Monday, October 29, 2012
Sunday, October 7, 2012
Thursday, September 27, 2012
Hi, I want you to read this article and answer these questions about it:
1. Circle True or False for these sentences.
1. Playing truant means using bad language.
2. Cheating in exams is not seen as bad behaviour in the UK.
3. Teachers cannot hit pupils to punish them in Britain.
4. Lines and detention are often given at the same time.
5. Freya MacDonald said ‘no’ to detention at her school.
6. All schools in Britain now give parents a home/ school contract to sign.
2. Write the words in the correct group: Punishments or Bad behaviour
writing lines
giving detention
excluding a pupil
swearing
suspension
hitting
not doing homework
bullying
Monday, February 20, 2012
CARNIVAL
TREASURE HUNT
Go to this website AND Find the answers to these questions:
1. Cooperstown Winter Carnival, USA. When did this festival begin?
2. Toowoomba Carnival of Flowers, Australia. What kind of workshops do they have?
3. Burbage carnival, UK. What date is the carnival this year?
4. The New Orleans Mardi Gras, Canada. What speciality food do they serve?
5. Santa Cruz de Tenerife, Spain. How many days does the carnival last?
6. Cape Town Minstrel Carnival, South Africa. What is another name for this carnival?
7. Dunedin Cadbury Chocolate Carnival, New Zealand. In which month is the carnival?
8. Manali Winter Festival, India. What kind of institute started the carnival?
9. Mazatlan Carnival, Mexico. In which state is this carnival?
10. Women’s Carnival Day, Germany. How many seasons are there in the Rhineland?
Friday, February 17, 2012
WHITNEY HOUSTON
WHITNEY HOUSTON HAS DIED. This is what Barbra Streisand said of her:
"She had everything, beauty, a magnificent voice. How sad her gifts could not bring her the same happiness they brought us."
Can you explain what that statement means in Spanish?
NOW HAVE A LOOK AT THIS WEBSITE AND TRY TO ANSWER THESE QUESTIONS ABOUT THE SINGER:
When did Whitney Houston die?
Where took place her funeral and what is special of that church?
What is her mother’s name?
Did people need an invitation to attend the funeral?
Did she have a public memorial?
Which day of the week did the funeral take place?
Did Kevin Costner attend the funeral?
What did he do at the funeral?
How old was she when she died?
Where did she die?
Do you know the cause of her death?
What did they find in her room?
Wednesday, December 7, 2011
Thursday, October 20, 2011
FEAR
Have a loooooook at this website and answer these questions:
1. What are the most common fears?
2. What is the top ten list of fears?
3. What do you fear the most?
4. What are the top ten fears according to a 2005 Gallup poll from the USA?
5. What do you fear if you feel "acrophobia"?
6. What do you fear if you feel "claustrophobia"?
7. What do you fear if you feel "aquaphobia"?
8. What do you fear if you feel "thanatophobia"?
9.Now loook at this other website and, according to your number in the class list, take the same idiom and learn by heart the idiom, its meaning in English and the example.
10.Ask your classmates what they fear the most and write it down in order to make a poster.
1. What are the most common fears?
2. What is the top ten list of fears?
3. What do you fear the most?
4. What are the top ten fears according to a 2005 Gallup poll from the USA?
5. What do you fear if you feel "acrophobia"?
6. What do you fear if you feel "claustrophobia"?
7. What do you fear if you feel "aquaphobia"?
8. What do you fear if you feel "thanatophobia"?
9.Now loook at this other website and, according to your number in the class list, take the same idiom and learn by heart the idiom, its meaning in English and the example.
10.Ask your classmates what they fear the most and write it down in order to make a poster.
Sunday, October 9, 2011
NEWS! NEWS!
Read this article about the former Beatle member and answer the questions below. You may need to search for the information in other websites:
Who did he marry?
Where did he get married?
When did he get married?
What did they have to celebrate the wedding?
What colour was the bride's dress?
Who designed it?
Paul McCartney, U.S. heiress tie the knot
Former Beatle marries New York businesswoman
Paul McCartney and Nancy Shevell dated for four years before getting married. Paul McCartney and American Nancy Shevell have left Old Marylebone Town Hall in central London after getting married.
They are headed to a celebration with friends and family at McCartney's house in nearby St. John's Wood. Shevell was wearing a white dress designed by McCartney's daughter Stella.
The couple announced their engagement earlier this year. Shevell, 51, would be McCartney's third wife, and it would be her second marriage.
The 69-year-old McCartney married his first wife, Linda, at the same venue in 1969. She died of cancer in 1998.
No official word from McCartney on wedding plans
Reports say McCartney's younger brother Mike served as best man and his young daughter Beatrice was flower girl.
The only other surviving Beatle, Ringo Starr, and his wife Barbara attended the nuptials. (Luke MacGregor/Reuters)
Drummer Ringo Starr, the only other surviving member of the band, was also in attendance.
Shevell was married for more than 20 years to lawyer Bruce Blakeman and serves on the board of New York's Metropolitan Transportation Authority.
She is a vice-president of a New Jersey-based trucking company owned by her father.
McCartney married photographer Linda Eastman at the height of the hippie era, when the Beatles were at the apex of their global fame.
The marriage of the Beatle known as "the cute one" caused young women and girls to burst into tears outside the registry office, and broke the hearts of uncounted fans throughout the world.
While many rock and roll marriages from that era broke down, the McCartneys enjoyed a long, happy marriage for many years, raising four children and spending virtually every night together except when McCartney was briefly jailed in Japan on marijuana charges.
Linda played and sang in his successful post-Beatles band Wings — even though critics thought she added little to the ensemble — and used her marriage to a Beatle to promote vegetarianism and other causes that were also backed by McCartney.
First wife died in 1998
Her life was cut short by breast cancer in 1998, leaving McCartney adrift.
Model Heather Mills then entered the picture. They married in 2002 at a gala affair at an Irish castle, and soon after had a daughter. But the marriage collapsed fairly quickly and ended with a bitter divorce in 2008.
Mills publicly accused McCartney of cruelty and sought a massive $250 million divorce settlement, but the judge sided with McCartney, calling her claims exorbitant.
The British public, enamoured of the sunny Sir Paul since his early Beatle days, also sided with the singer.
The case offered a rare glimpse into the magnitude of McCartney's fortune, which includes songwriting royalties from a raft of classic tunes, many co-written with the late John Lennon, who would have turned 71 Sunday.
Court papers filed by McCartney at the time indicated he had a net worth of approximately $800 million, including a valuable collection of art works including paintings by Picasso and Renoir along with luxury real estate holdings and sound music investments going well beyond his own works.
The impending marriage of one of the most enduring figures in British cultural life sparked Britain's fevered tabloid headline writers to try to come up with new puns on Sunday based on the Beatles' memorable song titles.
The best was probably Ticket To Bride, a play on the 1965 chart-topper Ticket To Ride.
Recuerda que no tienes que entender todas y cada una de las palabras que aparezcan en el texto. Busca solo la información necesaria para contestar.
Who did he marry?
Where did he get married?
When did he get married?
What did they have to celebrate the wedding?
What colour was the bride's dress?
Who designed it?
Paul McCartney, U.S. heiress tie the knot
Former Beatle marries New York businesswoman
Paul McCartney and Nancy Shevell dated for four years before getting married. Paul McCartney and American Nancy Shevell have left Old Marylebone Town Hall in central London after getting married.
They are headed to a celebration with friends and family at McCartney's house in nearby St. John's Wood. Shevell was wearing a white dress designed by McCartney's daughter Stella.
The couple announced their engagement earlier this year. Shevell, 51, would be McCartney's third wife, and it would be her second marriage.
The 69-year-old McCartney married his first wife, Linda, at the same venue in 1969. She died of cancer in 1998.
No official word from McCartney on wedding plans
Reports say McCartney's younger brother Mike served as best man and his young daughter Beatrice was flower girl.
The only other surviving Beatle, Ringo Starr, and his wife Barbara attended the nuptials. (Luke MacGregor/Reuters)
Drummer Ringo Starr, the only other surviving member of the band, was also in attendance.
Shevell was married for more than 20 years to lawyer Bruce Blakeman and serves on the board of New York's Metropolitan Transportation Authority.
She is a vice-president of a New Jersey-based trucking company owned by her father.
McCartney married photographer Linda Eastman at the height of the hippie era, when the Beatles were at the apex of their global fame.
The marriage of the Beatle known as "the cute one" caused young women and girls to burst into tears outside the registry office, and broke the hearts of uncounted fans throughout the world.
While many rock and roll marriages from that era broke down, the McCartneys enjoyed a long, happy marriage for many years, raising four children and spending virtually every night together except when McCartney was briefly jailed in Japan on marijuana charges.
Linda played and sang in his successful post-Beatles band Wings — even though critics thought she added little to the ensemble — and used her marriage to a Beatle to promote vegetarianism and other causes that were also backed by McCartney.
First wife died in 1998
Her life was cut short by breast cancer in 1998, leaving McCartney adrift.
Model Heather Mills then entered the picture. They married in 2002 at a gala affair at an Irish castle, and soon after had a daughter. But the marriage collapsed fairly quickly and ended with a bitter divorce in 2008.
Mills publicly accused McCartney of cruelty and sought a massive $250 million divorce settlement, but the judge sided with McCartney, calling her claims exorbitant.
The British public, enamoured of the sunny Sir Paul since his early Beatle days, also sided with the singer.
The case offered a rare glimpse into the magnitude of McCartney's fortune, which includes songwriting royalties from a raft of classic tunes, many co-written with the late John Lennon, who would have turned 71 Sunday.
Court papers filed by McCartney at the time indicated he had a net worth of approximately $800 million, including a valuable collection of art works including paintings by Picasso and Renoir along with luxury real estate holdings and sound music investments going well beyond his own works.
The impending marriage of one of the most enduring figures in British cultural life sparked Britain's fevered tabloid headline writers to try to come up with new puns on Sunday based on the Beatles' memorable song titles.
The best was probably Ticket To Bride, a play on the 1965 chart-topper Ticket To Ride.
Recuerda que no tienes que entender todas y cada una de las palabras que aparezcan en el texto. Busca solo la información necesaria para contestar.
Thursday, September 29, 2011
THE BIG CHALLENGE
Si quieres entrenarte, pincha aquí copia y pega el enlace en la barra navegación de tu ordenador y ¡disfruta!
http://quizz.thebigchallenge.com/?lang=ES
http://quizz.thebigchallenge.com/?lang=ES
Sunday, September 18, 2011
Wednesday, June 22, 2011
Enjoy your summer!!
Espero que lo paséis bien escuchando, leyendo y haciendo cosas relacionadas con el inglés. Hay varias páginas nuevas que os van a gustar. ¡Probad!
¡Feliz verano a tod@s! Un besito
¡Feliz verano a tod@s! Un besito
Friday, May 13, 2011
Read about the earthquake in Murcia and answer these questions:
http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-europe-13385997
1. Why did the funeral mass take place in a hangar-like structure?
2. What has happened to many buildings?
3. How many buildings have been affected according to Mr. Jodar?
4. What have people with fear done?
5. What have troops and emergency workers done?
6. What are inspection teams doing?
7. what will happen to badly damaged buildings?
8. What have bulldozers done?
9. What do seismologists expect?
10. Which earthquake in Spain has been worse than this one?
1. Why did the funeral mass take place in a hangar-like structure?
2. What has happened to many buildings?
3. How many buildings have been affected according to Mr. Jodar?
4. What have people with fear done?
5. What have troops and emergency workers done?
6. What are inspection teams doing?
7. what will happen to badly damaged buildings?
8. What have bulldozers done?
9. What do seismologists expect?
10. Which earthquake in Spain has been worse than this one?
Earthquake Hits Southern Spain
Hi everybody!
Last Wednesday was a terrible day for our region, wasn't it? We were devastated by the news. I would like you to watch this video about the earthquake in Lorca and then answer some questions
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-fazIxIAjzI
1. The TV reporter saw something collapse. What was it?
2. How many people died according to the video?
3. What was the magnitude of the 1st earthquake?
4. And of the 2nd?
6. The National Geographic Institute says it has been the dealiest disaster since ...
7. What happened then?
8. How many people were injured?
9. Where did it take place?
10. What is the meaning of "deadly"?
Last Wednesday was a terrible day for our region, wasn't it? We were devastated by the news. I would like you to watch this video about the earthquake in Lorca and then answer some questions
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-fazIxIAjzI
1. The TV reporter saw something collapse. What was it?
2. How many people died according to the video?
3. What was the magnitude of the 1st earthquake?
4. And of the 2nd?
6. The National Geographic Institute says it has been the dealiest disaster since ...
7. What happened then?
8. How many people were injured?
9. Where did it take place?
10. What is the meaning of "deadly"?
Friday, April 29, 2011
Catherine Middleton's Biography
Can you read Catherine Middleton's biography and then answer these questions about her?
What are Catherine's parents' names?
Why did she live in Jordan?
What subjects did she study at secondary school?
What sports has she practised?
What did she study at university?
What university did she study in?
Where is that city?
What did she do after finishing her degree?
What are her hobbies?
What are Catherine's parents' names?
Why did she live in Jordan?
What subjects did she study at secondary school?
What sports has she practised?
What did she study at university?
What university did she study in?
Where is that city?
What did she do after finishing her degree?
What are her hobbies?
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