Personality Adjectives

What do you call a person who....?

• talks a lot
• is quick at learning and understanding things
• doesn't want to work
• is open and warm
• doesn't talk much
• who works a lot
• isn't friendly
• doesn't like sharing things with other people
• makes people laugh
• can't talk easily to people they don't know

Check your notes and correct your answers ;-)

Family vocabulary

Watch the video to revise the family vocabulary

The British Royal Family

Do you ever read about The British Royal family in the magazines?

What do you know about them?

Who's who?

Below you have their family tree. Have a look at it.

Now, tell me...

Who's.....

• Peter Phillips?
• Prince Andrew Duke of York?
• Lady Louise?
• Catherine Duchess of Cambridge?
• Prince Georgge?

Go to the official website of The British Monarchy to find out more information about the British Royal Family. Read the information about the Duchess of Cambridge and answer the following questions:

1. When was she born?
2. Where did she move when she was two?
3. What sports did she practise at school?
4. Which university did she go to?
5. Where did she meet the Duke of Cambridge?
6. When did they marry?
7. What is her child's name?

Do you want to know more? Browse the website The British Monarchy.

My best friend

Do you have a best friend or a very good friend?

Why is he or she your best friend?

Listen to the podcast and check how people answer the question.

My best friend is Jess, I met her at school so we know each other since we were children. 

She is a nice and friendly person and a very good friend.  She is fun and we share some hobbies so there are many things we can do together. I know I can tell her all about me because she likes listening to my things. She is very talkative and extrovert. When we are together we always have fun.

When we were teenagers we used to do a lot of things together. Now we both have a family and don't meet so often but we ring each other every week. 

Although I don't see her very often these days, I know she is always there when I need her! And this is why she is my best friend.


Now, tell me about your best friend! Write something about him / her and leave it as a comment ;-)


Remember to use the personality adjectives you already know when talking about your friend.

Clothes Crossword

Clothes Crossword

Clothes (collocations, grammar & pronunciation)

Clothes 4A

The alphabet with phonemic transcription

English Alphabet

Barclay Card Advert

Watch this advert from Barclays and name the places the man goes through ;-) 

Verbs + BACK

verbs + back

Expressions with time

Expressions with time

New English File Pre-Intermediate

Hello everyone,

A short post to let you know about the website of the book we will be using this year, New English File Pre-intermediate. If you click on the link you will find a lot of additional activities and extra practice, from which you can highly benefit.

I hope you like the book and enjoy their website,

Regards,


Laura

Strategies for Learning Vocabulary

Strategies for Learning Vocabulary

Put the words and their definitions on individual cards

Say the words aloud or write them over and over again as you study

Compose sentences with the words you are studying

Read a series of texts on a related topic to see the new words in different contexts

Try to guess the meaning of words from context

Record the words and their definition and listen to the recording over and over again as you study

Colour-code words by parts of speech

nouns, adjectives, verbs, prepositions

Group words by grammar class

         nouns: husband, wife

         verbs: get married, divorce

Use rhyming

         door > floor

Use alliteration

         what, when, where

Associate words with the physical world

cat     >

Associate words with the context in which it is used

Associate words with their functions

         sofa, chair, armchair > they are used for sitting

Associate opposites

         tall - short

Learn classes or families of words

         vegetables: carrot, lettuce, tomato…

Learn related words

         white, whiten, whitish

Back up the word into components

         revalidator > re-validat-or

Rubin & Thompson (1994: 79-82)