A phrasal verb is a combination of a verb and a preposition: give up, set up, run out, go away… are phrasal verbs. Many people have negative feelings about phrasal verbs. Why? Because it’s impossible to know the meaning of a phrasal verb from the words. For example, if you say ‘I’ve run out of milk’ It doesn’t mean that you run, it means that you don’t have any milk.
Try it! Click on Bob Wilson’s web page. You can watch the video as an introduction and then test yourself in some online phrasal verbs exercises.
Are you a Lord of the Rings fan? You can watch the opening scene, visit the official site and learn more about Tolkien universe, books and movies.
Try it! If you want to learn more about Lord of the Rings as well as about English grammar and passive voice, you have to visit this site where you can do some crosswords, exercises or multiple choice activities.
Halloween is an annual holiday celebrated on October 31. Do you know why are pumpkins, skeletons or ghosts associated with halloween? What does it mean the expression ‘trick or treat’? If you want to know more about this celebration click on here.
Try it! There are a lot of online activities about Halloween, as well as crafts to do. Click and enjoy Halloween! or if you like, do the Halloween’s quiz or watch and read one story about Halloween.
Opposites are words that are contrary or radically different in nature, qualities, direction, result or significance. For example: male-female, long-short, up-down…
Try it!Click on this matching quiz and match the opposites. Drag from the right column to the left column.
Let’s go to the idiom jungle again (if you haven’t done it yet, look for the 27th July and 26th August 2009 posts).
Try it! Click on the idiom jungle and test yourself in this online exercise. This time it’s a multiple choice activity about fish, food and meat. Learn about idioms and good luck!
If you like reading or watching films about superheroes now you have the opportunity to create your own one!
Try it! Click on the Hero Factory and choose the face, body, powers, abilities, name… of your superhero! When you finish, print your character or save it in your e-mail adress. Then, show your hero to the rest of the class and write a description explaining why is he/she special. You can follow these questions as a guide:
What super-powers does he/she have?
What adventures does he/she have?
What is his/her alter-ego like?
Does he/she have a side-kick?
Who is his/her arch enemy?
You can work all together with the rest of the class. Think about a problem in your class and design a superhero who can cope with it.
Do you like writing and drawing your own stories? Then, storybird is your web page!
Try it! If you click on storybird web page you’ll find some lovely tales to read as well as some resources to create your own story for friends or family. When you finish, print or send your story by email!
In Love with Shakespeare is a didactic unit for Batxillerat designed by Anna Aznar and Jordi Jordan. It can be done as a whole or selecting some of the units. The main objectives here are to develop communicative strategies, both spoken and written, and to get to know some aspects of English culture (basically history and literature), with the aid of ITC.
Try it!Click on the link and pass your mouse over the picture, the different units will appear. Click on the first one, Tudor England and start by learning about the context in which Shakespeare lived: the monarchy, the city of London and the way they dressed. Again, pass the mouse over the screen and click on the different pictures. By searching the web sites provided, you must find out about Henry VIII, his wives and how Elizabeth I accessed the throne. You must also identify the main characters in Tudor history in a number of portraits. Then, you can click on Tudor London and complete a description of the city at that time after reading a website, learn about London monuments and place them in a map.
Try it! Click on Bob Wilson’s web page. You can watch the video as an introduction and then test yourself in some online phrasal verbs exercises. 
