Moving the blog!!

Posted: August 30th, 2009 | Author: Paco | Filed under: Grammar Tips | Comments Off

So we’ve landed here. Welcome to this new site former easl.wordpress.com.


Weather Vocabulary

Posted: March 23rd, 2009 | Author: Paco | Filed under: Grammar Tips | No Comments »

Blizzard: Ventisca, tormenta de nieve
Bolt: Rayo
Breeze: Brisa
Chilly: Frío
Clear: Despejado
Cloudy: Nublado
Cold: Frío
Cool: Fresco
Damp: Húmedo
Dew: Rocío
Drizzling: Llovznar
Drought: Sequía
Dry: Seco
Flood: Inundación
Flurries: Rachas de nieve
Foggy: Niebla
Forecast: Predicción del tiempo
Frost: helada
Hailstorm: Granizo
Heatwave: Ola de calor
Hot: Caliente
Humid: Húmedo
Hurricane: Huracán
Icy: Helado
Lightning: Rayo
Melt: Deretirse
Mild: Buen tiempo
Overcast: Cubierto
Rain: Lluvia
Scorching: Sofocante
Showers: Chubascos
Slush: Derretirse
Snow: Nieve
Sprinkling: Llovizna
Storm: Tormenta
Sunny: Soleado
Thunder: Trueno
Tornado: Tornado
Warm: Cálido
Wet: Mojado
Windy: Ventoso


What a gang!

Posted: December 18th, 2008 | Author: Paco | Filed under: Grammar Tips | No Comments »

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People from my English class


Jamie's Ministry of Food

Posted: November 7th, 2008 | Author: Paco | Filed under: Grammar Tips | No Comments »

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Hi!! My favourite British cook, obviously Jamie Oliver, has a new website. Jamie’s Ministry of Food is a colorful site with great recipes Jamie’s style: a mixed of Asian, Italian and England cuisine.

Jamie Oliver: “new TV series and campaign, Ministry of Food, is all about getting people cooking again. He wants to show us that anyone can learn to cook – and that it’s fun, cool, can save you money and help you, your family and friends to live a healthier life.”

Visit Jamie’s Ministry of Food in
http://www.jamiesministryoffood.com/


Seattle Sketcher by Gabi Campanario

Posted: November 5th, 2008 | Author: Paco | Filed under: Grammar Tips | No Comments »

Gabi  CampanarioGabi Campanario is a Spanish artist who draws life around Seattle. I discovered this site in Soitu.es. Gabi shows in his page amazing sketchers and  writes some comments in English, but he ads a Spanish translation very useful for us.

Furthermore, Gabi’s style is not too much difficult.

Visit Seatle Sketcher


Trying!!

Posted: October 29th, 2008 | Author: mara | Filed under: News | No Comments »

Hi for all! This is my first post in this blog so… could be I´ll do wrong.

Paco show me yesterday how can I use this tool, and nowadays it´s relly importan be agile with Internet.

I promise to spend more time in this blogs going up english resources.

Bye and good weekend.


Comparative and superlative adjectives

Posted: October 22nd, 2008 | Author: Paco | Filed under: Grammar Tips | No Comments »


Audio Literature Odyssey

Posted: October 2nd, 2008 | Author: Paco | Filed under: News | No Comments »

Hosted by Nikolle Doollin, Audio Literature Odyssey is an amazing Internet resource where you can listen entire books read by Nikolle, a producer, voice actor/narrator.

Edgar Allan Poe, Jane Austen, Henry James, Lord Byron, Lewis Carroll or Emily Dickinson  are some authors you can find and listen in the site.

If you prefer, use your iTunes software for subscribing and enjoy the podcast into your car or while you’re running.  

Write http://nikolledoolin.com/ in your Internet browser and immerse yourself into the English classic literature.


Using infinitives and gerunds is very hard (at least for me :-) )

Posted: October 1st, 2008 | Author: Paco | Filed under: Grammar Tips | No Comments »

I’ve been thinking about this sentences. They seem to be quite difficult for beginners like me.

1.- His ambition is to fly
2.- My cat’s favourite activity is sleeping
3.- All you have to do is connect a external drive

I tried to find a pattern, but I didn’t get. May be is the meaning.


Posting from my Blackberry

Posted: September 28th, 2008 | Author: Paco | Filed under: Grammar Tips | 2 Comments »

Wow, you can write in your blog even if you are on your way, using your mobile conexion. I’m posting this while I am in the street.
If you have a blog in Wordpress.com all you have to do is connect to m.wordpress.com from your PDA or cellphone.