March 28, 2012

Present Continuous: He's cooking

To do exercises 1 and 2 you need to click twice (one is the         recording and the other is the sheet with the pictures or the words) / Para hacer los ejercicios 1 y 2 necesitar hacer click en dos sitios para cada uno (uno tiene la grabación y el otro la hoja de la actividad).




1. Listen to the activities and choose the correct picture. (find answers in 'comentarios')


2. What's he/she doing? Listen and write the sentences (you have the words you need at the bottom of the page). Answers in 'comentarios'.


3. Listen and write the negative sentences you hear. (check you answers in 'comentarios')

March 27, 2012

More clothes vocabulary

Click here to see and hear some pieces of clothing. Do the activities (match up 1, match up 2...) (American English)

Click here to see and here more vocabulary and do the activities too. (American English)

Clothes Vocabulary (BrE vs AmE)


Clothes
In the UK, we would be embarrassed if people saw our pants. why?/ En el Reino Unido nos sentiríamos avergonzados si la gente viera nuestros ‘pants’. ¿Por qué?

British English
 American English
Trousers 
Pants
Pants / Underwear / Knickers (calzoncillos/ ropa interior /bragas)
Underwear / panties
briefs/underpants (calzoncillos)
shorts/jockey shorts
Jumper / Pullover / Sweater /Jersey
Sweater
Vest (camiseta interior)
Undershirt
Waistcoat (chaleco)
Vest
Trainers
Sneakers
Swimming costume (bañador)
Bathing Suit

March 25, 2012

Do you like music?

If you like music, try this website. You can learn a lot.

First you select your level: Beginner. Then you write the song lyrics while listening the music / Primero selecciona tu nivel. Luego escribe la letra mientras escuchas la canción.
·    To continue playing you must complete each line./ Para continuar escuchando debes completar cada línea.
·    To listen again the last line, press backspace key./ Para escuchar otra vez la última línea debes pulsar la tecla de ir para atrás.
·    If you can't understand a word, press tab key to jump to the next./ Si no entiendes una palabra, pulsa la tecla del tabulador y saltarás a la siguiente.
·    Don't write spaces neither any special character./ No escribas espacios ni caracteres especiales.

March 17, 2012

Happy St Patrick's Day!

Click here to see an interactive book about St Patrick's Day. You will learn some vocabulary and how people celebrate this day. There is a famous song at the end too.

(Don't forget to look at old posts)

March 09, 2012

Drabble competition


The Official School of Languages is having a drabble competition to celebrate the International Day of the Book. Click here to see the competition rules. / La EOI organiza un concurso de 'drabble' para celebrar el Día del Libro. Mira las bases de la convocatoria.