Past simple and past continuous exercises

http://www.myenglishpages.com/site_php_files/grammar-exercise-simple-past.php

https://elt.oup.com/student/solutions/preint/grammar/grammar_02_012e?cc=global&selLanguage=en

https://www.ego4u.com/en/cram-up/grammar/past-progressive/exercises?05

https://www.ego4u.com/en/cram-up/grammar/past-progressive/exercises

https://www.ego4u.com/en/cram-up/grammar/simpas-paspro/exercises

https://www.ego4u.com/en/cram-up/grammar/simpas-paspro/exercises?ex02

https://www.ego4u.com/en/cram-up/grammar/simpas-paspro/exercises?ex04

https://www.ego4u.com/en/cram-up/grammar/simpas-paspro/exercises?ex05

Bedroom in Arles

Bedroom in Arles  is the title of  three similar paintings by 19th-century painter Vincent van Gogh.
Van Gogh's own title for this composition was simply The Bedroom (French: La Chambre à coucher).
The painting depicts van Gogh's bedroom at 2, Place Lamartine in Arles, Bouches-du-Rhône, France, known as the Yellow House.

Can you describe the room?

A murder case

There was a murder yesterday evening. There was a blackout between 7 and 8.The police is questioning the suspects. Mary found her sister's dead body in the bathroom at 9.00. There were five people in the house at that time.
Police agent:...........................................................................(at 7.30)
Mary's mother:..........................................................................(work) I (finish)......................at 8.00.
Police agent:...........................................................................(at 7.30)
Mary's father:............................................................................(cook dinner)
Police agent:...........................................................................(at 7.30)
Mary's friend:..............................................................................(play tennis) I (come)..........................to Mary's house at 8.30.
Police agent:...........................................................................(at 7.30)
Mary's brother:................................................(play the guitar)
Police agent:...........................................................................(at 7.30)
Mary:................................................................................(watch tv) 
Police agent:...........................................................................(at 7.30)

Who is the murderer? Why?
Complete the gaps with the missing verbs in the correct tense.
Yesterday evening there.............a murder at Mary's house. Mary...............her sister's dead body in the bathroom. The police..................the suspects. Mary's mother...........................Mary's friend..................................Mary's father .........
Mary's brother..............................Mary................................There was no power!

Past Continuous exercises

Yesterday at 3 pm the following people were in the middle of an action.
Write affirmative sentences using the past continuous.

1. You / play / cards 
2. Alice / walk / around the lake 
3. Caron / listen / to the radio 
4. We / read / a book about Australia 
5. Linda / look for / her ring 
6. Fiona and Sam / visit / the castle 
7. Ben / wash / the car 
8. Kim and I / wait / in the park 
9. My sister / feed / the birds 
10. Greg and Phil / count / their money

But at 5 pm they were doing other things.Write negative sentences using the past continuous.

Mary wants to know what all those people were doing at 3 pm. Write interrogative sentences using the past continuous.



REMEBER!

Exceptions in spelling when adding ing	Example
final e is dropped (but: ee is not changed)	come – coming (but: agree – agreeing)
after a short, stressed vowel, the final consonant is doubled	sit – sitting
l as final consonant after a vowel is doubled (in British English)	travel – travelling
final ie becomes y	lie – lying

Revision 1 ESO

1.Copy the sentences. Underline the uncountable nouns.
There is milk in the fridge.
There isn't any juice in the fridge.
There are some cats on the sofa.
There is a pillow under the duvet.
There aren't any ceiling fans in the room.
There isn't much water in the river.
Is there any money on the table?
Is there sand in your pockets?
Is there any fruit?

2.Translate the sentences into Spanish. 

3.Copy the sentences. Then translate them into Spanish.
Joe's hair is brown and his eyes are blue.
Gail and Fiona are sisters. They are tall and thin.
Are you a honest person?
My sister's schoolbag is pink and her pencil case is purple.
We haven't got red markers.
Those are my pencils.
Has she got a black diary?
When is your brother's birthday?
I am not a good football player.
Pierre hasn't got an English name.

More Halloween Haikus

I'm a monster face,

you are a witch with a broom.

We say: Trick- or - treat!! 

Julia Expósito y Julián Domínguez 1°A

Laught at my pumpkin

it becomes a monster

you are going to die.

 Ángela Antúnez y Marta Cardoso 1º A 

A witch with a broom

vampire and monster's face

saying trick-or-treat

Alba Ávila y Pablo Conde 1º B y  A 

Asking for candy

I have got two boo ghosts

with two hanging bats

                            Iván Roldán and Julia Domínguez


                     I buy sweets
          I put the sweets at the door
              You run and take them

Laura Granado

 

 
 

The Halloween Pumpkin contest

We had a Halloween Pumpkin contest at school. Here are some opinions on the pumpkins.

My favourite pumpkin is small and orange. It's rotten but it is very beautiful. It has got big eyes and a terrific mouth. It has got a purple hat with stars and a Moon . It has got three hanging spiders.
Julia Expósito

My favourite pumpkin is a Catrina skull ,
My favourite pumpkin is white and has got  coloured flowers in its eyes
I like it because it is cut, it isn´t rotten and it has taken lots of working
I love this pumpkin and I await which one wins the competition.
 Ángela Antúnez

My favorite pumpkin is blue.It has got

big eyes and a cookie in its mouth.

It is beautiful and original.It has got two eyes and a big mouth.

It is a Cookie monster.

Alberto Grande García 


My favourite pumpkin is a Mexican Catrine
It is beautiful and white
It is original and it isn't rotten It has got two eyes , one nose and a mouth.

Laura Granado 


My favourite pumpkin is white and its eyes are surrounded by diamonds. It is very beautiful.

Teresa García Jiménez 

Video activities Present Simple

Stanley's international restaurant

Frank's Daily Routine
Are the following statements true or false?
Frank stays in bed for 30 minutes after he wakes up.
He always has cereal for breakfast.
He lives near the school.
His school is quite new.
There are 6 age groups.
There are boys and girls in the school.
He has a break of 30 minutes in the morning.
He has 5 lessons before lunch.
He eats in the school canteen.
He thinks food in British schools is bad.
He doesn’t do homework in the afternoon.
He usually has dinner before 7pm.

Past Continuous Videos

Hot English tv Old Crime

Grammar Genius Past Continuous

Past Continuous Side By Side News
Video listening
1. What were people doing last night during the blackout?
2. What were the neighbours doing when the burglars broke in?

Halloween Haikus in 1ºA-B

In my bigger house.
There's a terrifying ghost.
It's got a white face.

José Antonio Marín Navarro y Javier Morales Jiménez 1 A 

There are two spiders,
ghosts and bats and four pumpkins
in my haunted house.

Alba María Guillén Salgueiro and Ana Román González, 1º A and B.

I´m just a vampire,
look up in your neck, see it?
that you have bad dreams... 
Alberto Grande García y Celia Ortega León, 1ºA

-I'm Perfect Pumpking 
-Yes ,I like you , you're pretty
-Oh yes ,you made me .
Leticia Rodriguez Figueroa, 1ºA

Asking for candy

I have got two BOO ghosts

with two hanging bats.

Julia Domínguez e Iván Roldán

He has got big teeth

He loves to drink red blood

Which is the monster?

Roberto Gutiérrez (1°A) y Roberto Fuentes (1°B)

Alphabetical

The Alphabet Game or Alphabetical is a show broadcast on the BBC.

The game consists on several rounds with different word games. On its final round, the contestants compete to answer separate sets of 26 questions, whose answers each start with a different letter from A to Z in order (with the exception of X, which can appear anywhere in the word). Only one contestant plays at any moment, using the time on their own clock; the opponent's clock is stopped. Both contestants start at A and advance one letter at a time, with the champion playing first. When a contestant either passes or gives an incorrect answer, control goes to the opponent, who resumes play on the letter after the one on which they last passed or missed. A contestant may return to a passed question only by playing through the entire alphabet to reach it again.

During timed rounds, they may pass a question by saying "alphabetical"

We're reading a book

We are reading a book about Halloween: Halloween Horror by Gina D.B. Clemen.

Questions and answers

We're going to work with wh- question words.

1. We pick one of the  Wh- question words
2. We write 5 interesting questions.( Think about what you're learning in your other subjects, Science, History...)
3. We do some research to find out the answers.
4. We draw a project with the questions and answers similar to the model.

A postcard from places I've never visited

This activity is based on the character of Albert in The Parrot's Theorem by Denis Guedj. Albert is a Parisian taxi driver who can talk about the most beautiful cities in the world but has never traveled out of Paris. He has learned about those places listening to the clients that he has picked up at the airport from all over the world.

What are we going to do? We are going to choose one of the pictures and write a Whatsapp text to a friend from a place we have never visited.
Pictures from youramazinplaces.com

Blue Moon Valley, China

Schlegeisspeicher, Austria

Russian Hill in North Beach District, San Francisco

 

 

Floating village in Halong Bay near Cat ba Island, Vietnam

Sentosa, Singapore

Blood Lake, Texas, USA

Mount San Michel, France

Lake Louise, Canada

Halloween stuff

Halloween is almost here...

Complete the gaps in the text with the missing words.

Once a ......................bit me and now I'm a ..................too. Daylight makes me weak, so I sleep all day in a................ and I'm awake at night. I drink...............
I have...............skin and long................I always wear dark clothes and a black .................I can fly if I become a ..................

vampire, vampire, pale, blood, cape, fangs, coffin, bat

I'm a ................ I always wear a hat and a tunic. I use my...................... to fly and go everywhere very fast. I have some........................ to cast a ................... to wake the dead and make a................. to poison an apple. I also have a pet. It's a .........................., its name is Gwen.

spell, broomstick, witch, magic books, black cat, potion

Halloween Haikus

 A haiku is a Japanese poem with no rhyme with a typical structure (5 syllables / 7 syllables /5 syllables)

Let's read these Halloween haikus. Can you write one?

http://www.chicagonow.com/listing-beyond-forty/2014/10/halloween-haikus/

Wh- questions

It is important to know Wh- questions because they are very frequent.

  

What       qué

    When      cuándo

 Who        quién

 Where    dónde

   Why        por qué

How        cómo

Structure:
WH   +   DO/DOES   +   SUBJECT    +   VERB

Where do you live?

WH   +   BE    +    SUBJECT 

Who are you?
      

Adding -ed and -ing

These are the rules:
-Verbs ending in silent - e: drop the final -e before adding -ed and -ing
-Verbs ending in -ee, -ye, and -oe, just add -ed or -ing
-Verbs ending in vowel plus -l: add an extra -l before adding -ed and -ing
- Verb ending with a single vowel plus a consonant, and the stress is at the end of the word double the final consonant before adding -ed and –ing
-Verb ending with a vowel plus a consonant and the stress is not at the end of the word, just add -ed or -ing.
-Verb with only one syllable and ends with a single vowel plus a consonant, double the final consonant before adding -ed and -ing.
-Verb ends in -c, add a -k before adding -ed and -ing .

You can find here a detailed explanation with examples.
https://en.oxforddictionaries.com/spelling/verb-tenses-adding-ed-and-ing

Irregular verb list

Here's the irregular verbs list. Study 5 verbs a day and you'll know all of them before the summer break!

http://www.profesordeingles.eu/verbos-irregulares-en-ingles/lista-verbos-irregulares-en-ingles.php

The - s in the Present Simple

As you know, we add an -s in the Present Simple when we talk about he, she or it.

He reads

She cooks

It explains

But you have probably realized we sometimes add -es, or change a y into ie when adding -s.

These are the spelling rules:
(The chart is copied from http://www.learnenglishlanguagewell.com/grammar/verbs-with-s-in-present-simple/)
 

Spelling of third person singular forms in Present Simple Tense
Most verbs: Add “s” to infinitive(1) verbs finishing with  one vowel + “y” :add “s”	Work ->	works	Sit ->	sits
	Stay ->	stays (1)	See ->	sees
	know ->	knows	Live ->	lives
*Verbs ending with consonant and “y”: Change “y” for “ies”	Cry->	cries*	Hurry->	hurries*
	Fly->	flies*	Imply->	implies*
	Try->	tries*
Verbs ending in sibilant sounds –s, -z, -ch, -sh, or -x add “es” to infinitive	Push->	pushes	Fix->	Fixes
	Catch->	catches	Confess->	confesses
	Buzz->	buzzes	Finish->	finishes
Verbs ending with “o” Verb “have”	Go->	goes	Do->	does
	Have->	has

Present continuous

In a nutshell, we use the present continuous (I am doing)

-for actions happening right now
-for planned actions in the short term future

but we don't use it with stative verbs: be, have, love, hate, wish, believe, understand, etc. Here is a list of stative verbs

Present continuous
Present continuous stative verbs

European Day of Languages

At the initiative of the Council of Europe, Strasbourg, the European Day of Languages has been celebrated every year since 2001 on 26 September.
The general objectives of the European Day of Languages are:

1. Alerting the public to the importance of language learning and diversifying the range of languages learnt in order to increase plurilingualism and intercultural understanding;
2. Promoting the rich linguistic and cultural diversity of Europe, which must be preserved and fostered;
3. Encouraging lifelong language learning in and out of school, whether for study purposes, for professional needs, for purposes of mobility or for pleasure and exchanges.

portal del día europeo de las lenguas

Here are our last words of the day:

1ESO:make,answer,ask,understand

2ESO: too,late, early

3ESO: still, also,weak,improve

Remember that you have to learn a new word every day that you have English in your schedule. That means Monday, Tuesday, Wednesday and Thursday for 1ESO, Wednesday, Thursday and Friday for 2ESO and Monday, Tuesday, Thursday and Friday for 3ESO.

Air Conditioning: too cool to be good for you?

Not so many years ago, air conditioning was a luxury vouchsafed only to the privileged few; now, though, it's the norm in many offices and public transport systems, so it's a part of our lives whether we want it or not. Unfortunately, abusively low temperatures and faulty maintenance have led to health problems, triggering common disorders in some people and occasional major outbreaks of illnesses such as Legionnaires' disease. Let's take a look at the pros and cons of keeping your cool:
Benefits:

• Extreme heat has a clear negative impact on the intellect and on physical activity and the use of air conditioning can go some way to rectifying this.
• It improves comfort levels at work and at leisure.
• It improves job performance.
• It can result in increased physical and intellectual activity.
• A lower temperature reduces the presence of insects and parasites.
• Lower temperatures mean less sweating, reducing the risk of dehydration.
• A clean air conditioning system helps exclude external allergens such as pollens.
• If the air conditioning installation is good, and if it is well maintained, it renews and improves air quality.

Risks:

• Sudden changes in temperature and humidity affect the respiratory system.
• It has a drying effect on skin and mucous membranes.
• It adds to ambient noise, contributing to noise pollution.
• The air circulation can transmit infectious respiratory diseases.
• Airborne dust and fungi can cause allergic reactions.
• Air conditioning is associated with chronic rhinitis and pharyngitis, throat irritation and hoarseness.
• Air conditioning can exacerbate eye conditions such as conjunctivitis and blepharitis, as well as causing problems for contact lens wearers.

vouchsafed: concedido
to trigger: desencadenar
outbreak: brote (de una enfermedad)
leisure: ocio
job performance: rendimiento en el trabajo
airborne: transportado por el aire
hoarseness: afonía
Read the whole article at http://www.hellomagazine.com/healthandbeauty/health-and-fitness/201007053811/air-conditioning/health/risks/

word of the day 5-9 June

Here are our words of the day for the first week of June:

1ESO:chin,open, closed, up

2ESO: sad,again,carry

3ESO: awake, asleep, reverse, clue

Remember that you have to learn a new word every day that you have English in your schedule. That means Monday, Tuesday, Wednesday and Thursday for 1ESO, Wednesday, Thursday and Friday for 2ESO and Monday, Tuesday, Thursday and Friday for 3ESO.

Sorry for the delay! word of the day 29May- 2 June

Here are our words of the day for the last  week of May:

1ESO: speak, answer, change, clothes

2ESO: choose,meaning,wear

3ESO: job, following, return, complain

Remember that you have to learn a new word every day that you have English in your schedule. That means Monday, Tuesday, Wednesday and Thursday for 1ESO, Wednesday, Thursday and Friday for 2ESO and Monday, Tuesday, Thursday and Friday for 3ESO.

word of the day 22-26 May

Here are our words of the day for the fourth week of May:

1ESO: buy, yesterday, month, deep

2ESO:danger, other, place

3ESO:environment, building, floor, advice

Remember that you have to learn a new word every day that you have English in your schedule. That means Monday, Tuesday, Wednesday and Thursday for 1ESO, Wednesday, Thursday and Friday for 2ESO and Monday, Tuesday, Thursday and Friday for 3ESO.

Short stories 2ºA

This is a selection of the short stories we wrote in 2ºA

The Kidnapping

I was walking in my Street. It was nine o´clock in the evening. In the street there were only a girl and me.

The girl had a bag in her right hand. A car came very fast and the car stopped next to the girl.

A boy opened the window car. The boy wanted to take her bag. The girl was scared and a boy got out from behind.

This was to take to the girl.The boy pulled  the girl into the car and the car ran away very fast.

Conchi Domínguez 2ºA 

The lightning

Juan was at the park .A storm was coming. Some trees were bending. He went to his house. He was in his house. Suddenly, a lightning struck near his house. He looked at the window. He called some fire fighters. He was scared. The forest near his house was burning. 

Antonio Cuevas 2ºA 

NEW BIKINI
I need a new bikini because mine doesn´t fit me. I want to buy a yellow bikini. I love this colour and think that the yellow bikinis are very beautiful. Tomorrow I am going shopping to Lucena. I have to go by car. It takes me 30 minutes. I don´t like to go shopping because it´s boring. There isn´t a shopping centre in Lucena, so I will go to four or five shops. Tomorrow is Wednesday , so I will go in the afternoon after school. If the price is good , I might buy two bikinis.

Rocío Gómez 2ºA
 

More flash fiction (3ºB)

I was walking in the street, when I saw something strange. I went to look at it, but I couldn't see anything .

Then, I looked behind me and I saw a man wearing a black suit.

I was very scared.I didn´t know who he was.

David Mendoza 3ºB

Yesterday it was my brother 's birthday. He told me that he saw a beautiful tracksuit and trainers in a sports shop in the city center. He wanted that, so I bought it for him.
This morning, I was going to the shop, when a man, who I don't knowt, told me: Those are the tracksuit and trainers that your brother wants!
I don't know why, but I think that was true, and I bought it.
Today, I gave it to my brother, and he was very happy. So, how does this man know what my brother wants?

Andrés León 3ºB

Gemma is a good and affectionate mother of two children. It was 12 o'clock at night and her daughter Alma wasn't there yet . Gemma put the news and they said: "young girl dies after being trapped and four people have serious injuries". At the end of the news they said that the name of the deceased was Alma. She was crying, she couldn't believe what it was said, it was her child. Gemma looked at her telephone and saw a message from her daughter, asking her forgiveness for not saying anything she had done. She never forgot the message from her daughter.
Gloria Cascajosa 3ºB

Our own flash fiction (3ºB)

This is a selection of our best flash fiction stories

The flavour of nothing

I was going for a walk, during my holidays, when I thought about going to a restaurant. In that moment, I saw a restaurant called "The flavour of nothing". I felt curiosity and I came into it. There, a waiter, without asking me what I wanted to eat or drink, put a plate on the table. Empty. Or that is what I thought.

Lola  Barba, 3º B

Playing my guitar

I play my guitar everyday. When I was playing the guitar last Tuesday, I heard a strange noise.

The mirror of the bathroom was broken. I was home alone  and I was very scared.

I didn't know why I heard this noise and I looked in every room in my house and when I arrived to the bathroom, I saw that the mirror was broken. I didn't think that the mirror was broken before, the mirror was new and I heard another noise,I hadn’t heard before. I was surprised.

Actually, my family and I don't know why the mirror broke and why it did in that moment.

We think that it was chance.

Rosana Quintana 3º B

One day, my friend from Sweden, sent me a letter. He said I would receive a great surprise, but he couldn’t tell me more. I was excited, but I was very nervous. Two days later, he sent me another letter. He said he had a big problem. I wanted to help him, but I didn’t know any more. The next day, when I got up, he was sitting on the sofa and he said me ``this is your surprise´´.

José Manuel Guerrero, 3º B

They met after  a long time. She showed her ring happily. He told her a very sad love history : “I love you”. And she asked if there was anything that ever made him smile. She said what she remembered of the sound of the door when he went away and he didn't smile. He was a smoker and an alcoholic. She, didn´t drink any alcohol. Twenty years later, at last, she understood the benefits the of alcohol. After the break up of that damn love. Everything was very difficult and complicated. So the good times didn´t come back and the bad moments were always there.

Beatriz Pérez, 3ºB

word of the day 15-19 May

Here are our words of the day for the third week of May:

1ESO: jump, give, here, but

2ESO: home, under, queen

3ESO:own, took,slow, street

Remember that you have to learn a new word every day that you have English in your schedule. That means Monday, Tuesday, Wednesday and Thursday for 1ESO, Wednesday, Thursday and Friday for 2ESO and Monday, Tuesday, Thursday and Friday for 3ESO.

The fair of Saint Domingo de Guzmán

The fair of Saint Domingo de Guzmán, in Jauja, is around July or August (in summer), it lasts one week.

In that week, lots of people are in the street all day and all night too.

During the day, people go to pubs and cafés, and during the night, some people enjoy the attractions, and the rest are eating and dancing in the "caseta municipal" or municipal tent.

Thursday is the day of "Pescaito frito" or fried fish. In this day, all people stay in the "caseta" and eat fish. You pay for a drink and the fish is free.

There is a contest for people who wear "trajes de gitana" or gypsy costumes. The winner wins 100 euros.

In that fair, there is also a beauty contest for Miss and Mister, and they win money and a poster for themselves.

Lola Barba Romero
3º B

Micro stories and flash fiction

Quoting wikipedia, flash fiction is fictional work of extreme brevity, including the Six-Word Story,140-character stories, also known as twitterature,the dribble (50 words),the drabble (100 words),and sudden fiction (750 words).
Here are some examples:

Six- Word Story
"For sale: baby shoes, never worn." is the entirety of what has been described as a six-word novel, making it an extreme example of what is called flash fiction or sudden fiction.

Twitterature: Harry Potter
from http://www.twitterature.us/us/ex.htm
Hello everyone from under the stairs! Aunt and Uncle threw me under here again. Gosh, life is so hard.
OMG I'm a WIZARD! And my parents are DEAD WIZARDS! Off to magic boarding school.
OMG the year's over. Time goes fast when you're having fun. Goes slow if you have to read seven books with lots of adverbs.

100 word story
from http://www.100wordstory.org/6273/calling-mom-home/
Calling Mom Home
I call my mom once a year, on the day she died. Five times I have pulled up “Mom Home” in my contacts. Five times I have pressed the phone icon. Five times she has never picked up.
I haven’t given her much time. I tap the red disconnect button as soon as I hear the first ring. “Call ended” flashes across the screen, and she is gone.
I worry someday someone will answer. Someone who is not my mom. Someone whose number this is now. That someone might call back, ask who this is anyway.
I would tell them.
Elizabeth Boquet is a Louisiana writer living in Connecticut. She writes in the space between New Orleans and New Haven. 

How to write flash fiction?
Use a small idea.
Start in the middle of the story, at the beginning of the conflict
Take out all unnecessary words.
Focus on one main conflict.
You don’t need more than one or two charachters.

 

 

word of the day May 8-12

Here are our words of the day for the second week of May:

1ESO: want, talk,young, money

2ESO:never, always, bring

3ESO:found, fire, entrance, every

Remember that you have to learn a new word every day that you have English in your schedule. That means Monday, Tuesday, Wednesday and Thursday for 1ESO, Wednesday, Thursday and Friday for 2ESO and Monday, Tuesday, Thursday and Friday for 3ESO.

Dodgeball

This text has been adapted form a Wikipedia article

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Dodgeball

Dodgeball is a game in which players on two teams try to throw balls at each other while avoiding being hit themselves. In North America, the game is typically played among children ages 6–12 in elementary school. It is also popular in informal settings and is often played on a playground.

There are many variations of the game, but generally the main objective of each team is to eliminate all members of the opposing team by hitting them with thrown balls, catching a ball thrown by a member of the opposing team, or forcing them to move outside the court boundaries when a ball is thrown at them.

Do you know any games similar to this in Spain? What are the rules?

All the fun of the fair: A guiri's guide to Spain's ferias

This text has been adapted from this blog entry

https://www.thelocal.es/20170418/feria-guide-spain-fair-april-fiesta-

As Seville prepares to host its famous Feria de Abril, here is everything you need to know to enjoy all the fun of the fair!

What is a feria?

Feria, as you might have guessed, means fair in English and is a week-long event celebrated at a different time of year for each city and town, primarily in the south of Spain.

Most of these fairs are typically celebrated during the spring or autumn, but there are some in the summer.

Entrance 

Most towns and cities have a fair ground area where casetas or large tents are erected every year and rented to local businesses, restaurants and organizations.

The casetas contain bars where food and drinks are served, a dance floor and tables. There are no entrance restrictions or fees, anyone can enter the fairgrounds, any caseta they choose and enjoy the food and drink. The exception to this rule, is Feria de Abril or the Seville Feria.

Food

Pescaito frito or fried fish is the most typical food at feria; menus also contain all of the other typical Spanish foods, jamón, montaditos etc. and you’ll find the food prices to be slightly higher than usual, as you’d probably expect. 

word of the day May 1-4

Here are our words of the day for the first week of May:

1ESO:which,run,people, old

2ESO:game, draw, exit

3ESO:keep, made, into, only

Remember that you have to learn a new word every day that you have English in your schedule. That means Monday, Tuesday, Wednesday and Thursday for 1ESO, Wednesday, Thursday and Friday for 2ESO and Monday, Tuesday, Thursday and Friday for 3ESO.

word of the day 24-28 April

Here are our words of the day for the third week of April:

1ESO:use, very, today,nice

2ESO:carrot,know, more

3ESO:hill, gave, how, too

Remember that you have to learn a new word every day that you have English in your schedule. That means Monday, Tuesday, Wednesday and Thursday for 1ESO, Wednesday, Thursday and Friday for 2ESO and Monday, Tuesday, Thursday and Friday for 3ESO.

Repasamos question words

What...? Qué?
Where...? Dónde?
Who..? Quién?
When...? Cuándo?
How...? Cómo? How much...? How old...? Cuánto?
Why...? Por qué?

What is your name?
What is this?
What are you doing?

Where do you live?
Where are you now?
Where is your mother?

Who is your teacher?
Who are you?
Who is your sister?

When is your birthday?
When do you study?
When do you play football?

How do you do?
How old are you?
How do you spell that word?

Why are you sad?
Why don't you study?
Why is she crying?

Repasamos Present Continuous

1.Copy the following sentences and underline the verbs in the Present Continuous.
Hello Markl!
Are you enjoying your holiday? I'm having a great time in England. My parents an I are in London. We're visiting the Big Ben. We're walking around and taking lots of pictures.

2.Write a list of activities you can do during a holiday

3.Write a similar paragraph changing the words England, London, Big Ben, walking around, taking lots of pictures.
Some ideas: Italy,  Toscana,Tower of Pisa, eat an ice-cream, buy souvenirs.

Past simple and past continuous

Some exercises to review the use of these tenses.

http://www.perfect-english-grammar.com/past-simple-past-continuous-exercise-1.html


Complete the text with the verbs in the past simple or past continuous

 Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart (be) ............................born in 1756, in  Salzburg, Austria. He (be).............. a musical prodigy. He (begin)...............to compose music when he (be).....................5 years old. In that period he (travel)..................around Europe and (play).......................the keyboard and the violin with his sister. One day, when he (play).......................before the European royalty, he (meet)............a very important musician. While he (travel)..................with his familiy, he (complete)..............his first opera. He (continue)......................to write music as an adult but he (not become)...........................famous. He (not make)............. much money from his compositions. His life (get) ................really hard when he (get) sick.................. He (try).................to finish a composition when he (die).................One of his students (complete).......................his work.

Ejercicios de recuperación 1 ESO

Estos son los ejercicios de recuperación que deben hacer los alumnos y alumnas de  1º A en las vacaciones de Semana Santa.
Crear cuadros de vocabulario con el siguiente formato, se debe hacer a mano con letra legible.

Las palabras a incluir en el cuadro se agruparán como se indica más abajo y serán las siguientes:

• eye, nose, mouth, ear, face, hand, nail, finger, leg, foot, neck, heart, skin, back, toe
• today, tomorrow, yesterday,morning, night, evening, day, week, month, year, century
• mountain, river,ocean, see, beach, lake, forest, landscape, bridge, building, city, village, street, road
• weather, sunny, windy, rainy, foggy, storm, snow
• to get up, to go to bed, to have a shower, to have lunch, to have breakfast, to have dinner, to do homework, to go shopping
•  to listen, to read, to write, to understand, to answer, to ask, to forget, to repeat, to explain.

Los alumnos y alumnas buscarán las palabras en el diccionario online word reference, que ya conocen a través de las actividades que venimos realizando desde noviembre. Después copiarán la frase de ejemplo que viene en dicha página web.

Los cuadros de vocabulario serán una herramienta de estudio, por ello deben hacerse con esmero, deben ser estudiados y entregados  a la vuelta de vacaciones.

A fairy tale with different versions

You all probably know the fairy tale of the Princess and the Frog.

(If you don't remember it, youĺl find more information about it here
 https://wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Frog_Prince )

Today we've written alternative endings for this story. This is one of them.

• The princess went outside with her ball.
• The princess played with the ball.
• The ball fell into the water
• The frog gave the princess the ball.
• The princess opened the door.
• The frog went to the castle.
• The princess didn't smile at the frog.
• The princess played with the frog.
• The frog had a shower because it was dirty.
• The princess fed the frog because it was hungry.
• The frog slept in bed.
• The princess watched TV while the frog slept.

Carmen María Parrado Soria 2º A

word of the day 17-21 April

Here are our words of the day for the first week after Easter break:

1ESO:flower,read,push,pull

2ESO:sugar,onion,next

3ESO:round,top, shoulder,fun

Remember that you have to learn a new word every day that you have English in your schedule. That means Monday, Tuesday, Wednesday and Thursday for 1ESO, Wednesday, Thursday and Friday for 2ESO and Monday, Tuesday, Thursday and Friday for 3ESO.

April fool's day

April fool's day is a tradition in English speaking countries. Let's learn more about it watching a video. Do we have anything similar in Spain?

https://youtu.be/ezIUJKOe00A

Vocabulary review!

Vocabulary review!

Write 5 words related to each topic with its meaning in Spanish. Then write a sentence with them.

Remember! Sujeto+verbo+complementos

1. Time

ex. Day , día. Today it's an important day.

2. Routines

3. Make one sentence using the following words: landscape, back, learn, river, lit. Write the meaning of the word in Spanish.

4. Make one question using the following words: who, when, what, where, why. Answer the questions.

A rap to learn English irregular verbs

https://youtu.be/nEyW91xmU1k

The microphone I

TAKE (took, TAKen). You SHAKE (shook, SHAken).
WAKE (woke, WOken) to the STYLE Im creAting.
THINK (thought, THOUGHT). SEEK (sought, SOUGHT).
LISten to the LESson that I TEACH (taught, TAUGHT).

Dont SLEEP (slept, SLEPT). I CREEP (crept, CREPT).
I SNEAK (snuck, SNUCK UP). You LEAP (leapt, LEAPT).
I KEEP (kept, KEPT) HAVing FUN.
Im never BEAT (beat, BEAten); I WIN (won, WON).
DO (did, DONE). BeGIN (began, beGUN).
SHOOT (shot, SHOT)—no, I DONT own a GUN.
I LEAD (led, LED) so I can FEED (fed, FED).
the KNOWledge you NEED, STRAIGHT to your HEAD.
When I BRING (brought, BROUGHT) it, you CATCH (caught, CAUGHT) it.
Sit BACKreLAX. Dont FIGHT (fought, FOUGHT) it.

Please don't

FREEZE (froze, FROzen) when I SPEAK (spoke, SPOken).
Its REAL. You can FEEL I dont STEAL (stole, STOlen).
I CHOOSE (chose, CHOsen) the VERy best RHYMES and
WRITE (wrote, WRITten) them INto my LINES and
INto your MIND. When we MEET (met, MET)
Ill BET (bet, BET) I wont LET you forGET
(forGOTforGOTten). I GET (got, GOTten)
EVery head NODding. Dont THINK about STOPping
just COME (came, COME).
THIS is hip hop. I dont SING (sang, SUNG).
I STING (stung, STUNG). I CLING (clung, CLUNG).
On EACH and every WORD, you HANG (hung, HUNG).

Its not enough to

DREAM (dreamt, DREAMT); youve got to SPEND (spent, SPENT)
TIME on your GOALS. Please LEND (lent, LENT) me your
EAR. Come NEAR and Ill LAY (laid, LAID)
DOWN this new SOUND that I MAKE (made, MADE).
I HOPE you dont SAY that you THINK its JUNK.
I HOPE you dont THINK that I STINK (stank, STUNK).
If youre THIRSty for ENGlish, come DRINK (drank, DRUNK).
because I SINK (sank, SUNK) ALL compeTItion when they
HEAR (heard, HEARD) that I GIVE (gave, GIVen)
encouragement when I SPIT (spat, SPAT).
Never QUIT (quit, QUIT); dont SIT (sat, SAT).
Yeah, I LIKE it like THAT. Ill even KNEEL (knelt, KNELT).
and BEG you to exPRESS what you FEEL (felt, FELT).

I RISE (rose, RISen) when I DRIVE (drove, DRIVen) through
the BEAT; tap your FEET as you RIDE (rode, RIDden).
Those that HIDE (hid, HIDden) I FIND (found, FOUND).
If you FLEE (fled, FLED) then Ill TRACK you DOWN.

Now you SEE (saw, SEEN) that I MEAN (meant, MEANT)
every WORD of the MESsage that I SEND (sent, SENT).
I SHOW (showed, SHOWN) I can FLY (flew, FLOWN).
Now you KNOW (knew, KNOWN) I SHINE (shone, SHONE).
Ill THROW (threw, THROWN) you the BALL. Its your TURN.
GROW (grew, GROWN) with the VERBS that youve LEARNED.
GRAMmar through LYRics I DRAW (drew, DRAWN).
PEACE to elLS, now I GO (went, GONE)!

Pies en polvorosa 1ºA ESO

This is the result of our work with photographs and titles.

                                              The amazing hotel

                                                   The fantastic bridge

                                               A sweet city.

                                               Beautiful green landscape

Photographs are not original, they are taken from the website http://chromecastbg.alexmeub.com/

Haiku: part 2

These are the haiku poems we wrote in our 3ºB class. Well done, poets!

                                      Love is so crazy                                        

Everybody wants to find it

Love is too special

José Manuel Guerrero

There are green forests                                                                   People are to go mad

Lots of bushes with flowers                                                            Cupido shoots his arrow

All is beautiful                                                                                 Women and men love

Lola Barba                                                                                     Antonio Carlos Jinénez

Brown and green leaves fell                                                            The sun is big

In this season I wear hats                                                                The sun makes the world shiny

Lots of rainy days                                                                           Its rays are warm

Andrés León                                                                                  Manuel León

                                                            It´s a large season

                                                          It´s smell is incredible

                                                            I love spring and sun

                                                            Rosana Quintana

You are so pretty                                    I really love sport                          I smell the flower

You break my heart and I bleed          Football is special for me            I run on the street of spring

I can´t build my heart                               Football is my life                             I lie on the grass

Gloria Cascajosa                                        David Mendoza                                Damián Santaella