What do you do? JOBS IN ENGLISH

• What's your job? What do you do? 

These expressions are used to ask about jobs and employment. The word WORK is a verb which means TRABAJAR, and it's also used in expressions like: Hard work (trabajo duro). We say:

•  "I work as a teacher, I work as a lawyer"

The word CAREER is used to refer to employment, (carrera laboral in Spanish, "I have a long career as singer"). Carrera referring to studies is called: Degree (carrera universitaria).

THANKSGIVING: HISTORY AND FACTS (ELT listening)

What is THANKSGIVING?  Where does it come from? 

No doubt,  it is a  popular holiday celebrated in North America.  It is a great time of the year because families gather and give thanks for the good things they can share.  

This  video explains a bit of its origins. I recommend reading the glossary below before watching.  After that,  why don't you try the comprehension questions? 

WH ELEMENTS. QUESTIONS IN ENGLISH I (Yes/ no and wh-) FOR ELT

Understanding questions is paramount in order to improve reading and writing skills. In the following lines, we will learn about question words and how to answer them.The following chart will show you them basics of wh-elements:

WH ELEMENTS IN ENGLISH. GRAMMAR. JUANA MORAL'S ENGLISH SITE

Together with the previous, we also have to add some extra "question forms" in which we combine WHAT + OTHER WORDS, like the following picture shows. 

WHAT/WHICH. QUESTIONS IN ENGLISH. GRAMMAR. JUANA MORAL'S ENGLISH SITE

QUESTIONS IN ENGLISH
A. Questions in English always require the use of an auxiliary verb that appears at the beginning of the sentence followed by the subject of the sentence. 

AUXILIARY+ SUBJECT+ (MAIN VERB)...

B. The answers will depend on the type of question. Eye on the second person!!! 

YES NO QUESTIONS

WH QUESTIONS

-ANSWER: YES/NO -Start with an auxiliary verb:          -To be, have got,  do/does, DID,  modal verbs (CAN, COULD, MAY, MUST, SHOULD...)                         Is Peter Happy?                         Do you like chocolate?  AUXILIARY+ SUBJECT+ (MAIN VERB)...                ANSWER Is Peter good at tennis?                    Yes, she is/ No, she isn’t YES/NO +SUBJECT+ AUXILIARY(AFF/NEG) Does Peter speak English?             Yes, he does/ No, he doesn’t Can they sing?  Yes, they can/ No, they can’t Can you speak English?        Yes, I can/ No, I can’t Are you good at tennis?        Yes, I am Are you and Martin good students?       Yes, we are/ No we aren’t

-long answer: extra information -Start with WH element+ AUXILIARY VERB           -WHO: PEOPLE……….. QUIEN           -WHAT: THINGS…………QUÉ                   -What time:........ QUÉ hora                   -What colour: ......Qué color                   -What size: Qué talla           -WHEN: TIME………..CUÁNDO           -WHERE: PLACE………DÓNDE           -WHY: REASON ( because….)                      POR QUÉ?           -HOW:                 CÓMO?                  -How often…Con Qué frecuencia                  -How much…? Cuanto                  -How many…?Cuántos                  -How old...? Qué edad/años                  - How long...? Por cuánto tiempo                    WH WORD+ AUXILIARY+ SUBJECT+(MAIN VERB)....                ANSWER Where is Peter?                    Peter is at home          Subject+main verb+answer Who is your father?  PEOPLE                    My father is Pedro When is the class?  TIME                   The class is at 4.00 Why is Peter Sad?              Peter is sad because he has got an exam How is Joe?              Joe is fine How often do you play tennis?            I play tennis everyday How many pens has he got?           He has got 5 pens

For higher level, let us focus on the following question words: whom and whose, usually also employed as relative pronouns.

 

WHO/WHOSE/WHOM. GRAMMAR. QUESTIONS. JUANA MORAL'S ENGLISH SITE

Now, let us practice:

• BASIC ACTIVITY, YOU CAN PRINT OR DO IT ONLINE (SELF CORRECTION):

Wh elements basic worksheet, una ficha interactiva de JMC81

liveworksheets.com

• Worksheet to practise: word order in questions, question words and basic question for answers: CLICK HERE

Questions in english, an interactive worksheet by JMC81

liveworksheets.com

SEE ALSO: 

• SUBJECT AND OBJECT QUESTIONS. INFOGRAPHIES, EXPLANATION AND PRACTICE

PAST PERFECT AND SIMPLE PAST. EASY

Past perfect is a tense used to refer to an action happening before something else in the past. Have a look at the following presentation to learn about it, and do some practice afterwards.

Past perfect simple vs simple past de Juani Moral Camacho

HALLOWEEN GRAVEYARD. CEMENTERIO DE PERSONAJES ILUSTRES EN INGLÉS Y FRANCÉS AT IES RICARDO DELGADO VIZCAÍNO

Halloween has passed and with it, the activities we have done for these days (which will last for some more days indeed).Thanks to a great collaboration from all the teachers, we have created a Graveyard collecting tombstones, skeletons, scary elements and even more important, brief biographies from paramount worldwide figures.

They ranged from Mathematicians, Writers, Poets, Painters, Kings, Queens, Rulers, Scientists... from all over the world and from different periods in  History.

Very wellcoming doors for our graveyard. Come in!!!

This idea was partly based on that of a Mathematics Graveyard found on the internet in a high school in Murcia, Spain, however, it took more than a month of hard work.

The ORIGINS OF HALLOWEEN. LISTENING FOR ELT

What do you know about the origins of Halloween?

Watch the following video and answer the questions:

AMERICAN ENGLISH.PRONUNCIATION AND VOCABULARY

Do you know any typical American English words? For sure, COOKIES or CANDY come to your mind. Now, we are going to check some other differences as far as pronunciation and vocabulary are concerned. 

PARTS OF THE FACE FOR ELT (1º, 2º ESO)

The parts of the face are also very important when describing a person.Watch the following video to complete your description from Creative English

DAILY ROUTINES. What do you usually do? ELT PRESENT SIMPLE AND VOCABULARY

Which things do you do everyday? Which are your favourite?
As you know, to talk about our routines we use the SIMPLE PRESENT (remember, the base form plus "s" for third person singular. Auxiliary verb Do/does for negative and interrogative)
In the following video, you can see some of them and also make a quizz at the end.

 

WHAT ARE YOU WEARING? CLOTHES VOCABULARY

Can you describe the clothes you are wearning at the moment?A good help can be the following worksheet in which there are pictures of some typical clothes:

TIPS TO REMEMBER 

• WEAR means llevar puesto (I'm wearing a tracksuit)

• CARRY means llevar, transportar (I'm carrying a school bag)

• PUT ON means ponerse. TAKE OFF means quitarse

• GET DRESSED means vestirse. GET UNDRESSED means desvestirse

• NAKED means WITH NO CLOTHES (desnudo). BAREFOOTED means WITH NO SHOES (descalzo)

• TO BE DRESSED TO KILL means something like BEING REALLY GORGEOUS: de punta en blanco

• When describing clothes, don't forget to write adjectives before nouns: A RED SKIRT, A SILK SHIRT (note that materials are also adjectives and don't need preposition in English:  una camisa de seda in Spanish: a silk shirt (CAMISA DE SEDA), or a wool sweatshirt (un jersey de lana)). That is, we never use the prepositon OF.

STORIES WITH SUBTITLES: THE GREATEST TREASURE. ELT LISTENING

Let me present an activty quite interesting for 2nd or 3rd year of ESO. It is watching a story with subtitles. It is called The Greatest Treasure. 

To do this activity, you should listen to the video first without reading the subtitles and get the general idea. Then, you can watch it as many times as you wish. 

Here is a list of words which appear in the story which can be useful to understand it. After listening, you have ot answer the following questions. 

EATING OUT ROLE PLAY: AT A RESTAURANT

Looking for new ideas for a role play? I know its hard now, and it can be a bit difficult to think about an original idea.

Let's see how to create a conversation at a restaurant

The following links show you interesting tips to improve your role play

• Eating out
• English-de
• FOOD VOCABULARY

You already know that the most important thing here is to speak in English and have fun! All your suggestions and ideas are welcome!

We are what we eat: food vocabulary

CAN YOU WRITE A RECIPE IN ENGLISH?HOW DO YOU TALK ABOUT SOME FOOD?HOW DO YOU SAY THE WAY WE COOK?

Let's go ahead. First of all, there are some vegetables that we can use

Fish and meat are also necessary for a healthy and nutritious diet: 
6+

OUR BODY. VOCABULARY ELT

Describing human body is not difficult, because some technical words come from Latin and are quite similar to Spanish.

ROMANTIC SONG... THE REASON

 THe group Hoobastank were quite popular some years ago, however, we can also say they were a one hit wonder, because it is difficult to remember more songs released by them.

Anyway, this song is really romantic and beautiful and it talks about a person reagretting something from the past. 

So, I strongly recommend to you to listen to it, it is worthwhile!!!

HOOBASTANK                        THE REASON

SAY     REASON          LIVE WITH        PERSONAL      NEW    CHANGE          THINGS            HURT               PAIN    SHOW                        WHISH             SIDE                DO       PERSON

I'm not a perfect ………………………(1)
As many things I wish I didn't do
But I continue learning
I never meant to do those ………………… (2)to you
And so I have to ……………….(3).before I go
That I just want you to …………………….(4)

I've found a …………….(5) for me
To ……………. (6)who I used to be
A reason to start over ………….(7)
and the reason is you

I'm sorry that I ……………….(8) you
It's something I must ………….. (9)everyday
And all the …………….(10) I put you through
I ………….(11) that I could take it all away
And be the one who catches all your tears
That's why I need you to hear

 I've found a …………….(5) for me
To ……………. (6)who I used to be
A reason to start over ………….(7)
and the reason is you

I'm not a perfect ………………..(1)
I never meant to do those ……………….(2) to you
And so I have to ………….(3) before I go
That I just want you to ……………(4)

 I've found a …………….(5) for me
To ……………. (6)who I used to be
A reason to start over ………….(7)
and the reason is you

I've found a reason to …………..(12)
A …………(13) of me you didn't know
A reason for all that I ………..(14)
And the reason is you

QUESTIONS:

1. Underline the verbs in the simple past affirmative or negative
2. Underline the participles that appear in the song and write the infinitive forms
3. what is the meaning of the expression: I wish I didn’t do? And, I didn’t mean to do those things to you?
4. Can you mark the phrasal verbs in the song and say the meaning?Use the translator to find the meaning.

KEY:

3. It means you regret of doing something (desearía no haberlo hecho) . I didn’t mean is used when you didn’t do it on purpose (no tenía intención de, ha sido sin querer…)

CLICK HERE TO LISTEN AND WATCH THE LYRIC

BROKEN STRINGS. JAMES MORRISON

Do you know James Morrison? Have you ever listened to any of his songs?

A few years ago, we listened to a really beautiful song called BROKEN STRINGS, composed by this singer and songwriter. Here, she made an amazing duet with NElly Furtado. I hope you enjoy it.

You can learn more about James Morrison at: http://www.jamesmorrisonmusic.com/

BROKEN STRINGS (JAMES MORRISON FEAT NELLY FURTADO)

Dust             Chasing                             Want           Tears            Feel             little            hold on                             hurts            convince                          else              Hold             forgive                               chance                               fire               

Let me 1 …………. you for the last time
It's the last 2 ………….. to feel again
But you broke me, now I can't 3………… anything

When I love you and so untrue
I can't even 4………… myself
When I'm speaking it's the voice of someone 5……………..
CHORUS
Oh, it 6……… me up
I tried to 7……………. but it hurts too much
I tried to 8……………… but it's not enough
To make it all okay
You can't play our broken strings
You can't feel anything
That your heart don't 9……………… to feel
I can't tell you something that ain't real
Oh, the truth 10……………… and lies worse
How can I give anymore
When I love you a 11……………… less than before?

Oh, what are we doing?
We are turning into 12………………
Playing house in the ruins of us

Running back through the 13……………….
When there's nothing left to say
It's like 14………………. the very last train
When it's too late, too late

CHORUS
Oh, it 6……… me up
I tried to 7……………. but it hurts too much
I tried to 8……………… but it's not enough
To make it all okay
You can't play our broken strings
You can't feel anything
That your heart don't 9……………… to feel
I can't tell you something that ain't real
Oh, the truth 10……………… and lies worse
How can I give anymore

But we're running through the 13……………………
When there's nothing left to say
It's like 14…………….. the very last train
When we both know it's too late, too late

CHORUS
Let me 1……………. you for the last time
It's the last 2……………… to feel again

1.        Identify the verbs with an irregular past. Write their three forms (infinitive, past simple and participle).

2.        Link the expressions with their meaning:

a.        TEAR UP,                                                               1.Continue, go on

b.         HOLD ON                                                              2. To break, destroy  

c.        TURN INTO                                            3. Surpass somewhere

d.        PLAY                                                      4. No words to say

e.         RUN THROUGH                                     5. Transform

  NOTHING LEFT TO SAY                         6. To pretend                                           

KEY: CLICK HERE TO READ AND LISTEN TO THE SONG

SAINT PATRICK, WHY IS IT CELEBRATED?LISTENING COMPREHENSION

Who was Saint Patrick?

Why is he so important?

On 17th March, Irish people celebrate their day, due to Saint Patrick, who converted the Irish into Christianity in the island in the 5th century.  There are celebrations worldwide, wherever there is an Irish person. The typical colour is green, as it is related to Ireland.
Let's watch the video and answer the questions in the link below

SHE WILL BE LOVED.

She will be loved                     Maroon five          

1. COMPLETE THE SONG WITH THE OPPOSITE OF THE ADJECTIVES IN BOLD
Beauty (1) king of (2) just eighteen
She had some (3) problem. with herself
He was (4)never  there to help her
She always belonged to someone else

I drove for miles and miles
And wound up at your (5)entrance
I've had you so many times but somehow
I (6)want  (7)less
I don't ( 8) care spending everyday
Out on your corner in the pouring rain
(9)search for for the (10)boy  with the broken (11)
Ask her if she (11) hates to stay a while
And she will be loved
She will be loved

Tap on my window knock on my (5) entrance
I want to make you feel (12)ugly
I know I tend to get so (13) confident
It doesn't matter anymore

It's not always rainbows and butterflies
It's compromise that moves us along
My heart is (14) empty  and my door's always (15)closed
You can come anytime you want

I don't ( 8) care spending everyday
Out on your corner in the pouring rain
(9)search for for the (10)boy  with the broken (11)
Ask her if she (11) hates to stay a while
And she will be loved
She will be loved

 And she will be loved
And she will be loved
And she will be loved
And she will be loved

I (16) ignore where you hide
Alone in your car
Know all of the things that make you who you are
I know that goodbye means nothing at all
(17) returns  and begs me to catch her every time she falls

Tap on my window knock on my door
I want to make you feel beautiful

I don't ( 8) care spending everyday
Out on your corner in the pouring rain
(9)search for for the (10)boy  with the broken (11)
Ask her if she (11) hates to stay a while
And she will be loved
She will be loved

1. Write the synonyms of the following words and expressions

                       

problem
Search for
Don’t care
Just
Entrance
Wasting
Need
Returns

2. Write the opposites of the following words and expressions

Never
Close
King
Less
Hate
Ugly
Empty
Cry
Boy
Confident
Ignore

3. Find out the meaning of the following expressions:

-Pouring rain

4. What about the passive voice? Write the sentences in the active

 NOW, CHECK WITH THE KEY: 

 KEY: http://www.musica.com/letras.asp?letra=4048 

I hope you enjoy it!!!