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24 Oct 2012

ESO1: Face maker

Try this face maker from English-vocabulary-lists blog and practise your vocabulary!


http://englishvocabularylists.blogspot.com.es/2011/08/parts-of-face-vocabulary.html
http://englishflashgames.blogspot.com.es/2011/08/face-maker-game.html

23 Oct 2012

ESO1: Demonstratives and colours

Here you have a video with exercises to practise this/these/that/those and combined with the colours and classroom objects. Notice the pronunciation!


Remember:     
                         Near                                                   Far                         
-Singular          THIS blue pen                                     THAT blue pen
-Plural              THESE blue pens                                THOSE blue pens

EXTRA GAME:

If you want to learn more colours, try this game!

Silver, gold, light green, sky blue, salmon, turquoise, fuchsia, navy... did you know about these colours? You have three different levels.

Beginner
Intermediate
Advanced

http://englishflashgames.blogspot.com.es/2008/05/colours-game.html

19 Oct 2012

ESO4: Present Tense contrast


The difference between the present simple and the present continuous might seem like climbing the Annapurna but it's not! Here you have some exercises to practise... one of them is a letter of a British expedition to this high mountain in Nepal.

EASY PEASY:
http://www.english-grammar-lessons.com/presentsimpleorcontinuous/exercise1.swf
http://www.english-grammar-lessons.com/presentsimpleorcontinuous/exercise3.html
http://www.english-grammar-lessons.com/presentsimpleorcontinuous/exercise4.html
http://www.english-grammar-lessons.com/presentsimpleorcontinuous/exercise5.html
http://www.english-grammar-lessons.com/presentsimpleorcontinuous/exercise6.html

I WANT MORE!:
http://www.englisch-hilfen.de/en/exercises/tenses/simple_present_progressive2.htm
http://www.leshoekje.be/leshoekje/ICT-oef%20ENG2/present-continuous-sentences.htm
http://www.englishpage.com/verbpage/verbs1.htm
http://www.englishpage.com/verbpage/verbs2.htm

ESO3: Present Continuous

Present continuous (or progessive)  is used for:

a)  Actions that are happening at this moment:
I am reading this sentence right now.
b) Actions that are happening during the present  period of time
I am studying 4th of ESO this year.
c) Arranged actions in the future:
I'm visiting my grandmother this evening.

EXTRA: It can also be used for habitual actions in a negative sense:

d) My little brother is always crying.... I can't stand it!

The affirmative structure uses the subject + verb TO BE as auxiliary + the main verb ending in -ING

I am writing
You are working
He/She/It is playing
We are learning
They are reading

We always negate the auxiliary:

I'm not reading
you aren't listening
he/she/it isn't working
we aren't playing
they aren't writing

The question structure is as follows (like wagons in a train):
(WH-) + Aux. BE + Subject + V-ing...?

Am I teaching?
Are you studying?
Is he/she/it swimming?
Are we playing?
Are they getting ready?

Remember the spelling rules for the -ing form!

Typical time expressions used with this tense are NOW, AT THE MOMENT, AT PRESENT...

Exercises:
http://www.english-grammar-lessons.com/presentcontinuous/exercise1.swf
http://www.english-grammar-lessons.com/presentcontinuous/exercise2.swf
http://www.english-grammar-lessons.com/presentcontinuous/exercise3.swf
http://www.english-grammar-lessons.com/presentcontinuous/exercise4.swf
http://www.english-grammar-lessons.com/presentcontinuous/exercise5.swf
http://www.english-grammar-lessons.com/presentcontinuous/exercise6.swf

I WANT MORE:
http://www.englisch-hilfen.de/en/exercises/tenses/present_progressive_statements_long.htm
http://www.englisch-hilfen.de/en/exercises/tenses/present_progressive_statements_contracted.htm

ESO3: Present Simple exercises

Here you have some exercises for practising the Present Simple structures. Revise the chart:

AffirmativeNegativeInterrogative
I go
I don't go
Do I go ?
You go
You don't go
Do you go ?
He goes
He doesn't go
Does he go ?
She goes
She doesn't go
Does she go ?
It goes
It doesn't go
Does it go ?
We go
We don't go
Do we go ?
You go
You don't go
Do you go ?
They go
They don't go
Do they go ?


We usually find it with epressions such as: often - generally - usually - always - never
every day - every week - every month - every year - sometimes
Remember we use it for habitual actions, universal truths, and 'permanent' situations, for example:

a) I usually go to school by bus. (Habitual action)
b) Water boils at 100ºC. (Universal truth)
c) I live in London.

Structure: subject + verb (base form)

I play football.
You play tennis.
We study here.
They work there.

LOOK! The alarm sounds in the 3rd person singular:

Affirmative: He PLAYS football.
Negative: He DOESN'T play football.
Question: DOES he play football?

Notice that we in the negative, questions, or after modal verbs (can, must...) we don't use the -s at the end:

He doesn't plays.
He doesn't play.

She can plays tennis.
She can play tennis.

Exercises:
http://www.ego4u.com/en/cram-up/grammar/simple-present/form/exercises
http://www.usingenglish.com/quizzes/65.html
http://www.englishmaven.org/HP6/Present%20Tense%20Exercise%208.htm

24 Sept 2012

ESO3 AND 4: QUESTION WORDS REVISION

Let's revise question words to imrpove our basic comprehension in English. First, read the theory, and then do the exercises. Copy the sentences in exercises 1 and 2 on your notebook and the marks you get (%). Then, play the game and improve you skills!


Theory: http://www.learnenglish.be/gr1_question_study.htm

Exercise 1: http://www.englisch-hilfen.de/en/exercises/questions/question_words.htm
Exercise 2: http://www.englisch-hilfen.de/en/exercises/questions/question_words2.htm
Online exercise: http://www.english-zone.com/grammar/questions2.htm
Quizz: http://a4esl.org/q/f/z/zz87mca.htm
Game: http://ww2.college-em.qc.ca/prof/epritchard/interrog.html

25 Jun 2012

ESO3: Summer Homework


SUMMER HOMEWORK 3rd ESO

Visit: http://www.talesoflondon.org.uk/

You are going to travel in time to the 20th century and live like a child in
a particular period of time. You have to prepare a dossier, with a cover
including your name and the title “TALES OF LONDON”. Include the following
sections:

1. DRAW! Change your ghost and describe it: colour, clothes, complements.
Print the screen or draw it.
2. READ! Choose one tale and read through it: Work, Blitz, Fog or Pop. Write
all your answers when you have an option to choose.
3. RESEARCH! Draw a timeline of the historical events you find. Paste
pictures and make a Word document with it.
4. WRITE! Imagine you are a child in the historical time you have choosen.
Write a composition (clothes you wear, games you play, subjects you
study).
5. LISTEN! Find a song you like from the 20th century (e.g. 1970s, 1980s or 1990s), copy the
lyrics and make a fill in the gaps activity.

EXTRA: PLAY! You can play games in the FUN STUFF section.

Enjoy the summer!

PS. If you have problems accessing the Internet during summer, write a postcard from the place you are spending your holidays describing what are you doing there (include 150 words and a picture). Be creative... you can imagine your dream holidays too!