Selección de mis posts favoritos- 6

Para terminar el año, vuelvo a ofreceros este post, uno de mis favoritos, con dos juegos para pasar un buen rato en casa, cuando el tiempo demasiado frío no invita a salir a la calle. El motivo de repetirlo es que me parece que no salió bien en mi anterior intento. In view of the success of The Alphabet Game:Animalshttp://sanchezbenedito.blogspot.com.es/2014/09/the-alphabet-game-names-of-animals.html of a few days ago, some teachers have asked me if they could have another one. Well, here it is, this time about professions: QUESTIONS FOR...

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Selección de mis post favoritos- 6

In view of the success of The Alphabet Game:Animalshttp://sanchezbenedito.blogspot.com.es/2014/09/the-alphabet-game-names-of-animals.html of a few days ago, some teachers have asked me if they could have another one. Well, here it is, this time about professions: QUESTIONS FOR PLAYER ONE beginning with a - said by Agatha Christie to make an ideal husband, because “the older you get, the more charming he will find you.” beginning with b - you’ll feel safer if you can afford to hire one beginning with c - consult one of them if...

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Selección de mis posts favoritos - 5

Twelve beloved historic English pubshttp://sanchezbenedito.blogspot.com.es/2014/08/12-beloved-historic-english-pubs.ht...

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Selección de mis posts favoritos - 4

'The Whip Scene', una hilarante escena de la película 'Dirty Rotten Scoundrels'http://sanchezbenedito.blogspot.com.es/2014/10/the-whip-scene-from-film-dirty-rotten.ht...

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'The rain in Spain' from My Fair lady musicalhttp://sanchezbenedito.blogspot.com.es/2014/10/my-fair-lady-rain-in-spain.ht...

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Ben & Hollyhttp://sanchezbenedito.blogspot.com.es/search/label/Ben%20and%20Holly, an amusing story for childre...

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Selección de mis posts favoritos - 1

Ejercicios de transformación gramatical con respuestas comentadashttp://sanchezbenedito.blogspot.com.es/2014/09/ejercicios-de-transformacion-gramatical_29.html&nbs...

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Christmas Carol: Silent Night

SILENT NIGHT  The origin of this Christmas carol was a poem that was written in 1816 by an Austrian priest called Joseph Mohr. On Christmas Eve in 1818 in the small alpine village called Oberndorf it is reputed that the organ at St. Nicholas Church had broken. Joseph Mohr gave the poem of Silent Night (Stille Nacht) to his friend Franz Xavier Gruber so that the melody and music for it would be finished in time for Midnight Mass. Silent Night is the most famous Christmas carol of all time and its beautiful lyrics convey the essence of peace...

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Invitation to Murder: Suggestions for exploiting the story in the classroom

Here are some suggestions to exploit the story 'Invitation to Murder'http://sanchezbenedito.blogspot.com.es/2014/12/historias-y-humor-invitation-to-murder.html in the classroom for the students' benefit: Role-play Inspector Caulder and Sergeant Turner discuss the case. Motives State the motives each of the following characters in the story may have had to murder Lord Thumbleton: Barton - Borderlow - Helen -  Miss Prescott - Salford -  Synonyms  Find synonyms or near-synonyms for the following words and expressions: a.- to...

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Historias y humor: Invitation to Murder

Os ofrezco hoy una historia de mi libro Short Stories to Help You Increase Your Vocabulary, ya agotado. 'Invitation to Murder', que hoy comparto con vosotros, es una historia policíaca, que leía en alguna ocasión a mis alumnos en la Universidad, y que ellos disfrutaban escuchándola, animándose incluso a veces a representarla en clase. Recuerdo un grupo que elaboró un corto muy original basado en la misma, que me pareció verdaderamente genial. Otra actividad consistía en leerles sólo hasta el momento en que el inspector revela quién es el asesino...

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Simply Red: If you don't know me by now.

Practise your English listening comprehension with this Simply Red version of the beautiful song "If You Don't Know Me by Now", written by Kenny Gamble and Leon Huff and recorded by the Philly soul musical group Harold Melvin & the Blue Notes. I advise you to go about it like this: first you just listen to the song without looking at the words, and then you play it again looking at the lyrics to check if you understood correctly: (This video has been downloaded from YouTube for educational purposes only...

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Gramática: Nombres frasales

Nombres frasales De los verbos frasales se derivan a veces nombres, llamados comúnmente nombres frasales (phrasal nouns), de uso muy extendido actualmente, sobre todo en lenguaje periodístico o profesional (fotografía, cine, informática, etc.): back-up          copia de seguridad (inform.) blow-up           ampliación (fotografía) check-up         chequeo (médico) flyover           ...

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verbos + preposición -2

Verbs + preposition  Exercice Fill in the gaps with the correct preposition: 1.- Our neighbour is always borrowing things .........us Nuestro vecino siempre nos está pidiendo   cosas prestadas 2.- I bumped .... him at the races Me lo tropecé en las carreras        3.- This ship doesn’t call .... Genoa Este barco no hace escala en Génova 4.- Money is all she cares .... El dinero es todo lo que le importa 5.- Who will care .... him when he gets...

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Food idioms -2

A few weeks ago, you had the opportunity to learn some food idioms, but in case you haven't had your fill yet, here you have some more: Exercise Complete the following idioms with one of the following words:  bacon, butter, butterfingers, cake, cheese, peach, onions, pie, potato, soup: 1.- You should get out more and watch less TV, you're turning into a real couch ........ 2.- Except for a bit of ........ fuzz, the baby was born bald. 3.- When it comes to computers, he really knows his ........ 4.- No one ever thought she was so naughty;...

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World Englishes by Prof. David Crystal.

I have the pleasure to share with you today the interview to the prestigious linguist Prof. David Crystal, conducted by Tony O'Brien, Western Balkans British Council Director in Belgrade on 9 November 2013, Prof. Crystal maintains that there isn't only a 'World English', but lots of 'World Englishes', as many as countries where English is spoken. I find this talk very enlightening and enjoyed it thoroughly, and I'm sure you will enjoy it too: ...

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Children's songs to learn English: the animals went in two by two

Here's another children's song to learn English, while having a bit of fun too. If you, teachers, find it too long, you can always shorten it to your taste: Lyrics The animals went in two by two, hurrah! hurrah! The animals went in two by two, hurrah! hurrah! The animals went in two by two, the elephant and the kangaroo And they all went into the ark, for to get out of the rain. The animals went in three by three, hurrah! hurrah! The animals went in three by three, hurrah! hurrah! The animals went in three by three, the wasp, the...

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Gramática- Plurales extranjeros

Plurales Extranjeros Ciertos nombres de origen extranjero, en su mayoría cultismos de origen griego o latino, tienen plurales especiales: - singular terminado en –is       →        plural en -es /i:z/: basis                           base                           ...

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