Wednesday, October 30, 2013

HALLOWEEN

Scary stories and videos are a classic in Halloween. You can watch a selection of videos in this article from The Guardian:


And here you can listen to a song from the film The Nightmare Before Christmas while you read the lyrics:



Rock legend Lou Reed dies at 71

As you´ve probably heard in the news, Lou Reed passed away last Sunday, at the age of 71. You can read the CNN article related to this by clicking HERE. Or, if you prefer, you can read the BBC news HERE.


Below, you can listen to two of his most famous songs while you read the lyrics. 





THE WEATHER

Here is the original video of the song we listened to in class: It´s Raining Men. It´s a funny video, I hope you enjoy it.



And here is another song related to the weather. The unit in the student´s book was probably named after this famous song, starring Billie Holiday.


If you want to test your weather vocabulary, click here.



Monday, October 21, 2013

FUTURE CONTINUOUS VS. FUTURE PERFECT

You can see a slideshare presentation where these two tenses are described by clicking here.

If you want to test your use of the future perfect and the future continuous (also called future progressive), click here.

And for a very detailed description of the two tenses, watch the video below: