Saturday, September 26, 2015

The Ig Nobel Prizes

You surely know about the Nobel Prizes, but, do you know what the Ig Nobel Prizes are? They are given to people whose achievements first make people LAUGH and them make them THINK. In this funny Ted Talk you will learn more about these awards which were given last Thursday, September 17th.

Tuesday, September 22, 2015

Some time / Sometimes / Sometime

There are 3 different meanings of this word. Although this seems confusing at first the differences are nice and easy to remember!

Some time - this means a period or length of time. We don't know how long it is, but we know it's more than nothing but less than forever.

Sometimes - this means occasionally or every now and then. It is an adverb of frequency. Think of it as halfway between never and always.

Sometime - this means at some point in time, when exactly is not known or not given.

                                                                                                           from http://languagelearningbase.com

A brief history of video games (Part I) - Safwat Saleem



Spanish subtitles are optional

Sunday, September 20, 2015

Class Rules


Phonemic Chart

EXAMPLES

Can you read the words?
1.  /ˈfɑːðəʳ/                     6. /bɪəʳ/
2.  /ˈfeðəʳ/                      7. /bɛəʳ/
3.  /ˈliːdəʳ/                      8. /bɪəd/
4.  /ˈleðəʳ/                       9.  /hɛəʳ/
5.  /ˈlædəʳ/                     10. /hɪəʳ/
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Thursday, September 17, 2015

Cartoons. Jokes





Riddles

Exercise your brain and solve the riddles:

1. What comes once in a minute, twice in a moment, but never in a thousand years?

2. What has four fingers and a thumb, but is not living?

3.Which word in the dictionary is spelled incorrectly?

4. We hurt without moving.We poison without touching.We bear the truth and the lies.We are not to be judged by our size.
    What are we? 

5. Give me food, and I will live. Give me water, and I will die.
    What am I?

6. What flies when it's born, lies when it's alive, and runs when it's dead? 

7. What gets wet when drying?

8. I am always there, some distance away, somewhere between land or sea and sky I lay. You may move toward me, yet distant I'll stay.

9. I am a mother and a father, but have never given birth. I'm rarely still, but I never wander. What am I?

10. I have keys but no locks. I have space but no room. You can enter, but can't go outside.
What am I?

11. I can only live where there is light, but I die if the light shines on me.
What am I?

12. Every night I'm told what to do, and each morning I do what I'm told. But I still don't escape your scold.

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