Be careful what you tweet

Read this striking newspaper article.

Groundhog Day

Learn a little bit more about this famous festivity celebrated on 2nd February in the United States and Canada. Watch this video and do the quiz next to it.

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Martin Luther King Day

This holiday is celebrated in the United States on the third Monday of January. Why was Martin Luther King so important to American history?
Read this article
Then, watch this video about his life and complete the quiz.
You may also like to watch his famous speech "I have a dream".

                                                         

Modal Verbs and Modal Perfects

Some exercises to practice modal verbs:
Exercises to practice each modal verb
Choose the right modal verb
Modal test
Grammar explanations
Modal Perfects Grammar Explanation (Spanish)
Modal Perfects Exercise 1
Modal Perfects Exercise 2
Had better exercise
Should or had better?

Merry Christmas!

Listen to this famous Christmas song by Mariah Carey.

Guy Fawkes

Read this text about this famous British festivity celebrated on 5th November. Then, watch the video. Are you brave enough to play the game and to try not to blow up the Houses of Parliament?

 

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British vs American English

Watch this video from the BBC webpage and learn some vocabulary differences between British English and American English. Did you know all the words mentioned in the video?

Read this article to know the main differences between British English and American English.

Present Perfect Continuous and Past Perfect Continuous

Present Perfect Simple or Present Perfect Continuous 1
Present Perfect Simple or Present Perfect Continuous 2
Past Perfect Continuous
Present Perfect Continuous or Past Perfect Continuous

Relative Clauses

Here you have some more exercises to practice:

Exercise 1: Relative pronouns
Exercise 2: Are the relative pronouns necessary or not?
Exercise 3: Forming relative clauses
Exercise 4: Test on relative clauses 1
Exercise 5: Test on relative clauses 2

Gerunds and Infinitives

Here you have some exercises to practice when to use the gerund or the -to infinitive after verbs:

Exercise 1                     
Exercise 2                 
Exercise 3               
Exercise 4               
Exercise 5

Aliens and UFOs

This is one of the handouts that we have been doing in class recently.
Click here to download the document.

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Thanksgiving

Click here and learn about the history of the pumpkin pie.

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Halloween

Watch this video and learn the history of Halloween, one of the most famous holidays in the English speaking world.

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Steve Jobs' most famous speech

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