Once upon a Time

When I woke up

I heard that suspicious noise again.

It was seven o'clock in the morning.

Suddenly, I felt a drop on my face.

I switched on the light, I rubbed my eyes and realized, in anguish and horror, that it was not a drop of water.

Now, it's your turn.Write an ending for the story.

Add about 150 - 200 words to this beginning and use:

• Past forms.
• 2 adverbs.
• 1 adjective ending in –ed and another one ending in –ing.
• Some expressions with infinitives and gerunds.
• Don’t forget margins, indentations and connectors.
  

What makes you feel good?

There are many things that make us feel good: sunbathing, dancing, watching a scary movie...
Here there are some people describing their favourite hobbies.
What about you?
What makes you feel good?

Activity from New English File - Oxford

Now, click on -ing and infinitive activities on the right column.

Welcome!

Welcome to this new school year which is so important for you.
I hope you'll enjoy the subject but, especially, I hope you'll love English as a language.

Click here:

http://english4bachillerato.blogspot.com/2008_10_01_archive.html

Here you are 4 university-entry exams you'll have to hand in:

http://www.juntadeandalucia.es/innovacioncienciayempresa/sguit/g_b_examenes_anteriores.php

Instructions:

1. Click on the link above.
2. Go to "Lengua Extranjera II (Inglés)" and to exams 2009.

• Exam 1 "In Britain, some teachers..." -------- 15th October
• Exam 2 "No child should ever be..." -------- 27th October
• Exam 3 "Natural disasters" -------- 12th November
• Exam 4 " A 'zero waste' community" -------- 24th November

This link will also appear in the column on the right under the title "Doing exams".

Good luck!

Tea Party

Last Tuesday 2nd May 2009 students from 1º BTO Humanidades-Ciencias Sociales brought some typical British food they had prepared themselves: scones, cakes, brownies, biscuits...

It was all delicious!

Thank you to all of you.

Garlic Day

Rihanna's Disturbia

• What are the first 3 lines of the song?
• What's the pronunciation of the following words?

1. insane

2. thief

3. disease

4. might

5. twice

6. faulter

7. disturbia

8. faded

9. curse

10. struggling

• What's the word that appears hidden "s***"?

Ahmed the dead terrorist

Have a look at this video and answer the following questions.

The first one to answer them correctly will get an extra help for our next exam.

1. What's the terrorist's recurrent expression?

2. What's the other character's name? The one who is inside a suitcase?

3. How many virgins do muslims hope to have once they are in paradise?

4. How did Ahmed die?