How Long does it Take to Get to Edinburg? What's the City like?

Week 3^rd – 5^th

Another week went by (passed)!

This week we reviewed the pronunciation of the group “-ed”.

No matter how many times we go through it, everybody keeps making mistakes. And it’s only because we are a bit too lazy to take the time to pronounce /t/ or /d/. It’s easy for us – although it sounds awful (horrible) – to read letter “e”. NO!!! NATIVE PEOPLE WILL PROBABLY DON’T UNDERSTAND US. SO, WE HAVE TO MAKE THE EFFORT OF NOT PRONOUNCING “e”; ONLY AFTER /t/ OR /d/!!!!

We learnt to give directions.

Different ways of asking for directions.

·        Excuse me, can/could you tell me the way to the station?

·        Excuse me, do you know where the station is?

·        Excuse me, can/could you tell me how to get to the station?

Turn right/ left, go straight on/ahead, go over the traffic lights, take the second /third turning on the right / left, it’s on / at the corner.

Go out of the hotel and turn right. Go straight ahead, down Sutter Street. Turn left at Stockton. Union Square will be right in front of you.

We practised the expression “How long does it take to get from London to…by train/coach/plane?

·        How long does it take to drive from Madrid to Barcelona?

·        How long does it take to get from Madrid to Seville by train?

·        How long does it take to fly from Madrid to the Dominican Republic?

·        How long does it take you to come from your house to English class?

And we finished the week by listening about Edinburgh.

·        What’s Edinburg like?

·        What’s the weather like?

·        What are the people like?

What do you know about Scotland?

·        What’s a kilt? What’s a tartan?

·        What languages do they speak?

·        What are bagpipes?

·        What’s haggis?

·        When’s the Edinburg festival?

·        What’s Hogmanay? 

Video and Listening: the Edinburg Festival

Scottish food and drinks

Scottish Food - images