It´s All Over Now, Baby Blue by Bob Dylan

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• matching exercise
• gap fill exrcise
• and relative clauses

Talking About Movies

VOCABULARY:Film Reviews 

plot,sequel,background,soundtrack,score,close up,

scene, location, screenplay, adaptation,remake,box-office hit,

blockbuster, cameo, camera, genre, character,sci-fi,

setting, critic 

In order to practise  vocabulary about films go to the link below, with two very short film reviews: Skyfall/ The Master

 










Click here : listen and fill in the gaps .
Then, go to this link to do extra movie activities:crossword,movie cloze,movie sypnosis reading activity.

A synopsis is a brief summary of a written work or a movie. Read the movie synopses below and try to guess the title of the movie.

Movie 1: ________________ This is a comedy starring Jim Carrey. When a light falls from the sky, Carrey’s character Truman begins to suspect that something is wrong with the world. He goes on to discover that his whole life is being filmed as a show for others to watch.	Movie 2: ________________ This is a sci-fi thriller starring Keanu Reeves. His character, Neo, is a computer hacker who discovers that life on earth is a façade created by intelligent machines that use humans to generate energy.	Movie 3: ________________ This action/adventure film is a remake of a 1933 classic. Jack Black plays a movie director who captures a giant ape from a lost island and brings the ape back to New York.  In the end, the ape escapes captivity and causes destruction in New York.
Movie 8: ________________ In this romance, Kate Winslet plays an upper class woman who falls in love with a poor artist. The story takes place aboard a ship that is struck by an iceberg and sunk. In the end, Kate Winslet’s character, Rose, survives but the poor artist, who is played by Leonardo DiCaprio, dies.		Movie 4: ________________ This is a suspense drama starring Bruce Willis. He plays a doctor who helps children with psychological problems. He tries to help a troubled child who sees ghosts. In the end, he helps the boy find peace, but he discovers that he is a ghost himself.
Movie 7: ________________ In this sci-fi action film, Will Smith plays a cop who is recruited into the government’s most secret agency. He has to find ‘illegal aliens’ that are hiding in New York, including an insect-like alien that is trying to take over the world.	Movie 6: ________________ When a criminal maniac, Sirius Black, escapes from prison, Harry Potter, who is played by Daniel Radcliffe, has to be careful. It turns out that Sirius is not who he seems.	Movie 5: ________________ This is an action film starring Tobey Maguire. He plays a superhero who has to stop the evil genius Dr. Octopus. Unfortunately, his real life problems as college student Peter Parker cause him to temporarily give up being the superhero.

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Learn English With Song Quizzes

SKYFALL 

BY 

ADELE

This is a gap fill listening exercise to help you improve your vocabulary and practise your English listening skills.Watch the video.

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 For the newest James Bond movie, Skyfall, English singer Adele recorded a song with the same name. Though Adele speaks with a strong London accent, her singing voice sounds more American than British. Why do British vocalists often sound American when they sing?

Confusing Words

LIE / LAY

Lie, lay, lain

Lay, laid, laid (with object)

STATIONARY / STATIONERY

RISE / RAISE / ARISE

Rise, rose, risen (no object): move from a lower position to a higher one; come or go up.

Of the sun, moon. Of a fish.

Raise,raised,raised (with object) : lift or move to a higher position or level.

Arise, arose,arisen (no object) ( Of a problem, opportunity, or situation)  emerge,become apparent.

DESSERT / DESERT

Dessert: the sweet course eaten at the end of a meal.

Desert: a waterless, desolate area of land with little or no vegetation,typically one covered with sand.

 FLAUNT/FLOAT/FLOUT

Flaunt:(with object) display something ostentatiously, especially in order to provoke envy or admiration or to show defiance.
Float: (no object) rest or move on or near the surface of a liquid without sinking.
Flout: (with object) openly disregard a rule, law, or  convention.--   (no object) mock, scoff

FLOUNDER/FOUNDER 

Flounder:struggle, be in seriuos difficulty.

Founder:fill with water and sink. Fail, break down as a result of a particular problem. 

 

AFFECT/EFFECT

BORROW / LEND 

LOOSE / LOSE

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http://random-idea-english.blogspot.com.es/2011/01/confusing-verbs-lie-lay-lie.html#more

Collocations Dictionary

FREE ONLINE COLLOCATIONS DICTIONARY

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Week In Rap: Election Edition 2012

Barack Obama wins the presidential election over Mitt Romney in a rap song

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TED_Ed Vocabulary

SAT Vocabulary #6

Created by Catlin Tucker using Video from Catlin Tucker YouTube Channel 

Let's Begin… This SAT vocabulary list is taken from the list of 5,000 words students should know for the SAT.

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Britishisms

Random Idea English: Britishisms

A year or so ago, the BBC website published a rather silly article, where they invited readers to write in with the Americanisms which annoyed them most. The BBC published these without any comment, causing a bit of a stir in the (mostly American) linguistics blogosphere. In fact it turned out that many of these 'pet peeves' that people sent in weren't even Americanisms at all, and of the five examples the journalist had opened the article with, only one hadn't started life in Britain.

Read and do the following exercises on random-idea-english.blogspot.com.es.

Obama Re-Elected as US President

President Barack Obama defeats Romney to win re-election

 Barack Obama: "I have never been more hopeful"

President Barack Obama has been re-elected to a second term, defeating Republican challenger Mitt Romney.

America's first black president secured the 270 votes in the electoral college needed to win the race.
In his victory speech before supporters in Chicago, Mr Obama said he would talk to Mr Romney about "where we can work together to move this country forward".

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BBCNews

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Listen To News

 LISTEN TO NEWS

Regular listening practice based on the weekly news, with pre-reading vocabulary, reading, gap-fill exercise, comprehension quiz and answers.

"American Brace For Hurricane Sandy"
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English Test

English Test Articles Test 03. English Test us

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