Groundhog Day - Movie Trailer

There is a movie based on that day, on which a weatherman finds himself living the same day (groundhog day) over and over again. Have you seen it?
I've posted the trailer so that you can see it:

Groundhog Day

On February 2, Groundhog Day is celebrated in the USA and Canada. Read about Groundhog Day and answer the questions. 

Vocabulary
to hibernate (verb)- to sleep through the winter
hibernation (noun)- comes from hibernate (long sleep through the winter)
legend- old story that is told from parents to children, and children's children, and so on for many many years
shadow- darkness made where the light can't go through (when the sun shines you can see the dark outline of your body on the ground)

Story
A groundhog is a small animal that digs and lives under the ground. It is also called the woodchuck. Grounhogs live in many parts of America. In the winter they hibernate like bears and some other animals.
There is a legend that says a few hundred years ago Europeans brought Ground Hog Day to America. They said that the groundhog wakes up from his hibernation on February 2. (February 2 is half way between winter and spring.) If he comes up from his hole and it is sunny, he will see his shadow and be frightened. If he sees his shadow, there will be 6 more weeks of winter weather. But if he comes up and the sky is cloudy, he will not see his shadow and will not be frightened. Then spring weather will come very soon.
Some people believe this legend and they watch the sky on February 2. Many people are happy if it is cloudy on that day. They think spring will come soon. But most people think it is just a fun legend. What do you think?


Questions:

1. What is another name for groundhog?
2. Where do groundhogs live?
3. What does a groundhog do during the winter?
4. When does the groundhog wake up from his hibernation?
5. If a groundhog sees his shadow, what will happen?

Past Simple or Past Continuous???

Past simple or past continuous??? hummmm....

Come on!it's not so difficult!

Let's practise with those tenses a little bit... click on the exercises below:

Exercise 1: Group the sentences
Exercise 2: Mix and match
Exercise 3: complete the stories
Exercise 4: Match the questions and answers
Quiz: Use the past continuous or the past simple, as appropriate
Basket game

Past Continuous

Here you have some exercises to practise with the past continuous:

Exercise 1: Add -ing to the verbs.
Exercise 2: Decide whether to use was or were.
exercise 3: make negative sentences.
exercise 4: make questions.
exercise 5: put the verbs in brackets and make affirmative, negative or interrogative sentences.

Some news

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have a good weekend!

New Class Blogs

Hi there!
From now on, we will use different blogs for each group (have a look at the 'links' section). There, we will post your work or things of your interest. You all will take part in posting on the wall. So, if you already have a google account send it to me and I will add you. If not, we will create one next week.

Means of transport ESO2

Click on the links below and do the exercises suggested:

matching exercise
matching exercise 2
learning vocabulary
hangman
memory game

Homework for Monday 30th: prepare a wordle similar to the example with the new words you learnt. Then, copy the code and post it as a comment on this entry or print it and bring it to class.

I will survive

Here you have a song with a lot of past simple verbs, complete the lyrics as you listen to the song, you can click on the button '¿?' to get a clue. Enjoy it!

Pink Panther Pinknic

This time, the video I'm posting is for ESO 1 but everybody is more than welcome to watch it, the video is called Pink Panther Pinknic, and we are going to use it to introduce the present continuous.

Note to ESO2 students

Remember the Oral Presentations are on Thursday (2B and 2D groups) and on Friday (2C). Choose a famous person and tell us his/ her biography. You can bring visual material to make it more interesting.

Mr Bean and his final test

After a while without posting anything on the blog, I'm back with a video for ESO 2 to introduce the next unit: past simple and past continuous. It is a funny video about Mr Bean taking a test. Enjoy it!

Mr Bean and his final test

After watching it,do this exercise