Describing Concerts

Think of concerts, gigs, performances you've attended that were:

Spoken English Phrases

See pdf document here.

Not the real thing

Not Real, 

Faking and pretending

Cheating & Tricking

Describing Entertainment

Think of films, serials, novels, gigs, museums, exhibitions, podcasts, blogs, websites, applications ... that match the following adjectives:

Stop Making these Mistakes in English (by Lucy)

Check 35 Common Mistakes here.

How many of them did you use to make? Answer in the comment section.

C2 Collocations with adjectives for reviews

Check these collocations with some adjectives.

Can you Identify Literature's Famous Opening Lines?

Opening Lines Quiz [I almost 6/13 get a pass! :-( ]

Try this: Famous Books First Lines perhaps you might want to keep on reading...

The 100 greatest novels of all time Would you agree with the first 5?

EL PAÍS (News from Spain in English)

Democrats regain hope

Dear readers,

With resounding victories in New York, New Jersey, Virginia and California, Democrats woke up Wednesday with the feeling that their inability to connect with voters and win elections like the one they lost exactly a year ago to Donald Trump may be coming to an end.

In light of that anniversary, we interviewed Latinos in Florida who voted for Trump a year ago but are now feeling betrayed. Across the state, the disillusionment of residents, business owners, and community activists is palpable.

Elsewhere in the world, we looked at the growing cocaine flows from Latin America to Europe via Spain, even as Trump continues to raise the pressure against Colombia's president for his alleged drug ties. And following the assassination of a Mexican mayor at a public event, our reporters explored how parts of Mexico are caught between mafias.

In the midst of all this turmoil, we turned to Alberto Casas, a theoretical physicist and writer whose latest book explores time, free will, and whether all our decisions are merely an illusion created by our brains.

We hope you enjoy this selection of stories from EL PAÍS USA Edition

You cqn also read:

• Miami consolidates its position as the US capital of the Brazilian butt lift
• From the white Iberian lynx in Spain to the howler monkeys of Costa Rica: Why do animals change color?
• Gay man and heterosexual woman, happily married: Is this becoming normalized in 2025?
• Election results give new hope to US Democrats: they regain votes among Latinos and in swing states
• BYD, the Chinese car manufacturer that Musk mocked (and now fears)
• ‘Nunmania’ is here: Rosalía revives controversial convent craze

Murcia Today (News from Here)

Spain orders poultry lockdown as bird flu cases surge

Obesity costs Spain a €130 billion a year but losing just 5-10% of weight could save billions

Healthy food off the menu for more than a third of shoppers in Murcia

Life is good for those over 60 in San Javier, a new study finds

REVIEW Activity for Character & Personality vocabulary

Character & Personality Activity

KEY next week

C1 Comma Revision

Commas Matter Worksheet

(with key)

C1 This is how to Correctly Use Commas in your Writing

Please, read the article, especially the examples, to improve the use of commas in your writing. (From Grammarly Blog)

Do this quiz to revise! [only 10 sentences] and check your score!

Stunning Collocations

The following words collocate with STUNNING:  

stunning achievement
In seven unforgettable days, the gloom of the recession has been swept away by a golden tide of stunning achievement and national pride.
stunning design
Stunning design and performances in two hours that simply burst with human life.
stunning development
The combination of personal insight and stunning developments triggered by this alliance will change everything.
stunning dress
She'll look gorgeous - they've made her the most stunning dress in the world.
stunning effect
This time it worked to stunning effect, braking the car suddenly from 9mph and stopping it with inches to spare.
stunning fashion
She fell behind to a wazaari but came back in stunning fashion with two of her own to seal a well-deserved gong.
stunning image
You have surprised us with stunning images of your travels across the globe.
stunning look

C1 -ED pronunciation (regular past forms) and examples KEY

 Check last week ED pronunciation activity here.

Formal Letter Layout

Ways to Look

How to Write Good

REVISION: Present Perfect Simple vs Continuous (with Numbers)

Revise the sentences in this document and find out some uses of present perfect simple and present perfect continuous tenses.

Then do the following QUIZ.

Beaver Moon in November

Witness the biggest, brightest Supermoon of the year this November

Thanksgiving

C2 Writing Essays

EL PAÍS (News from Spain in English)

Veterans caught in the US deportation machinery‌

Dear readers,

More than 100,000 U.S. veterans do not have American citizenship and are at risk of being removed from the country. We spoke to the families of two such cases and to an 80-year-old who has decided to help by setting up the Deported Veterans Support House in Ciudad Juárez.

We also followed the path of Hurricane Melissa as it devastated the Caribbean, leaving 49 people dead in its wake. “It felt like a lion roaring,” one witness in Cuba told EL PAÍS.

And in other news, we reported on a promising cancer treatment, talked to Girls star Jemima Kirke about the war in Gaza and looked at the $550 million renovation to spruce up the hotel from Some Like It Hot.

We hope you enjoy this selection of articles from EL PAÍS USA Edition.

You can also read:

• Tim Weiner, CIA journalist: ‘Trump is the greatest danger to American national security’
• Ángel Milagro, the Spanish engineer taking Japan to the Moon
• From Rosalía to Pamela Anderson: How Substack revived blogging
• Why was Frankenstein’s monster a vegetarian?
• Love and ageism in later life: ‘They say sexual pleasure goes away, that’s a lie’

Screen Time KEY

Key for Screen Time

C1 Halloween Activity

Check how much you know about Halloween here. (Answers included)

Learn the Difference Between Ghosts, Ghouls, Goblins, And More (From Dictionary.com)

Idioms for Halloween

It makes my flesh crawl... 

Collective Nouns for Animal Groups

 Check HERE as well

C1 Possibility, probability, certainty

You can find translations into Spanish of different ways of expressing possibility and probability here.
Do some grammar practice on cannot / can't vs may not here.

C1 -ED pronunciation (regular past forms) and examples

Do this activity to revise / practise!

Key next week

- C1 students have to pronounce ALL past forms 

of English regular verbs correctly -

C2 Better English Writing & Conversations: Advanced English Vocabulary (By Lucy)

I think (2)