Friday 16 October 2015

ALWAYS SEARCHING - PRACTISING WITH SONGS

ALWAYS SEARCHING
FUEL FANDANGO

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There's something, there's something there

I'm always searching, but I don't know where
There's nothing, there's nothing here
I'm looking for solutions to forget all my fears

La clave, está dentro de ti,
el impulso, que te lleva a sentir,
la llave que abre 
tu alma. 

Always searching.









Monday 12 October 2015

PREPOSITIONS IN ENGLISH

Let's watch a video and listen to a song to learn the different PREPOSITIONS in English:



Now, check the following charts with the English Prespositions:


Finally, let's practice:


Fill in all the gaps:
Prepositions of time
1.  Sunday
2. 
 3:00 pm
3. 
 20th April
4. 
 April
5. 
 1999
6. 
 the spring
7. 
 Easter
8. 
 her birthday
9.   the evening
10. 
 lunchtime
11. 
 Sunday evening
12. 
 New Year’s eve
13. 
 night
14. 
 Easter Monday
15. 
 the middle of April
16. 
 the first half of 1999

Note → No preposition: last spring / yesterday evening / last month
 
1. I usually have a shower  the morning.
2. The London train leaves 
 9:15.
3. Let’s have a party 
 New Year’s Day.
4. She was born 
 1995.
5. I’ll meet you 
 4 o’clock  Friday evening.
6. She’s getting married 
 midday  Saturday, August 16th.
7. The class lasts 
 9:30  10:45.
8. There were a lot of changes  the 19th century.
9. British people usually visit their relatives 
 Christmas
10. I often go skiing 
 January.
11. He lives in the USA 
 1985  1995.
12. He sometimes plays loud music late 
 night.
13. Perhaps people will travel to other galaxies 
 the 22nd century.
14. I will be in Paris 
 April 3rd.

Prepositions of place
1. I spent the whole summer  the beach.
2. - Where is Juan? - He's 
 the beach.
3. The house is right 
 the beach.
4. The book’s 
 the table.
5. The sugar’s 
 the cupboard.
6. Tina’s 
 the funeral.
7. - What’s Joe doing? - He’s 
 the cinema waiting for us..
8. She’s 
 London  a week.
9. The painting’s 
 the wall.
10. They’re 
 the airport  the departure lounge.
11. I’m 
 the living room.
12. The magazines are 
 the top shelf.
13. The news is 
 the front page.
14. He’s 
 the bus stop.
15. They’re  platform 9.
16. Do the exercise 
 page 57  your grammar book.
17. The London train is 
 platform 10.
18. Cyprus is 
 the Mediterranean.
19. I live 
 the North.
20. I live 
 the twentieth floor.
21. He lives 
 Barton Road.
22. They live 
 7, Dayton Road.
23. Dover is 
 the coast  the south-east of England.
24. Cairo is 
 the Nile.
25. My friends are 
 the seaside.
26. We were 
 the plane  10 hours.
27. - Where is he? - He’s 
 bed.
28. We swam 
 the Nile.
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PRESENT PERFECT IN ENGLISH

Do you know how to use the PRESENT PERFECT in English?

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First, let's see some examples of PRESENT PERFECT:

            I have lived in New York for 25 years. (...I'm still here)


         He has seen The Wizard of Oz many times. (I can't tell you                when.)
            
         We've never met him.

          
         Has he ever seen Beauty and the Beast?


         I've already finished the first assignment.


        Have you done the dishes yet?


        How has your mother been lately?


        What good books have you read recently?


         She hasn't learned very much so far.


        Up until now, I haven't gotten any mail from him.


       Your secretary has just finished the report.


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Now, let's check how PRESENT PERFECT works in English:



Present perfect from Carolina Roa

Let's practice with some exercises. Click HERE.

Finally, watch this video and practice the PRESENT PERFECT in films:


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PAST CONTINUOUS IN ENGLISH



Do you really know how to use the PAST CONTINUOUS in English?

Past Continuous Presentation from nlopez74

Click HERE to do some exercises.

Now, let's see a video about the use of PAST CONTINUOUS:


Finally, read the following story and answer the questions. After that, do the exercises on the second page.

Past and Past Continuous Reading Comprehension and Grammar Practice  | FREE ESL worksheets
Past and Past Continuous Reading Comprehension and Grammar Practice  | FREE ESL worksheets

We'll write a short story as a FINAL TASK . Use PAST TENSES while writing (PAST SIMPLE / PAST CONTINUOUS), and remember to use the appropriate time expressions.

Here there are some pictures that can help you to write the story:



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Sunday 11 October 2015

PRESENT SIMPLE AND DAILY ROUTINES

Today, we'll see how the PRESENT SIMPLE TENSE works in English:


Present simple explanation + exercises from Teba Hernández

Present Simple Tense is used with some Time Expressions such as:


Frequency adverbs are used with Present Simple to express how often we do daily routines:


Now, let's practice with this verbal tense. Click HERE to go to the exercises.

Finally, let's see Mr Bean's daily activities:


VERBS TO BE / HAVE GOT


LET'S REVISE THE VERBS "TO BE AND HAVE GOT" IN ENGLISH


Before revising these two important verbs in English, let's revise ENGLISH PRONOUNS, which are essential for the right use of these two verbs.




Now, watch this video and listen to the songs. How many forms of the verb to be can you hear?



Click HERE to do some exercises to practice.

Next, we'll watch a video with many examples of the verb "HAVE GOT" in English. Write down all the different forms of this verb you've noticed:



The verbs "TO BE" and "HAVE GOT" are used in sentences which include the articles. Let's review the use of  Articles in English.


The use of articles in english. from yerly_B

English articles are relationed to COUNTABLE AND UNCOUNTABLE NOUNS, and at the same time to the use of THERE IS / THERE ARE and to QUANTIFIERS AND DETERMINERS. Let's remember how they work:







Let's finish with a game, click HERE if you want to play the game.

Now, we'll revise the verb TO BE:


Finally, do the following exercises:



                        
            

I
was
at home.
very hungry.
happy.
You
were
He
was
She
It
We
were
You
They


1.   Choose was or were
She  sad yesterday.We  at the Zoo yesterday.Mum and Dad  in a restaurant.
They  in the disco club last night.You  late for school yesterday. very hungry.
It  cold yesterday. in London in 2008.She  pretty when she was young.
Sally  a good pupil.He  born in May.Our teacher  very tired yesterday.
Tom and Bill  best friends.My cousin  at school.The children  excited yesterday.


2.   Complete with was or were
It cloudy yesterday morning.We  excited about going to America.
We  lucky. We won the first prize.The dogs  in the park.
Jason  a great swimmer when he was young.They  at the beach last Sunday.
She  the prettiest girl in our class. very ill last week.
 sad because I broke Mrs Smith's window.He  born in 1995.

There
was
an apple in the bowl.
There
were
three apples in the bowl.

3.   Complete with there was or there were
 a bank near my house. ten children in the park.
 two kittens in the basket. a small shop between the bank and the supermarket.
 many bottles of milk in the fridge. some pencils on the desk.
 only one book on the table. an old man in the street.
 a lot of noise in the classroom. a huge crocodile in the river.