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Bath Time! Corrected English text.

27.7.2010 / 0 Comments

Bath Time

Dragos wants to give Pufi a bath. But Dragos knows Pufi hates water, and baths. Anyway, Dragos fills the bath and calls Pufi. Pufi pretends to cry to get Dragos’ sympathy. Dragos isn’t fooled. He applauds Pufi’s act, sarcastically. When Pufi pretends to faint, Dragos has an idea. He holds a bone in the air. Sure enough, Pufi… more

Bath Time! Video plus language exercise in the Simple Present.

21.7.2010 / 0 Comments

Pufi hates bath time. And Dragos tries to be smarter than Pufi. But is he?

Now rearrange the sentences to tell the story of the video, “Bath Time”.

Dragos wants to Pufi a give bath. But Dragos Pufi hates knows and water, baths. Anyway, calls Dragos the Pufi bath and fills. Pufi get sympathy pretends to cry to Dragos’.… more

Pamplona bull run answers.

20.7.2010 / 0 Comments

Here are the false statements corrected. All the information is in the text.

No one was hurt during the bull run.

Two Britons were injured.

It was the fourth run of a ten day long fiesta.

It was the third run of the nine-day long fiesta

There had been heavy rain in the afternoon.

There had been light morning rain… more

The difference between ‘It’ and ‘It’s’. Linguaspectrum video lesson in one minute!

10.7.2010 / 0 Comments

The Pamplona bull run festival in Spain. Video plus newspaper article and correction exercise.

10.7.2010 / 0 Comments

Every year, the Pamplona bull run takes place in Spain. Hundreds of young men risk their lives running with the bulls. Last year, one of them was killed. Watch the video, then do the English exercise based on the newspaper article from The Telegraph.

Two Britons injured in running of the bulls in Pamplona
Two Britons were among

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Answers for gap-fill exercise. ‘Blimps could replace aircraft ……’

10.7.2010 / 0 Comments

Zeppelins could replace aircraft in freight transport, say scientists

Helium-powered ships could be carrying freight – and even passengers – in as little as a decade.

Juliette Jowit
guardian.co.uk, Wednesday 30 June 2010 15.53 BST

Blimps (Zeppelins) could replace aircraft in a decade.

Fresh fruit, vegetables, flowers and other foreign luxuries could be part of a global revolution by… more

Zeppelins! Video plus article in English and gap-fill exercise

02.7.2010 / 0 Comments

Zeppelins! The inexpensive, eco-friendly future transport of goods could be solved by using ‘blimps’ — zeppelins.

Zeppelins could replace aircraft in freight transport, say scientists

Helium-powered ships could be carrying freight – and even passengers – in as little as a decade.

Juliette Jowit
guardian.co.uk, Wednesday 30 June 2010 15.53 BST

Blimps (Zeppelins) could replace aircraft in a… more