Online games about animals.

Click in these links for training your animals' vocabulary at Christmas.

Animals I

Animals I I


And these are the animals that you have to learn during Christmas Holidays:

Dog                                   Giraffe                          Goose
Cat                                     Rhino                           Swan
Monkey                             Hippo                           Raven
Fish                                   Crocodile                      Robin
Lion                                  Zebra                             Frog
Tiger                                 Stork                             Toad
Leopard                             Cow                            
Cheetah                             Bull                      
Otter                                  Sheep
Vulture                              Goat
Shark                                 Donkey
Whale                                Mule
Clam                                  Ox
Mussel                               Horse
Crab                                   Hen
Elephant                            Chick

English exam. December, the 11th. 2017.

What are they wearing? Choose five pictures and describe:

Remember: you have to use She / He is wearing... for clothing; and She / He has got... for other elements (like hair style)

PD.- Try to do the best possible. Your final English score depend on it!

Clue for tomorrow's exam.

Type "Dressed People" in Google images. They're going to appear many persons with different clothing. If you can describe them, you will do an awesome exam tomorrow :-)

PD: Don't worry about tomorrow: as I always do, I will help you with the exam.

PD2: If I were you, I would pay attention to the first picture (the image where you can see five girls and five boys)  ;-)

PD3: The grammatical structure that you have to use tomorrow is: He's wearing / She/s wearing...

Clothing.

These are the words that you have to learn.

Head: hat, cap, hair band, headphones.

Face: Piercing, earring, patch. glasses.

Neck: scarf, handkerchief, collar, necklace, tie, bowtie.

Body: vest, shirt, t - shirt, jumper, sweater, waistcoat, top, coat, raincoat, housecoat, jacket, belt, dress, blouse, tracksuit.

Legs: pants, trousers, jeans, skirt, leggins.

Hands: gloves, ring, bracelet, wristband, watch.

Feet: socks, trainers, shoes, boots, heels, sandals, flip flops.


Underwear: underpants, knickers, bra.


Here I leave some links for studying the vocabulary:

Clothing 1

Clothing 2

Give commands to the robot

Click on this link to try some commands in English. They're related to actions.

Give commands

Actions test I I

ACTION VERBS. EXAM

What are they doing? Write.

1.- The girl washes her hands.                               7.- The girl pricks food.
2.- The girl reads a book.                                      8.- The girl paints a picture.
3.- The boy eats a sandwich.                                 9.- The boy skips.
4.- The girs smells the soup.                                10.- The boy dries his hands.
5.- The boy combs his hair.                                 11.- The boy enjoys on the slide.
6.- The girl writes with a pen.                              12.- The boy licks the ice cream.

Funny medical stories.

“Here,” says the nurse, handing the patient a urine specimen container. “The bathroom’s over there.” A few minutes later, the patient comes out of the bathroom.

“Thanks,” he says, returning the empty container. “But there was 
a toilet in there, so I didn’t need 
this after all.”

My patient announced she had good news … and bad. “The medicine for my earache worked,” she said. “What’s the bad news?” I asked.

“It tasted awful.”

Since she was feeling better, I didn’t have the heart to tell her they’re called eardrops for a reason. 

Heartache song

It's a heartache

Nothing but a heartache

Hits you when it's too late

Hits you when you're down

It's a fool's game

Nothing but a fool's game

Standing in the cold rain

Feeling like a clown

It's a heartache

Nothing but a heartache

Love him 'til your arms break

Then he let's you down

It ain't right with love to share

When you find he doesn't care for you

It ain't wise to need someone

As much as I depended on you

Oh, it's a heartache

Nothing but a heartache

Hits you when it's too late

Hits you when you're down

It's a fool's game

Nothing but a fool's game

Standing in the cold rain

Feeling like a clown

ACTION VERBS

I've prepared a game with which you can study the verbs that we learn in class. Try it!

Actions I

Actions I I

Comparative exercises I I

Train a bit more with this website:

Comparatives

Contents for the exam.

Next Monday we have got our second English exam. These are the contents:

1.- Comparatives (from the blog)

2.- Text of strange lights in Magacela.

3.- Actions.

4.- Halloween monsters: I give you the definition and you write the name in English.

5.- Physical appearance.

6.- Wh – questions: Who, where, when, what, how.

Comparatives online

comparatives online

Spanish spooky stories IV.

The bloody tower.

In Jerez de los Caballeros, a town placed in the south west of Extremadura, there is a legend about some ghosts of templar knights which are living in the "bloody tower": the keep of the Templar castle in the village.

In accordance with this legend, some templar knights were living in this fortress. But the Pope and the king decided that they must be executed (beacuse issues of faith and gold) During several days Templars were besiege in Jerez de los Caballeros, and finally cornered in the keep. The massacre was terrible: more than 30 templar knights were killed or beheaded. Old chronicles point that the blood flowed downstairs to the courtyard. A tragedy which is still remembered at the village, and which gave to the keep its actual name: "Bloody Tower".

But the knights didn't go. At least completely. Many witnesses affirm that in the new moon nights, if you go to the castle, you'll probably listen human whistles. Also far metallic noises, as if someone were walking by the ramparts. People explain that noises and whistles are produced by the souls of Templars, which are calling their horses. Before die, they swore to return to holy land on their steeds for fighting in the Crusades. They whistle and whistle with the new moon; but no horse comes to the call. For this reason, they can't abandon the caslte, and they are condemned to dwell the tower... Forever.

Dracula.

One of the most famous Halloween characters is Dracula, the vampire. In this report I'm going to answer some questions about him.

Who was Dracula?

Dracula was a real character in the 15th century. His true name was "Vlad Tepes", the impaler. He was a noble prince who fought against the Turkish empire. Old chronicles point that he was very sadist and cruel. He used to "impale" his enemies: that is, he skewered them alive in stakes through the anus until they died.

Where did he live?

He lived in Valaquia (actual Romania), ruling this land during 6 years (from 1456 to 1462)



What did he do during his life?

He expent his lifetime fighting against everybody. This is because he had many enemies: Turkish, nearby Christian kingdoms, nobles from his own country...

How did he die?

Of course, in a battle. He was killed by his own soldiers, who confused him with an enemy.

And why the legend?

The actual myth of vampires was created by Bram Stoker, an Irish writer. Inspired by the historic character of Vlad Tepes, hr wrote "Dracula". In this masterwork he invented all the features that we associate today with vampires: stakes on the heart, garlic for scaring them away, bloodsucking, inmortality...

Spanish spooky stories I I I

The ball of light in Magacela.

Magacela is a town next here; about 50 km away. There, there is a legend about a strange light which appears on a quiet lagoon. People says that in October, when the night comes, sometimes, a ball of light flies over "La laguna de los Santos" (The lagoon of the saints) There are many witnesses of this rare light. Miguel Ángel Tena, a man from Castuera, watched the light in 2010, when he was sitting down next to the water. And Mary Gutiérrez, in 2014, swears that she also saw the light flying over the lake.

But this is not only today. There are ancient chronicles (Fray Diego Becerra de Valcárcel, in 1684, points that he saw the same light)  and old pictures in a dolmen which represent a ball of light flying on this area.

Spanish spooky stories I I.

The ghost in Villanueva de los Infantes.

Villanueva de los Infantes is a town in the Spanish province of Ciudad Real. There, there is a hotel where two ghosts are living. The name of the hotel: "La morada del Comendador". Some clients say that in one of the rooms, at three o'clock in the night, there are strange noises; concretly, a marble bouncing on the floor of the room. When you switch on the light, you don't see anything. But when you switch off again, the marble starts to bounce again, as if it were very next to you.

People also say that they feel sudden changes of temperature.

And finally, one of the clients swears that he saw, in front of his bed, a terrifying phantom with moustache and beard, and fierce eyes, looking at him quietly. He also saw a woman with a long plait. She was crying.

Vocabulary:

noise: ruido
marble: canica.
bounce: rebotar.
switch on: encender.
as if it were: como si estuviera.
sudden: repentino
swear: jurar.

Halloween monster descriptions.

Look at these pictures. Read the descriptions and associate them with each monster:

1. She is a woman. She has got grey / blue eyes. She has got black hair, red lips and the mouth is opened. She has got a fierce gesture.
2. He has got yellow eyes, sharp teeth and sharp ears. He is bald. He has got blood on his lips.
3. He is wrapped into white bandages.
4. He hasn't got flesh; only bones. He has got bony long fingers and sharp teeth. His gesture is fierce. The background is black.