Merry Christmas

Christmas hacks

Christmas Ornaments

Christmas shows

This is how kids sing in recitals.

Have a look at this festive videos. And Happy Xmas!


It is Christmas!

Christmas week

What does this refer to?
Find the meaning behind each picture.

Choose this year's Christmas Carol!

This year, the students decide which carol is the best. If you have other ideas, please share!

                                                             Choose your carol

Cyber Monday

After Thanksgiving and Black Friday, Cyber Monday comes.

What is Cyber Monday?
Now watch this song and decide why is entitled Ka-Ching.

In the ghetto

I always recommend music to learn English. Listen to this poweful song about poverty and misery in a big city.

But sometimes, a sad song can turn into a hilarious one.

Attention: do not try to imitate it!

Thanksgiving

Hello Adele & Miss Piggy

Such a funny parody! Without the flip phone, though.

And now, the original.

                                           

It is even on the news!

Adele covers

And the lyrics for you to sing it!

Hello, it's me

I was wondering if after all these years you'd like to meet

To go over everything

They say that time's supposed to heal ya, but I ain't done much healing

Hello, can you hear me?

I'm in California dreaming about who we used to be

When we were younger and free

I've forgotten how it felt before the world fell at our feet

There's such a difference between us

And a million miles

Hello from the other side

I must've called a thousand times

To tell you I'm sorry for everything that I've done

But when I call you never seem to be home

Hello from the outside

At least I can say that I've tried

To tell you I'm sorry for breaking your heart

But it don't matter, it clearly doesn't tear you apart

Anymore

Hello, how are you?

It's so typical of me to talk about myself, I'm sorry

I hope that you're well

Did you ever make it out of that town where nothing ever happened?

It's no secret that the both of us

Are running out of time

So hello from the other side

I must've called a thousand times

To tell you I'm sorry for everything that I've done

But when I call you never seem to be home

Hello from the outside

At least I can say that I've tried

To tell you I'm sorry for breaking your heart

But it don't matter, it clearly doesn't tear you apart

Anymore, ooooohh

Anymore, ooooohh

Anymore, ooooohh

Anymore, anymore

Hello from the other side

I must've called a thousand times

To tell you I'm sorry for everything that I've done

But when I call you never seem to be home

Hello from the outside

At least I can say that I've tried

To tell you I'm sorry for breaking your heart

But it don't matter, it clearly doesn't tear you apart

Anymore

One song for my 2nd ESO ampliación students.

Kiss You

2nd Bach Revision

General Revision:

http://www.burlingtonbooks.com/Spain/Page.aspx?PageID=411



Modals:

http://www.learnenglish-online.com/grammar/modals/tests/modaltest2.html

http://www.myenglishpages.com/site_php_files/grammar-exercise-modals.php

http://webcb.blogspot.com.es/2012/10/new-modal-perfect-exercises.html

http://web2.uvcs.uvic.ca/elc/studyzone/330/grammar/330-modals-advice2.htm

2nd ESO Revision.

A fabulous web to revise every unit in our coursebook.
Very useful too for those who need to pass the 2nd ESO exam.

http://www.montsemorales.com/switch2.htm

Treasure Hunt

High School Trivial Weeks 3&4

WEEKS 3 AND 4

A country and an animal share their name. Name the country and the animal.

How are the following words related to Thanksgiving?

Plymouth

James 1st

Mayflower

Franklin D. Roosevelt

Macy's

Black Friday

The day before and after Thanksgiving are remarkable for something. For what?

Modal verbs in songs

   MIGHT. We might as well be strangers. Keane

 MUST. The show must go on. Queen

OUGHT TO. Oughtta Know. Alanis Morrisette.

 SHOULD. Should I stay or should I go? The Clash

COULD. You could be happy. Snow Patrol

CAN. Can you meet me halfway? Black Eyed Peas

Several modal verbs. In my Place. Coldplay.

Modal perfect. It must have been love. Roxette

MUST + Inf. it must be love. Madness

Del revés

How can we say "del revés" en inglés? Here's the answer

Opposites

High School Trivial

From November we will pose a question each week for the students to find out.
Let's see who finds the most answers!

WEEK 1
 Name the film where this sentence appears. Explain why.

 

WEEK 2

There is a special commemoration in November 11th. What is that commemoration? What is the flower in the pictures? Why is everybody wearing that flower?

WEEKS 3 AND 4

A country and an animal share their name. Name the country and the animal.

How are the following words related to Thanksgiving?

Plymouth

James 1st

Mayflower

Franklin D. Roosevelt

Macy's

Black Friday

The day before and after Thanksgiving are remarkable for something. For what?

Place and movement prepositions

Modals and modal perfect verbs

MODAL VERBS Los Verbos Modales

MODAL	EXAMPLES	USES
CAN	He can find any street in London. You can take a taxi. Can you take me to Victoria Station?	Ability Suggestion Request
BE ABLE TO	He is able to find any street in London.	Ability
CAN ́T	That story can ́t be true.	Certainty that something is impossible
COULD	I could play tennis when I was younger. Could you take me to Victoria Station?. You could take a taxi.	Ability Request Suggestion
MAY	It may be quicker to travel by train. May I come in?.	Possibility Formal request
MIGHT	It might be quicker to travel by train.	Possibility
MUST	You must be back at 10 o ́clock. Look at the snow. It must be cold outside.	Obligation Certainty that something is true
HAVE TO	You have to be back at 10 o ́clock.	Obligation
NEED TO	You need to study a lot.	Obligation
NEEDN ́T	You needn ́t have a university degree.	Lack of obligation
MUSTN ́T	You mustn ́t drive without a licence.	Prohibition
DON ́T HAVE TO	You don ́t have to call a taxi.	Lack of obligation
SHOULD	You should drive more carefully	Opinion / Advice
OUGHT TO	You ought to drive more carefully	Opinion / Advice

CARACTERÍSTICAS DE ESTOS VERBOS:
No llevan -s en la tercera persona del singular del presente simple.
No necesitan -do o -does para formar la negativa ni la interrogativa.
Nunca llevan infinitivo con to detrás, excepto be able to, need to, have to y ought to.. No tienen infinitivo, participio ni tiempos compuestos.
NOTA: Los verbos have to y need to también se consideran “verbos semimodales” porque no cumplen todas las características propias de los verbos modales.

CAN / BE ABLE TO
CAN se auxilia de be able to en los tiempos de que carece, y tiene muchos usos:
a) Para expresar habilidad o capacidad: “saber”, “poder”.
b) Con acciones que empiezan en el pasado pero todavía tienen continuidad en el presente. c) Para hacer peticiones, dar y pedir permiso de manera informal.
d) Para indicar posibilidad:
We can do that later. (Podemos hacer eso luego). En negativa tiene, además de estos, otros dos usos:
e) Para expresar deducción. f ) Para indicar prohibición.
You can ́t smoke here. (No puedes fumar aquí).
BE ABLE TO también indica habilidad y posibilidad como can, pero en los tiempos que le faltan
a este verbo modal.
Will you be able to do it before six o ́clock?. (¿Podrás hacerlo antes de las 6?)
COULD
a) Se usa para expresar habilidad y capacidad en el pasado.
b) Para hacer peticiones o pedir un favor de manera más formal que con can.
c) Para hacer sugerencias.
d) Para indicar posibilidad, pero dando a entender que es más remota que si usamos can.
We could go on friday afternoon.. (Podríamos ir el viernes por la tarde).
MAY / MIGHT
a) Ambos verbos expresan la posibilidad de que algo ocurra en el presente o en el futuro, sin ser seguro. Como hemos visto antes, can también expresa posibilidad pero denota que las circunstancias reales lo permiten.
b) May también se utiliza para pedir y dar permiso de una forma más educada que con can. 

MUST / HAVE TO
Must sólo tiene presente, así que para el resto de los tiempos se usa have to.
a) Los dos verbos expresan necesidad y obligación, pero con must la necesidad es más fuerte.
Cuando queremos suavizar la frase utilizamos have to.
You must take a decision as soon as possible. (Debes tomar una decisión lo antes posible) She has to work tomorrow. (Tiene que trabajar mañana)
b) Must sirve para expresar una conclusión lógica.
NEED TO / NEEDN ́T
a) Need to expresa obligación o necesidad.
b) Needn ́t indica ausencia de obligación o necesidad.
MUSTN ́T / DON ́T HAVE TO
a) Mustn ́t indica prohibición.
b) Don ́t have to tiene un valor totalmente distinto pues significa ausencia de necesidad, igual
que needn ́t.
You don ́t have to wash the dishes. (No tienes por qué lavar los platos / no es necesario).
SHOULD / OUGHT TO
a) Se pueden utilizar indistintamente para dar consejos y hacer recomendaciones, aunque should es mucho más frecuente. Ought to apenas se usa en negativa e interrogativa.

        MODAL PERFECTS
Los Verbos Modales Perfectos

MODAL	EXAMPLES	USES
MUST HAVE	The driver must have lost his way.	A certainty or logical conclusion about an event in the past.
MIGHT / MAY HAVE	She might / may have bought a new car.	A guess about something which happened in the past.
COULD HAVE	You could have avoided that accident.	The ability to do something in the past, but which in the end was not done.
COULDN ́T HAVE	He couldn ́t have known about the problem.	A certainty that something did not happen.
SHOULD HAVE	He should have listened to me. They should have won the competition.	Advice which was not followed in the past. Expectations which were not fulfilled in the past.
SHOULDN ́T HAVE	You shouldn ́t have gone on foot.	Criticism that was given after an event.

Must have + participio
Se usa para expresar certeza o una conclusión lógica sobre un hecho pasado.
Might / May have + participio
Se usa para hacer una predicción sobre algo pasado.
Could have + participio
Indica que hubo la posibilidad de haber hecho algo en el pasado pero que finalmente no se hizo.
Couldn ́t have + participio
En negativa expresa la imposibilidad de que el hecho enunciado se realizara.
Should have + participio
Se usa para lamentar que algo no ocurriera en el pasado y que no se haya cumplido lo que esperábamos.
Shouldn ́t have + participio
Con este modal expresamos nuestra opinión crítica sobre un hecho pasado indicando que no debería haber ocurrido. 



And now, a couple of pageswith lots of exercises to practise:

http://www.perfect-english-grammar.com/modal-verbs-exercises.html

http://www.englishpage.com/modals/modalforms.html