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Wednesday 18 June 2014
Monday 11 November 2013
Friday 7 June 2013
Monday 27 May 2013
Wednesday 27 March 2013
EASTER HW for FCE candidates
Dear candidates,
you must download and print out the attached file in order to do the activities you will find in it. Click HERE to access the file. Remember to ask your teacher for the password you need to open the file. Don't forget to bring the activities done on Monday 15 April.
you must download and print out the attached file in order to do the activities you will find in it. Click HERE to access the file. Remember to ask your teacher for the password you need to open the file. Don't forget to bring the activities done on Monday 15 April.
Tuesday 26 March 2013
Bathtub anxieties
There was a little boy and a little girl in a bathtub having a bath. Suddenly the little girl looked down at the boy.
- "Can I touch it?"
- "No way -- you already broke yours off!"
- "Can I touch it?"
- "No way -- you already broke yours off!"
What NOT to say to a police officer
-- I can't reach my license unless you hold my beer.
-- Sorry, Officer, I didn't realize I was driving.
-- Wow, you must've been doing about 125 mph to keep up with me!
-- I was going to be a cop, but I decided to finish high school instead.
-- You're not gonna check the trunk, are you?
-- You look just like my girlfriend's deadbeat ex-husband.
-- The question is -- do YOU know why you pulled me over?
-- I was trying to keep up with traffic, and it's miles ahead of me.
-- If you have to ask if I've been drinking, I'm not going to tell you, dude.
-- That's a sweet 9mm. You want to hold my .44 magnum?
-- If I'd known I was getting a full body cavity search, I would have waxed!
-- Sorry, Officer, I didn't realize I was driving.
-- Wow, you must've been doing about 125 mph to keep up with me!
-- I was going to be a cop, but I decided to finish high school instead.
-- You're not gonna check the trunk, are you?
-- You look just like my girlfriend's deadbeat ex-husband.
-- The question is -- do YOU know why you pulled me over?
-- I was trying to keep up with traffic, and it's miles ahead of me.
-- If you have to ask if I've been drinking, I'm not going to tell you, dude.
-- That's a sweet 9mm. You want to hold my .44 magnum?
-- If I'd known I was getting a full body cavity search, I would have waxed!
EASTER HW for KET candidates
Dear candidates,
you must download and print out ONLY THE LAST TWO PAGES - the answers sheets - of the attached file in order to do the activities you will find in it. Click HERE to access the file. Remember to ask your teacher for the password you need to open the file. Don't forget to bring the activities done on Monday 15 April.
you must download and print out ONLY THE LAST TWO PAGES - the answers sheets - of the attached file in order to do the activities you will find in it. Click HERE to access the file. Remember to ask your teacher for the password you need to open the file. Don't forget to bring the activities done on Monday 15 April.
Monday 25 March 2013
EASTER HW for PET candidates
Dear candidates,
you must download and print out the attached file in order to do the activities you will find in it. Click HERE to access the file. Remember to ask your teacher for the password you need to open the file. Don't forget to bring the activities done on Monday 15 April.
you must download and print out the attached file in order to do the activities you will find in it. Click HERE to access the file. Remember to ask your teacher for the password you need to open the file. Don't forget to bring the activities done on Monday 15 April.
Thursday 14 February 2013
CAN ANYONE HELP ME WITH THE PRONUNCIATION?
Ration only sometimes rhymes with nation,
Say prefer, but preferable,
Comfortable and vegetable.
B must not be heard in doubt,
Debt and dumb both leave it out.
In the words psychology,
Psychic, and psychiatry,
You must never sound the p.
Psychiatrist you call the man
Who cures the complex, if he can.
In architect chi is k
In arch it is the other way.
Please remember to say iron
So that it'll rhyme with lion.
Advertisers advertise,
Advertisements will put you wise.
Time when work is done is leisure,
Fill it up with useful pleasure.
Accidental, accident,
Sound the g in ignorant.
Relative, but relation,
Then say creature, but creation.
Say the a in gas quite short,
Bought remember rhymes with thwart,
Drought must always rhyme with bout,
In daughter leave the gh out.
Wear a boot upon your foot.
Root can never rhyme with soot.
In muscle, sc is s,
In muscular, it's sk, yes!
Choir must always rhyme with wire,
That again will rhyme with liar.
Then remember it's address.
With an accent like posses.
G in sign must silent be,
In signature, pronounce the g.
Please remember, say towards
Just as if it rhymed with boards.
Weight's like wait, but not like height.
Which should always rhyme with might.
Say prefer, but preferable,
Comfortable and vegetable.
B must not be heard in doubt,
Debt and dumb both leave it out.
In the words psychology,
Psychic, and psychiatry,
You must never sound the p.
Psychiatrist you call the man
Who cures the complex, if he can.
In architect chi is k
In arch it is the other way.
Please remember to say iron
So that it'll rhyme with lion.
Advertisers advertise,
Advertisements will put you wise.
Time when work is done is leisure,
Fill it up with useful pleasure.
Accidental, accident,
Sound the g in ignorant.
Relative, but relation,
Then say creature, but creation.
Say the a in gas quite short,
Bought remember rhymes with thwart,
Drought must always rhyme with bout,
In daughter leave the gh out.
Wear a boot upon your foot.
Root can never rhyme with soot.
In muscle, sc is s,
In muscular, it's sk, yes!
Choir must always rhyme with wire,
That again will rhyme with liar.
Then remember it's address.
With an accent like posses.
G in sign must silent be,
In signature, pronounce the g.
Please remember, say towards
Just as if it rhymed with boards.
Weight's like wait, but not like height.
Which should always rhyme with might.
Wednesday 6 February 2013
INTERESTING FACTS ABOUT ENGLISH
We pronounce the combination "ough" in 9 different ways, as in the
following sentence which contains them all: "A rough-coated,
dough-faced, thoughtful ploughman strode through the streets of
Scarborough; after falling into a slough, he coughed and hiccoughed."
Don't you believe us? Click HERE to see it and a lot more!!!!
GRAMMAR GREMLINS
It's never too late to brush up your English and keep it up. We dare you try and get rid of the gremlins in your grammar!!!!
Friday 11 January 2013
WEBS TO PRACTICE
Dear students,
as we told you in class, we uploaded some interesting links so you can practice for your English tests next week.
Click HERE for a nice web page. (Click on the label: cambridge).
Here you have ANOTHER one (Label: EFL exam practice).
And finally the THIRD (Label: student's area).
Enjoy these web pages and GOOD LUCK to everybody with your exams!!!!!
as we told you in class, we uploaded some interesting links so you can practice for your English tests next week.
Click HERE for a nice web page. (Click on the label: cambridge).
Here you have ANOTHER one (Label: EFL exam practice).
And finally the THIRD (Label: student's area).
Enjoy these web pages and GOOD LUCK to everybody with your exams!!!!!
Thursday 20 December 2012
MERRY CHRISTMAS!!!!
We like this song. We've always liked it. We were so young!!!! (1984)
FEED THE WORLD... LET THEM KNOW IT'S CHRISTMAS TIME AGAIN!
WE TRULY HOPE YOU ENJOY IT!!!
Wednesday 10 October 2012
Saturday 6 October 2012
KET for schools Information for candidates
here you can find some useful information if you want to take this exam
CLICK HERE
Do not forget to ask your teachers the passaword to download this file
CLICK HERE
Do not forget to ask your teachers the passaword to download this file
PET for schools information for candidates
Here you can find useful information if you want to take this exam.
Do not forget to ask your teachers the password to download this file.
FIRST for schools. Information for candidates
Here you can find some useful information if you want to take this exam
CLICK HERE
Do not forget to ask your teachers for the password to download this file
CLICK HERE
Do not forget to ask your teachers for the password to download this file
Wednesday 27 June 2012
Wednesday 23 May 2012
PASSIVE VOICE
A new worksheet with some extra sentences for you to practice. Off you go!!!! Click HERE to download the word file.
Wednesday 16 May 2012
PLAYING AT QUESTIONS?
A famous literary piece of language play occurs in Tom Stoppard's Rosencrantz and Guildenstern Are Dead. The two players take it in turns to ask questions, and try to win by making the other reply with a statement, repeat a previous question and generally break various rules which they refer to as they go along. Are you ready for the GAME? ENJOY IT!!!!!
Text from Language Play by David Crystal.
Wednesday 18 April 2012
IDOLS WITHOUT A NAME
Would JAMES BOND have been famous in Spain being called JAIME VÍNCULO?
How would these famous people have been called if they had been born in Spain? Tell us in your comments
How would these famous people have been called if they had been born in Spain? Tell us in your comments
MEL BROOKS BLONDIE
JOHNNY CASH TOM CRUISE
JAMES DEAN JOHN FOREMAN
FORRES GUMP JEREMY IRONS
JACK LEMMON PAUL NEWMAN
PETER SELLERS SNOOPY
CAROL BAKER JAMES BROWN
CASIUS CLAY CRISTOPHER CROSS
SALLY FIELDS J. MICHAEL FOX
MIKE HAMMER CRISTOPHER LEE
JAMES MASON MIKE OLDFIELD
LIZ TAYLOR SHELLY WINTERS
Thursday 29 March 2012
PSEUDONYMS
Let's hide!
Better not! Let's try to find out the real names of the people hiding behind
these pseudonyms. They don't want us to know their real names but we do. Of
course we do. Get your parents involved as they may know much more than you do.
If they help you, this is going to be much easier. Let's uncover these famous
stars from a variety of professions. And this is just the beginning as we just
wrote some of the pseudonyms we know to check your knowledge. It will be
continued.
WHO ARE THEY? WHAT ARE THEIR REAL NAMES?
Alice Cooper Bob Dylan Boris Karloff
Brigitte Bardot David Bowie Groucho Marx
Jennifer Aniston Marilyn Monroe Oscar Wilde
Woody Allen
Brigitte Bardot David Bowie Groucho Marx
Jennifer Aniston Marilyn Monroe Oscar Wilde
Woody Allen
LOOKING FORWARD TO YOUR WISE COMMENTS!!!!
Love letters
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Postal
acronyms
In the days
when lovers communicated chiefly by mail, long before the advent of the mobile
phone, many a lovestruck young man or woman scrawled a "secret" final
message on the envelope before rushing for the post. These fondly remembered
one word acronyms date mostly from World War II, when many love affairs were
interrupted by the man being called up and sent far from home in the armed
services. Some of these coinages are still familiar to many people today.
The challenge
is to find out the meaning of the acronyms listed (try not to surf the internet
if possible).
BITS BOLTOP BURMA CHINA CHIP EGYPT FISH HOLLAND ILYA ITALY MALAYA MEXICO CITY NORWICH SAG SIDCUP STARDUST SWALK WALES
LEAVE YOUR COMMENTS AND SHOW OFF!!!!
From The secret life of the English language by Martin H. Manser.
LEAVE YOUR COMMENTS AND SHOW OFF!!!!
Useful Phrasal Verbs
Wednesday 14 March 2012
Friday 9 March 2012
Wednesday 15 February 2012
TEXT MESSAGING
The advent of the mobile phone and the chat room has lead to much elaboration of abbreviations. Typically, words are rendered shorter through the reduction of words to their initial letters or through the replacement of certain letters with numbers or symbols......
CAN YOU GUESS THE MEANING OF THESE ABBREVIATIONS?
AFK B4 BCOS BRB CUL8R | GR8 H&K HAGN HAND IC | ILU J2LUK KIT KOL LOL | LU4E MUSM OIC PLS POS | STR8 TLK2UL8R TOY W8 Y |
| LEAVE YOUR COMMENTS |
Thursday 2 February 2012
Wednesday 1 February 2012
Wednesday 21 December 2011
Wednesday 14 December 2011
BE AN ENTHUSIAST ABOUT SENTENCES!
Do you need something challenging? Look at these sentences carefully and find out why they are so peculiar. If you can see the curiosity each one has, you are a real ENTHUSIAST !!!! Accept the challenge and send your comments!!
1- " A bronzed cowboy,dancing elegantly for grand hotels in Jersey, knitting lovely mittens nicely quilted rubber shoes, thought untrained vets would X-ray your zebra".
2- " The escaping gangster ran next to old deserted docks".
3- " The head adjudicator organized educational alienation on one network"
4- " I do not know where family doctors acquired illegibly perplexing handwriting ; nevertheless, extraordinary pharmaceutical intellectuality, counterbalancing indecipherability, transcendentalizes intercommunications' incomprehensibleness".
Thursday 1 December 2011
Henry VIII's answer
Well, if you asked Henry VIII how many yards there are in a mile, he would say: "It depends where you are".
EXPLANATION: It wasn't until Queen Elizabeth's reign that a mile was fixed at 1,760 yards. Before that, it depended on where you lived.
LONDON MILE = 5,000 yards.
ENGLISH MILE = 6,610 yards.
WELSH MILE = about 4 modern miles.
IRISH MILE = 2,240 yards.
SCOTTISH MILE = 1,976 yards.
We hope you know now the distances we mentioned. Back soon with more of these! Stay tuned!!!!
EXPLANATION: It wasn't until Queen Elizabeth's reign that a mile was fixed at 1,760 yards. Before that, it depended on where you lived.
LONDON MILE = 5,000 yards.
ENGLISH MILE = 6,610 yards.
WELSH MILE = about 4 modern miles.
IRISH MILE = 2,240 yards.
SCOTTISH MILE = 1,976 yards.
We hope you know now the distances we mentioned. Back soon with more of these! Stay tuned!!!!
Wednesday 16 November 2011
Tudor criminal language
If you are going to become a Tudor criminal, you need to learn the language. Can you guess the meaning of this?
Leave your comments using your contemporary English!!!!
CLICK HERE to find a glossary !!!!! ask your teacher for the password and....... surely you will become the perfect Tudor criminal. Remember to leave your comments to get your criminal sentence!!!!
Thursday 10 November 2011
Ask Henry VIII
If you asked Henry VIII how many yards there are in a mile, what would he say?
Wednesday 14 September 2011
SUMMER HOLIDAYS ARE OVER!!!!
Ladies and gentlemen, welcome back to reality. Summer holidays are over (PITY!) and we must get ready to continue with our English Blog. You are all welcome. Feel free to participate. Get involved and add your comments to the entries we will be adding. Thank you for your attention!
Monday 30 May 2011
grammar revision- 4th ESO
In this link, you can find some grammar activities which can help you to prepare your final exam.
CLICK HERE
CLICK HERE
Thursday 19 May 2011
SPEAKING TEST PRACTICE - PET
This is a very useful link to practice the speaking part for those who want to take the PET test.
CLICK HERE
CLICK HERE
Wednesday 18 May 2011
Wednesday 4 May 2011
ANAGRAMS
They are one of the oldest forms of linguistic maneouvring and another example of a ludic pastime which brings us both the best and the worst in people. They are often encountered in children's word-game books, party games and crossword-puzzle cryptic clues, where their role is occasional and innocent enough. But for language play enthusiasts, the aim is not simply to reorder the letters in a word or phrase in order to find any other word or phrase - rail and liar, for instance. That is far too straightforward. The true aim is to find a transposition which relates in meaning to the original - whether serious, ironic, jocular etc.
Example: desperation a rope ends it.
the eyes
negation
cabaret
Add your transpositions in comments. Thank you!
From Language play by David Crystal.
From Language play by David Crystal.
NONCENESS
These are all words that some people invented. As you can see, they are built from a combination of two different words. Would you dare to define them? Don't deceive the audience (blog readers) and do your best. Add a comment with your definitions. Good luck and thank you for your cooperation.
BAGONIZE
COINSONANCE
ENVELIP
HICGAP
ILLUMINOTION
INSPECTORATE
LEXIKINESIS
POTSPOT
PREMAVISION
TOILERT
TOILITERATURE
If some of these words don't one day enter the language, there is no justice.
From Language play by David Crystal.
If some of these words don't one day enter the language, there is no justice.
From Language play by David Crystal.
Wednesday 6 April 2011
Thursday 31 March 2011
FIND OUT MORE ABOUT YOUR EXAMS
In this link you can find a lot of information about KET, PET and FCE, including a video of the speaking part, practice online tests, advice for preparing..... and more links related to the tests.
hope you find it useful!!!
Click here for more info
hope you find it useful!!!
Click here for more info
Saturday 26 March 2011
Monday 21 March 2011
Car licence-plates. Guess the professions of the owners!
YRUILL
IOPER8
2THDR
DOIOU2
EIEIO
From Language play by David Crystal.
Wednesday 2 March 2011
Tuesday 15 February 2011
British humour
One asks: "What's the difference between capitalism and communism?"
"That's easy" says the other one. "In capitalism man exploits man! In communism it is the other way around!"
"That's easy" says the other one. "In capitalism man exploits man! In communism it is the other way around!"
Saturday 12 February 2011
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