The adventure of a lifetime - Coldplay

Micro tales

Ernest Hemingway once won a bet by writing a six-word story. This is what he wrote:

Some microstories can be really descriptive, despite the fact that they are extremely short. 

"When he woke up, the dinosaur was still there"

Why don´t you try and write your own micro tale? We can put them on our English Corner pinboard. 
Send them to me by email.

Looking forward to reading them!!!

I´m in love

Yes, love at first sight exists.

Film School Festival - 29th January

Hi, guys! Ready for next Friday´s celebration? Have you bought a tube of grease for your hair, boys? What about you, girls? You´ll look amazing, no doubt. 

Silence! 4th Year Secondary groups rehearsing...

The Importance of Motivation

Motivation is the key to succesful learning. 

Always...

Set  achievable short-term goals
Praise achievements 
Reward positive behaviour 
Show your students you trust their capacity.

Thought of the day

Conditional Exercises

Zero Conditional

First Conditional Exercise

Second Conditional Exercise

Third Conditional Exercise

All type Conditional Exercise

(www.perfect-english-grammar.com)

Past Perfect (4th Secondary)

USE 1 Completed Action Before Something in the Past

The Past Perfect expresses the idea that something occurred before another action in the past. It can also show that something happened before a specific time in the past.

Examples:

• I had never seen such a beautiful beach before I went to Kauai.
• I did not have any money because I had lost my wallet.
• Tony knew Istanbul so well because he had visited the city several times.
• Had Susan ever studied Thai before she moved to Thailand?
• She only understood the movie because she had read the book.
• Kristine had never been to an opera before last night.
• We were not able to get a hotel room because we had not booked in advance.

USE 2 Duration Before Something in the Past (Non-Continuous Verbs)

With Non-Continuous Verbs we use the Past Perfect to show that something started in the past and continued up until another action in the past.

Examples:

• We had had that car for ten years before it broke down.
• By the time Alex finished his studies, he had been in London for over eight years.
• They felt bad about selling the house because they had owned it for more than forty years.

Although the above use of Past Perfect is normally limited to Non-Continuous Verbs and non-continuous uses of Mixed Verbs, the words "live," "work," "teach," and "study" are sometimes used in this way even though they are NOT Non-Continuous Verbs.

EXERCISES

Click on the links:

Exercise 1 : Past Simple or Past Perfect?

Exercise 2: Past Simple, Present Perfect or Past Perfect?

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David Bowie

I liked your music and your extravagant elegance. Rest in peace, Bowie.

   

    

Magic Night

"On coming to the house, they saw the child with his mother Mary, and they bowed down and worshiped him. Then they opened their treasures and presented him with gifts of gold and of incense and of myrrh. 

And having been warned in a dream not to go back to Herod, they returned to their country by another route." (Mathew 2, 11-12)

Useful vocabulary:

The Three Wise Men/Magi: Reyes Magos
Epiphany: Epifanía
Melchior, Caspar and Balthazar: Melchor, Gaspar y Baltasar
Bethlehem: Belén
Star: estrella
Gift/present: regalo
Gold: oro
Incense: incienso
Myrrh: mirra
Camel: Camello
To adore/ worship: adorar
To honour: honrar
To bow down: hacer reverencia

Out of the woods - Taylor Swift

New year and new music video by Taylor Swift. Really beautiful.

This song usually comes with me when I drive to work every morning. It's like a tongue twister that I like to sing. 

Sometimes you have to lose something to find yourself.

Looking at it now

It all seemed so simple

We were lying on your couch

I remember

You took a Polaroid of us

Then discovered 

The rest of the world is black and white

But we were in screaming color

And I remember thinking...