Saturday, 14 March 2015

Básico 2- Listening and quantifiers

Listening

  • Making plans. Pay attention to the expressions they use. They are very useful for your oral practice.
  • Small talk. You are given a question and you have choose the best answer. You can read the script at the bottom of the page.
  • Clothing and fashion.
I've just come across a nice website to improve your English. Have a look at englishpond.com. The speaking section is good: there are categories with useful expressions and you can listen to them. Pause the recording and repeat.

Quantifiers






Comparison: lots of exercises

Básico 1. Personal pronouns, was-were, listening

Personal pronouns
Play this game and revise personal pronouns. There are more games at the bottom of the page. Don't do the games for "possessive pronouns".
And this is another game.

Was / were
And this is to practise "was / were". Some words are difficult, sorry.
Was were exercise: not very funny. But there are many more here.
Use these videos to practise pronunciation.



Listening:
This is an interesting website: englishpond.com. There are grammar, listening and vocabulary exercises. Have a look (echad un vistazo)

Wednesday, 25 February 2015

Básico 2. Comparatives and shopping

Here you are some advice for your oral exam. Read this article.
And there are many more suggestions here.




Shopping: reading activity.

And enjoy this song! Worksheet

You can try to do this crossword. The answers are on the second page.


There are some extra activities on this link: Comparison of Adjectives, by Victoria-Ladybug
Find this and other comparatives/superlatives exercises in English Exercises .org

Thursday, 19 February 2015

NOTHING compares 2U Worksheet


Somebody went somewhere and saw something




Exercise 2 There is an explanation in English and a printable worksheet.
Exercise 3 This has an extra word "everything" (todo).

Participal adjectives

Watch this presentation and complete the gaps. The answers are at the bottom of this post. There is also extra practice.


More presentations from eddy arias

Answers Slide 5:

frightening-frightened
embarrassing- embarrassed
annyoyed-annoying
Answers Slide 6:
alarmed-alarming
terrifiying-terrified
excited-exciting
Exercise 0Exercise 1 You can try the exercise in the middle of the page-
Exercise 2 Read the sentence and decide if you need an -ed or an -ing adjective. Then click "Answer" to check.
Ecercise 3 This is difficult.
Game
BBC - Quizzes The vocabulary can be difficult

Tuesday, 10 February 2015

Básico 1- Adverbs of frequency

Try these exercises to practise the position of adverbs of frequency:


The grammar point this week is "always, usually, never..." (adverbs of frequency). Read this text and answer the questions in exercise 1 and 2.
Las palabras resaltadas en amarillo son adverbios de frecuencia. Las que están en negrita también expresan frecuencia pero no son adverbios.

Your homework for next day is exercise 32.2 in this worksheet.

And you can revise with this song

Grammy awards: Song of the year

Watch the video and enjoy the song of the year. Download the worksheet and do the exercise. Don't cheat (no copiéis), the answers are at the bottom of the page.