Stop the Clocks

Sweet dreams...

About love...

Standing in the way of the light

Ending the weekend with a singer I love (as you must already know, 

don´t you?). 

English sounds especially beautiful in Birdy´s voice.

Goodnight...

You poked my heart :(

Having a conversation just using the Present Continuous is not so difficult. 
Watch this video  of some toddlers arguing about the weather. Was it raining or sprinkling  (dwigawing) outside?

 Men, never contradict women...

Simple Plan - Welcome To My Life

Frozen

Goodnight...

Paper Towns

“Maybe its like you said before, all of us being cracked open. Like each of us starts out as a watertight vessel. And then things happen - these people leave us, or don’t love us, or don’t get us, or we don’t get them, and we lose and fail and hurt one another. And the vessel starts to crack in places. And I mean, yeah, once the vessel cracks open, the end becomes inevitable.  But there is all this time between when the cracks start to open up and when we finally fall apart. And its only that time that we see one another, because we see out of ourselves through our cracks and into others through theirs. When did we see each other face to face? Not until you saw into my cracks and I saw into yours. Before that we were just looking at ideas of each other, like looking at your window shade, but never seeing inside. But once the vessel cracks, the light can get in. The light can get out.”

"Quizá es como dijiste antes. Todos estamos agrietados. Cada uno de nosotros empieza siendo un recipiente hermético. Y pasan cosas. Personas que nos dejan, o que no nos quieren, o que no nos entienden, o que no las entendemos, y nos perdemos, nos fallamos y nos hacemos daño. Y el recipiente empieza a agrietarse por algunos sitios. Y bueno, sí, en cuanto el recipiente se agrieta, el final es inevitable. Pero está todo ese tiempo desde que las grietas empiezan a abrirse hasta que por fin nos desmoronamos. Y sólo en ese tiempo podemos vernos unos a otros, porque vemos lo que hay afuera a través de nuestras grietas, y lo que hay adentro de ellos a través de las suyas. ¿Cuándo nos vimos tú y yo cara a cara? No hasta que tú viste a través de mis grietas y yo de las tuyas.  Hasta ese momento sólo veíamos ideas el uno del otro, como mirar tu persiana, pero nunca ver lo que hay dentro. Pero cuando el recipiente se rompe, la luz puede entrar y  la luz puede salir."

Countries and nationalities (1st year APT)

a:  Where are you from?
b.  I´m from Brazil.

a: What natiionality are you? 
b: I´m Brazilian

a: Where were you born? 
b: I was born in Brazil. 

(Remember, you must write nations and  nationalities with capital letters)

 Here you have a long list of countries and nationalities. You needn´t learn all of them now, but you can have a look at them anytime you need extra information. Try to memorise as many nationalities as possible to improve your vocabulary.

Country	Nationality	Language
Afghanistan	Afghan	Persian - Pashto
Argentina	Argentine / Argentinean	Spanish
Australia	Australian	English
Belgium	Belgian	French / Flemish
Bolivia	Bolivian	Spanish
Brazil	Brazilian	Portuguese
Cambodia	Cambodian	Cambodian
Cameroon	Cameroonian	French / English
Canada	Canadian	English / French
Chile	Chilean	Spanish
China	Chinese	Chinese
Colombia	Colombian	Spanish
Costa Rica	Costa Rican	Spanish
Cuba	Cuban	Spanish
Denmark	Danish (Dane)	Danish
Dominican Republic	Dominican	Spanish
Ecuador	Ecuadorian	Spanish
Egypt	Egyptian	Arabic
El Salvador	Salvadorian	Spanish
England	English	English
Estonia	Estonian	Estonian
Ethiopia	Ethiopian	Amharic
Finland	Finnish	Finnish
France	French	French
Germany	German	German
Ghana	Ghanaian	English
Greece	Greek	Greek
Guatemala	Guatemalan	Spanish
Haiti	Haitian	French / Creole
Honduras	Honduran	Spanish
Indonesia	Indonesian	Indonesian
Iran	Iranian	Persian
Ireland	Irish	Irish / English
Israel	Israeli	Hebrew
Italy	Italian	Italian
Japan	Japanese	Japanese
Jordan	Jordanian	Arabic
Kenya	Kenyan	Swahili
Korea	Korean	Korean
Laos	Laotian	Laotian
Latvia	Latvian	Latvian
Lithuania	Lithuanian	Lithuanian
Malaysia	Malaysian	Malay / Malaysian
Mexico	Mexican	Spanish
Morocco	Moroccan	Arabic / French
Netherlands	Dutch	Dutch
New Zealand	New Zealander	English / Maori
Nicaragua	Nicaraguan	Spanish
Norway	Norwegian	Norwegian
Panama	Panamanian	Spanish
Paraguay	Paraguayan	Spanish
Peru	Peruvian	Spanish
Philippines	Filipino	Tagalog / Filipino
Poland	Polish	Polish
Portugal	Portuguese	Portuguese
Puerto Rico	Puerto Rican	Spanish
Romania	Romanian	Romanian
Russia	Russian	Russian
Saudi Arabia	Saudi	Arabic
Spain	Spanish	Spanish
Sweden	Swedish	Swedish
Switzerland	Swiss	Swiss
Taiwan	Taiwanese	Chinese
Tajikistan	Tajik	Tajik (Persian)
Thailand	Thai	Thai
Turkey	Turkish	Turkish
Ukraine	Ukrainian	Ukrainian
United States	American *	English
Uruguay	Uruguayan	Spanish
Venezuela	Venezuelan	Spanish
Vietnam	Vietnamese	Vietnamese
Wales	Welsh	Welsh / English

EX 1

These are countries where English is an official language. Match the numbers with the names of the countries and their nationalities.

EX 2

    The Taj Mahal is a famous building in....

    Uluru is a famous rock in...

    The Statueof Liberty is a famous statue in...

    The Cliffs of Moher are a wonderful place in...

    Negril is a beautiful white beach in...

                          Waiting for your answers!!!

PRESENT SIMPLE (use and spelling)

We use the Present Simple for...

- Facts and things that are always or generally true.

Water boils at 100º C

- Permanent situations

John works in a bank

- Habits, routines

Mary gets up at 7.00 every day

It usually appears with Adverbs of frequency 

(always, often, usually, sometimes, rarely/hardly ever, never)

These adverbs go before the verb and after auxiliary verbs.

He never takes the train to work

He is never late for work

You can also find the Present Simple with expressions of frequency 

(once a day, twice a week, every day, every Tuesday...) 

They appear at the end of the sentence,

I go to the cinema once a week

I visit my grandparents every weekend

The Present Simple is also used after some conjuctions of time in a future sentences

(after, when, as soon as, before until)

I´ll call you when I arrive

PRESENT SIMPLE SPELLING CHANGES

Some verbs have present simple spelling changes with 'he', 'she' or 'it':

 Add –s for most verbs
work - works, buy - buys, ride - rides

 Add –es for words that end in –ch, -s , -sh, -x, or –z.
watch - watches, pass - passes, rush - rushes, relax - relaxes, buzz - buzzes

Verbs that end in 'y' often change 'y' to 'ie' before 's'

• marry becomes marries
• cry becomes cries

(Be careful! 'y' doesn't change to 'ie' if the ending is 'ay', 'ey', 'oy', 'uy'. So, play becomes plays, say becomes says, buy becomes buys, enjoy becomes enjoys, stay becomes stays) 

NOW PUT THESE VERBS INTO THE PRESENT SIMPLE TENSE:

1) She (play) tennis every Sunday.

2) He  (buy) a cup of coffee every morning.

3) Julie  (study) French at school.

4) Luke  (try) hard to be polite.

5) She  (enjoy) going swimming.

6) Lucy  (wash) her hair every day.

7) John never  (cry).

8) My mother always (say) that love is more important than money.

9) I hope Julie  (pass) the exam.

10) The plane  (fly) low over the airport.

Welcome :)

This post is especially dedicated to my new 3rd and 4th year Secondary students and  also to 1st and 2nd year Administration Professional Training students. I hope you´ll find this blog useful. We´ll be working together from now on and sure you´ll make the best of your English.

Off we go!!!!!!

September 14th

It´s my birthday today,  and I have a present for myself...listening to one of my favorite songs, Hotel California. 

A birthday inevitably  brings  memories back to you. My school friends, my first parties, my first love,  a short life at that time full of expectations about the future.

Eagles...

Terrible love

Time to go to bed after a long but happy day with my workmates in Valverde del Camino, Huelva.
Leave you in Birdy' s  quiet company.

London sightseeing at night (August 2014)

These aren´t good quality videos, but I made them myself last August...that´s why they´re so special. London sightseeing tour by open-topped double decker bus. What a cold night!! However, I wish I was there now..

 Westminster view...

Picadilly Circus...

                                          

and crossing Tower Bridge...