English 5

Last Week in November

In our only lesson this week we talked about stress and about our work-life balance (pages 68 and 69) and started working on the topic quantifiers (pages 138 and 139). We did the corresponding exercises and practised talking to our classmates. As homework for Monday, please do the exercise on this handout. 

November 17th-19th

Last week we finished File 4C (pages 62 to 67) and revised the new-acquired vocabulary and structures. As homework for Wednesday 27th, please write a description of you own house or flat following the guidelines you can find on page 65 and remember to use the vocabulary we've been learning!

November 10th-12th

This week we have been talking about old friends and about how and why to get in touch with old school mates or ex-boy/girlfriends (pages 60 and 61). In oder to do so we have learnt to express past habits using the structure used to + infinitive (pages 136 and 137). We did some extra exercises (handout here) and we'll keep practising next week, don't worry! 
There is no homework for next week, lucky you! :-)

First week in November

Last week we've revised the use of first and second conditional sentences by doing several written and speaking exercises, like the ones in these handouts (first and second). On the other hand, we revised the old vocabulary regarding houses that we already knew and also learnt some new words (page 151). We listened to the song Our house by Madness:


If you want to practice the lyrics, here you have a little help:


As homework for next week, please write a short essay about "What would you do if...?" using second conditional sentences. Have a great weekend! 

Last Week in October 2014

These first days we've been introducing ourselves and getting to know each other. We've also practiced the first and second conditionals by doing various activities and exercises. Here you can find the handout we did in class. I you cannot access it, please tell me about it in class next week.
Have a lovely weekend! :-)

  End of academic year 2013/2014

Final Test

On Wednesday we took our final test. I'm sure you've all done great! We'll check it together next Monday. For those of you who couldn't be in class, here you have the test. Try to do it without any help, and then check the key and give yourself a mark! You also have it all in our Dropbox folder.

This past week we've also been working on your beloved prepositions in/at/on. Here you can access the handout we worked with in class and also the key to the exercises (there is also a copy in our Dropbox folder).

 See you all on Monday 12, our last day together! 

Just about to finish...

We only have a couple of weeks ahead of us to finish our English course! These past days we have been practising phrasal verbs and revising modals. 

There are a lot of web pages where you can do tons of exercises:
Homework for Monday: grammar handout on modal verbs (must/can't/might), available here and in our Dropbox folder. Also remember to revise what we have learnt this year, and bring in any questions or doubts you might have so that we can discuss them in class before the final test. This PowerPointPresentation might be of help :-)

Remember! We'll be taking our final test on Wednesday 7! 

Happy Easter!

Happy holidays to all of you! I hope you get many presents from the Easter bunny :-)
In our last week before our spring break we worked on phrasal verbs. As homework please do the exercises on the handout I gave out in class (availabe in our Dropbox folder and also here) and also try to write a short essay about your daily routine using as many phrasal verbs as you can come up with. 

Remember! We'll be back at school on Wednesday 23rd, Shakespeare's day! You can have a laugh being insulted by the very Mr. William Shakespeare if you click on this link. Enjoy! ;-)

April Fool's Day

We only have now one week ahead of us before going on holiday! These past days we have been revising question tags and indirect questions and we've also had a first look at phrasal verbs (pages 108, 109, 142, 143 and 155). We'll do plenty of practice with that, so don't worry!

On Wednesday this week we took a look at one of the most famous April Fool's pranks of all times, the spaguetti crop video by the BBC. Here you have it again, just to have a laugh :-)


 I also recommend you to listen to this BBC Learning English interview, which you can also read with the script here. 

Homework for Monday: phrasal verb exercises on the grammar handout (available here and in our Dropbox folder). Have a great weekend! :-)

A three-lesson week

This week we had three lessons instead of just two, so we had the chance of practicing question tags one more day :-) You can find the handout we worked with in class in our Dropbox folder and here. 

These days we've been talking about Jack the Ripper and we learnt that up to now nobody has been able to discover who he really was. The crime writer Patricia Cornwell tried to find out and that's what she discovered:


If you want to learn more about this investigation, just surf the web for the rest of this documentary. Enjoy! :-)

 By the way, no homework for Monday 24th, lucky you!

It's March already!

On Monday the 10th we took a test on File 6. You can access the test, the audio tracks and the key to the exercises in our Dropbox folder and also here if you are a gmail user. You all did very well, congratulations! :-)

There is no homework for next week, enjoy your weekend!

Last Week in February

Last week we started working on File 7A and did a quite in-depth revision of first and second conditional sentences. If you want to do a bit more practice on them, check out the following links:
After revising those two types we started working on the third conditional (pages 101, 142 and 143). We'll keep working on them next week, no worries! :-)
Homework for Monday 3rd: exercises a and c on page 143 (part 7A, top of the page). 
Have a sunny weekend despite the rain!

February 17th-19th

In the last couple of weeks we have finished File 6 and we have also done one last practice and revision of what we now know with the exercises on pages 98 and 99. We did the listening exercises on page 99 and since we listened to Charles Dickens' short biography, I thought you might be interested in taking a look at this very interesting video by the BBC made on occasion of Dickens' 200th anniversary:


There is also a pretty cool game here about Dickens' London. Enjoy! :-) 

 On Wednesday 19th we had a quite full-of-grammar class, doing a revision of how first and second conditional sentences are built. I promised you to bring more exercises and to do more real practice on those two condicional types next week. In the meantime, you can re-read the explanations on page 136 and do the corresponding exercises on page 137.

One last thing: remember to doodle up! As you know, we'll be missing one lesson on May 14th, so please let me know when is the best day for you to make up for that one day. To do so, just click on this link and complete the chart. Remember to green-check the days you could attend. Thanks!

It's February already!

These last weeks we've been working with passive sentences and cinema vocabulary, we've had quite a lot of fun :-)

In our Dropbox folder (and by clicking on the following links) you'll find:
Last week we started working on File 6C and on relative sentences (pages 92, 93, 140 and 141). Homework for Monday: exercises on this handout (also in our Dropbox folder, under Grammar handouts).

January 13th-15th

This past week we finished File 6A and did some more practice on reported speech (in questions, statements and commands) and we also learnt about complaining (pages 86-87). What we all know now is that we don't want to have any trouble with Pablo ;-) He makes a terrifying shop assistant!
We also had the time to start talking about movies and places where they were set (pages 88-89) and started working on passive senteces (pages 140-141). 

Homework for Wednesday (remember: Monday is a University holiday!): exercises on this handout (also in our Dropbox folder).

I would also recommend you to go to the movies! It's always such a nice experience spending a couple of hours there! What about The Wolf of Wall Street? I haven't watched it yet, but it's probably going to be one of this year's great releases, I guess:

 


Welcome back! 

We are now ready to start the new year with lots of energy and eager to learn more and more, good! :-)

After that very nice time we spent together having a coffee on Wednesday 8th, we went back to class last week and did some New Year's Resolutions, like Bridget Jones did (click on the picture to watch the video):

 http://www.anyclip.com/movies/bridget-joness-diary/new-years-resolutions/

We then went back to where we had left our lessons right before Christmas and remembered how to build reported speech questions. I asked you if you remembered that and you did! We also learnt how to report commands (pages 86 and 87) and did some exercises on that (Grammar Bank and the Reported Speech handout we have in our Dropbox folder and here). 

As homework for Monday, please do exercise 48.3 about reporting commands on the Murphy handout (Dropbox folder and here). 

Have a great weekend! :-)

Happy New Year!

We finished our first term together and we had quite a lot of fun in our last class together! Remember: there's no homework for January, lucky you! Just stay in touch with English and do some practice everyday, even if little. 
Remember to come back to class on Wednesday, January 8th! Regular classes start at the Casa de las Lenguas the following week, but we have decided to start before to make up for one missing day. Merry Christmas to all of you and a very happy New Year! :-)

Happy December!

This fisrt week in December we started working on File 6 and revised and learnt new words related to shopping and shopping habits (pages 84, 85 and 153). We also learnt how to tell people what others had previously told us (reported speech). We worked with two different grammar handouts, you can find both of them in our Dropbox folder and also here (if you can't open the link, just tell me and I'll invite you). 

Next week we'll be having our last class before Christmas on Wednesday! Homework is: exercises 1 and 2 on reported speech on page 97 on this handout.

Christmas time is almost there and I just can't think of Christmas without listening to this beautiful song by The Pogues:


November 27th

In our only lesson this week, we checked together the test on File 5 we had taken last week. Congratulations, you all did very well! If you want to go through the test again or to repeat the listening exercises, remember you can find all of it in our Dropbox folder and also by clicking on this link.

As homework for Monday next week, remember to write your CV and a covering letter applying either for a real job or for one of the vacancies at the Olympic Committee (page 81). Revise also the grammar bank (pages 140 and 141) on reported speech and do the two first exercises on this handout (also available at Dropbox). 

Have a lovely weekend! :-) 

Third week in November

This week we just finished working on File 5C and on Wednesday we took an easy and small test, I'm sure you all did perfectly well! :-)

We also got to know Allie, Mark, Ben, Jacques and the pop star Scarlett (pages 64 and 80), who is a really spoilt American child. Remember to do the revision exercises on pages 82 and 83 if you haven't done them yet.If you want to do the listening exercises on page 83, look for the audio tracks 49 and 50 in our Dropbox folder, it's a great exercise!Check also for extra exercises on the Workbook (access via our Dropbox folder: pages 44 to 53 are the ones corresponding to File 5).
 Remember: no class on Monday! It's a university holiday! :-) So see you all on Wednesday 27th!Since last week we were talking about pretending and the TV contest The Pretenders, I'd like to share with you now this very nice song by Chrissie Hynde's band The Pretenders, I'm sure you've heard it plenty of times!









Here you have the same song played live and with lyrics:






Second week in November

This week we continued to work on File 5C and learnt about Jessica and her process turning into a political reporter after spending four training weeks in the TV programme The Pretenders (pages 78 and 79). We also did some extra practice on gerunds and infinitives. If you are interested in doing more exercises, here you have some more links:


- All kinds of grammar exercises about File 5

And here you have a quite interesting video on how to get ready to be interviewed by an aggressive political reporter:











First week in November

This week we've been working on File 5C and talking about poor Jake and work-related matters. We worked on pages 76, 77 and also 152, 138 and 139 (use of gerunds and infinitives). 

Homework for Monday 11th: handout about gerunds and infinitives. If you weren't in class, send me an email or check the Dropbox folder I've shared with you :-)

As an extra activity , you can watch this video on how to avoid neck and back pain when working with computers all day:

How to sit and stand up safely while working at your desk? - Explania







Welcome to your online English 5 class!



This new school year we're going to take advantage of this section to share exercises and materials from our class, but I'd also like you to actively participate, writing comments, sending ideas or links and, above all, enjoying learning English :-)

To get started, please send me an e-mail to carmen.quijada.cl@gmail.com and then follow my instructions!

END OF SCHOOL YEAR 2012 / 2013 


Final test!


On our last day together (Thursday) we took our final test. You'll check it together with my colleague Goretti next week and you'll see how well you've done! You'll also receive your final mark and the attendance percentage. If you have any doubts or questions, you can always send me an email :-)



Here is the test, with the audio track and the key:

It's been great teaching you this year, you're a wonderful group and you always made me feel better in the late evening hours, thank you very much!! Please don't put English aside and keep in touch! :-)























Our last week together!


This week we finished File 7, did the revision exercises on pages 114 and 115 and took a look at everything we have learnt this year using this PowerPointPresentation. 

Remember! There is no class on Tuesday (Martes de Campo) and we'll take our final test on Thursday! 

Enjoy your weekend! :-D







2th - 9th of May


This week we've been working on File 7C and on your beloved phrasal verbs ;-) We did the exercises on the Grammar Bank (pages 142-143), Vocabulary Bank (page 155) and we played this phrasal verb race. We also did some more exercises that you can also practice at home using this handout.  

On Thursday we started talking about the couple (page 111) who lived without electricity for 37 years, incredible, isn't it!? But we'll go back to this topic next week and Lola will have to tell us about her experience in Bolivia ;-)

Homework for Tuesday: write about your daily routine using as many phrasal verbs as possible! (You can use as an example this handout here).
Have a wonderful weekend! :-D 

30th of April - 2nd of May


Unfortunately I was off sick on Tuesday this week, but luckily my colleague Goretti gave me a hand and worked with you :-)
This week we finished working with question tags and indirect questions. Here you have the promised exercises and the promised keys to the exercises:
We finished File 7B and started File 7C chatting about our TV/Internet habits. We also had time to start working on phrasal verbs! You love them don't you!!? ;-) We did the corresponding exercises on the Grammar Bank section (please read on page 142 section 7B very carefully) and as homework for next week you can work on this handout you already have. If you want to practice a bit more, check this and this other online exercises. I'm sure you know much more phrasal verbs than you think! :-)
On Thursday we talked about soap operas (if you click on this link you'll find a listening exercise!) and I promised I'd show you something. Well, the most famous soap operas in the U.K. are, by far, Coronation Street and EastEnders. Coronation Street is so famous that even Prince Charles accepted to do a cameo in one of its episodes. Watch! (big moment: from minute 6 on): [and let's see how well you understand Mancunian accent!)
 
 


23rd - 25th April

This week we continued working on question tags (take a look at this blog's last entry here) and also started working on indirect questions after reading about inspector Brunetti's interview with Signora Trevisan (pages 106, 107, 142 and 143). We did in class exercise b on this handout and played a couple of activities. We even had time to play tic-tac-toe :-D

There is no homework for next Tuesday! Have a lovely weekend!

16th- 18th April
This week we've started working on File 7B and on question tags.  Remember, the key point on question tags is intonation!! We did exercise a on this handout (Grammar_question_tags).

Don't you worry about this, we'll do a lot of practice next week :-)

Lucky you - ther's no homework for Tuesday! 

First week after Easter

In our first week of school after holidays, we checked the due homework (third condicional sentences) and continued to work on File 7A (pages 100 to 103). We talked about lucky and jinxed people and we learn some new vocabulary. We also listened to the song Ironic, whose lyrics you can read while listening on the following video:


You can also try doing this exercise and see the score you get, have fun!

In class we also taked about the Urban Dictionary, check it out! The "word of the day" section is really hilarious!

Luckily there is no homework for next week! ;-) 

Easter Holidays!

This week before Easter break we've been revising the first and second conditional sentences and we've learnt how to build third conditional sentences for imaginary situations in the past. We worked on the Grammar Bank (pages 142 and 143) and played some additional activities (such as the communicative activity on pages 118 and 121 or the Third Conditional Race).

As homework for Tuesday 9th April, do the exercises on this handout (Grammar: third conditional) and write a short text under this title: "How would my life have been if...?" 
If you feel like working a bit more with English, try out this very nice activity about Easter Sunday and learn some vocabulary about this holiday. And here you have a listening exercise from the BBC. Enjoy! :-)      

March 21st

On Thursday we revised your excellent tests and started working on File 7 (apages 100 and 101). We talked about good luck, bad luck and superstitions and we compared the First and Second Conditional with the Third Conditional. We read the rules and explanation on  page 142, but don't worry, next week we'll take a closer look and we'll do some exercises. There is no homework for next Tuesday, lucky you! 
But remember to send us a postcard if you go anywhere! :-)   

Test on File 6

On Tuesday this week we took a test on File 6. Here you can look at it again:
I'm sure you all did very well! We'll check it together in class on Thursday :-)

March 12th- 14th     

This week we finished File 6 and did some communicative activities, as well as the final "revise and check" section. If you want to know more about Charles Dickens, check out this cool BBC animated short movie (you can activate English subtitles):


On Tuesday next week we are going to take a small test on File 6, I'm sure you'll all do great! If you want to revise, click on this link. For vocabulary exercises, click here. Have a great weekend! :-)

First week in March

This week we've had a weird week - On Tuesday I was off sick (stomach flue again, it's terrible!) and you worked with my fellow teacher Goretti: you checked your homework (Grammar Bank, page 141) and practiced relative clauses and then you also worked on the text and listening exercise on page 94. On Thursday I was back on and we finished working with the text on page 94, continued working on noun formation on page 95, did some extra practice on relative clauses using this handout and did a lot of talking with the communicative activity on pages 118 and 121.

Homework for next week: for those of you who didn't write the film review yet, please do! :-) And for everyone: finish exercise d on this handout, we'll check it together in class.
If you want to do some extra practice on relative clauses, check the following links: 
And this is the link I told you about to practice some pronunciation (plurals, specific sentences, etc.): Text to speech. Enjoy! :-)
If I had to choose an icon of the 20th century, I would absolutely choose Mr. Mandela, wouldn't you? Watch this short biography, it's really nicely spoken and easily understandable! :-)
    

Last week in February

This last week in February we've been revising cinema vocabulary, passive sentences and doing some communicative activities. 
Regarding the cinema vocabulary, I promised you to tell you the right answers to the Movie Quotation Quiz. Well, here they are!
On Thursday we also tried to solve the mistery of some movies and their titles in Spanish. Here you have the handout. 
About passive exercises, we checked the ones you had done at home and now you can do some more extra practice with this handout (here is the also promised key to these exercises). Don't hesitate to ask in class about any doubts you might have!

On Thursday this week we also had the time to take a look at how to write a good film review (page 97). As homework for Thursday next week, please write a film review about a film you liked very much (it can be either a film on cinemas right now or an old movie, you choose!). If you want some extra help, visit this link and make the most of it! ;-)
And we started working on File 6C (pages 92 and 93) and on relative clauses (page 140). Don't worry, we'll work on that next week. Homework for Tuesday next week: exercises a and b on page 141 (Grammar Bank, 6C).

As a weekend present, here you have a great webpage, with tons of lovely short films!

Enjoy your weekend very much! And Javi: don't forget your postcard for us! :-) Of course, if any of you travels anywhere this weekend, please don't forget about our postcard section ;-)  

CINEMA WEEK

This week we've been working on cinema vocabulary and on passive sentences. 
We've worked on pages 88 to 91, 140 ,141 and 154. We've also worked with these handouts: an explanation of passive sentences and extra exercises we've already checked in class. 
As homework for next week, please do the exercises on this other handout. If you have any trouble with any sentence, just don't worry, we'll check them all together in class next Tuesday. 
If you need some extra practice, try these other online exercises: 1 and 2.
Regarding the cinema vocabulary, we worked with these handouts: a basic vocabulary list (check also page 154), a list of famous film lines (quotations) and I've also prepared this funny exercise for your brilliant brains: a handout with the English and the translated Spanish titles. Let's see how many you get right! ;-)
You can also try these two online exercises. 
And since we're getting close to the next Oscar's ceremony, it might be a good idea to watch some of the nominated films, such as Argo, Zero Dark Thirty, 



 


OTHER/ANOTHER

Last week we also took a look at the differences between other and another. Remember, the key is: another = an + other, which means that, as an adjective, it can only be used with singular countable nouns. 


Here you have more explanations and additional exercises, I hope you find them useful:


January 14th

In our only lesson this week we started File 6B and talked about movies, film locations and the Passive voice (pages 88, 89, 140 and 141). I gave out this handout with a brief explanation of Passive formation and we practiced with the exercises on page 141. 
Homework for next week: exercise b from page 141 (part 6B) and exercise a from this other handout.
As we are talking about movies, I think it's a good moment to take a look at this year's BAFTA awards. If you click on the picture you'll be able to watch George Clooney's acceptance speech:


  Have a wonderful weekend! The weather forecast is quite good :-)
 

First week in February

This week we revised reported speech and learnt how to report commands (pages 87, 140 and 141). We did exercise c on this handout and exercise 48.3 from this other handout. We also did some communicative activities to revise the new-acquired vocabulary and worked on pages 54-56 from the Workbook (access here). There is no homework for next week! And remember, there is no class on Tuesday, it's Carnival! :-)
If you want to spend some time learning about Mardi Gras, check out this very nice activity!
 

Last week in January

This week we've been practicing reported speech statements and questions and we've learnt shopping vocabulary. We've also talked about shopping habits and experiences (pages 153 and 85). On Thursday we also read two different stories about how to complain if we're unhappy with our purchased products (page 86).
If you want to do some extra practice on shopping vocabulary, take a look at this site, with links to many different kinds of exercises. And here you have a couple of other useful links:
Homework for next week: write a short paper about a happy/unhappy shopping experience that you have had. 

Enjoy the weekend! :-D
 

Reported speech

This week we've been working on direct and reported speech. We did exercises a and b on this handout and also some exercises from this other copy.
Homework for Tuesday 29th is: read carefully the explanations on this handout and do exercises 47.2 and 48.1.
Have a wonderful weekend! :-)

Test units 4 and 5

Here you can download the test on files 4 and 5 that you took last week. We've checked it together in class today (Thursday 24th), but you can always ask me any questions you might have, of course! :-)

Welcome to your blog's page!

Welcome everyone to this blog's section for English 5 in this academic year 2012/2013!
  
In this section you will find the contents and the latest news about the course "Inglés 5" at the Casa de las Lenguas. Suggestions are very welcome! :-)

Your first task before doing anything else is creating a gmail account (click here) if you don't have one yet to be able to access the handouts and documents I want to share with you. Once done, please send me an email to carmen.quijada.cl@gmail.com, I will get back to you as soon as possible :-) 

And if you already feel like working a little bit, here you have a nice exercise on New Year's Resolutions. Enjoy! 
 
END OF ACADEMIC YEAR 2011/2012

FINAL TEST On Monday this week we took our final test, I'm sure you all did very well! Here you have it:
We'll check it together on Wednesday, our last day :-(

May 21st - 24th
This week we've finished our last lesson and we've revised all the grammar and vocabulary items we've learnt throughout the year. We used this Power Point presentation and did some extra exercises on those topics you felt less comfortable with.

If you want to do extra practise when revising for our final test on Monday, I suggest you to scroll down this very same page and check the exercises I suggested in the past for each topic. 

Have a very nice weekend and get ready for our last week together :-(

May 14th - 17th
This week we've been working on indirect questions (remember the "Scariest tour of London" activity) and we also began working with some beautiful phrasal verbs. Don't hate them, they are just lovely! :-)

Here you have a very complete list that you can use to check whenever you hesitate or you can even read a page every day, this would be an excellent practice! You can also browse the page and do some exercises or play some games.

And here is the link to one of the most commonly used books on phrasal verbs. You can also take a quick look to a different page every day. Come on, it's fun! :-)

English Phrasal Verbs in Use

 Homework for Monday: exercises b and c on this handout.

Next week is our last week before taking the final test on Monday 28th, so please revise and bring your questions or doubts to class so that we can talk about them.

Have a wonderful weekend! :-)
May 7th - 10th
This week we've revised and practiced questions tags and we've learnt how to make very polite questions using indirect questions (pages 142 and 143). We also did the exercises on this handout on this handout.If you follow this link, you'll be able to access different exercises on question tags and indirect questions. I also recommend you to revise the reported speech exercises here.
There's only optional homework for Monday: pages 68 and 69 from the Workbook (access here; and here is the key).
And here is a very nice video. I want to thank José for the recommendation of the webpage www.cognitivemedia.co.uk, it's great!


Have a wonderful weekend! :-)
April 30th - May 3rd

Happy new month! :-)

On Monday this week we finished File 7A and listened to the song Ironic. Here you can watch the award-winning videoclip:


And here you have the lyrics:
On Wednesday we started working on File 7B and talked about Jack the Ripper and about murders, crimes, detective stories... If you want to find out about this mysterious murderer, click on this link to read a very interesting BBC article about him. 

We also learnt how to make (and how to pronounce correctly!!!) questions tags (pages 142 and 143). Don't worry, we'll do a lot of practice on that, and by the time we finish the file you'll have the perfect intonation!! ;-)
Homework for Monday: exercise a on this handout.



April 23rd - 26th
This week we've started File 7 and we've been working on third conditional sentences. We did the exercises from the Grammar Bank and also the ones on this handout. 
Here you have some more extra practice:exercise 1, exercise 2, exercise 3 (choose), exercise 4 (choose), exercise 5 (fill in), exercise mixing the three types (multiple choice; and here is a similar one), final exercise mixing all kinds of forms. 
If you still want to keep working on this topic, you can visit this link, with explanations and a handful of exercises. Enjoy! ;-)

There is no homework for next week! But since the weather is not going to be nice at all, here you have my recommendation: READ! On Monday last week we celebrated the International Book Day and here you have a nice podcast in English to find out more about it. Click here to do an exercise while you listen and then click here to check your answers. On Monday we can have a quick chat about your favourite types of books and about your bed-time reading material. (Thank you to the English in Guía blog mates ;-)

April 16th - 19th
This week we finished and revised File 6 and we took a test on Wednesday. Here you have it:
There is no homework for next week, enjoy! :-)

April 10th - 12th
We only had class once this week but we managed to finish (almost finish) File 6, so we're having a test on Wednesday. In order to get ready for the test, as homework you can do the grammar and vocabulary exercises on pages 98 and 99. Those of you who have't done it yet can write a film review. 

Nacho wanted to share the following scene with us, a beautiful one! Thanks for sharing, Nacho!



March 26th - 29th
In our last week before Easter break we were talking about heros, icons and famous people in general. We have learnt how to build defining and non-defining relative clauses (pages 92, 140, 141 and this handout here). If you want to do some extra practice, visit the following links:
And just to remember, here you have an interesting link (with exercises) about passive.

We'll return to class on Wednesday 11th. Homework to give in that day is writing a film review! You'll act as critics and write your personal opinion about a film you have recently watched or an old movie you really like. Before writing your review article, please read carefully the sample on page 97 and follow the instructions. Remember to check for mistakes before giving it in! :-) If you don't know which film to choose, here you can get some ideas. Or else you can always check the world-famous International Movie Database.

I hope you all have a wonderful time! :-) And remember to send a postcard if you travel anywhere!
March 19th - 22nd
This week we revised some passive exercises and widened our cinema-related vocabulary. On Thursday we did the listening exercise on page 91.
Homework for next week: finish the exercises on the passive handout and on the cinema-vocabulary handout. 
Next week we'll watch some nice film cuts and we'll also learn some famous lines. Does any of the following lines sound familiar to you? ;-)

And... do you recognize any of the movies? Joao? ;-)

March 12th - 15th
This week we have been learning cinema vocabulary! (pages 88-90 and 154). We have also learnt and revised how to make passive sentences (pages 89, 140, 141 and these handouts here: explanation and exercises). Here you have a some more exercises (here and here).
We also had some fun trying to figure out which film titles belonged to which Spanish adaptaions (not translations!) with this list here. And here you have the key!
Next week we'll keep working on cinema and passive sentences. There is no homework for Monday, lucky you!! :-)

I'd like to share with you one of those special cinema moments that everyone should watch at least once. It's one of my favourite movies and I guess it's one of everybody's favourites scenes:


March 5th - 8th
During this week we learnt how to make a complaint if the service/product required didn't satisfied us. We also revised how to make reported speech sentences and learnt how to turn direct speech commands into reported speech. We worked on pages 86, 87, 140, 141 and with this handout here.
In this comprehensive BBC activity you can put your knowledge into practice ;-)
We have now finished file 6C, so the optional homework for next week is: Workbook, pages 54-56 (access here; and here is the key). If you have any doubts or questions, we can talk about them next week in class.
Have a very nice weekend! :-)

February 27th - March 1st
This week we revised reported speech for questions and statements (and checked the exercises on this handout, except for the last one) and revised the shopping vocabulary vith several activities. We did some speaking exercises too and there is no homework for Monday. 
If you want to put your recently acquired new vocabulary into practice, visit this link and test yourself with this exercise or with this crossword.
Have a wonderful weekend!   :-)

February 22nd
This week we only had class on Wednesday and we worked on reported speech exercises. We also took a look at shopping vocabulary (page 153). Please revise those new words before coming to class next Monday! :-)

Next week we'll learn about reported speech for commands. But until then, here you have some extra exercises on reported speech in statements and questions. Enjoy! ;-)
In order to practice the new-acquired shopping vocabulary, here you have a couple of useful links:
There is no homework for Monday. Have a nice weekend!  

February 13th - 16th
On Monday this week we took a test. Here you can access the documents:
On Wednesday we started File 6 and learnt with Raquel and José Luis that we can also find love in a supermarket ;-) We learnt how to build sentences in reported speech (pages 84 and 140). Homework for Wednesday 22th: exercises a and b on page 141 (6A).

See you on Wednesday! :-)
February 6th - 9th
This week we finished File 5 and we have been practising the use of gerunds and infinitives (with and without to) with several activities. 
We also learnt about Jessica's success history as a political reporter (pages 78 and 79) and we learnt how to write a formal cover letter and a CV (page 81).
Next week on Monday we are taking a small test on File 5.  If you want to revise for the test, you can visit the following links:
Homework for Monday is: writing a cover letter and CV applying for one of the four possible positions in the forthcoming Olympic Games (instructions on page 81, white box at the bottom of the page).
I wish you all a very nice weekend! :-)
January 30th - February 2nd
This  week we have been practising gerunds and infinitives (pages 77, 138 and 139) and we also did the exercises on this handout. If you want to do some extra exercises, here is one and here is another one. If you follow this link you'll find plenty of different exercises!

We also worked on the reading exercise on page 78 and learnt how to become a successful political reporter, like Jessica! 
There is no homework for next week! :-)

Hey, Óscar, this picture is for you ;-)


January 23rd-26th
This week we have been practicing some prepositions (page 75) and we have also started File 5C. We are working now on work-related vocabulary (pages 76 and 152). There is optional homework for Monday 30th: pages 47-49 on the Workbook (access here and the answer key is here). 
And here just a couple of funny old adds, now that we have finished discussing about the differences between men and women ;-)


Have a very nice weekend! And remember to send us all a postcard if you go anywhere! :-)
January 16th-19th
This week we've been talking about men and women (again!) as we worked on pages 73 and 74. If you want to do some extra practice on articles, click on the following links: 
There is no homework for Monday! :-)

And I would like to share this video with you. Nacho sent it to me and he says "he'll die laughing" ;-) With subtitles in Spanish:



January 9th-12th
This week we started File 5B (page 72), which includes the use of articles (a, an, the and zero article). We also had quite a nice discussion about men and women ;-)
Homework for next Monday is doing the three exercises on this handout (click here). In order to access the handout, you need to have a gmail address. I you still can't access it, please send me an email!
And talking about men and women, I think the following is quite funny:
Have a nice weekend! :-)

Welcome everyone at English 5!

In this section you will find the contents and the latest news about the course "Inglés 5" at the Casa de las Lenguas. Suggestions are very welcome! :-) 

Your first task before doing anything else is creating a gmail account (click here) to be able to access the handouts and documents I want to share with you. Once done, please send me an email to carmen.quijada.cl@gmail.com, I will get back to you as soon as possible :-)

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