Free Games for Practising English

Do you know that one of the best ways to improve your English is to play with it?
Below you can find some funny sites! Enjoy and let me know which one you like best!

• English Online: Grammar of Doom and Shoot a Sentence.
• BBC Skillwise
• ESL Games Plus
• British Council Learn English
• ESL Games World
• Vocabulary.co.il
• Grammar Ninja

Ten funny English common sayings

I have just come across this website where you can find funny common sayings with images which are used in colloquial English.

--> Follow the link and enjoy!

Can language be inclusive?

From your composition I've noticed that when you want to refer to man, woman, boy or girl in general you use the Catalan formula "he / she" or "the boy / the girl / the son / the daughter" and I've thought it could be interesting to let you know which is the English one. 

If we are referring to "he / she" we can use the plural pronoun "they". 
The "he / she" formula can also be written in the "s/he" form, which it's said to be more inclusive.

Can you please explain me what does the term "inclusive" mean?
Write down something inclusive  – not necessarily a pronoun —, think about whether it's relevant or not in our society, and take note in which cases this can be useful, for instance in the use of terms that describe people such as job titles.

Space facts

Did you know Venus spins in the opposite direction to all the other planets in our solar system and there are thought to be trillions of diamonds on Uranus?

On the following link you'll be able to check many special and weird facts about space and the universe.
Pick up your favourite one and write down in 75-100 words why is that.

Christmas Homework

In order to revise your knowledge of English during the Christmas holidays I propose you to train to a spelling competition we'll have after Christmas. In class we'll watch Spellbound, a documentary film on the subject. I hope you'll enjoy!

Check out the trailer right here --> https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=DkbJWZvBVvk

Guess what has been the word of the year 2015...

Any guesses?

Follow the link and enjoy doing the quiz!

http://blog.oxforddictionaries.com/2015/11/word-of-the-year-2015-emoji/#quiz

Grammar YUniversity

Have you ever visited a page that gathers cool tips in order to remember grammar rules properly? 

Follow the rabbit through the link! Visit it from time to time, or at least once in a blue moon.

--> https://twitter.com/The_YUNiversity

Tricky homophones

Find out the meaning of the following homophones and learn them by hahaheart!

Where do good ideas come from?

After having listened to Steven Johnson's video, make a short summary of the main ideas.
How would you use what you've learnt in order to solve your problems?