Conjunctions

Nouns

Social Issues

Reported Speech

Binomials

On Holiday! Getting around. Travel arrangements.

Modal Verbs. Modal Perefects.

Modals and passive voice from TESOL-TEFL on Vimeo.

Christmas around the world

The Three Wise Men according to Wikipedia. Christmas is coming and I'd like to know how you celebrate this festivity. There are many different traditions all over the world and that's nice. So, let's discuss about different traditions at Christmas.

How do you spend Xmas at home? Anything special? Please, let us know and leave a comment about your customs.

Youtube videos about Christmas

For further information about Christmas time, click on here.

   Now, let's sing some Christmas Carols. Would you like to sing a special Christmas Carol? Which one? Have a look at: It's Christmas now below.  For carols click:    More Carols 

Last Christmas by George Michael (Spanish lyrics) Is this song really about Christmas? Well, it isn't. Actually, what is it about so? You could write your answer by leaving a comment for this post below. What about this Xmas song? Do you know any other artist who sings the same song?

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How to make Christmas Crackers

How to make a Christmas pudding How to make Christmas Brownies

Would you sit on Santa Claus' lap like this?

Have you ever received candy coal at Christmas?

Come on! Let's join a Christmas Quiz! Yes, why not?   Now it's time for some current songs about Xmas:


And finally, here are my Christmas gifts for all my dear students. Some Xmas cards. Enjoy them! Happy Christmas!

Collocations and Idioms

When you start learning a new language, one of the most important things you have to do is to grow your vocabulary. The faster you learn new words and phrases, and the more you add to your repertoire, the more you will be able to understand in the language. So, let's now focus on some collocations and idioms of the English Language.

Common Grammar Exceptions

What to read

What to read in English?

Well, just a question of liking.

What would you like to read about?

News Horrors / thrillers  

Novels Myths and legends
Short stories Magazines
Comedies Signs
Fairy tales Articles
Adventures Fiction
Fictional Detective

For more ideas and reading, please click on our What to read section.

Sentence transformations

Are you able to paraphrase in English? 

Hey, what exactly do you mean by that? 

Sentence transformations are highly useful for you to say things differently, or better said, different ways of talking about the same thing, using other words. 

So, please avoid repetition. 

Here's your presentation about Transformations and now it's time for transformation practice.

In your own words...


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Halloween

Halloween is coming and I wonder if you usually celebrate such a famous festivity in your town. 

Writing TIPS

Once upon a time...

Érase una vez...

A blank piece of paper to be written quickly, but no idea how to start with.

Please do not panic, here are some helpful tips for you to use and remember to keep on writing in English as often as possible.

Writing Tips from anarosaleda

Prepositions

Word-building or Word-formation

Basically, we could start off by studying some basic word-formation suffixes and prefixes, which will help you to guess the meaning and grammar of English words.

So, here's your WORD-FORMATION theory and practice to do your best at school. Remember that there are not magical RULES for word-formation, and it's only a question of practice and loads of English exposure.

Let's put it this way...it's time for more words... - no matter your level of English.

Learning a language is like building a house. We need plenty of bricks to be able construct a venue with well-laid foundations and suitable enough for our living expectations: good sights, full of light, and comfortable for our family. By the same token, to produce a fluent speech, it’s necessary to manage a whole array of words, which must be assimilated, practised and used regularly, rather than only translated into the target language. Word-building takes time and what’s even more important: suffixes and prefixes must be recognized; otherwise you won’t make the most of your word-building. For further word-formation practice, you’d better click on words, words, words.

Phrasal Verbs

Phonetics: English Stress and Intonation

Why do we take so long to understand stress and intonation in English?

Children learn stress and intonation very quickly, but what happens with English as a Second Language?


Through this post, you'll learn more about the importance of Stress and intonation in English. Now it's your turn to practise some stress patterns, using the presentation and video below.

I hope you find Intonation interesting. Please, feel free to leave any comments about Stress and Intonation below.

Verb Tenses

Present, past or future?

How often do you...?

Adverbs is what you need to study for this section, among many other things.

Above you can read two essential questions for you to think about when you're doing some English Grammar. 

Any questions about verbs tenses?

Please leave us a comment below. 

For more practice on verb tenses, you could have a look at our Grammar links section on the right-hand side on this blog.

So, let's do some grammar!

Imperative, Present Simple & Continuous, Stative verbs

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Present through Youtube

Past through Youtube

Future through Youtube
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Imperatives through Youtube

Present Perfect through Youtube

English Grammar

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