Thursday, December 17, 2020

Preposition stranding

Tuesday, April 7, 2020

Durante la cuarentena del Covid 19: Sigo aprendiendo inglés gratis! #yomequedoencasa, #aprendoinglesonline, #inglesonline

Queridas familias,

Espero que los recursos gratuitos de mi blog y aquellos links a editoriales/ páginas webs, otros blogs etc sean de ayuda para seguir estimulando a vosotros mismos o a vuestros hij@s en su proceso de aprendizaje durante la cuarentena.
En la columna de la derecha hay diferentes secciones con enlaces a otros sitios web y editoriales de libros en inglés para practicar gramática, vocabulario, pronunciación, preparar exámenes internacionales o simplemente para aprender jugando (creando vídeos en inglés, cómics, etc.)
¡Ánimos y a seguir aprendiendo que todo va a salir MUY BIEN!

Tuesday, March 10, 2020

Inversion of order- source Destination B2

Unit 27 of this book has a lovely summary of the rules for Inversion of order :)

To play and test your knowledge try some ot these kahoots:

https://create.kahoot.it/share/inversion/c1062a70-446b-4b40-8dfd-68645c5cbb18

https://kahoot.it/challenge/0331688?challenge-id=327a5a4b-c929-497d-aeeb-a7f29882379c_1583855207508

Compete in groups: https://create.kahoot.it/share/inversion/bcca8ca1-7822-483a-817b-4b833a3f4aa7

Tuesday, February 18, 2020

Conjugating Verbs and playing

https://www.macmillandictionary.com/verb_wheel/?fbclid=IwAR2o0v-bxJfWFFa0vtNf-Cz7ka-geaLWSObqhrkUkJznHDXSNSsxUf2-QIE

Friday, December 13, 2019

FCE for schools- speaking parts 1-4

Tuesday, October 22, 2019

greatly + verb/ adjective

source: http://www.englishcollocation.com/how-to-use/greatly

greatly (adv): by a large amount; very much

How to Use "Greatly" with Example Sentences

Used with verbs:

"He is greatly admired in the medical profession."
(admired, respected)

"They greatly increased the membership fee."
(increased, decreased, reduced)

"We were greatly affected by his death."
(affected, changed, saddened)

"He greatly appreciates the help he has received."
(appreciates)

"The problem has been greatly exaggerated."
(exaggerated, overestimated, underestimated)

"The numbers fluctuate greatly."
(fluctuate, vary)

"The program has been greatly expanded."
(expanded, extended, modified, simplified)

"This change greatly improved the plan."
(improved)

"The benefits greatly outweigh the risks."
(outweigh)

"He has greatly influenced me."
(influenced)

"His reaction surprised me greatly."
(surprised, troubled, concerned)

Used with adjectives:

"He was greatly amused by her behavior."
(amused, concerned, disappointed, shocked, surprised, troubled, upset)

"She is greatly indebted to him."
(indebted)

"They are greatly interested in science."
(interested)

"This plan is greatly superior over the previous one."
(superior, preferable)

Wednesday, October 2, 2019

School strike 4 climate - British Council

Activities: https://learnenglishteens.britishcouncil.org/study-break/video-zone/school-strike-4-climate

Wednesday, September 25, 2019

Climate change

Why are CO2 emissions so bad for our environment?

https://www.carbonstockstudy.com/why-are-co2-emissions-so-bad-for-our-environment/

Greta Thunberg

IPPCThe Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change (IPCC) is an intergovernmental body of the United Nations,^[1]^[2] dedicated to providing the world with an objective, scientific view of climate change, its natural, political and economic impacts and risks, and possible response options.^[3] ...The IPCC produces reports that contribute to the work of the United Nations Framework Convention on Climate Change (UNFCCC), the main international treaty on climate change.^[5]^[6] The objective of the UNFCCC is to "stabilize greenhouse gas concentrations in the atmosphere at a level that would prevent dangerous anthropogenic (human-induced) interference with the climate system".^[5] (source: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Intergovernmental_Panel_on_Climate_Change)
carbon budget

noun [ C ]

ENVIRONMENT, SOCIAL RESPONSIBILITY

an amount of carbon dioxide that a country, company, or organization has agreed is the largest it will produce in a particular period of time:

The Committee on Climate Change will advise the government

(source https://dictionary.cambridge.org/dictionary/english/carbon-budget)

The Paris Agreement
https://unfccc.int/process-and-meetings/the-paris-agreement/the-paris-agreement

The Paris Agreement builds upon the Convention and for the first time brings all nations into a common cause to undertake ambitious efforts to combat climate change and adapt to its effects, with enhanced support to assist developing countries to do so. As such, it charts a new course in the global climate effort.

The Paris Agreement central aim is to strengthen the global response to the threat of climate change by keeping a global temperature rise this century well below 2 degrees Celsius above pre-industrial levels and to pursue efforts to limit the temperature increase even further to 1.5 degrees Celsius. Additionally, the agreement aims to strengthen the ability of countries to deal with the impacts of climate change.

https://skepticalscience.com/human-co2-smaller-than-natural-emissions.htm
https://thecarboncycleandclimatechange-bb.weebly.com/the-biosphere-lithosphere-hydrosphere--atmosphere.html