PRESENTING OUR COMPANIES

As a round-up activity to unit 1 students did some presentations for their companies.

GLOSSARY OF USEFUL BUSINESS WORDS

This is a glossary of useful English words related to commerce and business.

SPELLING EXERCISE

I'm spelling the names of some worldwide companies.

FIGURES

This is a listening activity for the practice with big figures in English.

LISTENING ACTIVITY 1

Listen and write the words you hear. They belong to three groups:

Words with long/short "i" fourteen forty team bill machine please fill agreement cheap meeting

Words with long "e" firm skirt earn Thursday thirty shirt surname German commercial survey

Words from the glossary accountant job advertisement apply for a job bankrupt bargain cash chairperson change complaint charity

RESUMEN DE VOCABULARIO DE LA UNIDAD 1

Presentation of the words and expressions of unit 1 to be learnt

The English alphabet

Click here to download the English alphabet and how to pronounce the letters.

PRONUNCIATION PRACTICE FOR COMERCIO DE GRADO MEDIO

VOWEL SOUNDS

Here you can download some worksheets  for pronunciation practice of some English vowel sounds.

ESSENTIAL BUSINESS GRAMMAR

PRESENTATION

VERB TO BE

Practice with verb to be

FURTHER PRACTICE

PRESENT SIMPLE PRESENTATION

Present Simple

SIGN LANGUAGE

Some of students of Pío Baroja School signing (not singing!) songs. Will I ever see them (or should I say listen to?) speaking English as well as they sign?

Carolina



Diana



Paula

SOMETHING ABOUT MODAL VERBS

Something about modal verbs

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MY DREAM HOUSE

All of us have ever thought of living in an ideal house. Of course, everyone has a different model of what the ideal house is like. Read some descriptions here and maybe you can find your dream house.  Come on, try and read, who knows...

My dream house

SCHOOL SUPERSTITIONS

Have you ever thought how strange and nonsensical all superstitions are?
Or, deep down, do you really think there's some truth in them?
Anyway, here you can read some superstitions some students have. Read  and think carefully about them. Maybe , some of them are true. Who knows.....

SCHOOL SUPERSTITIONS

BACK TO SCHOOL

People complain that school looks like a jungle these days and that teaching is becoming a risk job. I wanted to see it first hand and decided to spend a term in a school. This is my experience. If you want to read my report, click on it.

MY REPORT

LOVE LETTERS

Have you ever felt the need to express your emotions?
Have you ever thought poets don't exist any more?
Do you ever think nobody believes in love any longer?
Have you ever wanted to have the best collection of love letters ever written?
Then read and feast your eyes!

LOVE LETTERS

FAILURES

I have always liked messages like the one in the photo. I absolutely agree with it. I think the real  hero is not the person who wins a thousand battles but the person who stands up a thousand times after a fall (or a defeat or a  failure!).

Click on OUR FAILURES and read something about your partners' stories.

THERE ARE OTHER WORLDS WAITING FOR YOU

VIDEO PRESENTATION OF OUR TRAVEL AGENCY

INTERSTELLAR TRIPS

WE HOPE YOU ENJOY THE VIDEO. (Dedicated to those who are a bit disappointed with their exam results. We hope they get the message!)
TIRED OF TRAVELLING AROUND THE WORLD? YOU CAN SEE A WIDE OFFER OF EXCITING TRIPS TO OUTER SPACE IN OUR CATALOGUE. WE ARE SURE YOU WILL FIND A PLACE WELL WORTH VISITING! CLICK HERE AND FEAST YOUR EYES.

AMERICAN SIGN LANGUAGE (ASL)

This is a series of videos where you can get familiar with ASL. Also, you can watch them to keep improving your English. I hope you find them useful, anyway.

VIDEO 1

VIDEO 2

COMPARATIVES AND SUPERLATIVES

SOME BASICS ABOUT COMPARATIVES AND SUPERLATIVES IN ENGLISH.

Comparativos Y Superlativos

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TENSES

In this presentation you can read about the most common verbal tenses in English.

Tenses

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