Discussing art

Do you like any of these paintings? 

Do you know anything about the painters who created them?

Have you seen any of them before? 

 If you had a lot of money, which one would you buy?

Where would you hang it?

Basic English Grammar: Pronouns - SHE, HER, HE, HIS

My apologies to those of you who studied C2.1. last year with me...

Some questions about the video (mainly for B1 and B2.1 who aren't still fed up):

What is Fearless?

What does ft. mean?

Is there anybody in the video who is related to Dan Vasc?

What is Rhapsody?

What can you tell me about Fabio Lione?

Where was this seen?

 

Classic Stories (B1 and B21)

New to America. Short story for Intermediate Learners.

Virtual travel. Today we travel to the USA.

Grayson’s Syndrome (The Only Known Case in Human History)

The /ɔː/ Sound (law, more, saw). An easy one.

An expression I love

 What is a dust bunny?

a) fluffy dirt under furniture

b) vacuum cleaner robots

c) feather dusters

This picture has gone viral. Can you explain what you can see?

 

What is the little thing on the right of the door for? And the thing on the ground next to the walls? My last question: the plant covering the cottage walls is called ...

 

Isle of Man

The Isle of Man is a beautiful place to visit to visit:

Do you know where it is?

Something happens there every year that is extremely dangerous, what is it?

Would you like to travel there? Why?

Vocabulary

What's the meaning of the expression the done thing?

a) a bad mistake

b) socially acceptable behaviour

c) a finished task or project

Source: OWAD

You will find examples on their webpage, both from newspapers and everyday language.

The Chris Hemsworth's Motivotional Video. For anybody who wants to answer one or all the questions. (any level)

 

1. Who's he talking to?

2 You're absolutely ___________ it.

3. What's beautiful about you? (two things)

4. Can you explain the expression 'take the world by storm?

5. Your mum ___________ about you all the time.

6. Who likes you?

7. Do you remember some of the adjectives he uses to describes the person/people he's addressing?

8. Do you think this kind of video is useful at all?

P.S. Please try not to repeat the same answers. However it's a great idea to interact with your classmates if you disagree, want to add something...

 

B1: what basic things do you think you need to revise? The alphabet? Big numbers? Colours?

 

There are many others like this on YouTube and even the children's ones can be extremely useful

B2.1 Christmas Truce (Acoustic Live). You see, Joaquim smiles quite often :)

C2.2 The Charity: Water story