READER Test - Stranger in the Past

WORKSHEET

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WORKSHEET: Past Simple - Listening & Reading

WORKSHEET

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WORKSHEET: Past Simple routines & READING (Past Simple Wh- questions)

First, along with a List of Irregular verbs, put the verbs in brackets in their correct form of the Past Simple.

Then, read and answer the questions.

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READING: Teen Culture (Past Simple)

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Worksheet Key

Reading: Past Simple & Wh- questions

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Reader: The Adventures of Tom Sawyer

The Adventures of Tom Sawyer Boardgame & Quizz, una ficha interactiva de evicente
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L2 Intro - How does my brain work?

Click HERE and translate the highlighted words.

SUGGESTION:

You can write down two types of vocabulary:

a) Specific vocab related to the human body.

b) Vocab that may be useful for you when writing or speaking.

Audio Books - Reading and Listening

Is reading difficult for you? Try to read and listen at the same time. Read with audio books. 

OTHER AUDIO BOOKS:

• https://learnenglishkids.britishcouncil.org/en/short-stories
• http://www.uniteforliteracy.com/
• http://ngexplorer.cengage.com/ngyoungexplorer/moreissues.html

More challenging audio books for higher levels:

• http://esl-bits.net/ESL.English.Listening.Short.Stories/ESL.Listening.Short.Stories.html

RELAXING MUSIC for reading:

• https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=gcNw0Vvfytw
• https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9_rDjJ3drSk
• https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=oFBbRV6wN24

Recommend a book:

Readers available for year 1 of ESO

      Now you can go to the school library and borrow one of the titles below.


             TITLE                                         BOOKS AVAILABLE

• All about Britain   ..............................................   11
• Tales from Greek Mithology  .............................   29
• The Ghost Teacher ..........................................  14       
• The Legend of Sleepy Hollow ...........................   18
• The Three Musketeers (no website activities available) ..... 14
• Uluru (no website activities available) ............................... 10     

Click on the title and you'll get to the audio material and some website activities!!!

Remember that on Friday 19th December you'll have to do an exam of the tittle that you've chosen.

Avicii - Hey Brother

Listen, follow the lyrics and find:

1. A sentence providing evidence of the use of "There is / are" for the singular or the plural. It's the one dealing with the existence of a new road to get to know, which never finishes.
2. Which two liquids are compared?
3. Why does the adjective take an -er ending?
4. Now compare the two liquids by using this synonym: solid. Take into account that this adjective doesn't take the -er ending.
5. A question about the faith in humankind. How do you know it's in the present simple?
6. A question that suggests that a girl does not trust in love. What's the tense of the sentence?
7. Find where it is said that a helping hand will be given with no conditions when necessary.
8. Find a sentence in the 1st conditional. 
9. Find the powerful metaphor dealing with the sky.
10. Consider the context where the terms "brother" and "sister" appear. Can you find a sole synonym for both of them?

You can join our Google group

From now on, you can join our Google group.

What is it?
Well, it is a site for a reflection on the use of the English language. The teacher or any other member of the group can offer a challenge, ask a question or make a suggestion.

Self-evaluation and an open reflection on the teaching process will surely help everyone who wants to get involved.

There is already a debate: What I like the best and the least in the Englsh lessons.

Ask to join us, you will no doubt be welcome, especially if you are doing secondary education.

Survey: Why do you like Ripollet?

Quizzes by Quibblo.com

Jokes

A really funny short reading activity!
Jokes for Elementary Level
Jokes for Intermediate Level
Jokes for Advanced Level

Will you please recommend us a joke? Send your comment.

Treasure Hunts

Treasure Hunt The Simpsons Movie

No graduation without English

1. According to the heading, will English be necessary at university?


2. Which of the three requirements would you choose if you went to university?


3. Which of the three requirements would your partner choose?
   

Thursday, 7 February 2008

Students beginning their university studies next year will have three options to fulfill a new requirement for their degree:

• a working knowledge of English, today's global lingua franca.


• Either 10% of their regular degree courses will have to be conducted in English (not including English-language class), or they will have to achieve competence in English equivalent to the Cambridge First Certificate examination or the European Union B2 level.


• Finally, students will have also the option of fulfilling the 10% requirement of their studies in English (roughly a term) in foreign universities. (Full story in printed edition of Catalonia Today).

France introduces smoking ban

02 January, 2008

France has joined several other European countries in imposing a ban on smoking in bars, cafes and restaurants. The ban came into effect at midnight on New Year's Eve. Most people appear to have accepted the prohibition as inevitable, though there's strong resistance in rural France. Read more and listen. Try a quiz on this story

Write down the main ideas which may be useful for your next writing task, the opinion essay in your Steps 2 student's book on page 37.

Personality test

Do you know what your personality type is? There are 16. Take the test clicking here and find it out.

Don't forget to describe your personality type: Big Thinker, Counsellor, Go-getter, Idealist, Innovator, Leader, Mastermind, Mentor, Nurturer, Peacemaker, Performer, Provider, Realist, Resolver, Strategist and Supervisor.