Countries & Nationalities

       
                                                 

             



Click HERE and solve this activitity to practise countries & nationality. Send your results to my e-mail address.





                                          

Bullying

                                             

                                                       
                                                                   

No Money is a song by the Swedish duo Galantis. It was released in 2016 as the lead single from their upcoming second studio album. 

The song music video features a girl -in full Galantis face paint, no less- tackling a bully situation with a bunch of lost boys. At the near end she takes on her nemesis in a fierce dance battle. 

Let's watch this amazing video.






Now let's to work with the song! Click HERE 

To continue working with the song while watching the video, let's move to Lyrics Training.

Click HERE to watch it and fill in the blanks.

Good luck with your work!

                                         

Can't Feel my Face by The Weeknd

                                                  

                
                                        

                                 

This song was released in 2015 by the Canadian band The Weeknd. Its singer, Abel Tesfaye, describes a passionate affair with a woman that he knows is no good for him but he can't stop their relationship.  

Watch the video!






Now click HERE to work with the song.

Extra-activity:

Explain the meaning of these expressions usiong your own words (don't translate):

1. We can't go without it
2. Be in love
3. Stay forever young
4. Deep in love
5. The best of me
6. Don't worry no more
7. The worst is yet to come
8. The death of me
9. Don't worry about it
10. All the misery was necessary

Let's continue practising with   

Click HERE and watch the video and fill in the blanks.

And now... 

A PARODY is a work created to imitate, make fun of an original work by means of satiric or ironic imitation. You must:

1. Work in groups (2, 3 or 4)
2. Watch the links above to have an idea about the project
3. Create your own lyrics for your version. You don't need to change the whole lyrics. Take the links as a guide
4. Assign a name to the parody you have created about the song
5. Film your parody. Include the lyrics in the film or hand them in a separate sheet of paper 
6. Hand in your work to your teacher by email or in a pendrive.

Links:

1 - Med School Parody

2 - Can't Get some Peace. The best part of back to school

3 - Can't Feel my Face - The Weeknd Stroke

4 - The Declaration of Independence

5 - I can't feel my face... In Manitoba

6 - I can't feel my face... a Toronto plastic surgeon weeknd

7 - Gravitational Waves & Black Holes

8 - In-Laws about holidays. Mom's version

9 - I can't feel my face. Dentist's version

10 - I can't feel my face. Bart Baker's Parody

                             

Treat you Better

 

                                                                                   

This romantic song by Shawn Mendes, Treat you Better, tries to get our attention saying he can love her better than her current boyfriend.

Let's watch the video:

Now click HERE and let's work with it!!

And now... continue working with the song and Lyrics Training! Click HERE

                                         

Can't Stop the Feeling

Can't Stop the Feeling was released on May 2016. Justin Timberlake, the singer, put on his dancing shoes to pen this good tune with Max Martin.

The song is the soundtrack of the animated movie Trolls. Timberlake also provides the voice of a grumpy-looking grey-blue troll called Branch in the Dreamworks film.

We'll get fun and work with his song to revise some vocabulary. First, watch the catchy video:

                                       

And now click HERE to start working with the song!!

Let's do it with Lyrics Training!  Click HERE and get fun!!!

Let's watch at the official Dreamwork's Trolls Trailer! The two main characters in the movie are just like Shrek and Donkey. Branch is like Shrek: he is grumpy, short tempered, and likes  being alone. Poppy is like Donkey: she is possitive, talkative, and annoying! Both Poppy and Branch are polar opposites who go on a journey together and probably will become good friends in the end. So this movie is like Shrek but with trolls and no princesses or fairytale characters!

What do you think?

                                        

                                        

Present Continuous Project

What are famous people doing right now? Choose ten famous people doing unexpecting things and report them in your project. Guided directions:

1. Cut out 10 pictures of famous people doing some unusual activity.
2. Stick them into a sheet of paper. 
3. Write what they are doing. Don't write more than 140 characters for each picture.
4. Design a cover for the project "This is happening on Twitter". Write your full name and class.
5. Put it in a plastic file to hand in to your teacher. 

That's all!

See this example:

Brad Pitt is eating pizza at the Oscars Nominations. 

                     

Present Continuous Tense

We use the Present Continuous Tense to talk about things that are happening now, at this moment. 

Example:

 The boy is riding his bike now.

It is very easy to form: we need the present simple of the verb "to be" (is /are /am) + the action with -ing.

Positive Form:

Positive	Positive Short Form
I am sleeping	I'm sleeping
you are sleeping	you're sleeping
he is sleeping	he's sleeping
she is sleeping	she's sleeping
it is sleeping	it's sleeping
we are sleeping	we're sleeping
they are sleeping	they're sleeping

Negative Form: 

Negative	Negative Short Form
I am not sleeping	I'm not sleeping
you are not playing	you aren't playing
he is not reading	he isn't reading
she is not working	she isn't working
it is not raining	it isn't raining
we are not cooking	we aren't cooking
they are not listening	they aren't listening

Yes / No Questions:

am I eating chocolate ?

are you studying now ?

is he working ?

is she doing her homework ?

is it raining ?

are we meeting at six ?

are they coming ?

Wh- questions:

Why am I eating chocolate ?

What are you studying now ?

When is he working ?

What is she doing ?

Why is it raining ?

Who are we meeting ?

How are they travelling ?

Spelling of the -ing form: Pay attention!

* Most verbs only add -ing:

• eat - eating
• speak - speaking
• cook - cooking
• start - starting
• do - doing
• stay - staying
• fix - fixing
• try - trying

* Verbs ending in -e: drop the -e and add -ing

• hope - hoping
• ride - riding
• make - making
• write - writing
• celebrate - celebrating
• dictate - dictating

* Verbs ending in -ee: just add -ing

• agree - agreeing
• flee - fleeing
• see - seeing
• free - freeing
• spree - spreeing

* Verbs ending in -ie: change -ie to -y and add -ing

• die - dying
• tie - tying
• lie -lying
• vie - vying

* Verbs ending in one vowel and one consonant: one syllable verbs double the consonant and add -ing

• jog - jogging
• sit - sitting
• run - running
• stop - stopping
• shop - shopping
• rob - robbing

And now... 

Click on each exercise and practise Present Continuous Tense!

Exercise 1

Exercise 2

Exercise 3

Exercise 4

Exercise 5