Graduation Ceremony IES Rey Pelayo 2012

It has taken a while but the end of the academic year is almost always a bit hectic and this one followed  the rule. Now that you are all on holidays you may not check the blog, but as I know that you were looking forward to seeing the pictures from your BIG day, here they go..... I made a selection, I hope you like them  and you can show them to your friends and family who were all really proud of you that day. You looked great, all dressed up enjoying the event that will remain in your memory for years to come.
Well, now it is time to rest and enjoy the summer so I wish you all  a.......

HAPPY SUMMER!

PAU

As I told you in class, here you can find some more exercises if you want to practice for a while. I am sure you will do well in the test, so don't get too nervous and do your best.

Passive voice
Conditional sentences
Mixed tenses
Rephrasing
Reported Speech


GOOD LUCK!!

Economic crisis

Money, money, money, where is it? It seems that this crisis will go on forever as nobody is able to find a solution for it. This year PAU exams have the financial crisis as another juicy topic to introduce as an essay for instance. You may be familiar with the vocabulary as you hear it every single day in the news but I think it is interesting if you watch these videos and learn more about it.

London Olympics 2012

We have just come back from London with a group of 4th ESO students and the city was preparing itself for the Olympics. Plan ahead for the games, that is what they say... so it is quite possible that in this year exams, they introduce a topic about the Olympic Games in London this summer. Here you can check some vocabulary and read about the history of the games. I hope you find it interesting.


Olympic Games 1
Olympic Games 2

Phonetics

We are almost at the end of the term for the students of 2nd BACH, in two weeks time you will be preparing for the PAU exam and you may find phonetics interesting to revise your English and take a rest from the books.

check here and learn

Notting Hill Carnival

It is time to talk about some celebrations in Britain. As Carnival has just gone by, maybe you would like to get some ideas for next year's party... I am sure you WILL love this one... Watch this

Dress in GREEN

Were you dressed in GREEN in St.Patrick's Day? If so, have a look here, I hope you like the pictures. 

Road signs & modal verbs

"Tell me and I WILL forget; show me and I MAY remember; involve me and I WILL understand"

Chinese Proverb

There is a fun way to learn the road signs and practise the modal verbs at the same time. Enjoy the game. You CAN play here.

Looking for a job?

Hello students,
You have learnt how to write a formal letter to apply for a job, haven't you? Well, I have found what it seems a great job, would you like to see it and work there? Just watch the video and think about it...  check
here
Did you like it? Can you answer some questions now?
Where is the job?  What are your responsibilities in the job? What is your salary? Would you like to apply for it? Now you have to convince me that you are the best applicant for it... You have one minute.

Modal Verbs

It's time to study modal verbs, whether you like it or not. However, modal verbs are not so difficult as they seem. Modals are everywhere, watch this video and you will see what I mean. You have to write the expressions down and you can guess their use: ability, possibility, obligation, offer, suggestion, etc.

Now do some exercises here.

Keep working here.

Interview to Novak Djokovic

Listen to Djokovic after winning the final match in the Australian Open in Melbourne last Sunday 29th of January...

watch and listen here

Reported Speech

For those of you who want to keep working with the reported speech...

Check this....

More shopping

Shopping in Camden is much more fun.... If you want to discover this cool market area in London, have a look at this video. You can write about it too, (shops they visit, how much they pay, how they pay, etc.)


Shopping in Camden

Shopping video

Watch this video, have fun and write about it. Use the shopping vocabulary you have learnt in class. What kind of shop does he go to? What items does he select? How does he want to pay?, etc.