NA - Vocabulary Insects

1NB - Prepositions At, In, On

NA - On homework in Spain

Parents in Spain go on homework strike

Do you agree? Read HERE

Remember, Remember, the 5th of November - Guy Fawk's Night

"Remember remember the fifth of November

Gunpowder, treason and plot.

I see no reason why gunpowder, treason

Should ever be forgot..."

And here is the story...               

NA - How trees talk to each other

1NB - Halloween

Really funny game... (Watch out!!)

http://learnenglishkids.britishcouncil.org/en/games/haunted-house
http://learnenglishkids.britishcouncil.org/en/games/haunted-house-level-2
And ... a song!!

http://learnenglishkids.britishcouncil.org/en/songs/the-scary-skeleton

Halloween - Trick or treat?

Halloween or Hallowe'en (a contraction of All Hallows' Evening),^[5] also known as Allhalloween,^[6] All Hallows' Eve,^[7] or All Saints' Eve,^[8] is a celebration observed in a number of countries on 31 October, the eve of the Western Christian feast of All Hallows' Day. It begins the three-day observance of Allhallowtide,^[9] the time in the liturgical year dedicated to remembering the dead, including saints (hallows), martyrs, and all the faithful departed.^[10][11]

It is widely believed that many Halloween traditions originated from Celtic harvest festivals which may have pagan roots, particularly the Gaelic festival Samhain, and that this festival was Christianized as Halloween.^{[1][7][12][13][14][15]} Some academics, however, support the view that Halloween began independently as a solely Christian holiday.^{[1][16][17][18][19]}

Halloween activities include trick-or-treating (or the related guising), attending Halloween costume parties, decorating, carving pumpkins into jack-o'-lanterns, lighting bonfires, apple bobbing and divination games, playing pranks, visiting haunted attractions, telling scary stories and watching horror films. In many parts of the world, the Christian religious observances of All Hallows' Eve, including attending church services and lighting candles on the graves of the dead, remain popular,^[20][21][22] although elsewhere it is a more commercial and secular celebration.^[23][24][25] Some Christians historically abstained from meat on All Hallows' Eve,^[26][27] a tradition reflected in the eating of certain foods on this vigil day, including apples, potato pancakes and soul cakes.^[27][28][29]

Wikipedia

2NA - An informal email

This is a bit too informal for my liking, but here you go...

Bob Dylan- Knockin' on Heaven's Door "Original"

2NA - Bob Dylan wins the Nobel Prize for Literature

Great article!! Read it HERE

2NA - On Venice - Article 4

Read the article HERE

2NA - Future

2NA - Guy Fawkes Bonfire Festival

2NA - Carnival in Venice

If you want to learn more, click HERE

2NA - Festivals in the World

Read this article and learn more...

2NA - Festivals in the World

Read this article and learn more...(click the image)

2NA - Samsung: Don't use dangerous Galaxy Note - Article 3

A complete lesson here

2NA - Reading books - Article 2

1 NB - Boney M - The Calendar Song

How Much Does your Building Weigh, Mr Foster?

2NA - Is Britain racist? Newspaper Article 1

Watch the video to learn https://www.facebook.com/bbcthree/videos/10154133939250787/

National Gallery

And here is a door to the fascinating world of Painting

The National Gallery

Audioguides and Tours 

Norman Foster

Norman Robert Foster, British architect whose company maintains an international design practice, Foster + Partners. Foster was raised in Manchester in a working-class family and was intrigued by design and engineering from a young age. His years observing Mancunian architecture subsequently influenced his works, and was inspired to pursue a career in architecture after a treasurer clerk noticed his sketches and interest in Manchester's buildings while he worked at Manchester Town Hall.[1] Foster gained an internship at a local architect's office before submitting a portfolio and winning a place at the University of Manchester School of Architecture. He subsequently won a scholarship to study at the Yale School of Architecture in the United States of America.


                                                                                                                                        The Guerkin

2NA - Bansky is back

Banksy is a controversial contemporary British artist and illustrator. This video quiz about an exhibition of his work will help you practise your listening skills.

Instructions

Click on the play button in the centre of the screen to watch the video. You can pause the video, or rewind it and watch it over again as many times as you feel you need to.

Watch the video again and listen out for the missing words.

When you have watched the video, scroll down the page and do the quiz to test your understanding. If you get stuck on any of the questions, watch the video again to help you with the answers.

Choose the correct answer for each question

1.       What type of artist Bansky?

2.       What is Bansky real identity?

3.       Where is Bansky Exhibition held?

4.       What is the rabbit doing in the video?

5.       What type of animal does Bansky use to depict Members of Parliament?

6.       Which city does Bansky come from?

7.       Does Bansky go out of his way to point out that his art is for sale

8.       Which other famous artist is named in the video?

9.       One of the Exhibits is a spoof on what?

NI - Some Help for exams...

Irish songs!!

Thank you for the music!! THE CORRS Pedro J. Valle MARY BLACK Karen Alonzo THE DUBLINERS Salvador Domínguez IMELDA MAY Patricia Martínez RONAN KEATING Mª Angeles Martínez U2 ANtonio Vallejo

NI - House and Housing - Links

HOUSE AND HOUSING LINKS http://www.rightmove.co.uk/property-for-sale/property-33313788.html#/property-for-sale/full-description/property-33313788.html HOUSE LISTENING http://www.dailyesl.com/house-painting.htm http://www.esl-lab.com/vocab/v-housing.htm http://www.dailyesl.com/home-improvements.htm http://esl-lab.com/complain/complainrd1.htm http://www.esl-lab.com/vocab/v-housing.htm http://www.esl-lab.com/vocab/v-landscaping.htm

NI - Conditionals links

Hiya! Here you have some links for further practice on conditionals Conditionals and If alternatives Assuming, Suppose, Unless, Providing, Provided & As Long As Alternatives for If – provided, assuming, etc.doc If, When, in case http://www.bbc.co.uk/worldservice/learningenglish/youmeus/learnit/learnitv261.shtml Practice Mixed Conditionals http://www.usingenglish.com/quizzes/151.html http://www.usingenglish.com/quizzes/226.html http://www.sofaschool.com/gapfill.php?gappa_id=198 http://www.languageproject.co.uk/free_exercises/exercise_page.php?ID=144 Translate these sentences.doc If or Unless http://www.usingenglish.com/quizzes/23.html If or When http://www.ompersonal.com.ar/omexercise/tiemposverbales/unit09.htm If or In case http://www.tolearnenglish.com/exercises/exercise-english-2/exercise-english-4876.php Unless, Providing, Provided & As Long As Unless, Providing, Provided & As Long As.doc Other forms http://www.ompersonal.com.ar/OMFIRST2/DALMATIAN15/lesson58/page3.htm http://www.ompersonal.com.ar/OMFIRST2/DALMATIAN15/lesson58/page4.htm

Donna Donna ~ Joan Baez ( Lyrics )

The News today

http://bbc.in/1Ua1qUS

International Day for Women

Minisagas

A minisaga, mini saga or mini-saga is a short piece of writing containing exactly 50 words, plus a title of up to 15 signs. However, the title requirement is not always enforced and sometimes eliminated altogether. Minisagas are alternately known as microstories, ultra-shorts stories, or fifty-word stories. The idea was originally invented by writer Brian Aldiss and the newspaper The Daily Telegraph, which has held several minisaga competitions. Wikipedia

Irish Dancing - Saint Patrick

The Siege of Ennis The Walls of Limerick https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=n9A7uEOxWyU

NI - Similes

NI - Idioms

NI - Gerunds/Infinitive

NI - Useful words

NI - Linking words

Romantic songs - 14th February

Martha, 1ºB Patricia, 1º B Auxi Meneses, 1º B Aurora Muñoz, 3º CAL

Lord of the Rings

NI - Education

http://www.projectbritain.com/education/index.html

http://learnenglishkids.britishcouncil.org/en/short-stories

Irregular verbs song

Regular past

And... have a look at these pages

http://evaeaston.com/t-d-Id-pattern.html
Some practice
Exercise 1
Exercise 2

And these two videos

Christmas - Perfect Brownie Recipe

Try to bake this perfect brownie. It's dead easy!!! And if you do... bring some to class!!

NB - Prepositions

NI - 28th European Film Awards

Read more HERE

1NB - In, at, on

25th November - International Day for the Elimination of Violence Against Women

YOUR SONGS:

I really love this one, sad as it is

And a sweeter one

Silvia Bernal 3ºB

25th November - International Day for the Elimination of Violence Against Women

http://www.un.org/en/events/endviolenceday/

International Day for the Elimination of Violence Against Women

NI - Friday 13th

For information, readings and listenings, click HERE

Beautiful Ireland-- National Geographic

Your Shot Photos: Ireland -- National Geographic

NI -Going under: portraits of the last coal miners Photographer Pierre Gonnord on how he captured the last gasps of a dying industry

Read the article HERE

People In Spain Knitted Blankets To Help Syrians Prepare For Winter Each blanket includes a label reading "We are with you."

Read more HERE

NI - Money, Song Ka-ching!!

NI -PUC - Prueba Unificada de Certificación

http://portal.ced.junta-andalucia.es/educacion/webportal/web/educacion-permanente/prueba-unificada-de-certificacion

irregular verbs

Queen - We Are The Champions (With Lyrics)

Now......

THANK YOU FOR THE MUSIC (Lyrics) - ABBA

Thank you for the wonderful year, for your hard work and for being kind, nice and great fun!!



(Your English is like music!!!)

1NB - Birdy - People help the people with Lyrics

Thanks Pilar González

1NB - The Animals - House Of The Rising Sun (LYRICS)

Thanks Mª Carmen Montes

1NB - Avicii - The Nights (Lyrics HD)

Thanks José Manuel Oca

1NB - The Beatles - Girl - Lyrics

Thanks Milagros Pérez

Britain - General Elections

THE WINNERS AND THE LOSERS

http://www.theguardian.com/politics/2015/may/08/general-election-2015-the-winners-and-losers

Leonard Cohen - 10 Best Songs

http://www.theguardian.com/music/musicblog/2015/may/06/leonard-cohen-10-of-the-best

British General Elections

British general elections

Monty Python en Hollywood - Viejos tiempos (Spanish subtitles)

The Wild Rover(No Nay Never) The Dubliners Lyrics

Always Look on the Bright Side of Life (from Monty Python)

HAPPY BOOK DAY!!

1NB - Food in Britain

General Elections in Great Britain - What are the parties offering you?

Have a look at this study from the Guardian

HERE

Life in the Sherry Capital

Read the article HERE

http://genuineandalusia.com/go-jerez-life-in-the-sherry-capital/

1NB - Rooms in the house

Rooms in the house



https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=gL7E631bVr0

NI - The Guardian 3 minutes videos on the next Elections in the UK

To watch them go HERE

http://www.theguardian.com/commentisfree/series/three-minute-election

Matilda the movie Part 9 [HQ]

Procrastination

Some Irish music

St. Patrick's Day

More information HERE

http://www.bbc.co.uk/worldservice/learningenglish/specials/2011/03/110318_photogallery_stpatricksday_page.shtml?g0=1

NB1 - Irregular verbs

Have a look at these pages

http://www.manythings.org/repeat/
http://shtooka.net/collections/eng/verbs/en/

And this video you already know

NI - Y ... Regular Verbs 2

NB1 - SIMPLE PAST [t], [d] or [Id] "-ed" Past Tense

And... have a look at these pages

http://evaeaston.com/t-d-Id-pattern.html
Some practice
Exercise 1
Exercise 2

And these two videos
Video 1
Video 2

Resources for learning English

Para aprender idiomas ONLINE

http://www.totemguard.com/aulatotem/2015/03/herramientas-tic-ensenar-aprender-idiomas-online/

NI - Roald Dahl Quotes

Great article HERE

http://www.roalddahl.com/blog/2015/january/ten-memorable-roald-dahl-quotes?utm_source=Facebook&utm_medium=BlogLink&utm_campaign=Top10Quotes

NI - Songs - Valentine's

Thanks Miguel lópez for these beautiful songs. Relax, Enjoy the music, enjoy the English!

NI - The article

Here are some exercises about articles (a/an/the/-) in English. Just try some out

The Article

The Italian Man Who Went To Malta - (OFFICIAL ANIMATED VERSION)

Or... WHY PRONUNCIATION IS SO IMPORTANT!!!

Dame Helen Mirren wins Fellowship Bafta - The British Academy Film Award...

Bafta Awards

http://www.bafta.org/ And the winners are...


HERE Film in 2015

Boyhood

Richard Linklater, Cathleen Sutherland

Birdman

Alejandro G. Iñárritu, John Lesher, James W. Skotchdopole

The Grand Budapest Hotel

Wes Anderson, Scott Rudin, Steven Rales, Jeremy Dawson

The Imitation Game

Nora Grossman, Ido Ostrowsky, Teddy Schwarzman

The Theory Of Everything

Tim Bevan, Eric Fellner, Lisa Bruce, Anthony McCarten

NI- The slow Food video

NI - Linking Words

SO THAT, SO, TO... Have a look HERE http://languagelearningbase.com/19645/expressing-purpose-reason-cause-result-effect

NI - Like/As and every/each

DIFFERENT BETWEEN LIKE AND AS EVERY AND EACH TO AND FROM

Pink Floyd - Another Brick In The Wall (HQ)

A TALE OF TWO BRAINS

NI- IF - Kipling

NI - Song - Somebody that I used to know

Taken from: http://reallifeglobal.com/learning-english-with-music-somebody-that-i-used-to-know-goyte/

SOMEBODY THAT I USED TO KNOW (What is used to?) Before we get too far into the vocabulary, you are going to learn about USED TO. You probably noticed it in the title and the main part of the chorus, I think he repeats it about 100 times.

Now you’re just somebody that I used to know
Now you’re just somebody that I used to know
SOMEBODYYYYY

USED TO
Used to is an auxiliary we use to talk about habits and routines we did in the past that we don’t do now. Just like we use the simple present to talk about current routines, we use the used toauxiliary to talk about past routines. Let’s compare the two tenses.

• I listen to music everyday / I used to listen to music every day (when I worked less)
• I like eating fast food / I used to like eating fast food (When I was a teenager)
• Somebody that I know/ Somebody that I used to know (when they were dating)

When we make a reference to time, we always use an era of your life that has passed, not 1 specific time in the past.
I CAN’T SAY- I used to play football this morning/yesterday/last week
The reason for this is because a specific time in the past is referring to just one action, not a habit or routine that happened repetitively. Used to, is referring to a repetitive action that happened during a different time in your life. Let’s compare used to with the simple past.

• I walked to class yesterday (one time)/ I used to walk to class when I didn’t have a bike (repetitive action in past)
• He played in the last World Cup (one event in the past)/ He used to play for the Brazilian national team (repetitive action in past)

Common time references for used to are:
When I was a child/ a teenager/ in prison I used to have long hair.
When I lived in Australia/ in that neighbourhood/ with my parents I used to drive a car.
When using used to for a question or in the negative form, we simply take away the –ed from used and use the auxiliary verb DID/DIDN’T.

• Did you use to live in Japan?
• Did she use to know him?
• I didn’t use to like that band.
• She didn’t use to have long hair

Note* When used with the verb to be, it has a different meaning. We are talking about something we are accustomed to, for example.

• I am used to the weather in Brazil
• They are used to waking up early

Verse 1

Now and then I think of when we were together
Like when you said you felt so happy you could die
Told myself that you were right for me
But felt so lonely in your company
But that was love and it’s an ache I still remember
Verse 2

You can get addicted to a certain kind of sadness
Like resignation to the end, always the end
So, when we found that we could not make sense
Well, you said that we would still be friends
But I’ll admit that I was glad that it was over

RELATIONSHIP EXPRESSIONS USED IN THE SONG

For the last verse, and the extended part of the chorus, you will notice he’s used a lot of expressions related to his bad break up. Nearly all of these expressions have a negative connotation, but hey, that’s life.
Look through to see how many of them you already know, then check the definitions below.
Note* The explanations are in reference to how he uses them in the song. Some of these expressions can have other uses and meanings.

Verse 3

Now and then I think of all the times you screwed me over¹
But had me believing it was always something that I’d done
But I don’t wanna live that way, reading into² every word you say
You said that you could let it go³
And I wouldn’t catch you hung up⁴ on somebody that you used to know

1. Screw someone over- To take advantage of someone, lie to someone, cheat on someone.
“His ex-wife really screwed him over when she got the house in the divorce.”
2. Read into something- To find more information about a subject or what someone says. In some cases it can mean the person has changed the meaning of your words.
“She always reads into my words, when I said I wanted a break, she thought I was breaking up with her.”
3. To let go- To release; forget about a negative thought.
“I can’t let go of the fact that he stole her records.”
4. Hung up- When your mind is stuck on something; you can’t stop thinking about something.
“He’s really hung up on that girl.”

Chorus

But you didn’t have to cut me off⁵
Make out⁶ like it never happened and that we were nothing
And I don’t even need your love
But you treat me like a stranger and that feels so rough
No, you didn’t have to stoop so low⁷
Have your friends collect your records and then change your number
I guess that I don’t need, that though
Now you’re just somebody that I used to know

5. Cut someone off- To totally eliminate that person form your life.
“She cut him off. She doesn’t answer any of his calls or messages.”
6. Make out- To act; pretend.
“He was making out that he was ok, but I know he was really sad.”
7. Stoop so low- To do something with no morality.
“I can’t believe she stooped so low as to poison his dog for revenge.”
- See more at: http://reallifeglobal.com/learning-english-with-music-somebody-that-i-used-to-know-goyte/#sthash.vsUCVBp3.dpuf

NI - Excuses -Australian School Answering Machine

NI HOUSE AND HOUSING

Types Of Houses 

And... have a look at this video!!

1NB - Present Continuous - Tom's Diner - Suzanne Vega ( Lyrics )

1NB - Present Continuous -

PRESENT CONTINUOUS

Grammar explanation:

http://www.languageguide.org/english/grammar/esp/part1/present_progressive.jsp

http://www.ompersonal.com.ar/ELEMENTARY/unit6/page1.htm Adding -ing

Activities

http://www.theyellowpencil.com/gramacontinuo.htm

http://pagesperso-orange.fr/raud.dugal/beginners/the%202%20presents/exercise2.htm

http://www.pumpkinandcompany.com/PAC/Kids-activ-games_Gquiz_Prsntcont1-5e.htm

http://web2.uvcs.uvic.ca/elc/studyzone/330/grammar/pcontnq2.htm