Holidays - Vocabulary

There is no doubt that the annual holiday is a wonderful time to spend time with our family or our friends.  It is important then to know some vocabulary related to this topic.

Talking about me and my company

Sometimes a company needs to announce something, or wants to have a better communication with its clients or suppliers. Quite often, the company needs to tell people about their history, about their experience as a company, etc. A press release is a good way to do this. A PR expert is in charge of writing the press release, but the company must provide all the information that the consultant needs.

These activities are intended to practise giving information about your company and about your job.

Money moves the world around

Money is an essential part of our lives. They say that it can't buy happiness, but having it makes your life easier. There are lots of idiomatic expressions connected with the topic of money. Look at the booklet below that shows some idioms using the word 'money'.

Story: A difficult challenge - Past forms of verbs

Look at the verbs list below. They show irregular verbs in their three forms: Base, Past and Past Participle. Then have a look at the story below the list and check the verbs in the list that appear in the story.

Two poems, one writer

There are many things in life which are difficult to understand.  Fortunately, there are poets who give us words linked together beautifully so that we can make sense of those complicated issues.

• Do you read poetry? Why?  Why not?
• Do you know any famous poets? Are they English or Spanish writers?

Look at the word cloud below.  It contains words from a poem by Eduardo Galeano.

• What do you think the poem is about?