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©Image by Lola la Torre Look at the picture above. Do you know what kind of house it is? Is it a detached house or  a terrace house ? Click here to revise vocabulary. Parts of the house. Outside ©Image by Lola la Torre Can you name the different parts of the house in this picture. Do you need help? Click here . Parts of the house. Inside  Image by JJ Harrison CC BY SA Can you describe this photo? Do you need help? Click here . If you would like to learn more vocabulary about houses and its contents, click here . Shakespeare's  house ©Image by Lola la Torre This is Shakespeare's house. What kind of house is it? Would you like to visit it? Well, we are going to take a virtual tour. You can leave a comment if you found this post useful.

Lucille Ball & Desi Arnaz Check the list of words below. Do you know how to pronounce them? 1) bough 2) rough 3) through 4) cough 5) enough You are going to watch  a clip from the 1950s American sitcom I love Lucy . In this scene you will see Lucy asking Ricky, her Cuban American husband, to read a children's story. However, Ricky's English is not perfect.Make a note of how Ricky pronounces the words in the list above and how they should really be pronounced. Are you surprised? Well, there are at least 10 more different ways in which you can pronounce -ough. Click here to check . You may wonder if there are any rules. What do you think? Well, you can watch another video and see whether you can understand the rules. Still unsure about the rules? Follow this English language blog link You can follow this link too (link provided by Nacho Miguel Arana. Thanks, Nacho). 

Newcastle University. Public domain This post is about the British educational system. You are going to learn about schools. Vocabulary 1) Do you remember these words? nursery school, boarding school, state school,  private school 2) Do you know another word for private school ? Schools How much do you know about schools in Britain? Can you answer the following questions? Is education in the UK compulsory?  When do children start school?  Can children be educated at home?  When does the academic year start and finish?  How much holiday do pupils get? What is GCSE? and A-levels?  What do these letters mean: A*, A, B, C, D, E, F, G? Do parents send their children to state or private schools? What is the difference between "state" and "public school"? To check your answers to questions 1-7 click here . To check your answers to questions 8-7 click here . Public schools Now you know that "public school" is a false friend in Spa...

Miguel de Cervantes y Saavedra. Hi everyone. There is a lot to celebrate this year on Book Day, 23rd April. The 400th anniversary of Miguel de Cervantes's  and Shakespeare's death. Also, 100 years since the birth of Roald Dahl. This post is  "a call for ideas" . Perhaps you would like to do a presentation on the life of Cervantes or Shakespeare, or have a poem that you would like to read. Perhaps you would like to  read a story or play a quiz. I would love to hear from you and your ideas for this big day. You can contact me via the contact form in Contacto or you can post a comment. Just a reminder. I'm updating the Reading Corner so you can check what there is new. Any suggestion is welcome. Thanks!

Public Domain Idioms, not to be confused with idiomas in Spanish, a very common mistake. Idioms are frases hechas or expresiones idiomáticas and are part of everyday language. Native speakers use them all the time. Today I'd like to share with you something funny that happened in my Intermediate 1 class a few weeks ago. It's about idioms, of course. Can you guess the idiom by looking at the photo in this post? That's right! "Do not judge a book by its cover" This idiom was in a text about Susan Boyle . When I asked what the idiom meant in Spanish, one student put his hand up and offered an immediate reply: "No juzgues un libro por la portada" I asked the rest of the class whether they agreed. Some of them said "yes" and some other students did not know whether that was right or wrong. Other students said the translation in Spanish was "No debemos dejarnos engañar por las apariencias" . The student who...

Hola a todos y todas Esta entrada es para inaugurar mi nuevo blog. Bueno, nuevo, nuevo, no. Le he hecho algunos cambios y puesto una nueva foto. Espero que sea útil para mis alumnos  y todos aquellos que quieran aprender inglés. Gracias y aprecio cualquier comentario o sugerencia.