Monday, November 27, 2017

28 days left... Countdown for Christmas!

Christmas activities and fun:

1. Play http://learnenglishkids.britishcouncil.org/en/archived-word-games/make-the-sentences/letter-santa

2. Play http://www.northpole.com/

3. Worksheet and Quizzes:
 Check learnenglishkids .british council. org

5. Christmas carols:
We wish you a merry xmas lyrics: 


figgy puddingnoun [ U ]

 UK  /ˌfɪɡ.i ˈpʊd.ɪŋ/ /ˌfɪɡ.i ˈpʊd.ɪŋ/ uk

sweet food containing figs (= purple or green fruits with a lot of seeds) and other dried fruittraditionally eaten at Christmas in the past


6. Cook

Wednesday, November 15, 2017

CRIMES


BURGLARsomeone who gets into buildings illegally and steals things/ someone who enters a building illegally in order to steal things ladrón, -ona ADJ. professional | cat (= a burglar who climbs up the outside of buildings)
THIEF: someone who steals things ladrón, -ona e.g. a car thief/ The thief stole a valuable painting from the museumADJ. would-be The alarm is usually sufficient to deter a would-be thief. | common, petty | professional | casual, opportunist | car, jewel, etc.
ROBBER: 1. someone who stealsladrón, -ona E.G. a bank robber/ someone who takes money or property illegally, often by using threats or violence ADJ. armed, masked | bank, train | grave, tomb

MUGGERa person who attacks people in order to steal their moneysomeone who attacks people in public places and steals their moneyjewellery, or other possessions
atracador, -ora
PIRATE: 1. a person who attacks and robs ships at sea pirata                          e.g. Their ship was attacked by pirates/ (also adjective) a pirate ship.                               2. a person who does something without legal right, eg publishes someone else’swork as his own or broadcasts without a licence pirata e.g. a pirate radio-station.

VANDALS:a person who purposely and pointlessly damages or destroys public buildings or other property vándalo e.g. Vandals have damaged the telephone box.

Crime


Monday, November 6, 2017

Indirect questions + Gerunds and infinitives- extra practice

To avoid infringing the guidelines of Google related to the contents of posts, the links will not direct you to the sources. If you are interested in accessing them, copy and paste to google them on your own :) 

Indirect questions: http://www.autoenglish.org/questions/gr.indirect.i.htm

Gerunds and infinitives:
http://www.autoenglish.org/generalgrammar/gr.gerund01.i.htm
http://www.autoenglish.org/generalgrammar/gr.gerund02.i.htm
http://www.autoenglish.org/gr.remtry.i.htm
http://www.autoenglish.org/mistakes/mis-infger.i.htm
http://www.autoenglish.org/FCEUse/VerbPrepositionGerund.htm