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Friends - Present Continuous to talk about future

When you listen to “Present continuous” you think about an action that it’s happening at the moment, right? Because it’s present continuous, right? So we can use it just to talk about the present, right??? WRONG!!! Pay attention to the following scene from the sitcom Friends: Right at the beginning, at 0:11, Joey says: “ My character is coming out of his coma! ” But he means that this fact is going to happen in the next chapters of the soap opera “Days of our lives”, not at that exactly minute. Do you think this is weird? I KNOW!! (*read it with Monica’s voice, please). However, Present Continuous can refer to the future, to express prearranged plans and events and to show that we have already decided something. At 0:17 and 0:29 of the video, Joey says, respectively: “ I’m getting a new brain .” “ Her brain is being transplanted into my body.” Again, he uses the verbal tense to express a fact that it’s going to happen in the future. ...
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Friends - Thanksgiving

HEY! Do you know anything about American culture?  What about Thanksgiving? Let’s practice your   Writing and enjoy the story of this special holiday. You can download the exercise by clicking here! Or you can go to the link below! https://drive.google.com/open?id=1BQ-EHkoLrGrycjtqvDtV5kXTcCMR6Mg2
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The Curious Case of Benjamin Button - Past Tenses

Do you have problems with the different types of past verb tenses in English? So here you have it! An exercise to practice past verb tenses with one of the best movie scenes of all times! From the movie The Curious Case of Benjamin Button. So, you can do the activity in 2 different ways, you can listen and complete the conversation, or you can answer the activity and then listen to check! You can download the exercise (with answer key!) by clicking here! Or you can go to the link below! https://drive.google.com/open?id=10qTITva4jP8fLRJtb9Y52enFzeL3raAk
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Shrek: Simple Present

Hey, do you like Shrek? Who doesn't, right?! What about practicing simple present with his movie? This exercise aims at giving you one more opportunity to boost your skills with a movie scene! Hope you enjoy it! So, watch the video below and answer the exercise! You can download the exercise (with answer key!) by  clicking here! Or you can go to the link below! https://drive.google.com/open?id=1WGrhqZZEEO-EwTixmKHisddFMQ2j1ymo
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About us

We are a group of students who are getting our certificate course in English as a Foreign Language at Estacio University. We are trying to create some original material to help students of English as a foreign language to broad their knowledge through a series of activities based around movies/series/cartoons snippets. So, go through our blog and have fun studying! Our group: Karen Oliveira - Bachelor's Degree in Languages and Literature at UCB - kccoliveira91@gmail.com Lucas Capistrano - Bachelor's Degree in Languages and Literature at UnP - lucascapistrano@hotmail.com Mariana Fonseca - Bachelor's Degree in History at Unirio - maridasf@hotmail.com Mariana Lobato - Bachelor's Degree in Biology and Education at UNITAU - marianalobatoo@live.com Vanessa Ribeiro - Bachelor's Degree in Languages and Literature at UVA - vanessa.vrs87@gmail.com
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Study English with Series and Movies

3 easy tips for you to start doing it today #1 Use No Subtitles or Subtitles in English! Try to watch movies and series  in the original audio language.  S ubtitles are allowed if you go for the English ones instead of reading translations.  It’ll be useful for you to get in contact with the native speakers’ voices and accents. And even if you don’t understand everything the characters say, you can focus on their pronunciation. If you want to be fluent you should also pay attention to the intonation and tone because they are so important as the meaning of the words in a conversation. #2 Watch Your Favorites! Start re-watching the movies and series that you already know. Choosing your favorites to study English will help you to provide meaning. Once you already know the story and the characters in own language, it’ll be just a matter of adapting to the other language. Also, it’ll be easier for you to focus on the English because it’ll catch y...
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