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?

GESCO : Present Perfect ANSWER KEY to exercises of U13 & 14

Present Perfect versus Past Simple

Online practice:

http://www.ego4u.com/en/cram-up/grammar/simpas-preper

'There is' versus 'There are'

1. Watch and follow the lyrics. Find at least two sentences, one with 'there's' and another one with 'there are'.

2. Got them? Which sentence is for talking about one thing - singular? Which one is used to talk about several things - plural?

3. Now change the sentence in the singular into the plural, and the one of the plural into the singular. 

Presentations

How can you do a good presentation? Take into account Steve Jobs's skills

Appearance and Homelessness

 
I. Watch again and complete the sentences about Jim's life:
a) Jim is_
b) For decades,_
c) In 2013,_
d) Since the filming of this video _

 II. In pairs or small groups, discuss how important image is for oneself and society.

In the Ghetto, by Elvis and El Príncipe Gitano

Watch, listen and compare the two perfomances of the same song by two radically different artists, Elvis Presley and el Príncipe Gitano. Can you spot any differences?  ;-)
a) How important is an accurate English pronunciation? Why?
b) Is your pronuciation more similar to Elvis's or El Prícipe Gitano's?

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