jueves, 27 de octubre de 2011

Halloween listening and reading comprehension

Click here and do activities. Start with vocabulary.
Once you finish, Please answer the following questions and post them here.

HALLOWEEN game

Click on Spelloween and dare your classmates!

Halloween Quiz

1. Which monster drinks blood?
[ ] a. ghost
[ ] b. mummy
[ ] c. vampire
[ ] d. witch
2. What does a witch use to fly?
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3. Which of these is a witch’s pet?
[ ] a. bat
[ ] b. toad
[ ] c. cow
[ ] d. black cat
4. What does a vampire sleep in?
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5. What do witches do with cauldrons?
[ ] a. wear it
[ ] b. cook with it
[ ] c. fly with it
[ ] d. eat with it
6. What monster is usually wrapped in bandages?
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7. Which animal uses its sensors to fly at night?
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8. What do children do at Halloween?
[ ] a. they kick and treat
[ ] b. they stick and treat
[ ] c. they eat and hit
[ ] d. they trick and treat

BONFIRE NIGHT : The gunpowderplot

halloween

jueves, 20 de octubre de 2011

DIET listening exercises

You are what you eat
1 Before listening: which of these statements is true for you?

• I love food, I eat everything – and lots of it too!
• I try to have a healthy diet and not eat too much
• I only eat food which is good for me.

2 Listen for general meaning: listen to the whole podcast.

a Which sentence above is true for Nick?

3 Listen for detail: listen again and choose the best answer.

a Nick eats a lot of Thai food because…
  1. it's readily available
  2. you can eat it quickly
  3. it's cheap
b He also likes Thai food because…
  1. it tastes good
  2. it's good for his body
  3. there's no fat in it
c Nick used to eat food that…
  1. made him run faster
  2. restored his body
  3. helped him exercise
d Nick…
  1. isn't interested in how food tastes
  2. can't taste food
  3. thinks nutrition is more important than taste
e A whole food cooperative sells…
  1. processed food
  2. only organic and vegetarian food
  3. healthy food
f The first MacDonald's in England opened…
  1. about seven or eight years ago
  2. about thirty years ago
  3. about seventy years ago
g Nick thought his first Big Mac was…
  1. delicious
  2. disappointing
  3. overcooked

h Nick doesn't like pizza because…
  1. it takes a long time to eat
  2. he feels uncomfortable after eating one
  3. he's allergic to cheese
i Nick says people should eat…
  1. food that tastes good
  2. food that the body needs
  3. food that tastes good and that the body needs
j Nick thinks Vietnamese and Thai food is good because…
  1. it's a balanced diet with a bit of everything
  2. it's mainly vegetarian
  3. there's lots of meat and fish

UNIT 1

Good Morning,
This is what you have to do today.

TASK 1
  1. Go to www.voxopop.com
  2. sign up
  3. Click on explore talkgroups...
  4. In SEARCH TALKGROUPS, type Ampliacion
  5. in ampliacion listening and speaking click on unit 1 NICE TO MEET U
  6. Join the talk group

TASK 2

  1. Go to http://www.englishmeeting.com/
  2. click on English Lesson video http://www.englishmeeting.com/esl_video_lessons_page.htm
  3. Scroll down to find GREETING 1
  4. (or go to youtube http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3-R1LhVuHfs&NR=1
TASK 3 (Homework)
  1. Go to www.voxopop.com
  2. sign up
  3. Click on explore talkgroups...
  4. In SEARCH TALKGROUPS, type Ampliacion
  5. in ampliacion listening and speaking click on unit 1 NICE TO MEET U
  6. Record your message.