I "WITCH" YOU A HAPPY HALLOWEEN!

Are you ready for one of the scariest nights of the year?? Are you ready for making jack o'lanterns on the 31st??Before doing all this, I'd like to chech how much do you really know about this festivity since it has become somehow blurred with the passing of time. Follow the steps:
1.DO THE QUIZ.
2. We saw the film A Nightmare Before Christmas

SCHOOL YEAR 2010 - 2011.

Welcome to the School Year 2010 - 2011! From now on, we will use this blog as an useful and alternative way of learning English. In it, you will find plenty of materials, videos and links to keep on improving your skills. Today (Tue, 20th October), we'll spend all the session revising the contents we've seen in units 1 & 2, more specifically Present Simple vs. Present Continuous, Past Simple vs. Past Continuous and Past Simple vs. Present Perfect. Try it hard! and remember that the next time we'll come to the Computer Room will be to do an activity about Halloween at the end of the month. 

A SONG AS A FAREWELL

This is the moment that I used to see so far away when I arrived in Paris the 10th of February, yes it's the moment to say "Goodbye", or even better, "See you". I want to say THANK YOU to all of you who have given me so much, or from whom I've taken so much. A good way to do all this a little less sad is by sharing with you one of my favourite songs at the moment. ENJOY! SEE YOU!

British English vs. American English: more different than many people think.

REVISION FOR THE EXAM

http://www.eclecticenglish.com/grammar/PresentPerfect1D.html

http://www.aprenderinglesfacil.es/2008/06/ejercicios-presente-perfecto-present_30.html


 http://www.isabelperez.com/happy/tenses/exercises/will_going.htm

http://www.isabelperez.com/happy/tenses/exercises/going-will2.htm

PAST SIMPLE TENSE REVISION

 http://www.ego4u.com/en/cram-up/grammar/simple-past

http://www.isabelperez.com/happy/tenses/past_simple.htm  (only the FORM section)

http://www.isabelperez.com/cinderella.htm 

AMERICAN INDEPENDENCE DAY

- I know it is still early to start thinking of Independence Day but, as you all know, I'm leaving the 23rd June, so there are not many days left.

Let's see how much you are able to find out about American history. In order to answer all the questions I have prepared for you the following links:
http://www.britishbattles.com/american-revolution.htm
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Main_Page
http://www.holidays.net/independence/

Answer the following questions in a sheet of paper. Please, use your pen, not your pencil.

QUESTIONS: 

1. What's exactly celebrated the 4th July?
2. What's the name of the nation (=country) the colonists in American had to fight against?
3. What are the other two Eurpean nations which supported the colonies in the war?
4. What was the name of the English king during the war?
5. When did the war begin? when did it finish?
6. What's the name of the most important battle in the War of Independence?
7. Why did the colonists want to be independent?
8. How is celebrated the Independence Day in USA nowadays?
9. What's the name of the treaty signed after the war?
10. What's the present France gave to USA after gaining independence?
11. What do the stars and stripes of the American flag stand  for?

Now, it's time for a bit of relaxation by listening to the American Anthem: