Vocabulary Bank: Work
page 152
Student's book
Monday, April 16, 2012
Sunday, March 25, 2012
Types of accomodation
Watch the videos and answer the questions. Great listening practice!
(Thank you, Helena, as always!)
Tuesday, March 20, 2012
Murcia Couchsurfing Potluck
Delicious Food and Exchanging Languages! What could be better?
Location: Café Ficciones Murcia
Address: C/Fuensanta
| Date: | March 22nd. 9:30pm to midnight |
Join the Murcia Couchsurfing community for a delicious cena and exchange of languages, experiences, and cultures this Thursday in the heart of Murcia at Café Ficciones.
Get excited for:
- Eating international food: Everybody comes with a speciality from their own country.
- Drinking: We are hosted for free by the bar, so just go to the bar and ask for what you want! With Estrella 1/5 for 1€ and 1/3 for 1'5€.
- Exchanging languages: Teach and learn new languages!
- Meeting Couchsurfers and sharing experiences about Murcia & travels: Remember that everybody is welcome. Invite your friends, spread the word, especially to those who cook well.
We hope to see you Thursday!
We would appreciate if you register for the event if you plan on coming.
If you have any questions, just ask!
Royce: 682935047
Sunday, March 18, 2012
Grammar from File 4
Remember you can revise the Grammar from File 4 on the book's website.
You can also take a Quicktest to revise File 4, and check later with the key.
You can also take a Quicktest to revise File 4, and check later with the key.
Homework for 21st March
Grammar Bank 5A
Exercises a) + b)
(pages 138-9)
Student's book
Read and prepare Ex. 4
(pages 70-71)
Workbook
5A Exercise 1
(pages 44-45)
Couch surfing
Have a look at this other alternative for budget travellers that we talked about...
It's a fantastic way to meet people and practise your English. Maybe you would like to join... or just have a look at the website!
It's a fantastic way to meet people and practise your English. Maybe you would like to join... or just have a look at the website!
Wednesday, March 14, 2012
Home exchange
Home swapping is a cheap holiday alternative in which you exchange (or switch) houses with another person or family.
In the film "The Holiday" the characters played by Cameron Diaz and Kate Winslet swap their homes, one in England and the other in Los Angeles.
Express your opinion: Would you be ready to swap houses with somebody you don't even know?
Have a look at the Home Exchange website.
In the film "The Holiday" the characters played by Cameron Diaz and Kate Winslet swap their homes, one in England and the other in Los Angeles.
Express your opinion: Would you be ready to swap houses with somebody you don't even know?
Have a look at the Home Exchange website.
Homework for 14th March
Student's book:
Revision of Grammar, Vocab and Pronunciation
Page 66
Workbook
page 43
Sunday, March 11, 2012
Vocabulary: Houses
Houses copia
View more PowerPoint from torrepacheco
Lots of vocabulary and its pronunciation here
Now do this Quiz.
Lots of vocabulary and its pronunciation here
Now do this Quiz.
Wednesday, March 7, 2012
Pronunciation of -ed
Not a bad idea to refresh this!!
And a game to have some fun with it. Throw the verbs in the corresponding bin!
And a game to have some fun with it. Throw the verbs in the corresponding bin!
Tuesday, March 6, 2012
Top International Universities
The London Times recently published its league table of the top 200 universities around the world. In this programme, Rob and Alice talk about how universities are chosen to be on the list and find out how well British universities performed.
This week's question:
Which university was ranked first in this recent international league table?
a) Oxford
b) Harvard
c) Cambridge
Listen out for the answer in the programme.
This week's question:
Which university was ranked first in this recent international league table?
a) Oxford
b) Harvard
c) Cambridge
Listen out for the answer in the programme.
Wednesday, February 29, 2012
Soldier teachers
In 6 Minute English...
Rob and Cath talk about teachers and how one school is planning to only use people who were in the armed forces to work there.
This week's question:
According to Government figures, approximately how many school pupils are there in England? Is it:
a) 6.1 million
b) 7.1 million, or
c) 8.1 million
Listen out for the answer at the end of the programme!
Visit the webpage to listen to the exercise, read the transcript and learn some new vocabulary.
Rob and Cath talk about teachers and how one school is planning to only use people who were in the armed forces to work there.
This week's question:
According to Government figures, approximately how many school pupils are there in England? Is it:
a) 6.1 million
b) 7.1 million, or
c) 8.1 million
Listen out for the answer at the end of the programme!
Visit the webpage to listen to the exercise, read the transcript and learn some new vocabulary.
Homework for 5th March
Grammar Bank 4B
Read the rules and do the exercises
(Pages 136-137)
Workbook
4C: Ex. 5 and finish page 42
4B: Ex 1 on page 37
Tuesday, February 28, 2012
Sunday, February 26, 2012
Songs with "Used to"
I used to love her... but I had to kill her. (A bit politically incorrect now, don't you think?)
Viva La Vida (A phrase that doesn't appear in the whole song)
And speaking of the school days... This used to be my playground.
Homework for 27th February
I forgot to update this, sorry!
Student's book
File 4C: Exercises 1 & 2
Page 60
Workbook 4C
Exercises on pages 40-41
Tuesday, February 21, 2012
English Grammar In Use Level Test
Test yourself at intermediate level with English Grammar in Use Interactive Grammar Test - Cambridge University Press
http://www.cambridge.org/other_files/Flash_apps/inuse/EngGramTest/EngGramIndex.htm
http://www.cambridge.org/other_files/Flash_apps/inuse/EngGramTest/EngGramIndex.htm
Homework for 22nd Feb
Grammar Worksheet 4A
Writing about Education Topics
Exercise 5
Student's book: Page 55
Thursday, February 16, 2012
Wednesday, February 15, 2012
Sam Cooke's "Wonderful World"
How many school subjects can you understand?
Don't know much about __________
Don't know much ______________
Don't know much about a _________ book
Don't know much about the __________ I took
But I do know that I love you
And I know that if you love me too
What a wonderful world this would be
Don't know much about __________
Don't know much ______________
Don't know much about _____________
Don't know what a slide rule* is for.
But I do know one and one is two,
And if this one could be with you,
What a wonderful world this would be.
Now I don't claim to be an "A" student,
But I'm trying to be.
For maybe by being an "A" student baby
I can win your love for me.
Don't know much about _________
Don't know much ________
Don't know much about a _________ book
Don't know much about the __________ I took.
But I do know that I love you,
And I know that if you loved me too,
What a wonderful world this would be.
Latatatatatatahuwaah (___________)
Oehwoewoe (__________)
Latatatatatatahuwaah (_________ book)
Oehwoewoe (_______ I took)
But I do know that I love you,
And I know that if you loved me too,
What a wonderful world this would be.
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* Slide rule= a long narrow instrument like a ruler, with a middle part that slides backwards and forwards, used for calculating numbers.
YOU CAN CHECK THE LYRICS HERE.
Audacity
Here is the link to download AUDACITY, the application I used to record your exams.
http://audacity.sourceforge.net/download/beta_windows
Monday, February 13, 2012
Monday, February 6, 2012
Speaking Exams
Just a little reminder...
Today we have the Writing Exam:
Group A: 16-17:15
Group B: 19-20:15
Speaking Calendar:
Today we have the Writing Exam:
Group A: 16-17:15
Group B: 19-20:15
Speaking Calendar:
Monday 6th Feb
TIME | Student 1 | Student 2 |
17:30 | Noelia | María C |
17:45 | Juan Antonio | Lidia P |
18:00 | Mª Carmen | Encarni |
18:15 | Laura N | Begoña |
18:30 | Raúl | Jesús |
20:25 | Inma A. | David |
20:40 | Davinia | Mª Esther / Ginés |
Wednesday 8th Feb
TIME | Student 1 | Student 2 |
16:00 | Lorenzo | Susana |
16:15 | Javi S | Salva |
16:30 | Geni | Jose Victor |
16:45 | Dedi | Laura R |
17:00 | Angeles | Mª Luisa |
17:15 | Nuria | Mª Angeles |
17:30 | Cristel | Joaquina |
17:45 | Almudena | María M |
18:00 | Cati | Javi G |
BREAK | BREAK | BREAK |
18:30 | Inma T | María I |
18:45 | Marga | Tomi |
19:00 | Mª José G | Lidia G |
19:15 | Rosario | Rosario |
19:30 | Sofía | Loli / Isabel |
19:45 | Maribel | Mónica |
20:00 | Jose Luis | Elisa |
20:15 | Juani | Juanjo |
20:30 | Mari | Nasko |
Thursday 9th
TIME | Student 1 | Student 2 |
18:30 | Gloria | Esperanza |
Thursday, February 2, 2012
Captain's Etiquette
Tuesday, January 31, 2012
Thursday, January 26, 2012
Exam Dates and Times
GROUP A (16-18)
Wednesday 1st Feb
16-17:15 Reading
Break
17:30-18 Listening
Monday 6th Feb
16-17:15 Writing
GROUP B (19-21)
Wednesday 1st Feb
19-20:15 Reading
Break
20:30-21 Listening
Monday 6th Feb
19-20:15 Writing
SPEAKING (Both groups)
See Calendar:
Wed 1st 18-18:30
Mon 6th 17:30-18:30 and 20:25-20:40
Wed 8th 16-20:45
Thu 9th 18:30-18:45
Wednesday, January 25, 2012
Homework for 30th January
Student's book:
What do you remember?
(Page 50)
Workbook:
Finish Unit 3 (page 32)
Practical English (page 33)
Monday, January 23, 2012
Sunday, January 22, 2012
Modals of deduction
100% Yes: She is Meryl Streep.
90% Yes: Her house must be full of acting awards.
50% Yes: She could / may / might win an Oscar this year.
90 % No: She can't be a boxer.
100% No: She isn't a fire-fighter.
90% Yes: Her house must be full of acting awards.
50% Yes: She could / may / might win an Oscar this year.
90 % No: She can't be a boxer.
100% No: She isn't a fire-fighter.
Now, check this out:
(You can download it and print it HERE)
File 3 Grammar
MODALS of OBLIGATION, DEDUCTION, ABILITY and POSSIBILITY
Click HERE to revise the Grammar from File 3
Other exercises:
Worksheet Must vs have to
Complete the sentences
Must / should / have to
Click HERE to revise the Grammar from File 3
Other exercises:
Worksheet Must vs have to
Complete the sentences
Must / should / have to
Thursday, January 19, 2012
Homework for 23rd January
Student's book:
Read and prepare text
Exercise 6. "Never give up"
(Page 47)
Workbook 3C
Ex. 1, 2 & 3
(pages 30-31)
Wednesday, January 18, 2012
School trip to Berlin
El precio incluye:
- Vuelo+hotel AD (en pleno centro de Berlín) + traslados aeropuerto-hotel-aeropuerto
- Vuelo directo desde Alicante
- Plazas limitadas a 31 personas. (Por lo que si alguien está interesado que reserve plaza lo antes posible).
Hay que hacer un ingreso de 200€ especificando nombre completo, nivel y grupo (Alhama) en:
Caja de Arquitectos 3183-3000-45-0001055494
Cualquier duda y más info: mike@eoilorca.org / ainhoa@eoilorca.org
English Summer Course in Ireland
SUMMER COURSES IN IRELAND
DUBLIN and CORK
Summer 2012
Cursos de inglés en Cork y Dublín, verano 2012
*** Estancias en familias irlandesas, residencia universitaria o apartamentos
*** Menores acompañados de monitor desde Murcia
*** Cursos en el mes de Julio de 1 hasta 4 semanas
*** Cursos para todas las edades y todos los niveles con profesores nativos
*** Excursiones, salidas turísticas y visitas a los lugares más emblemáticos
Más información y teléfonos de contacto:
Lucía Barbudo 968 29 31 93/696 36 60 76
Más información y teléfonos de contacto:
Lucía Barbudo 968 29 31 93/696 36 60 76
luciawoolf@hotmail.com
Monday, January 16, 2012
Homework for 18th January
Saturday, January 14, 2012
Numbers
Here you have some links to revise NUMBERS:- Saying numbers and dates
- Saying large numbers
- Listening Quiz 1
- Listening Quiz 2
Friday, January 13, 2012
Japan's Sawa Soccer World Player of 2011
Japan's Sawa Soccer World Player of 2011
(11th January, 2011)
Remember: Soccer is how the Americans call European football.What do you know about women's soccer?
LANGUAGE – MULTIPLE CHOICE
FIFA, soccer's international governing body, has (1) ____ Japan’s captain Homare Sawa as the Women's World Player of the Year. The 33-year-old (2) ____ the award, known by the French term the Ballon d’Or, for leading her country to Japan’s first ever World Cup Finals (3) ____ in July last year. She won the best player and top scorer awards at that tournament. Ms Sawa wore a pale blue kimono at the prize-giving ceremony. She stood next to Lionel Messi, who won the men’s award for the third year in a (4) ____. An emotional Sawa told the (5) ____: “I feel very pleased to have been given this honor. I'd like to thank all those who have helped me to play soccer….I hope our football has given a (6) ____ for future players and children to dream."Sawa is the first Asian player to win the award. She (7) ____ Brazil’s Marta, who was best female player in the world for the five previous years. Japanese Aya Miyama came fourth. Sawa later (8) ____ tribute to the Brazilian ace at a news conference, saying: “I am proud to be sitting here today (9) ____ such legends as Marta.” Japan picked (10) ____ another two awards at the ceremony. Norio Sasaki, manager of the women’s team, was coach of the year, and the Japan Football Association was chosen for FIFA’s Fair Play award. Mr Sasaki thanked (11) ____ who supported Japan following the earthquake and tsunami that struck in March 2011. He said: "We provided excitement for Japanese people and (12) ____ their spirits.”
Put the correct words from the table below in the above article.
| 1. | (a) | naming | (b) | names | (c) | name | (d) | named |
| 2. | (a) | scooped | (b) | dug | (c) | shoveled | (d) | excavated |
| 3. | (a) | tri-annual | (b) | triumvirate | (c) | triumph | (d) | trilogy |
| 4. | (a) | stand | (b) | row | (c) | header | (d) | column |
| 5. | (a) | fan | (b) | audience | (c) | pilgrims | (d) | congregation |
| 6. | (a) | perchance | (b) | chances | (c) | chance | (d) | chancing |
| 7. | (a) | beat | (b) | won | (c) | victory | (d) | lost |
| 8. | (a) | laid | (b) | said | (c) | maid | (d) | paid |
| 9. | (a) | sidled | (b) | side | (c) | siding | (d) | alongside |
| 10. | (a) | as | (b) | up | (c) | over | (d) | on |
| 11. | (a) | those | (b) | them | (c) | they | (d) | these |
| 12. | (a) | mooted | (b) | roasted | (c) | boosted | (d) | fastened |
Full text and other activities here.
Thursday, January 12, 2012
Top New Year's Resolutions
The new year sees 28 million Britons vowing to be healthier or wealthier but how many really follow them through?
Friends: TOW All the resolutions
I hope you enjoyed watching Friends today.
Click on these links and watch extracts of the episode again.
Click here to watch all of the resolutions with English subtitles.
Click here to watch a video with a summary of Ross's little incident with his leather pants :)
Click here to watch Chandler's resolution... and how it went.
Click here to watch when Rachel finds out about Monica and Chandler... and she can't tell anyone.
You can find the full episode here but without subtitles.
Tuesday, January 10, 2012
Americans Give Up $34 Billion of Vacation (3rd December, 2011)
Complete this article from the news:
Workers in other countries don’t appear to have a problem taking vacations. French workers get an average 30 vacation days a year and (7) ____ use them all. In the UK, employees get 25 days and pretty (8) ____ take all of them. Asia is the only region where workers receive and take (9) ____ holidays than Americans. The average Japanese worker only gets 11 days a year and takes just five of them. Indians are also (10) ____ to take all of their vacation. Expedia found that 20 per cent of workers in India did not take all their holidays because they "may be perceived (11) ____ at work". In America, bosses believe it is important that workers use all their vacation so they can come back to work feeling (12) ____.
Put the correct words from the table below in the above article.
You can find the full text here.
Americans Give Up $34 Billion of Vacation (3rd December, 2011)
U.S. workers are among the worst in the world (1) ____ not taking all their vacation days. Their bosses might say they are among the best in the world for working their holidays. (2) ____ way, Americans will give up $34.3 billion in paid vacation leave in 2012, which is the (3) ____ of 226 million days off. These figures come from an annual survey (4) ____ by Harris Interactive for Expedia. They questioned 7,083 employees in 20 countries in North America, Europe, Asia, South America and Australia. The top reason for Americans not using (5) ____ their holidays was not being able to afford a holiday (34%). This was followed by lack of planning (15%), the statement "work is my life" (15%) and feeling bad about asking the boss for time (6) ____.
Workers in other countries don’t appear to have a problem taking vacations. French workers get an average 30 vacation days a year and (7) ____ use them all. In the UK, employees get 25 days and pretty (8) ____ take all of them. Asia is the only region where workers receive and take (9) ____ holidays than Americans. The average Japanese worker only gets 11 days a year and takes just five of them. Indians are also (10) ____ to take all of their vacation. Expedia found that 20 per cent of workers in India did not take all their holidays because they "may be perceived (11) ____ at work". In America, bosses believe it is important that workers use all their vacation so they can come back to work feeling (12) ____.
Put the correct words from the table below in the above article.
| 1. | (a) | for | (b) | with | (c) | so | (d) | as |
| 2. | (a) | Even | (b) | Either | (c) | Every | (d) | Ever |
| 3. | (a) | prevalent | (b) | malevolent | (c) | equivalent | (d) | insolent |
| 4. | (a) | conduction | (b) | conducting | (c) | conductor | (d) | conducted |
| 5. | (a) | from | (b) | off | (c) | away | (d) | up |
| 6. | (a) | up | (b) | it | (c) | off | (d) | now |
| 7. | (a) | generally | (b) | genially | (c) | genuinely | (d) | generously |
| 8. | (a) | most | (b) | much | (c) | many | (d) | some |
| 9. | (a) | little | (b) | smaller | (c) | fewer | (d) | lesser |
| 10. | (a) | reluctant | (b) | reluctantly | (c) | reluctance | (d) | reliance |
| 11. | (a) | positively | (b) | normally | (c) | abnormally | (d) | negatively |
| 12. | (a) | refresher | (b) | refreshed | (c) | refreshingly | (d) | refreshing |
You can find the full text here.
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