WANT TO BE HAPPY? BE GRATEFUL - ADVANCED LEVEL

Listen to Brother David Steindl-Rast, a Benedictine monk, saying the one thing all humans have in common is that each of us wants to be happy. And happiness, he suggests, is born from gratitude. An inspiring lesson in slowing down, looking where you’re going, and above all, being grateful. The video has subtitles in English which you have to activate.

PRESENT SIMPLE - HE/SHE/IT - BASIC 1

We use present simple for our routines. One of the problems is the 3rd person singular- he /she / it. Be careful because it is different:

AFFIRMATIVE	NEGATIVE	INTERROGATIVE
He speaks English      studies      watches       goes	He doesn’t speak English                study                watch                go	Does he speak English?             study             watch             go
She speaks English	She doesn’t speak English	Does she speak English?
It speaks English	It doesn’t speak English	Does it speak English?

Here are some examples to use present simple in affirmative:

Present Simple

P. Simple 2

P. Simple 3

P. Simple 4

Present Simple in the negative form:

P. Simple Negative 1

P. Simple Negative 2

P. Simple Negative 3

P. Simple Negative 4

Present Simple in the interrogative form:

P. Simple Interrogative 1

P. Simple Interrogative 2

P. Simple Interrogative 3

PRONUNCIATION TIPS - ALL LEVELS

Tips with activities to practise identifying the difference between   æ / e / ʌ.

Video æ

Video e

Video ʌ

Exercises to identify the differences

PURPOSE CLAUSES - ADVANCED LEVEL

Purpose Clauses from englishatchabacier

PRONUNCIATION TIPS - ADVANCED LEVEL

There is a system of symbols for writing the sounds of English. We have a guide to these symbols and also videos to show how to pronounce each of the sounds.

There are also activities to practise identifying the difference between certain sounds which may sound similar.

This link will give you access to all the sounds videos - Pronunciation videos

And now the exercises to practise 'long i' and 'short i' - Activities

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

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.

Phonemic chart

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

PRESENT PERFECT CONTINUOUS - INTERMEDIATE 2 AND ADVANCED LEVELS

Present perfect continuous with grammar and exercises.

Learn English

GENITIVE CASE - BASIC 1

Genitive case from angelomagno

Exercises

Genitive Case 1
Genitive Case 2
Genitive Case 3
Genitive Case 4
Genitive Case 5

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

NUMBERS 1- 10,000 - BASIC 1

Listen to how to pronounce numbers

Numbers

PHONETICS - / ʃ /, / e /, / i: / - BASIC LEVEL

GENITIVE CASE - BASIC 1

Genitive Case in Spanish - Grammar
Genitive Case

Here you can find exercises:

Exercises 1
Exercise 2
Exercise 3
Exercise 4

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.

Bet you didn't know: Halloween

HALLOWEEN - BASIC LEVEL

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

Halloween

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:

http://mythatsenglish.blogspot.com.es/2012/09/families-living-in-cars.html

PLURALS - BASIC LEVEL

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Spelling for Adults - learn to love it.

Plural Spelling Rules

boys     countries   radios    heroes    boxes    rulers   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.

2. Adding -es 

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)

3. Changing -f or -fe to -ves or -s  

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

4. Change -y to -ies or -s 

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

5. Adding -s  or -es to  words ending in O 

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).

Age

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

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.

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. 

SEGISMUNDO'S STUDENTS INFORMATION

Enlace para el grupo de básico 1 de Segis en facebook:

Nombre del grupo: Mundo English - https://www.facebook.com/groups/588213687902591/

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.

Classroom objects from angelomagno

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 

NATIONALITIES GAME - BASIC LEVEL

This is a game to practise nationalities.

Nationalitiy Game

CLASSROOM LANGUAGE - BASIC LEVEL

DIRECT AND INDIRECT QUESTIONS - ADVANCED LEVEL

Direct questions from angelomagno

COUNTRIES AND NATIONALITIES - BASIC LEVEL

PHONETICS - /h/ /əu/ /ɒ/ - BASIC LEVEL

Phonetic symbols /h/ /əu/ /ɒ/ from angelomagno

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.

HELLO, GOOD-BYE - THE BEATLES - BASIC 1

COUNTRIES AND NATIONALITIES PRONUNCIATION - BASIC 1

Listen and repeat the pronunciation of the Continents

Continents

European countries and nationalities

Europe