Speaking about plans for the near future

Here you have some exercises you can do so that you
can express and speak about plans in the near future.
One.
Two.
Three.
Four.
Five.

Enjoy the simple present tense

Now, listen to this famous song and fill in the gaps.

Practising tenses: Present simple and Present Continous

Now you can ask someone about his/her routines and what s/he is doing now, test your knowledge by doing the following exercises:

1. Present simple:
1
2. (a bit more challenging)

2. Present Continuous:
1.
2. (a dialogue. most of it in Present Continuous)

3. Present Simple and Continous:
1.

Applying for a job 2014

Have you ever heard of the Curriculum Vitae Europass?

It is a EU initiative to increase transparency of qualification and mobility of citizens in Europe. It aims to be a Life Long Learning Portfolio of documents containing the descriptions of all learning achievements, official qualifications, work results, skills and competences, acquired over time, along with the related documentation. The aim is to make a person's skills and qualifications clearly understood throughout Europe.

Once you know how it works you can either fill in yor CV now here or download  the template, instructions and examples here.

The following document can also be very useful as it is a description of all the learning outcomes in all the subjects.

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Dialogue: In the restaurant

Below you have a template you can use when receiving guests at a restaurant: greeting, taking the order, payment, etc.

In the Restaurant by dgmmm

Dialogue: Taking the order in the bar & dealing with complaints

Here you have a template in order to practise a dialogue that takes place in the bar so that you can see how to deal with complaints.

Inthebar Complaints by dgmmm

Dialogue: Making reservations on the phone

Here you have a template you can use to practise dialogues regarding making reservations on the phone and giving information.

Information & Booking by dgmmm

Meat, poultry, game & offal: Vocabulary

How about practising vocabulary related to meat, poultry, game and offal? Click in here and have fun.

Vegetables, herbs & seasoning: Vocabulary

In order to practise vocabulary regarding vegetables, herbs and seasoning, you can practise by doing the following activities.

Fish and seafood: Vocabulary

Click here to review vocabulary regarding fish and seafood.

Tableware: Vocabulary

Click here to study and review vocabulary related to tableware, that is, utensils you put on a restaurant table.


There are many different ways to do it. Test yourself! I'm sure you'll enjoy it.

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?