Passive made easy

Watch these powerpoint presentation on the passive 

How much do you know about Christmas?

Christmas time is about to come,on this kind of webquest you'll find out about traditions in Britain and the USA.

How to cope with future tenses

Depending on what we want to say we can use a variety of future tenses  (you can find a tutorial here).
We can choose among:Will, be going to, present continuous, present simple, future continuous or future perfect.
When you think you understand them, try this test on the different uses of the future and then practice the future perfect and the future perfect continuous

This is for my 4ºB students,have a look at this glogster on Hamlet.

Educational posters are a very visual and useful tool for learning English, click here to see this glogster on Hamlet. I hope you like it.

Thanksgiving day

Thanksgiving is a traditional American festival. Click on the link, follow the instructions and discover interesting facts about one of the most important celebrations in the States.

Back to school

Hello again,
We're back to school now. Click here for quizzes,games and amusing activities to learn and enjoy at the same time.

Some proverbs related to Rome.

After having so much fun during our trip, now it's time to learn something.

All roads lead to Rome. Todos los caminos conducen a Roma

Prov. There are many different routes to the same goal. Mary was criticizing the way that Jane was planting the flowers. John said, "Never mind, Mary, all roads lead to Rome." Some people learn by doing. Others have to be taught. In the long run, all roads lead to Rome.

fiddle while Rome burns. Quedarse sin hacer nada mientras que algo desatroso está ocurriendo
Fig. to do nothing or something trivial while knowing that something disastrous is happening. (From a legend that the Roman emperor Nero played the lyre while Rome was burning.) The lobbyists don't seem to be doing anything to stop this tax bill. They're fiddling while Rome burns.

Rome was not built in a day. Roma no se construyó en un día.
Prov. It takes a lot of time to achieve something important. Professor: When will you finish your research project? Student: It'll take me a while. Rome wasn't built in a day, you know.

When in Rome(, do as the Romans do). En donde fueres, haz lo que vieres.
Prov. Behave however the people around you behave. Adapt yourself to the customs of the places you visit. Jill: Everyone in my new office dresses so casually. Should I dress that way, too? Jane: By all means. When in Rome, do as the Romans do.

Have I ever told you about Glogster?

I think I have. In this glogster on dictionaries you can find a wide variety of them. You just have to look for the one you need and have a look.

Idioms

An idiom is: a group of words established by usage as having a meaning not deducible from those of the individual words (e.g. to put one's foot in one's mouth: meter la pata)  
 You can learn all about idioms if you look them up in this idiom dictionary. I'm sure you'll find it funny and useful.

Reported Speech.

 When you tell someone what another person said or what happened, you use reported or indirect speech, learn when and how to use it in this link.

If you report questions you must follow these rules.

Have a look at this excellent glogster on the reported speech, and do some practice.