Verb tense practice

I found this page this morning.

http://www.englishpage.com/verbpage/verbtenseintro.html

Congratulations Culés!

Well, you know that I'm an Espanyol supporter, but as we were "saved" last weekend and finally out of danger, I can empathise with your triple victory. I hope you had a great time celebrating. :)

Good luck everybody!

Well, now that classes have finished, I'm sure you're making the most of your time to revise and do as much last minute online listening practice as you can, so you probably won't need good luck, but you never know, do you?

Remember, don't hesitate to email me if you have any questions.

See you! :)

Answer key Progress Test File 4-7 (4th year)

4S did it in class and we corrected it, but 4T were supposed to do it for homework.

Remember I told you it was EASY, just for revision purposes, and so you should all get MINIMUM 30/40 for each part. ;)

Grammar 1
1. taking 2. were 3. wouldn't have met 4. to post 5. hadn't 6. not to go 7. playing 8. spoke 9. wouldn't have passed 10. being

Grammar 2
1. can't 2. having 3. get 4. would 5. neither 6. who 7. though 8. despite 9. as 10. have 11. used 12. not 13. like 14. whose 15. no

Grammar 3
(Correct form=) 1. have gone 2. - 3. rather 4. are 5. - 6. every 7. none 8. some 9. which 10. as 11. can't 12. whatever 13. despite 14. the 15. whom

Vocabulary 4
(The odd word out =) 1. tenor 2. frown 3. business 4. critic 5. pedestrians 6. wrist 7. glad 8. advert 9. yawn 10. square

Vocabulary 5
1. discover 2. geologist 3. set up 4. rank 5. snore 6. slogan 7. disappointed 8. run down 9. exports 10. believe

Vocabulary 6
(The correct word =) 1. Remind 2. stolen 3. hopes 4. sick and tired 5. made 6. objective 7. leg 8. safe and sound 9. thrilled 10. notice

Vocabulary 7
1. heart 2. catchy 3. tip 4. lead 5. log 6. insomnia 7. shake 8. awake 9. homeless 10. provincial

Answer key to Unit 6 grammar exercises (4th year)

Key to grammar exercises (p.143)

http://www.scribd.com/doc/15616327/Answer-Key-to-the-Grammar-Exercises-From-Unit-6-P-143

At long long last

Finally!! :D

Today at 15.56 I have finally finished correcting/marking your "writings": letters, summaries, book reviews...

Incredible! I can hardly believe it.

Don't you DARE hand me in another one today, as I may just BITE. Only joking! :)



Now a few days rest before the Really Nasty Correcting starts on the 29th.

See ya later!

Philosophic Monday

Well, it's Monday again, and the last week of class to boot, so you're probably feeling very philosophical about life in general and exams in particular. Will I pass? Will I fail? Is this the real life, is this just fantasy?* And, of course, the usual Monday morning question we all ask ourselves: are we ourselves real or just brains connected to the Matrix?

And if you didn't stop reading there, this is just the test for you: http://www.philosophersnet.com/games/matrix_start.htm :)

It takes about 10-15 minutes and gets a little complex in parts, but hey, that's what virtual reality is all about. We should know: we're in it. Aren't we?


*© Freddy Mercury/Queen

For those of you not in a philosophical mood, just listen to good old Freddy and Co. playing one of my favourite songs by them. We miss you, Freddy.




Lyrics:

Queen - Bohemian Rhapsody

Is this the real life?
Is this just fantasy?
Caught in a landslide
No escape from reality
Open your eyes
Look up to the skies and see
I'm just a poor boy (Poor boy)
I need no sympathy
Because I'm easy come, easy go
Little high, little low
Any way the wind blows
Doesn't really matter to me, to me

Mama, just killed a man
Put a gun against his head
Pulled my trigger, now he's dead
Mama, life had just begun
But now I've gone and thrown it all away
Mama, ooh
Didn't mean to make you cry
If I'm not back again this time tomorrow
Carry on, carry on as if nothing really matters

Too late, my time has come
Sends shivers down my spine
Body's aching all the time
Goodbye, everybody
I've got to go
Gotta leave you all behind and face the truth
Mama, oooooooh (Anyway the wind blows)
I don't want to die
I sometimes wish I'd never been born at all

I see a little silhouetto of a man
Scaramouch, Scaramouch, will you do the Fandango?
Thunderbolts and lightning, very, very frightening me
(Galileo) Galileo (Galileo) Galileo, Galileo Galileo Figaro
Magnifico-o-o-o
I'm just a poor boy, nobody loves me
He's just a poor boy from a poor family
Spare him his life from this monstrosity
Easy come, easy go, will you let me go?
Bismillah! No, we will not let you go
Let him go
Bismillah! We will not let you go
Let him go
Bismillah! We will not let you go
Let me go (Will not let you go)
Let me go (Will not let you go (Never, never, never, never))
Let me go, o, o, o, o
No, no, no, no, no, no, no
(Oh mama mia, mama mia) Mama Mia, let me go
Beelzebub has a devil put aside for me, for me, for me

So you think you can stone me and spit in my eye?
So you think you can love me and leave me to die?
Oh, baby, can't do this to me, baby
Just gotta get out, just gotta get right outta here

Nothing really matters, anyone can see
Nothing really matters
Nothing really matters to me

Any way the wind blows

To help you study for the exam

This Spanish invention is exactly what you need right now. You MUST buy it!

http://www.curiosite.com/scripts/product/enproduct.php?idproducto=19126738

Man tries to pay bill with drawing of spider

This piece of "news" is not recent, but somebody just sent me a version in Spanish which FELT like a translation, and hey, it was:

http://news.ninemsn.com.au/article.aspx?id=665847

Dictionary with a difference

A word-a-day dictionary for those of you with a dark/macabre sense of humour:








http://myfirstdictionary.blogspot.com/

Speaking exam timetables May/June 2009

Let's see if this is any better. This time I've only posted the link to each class's timetable.

Speaking 3 Pla d'Impuls

Speaking 3R

Speaking 4S

Speaking 4T

Weird surveys, studies, etc

Some time ago Josep from 4T sent me this link to the list of Ig Nobel prize winners, and Alicia has reminded me of it with her "weird surveys" comment.

Did you know that expensive placebos are more effective than cheaper ones?

That water is intelligent and has a memory?

That mathematicians have calculated the number of photos necessary to ensure that nobody in a group photo has their eyes closed?

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_Ig_Nobel_Prize_winners