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Who am I?

Who am I?

 Hi everyone. Let me introduce myself. My name is Carlos Calvo and I will be your English teacher all this coming year. Apart from all the work we will deal with in the classroom, I want to help you to learn much more using this blog.  Please, feel free to let me know if you find all this material useful or if you want me to prepare some extra activities for you.  I will be your partner the next few months, and I want you to feel as confortable as possible in this new course. And let´s learn a lot but....at the same time, do not forget to have fun¡ Let´s start¡

Speaking. Where is the station?

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 Hi all,  Today we will learn to explain how to go from one place to another. In this way you have to use the vocabulary we have learnt in the classroom, so that you can express your ideas in the best way. Remember that the best thing to do to improve your speaking is not to worry too much about possible mistakes and try to express yourself as clearly as possible. First things first. I want you to review the use of the prepositions as we have already seen in the classroom. In this link you will find a summary of the most important prepositions in English. Prepositions of place. If you want to know and learn how to pronounce these preposition, please check the following video. It is really useful. Once you have checked and revised the use of these prepositions, and before tring the activity yourself, please check the following video so as to know how to give directions in English. Remember that this is just an example. And now we are ready to practise ourselves. In the next link you wil

Reading and writing. Computer games

 HI all, I know that all of you like playing computer games. We know that in this way we have fun and we can enjoy our free time playing with our friends. But, have you ever wondered about the origin of these games? In this activity you will read a text about the origin of one on the most famous games, Tetris. The origin of Tetris Once you have read the text, please try to answer some question.  Questions After reading the text I want you to write down your answers to some question. Do not forget that you can´t copy from the text, you should answer the questions using your own words. Tetris I hope you enjoy the activity. And now, what do you think of computer games? Which is your favourite game? Who do you play computer games with? Answer to these questions using the vocabulary we have learnt. You can write about the friends you play with, when you play these games....... Write no more than 120 words. Reference: https://agendaweb.org/reading/reading-pdf

Writing. The importance of the past in our lives. WAS/WERE

 Hi all, Today we saw in the classroom that it is really important to express our ideas in a clear way. And as I explained to you, it is really important to use the correct verb tense, so that we can express what we did in the past, what we do in the present and what we are going to do in the future. So, I have prepared for you one very simple exercise about the most important verb in English, the verb TO BE in the past. Just remember we can use the verb to be to express simple ideas (I was born in Spain), but it can also be used in more complex expressions (There was a party last night in my house). If you click in the link bellow, you will find more material to review what we learnt in the classroom.  Good luck. Was/Were Once you have finished this review, it is time to put into practice what you have learnt. I ask you to write about what there was / wasn´t in you home town some years ago. In this way, you can  practise constructions such as "There were manu people in my home to

Listening. What is the weather going to be like tomorrow?

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 Hi all, As we have already seen in the classroom, we have learnt how to speak about the weather in the future. Now I want you to reinforce your vocabulary and also the construction be going to to express future, and I want you to do the following activity. We are going to listen to a short listenig about the weather in England in the close future. Before listenig, I want you to check the following worksheet. You can dowload the sheet here: Answers sheet Now we are ready to listen and answer the questions. Once you finish this listening, you can press the link to find out the answers. Good luck¡ Listening Answers. Reference:      https://www.123listening.com/