How to celebrate St. Patrick's Day (according to Americans)

Here is a video about St Patrick's Day. Answer these questions before watching it:

1. When do Irish people celebrate this day?
2. Who was St. Patrick?
3. What's St. Patrick's favourite colour?

After watching the video: answer this questions and submit them to the blog:

1. What are the main ingredients to celebrate this day?
2. What American festival is compared to St. Patrick's Day in Ireland?
3. What's the name of Ireland's national sport? What is it like?
4. What can you do if you find a four-leaf clover?
5. How many people in America claim to be of Irish descent? What's the population of Ireland today?

A for and against composition.(Ciclos)

Hello you guys from ciclos!

It's good to see you again. Well, I only saw three of you today in class but I hope to see you all back next Tuesday.
As I told you in class, here is a file with some directions about writing a for and against composition. Very typical at Selectividad or Acceso a Ciclos Tests.
It's all about writing about the advantages or disadvantages of something. For example life in the city/in the country.
Please take a look at the pdf file. Get a printed copy of it and write your composition. (Life in the city).
Send your work by clicking on comentarios and I'll check out your compositions.

See you on Tuesday.

for and against composition

irregular verbs game. (English2, English3, Nivel 2, Ciclos)

Hi everybody!
Here is Speedword. A game to practice past tenses of irregular verbs. It has 10 verbs in each game. You must spell the past form of one verb. Time is important, you have 10 seconds for each verb. Click on letters to spell out the correct form.
Good luck!

IRREGULAR VERBS 1

IRREGULAR VERBS 2

IRREGULAR VERBS 3

IRREGULAR VERBS 4

IRREGULAR VERBS 5

Past Examinations in Madrid (Ciclos)

Hi everyone at Ciclos!
I've just uploaded some of the previous exams for you to download. Just click on the links and you'll get a pdf file for each exam in Madrid.
You can do any of the exams and send me your answers clicking on Comentarios.


Inglés 2000
Inglés 2001
Inglés 2002
Inglés 2003
Inglés 2005
Inglés 2006
Inglés 2007
Inglés 2008
Inglés 2009