Interesting websites for language exchange

Hi guys,

These are  very interesting links I've found to  do a language exchange.

The first one is online, as you will see when you register.

I thought it might be of interest to all of you.

http://www.openlanguageexchange.com/

The link below is a different one  as it provides  real language exchange in your area.( tandem, one to one....) Register and see if you get people keen on practising English with you.

TANDEM SERVICE

Have a go at them and see what happens, as time for finals are getting near and there's no time to lose, right?

Go for it and don't lose heart!

bye for now

UNIT 5: GERUNDS AND INFINITIVES

Another list of verbs

A few links where you can get some extra practice:

Exercise 1 exercise 2 exercise 3  exercise 4  exercise 5 exercise 6

KEY TO REVISE & CHECK exercises(UNIT 4)

REVISE & CHECK key (unit 4)

4C: Are you ready for some activities on body parts idioms?

It cost an arm and a leg : It was very expensive.
They don’t see eye to eye : They don’t agree with each other
She’s got a nose for a bargain : She’s very good at finding ......
I was on my knees by the end of the day : I was very tired

There's no elbow-room : There isn't enough space
She really has green fingers (BrEng) / She really has a green thumb (AmEng) = to be a good gardener

We did it by the skin of our teeth : We only just succeeded, we almost failed
He doesn’t have a leg to stand on : There’s no justification for what he did or says
To make somebody's blood boil: To make sby. very angry.
To have two left feet: To be a hopeless dancer
She's a real pain in the neck: She's an irritating and annoying person. 
I really put my foot in it : I said something by mistake that I shouldn’t have said
She gave him the cold shoulder : She rejected him; she ignored him
To be long in the tooth: To be old
He’s pulling your leg : He’s pretending something is true when it isn’t, as a joke
The car is on its last legs : It’s old and will soon be unusable
He welcomed us with open arms : He was very pleased to accept our help.
We soon lost heart: We became demotivated

Peter gave me a hand with the new garage: He helped me.

Here are a few useful links:

exercise1
exercise2
exercise3
exercise4

4C: Great TALK on nonverbal language by social psychologist, Amy Cuddy.

  A great TALK  on www.ted.com: Your body languages shapes who you are ( a bit long, it's worth listening to it, though!!)

4C: BODY IDIOMS(with examples and translated into Spanish)

Here's a great hand-out with loads of body idioms( idiomatic expressions combined with  body parts) which are commonly used by native speakers and can help  enrich your vocab a lot more.

BODY IDIOMS(with examples and translated into Spanish)

UNIT 4B: OFTEN CONFUSED WORDS

A good exercise here( on often confused verbs)

one on often confused nouns

Loads of commonly confused words

THE BLISTERS are playing LIVE at the Official School of Languages in Xativa

Hi guys,
As promised,  "THE BLISTERS" ( a tribute band  to  THE BEATLES),are  definitely coming over to our school  to play LIVE for us.

WHERE?At the auditorium in the school.

WHEN? Thursday, 20th February  at 19:00

HOW MUCH? Nothing. It's just for free. it's all on us, the English department.

HOW LONG FOR? For about 1hour and a half or it will depend if we ask them to sing an encore. Anyway, until we feel like it.

 the final countdown to the gig is starting  right now!!
So, if you wanna have a good time and dance & sing not only to the terrific music from THE BEATLES but also  the most widely acclaimed hits from the 60's and 70's, the EOI XATIVA is right  the place to be!!

YOU CAN'T MISS IT!
See you all there!!

UNIT 3: Climate , Weather & Environment

Here's  a listening activity on renewable energies with pre- and post- listening activities.

FUTURE FUEL RESOURCES
                                                                                               

File: 4B MODALS IN THE PAST TENSE

Explanation on modals in the past

past modal of deduction quiz
QUIA quiz

ESL classroom perfect modals 1        ESL classroom perfect modals 2

FILE 4A: CONDITIONALS

Here's some extra practice on Conditionals.

2nd Conditional

3rd Conditional

All types of conditionals

All types of conditional (a short quiz)

All types of Conditionals( 20 questions)

More actitivies( 3rd Conditional)
More activities
More activities
More activities
More activities
More activities

FILE 4A: SURVIVAL quizzes!!

Here below is a website where you can  do loads of quizzes. The ones I'm presenting you with are about SURVIVAL, which are related to the unit we are just dealing with at the moment in class. Click on the link and do some of them about survival.

Survival Quizzes

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