Wednesday, October 29, 2014
Monday, October 27, 2014
Political organisation: the European Union
UNIT 3 - Political organisation
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| by José Alberto Bermúdez - Banco Imágenes ITE |
Thursday, October 23, 2014
Possessive adjectives
These exercises will let you revise your subject and determiner personal pronouns:
SUBJECT
These pronouns replace any other subject and they usually go before the verb:
SUBJECT
These pronouns replace any other subject and they usually go before the verb:
- Are you 15? (= the person I am sepaking to)
- We don't like going to the beach. (=my sister and I)
- They are our best friends. (=Sandra and Lynn)
POSSESSIVE ADJECTIVES
These determiners go before the noun and they tell us who (or what) the object, person... belongs to:
- I have a cat. This is my cat.
- Their homework is really difficult.
- My sister has a boyfriend. Her boyfriend is tall.
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EXERCISES
Wednesday, October 22, 2014
Comparatives and superlatives in English
These last weeks we have been studying comparative and superlative structures in our classes. This chart summarizes the main points that you have to keep in mind:
If you want to download the worksheet used in class, click here and if you want to check if you already know this grammar structure, you may try:
- more detailed grammar rules
- written exercise (printable sheet)
- exercise sheet
- this Hot Potatoes exercise.
- geography quizz
- crosswords from the BBC Learning English website
- English at home: grammar summary
- English at home: online exercise
- Englisch-hilfen comparatives 1
- Englisch-hilfen comparatives 2
- Englisch-hilfen superlatives 1
- Englisch-hilfen superlatives 2
- Englisch-hilfen as...as
Now try comparing the pairs of elements in this presentation:
Tuesday, October 21, 2014
Wednesday, October 15, 2014
Can
FORM
affirmative
I can
you can
he/she/it can
we can
you can
they can
negative
I cannot (can't)
you cannot (can't)
he/she/it cannot (can't)
we cannot (can't)
you cannot (can't)
they cannot (can't)
interrogative
can I ...?
can you...?
can he/she/it...?
can we...?
can you...?
can they...?
USE
EXERCISES
affirmative
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| Dolphins can swim very well. (picture from Banco Imágenes INTEF) |
I can
you can
he/she/it can
we can
you can
they can
negative
I cannot (can't)
you cannot (can't)
he/she/it cannot (can't)
we cannot (can't)
you cannot (can't)
they cannot (can't)
interrogative
can I ...?
can you...?
can he/she/it...?
can we...?
can you...?
can they...?
USE
- ability or possibility:
- We can play tennis.
- Can you speak Chinese?
- They can't ride a bike.
- permission to do something (similar to may):
- Can we leave?
EXERCISES
Monday, October 13, 2014
States of the world
UNIT 2 - States of the world
- planet
GAMES
- Sheppard Software: world continents
- World Geography Games
- Jet Punk Quiz (all the countries in 12 minutes-English)
- Jet Punk Quiz (all the countries in 12 minutes -Spanish)
- Purpose Games: find the country
- The Guardian: How well do you know the world?
- Lizard Point Quizzes
- Trivia Plaza Quizzes
VIDEO: JUSTIN BIEBER VERSUS ARDEN HAYES
Saturday, October 11, 2014
Who is Malala Yousafzai?
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| Malala Yousafzai, picture from Wikipedia |
BIOGRAPHY
- Malala was born on the 12th July, 1997 in Mingora, Pakistan.
- Her home city was a tourist spot before the Taliban reached power.
- As a child, she strongly defended girls' right to education so the Taliban issued a death threat against her.
- In 2008, after the Taliban had started attacking schools for girls she gave a speech titled, "How dare the Taliban take away my basic right to education?", and then continued to give international attention to the issue.
- On the 9th October 2012 she was shot while going back home from school.
- She survived after being flown to a British hospital for treatment and in 2013 she started attending school in Birmingham, England.
- In 2013 she published her biography, I Am Malala: The Girl Who Stood Up for Education and Was Shot by the Taliban.
- On the 10th of October, 2013, in acknowledgement of her work, the European Parliament awarded Yousafzai the Sakharov Prize for Freedom of Thought.
- In 2014 she has become the youngest person to receive the Nobel Peace Prize.
And this a summary of her speech, defending education for girls, in the UN.
Friday, October 10, 2014
Prespositions of time: on, in, at
On, in and at are the three most common prepostions of time. These are the rules for using them correctly:
ON
IN
AT
MORE PRACTICE:
ON
- days of the week: Sunday, Wednesday
- dates : 5th October 2015
- specific dates: Christmas day
- parts of a day: Sunday morning, Wednesday evening
IN
- months: July, December
- the four seasons: (the) spring, summer, autumn, winter
- years: 2014, 2053, 1833
- parts of the day: the morning, the afternoon, the evening
AT
- night
- the weekend
- Christmas, Easter
- times: 5 o'clock, 9:45
- the moment
- present
MORE PRACTICE:
Tuesday, October 7, 2014
Auxiliares de conversa
This is the presentation shown at the session in Lugo this morning.
If you have any problems when trying to access the materials in our Aula Virtual, just remember that Interaction resources are at the "Seminario Permanente de Inglés" section. I hope they are useful.
If you need anything else email me at anaariascastro@gmail.com.
If you have any problems when trying to access the materials in our Aula Virtual, just remember that Interaction resources are at the "Seminario Permanente de Inglés" section. I hope they are useful.
If you need anything else email me at anaariascastro@gmail.com.
Sunday, October 5, 2014
Present simple and present continuous
PRESENT SIMPLE AND PRESENT CONTINUOUS
PRESENT SIMPLE
form
use
Key words: how often / always / sometimes / often / never / usually / every day / once a week / twice a month... / if (in conditional sentences)
examples
PRESENT CONTINUOUS
form
Remember the rules for -ing
use
examples
INTERESTING LINKS:
In this unit we are revising the form and uses of two very common tenses: present simple and present continuous. These links will lead you to useful materials for you:
PRESENT SIMPLE
form
- affirmative: subject + infinitive (+3rd p –(e)s)
- negative: subject + don’t/doesn’t + infinitive
- question: do/does + subject + infinitive
Remember that we only add the –(e)s in the 3rd person affirmative form and that be is an
exception: am / is / are
- facts and permanent states.
- habits and routines
- 1st type conditional sentences
- stative verbs that are not used in the pres. cont. (see, hear, believe, want, know, understand, think, like, love...)
Key words: how often / always / sometimes / often / never / usually / every day / once a week / twice a month... / if (in conditional sentences)
examples
- Snow melts at
- Harry lives in Liverpool.
- My dog plays football with us.
- Daniel washes his jacket every week.
- We don’t like football.
- She doesn’t understand baseball.
- Do you enjoy dining out?
- Does Rafael Nadal train in the morning?
- If you drink too much you’ll have to go to the toilet.
PRESENT CONTINUOUS
form
subject + am / is / are + (not) + -ing
Remember the rules for -ing
use
- actions happening at the moment of speaking
- Key words: now / at the moment
examples
- My sister is watching TV now.
- They aren’t listening to me.
- I’m not sleeping now.
- He’s setting the washing machine.
INTERESTING LINKS:
In this unit we are revising the form and uses of two very common tenses: present simple and present continuous. These links will lead you to useful materials for you:
- Summary of tenses
- Tenses in detail
- Worksheet: unit 1
- Revision test for unit 1: Unit 1
- Isabel Pérez:
- Englisch-hilfen:
- Execise 4
- Exercise 5
- Exercise 6
- Exercise 7
- Exercise 8
- Exercise 9
- Exercise 10
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