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Monday, 29 September 2014

Karaoke: 'We Are The World' by USA artists for Africa

http://lyricstraining.com/play/usa_for_africa/we_are_the_world/UzhbW8nMVz#k6


With this song you'll see a lot of present tenses, future ones, comparative and superlative forms... Sing along and enjoy it!



KARAOKE: Human by The Killers

http://lyricstraining.com/play/the_killers/human/UlzhbW8ngl#k6

Just click on the link and sing along.

"Human" by the Killers is a one of the best choices for beginner students to practise the verb to be in context.

Thursday, 6 February 2014

Questions with the verb to be: Are We Human, by the Killers

And with the lyrics:

1. Write down the 4 lines of the chorus in your notebook.

Are we human or are we dancer
My sign is vital, my hands are cold
      And I’m on my knees looking for the answer
      Are we human or are we dancer?
2. Listen and underline the verbs. 
3. What’s the infinitive of those verb forms?
4. Fill in the chart with those sentences from the song. Then, if the sentence is interrogative, change it into affirmative and negative.  

(+) .........................  (-)  .........................      (?) Are we human? 

(+) .........................  (-)  .........................      (?) Are we dancer?
  
(+) My sign is vital.   (-)  ......................      (?).............................

(+) My hands are cold.  (-)  ...................   (?).............................

(+) I'm on my knees       (-)  ...................   (?).............................


5. Now,  replace the underlined words by a Noun Phrase or a pronoun.
     For example:
A1) Are we human or are we dancer?
A2) Are Guillermo and I human 

B1) My sign is vital,
B2) ............  is vital 

C1) My hands are cold 
C2) ................... are cold
D1) And I’m on my knees looking for the answer 
D2) And .............. on ............. knees looking for the answer.

Tuesday, 18 December 2012

Visiting Cards

I. Have a look at these jobs. Choose your ideal one.

II. Have a look at this "ranking of the best jobs". 
a) Can you find your job in the ranking?
b) Which job is the best in the ranking?
c) Which one is the worst?

III. Have a look at this "ranking of the highest paying jobs".
a) Which job is the best paid?
b) Which job is the worst paid?


IV. Choose a job from I., II. or III. and make a visiting card, including this info:

1) What's your name?
2) Where are you from?
3) What's your job?
4) What's your address?
4) What's your phone number?
5) What's your email address?

Wednesday, 12 December 2012

What's on TV?

1) Have a look at this TV guide and answer the questions:

For example:  

What's on Monday on Fox at 8 pm? The Simpsons.

  1. What's on Sunday on NBC at 7 pm?
  2. What's on Friday on CW at 9 pm?
  3. What's on Saturday on ABC at 7:30 pm?
  4. What's on Thursday on Fox at 8 pm?
  5. What's on Tuesday on NBC at 9 pm?
  6. What's on Wednesday on CW at 8 pm?
  7. What's on Monday on ABC at 8:30 pm?
 2)  Fill in the timetable with the information in exercise 1.
 
3)  In pairs ask each other 10 questions about the TV programmes as in exercise 1. 

For example: 
What's on ........................... (day) on ....................... (channel) at .................... (time)?