Betty Botter (Tongue Twister)

Hi there,

Here you have the tongue twister you need to learn by heart. It's quite tricky!

Betty Botter bought some butter,

But, she said,

The butter's bitter;

If I put it in my batter

It will make my batter bitter.

But, a bit of better butter

Will make my batter better.

So, she bought a bit of butter

Better than her bitter butter,

And she put it in her batter

And the batter was not bitter.

So, it was better Betty Botter

Bought a bit of better butter.

 Are you good at tongue twisters?

Let's use the comparatives!

Hi,

Here you have an image you can use in order to put into practice the comparatives:

Feel free to post your comments about them.

Phonetics

Hello everyone,

Today we're going to deal with phonetics. As you know, all the following symbols represent a specific sound. The English language has more vowel sounds than the Spanish language, so we really need to listen to them and practise really hard in order to pronunce them correctly.

Here you can see a chart where they are represented with a picture to help you recognise all of them:

Besides, there is a great webpage where you can practise them on-line and even download some resources which I highly recomend to you.

Phonemic chart on-line

Robyn

Today we are going to work with the song "Dancing on my own" by Robyn:

Robin Miriam Carlsson (born 12 June 1979), better known by her stage name Robyn, is a Swedish recording artist.

And this is the song:

Hope you like it!

Phrasal verbs

What is a phrasal verb?

It's a combination of a verb + a particle (preposition or adverb) resulting in a new word.

Although they seem to be tricky for us, phrasal verbs are very common so we need them to understand and speak natural English. 

Here you have some mind maps with the most frequent ones: