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Breaking News English Lessons: Easy English News | Current Events Picture Description Once again I thank my students for kindly contributing to this blog. These two examples of Picture Description have been sent by Noelia and Carmen from the Intermediate Level. Thank you girls! Well done! FOOD by Carmen Gayol These pictures are clearly both connected with the topic of food. The picture on the left shows two women who are cooking in a kitchen. In the picture on the right, we can see a young couple eating. We all need to eat to live, but It‘s clear that the food, in our society, is something more than nutrition. Sometimes we prefer eating at home, like in the photo on the left, but other times, we eat out. However, the main problem isn’t where, but what we eat. If I had to choose one of the photos, I’m sure I’d choose the first, because it makes me remember old times with my mother , and in addition, I believe that it’s a good way to enjoy eating and cooking. INTERNET AND THE NEW TECHNOLOGIES by Noelia Espinosa Nowadays, both pictures are very common in daily life, although in
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40 FCE Speaking Part 4 Questions (with model answers) — FCE Exam Tips TV and FILMs Is watching TV the best way for people to spend their free time? People know what they want and if they want to watch TV that's okay with me. I think there are better things to do, but sometimes you need some easy, relaxing time and that's where TV is great. What kind of TV programmes do you like best? I really like BBC documentaries about animals. Some people have more than one television in their home. I don't like telling people what to do. Do you think children generally watch too much television in your country? It's hard to say how much is good and how much is bad. Is television the best way of following the news in the world? Definitely not! Do you think watching TV is a good way to learn a language? It's better than nothing but the problem is people think they can turn the TV on and start learning. What sort of films do you never watch? I never watch horror movies and I don't understand why other people like them! Are there any films that you’d like to see again?
COLLOCATIONS | My English Blog Incredible sites to improve your fluency using these common expressions. Do and Make Collocations Expressions with make: Basic Difference between DO and MAKE Use DO for actions, obligations, and repetitive tasks.Use MAKE for creating or producing something, and for actions you choose to do.DO generally refers to the action itself, and MAKE usually refers to the result. Common English Collocations with DO do the housework After I got home from the office, I was too tired to do the housework.do the laundry I really need to do the laundry – I don’t have any clean clothes left! EXCEPTION: make the bed = putting blankets, sheets, and pillows in the correct place so that the bed looks nice and not messy. do anything / something / everything / nothing Are you doing anything special for your birthday? Common English Collocations with MAKE EXCEPTION: Don’t say “make a question.”
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A Full FCE speaking test with Tatiana and Nacho – PassFCE-9 In this episode of PASS FCE….A full oral exam with FCE students Tatiana and Nacho. Welcome to PASS FCE, a Mansion Ingles podcast specifically created to help you pass the Cambridge First Certificate in English Exam. I’m Craig, I’m a teacher at the British Council in Valencia, Spain, a Cambridge Oral examiner with over 20 years of teaching experience. Learn English free at mansioningles.com and take your English to the next level with our audio podcasts at inglespodcast.com. Before you send me an email and say, ‘But Craig, last episode you said you were going to speak about the writing paper”. The other student who you’re going to hear is Nacho, who agreed to be Tatiana’s partner for the test. So, let’s begin with Part 1 of the test. In part 1 the examiner asks you general questions about things like your family, home, job/studies, hobbies, holidays, future plans etc. Here’s Nacho and Tatiana.PART 1 (2 Minutes) Good afternoon. And your names are….Can I have your mark sheets, please? 1. 2.
LP - Into the wild. Letra y traducción ¿Estamos en el lado solitario? di, oh no, el pasado se fue. Estamos tan perdidos en la oscuridad de nuestros corazones que, oh no, no hay ninguna luz encendida ahí. Uno, dos, tres, cuatro. Alguien se dejó la puerta abierta, sabes que nos perdimos por el camino, ven a salvarnos, un tren fuera de control volviéndose loco. ¿Cómo, cómo no desvanecernos? Oh por favor créeme, estoy más asustada que no, que, oh, este no es el camino, y por favor estate allí, justo puedo sujetarme, pero oh, esperaré hasta romperlo, sí, sí. ¿Cómo, cómo no desvanecernos? LP - Into the wild - Hacia lo salvaje No esperes entender el 100 % de la letra de la canción, debes intentar afinar el oído para distinguir las palabras de la letra, aunque no sepas lo que significan en un primer momento, si escuchas varias veces la misma canción te darás cuenta que la letra se va aclarando en tu cabeza. Are we on the lonely side? One, two, three, four How do we, how do we not fade? How do we, how do we not fade? LP - Into the wild
Describe a picture – although it might not be real In this activity, students describe a picture using useful vocabulary such as, there is, there are and the present continuous tense. It’s good for practising asking questions and stretching your students’ creativity To save you searching for suitable pictures and cutting up bits of paper, this web-app allows you to play the game with a smartphone, tablet or PC. Your students will need to be confident pre-intermediates and above to tackle this activity. Gather together some reasonably large pictures of people engaged in various interesting activities. In this pile, you should also include some envelopes containing ‘fake’ pictures. Students take it in turns to sit at the front desk. Spend some time after each round expanding on the students’ descriptions and suggesting further vocabulary they could use. After two or three minutes ask whether the students believe the picture to be real, or if the describer was creating an imaginary picture. Related Picture Taboo - to practise describing objects