HAVE SOMETHING DONE

These two videos explain quite clearly how this passive structure works:

 


Explanation ecenglish.com. and elblogdelingles.
Exercises: here, here, here , here.

MAKING CONVERSATION

How can we sound more natural when we speak? That's the million-dollar question, but let's see some expressions which can help us improve our speaking. 

Something we sometimes do is gossip and talk about other people's lives. Listen to this lesson from the BBC to learn some useful expressions and do some exercises.

If you listen to this, you can also practise how to show interest. Here you have some more ways of showing interest and surprise. Here go some expressions we use in informal English:

How to express shock:

• I was shocked to hear the news.
• I was stunned / taken aback by the news
• The news came as a complete shock.
• We're all in complete shock.

How to express disbelief:

• I just can't believe he won the race.
• It's unbelievable that they got married
• I just can't imagine they were able to get along with each other.

Come on, you can't be serious. You're not serious, are you? You're lying, aren't you? Really? It's wrong, isn't it? She is not serious, is she?

You're joking, aren't you? You're kidding me You're laughing at me You're pulling my leg I can't believe you!

Last but not least, this page will offer you lots of expressions for almost any situation you can think of.

RELATIVELY SPEAKING

Hi!

This is the presentation which we used in class. As a matter of fact, it's a revised and improved version of the previous one.

Relative Clauses by Pili

Now let's practise: if you visit ego4u.com, you can use relative clauses in definitions, here you can decide if the pronouns are necessary or not, here you can decide what type of clauses they are, then write some yourself here, or in a text,. Finally, you can do these tests: test one, test for level 2, for level 3 and for level 4. 
Good luck!

SOME MORE MISTAKES

This is the second presentation; the third one is still "cooking up".

MISTAKES

Hello! These are some of the mistakes you're still making. Have a look at this presentation to see if we can avoid any of them in the future. Another similar presentation will be coming soon. I'm still working on it.

mistakes_NI2.pdf by

FASHION and FUTURES

THIS IS THE POWERPOINT WE USED TO REVISE THE FUTURE:
5 Futures Ni2 This is the listening we did in class. To do some exercises online to practise adjective order you can go here and here.
If you want to see some different types of shops in English (with pictures), go here or for a more exhaustive list click here.
You can also have a look at this old post on fashion.

HAPPY HALLOWEEN!!!

Hi there!

Once again it's Halloween and pumpkins and horrifying costumes invade our streets!

What do you know about it, anyway? Please watch this video to find out more about the history of this festival and this one to discover the origins of "trick-or-treating". For some idioms and proverbs go here.

You can also visit some old posts of ours, just click on "Halloween" in the cloud tag on the left. Enjoy!

Vocabulary on TRAVEL

Hi there!
I hope this presentation can help you learn some new words to talk / write about this topic. Remember you have to show you've learnt specific vocabulary!
Travel: vocabulary

Agreeing and disagreeing

Hello every and and welcome to a new school year!

We've started by learning how to agree and disagree. Remember you have to use So / Neither / Well followed by the appropriate auxiliary and the subject. The structures we practised in class are the following:

I love opera --------> So do I  (agree) / Me too / I do too
....................-------------> Well, I don't (disagree)

I can't sing --------> Neither can I / Me neither / I can't either
....................-------------> Well / But I can (disagree)

However, looking for exercises for you to practise, I came across all these expressions from englishclub , englishpond and eslgold which will obviously be useful in any conversation. These some exercises:

• tolearnenglish.com : click here, here, here,
• daypo.com click on "realizar test"

NEWS

Hello dear students,

 For your information, classes will begin on
 Monday 10th and Tuesday 11th Sept ,
 depending in which group you are. 

[PLEASE; notice we'll be using the same book as last year!] 

See you there!!!!

D.
;-)