Let's get Cooking!

Can you cook?

Can you make a pizza or a Spanish omelete?

It’s easy. Let’s try.

Today I am giving you some language to learn for our next class.

 1. Some common verbs used when cooking :

2. **** NOW , visit this video and this one and learn what language we use to give  instructions for a cooking recipe.


3. And last but not least....some kitchen utensils:

Have a lovely weekend!!!

D.

Eat It - Weird Al Yankovic

Watch the video and complete the song : Bon Appetit!

Eat It (Al Yankovic)

................ come you're always such a ............ young man?                   1) Fill in the gaps
Don't want no Captain Crunch, don't want no Raisin Bran
Well, don't you know that other kids are ............. in ...........
So eat it, just eat it (prrr)

Don't wanna argue, I don't wanna ............
Don't want to hear about what ........... of .......... you hate ooh
You won't get no ............. 'till you clean off your ............
So eat it, don't you tell me you're ............

eat it, eat it, eat it, eat it, ooh                                        2) Order the paragraph
Get yourself an egg and beat it
Just eat it, eat it , eat it
Have some more chicken, have some more pie
Just eat it, eat it, eat it, eat it

It doesn't matter , it's boiled or fried


Your table hammers are a cryin' young shame          3) Correct the wrong words
You're playin' with your foot like it's some kind of aim
Now, if you starve to death, you'll just have yourself to blaim
So eat it, just eat it (prr)(burp)

You better eat them, better do what you're told ooh
You haven't even touched your fortune casserole ooh
You better chow down or it's gonna get old
So eat it

I don't care if you're ..........                                                   4) Fill in the gaps
Just eat it, eat it, eat it, eat it
Open up your mouth and ........ it
Have some more .........., have some more spam
It doesn't matter if it's .......... or ............
Just eat it, eat it, eat it, eat it
Don't you make me repeat it
Have a .........., have a whole bunch
It doesn't matter what you have for ............
Just eat it, eat it, eat it, eat it
Eat it, eat it, eat it, eat it
(hoh hoh hoh hoh hoh)

Eat it, eat it, eat it, eat it                                               
If it's gettin' cold, .............. it
Have a big ............., have a light .................
If you don't like it you can't send it back
Just eat it, eat it, (woohoo) eat it, eat it
Get yourself an ........ and ........... it (oh lord)
Have some more .............,(woohoo) have some more ............ (woohoo)
It doesn't matter , it's ............. or .............
Just eat it, eat it, eat it, eat it
Don't you make me repeat it (oh no)
Have a ..........,(woohoo) have a whole bunch
It doesn't matter what you had for .............
Just eat it, eat it, eat it, eat it

The Butterfly Circus

The Butterfly Circus

"The greater the struggle, the more glorius the triumph"

Brainstorming ideas from the short film:

to overcome your barriers or fears -  there's beauty inside all of us  -  nothing is impossible, you just have to believe in yourself - take advantages of your disadvantages - have courage - try again and again...you will achieve your goals - enhance your qualities and not your faults...

Can you think of more ideas? Leave a comment!

This Week We Celebrate

What do you do on Saint Valentine’s Day?

This has become a great business on behalf of love. But how much do we know about the origins of this celebration?

    The exact person we honor on February 14, St. Valentine, is hidden in the obscurities of the first three centuries of Church history. The feast may be in honor of a priest, Valentine, who was known to counsel and marry young couples.  This was at the time when Roman law persecuted Christians, so Valentine eventually incurred the wrath of Emperor Claudius II and was imprisoned.  When Valentine turned his attention to converting the Emperor himself, Claudius had him put to death.

··· Read more

 

Watch and listen:

Remember, this week we celebrate Saint Valentine with a competition/ contest.
Write a love poem, a love story or card. More information at our  school.

Video: "Our House" (Madness)

Our House

(Madness)

a) Listen to the song and write the missing words 1-10. Use the clues (in brackets to help you). Remember that I gave you the photocopy in class!



b) Read the song with the glossary and answer the questions.

Key:

a) 1 Sunday; 2 tired; 3 downstairs; 4 Brother; 5 always; 6 Mum; 7 late; 8 shirt; 9 school; 10 happy

b) 1.His memory of his home seems to be positive. He talks about "such a happy time" and he describes his family and home life with affection. However, one line of the song says: Something tells you that you've got to move away from it. Perhaps this is how he felt when he was a teenager and wanted to become independent of his family.

2. busy / clean / crowded / traditional

Keep your English Alive!

Who said we cannot learn while enjoying ourselves?

One Student from NI1 in Alcaravaneras beach ?!!

Keep your English alive in the summer too!


The four links given below will help you do that:

• To improve  and practice LISTENING  Click here.

• Do some READING on lots of different topics HERE

• Grammar activities HERE

• Hundreds of exercises on grammar, verbs, vocabulary, listening , reading, phonetics, videos, songs... HERE

Have a nice holiday everyone!!!

:-)

D.

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Always nice... to read your comments!

School life

In unit 4A we have been looking at the language of School and Education.


Watch the interesting video below.



Visit this LINK to do some reading practice.


HERE revise the future time clauses.


Happy Easter!


:-)

I can do whatever I want...

Listen to this love song. What words are missing in the lyrics below?



It's been seven hours and ____1____days
Since you took your love away

I go out every night and sleep _____2____
Since you took your love away 

Since you've  been gone I can do whatever I want
I can see whomever I  _____3____
I can eat my dinner in a fancy _____4_____
But nothing ...
I said nothing can take away these blues,
'Cause nothing compares ...
Nothing compares to you

It's been so ____5____ without you here
Like a ___6___ without a song
Nothing can stop these lonely tears from  _____7____
Tell me baby, where did I go wrong?

I could put my ____8_____  around every boy I see
But they'd only remind me of you

I went to the____9_____ and guess what he told me
Guess what he told me?
He said, girl, you better try to have ___10_____
No matter what you do
But he's a fool ...
'Cause nothing compares ...
Nothing compares to you ...
...
All the flowers that you ____11____, mama
In the back yard
All died when you went away 

I know that ____12____with you baby was sometimes hard
But I'm willing to give it another try

Nothing compares ...
Nothing compares to you (...x 2)

See answers in comment #1

Now see the revision for the modal verbs in the post below!

Is it Halloween or All Saint's Eve?

Tonight is Halloweeen... One of the most expected days for children, especially in US and Britain, together with Christmas Day. But it's not a public holiday, so everyone today is at work or school as it should be! But tonight is Halloween, no matter what!

Now, Don’t be fooled by the promotion of Halloween being a fun, candy-filled holiday with cute kids in adorable costumes, Halloween haunts go a lot deeper than that.A true Halloween “haunted house” will make you scream like you’ve never screamed before and will send your blood pressure racing...


Read about the origins and traditions of this festivity  HERE


Enjoy the video! And happy Halloween to everyone!

KEY TO Reading (Spooky Trivia & Spooky Superstitions)

1 death   2 candles   3 bonfire    4 sweets    5 spirit   6 path    7 window   8 shoulder    9 dead    10  floor

Happy Halloween!!!

NI1- Unit 1A-Recipes

Look at this RECIPE written by a NI1 student.

If you did not come to class when we studied recipes, you can write one in the comments section (link) below.

Rec Eta

Thanks a lot, Joan !

And now how to make a delicious English Trifle!

March 17th ---A Day to Celebrate!

On March 17th they celebrate Saint Patrick, the patron saint of IRELAND* 
 
Here you have a few activities to know about it...




>> Listen and watch the funny video below and  do  the activity: Click here to see or print it.
 

*Find more about Saint Patrick holiday and traditions HERE!
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KEY to activity.(omit reading...)
.I hope you enjoy it and improve your English and knowledge of Irish Culture!                                  Dulce
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British Schools -Listening Practice

 

These days we are studying the language of Schools and Education in class. Here you have some further and useful practice.

Enjoy!

Early years =  Kindergarten (KG), Early childhood education, Nursery school, Pre-school 4 or 5 and younger. Kindergarten is ages 4/5 Primary = Elementary Approximately ages 4-11 Key stage 1  (KS1) = Early elementary Approximately ages 5-8 Key stage 2 (KS2) = Upper elementary Approximately ages 9-11 Secondary  = Middle and high school Approximately ages 12-18. A level Advanced Placement Tests taken at the end of high school/secondary school usually for university bound students GCSE = O-level, Junior Certificate Tests taken at 16 by UK and international students Further education = Upper high school Ages 16-18

Education in Britain

The General Certificate of Education or GCE is an academic qualification that examination boards in the United Kingdom confer to students.

In the past the GCE traditionally comprised two levels: the Ordinary Level (O Level) and the Advanced Level (A Level). More recently examination boards also offer an intermediate third GCE level, the Advanced Subsidiary Level (AS Level)

O level: Formal name Ordinary level  (O level maths)

• ·      a pass in a particular subject at O level  ‘He has eight O levels’

• ·         basic level of the General Certificate of Education, now replaced by GCSE (General Certificate of Secondary Education, -similar to our ‘ESO’)

Now...Watch this interesting and easy-to-understand video. Then listen ONLY and complete the gaps in the text below.

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_________________________________________________________________________________

At the very beginning the presenter asks if you go to school on _____1____ and if you  wear a ___2___.

 Most children ___3___ school at the age of 5. Then at 11 they have to go to ___4___ until the age of 16, when they take their GCSE ___5___.

After these, about ___6___ of students leave school and the others stay  for two more years and take A level exams or ___7___ level examinations.

Then 20% of them go to university and 20% go to another kind of education and ___8___...

Most schools are ___9___ i.e. for both boys and girls.

On average there are  __10__ students in a Primary School class and ___11___ in a Secondary School class.
 .

The presenter goes to six different classes: 1^st is a ____12___ class; 2^nd ___13__, 3^rd ___14___, 4^th ____15___, 5^th ____16___ and 6^th ___17___
 .

Other subjects are Information technology, ___18___, ____19____English___20___, and Religion.
.

At lunchtime there is a break of an hour. Some students stay at school and have their lunch in the school___21___. After school they do different activities...

Schools like Eton are ___22___. Some of them are also ___23___schools…

_______________________________________________________________________

Answers in comment #1

Computer Vocabulary

Hi there!

Last week we studied a bit of computer vocabulary in class.

So this post is for you to revise and extend that vocabulary. 

Read, do the activities and enjoy the video!

Have a nice week!

See you in class!!!

Dulce

PC = Personal Computer Anti-virus software - A program that finds and removes viruses from a computer. Backup - A copy of files on a PC's hard disk. A backup is used in case the hard disk file(s) are erased or damaged. Bit, bytes - A bit is the smallest piece of information that computers use. For simplicity, a PC uses bits in groups of 8 called bytes (8 bits = 1 byte). Browser, to browse - A browser is a program like Netscape or Internet Explorer. You use it to view or browse the Internet. Bug - A (small) defect or fault in a program. CD-ROM - A disk for storing computer information. It looks like an audio CD. CPU - Central Processing Unit. This is a PC's heart or 'brains'. Driver - A small program that tells a PC how a peripheral works. Electronic mail (email, e-mail) - Messages sent from one computer to another. You can see email on the screen or print it out. Folder (directory) - A sub-division of a computer's hard disk into which you put files. Font - A particular sort of lettering (on the screen or on paper). Arial is a font. Times New Roman is another. Graphics card - The equipment inside a computer that creates the image on the screen. Hard disk - The main disk inside a computer used for storing programs and information. It is hard because it is metal. Icon - A small image or picture on a computer screen that is a symbol for folders, disks, peripherals, programs etc. Internet - International network of computers that you connect to by telephone line. Two popular services of the Internet are the World Wide Web and electronic mail. Memory - Memory is for the temporary storing of information while a computer is being used. See RAM, ROM and Cache.

Modem - Equipment connected to a computer for sending/receiving digital information by telephone line. You need a modem to connect to the Internet, to send electronic mail and to fax. Operating System - The basic software that manages a computer. PC card - A device that is the same size as a thick credit card, for plugging into a slot on notebook computers. You can buy memory, modems and hard disks as PC cards. Peripheral - Any equipment that is connected externally to a computer. For example, printers, scanners and modems are peripherals. Pixel - The image that you see on the screen is made of thousands of tiny dots, points or pixels. Program Software that operates a PC and does various things, such as writing text (word-processing program), keeping accounts (accounts program) and drawing pictures (graphics program). RAM, ROM - Two types of memory. RAM (Random Access Memory) is the main memory used while the PC is working. RAM is temporary. ROM (Read Only Memory) is for information needed by the PC and cannot be changed. Resolution - The number of dots or pixels per inch (sometimes per centimetre) used to create the screen image. Scanner - Equipment for converting paper documents to electronic documents that can be used by a computer. World Wide Web, WWW, the Web - WWW are initials that stand for World Wide Web. The Web is one of the services available on the Internet. It lets you access millions of pages through a system of links. Because it is 'world-wide', it was originally called the World Wide Web or WWW.

USEFUL LINKS TO PRACTICE. Click on:
Activity #1
Activity #2

Listening Practice

Listen to Mr Duncan as you watch, and then decide which eight of the 18 statements are true> in the Powerpoint presentation below!

Please, DON?T forget to leave a comment! ;-)

Misterduncan

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