Showing posts with label Festivals. Show all posts
Showing posts with label Festivals. Show all posts
17.3.20
14.2.20
Happy Valentine's Day!
Click here to watch a video about how Valentine's Day is changing. Answer the questions and check them in "comments".
1. When did the Florida couple meet? How?
2. Why did Jackie's daughter think he was a "fruitcake"?
3. Who are greeting cards sent to?
4. Why did the 104-year-old marine get 40,000 cards?
5. What was the goal?
6. What's the top Valentine's merchandise and where does it come from?
7. What are the offerings this year talking about romantic films?
1. When did the Florida couple meet? How?
2. Why did Jackie's daughter think he was a "fruitcake"?
3. Who are greeting cards sent to?
4. Why did the 104-year-old marine get 40,000 cards?
5. What was the goal?
6. What's the top Valentine's merchandise and where does it come from?
7. What are the offerings this year talking about romantic films?
17.3.19
Happy St. Patrick's Day!
15.2.19
Happy Valentine's Day!
22.11.18
2.11.18
19.3.18
15.2.18
HAPPY VALENTINE'S DAY
Click here to watch a video about the history of Valentine's Day and do a comprehension activity.
2 Listen again and decide if the following statements are TRUE or FALSE, or if the information is NOT GIVEN.
3a VOCABULARY Look at these different ‘slang’ examples of ‘like’ from the story and match them with the uses. Two examples have the same use.
1 And I was like, ‘Here’s another R.P. Salazar.’
2 It was like “Wow, she’s really beautiful.
3 ..we would chat for like four or five hours.
4 We were, like, dancing one night and…
A A way of introducing direct speech
B A ‘filler’ or hesitation.
C A way of emphasizing or drawing attention to something.
b What other uses of ‘like’ do you know? Look at the examples below and explain the use of ‘like’.
1 I knew immediately that I liked her.
2 Ruben found out what Rachel looked like
3 Would you like to go out with me?
4 It’s kind of like sending a letter in a bottle.
4a GRAMMAR. Which use of ‘would’ means the same as ‘used to’?
I would stay up late at night, which was your morning and we would chat for like four or five hours.
You’re foolish to go halfway across the world to meet some strange guy you have not met. That would be crazy.”
b What is the difference in use between ‘would’ and ‘used to’ when talking about past habits? Change ‘used to’ for ‘would’ where possible.
1 Rachel used to live in Bangkok, but now she lives in Waco.
2 Ruben used to wonder if he would ever meet the right girl.
3 Rachel used to like receiving emails from Ruben.
4 Ruben used to miss Rachel when he wasn’t chatting with her.
5 Rachel used to look forward to their daily chats.
6 Ruben used to stay up late to talk to Rachel.
Check your answers here.
This great activity has been taken from www.elt-resourceful.com
A love song. Cupid by Amy Winehouse
Watch the video and try to fill in the gaps. Check your answers in "comments".
[Chorus]
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LISTENING: A love story: To R.P. Salazar, with Love
1 You’re going to hear a true story, a love story. It starts with a small mistake and two very similar email addresses. Read the extracts from the story and try to put them in the correct order. Then watch and listen to check your ideas.
A And so I forwarded it, I wrote a little message
B And so I got on my knee and asked you to marry me.
C Get to work, first thing I do is turn on my email, and I discovered this one. I didn’t know who it was from.
D I would stay up late at night, which was your morning and we would chat.
E I finalized my plans to visit the U.S.
F My co-worker sent you that email by mistake.
G So began a chain of emails.
H They now all tell us, “You’re perfect for each other. You found the right match!”
2 Listen again and decide if the following statements are TRUE or FALSE, or if the information is NOT GIVEN.
1 Rubin lived in Bangkok, Thailand.
2 Rubin found out what Rachel looked like by mistake.
3 Rubin asked Rachel to come and visit him in the US.
4 Rachel kept her travel plans a secret.
5 Rubin kept Rachel’s visit a secret.
6 Rubin proposed after less than a week together.
7 Rachel was completely surprised by the proposal.
8 Rubin’s parents didn’t approve at first.
3a VOCABULARY Look at these different ‘slang’ examples of ‘like’ from the story and match them with the uses. Two examples have the same use.
1 And I was like, ‘Here’s another R.P. Salazar.’
2 It was like “Wow, she’s really beautiful.
3 ..we would chat for like four or five hours.
4 We were, like, dancing one night and…
A A way of introducing direct speech
B A ‘filler’ or hesitation.
C A way of emphasizing or drawing attention to something.
b What other uses of ‘like’ do you know? Look at the examples below and explain the use of ‘like’.
1 I knew immediately that I liked her.
2 Ruben found out what Rachel looked like
3 Would you like to go out with me?
4 It’s kind of like sending a letter in a bottle.
4a GRAMMAR. Which use of ‘would’ means the same as ‘used to’?
I would stay up late at night, which was your morning and we would chat for like four or five hours.
You’re foolish to go halfway across the world to meet some strange guy you have not met. That would be crazy.”
b What is the difference in use between ‘would’ and ‘used to’ when talking about past habits? Change ‘used to’ for ‘would’ where possible.
1 Rachel used to live in Bangkok, but now she lives in Waco.
2 Ruben used to wonder if he would ever meet the right girl.
3 Rachel used to like receiving emails from Ruben.
4 Ruben used to miss Rachel when he wasn’t chatting with her.
5 Rachel used to look forward to their daily chats.
6 Ruben used to stay up late to talk to Rachel.
Check your answers here.
This great activity has been taken from www.elt-resourceful.com
A love song. Cupid by Amy Winehouse
Watch the video and try to fill in the gaps. Check your answers in "comments".
CUPID
[Chorus]
Cupid
Draw back your _____________(1)
And let your _____________(2) flow
Straight to my lover's ____________(3)
For me, _____________(4) but me
Cupid
Please hear my _____________(5)
And let your arrow _____________(6)
Straight to my lover's _____________(7)
For me
[Verse 1]
I don't want to _____________(8) you
But I'm in distress
There's _____________(9) of me losing
All my _____________(10)
For, I love a man
Who doesn't know I _____________(11)
And this you can _____________(12), so
[Chorus]
[Verse 2]
Now, if your arrow makes
His love _____________(13) for me
I swear I'm going to love him
'til _____________(14)
I know that 'tween the both of us
His heart we can _____________(15)
Cupid, help me if you _____________(16)
[Chorus]
Cupid
Draw back your _____________(1)
And let your _____________(2) flow
Straight to my lover's ____________(3)
For me, _____________(4) but me
Cupid
Please hear my _____________(5)
And let your arrow _____________(6)
Straight to my lover's _____________(7)
For me
[Verse 1]
I don't want to _____________(8) you
But I'm in distress
There's _____________(9) of me losing
All my _____________(10)
For, I love a man
Who doesn't know I _____________(11)
And this you can _____________(12), so
[Chorus]
[Verse 2]
Now, if your arrow makes
His love _____________(13) for me
I swear I'm going to love him
'til _____________(14)
I know that 'tween the both of us
His heart we can _____________(15)
Cupid, help me if you _____________(16)
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5.1.18
Happy New Year!
NEW YEAR'S RESOLUTIONS
1. Click here to see a vocabulary activity about the topic.
2. Watch this video and do the quiz below it.
Watch these two videos to get some ideas.
2. Watch this video and do the quiz below it.
Watch these two videos to get some ideas.
Watch the video below and answer the questions. Check your answers in "comments".
1. What's Ellen's second question to the audience?
2. Why hasn't Ellen made any resolutions this year? What was her last year's resolution?
3. What is Ellen's new rule?
4. According to Ellen New Year's Day is probably not the best time to make resolutions because:
- What time do you usually wake up on that day?
- How are you usually?
- What aren't you sure about?
- What are your priorities?
a.
b. To figure out why there's a banjo with you in bed.
c. To figure out why you're covered in cool whip.
5. What are her Facebook fans' resolutions?
i. What? When? Why?
ii. What? / What does Ellen think her resolution should be?
iii. What? / What does Ellen say about this resolution?
iv. What?
22.12.17
Merry Christmas!
Click here to do a reading activity about how to survive Christmas.
Watch the video and fill in the gaps here. Check your answers in "comments".
Watch this other video in which they explain how they created the ad. You can then watch it again with the subtitles to check if you understood the main ideas.
Watch the video and fill in the gaps here. Check your answers in "comments".
Watch this other video in which they explain how they created the ad. You can then watch it again with the subtitles to check if you understood the main ideas.
24.11.17
Thanksgiving Day
I. Click here to watch Donald Trump pardoning his first turkey.
II. Click here to learn some vocabulary and read a text about this holiday. The key is included.
III. Watch the first part of this video (55" to 7'08") and answer the questions. First there's some history about the holiday and then three people explain what Thanksgiving means for them. Find the answers in "comments".
1. What kind of celebration was Thanksgiving in colonial times?
2. How did they offer thanks?
3. What did the Pilgrims of Plymouth celebrate (the most famous celebration)? When? Who with?
4. When did Abraham Lincoln proclaim the Day of National Thanksgiving?
5. What happened in 1941 by an Act of Congress?
6. Diana
a. What two elements did the celebration have in her family when she was young?
b. What did they use to do?
c. How is it different now?
d. What element is missing according to her?
7. Chris
a. Why does he describe it as "a secular national Sabbath"?
b. What do people usually do?
c. Why is it different to other family meals?
8. Amy
a. Why do her granddaughters like the holiday?
b. What is the heart of the celebration?
10.11.17
Festivals and celebrations
Vocabulary:
1. Celebrations, parties and special occasions.
2. Celebrating and entertaining.
Click here to see some notes for the episode in the video above.
Here you are some activities related to the same video and notes.
This is the website where you also have the script.
Practice
Listening
1. Celebrations
2. Unusual British Festivals
Click here for an old post about the same topic.
1. Celebrations, parties and special occasions.
2. Celebrating and entertaining.
Click here to see some notes for the episode in the video above.
Here you are some activities related to the same video and notes.
This is the website where you also have the script.
Practice
Listening
1. Celebrations
2. Unusual British Festivals
Click here for an old post about the same topic.
7.4.17
14.2.17
Happy Valentine's Day
13.1.17
Happy New Year!
Listen to Bob Dylan read the top ten New Year's Resolutions and fill in the gaps. Check your answers in "comments".
1.
(1)________ more time with family and friends.
Recent
polls show that more than 50% of Americans promise to appreciate loved ones and
spend more time with family and friends this year.
2.
(2)________ more.
3.
(3)________ weight.
4.
(4)________ smoking.
5.
(5)________ life more.
6.
(6)________ drinking.
7.
(7)________ of debt.
8.
(8)________ something new.
9.
(9)________ others and volunteer.
10.
(10)________ organized.
(We did it in class- group 18J).
2. When are most of these promises broken?
3. What do people tend to do according to usa.gov?
4. How many people make a New Year’s Resolution?
5. What are the most common vows?
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- volunteering to help others
- quitting ________________
- saving money
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- drinking less alcohol
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6. How long do71% of people stick to the resolutions?
7. Why do people give up on their resolutions?
- Because of a lack of ______________
DON'T BE A GARY (check your answers in "comments")
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- What four resolutions do they mention? What are the top ones?
- What four resolutions do they mention? What are the top ones?
- How many people give up after two weeks?
- How many people give up after one month?
- How many people give up after six weeks?
- How many people keep their resolutions?
- Is Gary
READING
Here are 9 failures people do that stop them from achieving their resolutions. Click here and read the text. Check your answers in "comments".
Order the paragraphs to match the headings 1-9:
1. The first mistake is that we don't write our resolutions down.
2. The second one is that we create too many goals.
3. The third mistake is that we only focus on one area of our lives.
4. The next mistake is that we don't make our resolutions specific.
5. The fifth mistake is that we don't make our resolutions measurable.
6. The fact that we don't assign a due date is the sixth mistake.
7. The seventh reason we fail when setting resolutions is that we don't keep them visible.
8. We don't get out of our comfort zone – is the eighth mistake.
9. The final mistake is that we don't make the resolutions compelling.
Here are 9 failures people do that stop them from achieving their resolutions. Click here and read the text. Check your answers in "comments".
Order the paragraphs to match the headings 1-9:
1. The first mistake is that we don't write our resolutions down.
2. The second one is that we create too many goals.
3. The third mistake is that we only focus on one area of our lives.
4. The next mistake is that we don't make our resolutions specific.
5. The fifth mistake is that we don't make our resolutions measurable.
6. The fact that we don't assign a due date is the sixth mistake.
7. The seventh reason we fail when setting resolutions is that we don't keep them visible.
8. We don't get out of our comfort zone – is the eighth mistake.
9. The final mistake is that we don't make the resolutions compelling.
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