San Francisco Scott Mackenzie

If you're going to San Francisco
Be sure to wear some flowers in your hair
If you're going to San Francisco
You're gonna meet some gentle people there

For those who come to San Francisco
Summertime will be a love-in there
In the streets of San Francisco
Gentle people with flowers in their hair

All across the nation such a strange vibration
People in motion
There's a whole generation with a new explanation
People in motion people in motion

For those who come to San Francisco
Be sure to wear some flowers in your hair
If you come to San Francisco
Summertime will be a love-in there

If you're going to San Francisco
Be sure to wear some flowers in your hair
If you're going to San Francisco
You're gonna meet some gentle people there

For those who come to San Francisco
Summertime will be a love-in there
In the streets of San Francisco
Gentle people with flowers in their hair

All across the nation such a strange vibration
People in motion
There's a whole generation with a new explanation
People in motion people in motion

For those who come to San Francisco
Be sure to wear some flowers in your hair
If you come to San Francisco
Summertime will be a love-in there

Landing in London

Click here to listen to the Flatmates' episode in which they land in London

Here is some vocabulary about airports and air travel.

Now try a quiz here to check how much vocabulary you can remember.

Moulin Rouge-Your song

My gift is my song
And this one's for you
And you can tell everybody
That this is your song
It maybe quite simple
But now that it's done
Hope you don't mind
I hope you don't mind
That I put down in words
How wonderful life is now you're in the world
Sat on the roof
And I kicked off the moss
Well some of the verses well
They got me quite cross
But the sun's been kind
While I wrote this song
It's for people like you that
Keep it turned on
So excuse me for forgetting
But these things I do
You see I've forgotten
If they're green or they're blue
Anyway the thing is what I really mean
Yours are the sweetest eyes I've ever seen
And you can tell everybody
This is your song
It may be quite simple
But now that it's done
I hope you don't mind
I hope you don't mind that I put down in words
How wonderful life is now you're in the world
I hope you don't mindI hope you don't mind that I put down in words
How wonderful life is now you're in the world

Present Simple or Continuous exercises

Click on these links to practise this grammar point


http://www.escolalliurex.es/binary/470/files172/gramatica/PresSimpCont2.htm

http://www.oup.com/elt/global/products/headway/preint/a_grammar/unit02/hwy_preint_unit02_1/

http://members.iinet.net.au/~adelegc/grammar/pres_cont/pres_simple_cont.html

Present continuous

The Present Continuous is used:
1. For actions taking place now, at the moment of speaking.
e.g She's cooking dinner.
2. For temporary actions; that is actions that are going on around now but not at the moment of speaking.
e.g. She is working hard these days.

The present continuous is used with the following time expressions: now, at the moment, these days, at present, tonight, nowadays, still, etc.

Spelling rules for the formation of the present participle.

Consont+ e. drop the -e and and -ing
e.g: make - making, dance-dancing, come-coming

However, when a verb ends in an e which is not silent, the final e is not dropped before the ending ing is added. e.g. : to be- being to see- seeing

b. Verbs ending in ie When a verb ends in ie, the ie is changed to y before the ending ing is added. to die -dying to lie -lying
When a verb ends in y, no change is made before the ending is added. fly-flying

c. One-syllable verbs ending in a single consonant preceded by a single vowel.
the final consonant must be doubled before the ending ing is added. put-putting, sit-sitting
Except when the final consonants are w,x, and y e.g. show-showing, fix-fixing, say-saying

d. When a verb of more than one syllable ends in a single consonant other than w, x or y preceded by a single vowel, the final consonant is doubled to form the present participle only when the last syllable of the verb is pronounced with the heaviest stress.

In these examples, the syllables pronounced with the heaviest stress are underlined. For example: to ex'pel- expelling ,to be'gin-beginning ,to o'ccur- occurring ,to o'mit-omitting

Exercise: add -ing to the follwing verbs
cry, mix, read, stop, dance, move, run, take, repair, play, save, wash, get,put,smile,wear,hope, rain,stay,get, save, wash, type, plan, add, hurry, fire, agree, swim.

Click here to see the answers.

You've got a friend in me. Randy Newman

You've got a friend in me
You've got a friend in me
When the road looks rough ahead (/rʌf/ difficult or unpleasant,agitated)
And you're miles and miles
From your nice warm bed
You just remember what your old pal said (/pæl/friend)
Boy, you've got a friend in me
Yeah, you've got a friend in me
You've got a friend in me
You've got a friend in me
If you've got troubles, (/ˈtrʌbəl/difficulty)
I've got 'em too
There isn't anything
I wouldn't do for you
We stick together and can see it through (remain united /give attention and support)
Cause you've got a friend in me
You've got a friend in me
Some other folks might be (/foʊk/people in general)
A little bit smarter than I am (clever)
Bigger and stronger too
Maybe
But none of them will ever love you
The way I do, it's me and you
Boy, and as the years go by
Our friendship will never die
You're gonna see it's our destiny
You've got a friend in me
You've got a friend in me
You've got a friend in me

Friends

My best friend
David is one of my oldest friends. We were at college together. We didn’t get on well at first, but later we became good friends. We come from similar backgrounds and we have a lot in common. He lives in Spain now, so we don’t see each other very often, but we keep in touch by phone and email.

Complete the questions with the missing word.
What sort of people do you ____ on well with?
How often do you and your best friend ___ each other?
Do you ___ a lot in common with your best friend?
How do you ____ in touch with friends in other towns or countries?

Steve's best friend

Listen to Steve talking about his best friend.
http://eoiutebo.educa.aragon.es/maripaz/bestfriend.mp3

Answer the following questions:

1. Where did they meet?

2. Do they ever argue?

3. Do they have anything in common?

4. How often do they see each other?

5. Do they keep in touch/ are they in touch?

Check your answers.

My best friend is Bill. I first met Bill when I was five years old. We met at school. We always used to play together at school, and we got on very well because we both loved football! . We used to argue sometimes when we were younger. Now we're older and we don't argue at all. We've known each other so long, I suppose Bill is like a brother to me. We still see each other, but no very often because he lives abroad now. We see each other about once a year, if that- but we keep in touch by email.