How many Type 3 conditional sentences can you make about Enrique Granados and his wife’s tragic death in the sea? Use inversions too! (Take turns if possible! 😉 )

Remember the final sentence of the article about Bastoey Prison? ‘However good the model is, Bastoey cannot easily be duplicated.’ Here are some notes about this special use of however + adjective/adverb (adapted from the Collins online English Dictionary, definition 2):…

Examples Practice: 1 and 2

For those of you who feel you could do with some more practice on conditionals, here’s a selection of recommended links: Present/future, imaginary (very easy) Past, imaginary (not difficult) The progressive in conditional sentences (not difficult)     The next…

 

Listening comprehension task: an interview with a journalist specialised in forensic science. Instructions: Listen to the first part of the interview (track 18, min. 39:34 of the video below) and answer the questions in exercise 3c of unit 7A of…

     

Notes: The expressions take it or leave it and can take it or leave it and mean different things. You can say both hit-or-miss and hit-and-miss.    

Saint Patrick's Day 2024

> International Women’s Day: quiz on Simone Veil’s life

> Worksheet: Blackbird, by The Beatles

> Go to a karaoke version.

 

Hi friends! I thought you might want to check out examples of the use the adverb infrequently from the Longman, Oxford and Cambridge online dictionaries, and especially from YouGlish (remember? great resource, not just for pronunciation! Don’t forget to click on the…

> Karaoke version  

Please download this worksheet and do the activities in it (homework for Monday 4 March). > Answer key

AL C1.2 · 20 adjectives to describe good acting

TASK 1.Watch this review of 12 years a slave . According to the reviewer, what …  … is harrowing? … is compelling? … is intense? … is bleak and true and simple? … is incidental? … is gimmicky? … takes you…

Watch the film 12 years a slave (check availability here) and do the activities below:

key difference However while (also whereas) differ in Although (also Even though) more in contrast (also on the other hand) but (also although / though) the larger [ ‘class’ meaning ‘a group of students’ ] Although (also Even though) (Please post below…

AL C1.2 · Black History Month

Please click on the poster and watch the video about the origins of Black History Month —  we’ll discuss it on Wednesday.

Listen to the song attentively as you read the lyrics. Refrain from singing at this stage! Identify pronunciation points that your teacher has been banging on about all through the year: the schwas; words beginning sp-, sk-, sm-, st-, etc.;…

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> Quiz on connectors: an introduction. > Quiz on connectors adding information (in addition, furthermore, etc.). > Quiz on connectors expressing contrast (nevertheless, whereas, etc.). > Quiz on connectors expressing concession (even though, despite, etc.). > Quiz on connectors expressing a…

> Go to the quiz. Join code: 7309 9237 (Also available on Google Classroom.)

> Go to the quiz. Join code: 7145 8023 (Also available on Google Classroom.)

> Listening comprehension: Rosa Parks’ Mini Bio > Listening comprehension: Rosa Parks’ Mini Bio (transcript with answer key)

Comments: Have you seen any of the films mentioned in the video? Did you like their endings? What is one of your favourite movie endings?      

Did I  … ? briefly set the context for the imaginary situation of the exercise? include all the relevant information from the source text, without leaving out important details? stick to the information in the source text, without including personal…

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