WISH, HOPE, WAIT, EXPECT, LOOK FORWARD TO - ADVANCED 1

Expect - Hope - Wait - Wish - Look forward to

Expect  - means you think or believe that something is probably going to happen for sure,

For example:  I'm expecting an important phone call.

Look forward to – means that you feel excited or very pleased about something that is going to happen,

For example:  I'm looking forward to Jaime's party.

Hope – means that you want something to happen and you have a good reason to think that it might happen,

For example: I hope it doesn't rain.

Wish – means that it is impossible or almost impossible that something happens. You feel sorry or sad about a situation that exists at the moment of speaking.

For example: I wish I were 20 years younger.

Wait – means that you are staying in a place without doing so much, until someone comes or something happens. It is more a physical action.

For example: We waited 20 minutes for the bus.

Exercises to practise:
Quiz 1
Quiz 2
Quiz 3

Videos:
Video wish / hope

SIMPLE PRESENT - BASIC 1

Exercises for elementary and beginner students of English. Practise simple present  in these interactive tests.

Simple present 1

Simple present 2

Simple present Questions 1

Simple present Questions 2

Simple present - negative form 1

Simple present - negative form 2

WISH AND REGRETS - ADVANCED LEVEL

Different exercises to practise wishes:

Wishes 1
Wishes 2
Wishes 3
Wishes 4
Wishes 5

SONGS AND ENGLISH - ALL LEVELS

Songs and music on this website. You can complete the exercises while you are listening to your favourite songs. There are different levels of difficulty, choose yours.

Lyrics

REVISION VIDEOS 2 - BASIC 1

20 Questions about you. Answer them.

REVISION VIDEOS - BASIC 1

Where is...? Where are...?

MORNING GROUP - BASIC 1

This is the key to the reading exercises for the morning group of Basic 1, Angel's group.

Reading texts, page 26, from Student's book.

1. False
2. False
3. True
4. True
5. True

The Culkins

Read the magazine and complete the Star Factfile for Macaulay Culkin

• First name:  Mac or Macaulay
• Surname: Culkin
• Nationality: American
• Home Town: New York
• Job: actor
• Number of brothers and sisters:  6
• Favourite animal: his dog

Answer the questions

1. No, they aren't, only Macaulay.
2. No, they aren't
3. No, they aren't
4. They are from New York
5. Yes, he is
6. They have got 7 children
7. Yes, he has
8. It is a dog
9. Yes, he has
10. Its name is Bishop

FOOD AND DRINK - BASIC 1

For pronunciation you can visit this page:

PRONUNCIATION

JOBS - GRAMMAR AND PRONUNCIATION - BASIC 1

What do you do? / what is your job? What do they do? / what is their job?	What does she do? /what is her job? What does he do? / what is his job?
I am a teacher I am an architect They are students	He is a teacher She is an architect
Where   do you work? Where   do they work?	Where   does she work? Where   does he work?
I work for Iberia/El Corte Ingles They work in a hospital/ a shop/ in a school	She works at home He works in an office / in a restaurant

   

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.

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