Today´s Quiz - phrasal verbs - level 1

Hi, today is Quiz day and as I told here before, September is month of TOEFL and phrasal verbs exercises. It is for intermediate or upper intermediate, but if you are brave, go ahead and try. I chose a level 1 quiz:

This quiz is not too big and you can click and see the answers.

Click here for the quiz.

Tell us your impressions!

Promoção de primavera para grupos - aula de inglês presencial ou via skype

I see flowers in you!

Do you like the energy of flowers?
I love it!!! I and my friend Nana have this phrase tattoed in our bodies to remember that we used to write this phrase on the envelopes when she used to live out of Rio and we changed letters to reduce the kilometers and how we missed each other that time...we really believe in the good energy of flowers and also used to buy flowers earrings, necklaces etc.

Today, I cut off two flowers in my garden and used them to turn my desk more beautiful and being with flowers makes me feel calmer, relaxed and with a good sensation. I use to have plants that have flowers during all the year!

September is when Spring starts in Brazil, specifically on 23rd it starts, so, to celebrate it, this post gives you:

1) A picture dictionary where you can learn names of flowers from A to Z.
Click here.

2) An exercise where you can test if you know the name of flowers in English (it shows you the answers when you click on the buttom show the answers).
Click here.

I love using flowers at home, in all the rooms, including the bathroom. I used to by flowers every Monday and distribute them into wine bottles around the house. I love roses, daisies and I am crazy about Gerberas, they are like big daisies, they come into strong colors and they take a lot of time in vases. I love tropical flowers too.

What is your favorite flower, by the way?

The Lion sleeps tonight

Hey You!

Let´s sing together?

Press play and listen to the song.

Ps: I dedicate it to my son and my husband, Wilson and his son, Tiago and to Costanza and her princess, Celeste!

The lyric:


The Lion Sleeps Tonight
The Tokens
Oooooooowhee um bumbawee
Oooooooowhee um bumbawee

A wimawe A wimawe
A wimawe A wimawe
A wimawe A wimawe
A wimawe A wimawe
A wimawe A wimawe
A wimawe A wimawe
A wimawe A wimawe
A wimawe A wimawe

In the Jungle, The Mighty jungle, The lion sleeps tonight
In the Jungle, The Quiet jungle, The lion sleeps tonight

Oooooooowhee um bumbawee
Oooooooowhee um bumbawee

Near the village, the peaceful village, the lion sleeps tonight
Near the village, the Quiet village, the lion sleeps tonight

Oooooooowhee um bumbawee
Oooooooowhee um bumbawee

OOOOOOOOOOOH!

Rush my darling, don't fear my darling, the lion sleeps tonight
Rush my darling, don't fear my darling, the lion sleeps tonight

Oooooooowhee um bumbawee
Oooooooowhee um bumbawee
Oooooooowhee um bumbawee
Oooooooowhee um bumbawee


I love this song. It is good to thing with your friends...

Which new words did you learn?

Which lyric would you like to see here next Friday?

The Lion sleeps tonight

Hey You!

Let´s sing together?

Press play and listen to the song.

The lyric:


The Lion Sleeps Tonight
The Tokens
Oooooooowhee um bumbawee
Oooooooowhee um bumbawee

A wimawe A wimawe
A wimawe A wimawe
A wimawe A wimawe
A wimawe A wimawe
A wimawe A wimawe
A wimawe A wimawe
A wimawe A wimawe
A wimawe A wimawe

In the Jungle, The Mighty jungle, The lion sleeps tonight
In the Jungle, The Quiet jungle, The lion sleeps tonight

Oooooooowhee um bumbawee
Oooooooowhee um bumbawee

Near the village, the peaceful village, the lion sleeps tonight
Near the village, the Quiet village, the lion sleeps tonight

Oooooooowhee um bumbawee
Oooooooowhee um bumbawee

OOOOOOOOOOOH!

Rush my darling, don't fear my darling, the lion sleeps tonight
Rush my darling, don't fear my darling, the lion sleeps tonight

Oooooooowhee um bumbawee
Oooooooowhee um bumbawee
Oooooooowhee um bumbawee
Oooooooowhee um bumbawee


I love this song. It is good to thing with your friends...

Which new words did you learn?

Which lyric would you like to see here next Friday?

Today is Quiz day - this week, practice your grammar to TOEFL

Hi guys, as we said before here at the blog, September is the month of Quizzes preparing for certifications .
Click here and do this test for TOEFL grammar.

Halloween is coming!

Will you celebrate Halloween?
Here, some inspiration to get into the mood.

Click here to print some free printables and make a party like this one in the picture. Visit Catch My party.

Ps: We are preparing a special gift for this Halloween. Stay tuned!

Hi Pen Pal - our Pen Pal Club at facebook

Now, there is another channel to speak English - our Pen Pal Club won a group at Facebook!!! Go there and participate!

Upside Down Jack Johnson

Today´s song!!!

Listen to it 3 times.

Listen to it while reading the lyric by the 4th time.

Which new words did you learn reading this lyric?

Hojé é dia de Quiz!

Como já comentado, setembro trará na seção Quiz, testes sobre phrasal verbs e também testes de certificações da língua inglesa.

Hoje, teste seu conhecimento em phrasal verbs.

Neste Quiz, você tem a opção de marcar até achar a opção correta. Uma sugestão é guardar o significado dos phrasal verbs no seu vocabulary notebook e buscar situações em que possa usá-los para memorizar de vez. Uma sugestão é tentar usar em aula, nas conversas via skype e em nosso Pen Pal Club.

Clique aqui para o Quiz de hoje.

Costumes - Halloween

Aqui no Brasil, temos uma idéia de que Halloween é para se fantasiar de bruxas, vampiros, caveiras, monstros e afins. Na verdade, a celebração é mais no estilo do nosso carnaval. Veja neste link 50 sugestões de fantasia e como fazer. É engraçado como importamos a cultura do outro...suas nuances. Você iria a um Halloween vestido de cowboy, por exemplo?
Sugiro visitar o link e ver como fazer algumas das fantasias. Quem sabe você não aproveita para alguma ocasião festiva aqui no Brasil? Bem, ler instruções em inglês é uma ótima oportunidade de ampliar seu vocabulário, com nomes de coisas, materiais (não muito comuns em livros) e ainda por cima os verbos com as formas de fazer coisas.

Clique aqui.

Extra conversation class - Karaoke

Procura onde falar inglês para treinar e divertir-se ao mesmo tempo? Participe do Happy Hour de primavera! Petiscos, bebidas referscantes e Karaokê! Vagas limitadas!

Recipe: Penne a la Norma

I love Penne and cooking pasta. I share with you a great recipe for a Sunday. Also, it is the name of my Goddaughter. Cheers to my aunt Norma. Hope you enjoy, guys!

If you go to the stove and prepare it, hope it is delicious!

Click on the image to go to the recipe!

Recipe: No baked light lasagna

A receita de hoje é light e ao mesmo tempo nutritiva e não precisa cozinhar! Dedico ao meu primo Rennan.

Espero que alguém curta ler a receita em inglês e fazer. Dois em um: aprende algo novo e treina o inglês. Manda a foto pra gente, viu?

Ingredients

• 1/2 cup ricotta
• 3 tablespoons grated Parmesan
• 3 tablespoons plus 2 teaspoons extra-virgin olive oil
• Coarse salt and ground pepper
• 8 lasagna noodles, broken in half crosswise
• 1 small garlic clove, minced
• 2 pints grape tomatoes, halved
• 2 zucchini (about 1 pound total), halved if large and thinly sliced
• 1 tablespoon torn fresh basil leaves, plus more for serving

Directions

1. In a small bowl, combine ricotta, Parmesan, and 2 teaspoons oil; season with salt and pepper. In a large pot of boiling salted water, cook noodles according to package instructions; drain.
2. Meanwhile, in a large skillet, heat 2 tablespoons oil over medium-high. Add garlic and tomatoes; season with salt and pepper. Cook, stirring, until slightly broken down, about 3 minutes. Transfer tomatoes to a bowl. Add 1 tablespoon oil and zucchini to skillet; season with salt and pepper. Cook, stirring, until zucchini are tender, about 5 minutes. Transfer to another bowl and stir in basil.
3. Place some tomatoes on four plates; top with a noodle and small spoonfuls ricotta, zucchini, and more tomatoes. Repeat layering twice, then top with remaining noodles and tomatoes. Garnish with basil

Ps: Click on the image to go to Matha Stewart´s site and get the original post.

DIY: Travelogue

I hope our Pen Pal Club have the opportunity to have real meetings and it means: Travel!!!
I love travelling and I really want to travel more often, to visit friends and family and to see new places.
Thinking about this, I selected this DIY (do it yourself):

 It is one of 37 ideas of how to keep vacation memories. I loved this idea. To see how to do it and the other 36 ideas, go to Martha Stewart. There, click on the how to or take a look at the other ideas.

If you do one of it, please e-mail and send me a picture!

Ps: Following DIY instructions is a good way to think in English, execute something while you read English instructions, increase your vocabulary list and also learn one more thing!

"Just like the rain" Richard Hawley

Hi Folks!

Today is Friday and Friday is day of relaxing, with a clip and a song.

This week I got the suggestion from Suzana, my new e-learning student! Welcome Su!!! We have classes from skype.

It was fantastic she suggested me to work with this song when testing skype connection in our first class.

I was so happy with her initiative and attitude and loved to know this guy. A talent! The rock and roll atmosphere that I love.

By the way, Suzana told me that she was just changing channels when she found it in an alternative channel and she downloaded a CD and had fun. How do you choose music to your life, to your personal collection?

She told me she does not like POP and common things. How does it work with you?

Did you like Richard Hawley?
Have you ever listened to his songs yet?

To follow after your third time watching the video:


Just Like The Rain
Richard Hawley
Walking silent through the snow
Drifting softly to your door,
I'm coming home, I'm coming home.

I feel so strange, I feel so weak
I've walked a world of empty streets
In search alone, I've searched alone.

But you're still in my mind
You're still in my mind
And here's where the sound
Of my tears hits the ground
Just like the rain
Just like the rain.

When we walked along the shore
My darkness shaded, all we saw
I was unkind, I was unkind

I feel so strange, I feel so weak
I've walked a world of empty streets
In search alone, I've searched alone.

But you're still in my mind
You're still in my mind
And here's where the sound
Of my tears hits the ground
Just like the rain
Just like the rain.

(solo)

But you're still in my mind
You're still in my mind
And here's where the sound
Of my tears hits the ground
Just like the rain
Just like the rain
Just like the rain
Just like the rain

Barbara!!!!!!!!

Happy after she heard Wil gave her the MODEM.



Concentrated writting to the Pen Pal Club.
Happy she got the end of the Quiz at TLB´s blog.

Giselle´s class

We have been using our meetings to improve writting skills and then, she answers the Pen Pal´s messages at least when she have English Classes.
As a physioterapist, running Tao Fisio, she is not connected all the time.
I am happy she said that writting is important too and that she understands that when writting, she has to think about vocabulary and language structure!
Thanks for your participation, Gi!

Quiz de hoje!

Olá, hoje é quinta e começa um novo mês e então vou mudar o formato do Quiz. Vamos focar esse mês em vocabulário, idioms, phrasal verbs, ok?

Clique aqui e faça o Quiz.

Ps: Nesse site, você tem a resposta correta. Dica: aproveite para anotar as palavras novas. Nem que seja no notepad do seu computador ou tablet ou no velho bloquinho enquanto faz o Quiz. Pesquise as palavras e seus significados e trabalhe no seu caderno de vocabulário ou vocabulary notebook. Manter as palavras organizadas em um caderno vai te ajudar a fixar. O próprio processo de escrever, criar exemplos e manusear o caderno, ajuda a memorizar.