Queridos seguidores, los invito a que sigan el enlace http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Sxf6Xd75yUo, escuchen la canción cuantas veces sea necesario. Les envío aquí la letra para que traten de seguirla. Envíen un comentario acerca de cómo les pareció la canción o la actividad y a qué se refiere.

(Dear students. I invite you to follow this link http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Sxf6Xd75yUo, listen to the song and follow it with the lyrics. Post a comment about it and about its meaning)

ETERNAL FLAME (bangles)

Chorus
Close your eyes
Give me a hand, darlin’
Do you feel my heart beating?
Do you understand?
Do you feel the same?
Am I only dreaming?
Is this burning an eternal flame?

I believe, it’s meant to be, darlin’
I watch you when you are sleeping
You belong with me
Do you feel the same?
Am I only dreaming?
Or is this burning an eternal flame

Say my name
Sun shines through the rain
A whole life so lonely
And then you come an ease the pain
I don’t want to lose this feeling, oh. (bis)

Close your eyes...

Close your eyes
Give me a hand, darlin’
Do you feel my heart beating?
Do you understand?
Do you feel the same?
Am I only dreaming?
Aaaaaahh, is this burning an eternal flame

Close your eyes...

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Practice English

Dear students: I invite you to visit the following links in order to practice different skills and improve your English:
http://www.britishcouncil.org/learnenglish.com
http://cuentoseningles.com
http://ompersonal.com

Passive Voice

• Visit this link to review general aspects about passive voice: http://www.ompersonal.com.ar/omgrammar/vozpasiva.htm

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  Now you can go to http://perso.wanadoo.es/autoenglish/gr.pas.p.htm , print the page and bring the exercise to class.
  


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  You can print or copy the following exercise for having in class, too:

Write the past participle of each verb under the verb:
paint, write, discover, invent, build, climb, manufacture, kill, cause, grow, eat, first see, make, shoot, assassinate, destroy
Fill in the blanks using the passive voice and the verbs given:
(1) Romeo and Juliet ______________________Shakespeare.
(2) San Francisco _____________________ an earthquake in 1906.
(3) More traffic accidents ___________________ drunk drivers than anything else.
(4) The Sistine Chapel ___________________ Michelangelo.
(5) The Mona Lisa ___________________ Leonardo da Vinci.
(6) Rice ___________________ Koreans, Chinese, and Japanese.
(7) The light bulb ___________________ Edison.
(8) The Law of Gravity ___________________ Newton.
(9) The moons of Jupiter ___________________ Galileo.
(10) Everest ___________________ Sir Edmund Hillary.
(11) Lung cancer ___________________ smoking.
(12) JFK ___________________ Lee Harvey Oswald.
(13) The pyramids ___________________ the pharaohs.
(14) The Eiffel Tower ___________________ in the 19th century.
(15) The Sphinx’s nose ___________________ Napoleon.
(16) Cars ______________________ in America, Japan, and Korea.
http://www.bogglesworldesl.com/

LET'S PRACTICE THE PRESENT PERFECT TENSE

EXCERSISES ON PRESENT PERFECT (taken from http://www.ego4u.com/en/cram-up/grammar/present-perfect-simple)

Work in the following exercises and copy or print them for next class:

Put the verbs into the correct form (present perfect simple).
1. I (not / work) ____________________today.
2. He(buy)___________________ a new lamp.
3. We (not plan) ________________________ our holiday yet.
4. Where (be/you) _________________________________?
5. He (write) _______________________ five e-mails.
6. She (not/see) ____________________ him for a long time.
7. (be/you) _________________________ at school?
8. School (not/start) _________________________ yet.
9. (speak/he) _______________________ to his boss?
10. No, he (have/not) _________________________the time yet.

Reading Loch Ness

Loch Ness is a lake between the Scottish towns of Inverness and Fort Augustus. The word loch is Scottish for lake. Loch Ness is about 37 km long and extremely deep, the deepest part is 226 m.
Loch Ness is famous for its friendly monster, Nessie. Most people think that this is only a legend, but every year tourists from all over the world come to Loch Ness and hope that they will see the monster.
Exercise on the Text
Write the verbs in present perfect simple.
Tourists from all over the world (be) __________________to Loch Ness.
Most of them (see / not) ___________________Nessie, however.
Only very few people say that the Loch Ness Monster (appear) ___________in front of them.
Even scientists (come) _______________to Loch Ness to find the monster.
And the boss of the Guinness brewery (promise) __________to pay 500,000 Pounds to the person who catches Nessie.

Write sentences in present perfect simple. Place 'never' before the main verb.
In a contest, people get the chance to do something they've never done before. This is what the participants told the jury:
1. Fergal / never / sail / on the Pacific. _____________________
2.Rebecca / never / stay / at a five-star hotel _________________
3. Jason / never / watch / a world-cup final __________________
4. Rachel and Gareth / never / climb / Mount Kilimanjaro _________
5.Elaine / never / see / a whale _____________________________
6. Ruth / never / spend / her holiday in Mexico _________________
7. Connor / never / be / to Canada __________________________
8. Lisa and Holly / never / cycle / around England ________________
9.Barry / never / drive / a Ferrari ____________________________
10.Clare / never / meet / Mickey Mouse _______________________

The weather

Hi, friends. I'll share with you these two links for practising vocabulary and listening related to the weather. There you will find nice games and activities. Surf freely on them! They are sure. Hugs.
http://www.britishcouncil.org/kids-games-matching-weather.htm
http://www.learnenglish.org.uk/kids/games/Weather_Maze/

LEARNING ACTIVITY FOR LISTENING

This is a learning activity to improve listening and reading comprehension skills. Follow the instructions:
1. Access the web page: http://www.englishmedialab.com/listening.html
2. Click on “Daily activities: Good interactive listening for beginners”.
3. Have your notebook with you to take notes of information ideas you understand.
4. Listen carefully to the wife and husband’s daily routine audio, (as many times as you need). Wait for the multiple choice quiz.
5. Select the correct answer and go to “submit”. Click to continue until you finish the 14 questions.
6. Take notes of your score.
7. Download the audio script that you find on the page by clicking on “download audio script” (copy-paste in a word document)and review the multiple choice quiz that appears later on. Take notes of vocabulary and expressions again.
8. Download the “listening worksheet” and answer the comprehension questions that you will find there (copy-paste in word document-bring it next class).
9. Prepare a very creative presentation for the class talking about anyone in your family’s daily routine. You can help yourselves with charts or timetables.