Chocolate Cake, from Nigella Feasts

Nigella Feasts is a TV program with celebrity chef Nigella Lawson. On this Youtube video she's going to cook a chocolate cake. Watch the video and the slideshow and answer the questions:

Chocolate Cake

What do you think of the cake? Would you like to bake one?

Would you like to share any recipes yourself?

Life in Britain

Lesson 8 Social Life In Britain

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Here are some details about life in Britain. Find out the following details:

1) When do men usually get married in Britain?
2) What is the most expensive type of house in Britain?
3) Does the traditional English breakfast have eggs?
4) Is Indian food easy to find in Britain?
5) What is a kilt?
6) Who is Vivienne Westwood?
7) Give the name of ONE member of the Beatles.
8) Give the name of ONE song by Oasis.
9) What is Hogmanay?
10) When is Guy Fawkes' Day?

Leonard Cohen and the First Conditional

A Song With The First Conditional

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Coming soon: two songs with the Second Conditional :)

Class pictures

Dawoud Bey is an American photographer and a professor of photography at Columbia College, Chicago. He was born in Queens (New York City). One of his specialities is making photographies of teenagers. On his site, http://www.dawoudbey.net/, you can find many examples of his work. Today we are going to focus on his most recent work, Class Pictures, which was reviewed by Time Magazine. Each of the picture has a few sentences about what the subjects think that defines them -- their personality, interests, family or everyday life. Follow the link to answer these questions. You can work in groups and use the dictionary:

Teens in America:Class Pictures

GROUP A

1. Why does Simone think she's part of a minority?
2. Why does Kevin think his father's death had a positive side?
3. What does Ziarra want to study when she's older? Why?
4. What is Austin's favourite sport?

GROUP B

1. Is Danny always outgoing and outspoken?
2. What did Marieke do at dinner when she liked a book?
3. What does Omar think people notice first when they look at him?
4. How has Christopher's cancer changed his personality?

GROUP C

1. Does Sarah think being "Normal" is important?
2. What's special about Jordan's family?
3. What attitude does Isabel hate?
4. What motivates Rasec?

GROUP D

1. How many languages does Usha speak?
2. Does Alejandro want to have a brother or a sister?
3. When is Robert getting married?
4. What does Shalanta want to study when she's older? Why?

As an extra work, you can take a picture of yourself and write a text about it.

online exercises with comparative adjectives

Here's a compilation of websites you can use to practice comparative and superlative adjectives.

English Zone

Better English lessons (1)
Better English lessons (2)

Interactive Workbook (Pedro F. de la Iglesia)

Study Zone

Eric Squire's web

A very smart bunny

Nazbatag is a new device that allows you to connect the internet and get instant information.

Embedded Video

Which of these things can the nazbatag NOT do?
a) vibrate
b) check the weather
c) read your e-mail to you

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An interesting graffitti

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