READING THE NEWS

WHAT ARE THE NEW YORK TIMES SUGGESTIONS FOR SPENDING OUR TIME AT HOME?

 CLICK ON THE IMAGE, READ THE ARTICLE ND MENTION FIVE.

UNDERSTANDING PANDEMICS

PANDEMICS HAVE OCCURRED THROUGHOUT HISTORY.

HERE YOU CAN LISTEN TO A VERY INTERESTING VIDEO ON HOW PANDEMICS SPREAD. LISTEN CAREFULLY AND THEN TRY TO ANSWER THE QUESTIONS BELOW.

LISTENING COMPREHENSION:

1. WHAT IS THE ETYMOLOGY OF THE WORD "PANDEMIC"?
2. QUOTE TWO EXAMPLES OF PANDEMIA IN HISTORY
3. HOW SCIENTISTS COULD RECONSTRUCT THE BACTERIA THAT PRODUCED THE BLACK DEATH?
4. DEATH TOLL OF THE GREAT MORTALITY
5. WHAT IS THE GREATEST BACTERIA KILLER?
6. WHAT MAKES VIRUS SPECIALLY DANGEROUS?
7. EXPLAIN ANTIGENIC SHIFT
8. MEANING OF "CYANOSIS, FURLOUGH AND SLICK OF".
9. WHAT DOES SARS SATND FOR?
10. WHAT CAN AVOID PANDEMICS?


EXTRA LISTENING

WRITE AND IMPROVE

A NICE AND USER-FRIENDLY TOOL FOR YOUR COMPOSITIONS

FORMAL AND INFORMAL E-MAILS

SOME INFORMATION ABOUT FORMAL AND INFORMAL E-MAILS AND USEFUL EXPRESSIONS AND PHRASES.

AND A VIDEO TO GET IT ALL UNDERSTOOD.

GERUNDS AND INFINITIVES

Click here to see a list of verbs followed by infinitive or gerund.

AND HERE THERE ARE SOME WORKSHEETS.

Travel and Holidays vocabulary and exercises

HOLIDAYS, VACATION.......... ALLOW YOURSELF SOME PAMPERING.....................CLICK HERE ON THE PHOTO TO KNOW MORE

BIG BAND THEORY

LEARN EXAMPLES OF CONDITIONALS AND PASSIVE THROUGH YOUR FAVOURITE SERIES.

STATIVE AND ACTION VERBS

CLICK ON THE PHOTO TO GET YOUR NOTES ON STATIVE VERBS. AND HERE FOR SOME MORE PRACTICE.

TRAVEL AND TRANSPORT VOCABULARY

CLICK ON THE PHOTO TO LEARN MORE VOCABULARY RELATED TO UNIT 2

Exercise programme (Listening)

Listen to the conversation and answer the questions.

ADJECTIVES FOR DESCRIBING PLACES

Click here and on the photo to have a list of common adjectives for your composition about a place description.

MORE ON PHRASAL VERBS

LOOK AT THIS VIDEO TO KNOW MORE ABOUT PHRASAL VERBS

REPORTED SPEECH

CLICK ON THE PHOTO TO GET MORE PRACTICE ON REPORTED SPEECH.

The new media

Links to interesting places when you can get your news personalized.
www.pulse.me
www.pbs.org

3RD CONDITONALS

CLICK HERE TO DO SOME EXERCISES ON THIRD CONDITIONALS

CONDITIONALS

Learn and have fun, look this video of Big Bang Theory about Second Conditionals.

PERFECT MODALS TUTORIAL

CLICK HERE TO GET MORE INFORMATION ABOUT PERFECT MODAL

MODAL VERBS TUTORIAL

Click here to get access to the tutorial and exercises.

MORE ABOUT CUSTOMS AND TRADITIONS

 CHECK IT OUT: A NICE  SCHOOL PROJECT DONE BY BRITISH TEENAGERS ABOUT THEIR OWN CULTURE. CLICK ON THE PHOTO.
                                  

BRITISH CUSTOMS AND TRADITIONS

HOW'S THE BRITISH DAILY LIFE? WANT TO FIND OUT MORE. CLICK HERE.