So the Olympics are finally here. The Opening Ceremony is tonight (although the action has already started with football!) so why not have a look at the Spanish page on London2012 and start identifying the Spanish participants in the Games.

Just for fun –

Who are these people?

In which sports do they compete?

And which one of them is carrying the Spanish flag in the opening ceremony?

You can also access information about the team on the Comite Olímpico Español (Spanish Olympic Committee) website.

And if you are (by any chance!) teaching Spanish at the moment, why not check out these resources to help you!

TES Olympics set scroll to Spanish

MFL Sunderland Olympic resources

Linked In project on using Olympics French and Spanish

MFLHampshire wiki has lots of ideas too!

And of course, let’s not forget that Spanish is spoken by many countries other than Spain! Check out Mexico, Nicaragua, Paraguay, Panama, Venezuela and many others!

¡Que comiencen los Juegos!

Results are in at the Angry Olympics! A great opportunity to practice ORDINAL NUMBERS. (I love the names of the characters!)

httpv://youtu.be/SlYVxEwDU78

There’s been a lot of ‘kerfuffle’ in the Press about the Stella McCartney designed team GB kit (below)

However, as Spanish men’s football team are about to kick off at Hampden Park in the Olympic Games, I’ll be interested to see if they look comfortable and happy in what can only be described as the most hideous kit I have ever see. I know it was free but …

The bloke on the right Alex Fàbregas  described it on Twitter “Olympic equipment, there are no adjectives…” And frankly I’m pretty sure he’s right!

But whatever they’re wearing ¡Venga España!

TENSE MOMENTS today as the Angry Olympics recall what HAS HAPPENED.

Grammar today – the past tense with examples of the perfect, preterite and imperfect tenses.

httpv://youtu.be/NUb4c211I-c

A weird one today…

Sports facilities and what you can do at the ‘polideportivo’ feature today as a knife gives Mr Angry Potato Head a tour in a dream sequence to rival Bobby-in-the-shower in Dallas

httpv://youtu.be/w4eOA4CYcqA

The Angry Olympics continues with an argument about who won what and when – a perfect opportunity to look at TIME phrases!

httpv://youtu.be/q_lN0lt4WnQ

Back in the pool today and the Angry Family are trying to embody the Olympic motto – Faster Higher Stronger – and bicker a lot about who is fastest, thinnest and best!

Today’s grammar point? The comparative and superlative! (Good vocabulary list at the end!)

httpv://youtu.be/UMPmq7MJ21A

Today, we’re in the pool and waiting to start but someone is holding us up. Who MIGHT it be?

Grammar today? Podría – might, and a declaration about the universal right to wear a bikini!

httpv://youtu.be/jIi2irCJ7Ow

Competition begins and today, the Angry Family help with some directions – or they try to help her!

Grammar point? Positions and directions

httpv://youtu.be/dm1VnIBn0-w