Merry Christmas!

Adjective order

• Test 1
• Test 2
• Test 3

Relative clauses

Here are some activities to practive the relatives:

• exercise 1
• exercise 2
• exercise 3
• exercise 4  
• exercises

Play the game (easy)

SkyNews

Phrasal verb games

Here are a couple of phrasal verb games:

• One 

• Two

BBC News Arrests over three London women 'held as slaves'

Our book this year is this:

Germany election ad uses viral video to comic effect

Really funny! This political ad campaign video by German metalworkers' union IG Metall uses viral YouTube videos to pose policy questions in the run-up to the German elections on 22 September. Angela Merkel's conservative coalition has a strong lead over Peer Steinbrück's Social Democrats (SPD) in opinion polls

Ana Botella defending Madrid's bid in Argentina in English

How do you feel about your English now?

Scores dead in Spanish rail disaster

At least 80 killed and 130 injured after mass carriage derailment outside city of Santiago de Compostela.


Scores: Large numbers:

First Glimpse of the Royal Baby

Prince William and Duchess Catherine emerge from St. Mary’s Hospital in London with their baby boy, who has yet to be named. This is the first public appearance of the royal baby, but certainly not the last.

Bali plane crash

A passenger jet has crashed into the sea off the Indonesian island of Bali. Everybody on board - 108 people - survived. The Lion Air Boeing 737 overshot the runway at Bali's Denpasar airport.

BBC April Fool's Hoax

Film maker and writer Terry Jones discovers a colony of penguins, which are unlike any other penguins in the world.



And this how they made the video! Thanks Paloma for telling me about the video

Shoe vocab (British English)

wedge shoes

platform shoes

slip-ons

wellies

boat shoes

court shoes

slingbacks

mules

pumps

brogues

Men and women's shoes (American English)

Spain's corruption eruption

Slush fund: a fund for financing political or commercial corruption.

Inversion

If you'd like an explanation: click here and here

If you want to try exercises, go here, 
 here  & here

Key to Review of Units 1-3

To see the key, click here

Test Unit 3

If you wish to do the test for unit 3, click here.
The key in a few days.

How to Write a Book Review

You could cover these points:
1. Title and writer's name.
2. Paragraph summary of the book plot
3. Short description of each main character
4. Author's writing style
5. Things I would change in the book
6. Things I liked in the book
7. Why you should read this book

Make a list of all the great 'persuasive language' words you can think of, that describe characters, the plot, and the authors style.
E.g. Evocative, gruesome, insightful, ensnaring, gripping.

Now is the time to put EVERYTHING together, and combine them with formal language.

For an example click here

Cleft sentences

If you'd like an explanation and exercises with key: click here