23 nov 2021

Grammar Field Kit | 15 B1–B2 Mini-Missions with Feedback

Grupo de participantes reunidos en una fotografía del archivo Erasmus+ del autor
Foto de @mmolpor · Archivo Erasmus+ del blog.
Field kit · Choose the tool your message needs

Fifteen tools. One clear message.

Mix the patterns, read the context and explain your choice.

B1–B2 · Tenses · Connections · Passive and causative forms · 35–45 minutes

Move between short tasks instead of repeating one pattern throughout the page. The result is a practice guide for what to review, not a certified language level.

22 nov 2021

Relative Clause Case Files | B1–B2 Follow the Clues

Figura decorativa asomada a un balcón en una foto del autor tomada en Madrid
Foto de @mmolpor, paseando por Madrid · Archivo del blog.
Case files · Three people, precise clues

Which person fits the clue?

Read the relationship before choosing the relative word.

B1–B2 · Relative clauses · Ownership · Place and time · 30–40 minutes

Investigate a fictional project team. Match each clue to the information it connects, then build descriptions that help someone identify the right person or place.

19 nov 2021

Past Tense Storyboard | A2–B1 What Was Happening When…?

Imagen de comida conservada de la entrada original como inicio de una escena cotidiana
Imagen conservada de la entrada original.
Story studio · Background, event, next step

Freeze the scene. Then move the story.

Choose what was in progress and what happened during it.

A2–B1 · Past simple and past continuous · Narrative meaning · 30–40 minutes

Build a short story from three panels. Use verb forms to show a scene in progress, an event and a sequence—not a rule that the first action must always be continuous.

18 nov 2021

The Third Conditional Time Machine | B1–B2 Past Choices

Fotografía de un plato de chipirones incluida por el autor en la entrada original
Foto @mmolpor · De chipirones · Archivo original.
Time machine · Change the imagined past

What if yesterday had been different?

Keep the real event and the imagined alternative on separate tracks.

B1–B2 · Third conditional · Past perfect · Would have + participle · 30–40 minutes

Use a fictional missed-bus story to imagine a different past. The aim is to understand the time relationship and build a clear alternative.

16 nov 2021

Lost & Found Desk | A2–B1 My or Mine, Her or Hers?

Figura decorativa en un balcón fotografiado por el autor en Madrid
Foto cortesía de @mmolpor, paseando por Madrid · Archivo del blog.
Lost & found · Match the owner

Is it yours—or mine?

A small word can save a very confusing conversation.

A2–B1 · Possessive adjectives and pronouns · Whose? · 25–35 minutes

Work at a fictional lost-property desk. Read the labels, identify the owner and avoid repeating the same noun in every answer.

Plural Sound Studio | A2–B1 Wolves, Roofs & Three Endings

Sillas de colores colocadas sobre el césped de un parque
Foto de @mmolpor · Archivo Erasmus+ del blog.
Sound studio · Look, say, sort

Same letter. Different sound.

Separate the spelling you see from the ending you hear.

A2–B1 · Plural nouns · -f/-fe · /s/ /z/ /ɪz/ · 30–40 minutes

Plural spelling and plural pronunciation are connected, but they are not the same task. Build the word first; then listen for its ending.

Advertising Detective | B2–C1 Claims, Evidence & Causatives

Fotografía de la Cafetería Lazcano en Mirasierra, Madrid, del archivo del autor
Foto de @mmolpor de la Cafetería Lazcano, Mirasierra, Madrid.
Case file · Advertising · Media literacy

Looks persuasive. Is it supported?

Follow the evidence behind the image, the promise and the small print.

B2–C1 · Advertising claims · Passive voice · Have something done · 40–50 minutes

Investigate how a message tries to persuade you. Use fictional advertising cases to distinguish a personal opinion, a measurable claim and evidence that might support it.

3 nov 2021

The Comma Gallery | B2 Relative Clauses & Meaning