The digital story of Christmas

For those of you who are addicted to new technologies like me... Time changes.

Chritsmas Homework

Here you have some exercises to revise the grammar we have seen so far. You can do it during the Chritmas break and I'll post the key when we come back.

Listening: Holidays

Check this out: different types of holidays. Which one do you prefer?

Now listen to these three people talking about how the like to travel and answer the questions. 

Revise and Check 2.

GRAMMAR

a 1. already

2. long

3. Since

4. Have

5. yet

b 1. been working. We haven’t seen this tense in class, so don’t worry about this sentence.

2. just made

3. more expensive

4. carefully as

5. the most

VOCABULARY

a 1. bank (It’s the place. The others are forms of payment).

2. mortgage (It’s a noun. The others are all verbs).

3. hungry (The other adjectives are all “strong” adjectives).

4. awful (It has a negative meaning. The other three have a positive meaning).

5. travel (It’s a verb. The others are nouns).

6. helmet (You wear it. The other three are vehicles).

7. Railway station (It’s related to rail travel. The others are all related to road travel).

b 1. filthy

2. tax

3. rush hour

4. lend

5. platform

6. inherit

7. boarding pass / card

8. tiny

c 1. off

2. out

3. for

4. back

5. by

PRONUNCIATION

a 1. coach /əʊ/

2. tiny /aɪ/

3. charge /ɑ:/

4. cycle /s/

5. earn /ɜ:/

b invest, security, luggage, pedestrian, terrified.

CAN YOU UNDERSTAND THIS TEXT?

a 1. a ; 2. b; 3. c; 4. a; 5. b     CHECK THEM AGAIN, THERE WAS A MISTAKE

b Fortunate = lucky

Charity = an organization which collects money to help people in need (who are poor, sick, etc).

Volunteer = somebody who offers or agrees to do something without being forced or paid.

Orphanage = an institution where children without parents live and are looked after.

Deposit = a percentage of the price of something you are buying which you pay in advance.

Annoyed = made angry.

Adopted = taken by a family and looked after as if they were their own children.

Useful = having a practical use.

Definitely = certainly, without doubt.

Commonly confused words.

Trip, journey or travel?
Ache, pain or hurt?
Borrow or lend? 

Homework for Monday 20

For those who don't have the photocopy, here you have the worksheet you have to do for next Monday.

Superlative songs

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By the way, isn't Coldplay one of the best bands ever? This is one of their songs I like the most.

Christmas Party

Here's the plan:

The film will start at 5 pm and at 7.30 approx. we'll have the Cooking Contest. You are all invited to participate. Snacks are also welcome!

Here you have the recipes.  Some of the are not so Christmassy, but yummy anyway!

Pumpkin Pie

Apple Pie

American Cheesecake

Brownies

Carrot Cake

Mark Zuckerber Person of the Year.

Do you know who this guy is? I'll give you a clue: he's somehow related to our next topic - technology.

He looks like an ordinary boy, doesn't he? But, in fact, he's one of the richest people on earth and has changed the we way relate to each other. He's been named Person of the Year by the Time magazine.

Do you agree with this magazine? Which other people should be named Person of the Year? Why? You can read about the other candidates here. Feel free to comment!

Functional language: giving opinions & suggesting.

Here you have some useful expressions.

Comparatives

Comparatives and superlatives ni1

Exercise 1
Exercise 2
Exercise 3
As + adj + as
Complete the text with adjectives and adverbs
Geography quiz

Transport and travelling vocabulary

Road crossword.

Some phrasal verbs related to travelling, fully explained: 1 and 2.

Listen to these people describing transportation in their cities and answer the questions.

Film: The Queen

Here you have the link to my colleague Conchita's blog where you can find more information about this film we recommend you to see.

The Holiday

Sunday 12th @ 10pm

on TVE1

This is the film we'll watch at our Christmas party on Wednesday 22nd. It's also on TV this Sunday. Watch it in Spanish first, and come to watch it with us on 22nd.

Air traffic controllers strike

Speaking of the devil... Since we were talking about flying and airports last Wednesday in class, read about theair traffic controllers strike here (click at the bottom of the page for other related stories).

Watch the video and answer the questions with dates and figures.

When did the strike start?
How long did it last?
When were the check-in lines opened again?
When was the last time a state of emergency was declared?
What percentage of controllers were back at work on Saturday?
How much money has the Spanish tourism industry lost due to the strike?

Has anyone of you been affected? How long did it take you to get to your destination?

to be on strike, a strike - to stop working to protest against something.
Speaking of the Devil... - to mention someone's name who just then appears

At the airport

At the airport

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Revise the vocabulary seen in class with this video.