This blog is addressed to the students of the subject "Ampliación de la Lengua Inglesa II". Here you can find a wide range of activities and websites to improve your English in class and at home.
17/05/2012
Improve your English abroad this summer
Would you like to improve your English in the UK, Ireland, the USA or Malta? If your answer is "yes", you should apply for this scholarship.
You have got 15 days to apply for it:
http://www.madrid.org/boletin/CM_Orden_BOCM/2012/05/16/BOCM-20120516-15.PDF
06/05/2012
A Dickensian Video
Now that you have finished watching 'Oliver Twist' in class, I would like you to learn some English expressions based on Charles Dickens' novels.
Watch this video and learn about Charles Dickens' influence on the English language:
http://www.bbc.co.uk/worldservice/learningenglish/language/theteacher/2012/02/120207_teacher_dickens.shtml
Watch this video and learn about Charles Dickens' influence on the English language:
http://www.bbc.co.uk/worldservice/learningenglish/language/theteacher/2012/02/120207_teacher_dickens.shtml
24/04/2012
20/04/2012
Set books for FCE
Set texts for Cambridge English: First until December 2012:
William Thackeray: Vanity Fair (Black Cat or any edition).
Mary Stewart: This Rough Magic (OUP)
The texts are Graded Readers which have been adapted to the level and are suitable for Cambridge English: First candidates. Other editions of these books may be available. However, teachers and candidates should be aware that the language level in other editions may be less accessible.
William Thackeray: Vanity Fair (Black Cat or any edition).
Mary Stewart: This Rough Magic (OUP)
The texts are Graded Readers which have been adapted to the level and are suitable for Cambridge English: First candidates. Other editions of these books may be available. However, teachers and candidates should be aware that the language level in other editions may be less accessible.
Pronunciation Quizzes
How good are you at English phonetics? Do these quizzes from the BBC website and test yourself!
Pronunciation Quiz 1 Pronunciation Quiz 2 Pronunciation Quiz 3
Pronunciation Quiz 4 Pronunciation Quiz 5
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Everything at Once
This is the song we listened to in class. I thought you may like to listen to it again.
22/03/2012
On the phone
Are you afraid of speaking on the phone in English?
Here you have a wonderful website with lots of exercises and vocabulary to practice:
Click here
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16/03/2012
FCE Speaking test
Watch these videos if you wish to take the FCE exam to get an idea of the structure of the Speaking test:
Part 1
Part 2
Part 3
Part 4
Part 1
Part 2
Part 3
Part 4
Hooked by an octopus
This is a long but really really interesting video on how animals can change one's life:
Answer the following questions and send them to your teacher:
Answer the following questions and send them to your teacher:
What state is he from? Where is that?
How old was he when he had his first contact with an octopus? What happened?
Where did he go to college?
What happened in the aquarium? Do octopuses play?
Why did he quit school?
Why did he go to Australia?
What is the meaning of the expression “it threw science on its head”? Why does he say this?
What advice does he give to people who are concerned about the environment?
12/03/2012
Speechless
A woman stands in the middle of a court. She can’t believe what is happening. She has her hand over her mouth. She is speechless. What is going on?
Improve your English during the summer
Today has been published a government grant addressed to those students of Bachillerato who would like to improve their English during the summer.
The aim of this grant is to give students the chance to participate in a bilingual summer camp in Spain during the month of July. You need to accomplish some requirements in order to apply for this grant.
Here are the basis of the grant:
http://www.boe.es/boe/dias/2012/03/12/pdfs/BOE-A-2012-3496.pdf
I highly encourage you to apply for it!
The aim of this grant is to give students the chance to participate in a bilingual summer camp in Spain during the month of July. You need to accomplish some requirements in order to apply for this grant.
Here are the basis of the grant:
http://www.boe.es/boe/dias/2012/03/12/pdfs/BOE-A-2012-3496.pdf
I highly encourage you to apply for it!
09/03/2012
Happy International Women's Day!
We'll watch these two videos next day in class.
Video 1: Did you know that all these things had been invented by women?
Video 2: Do you agree with the stereotypes portrayed in the video?
What is the conclusion?
What is the conclusion?
01/03/2012
Grant for students with little economic means
This is a grant for students with little economic means. Just in case you are interested:
Click here
26/02/2012
17/02/2012
FCE Reading Test
This is an old Reading Test from the FCE exam.
It is a good reading practice for Selectividad and for those of you who would like to take the FCE exam.
You should be able to do these 3 parts in just one hour. Good luck!
11/02/2012
Saint Valentine's Day
Saint Valentine's Day is coming soon. Would you like to know the origins of this day?
Now do this quiz and check that you understood the video.
Now do this quiz and check that you understood the video.
09/02/2012
Reported Speech
A few exercises to prepare yourself for the 2nd term exam:
Exercise 1. Reported Speech. Simple Statements.
Exercise 2. Reported Speech. Statements with expressions of time.
Exercise 3. Reported Questions.
Exercise 4. Reported questions with expressions of time.
Exercise 5. Reported commands. Affirmative sentences.
Exercise 6. Reported commands. Negations.
Exercise 7. Mixed exercise on reported speech 1
Exercise 8. Mixed exercise on reported speech 2
Exercise 1. Reported Speech. Simple Statements.
Exercise 2. Reported Speech. Statements with expressions of time.
Exercise 3. Reported Questions.
Exercise 4. Reported questions with expressions of time.
Exercise 5. Reported commands. Affirmative sentences.
Exercise 6. Reported commands. Negations.
Exercise 7. Mixed exercise on reported speech 1
Exercise 8. Mixed exercise on reported speech 2
07/02/2012
Charles Dickens' 200th anniversary
Today marks the 200th anniversary of the birth of the writer Charles Dickens, one of English literature's most revered novelists and author of books such as "Oliver Twist", "Great Expectations" and "A Tale of Two Cities".
Would you like to know a little bit more about his life? Read this article and watch this video:
How much do you know about Charles Dickens' novels?
Can you match the title of each novel with the summary of its plot?
Click here to download the activity.
Then, play this game.
Can you survive Charles Dickens' London?
Would you like to know a little bit more about his life? Read this article and watch this video:
How much do you know about Charles Dickens' novels?
Can you match the title of each novel with the summary of its plot?
Click here to download the activity.
Then, play this game.
Can you survive Charles Dickens' London?
31/01/2012
Be careful what you tweet
Read this striking newspaper article.
30/01/2012
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".
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?
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?
29/01/2012
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.
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
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
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
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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Click here to download the document.
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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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