7 dic 2021

Relative Clauses News Desk | B1–B2 & Google Forms Test

Building in Budapest photographed by the author; unrelated to the Belarus–Poland border
Foto de @mmolpor · Casa en Budapest. Fotografía original conservada; no representa la frontera citada en el test histórico.
News desk · Identify · Add context · Verify

Connect the sentence. Check the meaning.

A compact editorial guide before the original relative-clause test.

B1–B2 · Defining and non-defining relatives · Omission · Source awareness · 30–40 minutes + original test

Relative clauses help us identify a person or add information about someone already identified. Use this new guide and practice desk before the original Google Forms test, which remains embedded with its historical context.

2 dic 2021

Shall We? | A2–B1 Suggestions & Google Forms Test

Original bilingual suggestions reference sheet credited to the author
Esquema original del autor · @mmolpor. Conservado como material visual de apoyo; la guía textual actualizada explica los patrones que se practican.
Conversation lab · Notice · Rehearse · Respond

A good suggestion starts a conversation

Build the proposal, listen to the reply and decide together.

A2–B1 · Making suggestions · Verb patterns · Spoken interaction · 25–35 minutes + original test

“Shall we…?” is a question form that can work as a suggestion. Practise proposing an activity and responding politely, then continue with the original Google Forms test preserved below.

1 dic 2021

Weather Decoder | B1–B2 Forecasts, Probability & Travel Plans

Path in Segovia photographed by the author; not a live weather forecast
Foto de @mmolpor · Caminos de Segovia. Fotografía original conservada.
Forecast desk · Compare · Interpret · Decide

Read the forecast. Keep the uncertainty.

Three destinations, one fictional forecast and a smarter packing decision.

B1–B2 · Forecast language · Probability · Travel planning · 35–45 minutes

A weather symbol is a starting point. Practise reading temperatures, time windows and probability before deciding what to pack. All forecast values below are invented for this activity.

Living with Wildfire | B2 Reading, Future Passive & Fair Choices

Forest path in Segovia photographed by the author; not a photograph of the fictional community
Foto de @mmolpor · Caminos de Segovia. Fotografía original conservada.
Landscape briefing · Read · Question · Rebuild

A forest is more than fuel

Read a community plan through the lenses of risk, language and fairness.

B2 · Environment · Future passive · Critical reading · 35–45 minutes

What makes a prevention plan convincing? Explore a new fictional community case, distinguish a reduction in risk from a guarantee, and use the future passive to explain planned actions.

30 nov 2021

The -ing Word Workshop | A2–B1 Build 25 Forms

Fotografía del zapatero Tarregó en Jaén utilizada para observar verbos de acción
Foto de @mmolpor del zapatero Tarregó en Jaén, frente al supermercado Dani.
Word workshop · Build, check, use

Keep it. Drop it. Double it.

Small spelling choices can change the word you are making.

A2–B1 · -ing spelling · Meaning · Progressive forms · 30–40 minutes

Use the shoemaker’s workshop as a starting point for a spelling workshop of your own. Build a form, identify the change and use it in a meaningful sentence.

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.