COLLOQUIAL EXPRESSIONS- FREE TIME

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Writing "Day trips"

These are sentences extracted from the last writing you handed in. They have some mistakes, so you have to correct them.

1. I didn't expected that the place was packed.

2. I was really in to art so that I headed to National Gallery last year.

3. And there's also spectacular shows and shops.

4. Finally, although, I didn't have as much time as I'd like to have, I had a great time.

5. How we didn't bring any cloth and shoes comfortable....

6. And honestly, I have to say that was a unlike and drop-dead experience.

7. In this area had been filmed at about 50 fantastic American and Spanish films.

8. Films that were starring by great actors.

9. If you went to Arizona you won't be able to tell the difference.

10. Set and film in India, tells the story of Jamal Malik, who appears on the Indian version of "Who want to be a millionaire?".

Listening- Places to visit

Happy New Year!!! I hope you had a lovely Christmas, and that you had time to relax and disconnect so you now bring renewed energy to face the second part of the course.

As the saying goes... better late than never! So here is the listening I told you about on places to visit. 
I also asked you to write three similar descriptions, one of a natural park, another one of a place where you can enjoy art or culture, and finally, an amusement or theme park. 

This is the audio track:



And here is the exercise:

You are going to listen to some short extracts about places to visit with children. Match extracts 1 to 5 with sentences A to H. There are two sentences you don't need to use. Extract 0 is the example (letter C).

A It was built in the 17th century, and you can learn about the stars.
B You don't have to pay for special exhibitions. 
C It's near the sea and there are many different types of activities.
D You have to pay for a trip on the sea.
E You can see paintings of people and there is a good view from the top of the building.
F It's ok if the weather is good, and you can do a lot of water sports.
G You can learn about a type of transport, and it's more interesting than the speaker expected.
H There aren't many places to eat or drink.

How to serve in tennis

This is a step by step tutorial on how to serve when you play tennis. We will work on this video in class. We'll revise vocabulary of the parts of the body plus other useful words to describe sports, movements and actions.

Sports Vocabulary

INTERESTS AND SPORTS

This is our new topic. We are going to talk about thigs you fancy doing, how we practise different sports, their rules and vocabulary related to equipment.

TYPES OF SPORTS  In this site you can find various sports names, descriptions of how to play or do them, sample enquiries on this topic, and a conversation model.

And here you have places where we do sports.