Drabble Competition

Un año más la Escuela organiza a "Drabble Competition". Consiste en escribir historias que tengan exactamente 100 palabras (el título aparte) y hay premios para todos los niveles. Puedes ver toda la información aquí y, si tienes alguna pregunta sobre cómo enviar tu historia o cualquier otro asunto, no dudes en hacérmela en clase. Recuerda que las historias deben ser originales.
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Adjectives

To practise adjectives and physical description look for old posts in File 3 / Para practicar adjetivos y descripciones físicas buscad entradas antiguas en File 3

Happy Thanksgiving

A band at Macy's Thanksgiving Day Parade

A big float or balloon at Macy's Thanksgiving Day Parade








Listen to Kim talking about what she and her family do on Thanksgiving Day and complete the text. Check your answers in 'comments'. / Escucha a Kim hablando de lo que ella y su familia hacen el Día de Acción de Gracias y completa el texto. Comprueba tus respuestas en 'comentarios'.

____________ (1) is a great holiday for kids. It’s always on a ____________  (2) so there’s no ____________ (3)on that day. We get up early and watch the parade on ____________(4). There are lots of ____________ (5) and bands. It’s very colourful and there’s lots of ____________(6).

In the ____________(7), the whole family gathers together for a ____________(8) feast. We can see our grandparents, uncles, aunts and all our cousins. We ____________ (9) a huge turkey with bread stuffing, baked potatoes with marshmallows, casseroles and for dessert there’s always ____________(10) pie with whipped cream or ____________(11). We eat so much that at the end of the day we always ____________ (12)a stomachache.

Don't forget to see the old posts about Thanksgiving in 'Festivities' / No olvides ver las entradas antiguas sobre esta celebración en 'Festivities'

Biblioteca

Para consultar el nuevo (corregido) horario de la biblioteca de la Escuela pincha aquí.

El blog de la biblioteca.

Carné de usuario: 
Los alumnos nuevos pueden recogerlo, llevando una foto de carné, en Secretaría.
Los alumnos antiguos que solicitaran el carné de la biblioteca en años anteriores pueden seguir utilizando el mismo carné este curso. Los alumnos antiguos a los que haya caducado el carné o por cualquier razón no lo tengan y quieran solicitarlo lo pueden hacer enviando un correo electrónico a bibliotecaeoi@gmail.com. Como asunto que especifiquen que es para solicitar el carné, y en el mensaje que pongan su nombre, apellidos y su DNI. Lo podrán recoger una semana después en Secretaría, también con una foto.

Refuerzos Destrezas Orales

Este curso (2012-2013) habrá una clase de Refuerzo de las destrezas orales para primero de Básico los miércoles de 16.00 a 17.00 horas en el aula 004. Empiezan la semana que viene.Os animo a asistir sobre todo si necesitáis practicar el oral!

Plurals

Watch this video to review the form of plurals.
Watch this one to review the pronunciation of -s /-es.

There are more things about plurals and demonstratives in File 1. / Hay más cosas sobre plurales y demonstrativos en File 1.

COLOURS

More personal information

Watch the video and write down the information. They say it twice (answers in 'comments') / Ve el vídeo y escribe la información. Lo dicen dos veces (respuestas en 'comentarios').

1^st speaker

Address: _______Apple St.

Phone number:

Age:

City: 

2nd speaker

Address: _______Moxar Avenue

Phone number:

Age:

City: 

Personal information

Watch the video and write the missing information. Check your answers in 'comments'. / Ve el video y escribe la información que falta. Comprueba tus respuestas en 'comentarios'.

Name	María	Michael	Asako	Ron
Address	____ Main Street	____ Park Street	____ School Street	____ River Street
Phone number
City

At the hospital

Name: Mr Chan

Address: ____ River St, Brooklyn, New York

Phone number:

Social Security number:

Greetings

A song to review the days of the week

Seven Days of the Week (I Never Go to Work)

Watch the video and complete the lyrics using the words in the box. Check your answers in 'comments'./ Ve el vídeo y completa la letra usando las palabras en la tabla. Comprueba tus respuestas en 'comentarios'.

rest (2)     Thursdays     night       late     work     home   Wednesdays     holiday     Mondays

Oh no, no, I never go to work
Oh no, no, I never go to work
Oh no, no, I never go to work
Oh no, no, I never go to work

On __________ (1), I never go to work
On Tuesdays, I stay at __________ (2),
On __________ (3), I never feel inclined
__________ (4) is the last thing on my mind

On __________ (5), it's a __________ (6)!
And Fridays I detest
Oh it's much too __________ (7) on a Saturday
And Sunday is the day of __________ (8)

Oh yes, yes, practice trumpet everyday
Oh yes, yes, practice trumpet everyday
Oh yes, yes, practice trumpet everyday
Oh yes, yes, practice trumpet everyday

Practice Monday
Practice Tuesday
Practice Wednesday

Practice Thursday
And Friday
And I practiced all __________ (9)on Saturday
So on Sundays I played best

Oh no, no, I never go to work
Oh no, no, I never go to work
Oh no, no, I never go to work
Oh no, no, I never go to work

On __________ (1), I never go to work
On Tuesdays, I stay at __________ (2),
On __________ (3), I never feel inclined
__________ (4) is the last thing on my mind

On __________ (5), it's a __________ (6)!
And Fridays I detest
Oh it's much too __________ (7) on a Saturday
And Sunday is the day of __________ (8)

It's the day of __________ (10)!

Phone numbers

1. Click here to review how to say phone numbers. / Repasa cómo decir los números de teléfono.

2. Watch this video. 


3. Watch this video just for fun. Peter gives Consuela his phone number.Check it in 'comments' / Ve este vídeo sólo para divertirte. Peter le da su número a Consuela. Compruébalo en 'comentarios'.

Friday I'm in Love

You have this song in the photocopy with the alphabet. / La canción está en la fotocopia del abecedario.

Halloween

Watch this video and sing the song we did in class. / Ve el vídeo y canta la canción que hicimos en clase.

Don't forget to look at older posts about Halloween to see vocabulary and information about the holiday (Festivities) / No olvides ver entradas antiguas sobre Halloween para ver vocabulario e información (ir a Festivities).

Spelling letters

Listen and match the sound and the letters in the order they are said. / Escucha y une el sonido y las letras en el orden en que son dichas.

Do the same in this exercise. / Haz lo mismo en este ejercicio.

Spelling first names

Listen and write these people's first names. Check your answers in 'comentarios'. / Escucha y escribe los nombres de pila de estas personas. Comprueba tus respuestas en 'comentarios'.

1. ____________ Lee
2. ____________ Brown
3. ____________ Jones
4. ____________ Simpson
5. ____________ 

The Alphabet

Introducing people / Presentando a gente

1. Learn some expressions to introduce people / Aprende algunas frases para presentaciones.

2. Here are some phrases for introducing other people in English./ Algunas frases para presentar a gente.

3. Watch this video. / Ve este vídeo (escenas de series de televisión en las que la gente se presenta)

Present continuous

Click here to see a glog with videos, games and exercises about the present continuous.

Present simple and present continuous

Watch the video and answer the questions. Check your answers in 'comentarios'.




At the hotel
1. What's Julie doing?
2. What's John doing? Why?

Watch 'The London Quiz' and review the present continuous

Phone conversation
1. Where's Tom?
2. What does Tom do on Wednesday?

At the office and on the beach
1. Where's Jane?
2. When does she go to Brighton?
3. Why do they always go to Brighton?
4. What does her father do at 6 pm?
5. Does he go to restaurants?
6. Does Jane like parties?

What does she look like?

Watch the video and do the exercises. Check your answers in 'comentarios'

At the police station

1. Who’s the woman looking for?

2.  Complete the chart

age
height
weight
hair
clothes
things	And a parcel

At the hotel

1. What’s the man in the brown suit with the parcel doing?

2. Which room is Mrs Kay staying in?

3. Why isn’t she in the bar?

4. What does she look like?

5.  What doesn’t she like?

6.  What’s she wearing and carrying?

At the museum

1. What’s he doing?

2. Complete the chart about the woman                                                                               

age
height
hair
clothes

      3. How old is he?

      4.What’s his hair like?

At the station

What does John look like? Complete the chart

age
height
hair
eyes

Watch the last part of the video and remember the comparative.

Past Simple

Watch the video and then do the exercises.

Titanic

On 14 April 1912, a terrible tragedy happened on the high seas. The Titanic hit an iceberg and began to sink. It happened at about 11:40 p.m. while most people were unaware of the icebergs around them. Captain Smith organized the crew to get the passengers into the lifeboats. This was very hard because there weren’t enough boats. The lights went out at 2:18 a.m. and the ship began to tear apart. Survivors report seeing the ship break in two, between the 3rd and4th funnels. Some swimmers were crushed. All the people who were still trapped on the ship either jumped into the water or went down with the ship. Finally, the Carpathia came close enough to rescue the people on the lifeboats. Senator Fletcher was one of those rescued. “We partially rowed and *she partially came some of the way. We saw her at a distance. She stopped and we thought that she was then picking up a boat. I think we were about the 4th or 5th to be picked up,” he reported. Survivor Mary Davis Wilburn said, “The dead came up holding children in their arms. The poor people never had a chance.” In total 1517 people died and 706 people were saved. Everybody thought that the Titanic was unsinkable but were they right?

*In English ships are called ‘she’.

I. Answer these questions:

1. When did the Titanic sink?

2. Did passengers know there were icebergs around them?

3. What was the problem with lifeboats?   

4. What did the people still on trapped on the ship do?

5. What was the name of the ship that rescued people on the lifeboats?

6. How many people died?

II. Find words or phrases in the text that correspond to these definitions:

7.  The parts of the sea that are far away from land:

8. The people who work on a ship, aircraft,etc:

9. To injure or kill people by hitting them very hard:

10. To move a boat through water  using long poles with flat ends:

III. Listen to this short text about the Titanic How much did you understand? Answer the questions or complete the sentences.

1. How many classes were there on The Titanic? Were they together?

2. What were the facilities in first class?

A  ________________

A   ________________  court

A Turkish ________________

________________ and closed promenades
3. How much did a first class ticket cost?

4. How much did a third class ticket cost?

5. How many women and children were saved in first class?

6. How many women and children were killed in third class?

7. The third class cabins were deep below the surface of the ________________

8. Benjamin Guggenheim dressed for ________________and said before dying: ’we’re dressed in our best and are prepared to go down like ________________’


Check your answers in 'comentarios'

Past of Be

Watch this video about the past simple of be.

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')

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

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.

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)

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.

Can / Can't Pronunciation

Watch the video with the explanation of the pronunciation of 'can'and 'can't', some examples and exercises. Don't forget to look at older posts about the same topic.

Frequency

1. Listen to the programme and learn how to use frequency adverbs and expressions.
2. Read the examples in the slideshare presentation and read the explanations.
3. Watch the first part of the video and take notes. Then watch the second part and check your notes with the subtitles.
4. Watch the video. Before listening to the video, read the comprehension questions below (in the ACTIVITY tag). Watch the video and try to answer the questions. Then, check your answer with the KEY. The instructions are also in Spanish and you can read the script afterwards.

DATES

1. Click here and learn how to say the date in English.


2. Holidays and dates. First you hear the holiday and you choose the date. Then you hear the date and click on it. Finally you hear the date and choose the holiday.


3.  Listen to the date (for example, "June first, nineteen seventy-three") by clicking the "PLAY" button. Then choose the date you hear. (Dates are written "month / day / year," so 4/2/97 would be "April second, nineteen ninety-seven." Press the "Final Score" button at the bottom of the page to score your quiz. It's American English, they don't use 'the' before the ordinal number.

4. Listen by pressing the "Play Audio" button and select the correct answer for each sentence. Press the "Final Score" button to check your quiz. It's American English, they don't use 'the' before the ordinal number.

Sarah's Daily Routine

Watch the video and take notes. Have a look at the activities. You can read the text at the bottom of the page. / Ve el vídeo y toma notas. Echa un vistazo a las actividades. Puedes leer el texto al final de la página.

Comparative and Superlative

1. Watch this video: Bob Wilson explains comparative and superlative adjectives in English. The video includes a lot of interactive exercises.


2. Exercise 1.


3. Exercise 2.


4. Exercise 3.

Feelings

How do you feel? Match the adjective that describes how you feel with what you can do when you feel like that.

Physical description

1. An interactive book: physical appearance.

2. A describing people game. Click on ‘play the game’ and choose the correct answer.

At a hotel

1. Watch this video and learn some expressions to check in at a hotel.