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.

Thursday, 22 January 2015

Básico 1- oral practice


These are examples of questions for your oral exam. You have to complete them. Then think of an answer. The first question is always the same:

What / your name? ->  What's your name?
  1. Where / live?
  2. Where / your parents from?
  3. / like coffee? How much coffee / drink?
  4. What / your favourite month? Why / like it?
  5. When / do sport?
  6. / have any brothers or sisters?
  7. / married or single?
  8. What time / get up?
  9. When / do your English homework?
  10. What music / like?
  11. What / your favourite day of the week? Why / like it?
  12. / English a difficult language?
  13. / like pasta?
  14. Where / from?
  15. What / your address?
  16. / live in a big house?
  17. / have a lot of cousins?
  18. What / your favourite sport? 
  19. What time / wake up?
  20. When / have holidays?
  21. Where / listen to music?
  22. / your parents live in Torrelavega?
  23. What / your grandfather’s name?
  24. How / spell the teacher’s name?
  25. How old / your friend?
  26. What / usually do in the morning?
  27. / like doing homework?
  28. What kind of books / like?
  29. What / have for breakfast?

Básico 1- Key to Oral practice


These are examples of questions for your oral exam.

What / your name? ->  What's your name?
  1. Where do you live? I live in ...
  2. Where are  your parents from? They are from...
  3. Do you  like coffee?  Yes, I do. / No, I don't How much coffee do you drink? I drink ... cups.
  4. What is your favourite month? It's ... Why do you  like it? Because ...
  5. When do you  do sport? I do sport in...(the morning, June) / at ...(5 o'clock)
  6. Do you  have any brothers or sisters? Yes, I do. / No, I don't
  7. Are you  married or single? I'm ...
  8. What time do you  get up? I get up at ...
  9. When do you  do your English homework? I do my English homework ...
  10. What music do you  like? I like .... music.
  11. What is  your favourite day of the week? It's .... Why do you  like it? Because...
  12. Is English a difficult language? Yes, it is. / No, it isn't.
  13. Do you  like pasta? Yes, I do. / No, I don't
  14. Where are you  from? I'm from ...(country) / I'm ... (nationality)
  15. What is  your address? It's
  16. Do you  live in a big house? Yes, I do. / No, I don't
  17. Do you  have a lot of cousins? Yes, I do. / No, I don't
  18. What is  your favourite sport? It's
  19. What time do you  wake up? I wake up at ...
  20. When do you  have holidays? I have holidays in ...
  21. Where do you  listen to music? I listen to music in...
  22. Do you  your parents live in Torrelavega? Yes, they do. / No, they don't
  23. What is  your grandfather’s name? His name is ...
  24. How do you  spell the teacher’s name?
  25. How old is your friend? He / she is ....(years old)
  26. What do you  usually do in the morning? 
  27. Do you  like doing homework? Yes, I do. / No, I don't
  28. What kind of books do you  like? I like romantic, adventure... books
  29. What do you  have for breakfast? I have ... for breakfast


Wednesday, 21 January 2015

The human body

Some of you seemed to be very interested in knowing how to call the parts of the body in English.
If you download it and click on the words you'll hear their pronunciation.
There is a problem with the phonetic transcriptions. If you see numbers and letters, download this file and paste it in the folder called "Fonts" or "Fuentes". (descargad el archivo y ponedlo en la carpeta de fuentes, suele estar en configuración / panel de control).