Merry Christmas and a Happy New Year!

Rocking around the Christmas Tree by Miley Cyrus

Rocking around the Christmas Tree

Rocking around the Christmas tree


At the Christmas Party Hop


Mistletoe hung where you can see


Every couple tries to stop.


Rocking around the Christmas tree


Let the Christmas spirit ring


Later we'll have some pumpkin pie


And we'll do some caroling.



You will get a sentimental feeling when you hear


Voices singing, "Let's be jolly,


Deck the halls with boughs of holly".

Rocking around the Christmas tree


Have a happy holiday



Everyone dancing merrily


In the new old-fashioned way.


Rocking around the Christmas tree


Let the Christmas spirit ring


Later we'll have some pumpkin pie


And we'll do some caroling


You will get a sentimental feeling when you hear

Voices singing, "Let's be jolly,


Deck the halls with boughs of holly".

Rocking around the Christmas tree


Have a happy holiday


Everyone dancing merrily


In the new old-fashioned way.

All I want for Christmas is you by Mariah Carey

All I want for Christmas is you

Mariah Carey

I don't want a lot for Christmas

There's just one thing I need

I don't care about the presents

Underneath the Christmas tree

I just want you for my own

More than you could ever know

Make my wish come true

All I want for Christmas is...you

I don't want a lot for Christmas

There's just one thing I need

I don't care about the presents

Underneath the Christmas tree

I don't need to hang my stocking

There upon the fireplace

Santa Claus won't make me happy

With a toy on Christmas day

I just want you for my own

More than you could ever know

Make my wish come true

All I want for Christmas is you...

You baby

I won't ask for much this Christmas

I don't even wish for snow

I'm just gonna keep on waiting

Underneath the mistletoe

I won't make a list and send it

To the North Pole for Saint Nick

I won't even stay awake to

Hear those magic reindeers click

'Cause I just want you here tonight

Holding on to me so tight

What more can I do

Baby all I want for Christmas is you...

Ooh baby

All the lights are shining

So brightly everywhere

And the sound of children's

Laughter fills the air

And everyone is singing

I hear those sleigh bells ringing

Santa won't you bring me the one

I really need

Won't you please bring my baby to me...

Oh I don't want a lot for Christmas

This is all I'm asking for

I just want to see my baby

Standing right outside my door

Oh I just want you for my own

More than you could ever know

Make my wish come true

Baby all I want for Christmas is... You

All I want for Christmas is you... baby (repeat and fade).

Santa Claus is Coming to Town by Justin Bieber

Santa Claus is coming to Town

You'd better watch out You'd better not cry You'd better not pout I'm telling you why Santa Claus is coming to town Santa Claus is coming' to town Santa Claus is coming' to town He's making a list He's checking it twice He's gonna find out Who's naughty or nice Santa Claus is coming' to town He sees you when you're sleeping He knows when you're awake He knows if you've been bad or good So be good for goodness sake So you better watch out You better not cry You better not pout I'm telling you why Santa Claus is coming' to town (3x) The kids in girl and boy land Will have a jubilee They're gonna build a toy land All around the Christmas tree So you better watch out You better not cry You better not pout I'm telling you why Santa Claus (is coming' to town) Santa Claus (is coming' to town) Santa Claus is coming' Santa Claus is coming' Santa Claus is coming' To town.

What food do you like? (Listening Activity)

http://www.englishexercises.org/makeagame/viewgame.asp?id=9510

Food Activity 2

Food Activity 2

Food Activity 1

Three exercises about food vocabulary: ice-cream, chocolate, pasta, rice, sandwiches, eggs, cheese, tomatoes, bananas, orange juice...

Food 1

Nigella's choc chip muffins (Listening Activity)

Try this Listening Comprehension activity with Nigella, the famous TV cook who teaches us how to make Chocolate Chip Muffins. 

Go to activity

At the check out (Video)

Ejemplo de conversación que mantenemos con el cajero/cajera a la hora de pagar nuestra compra, ya sea en un supermercado o en otro tipo de tienda.

At the check out Video

At the Supermarket (Video)

Muy buen recurso para practicar el vocabulario y el diálogo cuando vamos a comprar a un supermercado y preguntamos si se vende  un producto concreto y dónde podemos localizarlo.

At the Supermarket Video

At the Clothes Shop (Video)

Muy buen recurso para practicar el vocabulario y el diálogo cuando vamos a comprar a una tienda de ropa.

At the clothes Shop Video

At the supermarket Game

Everyday shopping, we all have to do it. Collect the groceries on your shopping list as quickly as possible!

Pincha Aquí

Bonfire Night

Bonfire Night is a uniquely British event when its "celebrated" the discovery of the Gunpowder Plot against the King James I and Parliament in the early 17th Century.

Guy Fawkes (1570 to 1606), also known as Guido Fawkes, was member of a group who planned, but failed, to blow up Parliament - now known as the Gunpowder Plot of 1605.

On 5th November 1605 Londoners were encouraged to celebrate the King's escape from assassination by lighting bonfires.

Nowadays, British enjoy doing bonfires, watching fireworks and eating sausages and baked potatoes on the 5th November each year!

Remember, remember 

the fifth of November,

Gunpowder, treason and plot,

We see no reason,

Why gunpowder treason,

Should ever be forgot!

Guy Fawkes

"Thriller", Michael Jackson

Michael Jackson “Thriller”

Cut out the paragraphs and put them in the correct order.

'Cause this is thriller, thriller night

And no one's gonna save you from the beast about strike

You know it's thriller, thriller night

You're fighting for your life inside a killer, thriller tonight

...................................................................................................................................................................

They're out to get you, there's demons closing in on every side

They will possess you unless you change that number on your dial

Now is the time for you and I to cuddle close together, yeah

All through the night I'll save you from the terror on the screen

I'll make you see

...................................................................................................................................................................

'Cause this is thriller, thriller night

There ain't no second chance against the thing with forty eyes, girl

Thriller, thriller night

You're fighting for your life inside a killer, thriller tonight

...................................................................................................................................................................

It's close to midnight and something evil's lurking in the dark

Under the moonlight, you see a sight that almost stops your heart

You try to scream but terror takes the sound before you make it

You start to freeze as horror looks you right between the eyes

You're paralyzed

...................................................................................................................................................................

That this is thriller, thriller night

'Cause I can thrill you more than any ghost would ever dare try

Thriller, thriller night

So let me hold you tight and share a

Killer, diller, chiller, thriller here tonight

...................................................................................................................................................................

You hear the door slam and realize there's nowhere left to run

You feel the cold hand and wonder if you'll ever see the sun

You close your eyes and hope that this is just imagination, girl!

But all the while you hear the creature creeping up behind

You're out of time

...................................................................................................................................................................

'Cause this is thriller, thriller night

Girl, I can thrill you more than any ghost would ever dare try

Thriller, thriller night

So let me hold you tight and share a killer, thriller, ow!

Verónica Tchiengoué. Training listening through Music. Halloween. October 2013.

"This is Halloween", from the Nightmare before Christmas

“This is Halloween”

                  Listen to the halloween song and fill in the blanks with the following words:

1 moon     2 pumpkin     3 king     4 age     5 scared

6 life     7 surprise     8 jump     9 shadow     10 spiders

[Girls]

Boys and girls of every ________

Wouldn't you like to see something strange?

Come with us and you will see

This, our town of Halloween

[Everybody]

This is Halloween, this is Halloween

_____________ scream in the dead of night

This is Halloween, everybody make a scene

Trick or treat till the neighbors gonna die of fright

It's our town, everybody scream

In this town of Halloween

[Boys]

I am the one hiding under your bed

Teeth ground sharp and eyes glowing red

I am the one hiding under your stairs

Fingers like snakes and ____________ in my hair

[Everybody]

This is Halloween, this is Halloween

Halloween! Halloween! Halloween! Halloween!

[Girls]

In this town, we call home

Everyone hail to the pumpkin song

[Boys]

In this town, don't we love it now?

Everybody's waiting for the next _____________

[Everybody]

Round that corner man, hiding in the trash can

Something's waiting now to pounce, and how you'll...

[Girls]

Scream! This is Halloween

Red 'n' black, slimy green

Aren't you __________?

Well, that's just fine

Say it once, say it twice

Take a chance and roll the dice

Ride with the _________ in the dead of night

[Boys]

Everybody scream, everbody scream

[Girls]

In our town of Halloween!

[Boys]

I am the clown with the tear-away face

Here in a flash and gone without a trace

[Girls]

I am the "who" when you call, "Who's there?"

I am the wind blowing through your hair

[Boys]

I am the __________ on the moon at night

Filling your dreams to the brim with fright

[Everybody]

This is Halloween, this is Halloween

Halloween! Halloween! Halloween! Halloween!

Halloween! Halloween!

[Girls]

Tender lumplings everywhere

_______'s no fun without a good scare

[Boys]

That's our job, but we're not mean

In our town of Halloween

[Everybody]

In this town

Don't we love it now?

Everybody's waiting for the next surprise

Skeleton Jack might catch you in the back

And scream like a banshee

Make you _________ out of your skin

This is Halloween, everyone scream

Wont' you please make way for a very special guy

Our man jack is _________ of the Pumpkin patch

Everyone hail to the Pumpkin King now!

This is Halloween, this is Halloween

Halloween! Halloween! Halloween! Halloween!

[Girls]

In this town we call home

Everyone hail to the pumpkin song

[Everybody]

La la la la-la la...

THE END.

Verónica Tchiengoué. Training listening through Music. halloween. October 2013.

"Cinema" Benny Benassi feat. Gary Go

CINEMA

(Benny Benassi feat. Gary Go)

Listen to the song and fill in the blanks with the following words:

science fiction      thriller      watch      always

treasure     playing     cinema      summer     movie     never

I could watch you for a lifetime

You’re my favourite ______________

A thousand endings

You mean everything to me

I ____________ know what’s coming

Forever fascinated

Hope you don’t stop running

To me cause I’ll _______________ be waiting

watch always summer movie

never

You are a _______________ I could watch you forever 

Action _____________ I could watch you forever

You are a Cinema a Hollywood ________________

Love you Just the way you are

A cinema a cinema a cinema A cinema a cinema a cinema

Stars spell out your name

Like in a _______________ ______________ drama Romance roll in

Like a flower in the ______________

You always keep me guessing

Forever my wonder

Hope you start undressing

All my dreams until the end of

You are A cinema I could _____________ you forever 

Action Thriller I could watch you forever

You are A Cinema A Hollywood treasure

Love you Just the way you are

A cinema a cinema a cinema

Never know what movie you’re _______________ (3x) 

Never know never know never know

You are a cinema I could watch you forever ...

Verónica Tchiengoué Quintana. October 2011.- Tv & Cinema Listening Activity. 

"Impossible" - James Arthur

James Arthur - Impossible

sky - promises - love - remember - thinking - caution - 

broken - ahead- say - mistake

I ________________ years ago 


someone told me I should take 


______________ when it comes to love, 
I did... 
And you were strong and I was not 


My illusion, my ________________

I was careless, I forgot 
I did... 


And now when all is done 
there is nothing to ________

You have gone and so effortlessly 


You have won 
you can go ____________ tell them 


Tell them all I know now 


Shout it from the roof tops 


Write it on the ________ line 


All we had is gone now 



Tell them I was happy 


And my heart is ____________ 


All my scars are open 


Tell them what I hoped would be 


Impossible, impossible, Impossible, impossible

Falling out of __________ is hard 


Falling for betrayal is worse 


Broken trust and broken hearts, I know, I know... 


________________ all you need is there 


Building faith on love and words 


Empty _______________ will wear, I know, I know... 


And now when all is done 
there is nothing to say

You have gone and so effortlessly 


You have won 
you can go ahead tell them 


Tell them all I know now 


Shout it from the roof tops 


Write it on the sky line 


All we had is gone now 



Tell them I was happy 


And my heart is broken 


All my scars are open 


Tell them what I hoped would be 


Impossible, impossible, Impossible, impossible 


I remember years ago 


someone told me I should take

caution when it comes to love 
I did... 



Verónica Tchiengoué. Training listening through Music. September 2013.

Sports & Hobbies Multiple choice activity

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Hobbies vocabulary online exercise

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Position of Adverbs of frequency exercise

Rewrite the complete sentence using the adverb in brackets in its correct position. 

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In, on, under, behind activity

Practise the use of prepositions filling the gaps and other online activities.

Click here

"Radioactive" - Imagine Dragons

"Radioactive" - Imagine Dragons

I’m waking up to ash and dust


I wipe my brow and I sweat my rust


I’m 1 in the chemicals

I’m breaking in and shaping up


Then 2 out on the prison bus


This is it the apocalypse

ohohoh

I’m 3 up
I feel it in my bones


Enough to make my system blow

Welcome to the new age,
to the new age


Welcome to the new age,
to the new age

ohohohohohohoh

I’m radioactive


Radioactive

ohohohohohohohoh

I’m radioactive

Radioactive

I raise my 4 and don my clothes


It’s a revolution I suppose


We’re 5 red to fit 6 in

whoa-oh

I’m 7 in and shaping up


Then checking out on the prison bus


This is it the apocalypse

ohohoh

I’m waking up
I feel it in my 8 


Enough to make my system blow

Welcome to the new age,
to the new age


Welcome to the new age,
to the new age

ohohohohohohoh

I’m radioactive


Radioactive

ohohohohohohohoh

I’m radioactive

Radioactive

All systems go


9 hasn’t died


Deep in my bones


10 from inside

I’m waking up
I feel it in my bones


Enough to make my systems grow

Welcome to the new age,
to the new age


Welcome to the new age,
to the new age

ohohohohohohoh

I’m radioactive


Radioactive

ohohohohohohohoh

I’m radioactive

Radioactive

Verónica Tchiengoué. Training listening through Music. October 2013.