An Inconvenient Truth

For more information, click here: http://www.climatecrisis.net/

What is global warming?

10 things to do to save the Earth.

Take action.

Ecological footprint

Ever wondered how much "nature" your lifestyle requires? You're about to find out.This Ecological Footprint Quiz estimates how much productive land and water you need to support what you use and what you discard. After answering 15 easy questions you'll be able to compare your Ecological Footprint to what other people use and to what is available on this planet.

CAUTION: THIS QUIZ MAY SURPRISE YOU, SHOCK YOU, OR MAKE YOU THINK. PLEASE REMAIN CALM...BUT NOT TOO CALM!!

Ecological footprint quiz

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Fighter Lyrics - Comparative sentences

Karaoke version

Fighter Lyrics - Comparative sentences

And now with subtitles. What do you think of the Spanish subtitles?

And the winner is ...

Did you like the Oscars ceremony? If you couldn't watch it live, here you have some videos.




What about the red carpet?



If you want to see photos of the Oscar night's best dressed, click here.

And the nominees are ...

The nominations for the 2008 Academy Awards were announced in Los Angeles. Watch this year's OSCAR NOMINATIONS




So these are the nominees. Who will win? What do you think? Vote for your favourite nominee in this link.

See the official Oscars page for more information.

And remember! On 24th February you can watch the oscars ceremony live at: http://www.20minutos.es/noticia/205277/0/noche/oscar/directo/

Jokes

In this link you'll find thousands of jokes, funny pictures, cartoons, funny audio, funny videos, and more. Search for humor by keyword or by topic. And have fun!

JOKES

MORE JOKES

When Little Johnny got his exam paper back, he saw a big red F (FAIL) staring back at him.

Billy looked at his friend and asked, "Why did you get such a low mark on that test?"

"Because of an absence," Johnny answered.

"You mean you were absent on the day of the test?" Billy inquired.

Little Johnny replied, "I wasn't, but the kid who sits next to me was."

Good luck with your exams!

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Phrasal Verbs

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A phrasal verb is a combination of a verb and preposition, a verb and adverb, or a verb with both an adverb and preposition. A phrasal verb often has a meaning which is different from the original verb. Phrasal verbs are usually used informally in everyday speech as opposed to the more formal Latinate verbs, such as “to get together” rather than “to congregate”, “to put off” rather than “to postpone”, or “to get out” rather than “to exit”. (find more information on wikipedia).

- Frequently used Phrasal Verbs

- Exercises on Phrasal Verbs

Past Tenses

Some links to practise the tenses we studied in unit 4A.

- Past Perfect Tutorial

- Past Perfect Continuous Tutorial

- Past Perfect / Past Perfect Continuous Exercises

- Present Perfect / Past Perfect / Present Perfect Continuous / Past Perfect Continuous Exercises

Song: I heard it through the grapevine

I heard it through the grapevine

Another Christmas Song

Rudolph the Red-Nosed Reindeer is a popular Christmas story about one of Santa Claus's reindeers who has an unusually red-colored nose that gives out its own light, powerful enough to illuminate the path through inclement weather. In the original story, Rudolph became famous when Santa landed his sleigh at Rudolph's home to deliver gifts. By the time Santa had finished delivering presents in the area, the fog had become dense, making it impossible for Santa to travel safely. With children all over the world expecting him to visit and leave presents, Santa had a dilemma – he couldn't see in the fog but if he did not deliver the presents he would disappoint children all over the world. At that moment Santa noticed Rudolph with his shiny red nose and asked him to lead his sleigh. Rudolph agreed and Santa was able to make his deliveries. And this is how Rudolph went down in history.

A Christmas song: Fairytale of New York

"Fairytale of New York" is a popular Christmas song by Irish folk-rock group The Pogues, and featuring the English singer Kirsty MacColl. The song is an Irish folk style ballad. "Fairytale of New York" was released as a single in 1987 and reached number 1 in the Irish charts and number 2 in the British charts, over Christmas (the time of peak sales). The song has become a festive classic in the UK and Ireland over the years, and was voted the best Christmas song of all time three years running in 2004, 2005 and 2006 in polls by music channel VH1.

The song takes the form of a drunken man's Christmas Eve reverie about holidays past while sleeping off a binge in a New York City drunk tank. After an inebriated old man also incarcerated in the jail cell sings a passage from the Irish drinking ballad The Rare Old Mountain Dew, the drunken man (MacGowan) begins to dream about a failed relationship. The remainder of the song (which may be an internal monologue) takes the form of a call and response between two Irish immigrants, lovers or ex-lovers, their youthful hopes crushed by alcoholism and drug addiction, reminiscing and bickering on Christmas Eve in New York City. MacColl's melodious singing contrasts with the harsh sound of MacGowan's voice and the lyrics are sometimes bittersweet, sometimes plain bitter. (source: wikipedia)

Food for thought (the Meatrix)

Listening (eating habits)

Elllo (English Language Listening Lab Online) is an excellent website with over 1,000 listening activities designed especially for students. In this link you can see an example (a listening about eating habits), and if you click on Text View on you can see the subtitles.

Food Idioms

A quiz to practise food idioms

Food Idioms

Complicated (Avril LAvigne)

On Wednesday we listened to the song Complicated, by Avril Lavigne. Now you can watch the video, listen to the song again and read the lyrics. But be careful, because there are some mistakes in the lyrics. Let's see if you can find them and tell the other students in the comments.

Complicated - MUSICA.COM

Thanksgiving with Friends

Do you remember the Friends episode we watched in class? Here you have an extract to practise.
Can you understand what they say without subtitles?
(If you can't, this link may help you)

Welcome to this blog!

Welcome!
In this blog you will find resources related to the topics we have studied in class. I hope it helps you improve your English. Are you ready?

Improve your pronunciation

Do you want to speak English clearly and confidently?

Everybody wants to be able to speak English like a native speaker, but English pronunciation is always a big problem to learners.

Bad English pronunciation may confuse people. We can use simple words and simple grammar structures that make people understand you but we cannot use "simple pronunciation".

On the other hand, good English pronunciation will make people understand you easily and be willing to listen to you!

So, how can you speak English clearly and confidently? There are three ways: practice, practice and practice! Here you have an example of a good student.