Final Exams Dates

 Written Exam days in May will be for: 

C1: 8th

C2: 20th

Written Exam days in June will be for: 

C1: 10th

C2: 22nd

Oral exams days in May will be for:

C1: 18th and 19th

C2: 15th

Tiempos y tareas de examen 

Administración de la parte oral

Rowan Atkinson -- Interview with Elton John

Reading Comprehension Activity (From OneStopEnglish)

Wimpy Kid author Jeff Kinney: "I’ve sold 300m books. What’s next?" 

Activity

Check your answers 

HERE.

Difficult to Pronounce

Native Phrases (with Meaning and Examples)

If you know these 75 words and phrases, your English is PHENOMENAL.

 Read it in pdf. format HERE!

Imporove your Adjectives

Must-learn Environment Phrasal Verbs

Do this activity (KEY included).

Sentences with Prepositional phrases (2)

Write the new ones for you and make your own sentences with them.

Read 50 more sentences here.

Are you Fond of DIY?

Toxic People & Personalities

Words that can be Read in US Newspapers

Descriptive Writing

Write a detailed description of 4 out of the 11 pictures in the image below. Use as much expressive vocabulary as possible not only to depict what you can see, but also to explain the emotions they evoke.

Only after having finished your task should you check how similar your descriptions are to the suggested ones.

Only for Birds Lovers (2)

Find all the translations HERE

Nominal Adjectives – Adjectives Used as Nouns (from Helendipity)

Read this extreme-ly interest-ing blog entry

A Blockbuster Glossary of Movie and Film Terms (From Dictionary.com)

Lights! Camera! Vocabulary! Have you ever been stumped by the language used by film buffs and casual movie fans alike? To help you use and understand all of this language better, we have gathered a collection of essential film and movie terms. These expressions describe both the technical and artistic aspects of the moving picture, from how a film is shot to the way a story is told in light, sound, and image. 

C2 May ORALS

Fri. 15th, classroom 1

9.30-10.15: Daniel & 

10.15-11.00: Daniela & Pedro

11.15- 12.00: Beatriz & José Luis

C1 May ORALS

Write your name (with your classmate pair if you have it) and the day & time you choose for your final oral exam. I'll be writing your names and days & times on this post as I receive your answers in the Comment Section or you tell me in class. (Just like we did in the mock exams)

Mon. 18th, classroom 

16.00-16.45: 

16.45-17.30: Marimar & Juan

17.30-18.15: Mª Dolores & Lucía Martínez

18.30-19.15: Lucía Bonaque & Fran H.

19.15-20.00: Amy &

Tue. 19th, classroom 

16.00-16.45: Álvaro & Miguel

16.45-17.30: Sara & Antonio O.

17.30-18.15: Kristen & Elia

18.30-19.15: Antonio P. & Ismail

19.15-20.00: Rosa & Fran M.

Revise Punctuation Marks

Check HERE!

Comma Colon Semi-colon Hyphen  m.dash n-dash

Full Adverb Revision (from Salón de Idiomas)

Read this 

News in English: EL PAÍS

Colombians stranded in Congo after being expelled from the US‌

Dear readers,

This week, we reported on how Latin American migrants expelled by the U.S. were unexpectedly sent to the Democratic Republic of Congo. Stranded in Kinshasa, two Colombians spoke to EL PAÍS about their confusion and fear.

In Mexico, a shooting at the archaeological jewel of Teotihuacán has shaken the country. A lone gunman killed a Canadian tourist in an attack in which 13 other people were injured, including two children. Our reporters spoke with witnesses who described the chaos that unfolded.

In other news, our Infographic team published an interactive deep dive into the names appearing in the Epstein documents — and what they reveal about the disgraced financier’s network of power.

We also spoke to Willem Dafoe about living on an alpaca farm, caught up with the professor running a course on existential despair, and talked to the man who spent three years behind bars for refusing to cover up the abuses of Qatar 2022.‌

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

You can also read:

• Jaafar Jackson’s journey to portray his uncle, Michael Jackson, in the King of Pop’s biopic
• The kraken was real: scientists discover a 100-million-year-old carnivorous octopus the size of an articulated bus
• Homeopathy is a placebo and could ‘pose a risk’ to health, Spanish authorities confirm
• How the left lost its mojo (and how it can get it back)

My Tips for Best Finals Revision

Were I to suggest 4 posts to revise for the final exam, I'd choose these:

Vocabulary
                   Grammar
                                       Pronunciation
                                                            Exam practice

The Puzzle of Motivation

C1 Improve your Listening Skills (From ESOL Courses)

Advanced Level Listening Lessons

&

Practice Tests 

Vocabulary for Animals

Vocabulary

for

Animals

C1 Saxon Genitive Revision

Revise the use of Saxon genitive (& Special Cases) 

You may check your knowledge by doing some activities here (key included).

Vocabulary for Books

Vocabu-

lary

for 

Books

Idioms for Describing People

Slang Words

C2 Lonely Phrasal Verbs

While verbs like take or get combine with various particles to form numerous phrasal verbs (take in, take on, take up, take out, etc.), there are a number of phrasal verbs that only combine with one particle and only have one meaning. Tim Bowen explains to us many of these.