LISTEN AND ENJOY IT

Friday 26 February 2010

BEYONCÉ - HALO

To those who like Beyoncé, I hope you enjoy this video.



If you feel like singing along, have a look at the lyrics.
Beyonce Halo

Thursday 25 February 2010

PASSIVE VOICE IN CONTEXT

In order to practise the passive voice, I recommend you to do two exercises. The first one, about The Statue of Liberty, can be found on http://www.ego4u.com/en/cram-up/grammar/passive/exercises?text01.
If you want to do the sencond one, about Portal Dolmens, go to http://www.ego4u.com/en/cram-up/grammar/passive/exercises?text02.
What about practising a bit more? Visit http://www.agendaweb.org/ and do some exercises related to the passive voice.
You can also see some more explanations and execises here.

TYPES OF HOLIDAY, DESTINATIONS, FESTIVALS, ETC.

If you really want to become a travel agent or work in the field of tourism, have a look at the following page. There you will find different types of holiday, different destinations, festivals and events, brochures and a lof of information about different places around the world.
You can travel around the world with only one click of the mouse.
Cox & Kings is the longest established travel company in the world.
http://www.coxandkings.co.uk/home.aspx

JOURNEY, TRAVEL, TRIP...

As you already know, to distinguish the differences among 'journey', 'travel', 'trip', 'voyage', 'excursion', 'outing', 'expedition', etc. is not easy. In order to practise a bit more, you can visit the following website, where you can test your knowledge about this topic.
I hope you enjoy the activity!http://www.usingenglish.com/handouts/58.html

If you still have some problems, go to http://www.bbc.co.uk/worldservice/learningenglish/grammar/learnit/learnitv209.shtml

And now, I think you are ready to do the following crossword. Have fun!

Monday 22 February 2010

READING AND UNDERSTANDING FIGURES

Once we have studied how to read figures, I recommend you to visit the following page and do the listening exercise to see if you can really understand them.
http://esl.about.com/library/listening/blnumbers1.htm

Thursday 18 February 2010

TRAVEL DESTINATIONS WORLD MAP

Here you can see a world map with the most popular travel destinations. Try to find out some information about some of them, e.g. country in which they are situated, places to see, things to do, what to eat...
Which of these places would you like to visit? Why? How would you get there? Where would you stay? How long would you spend there?
World Map Showing Travel Destinations

Monday 8 February 2010

WEB QUEST: GETTING TO KNOW POPULAR TOURIST DESTINATIONS

As you can see, this activity will take you to different parts of the world. Answer all the questions and you will know a little bit about some interesting places to visit.
Webquest Popular Destinations