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Thursday, 30 November 2023

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.

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?

Christmas vocabulary (1, 2, ), special dates and traditions. Christmas vocabulary doc Christmas Flashcards Xmas wordsearch (1, 2) Christmas board game for Basic 2 (poster) Christmas Winter Quiz for Basic 2 Santa Questions about Xmas for Basic 2 Winter questions_Christmas for Basic 2
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!



Thursday, 9 November 2023

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

Monday, 6 November 2023

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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