Fruit idioms

In the following video, you can see three idioms used with fruit: bananas, grapes and cherries.
The first one is: to go bananas. The second one is: it's a case of sour grapes. And the third one: a second bite of the cherry.
Have a look at the video and you will find out what these idioms mean.

Christmas Carols

          Here you have some Christmas Carols. I hope you like them. I wish you all a

Merry Christmas and a Happy New Year!

And can you remember this one you listened to with Sarah?


John Lennon

Mariah Carey


Wham

Hi, students and friends, I wish you a very Merry Christmas and all the best for 2014!

Please click on here.

I hope you like this one too.

 Best wishes.

BOOKING A TABLE ON THE PHONE

Watch the following video. It can be very helpful when practising taking reservations on the phone.

PREPOSITIONS OF TIME

Still problems with prepositions of time? Have a look at the following presentation.

Prepositions of Time

More PowerPoint presentations from Beth Bogage

For more practice, you can do the following activities:
Exercise 1.
Exercise 2.
Exercise 3.
Exercise 4.

ANIMALS

Here is a presentation of different animals and the meat you can get from them.

Animals by dgmmm

PRESENT SIMPLE OR PRESENT CONTINUOUS

Click in the picture below to have some more practice regarding present simple and present continuous.

SIMPLE PRESENT

You can learn a bit more about the Simple Present by clicking here, where you can also do some exercises.

How to set a table

Watch the following video and write down all the names of the utensils or items you hear in order to lay a restaurant table. Do you set the table in the same way at Hotel Escuela? Why? What is different?

There is & There are

In order to practise 'there is' and 'there are', do the following exercise.
Here you have another execise with positive, negative and interrogative sentences.
Exercise 3
Exercise 4 
Exercise 5
 

WAKE ME UP WHEN SEPTEMBER ENDS (by Green Day)

Here you have the video of the song "Wake Me Up When September Ends", by Green Day.


If you want to keep on practising listening skills with this song you can try lyricstraining. Remember you can choose the level of difficulty.

 I hope you learn and have fun!

Countries and Nationalities - Crossword

Click here to do a crossword in order to practise both nationalities and countries.

World Tourism Day 2013 - 27th September 2013

Secretary-General Message for 2013  

With unsustainable consumption and climate change threatening global water resources, this year’s World Tourism Day highlights the responsibility of the tourism industry to safeguard and intelligently manage water.  In this International Year of Water Cooperation, I urge tourism establishments to cut consumption and improve waste management and I call on individuals to play their part by making environmentally conscious choices when they travel.  By making water saving a priority we can all help to build the future we want. 

 Ban Ki-moon

VOCABULARY: HOTEL STAFF

Here you have a crossword in which you have to find words related to hotel staff. The definitions are given. You have 5 minutes.