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Survival: vocabulary

Wonderful World (Sam Cooke)

The beginning of a beautiful friendship.

Final scene of Casablanca

Casablanca

Ilsa and Rick saying goodbye each other in Casablanca

Wonderful world

Kelly Mcgillis and Harrison Ford singing Wonderful World by Sam Cooke at Witness film.

Beijing Olympics 4x100 Freestyle Relay Finals (UK Feed)

Maybe the best race of all times

Happy Summer Holidays !!!

At last, holidays have come ! . All you have studied hard, but maybe you want to improve your English during summer. If you do, you can find a lot of exercises in the document below.

Exercises to practise English in summer

People in Korea is eating more vegetables

Numbers in English

Here you have a bit of informacion about numbers.



Listen to the numbers
Numbers: Pronuntiation
How to write the numbers
The figure "0"
Number generator
Numbers (1-10)
Numbers (1-20)
Names of numbers in English

"To remind" or "to remember"

To remind and to remember are confusing verbs.

GENERAL USE
Remember means to 'have the memory of something', 'not forget something'.
e.g: The last thing he remembers was ordering another drink.
Remind means 'make somebody remember'.
e.g: This place reminds me of home.

There are some exercises below to practice the use of these two verbs:

http://perso.wanadoo.es/autoenglish/gr.remind.i.htm
http://www.usingenglish.com/quizzes/375.html

Past Simple vs Present Perfect

The correct usage of these verbal tenses is not easy for Spanish learners. Here you have a list of websites in order to practice:

http://ompersonal.com.ar/omgrammar/presentperfect-pastsimple.htm
http://www.curso-de-ingles.de/gramatica/capitulo8/8_4_simple_past_vs_present_perfect.htm
http://www.english-grammar-lessons.com/
http://www.ego4u.com/en/cram-up/grammar/simpas-preper
http://web2.uvcs.uvic.ca/elc/studyzone/410/grammar/ppvpast.htm
http://www.aulafacil.com/Ingejerc/Lecciones/Lecc20.htm
http://www.usingenglish.com/quizzes/228.html

Charlotte Church

Charlotte Church, born on February 21, 1986, is a Welsh singer and television presenter who rose to international fame in childhood as a popular classical crossover singer. Since 2005, she has branched out into pop music.
By clicking on the link below you can know some facts about her biography. It can be a good chance to improve your listening comprehension.

Charlotte Church's biography

Some great songs

These days we are talking about music and music genres in class.
You can watch videos from YouTube of some of my favourite songs below:

Country: Take me home, country roads (John Denver)
Heavy Metal: Highway to hell (AC/DC)
Pop: Let it be (The Beatles)
Soul: Wonderful world (Sam Cooke)
Classical: Four seasons (Vivaldi)
Folk: Blowin' in the wind (Bob Dylan)
Classic rock: Fallin in love with you (Elvis Presley)
Rock: The River (Bruce Springsteen)

Linking below you will find a little survey about Your preferences about music. Please, fill the form and we will check the results in class. Thank you.


http://spreadsheets.google.com/viewform?key=p0BI7tyfoD0DxN2o3awIVXw

English or "Spanglish"?

On this funny video you can watch El Principe Gitano singing Elvis Presley's In the ghetto.

1-language.com

On this page you can find a very practical English grammar in 70 units with a lot of exercises.

http://www.1-language.com/englishcoursenew/

Howsay.com

h o w j s a y . c o m
An English Pronouncing Dictionary with Instant Sound

Howsay is a very special online dictionary. You can get the pronuntiation of a word or phrase simply writing it in the box.

Simple English News

On this webpage you can learn English with the news. You can read and listen to articles of different categories.

-ed and -ing ending adjectives: further practice

Here you have some online exercises in order to pactice the use of -en and -ing ending adjectives. Remember the general rule:

We use -ed adjectives to say how we feel about something or someone (effect)
We use -ing adjectives to say how something or someone makes us feel (cause)

Click on the next links:

http://www.better-english.com/grammar/adjing.htm

http://www.oup.com/elt/global/products/naturalenglish/pre/a_grammar/unit10/nepre_grammar10_1/

http://www.ompersonal.com.ar/omexercise/adjetivosyadverbios/unit30.htm

http://depts.gallaudet.edu/englishworks/exercises/exgrammar/adjective.htm

http://gocsm.net/sevas/esl/reviewlesson/passive3a.html

Bombing of Gernika: 70th anniversary

The bombing of Gernika happened on April 26 1937 during the Spanish Civil War. It was the first massive aerial attack against civilian population. The raid caused hundreds of dead people and the whole destruction of the historical basque town.
Pablo Picasso's Guernica is a painting inspired by the horror at the massacre.