Jingle Bells

Dear students,

Christmas time is here! Below are two links to work on  a very well-known Christmas song in English:

A1
http://www.lyricsgaps.com/exercises/view/1271/Beginner

A2-B1
http://www.lyricsgaps.com/exercises/view/1271/Intermediate

MERRY CHRISTMAS!




Lyricsgaps.com

The alphabet in English/El alfabeto en inglés

Do you still have problems with the alphabet? Click here to have a look at how each letter is pronounced. You can also click on the green symbol to listen to each sound.

Remember the alphabet is extremely important to communicate effectively in English and you're often required to spell your name and surname in the Cambridge exams, so it's time to practise!

(¿Todavía no has aprendido el alfabeto en inglés. Haz click aquí para acceder a una web donde podrás ver cómo se pronuncia cada sonido. Además, puedes escuchar cómo se pronuncia cada letra si haces click sobre el símbolo verde.

Recordad que conocer el alfabeto es muy important para comunicarse en inglés y en los exámenes de Cambridge a menudo los candidatos tienen que deletrear su nombre o apellido así que...¡es hora de ponerse a practicar!)


Puro Inglés
http://www.puroingles.com/pronunciacion-del-abecedario-en-ingles

Reading resources

Reading books is essential to improve your English level. It'll help you to widen your vocabulary, learn grammar structures and it's fun! Below you can find links to the Macmillan Readers website where you can find graded books adapted to your level.

-A1: Elementary

-A2:  Pre-intermediate.

-B1: Intermediate

You can buy the books online or order there in your local bookshop. You can also buy them new or second-hand in Amazon.



So why don't you take advantage of Christmas holidays to start reading? 

PET Writing: Sentence transformation

The first part of the Writing paper in the PET exam is called Sentence transformations. In this part you'll find  five questions  about the same theme. For each question there is one complete sentence and a second sentence which has a missing word or words. You have to complete the second sentence so that it means the same as the first sentence.

This part requires a good knowledge of English grammar. There are lots of books you can use to improve your grammar. A very useful one is English Grammar in Use by Raymond Murphy (Cambridge University Press).

Below you can find several links where you can practise this part of the exam:

Exam English

http://www.examenglish.com/PET/PET_writing_part1.htm 

Floe-Joe

http://www.flo-joe.co.uk/preliminaryenglish/writing/pet_writing_practice_test_part_1.htm

OM First Certificate

http://www.ompersonal.com.ar/firstcertificate2/exercises/activity5.htm

 English Stuff- Free practice exercises for learning English
http://www.stuff.co.uk/sentence_transformations.htm

Jobs

Review some vocabulary about jobs here.

Then you can test your knowledge with this exercise.

LEO Network
http://www.learnenglish.de/vocabulary/jobs.htm

Saber Inglés
http://www.saberingles.com.ar/exercises/132.html

Cambridge Penfriends

Click here to have a look at some of the beautiful cards our younger students have done on the topic Amazing Animals.

To find our students'cards type or choose  the following details:

Theme: Amazing Animals
Location: Spain
Enter School Name: EMI

Don't forget to vote for your favourite cards!

All of them will be sent to our partner schools in Taiwan and China and we are looking forward to receiving their cards.

PET (B1) Exam

Are you interested in taking the Cambridge English Preliminary Test (level B1). Click here for useful information about the test.

You can also dowload a guide with information about the format and different parts of the exam.