Phonemic chart

This phonemic chart contains the standard sound of British Received Pronunciation. If you want to try the interactive version, go to the original interactive chart in the British Council website.

Present simple and present continuous

PRESENT SIMPLE AND PRESENT CONTINUOUS


PRESENT SIMPLE
form

• affirmative: subject + infinitive (+3^rd 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 3^rd person affirmative form and that be is an exception: am / is / are

use

• facts and permanent states.
• habits and routines
• 1^st 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 0ºC.
• 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:
• Present simple: explanations and exercises
• Present continuous: explanations and exercises
• Englisch-hilfen:
• exercise 1
• exercise 2
• exercise 3
• Execise 4
• Exercise 5
• Exercise 6
• Exercise 7
• Exercise 8
• Exercise 9
• Exercise 10

Present simple and present continuous from Cynthia Maurizzio

present simple and present continuous from jesusmarcos42

Places in a town

Places in a town from Ana Arias Castro

Prepositions of place

Royal descendants of Queen Victoria

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Royal_descendants_of_Queen_Victoria_and_King_Christian_IX

European Day of Languages

The European Day of Languages is celebrated every year on the 26th of September. The European Commission has prepared some activities for schools to promote awareness of the richness of knowing several languages and being able to communicate with as many people as possible. This is part of our European cultural heritage.

This is the official site where you can find more information about this date.

And if you want to learn a lot more, the European Commission has elaborated a number of documents that highlight different aspects about multilingual diversity in Europe. Just have a look.

Here you are some interesting games and activities:

• Language Trivia
• Assess your language skills
• Language Facts
• Animal sounds in different European Languages
• Language Quiz
• Palindromes
• Longest words
• Tongue Twisters
• Idioms of the World

Revision of be and have got

"BE" EXERCISES

• be (forms)
• be: negatives

• Be / have got
• Present tense of be: am / is / are
• Be / have / there is / present simple

"HAVE GOT" EXERCISES

• have got (forms)
• exercise 0 - have or has
• exercise 1 -Isabel Pérez
• exercise 2- negatives - Isabel Pérez
• exercise 3 - (have got or has got) Englisch Hilfen
• exercise 4 - (have got or has got) Englisch Hilfen
• exercise 5 - (haven't got or hasn't got) - Englisch Hilfen
• exercise 6 - (haven't got or hasn't got: correct spelling) - Englisch Hilfen

Reid Wagner

This is the post that Reid Wagner, our assistant this year has written for you to read. You are all invited to write your reply including a brief introduction and some recommendations for his stay.

Jobs and professions in English

mechanic- by Lewis Hine, 1920

Have a look at our previous post about jobs and professions and then try these exercises:

• Agendaweb1
• Agendaweb2
• Agendaweb3
• Game: match these jobs
• Choose the right job 1
• Choose the right job 2
• Choose the right job 3
• Jobs and definitions-INTERLEX
• Match descriptions and jobs

Jobs and Professions

This infographic contains some of the most popular jobs but you will probably know many more. Can you add any more? Think about:

• basic services: schools, hospital, banks, building sector, etc.
• jobs connected with transport: cars, planes, ships...
• the primary sector: agriculture, fishing, mining, farming, etc.
• art

Jobs from Ana Arias Castro

Quality label certificates for our students

Last year our class participated in the eTwinning project Let's Cook Together, and we were awarded the eTwinning National Quality Label for our work in it. As the prize was given once the school year had finished, the certificates have been given to each of the students during the first day of the new school year by their teacher in the project. These are the pictures of this informal ceremony presided by the school Director, Teresa García, and our Head of Studies, Amparo Veiga.

First class in ESO-4

These are the first resources for 4ºESO:

Graded readers sheet 2015-2016 from Ana Arias Castro

Pp4 unit 1 from Ana Arias Castro

First unit ESO-3

These are the first resources for 3ºESO:

Graded readers sheet 2015-2016 from Ana Arias Castro

Eu3 unit 1 from Ana Arias Castro

First day of school

Question words (wh- ...?)

New school year

Next Tuesday we will start our English language classes. These are the materials you will need:

3º ESO

• Notebook or blank sheets of paper
• Pen
• USB memory (advisable)
• Textbook (ask the school)
• 3º ESO: English in Use 3º ESO
• 4º ESO: Passport 4º ESO
• 4º PDC: Let's Go 2

4º ESO-PDC

4º ESO

Queen Elizabeth II has become the longest reigning monarch in the United Kingdom

Queen Victoria

On the 9th of September 2015, Queen Elizabeth II has become the longest reigning monarch in the United Kingdom. Until that date, the longest reigning monarch was Queen Victoria.

This is the Wikipedia List of Longest reigning monarchs:

Queen Elizabeth II:

Queen Elizabeth II

Elizabeth II (Elizabeth Alexandra Mary; born 21 April 1926) is the Queen of sixteen countries: the United Kingdom, Canada, Australia, New Zealand, Jamaica, Barbados, the Bahamas, Grenada, Papua New Guinea, the Solomon Islands, Tuvalu, Saint Lucia, Saint Vincent and the Grenadines, Antigua and Barbuda, Belize, and Saint Kitts and Nevis. She is the queen of each country separately, and all sixteen are independent countries. She became Queen when her father, King George VI, died on 6 February 1952.

• The countries of which she is Queen are known as Commonwealth realms. Their total population is over 129 million. Elizabeth II lives in the United Kingdom. In all the other countries where she is queen, a person has been chosen to represent her. This person is known as the Governor General.

• Elizabeth II is Queen and is interested in the running of her countries, but she does not tell the governments what to do. She has regular meetings with people from her governments, but it is they who run the countries. She performs ceremonies for the governments, gives out honours, and visits and supports many charities.
• Since 1947, the Queen has been married to Prince Philip, Duke of Edinburgh. Prince Philip was born into the royal families of Greece and Denmark. Just before they were married, he became a citizen of the United Kingdom, and changed his name to Philip Mountbatten. He became the Duke of Edinburgh on the day he married, and became a Prince of the United Kingdom in 1957. The Queen and Prince Philip have four children, eight grandchildren and four great-grandchildren.

Difference between to, too & two