Thursday, 14 November 2013

ROUTINE VERBS AND TIME EXPRESSIONS - BASIC 1

       
     
ROUTINE VERBS
WAKE UP
GET UP
WASH MY FACE
BRUSH YOUR TEETH
BRUSH YOUR HAIR
HAVE BREAKFAST

HAVE LUNCH
HAVE DINNER
GO TO SCHOOL
GO TO WORK
GO HOME
GET TO SCHOOL
GET TO WORK
GET HOME
HAVE A SHOWER

HAVE A BATH
MAKE BREAKFAST
MAKE DINNER
MAKE LUNCH
LEAVE HOME

LEAVE WORK
LEAVE SCHOOL
MEET FRIENDS
HANG OUT WITH FRIENDS
DO THE HOUSEWORK
GO TO BED
READ
LISTEN TO
STUDY
WORK
LIVE
WATCH
EAT


TIME EXPRESSIONS
EARLY ≠ LATE
ON MONDAY
ON TUESDAY...
IN THE MORNING
IN THE AFTERNOON
IN THE EVENING
AT 7.00
EVERY DAY
EVERY WEEK
AT THE WEEKEND







Wednesday, 13 November 2013

PHONEMIC CHART - ALL LEVELS

Adrian Underhill's Interactive Phonemic Chart on One stop English! This excellent teaching tool can be played full-screen and gives clear audio examples of the English phoneme set.


MIND YOUR LANGUAGE - ADVANCED LEVEL



If you go to Youtube, you'll find other videos of this type. Make sure you choose the ones with subtitles.

LINKERS - ADVANCED LEVEL

ADVANCED STRUCTURES - ADVANCED LEVEL

To help you improve your writing production, a link has been added below. You will be able to practise the use of verbs such as TO WANT with two persons: I want + (I go) = I want to go / I want + (he goes) = I want him to go.

To want him to go



Saturday, 9 November 2013

READING AND LISTENING - INTERMEDIATE AND ADVANCED LEVELS

On the link below you can read and listen to different texts in English. It is another tool to improve your listening skills.

VOA Special English

Friday, 1 November 2013

DIFFERENCE BETWEEEN 'SEE', 'LOOK', 'WATCH' - INTERMEDIATE AND ADVANCED

COLOURS - BASIC 1

Pronunciation:

Colours  - click on the colours and you hear the pronunciation.

Games:

Test your memory 
Spell it

Quizzes:
Test yourself 1
Test yourself 2


REAL STORY OF HALLOWEEN - INTERMEDIATE AND ADVANCED



It's one of America's favourite holidays, but what's the real story behind the tricks and treats of Halloween?
Watch and enjoy the videos on the link. There is other related multimedia on Halloween as well.


HALLOWEEN - BASIC LEVEL

If you want to learn something about Halloween, here is a great book with activities. I hope you enjoy them.

Halloween


Thursday, 24 October 2013

INTERMEDIATE & ADVANCED - LISTENING VIDEOGAME

Practising listening is essential so, come on! Play "What are you taking about?"

click HERE



BASIC - FREQUENCY ADVERBS EXPLANATION & GAME

Practise more the adverbs of frequency!

Remember the position is the important thing!

Click HERE

FAMILIES LIVING IN CARS - ADVANCED LEVEL

Scott Pelley brings "60 Minutes" cameras back to central Florida to document another form of family homelessness: kids and their parents forced to live in cars.


Transcript can be found on this link:

Tuesday, 22 October 2013

PLURALS - BASIC LEVEL

This information is on      

Plural Spelling Rules

boys     countries   radios    heroes    boxes    ruler  women   children    dogs washes   lorries
Do you know why and when we add -ies-ves-s and -es to plural nouns?

We're going to look at these important plural spelling rules then there's a spelling test so read carefully. 

If you want more information and watch a video about the individual rules click on the links below.


1. Add -s to regular plurals.  Adding an s is all you need to do to form a regular plural:
file/files, centre/centres, girl/girls, book/books, pen/pens, computer/computers.




Words ending in -ch, -s, -sh, -x, -z  add -es to form a plural
wash/washes, box/boxes, match/matches, glass/glasses

There's one exception to this rule. If the -ch ending is pronounced with a 'k' then add -s (stomach/stomachs)




Words ending in -f or -fe change to -ves or -sknife/knives,  life/lives, wife/wives, shelf/shelves

*exceptions add -s - roof/roofs, proof/proofs, chief/chiefs.*These words could be either -ves or -s - scarf/scarves or scarfs,dwarf/dwarves or dwarfs


a. If the word ends in a vowel-a,e,i,o,u, + y then just add -s.
boy/boys, journey/journeys, key/keys, tray/trays.

b. If the word ends in a consonant + y then it changes to -ies country/countries, baby/babies, body/bodies, memory/memories



You can either add an -s or -es to words ending in -O or sometimes they're spelled either way.

a.If a word ends in a vowel-a,e,i,o,u + -O then we sometimes add -s.
radio/radios, stereo/stereos, video/videos

b. If a words ends in consonant + -O then we sometimes add -s or -es.No rules for this - you just have to learn them or use a dictionary.

kilo/kilos, zero/zeros, piano/pianos, photo/photos
but hero/heroes, potato/potatoes, volcano/volcanoes, tomato/tomatoes.

6. Irregular plurals
a woman/some women, a man/5 men, child/children, person/people, tooth/teeth, foot/feet, mouse/mice, penny/pence


7. No change between plural and singular.
There are some words that are the same in the plural as in the singular:
sheep, series, fish, cod, salmon, aircraft, cattle, scissors, deer, trousers




Spelling test

Change the words to plurals

1. man 
2. fox 
3. family
 4. mobile phone 
5. baby 
6. person 
7. radio 
8. dictionary 
9. teacher 
10. watch 
11. bus 
12. scarf 
13. photo 
14. tomato 
15. woman 
16. wife
 17. body 
18. fly 
19. colour 
20. mother-in-law 

Check your answers below.

Thanks to Oxford Dictionaries online


Answers
1. men
2. foxes
3. families
4. mobile phones
5. babies
6. people
7. radios
8. dictionaries
9. teachers
10. watches
11. buses
12. scarfs or scarves
13. photos
14. tomatoes
15. women
16. wives
17. bodies
18. flies
19. colours
20. mothers-in-law


DISCO - SONG - BASIC LEVEL

DISCO - OTTAWAN



HAVE GOT / HAS GOT - BASIC LEVEL

AFFIRMATIVE
NEGATIVE
INTERROGATIVE
I have got a Mercedes
I haven’t got a Mercedes
Have I got a Mercedes?
Yes, you have / No, you haven’t

You have got a Mercedes
You haven’t got a Mercedes
Have you got a Mercedes?
Yes, I have / No, I haven’t

He/she/it has got a friend
He/She/it hasn’t got a friend
Has he/she/it got a friend?
Yes, she has / No, she hasn't

NUMBERS, AGE, DAYS AND DATES - BASIC LEVEL

Some videos to study the pronunciation of numbers, age, days and dates

Real English: numbers, age, days and dates

and here there are exercises for the age

Age

HOW OLD ARE YOU? - BASIC LEVEL

Practice using the “How old are you?” question format to ask about age with this ESL Vocabulary and Grammar Interactive Pirate Waters Board Game for Beginners (I’m one, I’m two, I’m three).

Monday, 21 October 2013

RIBBONS QUIZ - ADVANCED LEVEL

You see ribbons pinned to lapels and stuck to the backs of cars, but do you know what they are trying to raise awareness of? Almost all ribbon colours have been adopted by multiple causes, but of the possible answers, only one is associated with the colour pictured. Can you figure out which one?

Ribbons quizz

CHARITY - ADVANCED LEVEL

A video with questions on charities

Goods for good

Know a little more about 'Red Nose Day'

http://www.rednoseday.com/what-we-do

A touching story on a homeless in Boston

http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-us-canada-24170670

WHAT IS THIS? - BASIC LEVEL

Friday, 18 October 2013

DEMONSTRATIVES AND HERE/THERE - BASIC LEVEL

This video helps you with demonstratives and the difference between here and there.



TO BE - CONTRACTIONS - BASIC 1

This video shows you how to pronounce the verb to be and contractions.

Tuesday, 15 October 2013

GOOD MANNERS - INTERMEDIATE AND ADVANCED LEVELS

You must learn about English culture and etiquette too. I'll tell you the one secret you MUST know to be accepted in North American and British cultures. You'll also learn 12 other good habits if you're studying, working, living, or travelling overseas. This is a cross-cultural English lesson you cannot afford to miss. 


Friday, 11 October 2013

Thursday, 10 October 2013

DEMONSTRATIVES - BASIC 1

Watch and learn how to pronounce the demonstratives

INDEFINITE ARTICLES AND DEMONSTRATIVES - BASIC 1

INDEFINITE ARTICLES
SINGULAR
PLURAL
A book
A table
A chair
A hotel
Some books
Some tables
Some chairs
Two books
Three tables
Four chairs
An animal
An apple
An elephant
An hour
Some animals
Some elephants
Two apples

DEMONSTRATIVES
SINGULAR
PLURAL
This is a chair
These are chairs
That is a book
Those are books

CLASSROOM OBJECTS - BASIC 1

You can study vocabulary with this presentation.

EXPRESSING OPINIONS - BASIC 1



Expressions for opinions in class:

I think he is / she is ….
I don’t think he is / she is ….
Are you sure? Yes, I am  / No, I’m not.
I’m not sure
I don’t know 
I don't remember
What do you think?
You are right / You're right
Me too
Me neither 

Friday, 27 September 2013

WEBSITES TO WATCH SERIES AND LIVE TV CHANNELS - INTERMEDIATE AND ADVANCED LEVELS

For those of you who love watching American and British series, I recommend you http://mejorenvo.com/ on which you can choose from a large variety of options. I will post it on the menu so that you can use it in the future.

Tuesday, 24 September 2013

COUNTRIES AND NATIONALITIES PRONUNCIATION - BASIC 1

Listen and repeat the pronunciation of the Continents

Continents

European countries and nationalities

Europe


NUMBERS - BASIC 1

Listen to the numbers and repeat them.

Numbers


ALPHABET - BASIC 1

Listen and repeat the letters of the alphabet

Alphabet


GREETINGS - BASIC 1

On the website 'Languageguide.org' you can see different greetings with their meaning in Spanish. You can also hear their pronunciation.

En la página web 'languageguide.org' podéis ver diferentes tipos de saludos con sus significados en español. Pueden también oír su pronunciación.

Greetings

COUNTRIES AND NATIONALITIES - BASIC 1

This is the powerpoint presentation we studied in class.




Now a video to practise their pronunciation





Countries and nationalities in Spanish and English

Nationalities and countries







MEETING SOMEONE FOR THE FIRST TIME - BASIC 1

Useful expressions for you when you meet a person for the first time.

Sunday, 1 September 2013

RELATIONSHIP VOCABULARY AND PHRASES - INTERMEDIATE LEVEL

English vocabulary and phrases for describing relationships. Here are some expressions for talking about all the different phrases of a relationship with someone.

Saturday, 24 August 2013

ENGLISH CONVERSATION / PRESENT SIMPLE - BASIC LEVEL

A lesson with some grammar and also a conversation where the characters puts the present simple and other expressions into practice.



Friday, 9 August 2013

PERSONALITY TRAITS - INTERMEDIATE AND ADVANCED LEVELS

Answer the questionnaire made famous by Marcel Proust and find out which illustrious respondents you look like. By completing the quiz, you will be told which famous person you resemble most. When you finish it, do not forget to submit in order to receive an answer.
The Interactive Proust Questionnaire

Thursday, 20 June 2013

BE GOING TO / WILL - ALL LEVELS

A lesson looking into the future. There are exercises to do with the video.

Animals Scene 2 Language Focus


BEAUTY KIT - ALL LEVELS

CROCKERY AND FLATWARE - ALL LEVELS

THE HOME - BASIC LEVEL











BASIC ENGLISH GRAMMAR – TOO MUCH, TOO MANY, A LOT OF - BASIC LEVEL

Watch this video in which a teacher explains to you the use of 'too much', ' too many' and ' a lot of'.

Basic English Grammar – TOO MUCH, TOO MANY, A LOT OF · engVid

Try the test below the video.

DAILY VIDEO VOCABULARY - ALL LEVELS

Episode 3 - run over time




EASY ENGLISH READING AND LISTENING - ALL LEVELS

More news to continue practising your listening. Different levels depending on the level you choose.

People in a high place - level 1 :: News in Levels - easy English reading and listening

Monday, 17 June 2013

MY HOUSE - BASIC LEVEL

Excellent site with vocabulary. On this first page, you can practise house furniture and fixtings. First of all, you have all the cards that are going to be used in the exercise. You can see the pictures and
there is a symbol on the left corner of the picture to listen to the pronunciation. Below the picture you have some games and exercises. One of the sections is 'study' and the second is 'game'. I hope you find it useful and entertaining.

House furniture and fixtings

DAILY VIDEO VOCABULARY - ALL LEVELS

Episode 2 - got tied up

Saturday, 15 June 2013

DAILY VIDEO VOCABULARY - ALL LEVELS

This is a series of videos with daily expressions, phrases or vocabulary with examples to help you improve your performance in English.

Episode 1



Saturday, 1 June 2013

READING ACTIVITY - BASIC LEVEL

Click on the picture to see the animation. Then click on the ball to read the story. Finally, play the game.

Yesterday at the sea

READING COMPREHENSION - ADVANCED LEVEL

Multiple activities for advanced levels.

Multiple choice cloze 1
Multiple choice cloze 2

Open cloze 1
Open cloze 2

Word formation 1
Word formation 2

Key word formation 1
Key word formation 2

RELATIVE CLAUSES - INTERMEDIATE AND ADVANCED LEVELS

More practice, this time Relative Clauses. I hope these exercises can help you. There are at least 6 pages. Click on the arrow next to the index to move on to the next page.

Relative clauses

PREPOSITIONS - INTERMEDIATE AND ADVANCED LEVELS

Theses pages are great to remind you of the use of prepositions after verbs, nouns or adjectives.

Verbs + prepositions 1
Verbs + prepositions 2

Nouns + prepositions 1
Nouns + prepositions 2

Adjectives + prepositions 1
Adjectives + prepositions 2


LINKING WORDS - INTERMEDIATE AND ADVANCED LEVELS

These are exercises to learn to connect ideas. The first one is the link below but you can do other ones by clicking on the forward arrow at the top of the page.

Linking Words

IRREGULAR VERBS PRACTICE - ALLLEVELS

This is a site with irregular verbs. When you finish each exercise, you can continue by clicking on the arrows next to INDEX. There are 11 exercises.

Irregular Verbs

Thursday, 30 May 2013

LISTENING EXERCISES - BASIC LEVEL

Read the introduction and then click on the different pictures to go to the exercises. When you are on the new page, click on LISTEN and you can hear the audio. There are questions that you can check when you answer the question.

The Spin

http://www.groovetoenglish.com/topmost.htm
                             

READING COMPREHENSION - BASIC LEVEL

More reading comprehension tests for Certificacion:

SET 5
SET 6
SET 7
SET 8

Thursday, 9 May 2013

READING COMPREHENSION EXAM PRACTICE - BASIC LEVEL

Reading Comprehension and Test Preparation that will help you read and understand English and prepare for reading exams. Each set of exams has five types of exercises that you can see on the top menu: Signs / Details / Matching / Gist / Gap.

GAMES FOR THE COMPARISON - BASIC LEVELS

This is a game to learn to use the comparison in English.

Compare

For other games you can go to this link

Sunday, 5 May 2013

READING COMPREHENSION - EXAM PRACTICE - BASIC LEVEL

Reading Comprehension and Test Preparation that will help you read and understand English and prepare for reading exams. Each set of exams has five types of exercises that you can see on the top menu: Signs / Details / Matching / Gist / Gap.

1) “Signs” – you are shown 5 signs, one at a time and asked to choose the meaning.2) “Details” – you are asked 10 true/false questions to see if you understand specific, detailed information from a reading.3) “Matching” – you read descriptions of 5 different people and then try to match them to a thing or situation that is best for them.
4) “Gist” – you are asked questions to see if you have a generalized understanding of a reading.5) “Gap” – you are given a reading with missing words. From a list of words, you choose and type in missing words.

Today you are having the first set of exercises. In the coming days, we will post other entries with more exercises. 



FREE TESTS TO PRACTISE BEFORE EXAMS - INTERMEDIATE AND ADVANCED LEVELS


Free Exercises: Cambridge ESOL Exercises

Practise for your Cambridge ESOL Exams with free exercises. You will find various types of exercise from the Use of English sections of these exams to help you prepare for First Certificate in English (FCE), Certificate of Advanced English (CAE) or Certificate of Proficiency in English (CPE).

These free exercises have an optional time-limit so you can test yourself in similar conditions to the exam. You will see a timer that counts down to zero. When it reaches zero your exercise will be automatically submitted. You can pause or switch off the timer if you wish.

The exercises on these pages were all written by International House Bristol staff and you will not find the same exercises on any other website or in any coursebook.

Cambridge ESOL Exercises

RADIO AND TELEVISION TO PRACTISE LISTENING - ALL LEVELS

On this site, you will find listening material from a wide variety of sources.
ESL Radio and TV


Tuesday, 30 April 2013

GAMES - BASIC LEVELS

These are games for beginners and elementary students on some aspects: grammar, vocabulary or culture.

Let's have fun with English


Saturday, 20 April 2013

STAYING YOUNG - ADVANCED LEVEL

The human life span may soon be doubled. Some scientists are honing in on a genetic switch to turn off ageing. Others have discovered a hormone which is already producing startling results in the over fifties.

PART 1

PART 2

PART 3

Wednesday, 17 April 2013

BASIC 1: Series. Chapter 5

Hi! Watch the next episode of our series. Answer:

Where is the party?

Who´s Alison?

What is the party about?

What´s she going to wear?

Why is she in a hurry?

What happened to the dress?

What´s the matter with the stain?

What did they decide to do?

What shops are Jane & Matt going to?

What does David do in the clothes shop?

How much is the dress? How does she pay?






INTERMEDIATE 1: Series Chapter 2

Who met? What happened? Where was she coming from?

What does he offer her?

What are her friends going to do?

What was Matt doing at home?

Hey, watch the next episode. Answer:

What does she offer to make? And Matt?

What´s the quickest way?

What´s nicer than the city?

What happened when Helen saw her friends? What did she do?

What happened in the end?



Wednesday, 10 April 2013

INTERMEDIATE 1 - Series Chapter 1

Watch this episode and answer the questions:

Where is the milk? Why?

Is there any bread? How much?

Whose the mug?

Are there any clean mugs? Why?

When did Matt last clear up the kitchen?

What does Matt has to do?

What was the matter with the two women?

What was the matter with the men?



BASIC 1 - SERIES Chapter 4

Here we are again! Watch the episode and answer the questions:

What is David cooking?

What does David´s meal need?

Why does David think Julia can´t eat it? How did it happen?

Who is a fantastic cook?

Is there any pasta in kitchen? How much?

Is there any tuna? How many tins?

What other ingredients do they need?

What time does Julia arrive?

What´s the main course? What is it called?

How does it taste? What does Julia want?


Sunday, 7 April 2013

HOLIDAYS - ADVANCED LEVEL

You are going to watch a clip from a holiday TV programme and answer some questions.Answer some questions about the activity holiday and compare the different types of holidays 

THERE IS /ARE - SOME/ANY - BASIC LEVEL

This is an episode of the famous cartoon Tom and Jerry called "Buddies Thicker Than Water"
You are going to watch the cartoon and practise there is / are, a / some / any, adjectives, to be, plural nouns and present simple















MORE ABOUT FOOD - BASIC LEVEL

On the following link you have plenty of activities on food. I hope you can enjoy all those exercises

Food and drink


picture from www.embassyhomepage.com

Wednesday, 3 April 2013

BASIC 1: Series - Chapter 3

Watch the episode

Answer:

What´s their favourite place?

Who did she see last week? Where did she see him?

When did Matt last see his ex-girlfriend?

What does she sometimes do?

Who pretends to be engaged? What is a fiancée?

When did they get engaged?

Why doesn´t she wear the ring?

What´s the matter at the end?