ST PATRICK´S DAY-

On March 17th Irish celebrate St Patrick´s Day, this day is also celebrated in America with a green parade as Irish people started to commemorate this traditional day when they emigrated to America in the 19th century because of the great famine. There are some words related to this magic island such as shamrocks, leprechauns, harps, etc. If you want to know more about this fascinating country and its patron saint day, click on the next links to read, practise and enrich your English culture. Have fun!

St Patrick´s story (videos)
St Patrick´s reading comprehension

St Patrick´s symbols quiz

USEFUL ENGLISH

Hello everyone, I´m here again and I´d like to present you a new section for the blog called USEFUL ENGLISH. The aim of this section is to learn some vocabulary and phrases that are common in the oral language, in other words, colloquial English. Every week I´ll include some new words and phrases with examples to learn them easily and above all in order to put them into practise as much as possible. See you!

YUMMY (adj) : tasty, delicious.
That cake is yummy. (Ese pastel está riquísimo)
I´m going to eat my grandma´s omelette. Yummy! (Voy a comer la tortilla de mi abuela. ¡Qué rico!

CHEERS (n): a word that people say to each other as they lift up their glasses to drink.
He raised his glass and said Cheers! (Levantó su copa y dijo. ¡Salud!)

THE WEATHER (1ºESO)

What´s the weather like today? You can practise weather vocabulary going into the following links to do the interactive exercises I have selected from internet. Have fun!

weather photos

Ali and the magic carpet

what´s the weather like?

ST DAVID´S DAY

On 1st March, Welsh celebrate St David´s day, the patron saint of Wales, which is one the countries that make up UK together with England, Scotland and Northern Ireland. This day is not an official holiday as St. Patrick´s and St. Andrew´s day, it is an ordinary day. On the right you can see St. David´s flag which is not so well-known as the flag on the left which is Wales´s national flag. If you want to know more about this day, you can read more information on the next link.

PRESENT PERFECT VS PAST SIMPLE (3ºESO)

As I´ve told you this morning, here you have the video with a clear explanation about the difference between Present Perfect and Past Simple. I hope it helps you to learn better the difference and at the same time you are doing listening comprehension. Besides, I have included some links to practice this grammar point. See you!

Present P. vs Past S.
Present P. vs Past S.
Present P. vs Past S.