Present Perfect or Past Simple?

These tenses are really important when narrating something and as Spaniards we are, we find it, most of the time, difficult to use accurately.

I find this video very clarifying and helpful to understand the right use of these tenses so, I hope you watch it as many times as you need and help you !

Future with songs

Have you ever taken notice of the tenses used in many of the songs we listen to daily?
Here you have a selection of songs where the different future tenses have been used.
Think about the function  or each one and you´ll u

nderstand shy they have used them.

AT THE HOTEL

Hi guys!

 This week, we´ve been learning how to check-in and vocabulary related to hotels.
I played a video in class and you were practising with your partner some dialogues. Here you are another example of chek-in in a hotel where you can learn new vocabulary and expressions.

Enjoy!

Halloween is round the corner!!

Hi guys!!

   As you  can check everywhere Halloween is coming soon.  But,what do we know about this celebration?
When is it celebrated? how much vocabulary do you know about it?
If you don´t know much about it, watch this video and learn !

SAMPLES OF SPEAKING TASKS

... As I promised the last day, here you are the video we watched in class that links you to other different ones. I hope you´ll find them useful. They can be good to generate ideas and take vocabulary /expressions into account, but remember to use also the ones we have studied this year.

COMPLAINT LETTER

 A complaint letter is a formal writing that  follows some rules.We have seen in class an example of how to organise one. Here you have an exercise where you can practise the vocabulary needad for these types of letters.

After that, here you have an example of a complaint letter to fill. ... And to finish, try  this one with vocabulary and collocations

Simple Past

We started studying the Simple Past this week. I told you about the rules to form this tense, and after that I played a very good video where you were explained how to use it and its forms.

I have uploaded the video so that you can watch it again if you want to

Voiced / voiceless sounds

We have started learning the past simple and one of the  difficulties of it is the pronunciation of endings.
Remember that with voiceless sounds the ending is pronounced T and with voiced ones, it´s pronounced D.
Here you are a chart where you can learn which consonants are voiced or voiceless

Object Pronouns

Last week, in class, we learned  about the object pronouns. I used a song for that, which was very simple but effective to learn the position of these pronouns.

If you missed the explanation on that day, there is another video where you can learn how to use it, but.. don´t forget that you aslso have to study them!!

Months of the year

Do you remember how to pronounce the months of the year?.....
If you don´t here you are this song to learn it and practi

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inversion in conditionals

Hi guys!

We´ve been recently learning about inversion in general , something new to many of you. As you know inversion also happens in conditionals, though not very frequently.

I´ve found a  quite interesting video on this topic so, watch it and have some listening practice by the way

Pronunciation mistakes

Hi guys!

Here you are an useful link

that will make you test yourself on some words mispronounced by students in oral exams. Come on, have a go and test yourself!!!!

Some Phrasal Verbs

Hi guys !

Today we´ve been talking about family relations and watched a video on phrasal verbs used in a familiar context.
If you couldn´t get all of them and you want to have a go again, here´s the chance to do it!!

Mispronounced common words

Hi guys !

We have seen in class the video I have found about how to pronounce some common words. When I watched it, I thought of you because there are many of them that you very often use. Have a look at them and check if you are right or wrong !
After watching the first one , try with this one

Can I have a coffee?

Today we´ve been learning about how to order in a coffe shop.Later on, we have watched a video on a situation. Here you are the video. Watch it as much as you like it. Enjoy!

Learn to pronounce these words!!

Howdy guys !

I´ve found an interesting video about words pronounced incorrectly and I don´t know why.... I have thought of you. Watch it and check if there are any words that you need to improve. I think there is more than one!