Key to the Cloze "Body Image"

And here's the key to the cloze I gave you as homework:

1. shown; 2. going; 4. Similarly; 5. higher; 6. concerned; 7. which; 8. compulsive; 10. lack; 11. from; 12. enough; 13. least; 14. on; 15. spokesperson; 16. believed; 17. another's; 18. growing; 19. shape; 20. average; 21. males; 22. while; 24. over; 25. than.

(I'm sorry, I must've been hungry and ate some numbers... ;-) There were only 22 gaps, then...)

The No. 1 Ladies' Detective Agency

Morning!

Here's the video of the pilot episode of the series based on the booked we've read. It's almost two hours long, but I guess you can watch it as you would watch any other movie over the weekend ;-) You're going to enjoy it, since you'll recognise many moments.

And here's the complete interview that we partly listened to:

Past modals Songs

This weekend's songs are... 

My favourite Moloko song:

Some of you will already know there's no place to go
This is the modern man, as good as I am
Here in the heart of the sun my memory melts
Swellegant, elephant pain, he never forgets
Should've been a beautiful thing
Could've been a beautiful thing

Pull over to the side of the road, let the bold be bold
Luxury at a low introductory price, now wouldn't that be nice?
A happy little family puts you in a trance meanwhile back at the ranch
Insatiable hand-held flexible friend, why not give him a chance?
Could've been a beautiful thing
Should've been, could've been a beautiful thing

Promises of pleasure mesmerised, but how far can we get?
At least here in the eye of the storm I won't get my hairdo wet
Some of you have already foreseen yourself undone
Some of you seem to believe you've only just begun
Try a little perjury, get rich quick
My eyes are bigger than my belly is, and it makes me sick
Attitude, so much to prove, should've been a beautiful thing
Some of you will already know, and I'm still wondering
Should've been a beautiful thing
Could've been a beautiful thing
I could've been, should've been, could've been a beautiful thing
Could've been a beautiful thing
Should've been, would've been a beautiful thing

(How we love to disguise)

One more for the "Should've"form:

How many things did the guy do wrong?

Now, another one where the lady is certain that she loved the guy, and we've heard it sooooo many times on the radio, we're also sure it was love ;-)

This song opens a new section in the blog I already told you about. It's the section called "From guachi guachi to real English", a section dedicated to those old songs you've been singing for ages, not knowing what you were saying. It's high time you knew, don't you think?

Grammar practice

Morning!
Here's a couple of links to extra grammar practice I think you should do:

1) link to Mª José Bermejo's blog with passive voice exercises
2) so / such ... that
3) Present perfect simple and continuous
4) Present modals (there are four pages you have to check here)
5) Past modals

Enough for now!

Man leaps to his death

Hi! 
here's the video we saw in class, in case you want to see it again with the questions I gave you in the tiny handout ;-)

Teeth

Just for fun...

But if you want to use it s an English exercise, can you tell the story in your own words?

Word missing

I'm sorry but there is a word missing in the cloze text I gave you as homework for next week...

Here's the sentence and the word missing (underlined):

"It ___[4]___ seem improbable, but he says we can build up our muscles simply ___[5]____ thinking about exercise."

Twisted and Sick

This weekend's song is .... one by Marlango where you can recognise the grammatical construction we studied last week: The more ... the more... ;-)

The more you see
The more I hide
The more I show
The more I lie
Or maybe
The more I hide
The more you see
The more I lie
The more I show
But I'm twisted & sick so that's fine with me
Cause I'm twisted & sick so that's fine with me

Te more I show
The more you see
The more I hide
The more I lie
Or even the more you see
The more I show
The more I lie
The more I hide
But I'm twisted & sick so that's fine with me
Cause twisted & sick so that's fine with me

I'd love to need you
But I don't
And I want to miss you
But I don't
And I need to want
And I miss your wanting
And I want your loving
But I'm twisted & sick so that's fine with me
That's fine with me

(Bridge)

Cause I'm twisted & sick so that's fine with me
I'm twisted & sick so that's fine with me

Until I finish what i have to do
I can't start doing what i should do
I'll have to do this
I'll have to say that
I'll have to go beat
Out all of the crap
I'll have to sit still
I'll have to fulfill
Those stupid ideas
They have about me
But I'm twisted & sick so that's fine with me
I'm twisted & sick so that's fine with me
That's fine with me

Key to the used to - be used to - get used to exercises

Hi!

Here's the key to the exercises I handed out to you this week. I realised there were repeated sentences only after I had given the photocopy to you, so I hope the key is not too misleading, since I have eliminated those repeated sentences in it. 

Exercise A)

1 - to getting; 2 – to read; 3 – to like; 4 – to stay; 5 – to drinking; 6 – used to go; 7 – I’m used to saying; 8 – is used to driving; 9 – used to wear; 10 – used to be; 11 – used to get on.

Exercise B)

1 – I’m used to sleeping on the floor; 2 – get used to living; 3 – get used to + your choice, which should be a verb in the –ing form; 4 – drink; 5 – eating; 6 – having / working in; 7 – being told; 8 – be; 

Ain't Got No

Hi there!

Since I forgot to post a song last weekend, here's a suggestion from one of your classmates that I like a lot, too ;-)

Listening Comprehension, p. 34 Student's Book

Hi!
Here's the listening comprehension exercise you have to do to complete the review of Units 1-4. (Instructions on p. 34 of your book)

Speaker 1
Speaker 2
Speaker 3
Speaker 4
Speaker 5

Have a nice weekend!

I did my homework...

Did you?

Happy 2014!