Useful language: describing location

It’s

• Perfectly situated..
• Walking dinstance from…
• A (fifteen-minute) walk from…
• A short drive from…

The neighbourhood is (safe, friendly, etc.)
It’s a (beautiful) area…

Useful language: informal letters / emails

Beginnings

Dear + name (email: Dear or Hi)
Sorry for not writing earlier but …
Thank you / Thanks (so much) for (your letter, having me to stay, etc.)
It was great to hear from you …

Endings

That’s all for now.
Hope to hear from you soon. / Looking forward to hearing from you.
(Give my) regards / love to…
Best wishes / Love (from)
PS I enclose a photo of the three of us (email: I attach…)

Useful language: describing a person

He’s quite / very, etc. + adjective (e.g. friendly, extrovert, etc.)
She’s a bit + negative adjective (e.g. untidy, shy, etc.)
He likes / loves / doesn’t mind + verb + -ing
He’s good at + verb + -ing

Useful language: travel problems

The flight was delayed
You broken down
You got lost
You missed your flight
There was a traffic jam
You got a puncture
You forgot passport
Your flight was overbooked

Learning English for the Intermediate Level

En este enlace encontrareis quizzes, grammar, vocabulary, listening, wrinting, pronunciation, reading de nivel intermedio.

http://esl.about.com/od/intermediateenglish/Learning_English_for_the_Intermediate_Level.htm

Aquí teneis los enlaces de forma individual:

Intermediate Level Quizzes (78)
Pronunciation - Speaking (49)
Intermediate Grammar (111)
Intermediate Reading (65)
Intermediate Vocabulary (133)
English Learning Products (4)
Intermediate Listening (22)
Teaching Intermediate Level (84)
Intermediate Writing (22)

Good luck.

Practical English - Shopping

Homework 27th June

The Speaking test

The speaking test will
be on 3rd [from 7.00 to 9.00 pm] and 5th [10.00 to 13.00] June

Calendario general examenes junio 2009

CONVOCATORIA DE LAS PRUEBAS DE COMPRENSIÓN ESCRITA,
COMPRENSIÓN ORAL Y EXPRESIÓN ESCRITA

Formal letters

Here you can find some websites useful to write a formal letter.

http://www.usingenglish.com/resources/letter-writing.html

http://www.google.es/imgres?imgurl=http://web2.uvcs.uvic.ca/elc/sample/beginner/images/wtimages/wt_25.gif&imgrefurl=http://web2.uvcs.uvic.ca/elc/sample/beginner/wt/wt_25.htm&h=521&w=463&sz=23&tbnid=1xWHK1mKUmxa2M::&tbnh=131&tbnw=116&prev=/images%3Fq%3Dformal%2Bletters&hl=es&usg=__mchw3EQwEnRF-acRtDHmlwVdEe4=&ei=R0QUSqzSE4rMjAe33ZW1BA&sa=X&oi=image_result&resnum=4&ct=image

http://www.ompersonal.com.ar/omexpress/correspondencia/cartasformales.htm

Enjoy,

Homework 25th may

Student's book

Page 139 - Grammar Bank - 5C - b

Page 113 - Do the activity in this page and send the writting (Mobile phones - a great invention?) Luis by e-mail before monday.

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