Christmas Film Festival

Let's celebrate the Christmas spirit with some season-related video favorites.

1. Buster the Boxer

2. Buzz the Boxer wants to be Buster

3 . Christmas Truce

4. Man on the Moon

5. "What's this?", from Tim Burton's "The Nightmare Before Christmas".

 Bonus track: Emilia Clarke sings "Last Christmas". 

Enjoy the holidays!

Modal verbs

Modal verbs are a reduced number of verbs in English. They behave differently from the other verbs and share some characteristics: they...

o   are invariable, don’t take an –s in the third person: She must study for the test

o   go in front of the verb in interrogative sentences: Should I open the door?

o   add “not” or “n’t” in negative sentences: He mustn’t leave the town

o   are followed by infinitive without to (except ought to, need to, have to): She can’t sing.

o   are not used in the past or the future. Instead, we use “be able to” and “have to”.

Modal verbs have different uses. 

Check if you remember them completing this worksheet. 
Modal verbs can also be used followed by the perfect infinitive: modal + have + past participle. 

You will find a short explanation and a complete set of exercises in this page. 

Grammar Basics Review

Worried about passing English this year? Do not despair!

Learning English can be a long and, sometimes, frustrating process but, if you persevere, you'll be successful. It's a question of putting the time and the work... and believe in yourself!

Practice as much as you can: read magazines, use learning websites (like BBC Learning English), watch movies, listen to music, talk to people, work in class and do your homework. The results will come.

If you are having difficulties with some of the grammar points we're working on this year, or if you make many grammar mistakes in your writing exercises, it may be strongly advisable that you review the basic grammar points studied in previous years. Here's what you can do:

• Download this Review of Grammar Basics. It includes grammar explanations, in Catalan, and practice exercises. 
• Print the file. Work on it one unit at a time.
• Do the exercises in each unit and give them to your teacher as you complete them.

Don't hesitate to ask your teacher by email or in person whenever there's anything you don't understand.