Charities

 Watch this video. What charities are mentioned? 

What is their purpose?

Are there any similar charities in Spain?

Look at these questions and ask your classmates some of them:

1. Have you ever done volunteer work? If so, describe the work you did.
2. What do you think about giving money to charity?
3. Do you trust charitable organizations? Which organizations are most trustworthy?
4. How often do you pass homeless people who are asking for money on the street? How do you feel in that situation? What do you do?
5. Do you consider donating blood is an act of solidarity?
6. Do you give blood regularly? Why or why not?
7. Would you consider donating an organ while you are alive, like a kidney or a lung?

Infinitives and Gerunds + Songs

PRACTISE HERE!

https://www.englishpage.com/gerunds/

Practice!

18 Cultural Differences Between the USA and EUROPE

Watch the video and write down notes on the different points mentioned. Do you agree with Drew Binsky’s ideas of Europe?

1 Toilets
2 Water
3 History
4 Driving
5 Sports
6 Food portions
7 Smoking
8 Clothes
9 Languages
10 Recycling
11 Coins
12 Toilets and buttons
13 Electric cars
14 Trash cans
15 Street signs
16 Dinner time
17 Outdoors
18 Vacation

used to, be used to, get used to

 Exercises to practise

Kids Tell Their Parents A Long-Held Secret & vice versa

What is the secret the children tell their parents?

Speaker 1:

Speaker 2:

Speaker 3:

Speaker 4:

How do parents feel after knowing their children’s secrets?

Parent 1:

Parent 2:

Parent 3:

Parent 4:

What is the secret the parents tell their children?

Speaker 1:

Speaker 2:

Speaker 3:

Speaker 4:

How do children feel after knowing their parents’ secrets?

Child 1:

Child 2:

Child 3:

Child 4:

Inversion for Emphasis

 

Inversion after negative adverbials

An explanation of inversion with negative advervials

Practise inversion

More practise

ART. Describe the images and the feelings they inspire

 

Here you can see a description and a bit of the history of some paintings:

Prepare a presentation of your favourite piece of art. Use the expressions and vocabulary in the handout and watch the video which will be useful to organise your presentation. Your presentation should not be longer than 3 minutes.

Formal Complaint

 Some tips to write a formal complaint

More tips and examples of formal complaints

-ed/-ing adjectives

An explanation of -ed / - ing adjectives

Ed-/-ing activities for all levels

FEELINGS

Feelings - ed/ing adjectives

 

Watch the T.V ad and talk about how the girl felt... [use the adjectives and expressions in your handout]

1. When she came out of the school.
2. When she gave her dad the talent show leaflet. 
3. When her dad answered the call.
4. When she rehearsed at home, in the street...

Future Perfect & Future Continuous

http://www.englishpage.com/verbpage/verbs25.htm

http://www.englishpage.com/verbpage/verbs28.htm

http://www.learnenglishfeelgood.com/mixed-future-tenses1.html

And practise Future Continuous with The Police Song:

Every Breath You Take by The Police

Fill in the gaps before listening to the song.

heart(x2)    breath      face    single    smile(x2)   night     bond   claim(x2)   cold    game   vow(x2)    move

Every __________ you take
Every ___________you make
Every ___________you break
Every step you take
I'll be watching you

Every ________day
Every word yousay
Every _________ you play
Every ___________you stay
I'll be watching you

Oh can't you see
You belong to me
My poor _________aches
With every step you take

Every move you make
Every _________ you break
Every _________ you fake
Every _________ you stake
I'll be watching you

Since you've gone I been lost without a trace
I dream at night I can only see your _________
I look around but it's you I can't replace
I feel so _________ and I long for your embrace
I keep crying baby, baby, please

Oh can't you see
You belong to me
My poor __________aches
With every step you take

Every move you make
Every _________ you break
Every _________you fake
Every _________ you stake
I'll be watching you
Every move you make
Every step you take
I'll be watching you

I'll be watching you ….

Every Breath You Take - The Police

Every breath you take
Every move you make
Every bond you break
Every step you take
I'll be watching you

Every single day
Every word you say
Every game you play
Every night you stay
I'll be watching you

Oh can't you see
You belong to me
My poor heart aches
With every step you take

Every move you make
Every vow you break
Every smile you fake
Every claim you stake
I'll be watching you

Since you've gone I been lost without a trace
I dream at night I can only see your face
I look around but it's you I can't replace
I feel so cold and I long for your embrace
I keep crying baby, baby, please

Oh can't you see
You belong to me
My poor heart aches
With every step you take

Every move you make
Every vow you break
Every smile you fake
Every claim you stake
I'll be watching you

English afternoon tea etiquette

British afternoon tea etiquette

And a funny version of the importance of etiquette 😂

Family Education Series - Learn Table Manners

Stages in Life

Watch this video:

Elicit or explain the following stages of life in the film:

birth; childhood; adolescence; adulthood; parenthood; middle age; old age; death

 

• What emotions do you associate with each stage of life?
• What are the advantages and disadvantages of the following stages of life: childhood; adolescence; adulthood; parenthood; and old age?
• Why do you think the film is called “A Single Life”?
• What’s the film’s message?
• How does the film make you feel?

Take down notes and record an audio of 2’ or 3’ with your ideas on some of these issues.

Use some of these expressions:

But then again

All the same

Typically

I’m in two minds about

There’s no doubt in my mind that

In my humble opinion

To the best of my knowledge

By and large

But in the long run

Most of the time

As a rule