12 ene 2022

Borrow, Rent or Buy? | B2 Sharing Economy Decision Room

Coloured chairs on the grass of a park
Foto de @mmolpor · Archivo Erasmus+ del blog. No documenta el servicio ficticio de préstamos.
Sharing economy · Conditionals · Balanced choices

One drill. Several ways to use it.

Compare access, responsibility and the evidence behind a green claim.

B2 · Sharing economy · Conditionals · Balanced choices · 30–40 minutes

Explore an original fictional tool-library case. Keep the useful theme of sharing resources while asking what a particular service actually offers.

A Plastic Ocean, a Wider Question | B2 Circular Economy Lab

Sailboat on sunlit water photographed by the author
Foto de @mmolpor · Archivo del blog. No es una imagen del documental ni una prueba de contaminación.
Plastic pollution · Passive voice · Systems thinking

Beyond the recycling bin

Follow an object from design to disposal.

B2 · Plastic pollution · Passive voice · Systems thinking · 30–40 minutes

Keep the environmental theme of the original film activity and explore a new fictional school-café case. The reading below is original; the British Council film review remains linked for further practice.

10 ene 2022

Past Perfect Time Capsule | B1–B2 Before the Story Began

Path in Segovia photographed by the author
Foto de @mmolpor · Caminos de Segovia · Archivo del blog. No documenta la historia ficticia.
Past perfect · Earlier context · Simple and continuous

What had happened before?

Build the earlier event, then explain why it matters.

B1–B2 · Past perfect · Earlier context · Simple and continuous · 25–35 minutes

Use a fictional missed-meeting story to distinguish a past event, its earlier context and an activity in progress before that point.

Djokovic 2022: When a Headline Needs a Timeline | B2 English

Sailboat seen across sunlit water in a photograph by the author
Foto de @mmolpor · Archivo del blog. Imagen de apertura para observar y contextualizar; no muestra Australia, Djokovic ni el caso judicial.
Historical news · Past perfect · Passive voice

One headline. More than one decision.

Freeze the date before deciding what a news story means.

B2 · Historical news · Past perfect · Passive voice · 30–40 minutes

Turn a news item from January 2022 into an exercise in chronology and careful reading. The case is historical; this is an English lesson, not guidance about present immigration rules.

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.