODY IDIOMS?

  Hiya,
It cost an arm and a leg : It was very expensive.
They don’t see eye to eye : They don’t agree with each other
She’s got a nose for a bargain : She’s very good at finding ......
I was on my knees by the end of the day : I was very tired

There's no elbow-room : There isn't enough space
She really has green fingers (BrEng) / She really has a green thumb (AmEng) = to be a good gardener
We did it by the skin of our teeth : We only just succeeded, we almost failed
He doesn’t have a leg to stand on : There’s no justification for what he did or says
To make somebody's blood boil: To make sby. very angry.
To have two left feet: To be a hopeless dancer
She's a real pain in the neckShe's an irritating and annoying person. 
I really put my foot in it : I said something by mistake that I shouldn’t have said
She gave him the cold shoulder : She rejected him; she ignored him
To be long in the tooth: To be old
He’s pulling your leg : He’s pretending something is true when it isn’t, as a joke
The car is on its last legs : It’s old and will soon be unusable
He welcomed us with open arms : He was very pleased to accept our help.
We soon lost heart: We became demotivated

Peter gave me a hand with the new garage: He helped me.















7B: Great TALK on nonverbal language by social psychologist, Amy Cuddy.

A great TALK  on www.ted.com: Your body languages shapes who you are ( a bit long, it's worth listening to it, though!!

7B: BODY IDIOMS (explained and translated into Spanish)

 Hey there,

Here's a great hand-out with loads of body idioms( idiomatic expressions combined with  body parts) which are commonly used by native speakers and can help  enrich your vocab a lot more.

BODY IDIOMS(with examples and translated into Spanish)

miércoles, 6 de abril de 2016

HILARIOUS SLEEP-RELATED videos by stand-up comedians

Hi  there,

Just to have a good laugh!
Have fun!


















Have you ever heard of NARCOLEPSY? See and find out what it is like.

 I'm sure you've heard of Narcolepsy, a not very common sleep disorder. However, the people who suffer from it can't lead a normal life. Watch the video about  an Englishman suffering from it.

Sleep disorder

lunes, 28 de marzo de 2016

Unit 6B: SLEEP-RELATED IDIOMS and ACTIVITIES


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Hi guys,
Some more sleep-related expressions to learn & practice!!

Sleep idioms 1
Sleep Idioms 2
Activities:
test your idioms 1
Sleep & dream -related idioms2

INTERNET RADIO: All the best radio stations just a click away from you!!!!



Do you like listening to the radio?
Today, I want to share with you a very nice  user-friendly site to listen to the radio.  With a simple click you can listen  to the best live radio stations from the UK. In fact, you can listen to any online radio station in the world, but the focus here is on English, isn’t it?
Internet Radio UK lists all top online radio stations from the United Kingdom. On the right of the screen, you will see a menu with links to different radio stations in the UK.
Hope it is helpful!!
have fun!

miércoles, 16 de marzo de 2016

St PATRICK'S DAY


Hey there!
This is Fallas' Time but tomorrow will be  St Patrick's Day, the Patron Saint of Ireland
Watch a video   on St Patrick's Day  and answer these  questions    about the video.

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Have a jolly good St Patrick's day!!







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sábado, 27 de febrero de 2016

THE ANGRY ORANGES

Hi guys,

Here's a funny video  where there are TALKING
ORANGES who make fun of other fruit.
It's a hilarious video worth watching!!
the angry oranges might look a bit scary but hope
you're gonna love them!!
You  can also suscribe to the angry oranges website, if you want.

have fun!

martes, 16 de febrero de 2016

Chris Reardon's talk show

Chris Reardon's talk show



Hey there!


As I mentioned a couple of weeks ago in class let me just introduce you to Chris Reardon. He's a really funny guy  that has a daily talk show. I'm just posting his latest videoclip(November 28th) where he will be talking about different topics. As you will see, you have a list of all the topics he's going to talk about in the same order.  Please, do make a note of some of the anecdotes he's going to talk about so that you can tell me all about them  next day in class, ok? Watch the video
I must warn you all that he's got a very strong accent, but if you listen to him regularly, you'll get used to it!!;)

You'll also have the chance of subscribing to his You Tube channel. Username ChrisReardonUK   http://unitedkingdomtalk.co.uk/
Hope you like it.

PS: Remember that  your comments  are always welcome, so please  post them from time to time, will you?

Hope you like it as he's a good laugh!!
Have fun

Unit 5A: UNREAL CONDITIONALS

2nd Conditional
3rd Conditional
All types
All types
All types (short quiz)
All types – 20 questions

More exercises (3rd conditional)
More exercises
More exercises
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More exercises
 

martes, 19 de enero de 2016

BLUE MONDAY!!


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Pre-reading:
What is Blue Monday? Have you ever heard of this term?When is it? Is it something to do with Black Friday or Cyber Monday?


While-reading:
Click below and find out what Blue Monday is

Tesco, UK's biggest supermarket chain, has decided to relieve people suffering from the Blue Monday syndrome by making use of a clever marketing technique. Click here to read more about it.

After- reading:

What could be done to keep  the BLUES away?
Think of a few ideas to get rid of it.

Unit 4A: Grammar: FUTURE PERFECT & FUTURE CONTINUOUS exercises

Future perfect exercises

future perfect and future continuous exercises( previous explanations in SPANISH)

Another exercise on future perfect and future continuous(Scroll down to the bottom of the page)

Quiz with some more exercises