A special day

Have you noticed today's date? That's right, February 29th, which means today it's Leap Day!

But what is a Leap Year and why do Leap Years happen? You may find the answers here.

Have you ever wondered what happens if a baby is born on this day? When do they celebrate their birthday? This website has all the answers.





By the way, do you know which two important events happen on Leap Year? If you know, leave your answer in a comment to this post!

Homework

On Thursday 28th and Friday 29th I'll be doing some teacher training. In my absence, please do the following:

- Unit 4 - vocabulary
- this worksheet
We'll correct both things on the next class. Enjoy yourselves!

Exams!

The exams are over. Did anything similar ever happen to you?

And the Oscar goes to...

Tonight is the night of the Oscars. Who's your favourite? Below you have the full list of nominees to help you decide. If you're in the mood, you can also answer some film questions in the Trivia, or click on Oscars.com to watch some film trailers. Come back tomorrow to know the winners.



By the way, could you win an Oscar?
http://www.its-english.com/movies/test/ex2.asp

Brit Awards

The BRIT Awards, often simply called The BRITs, are the British Phonographic Industry's annual pop music awards. They were given out last Wednesday night.

The Arctic Monkeys and Take That won two Brits each.

Here is the full list of winners:
http://www.brits.co.uk/winners/

Futures

Some exercises on the use of the future:

http://www.english-4u.de/future_tense.htm
http://www.ego4u.com/en/cram-up/grammar/future-mix
http://www.ego4u.com/en/cram-up/grammar/future-1-progressive
http://www.ego4u.com/en/cram-up/grammar/future-2-simple

funny English lesson

Please, don't follow the example!

Relative sentences

Practice the relative sentences:

http://www.ego4u.com/en/cram-up/grammar/relative-clauses#exercises (grammar explanation with exercises and tests)
http://wwwedu.ge.ch/cptic/prospective/projets/anglais/exercises/#int (4 exercises)
http://www.angelfire.com/wi3/englishcorner/grammar/grammar.html#interact (11 exercises)

Conditionals

Do you need to practice some more conditional sentences? Here are a few exercises:

http://www.english-4u.de/conditional_clauses.htm

http://www.englisch-hilfen.de/en/exercises_list/if.htm

http://www.angelfire.com/wi3/englishcorner/grammar/grammar.html (scroll down the page to find them; also exercises with I WISH)

Happy Valentine's Day!

Play a Saint Valentine's game:

http://www.storyit.com/wgames/valworddrop.htm

Find all kinds of Valentine's stuff:

http://www.holidays.net/amore/index.htm

Are you compatible with your loved one? Try this test:

Created by Crazyprofile.com

Prepare the term exam

The exams are coming. Do you want some extra practice? For a start, try this:

http://www.oup.com/elt/global/products/stepstosuccess/?cc=es

for grammar and vocabulary in relation with the textbook Steps to Success

http://www.englishpage.com/irregularverbs/irregularverbs.html
http://www.englisch-hilfen.de/en/exercises_list/verbs.htm

to practice the irregular verbs (and learn them once and for all!)

English lesson

A not very useful English lesson...

CURSO DE INGLES RAPIDO PARA VIAJEROS
*Si quiere una COCACOLA diga GUIMI A COUC
*Si quiere un café y un donut diga COFI EN DONAT
*Si quiere unos huevos con jamón diga JAM EN EGS
*Si se agarra un dedo con la puerta del taxi diga FAC
*Si algo le parece muy costoso diga FAC
*Si se cae en el metro diga FAC
*SI no le aceptan la Visa diga DON TIU FAC MI
*Si su amigo no sale de copas con usted diga DON TIU FAC MI
*Si no le encuentran en la lista de reservas del hotel diga DON TIU FAC MI
*Si se encuentra con una mujer de esas de película diga UAT A FAC
*Si alguien le grita algo que contenga FAC responda FAQUIU TU
*Si pierde el pasaporte, detenga un policía y diga FAQUINPEIPERS
*Si se pierde en la ciudad grite AIAM FAQUIN LOST
*Cuando se refiera a un tercero diga DAT FAQUIN GAI OVERDER
*Si quiere comer una rosca con una morenota dígale AI UANA FAC UICIU
*Si se quiere comer una rosca con una rubia dígale FAQUIU?
*Si no sabe donde tomar un taxi diga JAU TU GUET A FAQUIN CAB?
*Si esta muy enojado no diga REFAC, sólo diga FAC varias veces.
*Si le quieren tomar el pelo pregunte AR IU FAQUIN MI?

English practice

Welcome! In this blog you'll find all kinds of things connected with English learning and practice.

• Visit every time we start a unit for some more grammar and vocabulary practice
• find interesting readings and listenings
• find related websites
• have a laugh with some jokes
• ask questions to the teacher!

Come often and enjoy!