English in Madrid

Only two of the following sentences are correct. Can you correct the others? I never came to class the last week. What did I miss? She's thinking to look for a new job. She isn't happy where she is. I feel much quieter now that the interview is over. I was so nervous before it. Do you know who will be our new teacher? I don't know where are the keys. I hope I haven't lost them. I think is the best film I've seen this year. A: Did you enjoy the party?       B: Yeah, I liked a lot. I met some interesting people. I'm so nervous. I have to make a presentation tomorrow and the boss will be there. I don't like phoning him when he is in the job. Do you know to change the wheel of a car? A: What does she do for a living?          B: I think she works as a lawyer. A: What's it about?          B: It's a moving story about a couple who fall in love during the war. ...

Source: Yatharth (Wikipedia) a bauble - bells - Boxing Day - a candle - a chimney - (Christmas) cards - (Christmas) carols - Christmas cake - Christmas Day - Christmas Eve - a Christmas hamper - Christmas lights - Christmas pudding a Christmas tree - a cracker - a crib - decorations - a donkey - elves - Epiphany - Father Christmas - a fireplace - fireworks - frankincense gold - goodwill - Hogmanay - holly - jolly - a manger - Merry Christmas - Midnight Mass - mistletoe - myrrh - the Nativity - a nativity play - a nativity scene - New Year's Day - New Year's Eve - a pantomime - reindeer - (New Year) resolutions - Scrooge - Season's Greetings a shepherd - a sleigh - a (Christmas) stocking - stuffing - the three wise men - tinsel - turkey - Twelfth Night - to (un)wrap - wrapping paper a wreath - Have a go at this Quizlet:

Source: Associated Press (You Tube) One lump or poo: World's most expensive coffee at £30 a cup made using beans digested and, er, flavoured by elephants Black Ivory is produced in northern Thailand costing $1,100 (£685) per kg Elephants are fed the coffee and beans are taken from the dung Unique coffee only sold in Thailand, the Maldives and Abu Dhabi Forget robusta and arabica - this is the world's most expensive coffee, given its unique flavour by...an elephant's digestive tract. The thought of a coffee bean passing through an elephant's internal organs might not leave coffee-lovers overly enthused. But the unique coffee, created in the hills of northern Thailand, is now the world's most expensive variety. The elephant dung coffee is created when the animals have eaten and digested the beans, with a gut reaction inside the animals said to be responsible for the unique flavouring. Attendants scurry to collect the huge animal...

Source: Sarah777 (Wikipedia)  It's a puente for some this weekend and many people will be driving somewhere. I wonder how many times I've been asked how to say puente in English. un día festivo   = a holiday If the holiday lands on a Friday or a Monday, then we can say it's a long weekend . If, like now, the holiday is on a Thursday, we can take Friday off . Otherwise , it's a normal, working day . So really puente doesn't exist in English - we just have a day off . Did you go away this weekend? What was the journey like? Here is an A-M list of driving vocabulary. You can also refresh your memory by reading N-Z . to accelerate - acelerar He likes to accelerate quickly when the light turns green. the accelerator - el acelerador Press the accelerator gently to start moving the car. an accident - un accidente There was an accident on the main road this morning. an airbag - un airbag The airbag deployed during the collision, saving her life. th...

Adverbs of manner tell how stg is done. Most adverbs of manner end in -ly . Notice the change from adjective to adverb: She's a carefu l driver.                                     She drives carefu lly . (How does she drive?) Her Spanish is perfect.                                   She speaks Spanish perfect ly . (How does she speak?) It was an eas y win.                                         They won eas ily . (How did they win?) ...

Only two of the following sentences are correct. Can you correct the others? I borned in Valencia. We moved to Madrid when I was about six. I am interested in collecting stamps since I was a teenager. He studied medicine in the university. I started work in a law firm not long after I finished my career. How long do you know your boyfriend? She hopes to work abroad for one or two years. I need to improve my English for getting a better job. I'm doing the FCE because is a useful qualification to have. They've been married since over ten years. We've got the same teacher like last year. I didn't understand nothing. Can you say that again? What does he do in his spare time?

Source:  Presetbase Lightroom Presets en Unsplash Today is Saint Andrew's Day . St Andrew is the Patron Saint of Scotland. So here is a quiz to test your knowledge of Scotland. 1. Which is the biggest city in Scotland? A. Inverness B. Aberdeen C. Glasgow D. Edinburgh 2. Scotland's population grew to its highest ever in mid 2011. How many people live in Scotland? A. 2,550,690 B. 5,254,800 C. 10,320, 400 D. 18,000,150 3. Sean Connery is Scotland's most famous actor. Which of the following didn't he do before choosing acting as a career? A. He polished coffins. B. He was a milkman. (he delivered milk) C. He taught English to immigrants. D. He worked as a nude model for students. 4. What's the lowest recorded temperature in Scotland? A. - 5.9 ºC B. - 16.7 ºC C. - 27.2 ºC D. - 32 ºC 5. Which of the following wasn't created by a Scot? A. Peter Pan B. Dr. Jekyll and Mr Hyde C. Sherlock Holmes D. Robinson Crusoe 6. What is the S...

New York Good Cop Lauded For Act Of Kindness The image of Officer Larry DePrimo buying boots for a barefooted homeless man earns wide praise for his random act of kindness. It was meant to be a private gesture, but the New York policeman who bought a homeless man a $100 (£62) pair of boots has won international and official praise. Officer Larry DePrimo appeared before throngs of reporters and cameras on Thursday after being awarded a pair of cufflinks by his boss, NYPD Commisioner Ray Kelly. The 25-year-old explained that he had been inspired by his grandfather to buy the anonymous barefoot man a pair of shoes, after encountering him during his beat near Times Square on a cold evening in early November. "He told me when I was much younger, 'If you are going to do something, do it 100%. And do it, or don't do it at all,'" Officer DePrimo said.  "I didn't really think anything of it at the time," he added. "What sticks out in my m...

  Source: You Tube (dulwich gallery) Key words: masterpiece clark percy Do you recognise the painting? Listen to the guide. Complete the following extracts. I'm going to talk to you about this painting: Mr and Mrs Clark and Percy by David Hockney. It's on loan from Tate Gallery. It's a portrait of Ossie Clarke and Celia Birtwell. Ossie Clarke was a ___ ___ and Celia Birtwell... The couple, independently moved down to London, to Notting Hill and they ___ married in 1969. David Hockney was t he best man at their ___. ... you can tell that he spent a rather long time work ing on it. and they had to pose for him for a very long time. He also ___ photographs to work from in his studio... He said he wanted to capture the tension within their ___ but they actually chose to pose for him in this particular way with Celia standing and Ossie seated. Usually, you would have the man standing in the position of ___ and the woman bei...

Source:  Miguel Ángel Sanz en Unsplash Delta and KLM sued over 'too fat to fly' Vilma Soltesz The husband of a US woman who was too big to be flown home from Europe - where she later died - is to sue the airlines involved for damages. Vilma Soltesz, who weighed about 30st (193kg), was refused a place on two flights in October. She died of kidney failure before a suitable flight could be found, after refusing treatment from local doctors. Delta Airlines said every effort was made to accommodate her but it had been "physically unable" to get her aboard. But Peter Ronai, the lawyer acting for her husband, Janos, told CBS: "They [the airlines] took on the responsibility to get her to Hungary, it's their responsibility to get her back." Mrs Soltesz needed to return to New York from her holiday home in Hungary to resume medical treatment. She suffered from kidney disease and diabetes and reportedly "did not trust" Hungarian doctors. But t...

Here is a list of Phrasal Verbs we have seen in class, Click on, read and reply to some of the tweets. bump into #Kahoot #PV 1. You'll never guess who I BUMPED INTO on the way here. bump into sb = to meet sb unexpectedly e.g. I bumped into my old English teacher at the gym. pic.twitter.com/lka9HE2tpu — Graham Mad Teacher (@madteacher72) September 21, 2020 come across @Maraminguel People share the bizarre places they've come across their lookalikes https://t.co/iJpSVAGQdy — Graham Mad Teacher (@madteacher72) February 22, 2020 Elections are very different in the UK. Here are some expressions that you might come across when reading about the December election - General election 2019: Key words and phrases explained https://t.co/AIBg9RM0Oh — Graham Mad Teacher (@madteacher72) November 11, 2019 Do you know what "chuggers" (charity MUGGERS) are? I COME ACROSS them every day. I avoid them by saying that I don't speak Spanish. — Graham Mad Teacher (@madteacher72...

Source:  Floren Camañag on Unsplash   Gangnam Style becomes YouTube's most-viewed video Gangnam Style, the dance track by South Korean pop phenomenon Psy, has become You Tube's most-watched video of all time . It has notched up more than 808m views since it was posted in July. The video pokes fun at the consumerism of Gangnam, an affluent suburb of the South Korean capital Seoul. In it, the portly Psy dances as though he is trotting on a horse, holding the reins and spinning a lasso in a manner that has sparked a global dance craze.  The video also features the 34-year-old singer reclining on a sun lounger in tight pink shorts, gazing longingly at a girl dancing on an underground train in tight shorts and gesticulating at a woman working out on a beach - in tight shorts.  The dance has sparked numerous copycat versions, being performed by a diverse fan-base including Filipino prison inmates , prominent Chinese artist Ai Weiwei , UN Secretary-General Ba...

The following sentences demonstrate when and when not to use def/indef articles in English. Think how you would say the sentence in Spanish. Is it the same or different (S or D)? There is a Chinese restaurant and a pizzeria  near where I live. The Chinese restaurant is usually quiet but the pizzeria is always busy. (When we first talk about something we use "a", the second time we mention it we use "the") (a) Do you know who the Prime Minister of Britain is? (b) The Titanic sank in 1912. (c) Have you ever seen the Loch Ness monster ? (We use "the" when the person or thing referred to is unique) (a) X: I'll wash up.       Y: No, just put everything into the dishwasher .   (b) I haven't read the newspaper today.   (We use "the" when it is clear what we are referring to) (a) The telephone was invented by Alexander Graham Bell. (b)  The pigeon is a fascinating bird. (We use "the" to talk ...

Source:  Breno Assis on Unsplas h IT’S OFFICIAL...WOMEN ARE SAFER DRIVERS THAN MEN MEN may not like reading this but women are officially better behind the wheel.   They break speed limits less, brake less suddenly and avoid danger after dark by driving considerably less often at night than male motorists.   Overall, a team of experts has concluded, women are up to a fifth safer on the road. The verdict comes from the study of data from black box recorders in the vehicles of 19,000 motorists which were used to monitor more than 40 million journeys and 154 million miles of travel over four years. Half the drivers were men and half were women. The research was carried out by car monitoring firm Wunelli, which analyses black box systems used by some insurance companies to set premiums.  Their experts found women drive 28 per cent less at night than men, exceed speed limits 12 per cent less and brake hard 11 per cent less.  The news comes a month befo...

Armstrong The Good Giraffe speaks about his acts of kindness A man who dresses up as a giraffe and carries out random acts of kindness towards people across Scotland has said he does it to feel good. Twice a week Armstrong Baillie, 32, dons a furry suit his mother made him, before travelling to different places to do good deeds. He calls himself The Good Giraffe and lives in Dundee with his girlfriend and her daughter. Originally from Glasgow, he has often been spotted in Edinburgh. He has also been to Stonehaven, Aberdeen, Forfar, Dundee, the Black Isle and Glasgow to carry out his acts of kindness. He told the BBC Scotland news website he got the idea after seeing a man dressed up as a gorilla playing the drums in the capital. During the past six months Armstrong has handed out free bananas and water to runners at the Edinburgh Half Marathon, cleaned up litter on Portobello Beach and given away £10 vouchers to mothers in hospitals. He has also been seen handing out free co...