IN A SHOP

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Shopping

Here you have some listening practice about "shopping" (easy)


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Can you answer the same questions yourself? 
1. Do you like shopping? 
2. What's the last thing you bought? 
3. What's your favourite  type of shop?
4. Do you ever make shopping mistakes?

THE BEST IN TOWN

WHAT ARE THE BEST THINGS ABOUT YOUR CITY?

Prepare a little talk about your city. You have a lot of information in English about Cartagena in the " Ayuntamiento de Cartagena" web page (below you have some links to it). CLICK ON THE BRITISH FLAG  to read the information in English). These are some of the questions you have to answer:

What's the most interesting thing to do?
Places to visit 

Where is the best place to take a photo of the town?    

What's the most interesting local festival?

LOCAL FESTIVALS

What's the most typical thing to eat?

                                                                                                       GASTRONOMY

What's the most beautiful place near here to go on an excursion? 

BEACHES

NATURAL AREAS

                      What's the best souvenir to buy?

                     What's the most famous sport team?


                      Where is the best shopping area?

  

I'm looking forward to listening to you !

Questions using the superlative

Can you answer these questions ?

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Listening practice: Superlatives / Shopping survey

 LISTENING TESTS 1 and 2


LISTENING 1. THE MOST EXCITING CITY .AUDIO


LISTENING 2. SHOPPING SURVEY


KEY to listenings The most... / shopping survey

Comparative adjectives and adverbs

We have started studying/ revising the comparative forms.  Here you have a presentation to help you understand them better

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In this link you can read about how to form comparative adjectives:

Comparative and superlative adjectives 

If you want to check your knowledge on comparatives  do the quizZES below:

QUIZ 1 

QUIZ 2 

QUIZ 3 

QUIZ 4 

QUIZ 5 

QUIZ 6 

COMPARATIVE AND SUPERLATIVE ADJECTIVES

Food interactive vocabulary activities

Learn and practise food vocabulary by doing these wonderful interactive activities ( you don't need to learn all the vocabulary!):

Food interactive vocabulary exercices

Drinks interactive vocabulary exercices 

Vegetables interactive vocabulary exercices 

Fruit interactive vocabulary exercices 

Fast food interactive vocabulary exercices 

Listening Practice :Dinner for two

Here you have a video to practise the vocaulary of the unit.

Food Vocabulary

Click on the link below to read a conversation at a restaurant and do some exercises on vocabulary

Conversation at a restaurant
More examples of conversations at a restaurant 

Clink on the link below to read and listen to a conversation at a restaurant (British English):

Listening: paying the bill at a restaurant 

Here you can watch a video about a conversation at a restaurant(American English).

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New vocabulary:
Entree : starter: entrante
filet mignon:solomillo de ternera
flounder:lenguado

AT THE AIRPORT; Vocabulary and Practical English

  
 How often do you travel by plane?  
Where would you like to go next?
Click on the following link to study and revise some vocabulary about airports

Airport vocabulary



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Practical English. AT IMMIGRATION

The future " GOING TO"

QUIZ 1 choose the correct answer (plans)

QUIZ 2 Choose the correct answer ( predictions) 

QUIZ 3 choose the correct answer

QUIZ 4 (Write positive sentences)

QUIZ 5 (Negative sentences)

QUIZ 6 (Questions) 

QUIZ 7 (Mixed sentences)

Remember you have very good exercises in UNIT 26 in your GRAMMAR BOOK

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RELATIVE CLAUSES

Do the following quizzes to revise the use of " who", " which" and "where":

QUIZ 1

QUIZ 2

CHRISTMAS ACTIVITIES

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Here you have some information about Christmas origins, traditions,and vocabulary related to this festivity. There is a lot af information on this entry. Don't worry! You don't have to read or learn everything.Choose what you prefer and enjoy it! 

Ideas to bring to class and share with your classmates (choose one): 

• A piece of information about Cristmas that you consider  interesting, curious, funny... 

• Your favorite Xmas card / Xmas carol/ Xmas recipe/ Xmas symbol/
• A memorable Xmas experience...
• A game... 
• Etc 

First, you can have a look at this wonderful interactive book to learn some vocabulary, listen to stories and learn a Xmas carol.

CHRISTMAS INTERACTIVE BOOK

Watch this video to practise listening and get to know  more about the origins of the symbols of Christmas

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Let's see what you have learnt. Do you know the answer to these questions? (double clik inside the brackets to see if you are right)

1- What were the Christmas trees decorated with in the 16th century?

    ( Apples)

2-  Where does the Christmas tree tradition come from?

     (Germany)

3-  Who believed the mistletoe had magical powers ?

     ( Celtic Druids)

4- Where does the Xmas plant, the poinsettia come from?

    ( Mexico)



5. Who is Rudolf?

    ( The red nose reindeer. The lead reindeer of Santa's sleigh )

6. What is an advent calendar?      

     Click here to see one

 SINGING XMAS CAROLS

If you enjoy carol singing here you have a nice site. Click on the link below:

XMAS CAROLS  

And here you have the lyrics of some more: 

A Christmas story: A tale for children with subtitles:

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Your holidays

Prepare a little talk about one of your memorable holidays.

Remember to answer the following questions: 

Where did you go? When?

Who did you go with?

How did you get there?

Where did you stay?

How long were you there?

What was the weather like?

What did you do during the day? What did you do at night?

 Did you have any problems?

Try to say as much as possible about each question. Don't follow this example:

Remember that you can bring a photo or several to make your story more interesting.

WINTER HOLIDAY