Actas provisionales Junio 2012

En el siguiente enlace se pueden consultar las actas del curso provisionales hasta el día 22 de junio. Antes de final de mes espero comunicaros las fechas de los exámenes de septiembre.

Listening practise after exam

You are free from lessons now but you shouldn't stop practising. Today I have uploaded links to go on listening at home.

• phonetic quiz
• email listening
• regular past endings  
• dipthongs test

More about MODAL Verbs

If you click on the next link you will have the chance to learn a bit more about the uses of modal verbs in English. Click on the icon of an MP3 and you can follow the explanation in English.

Writing formal letters

Here you are a link to the BBC English homepage where you can test if you can write a formal letter correctly. Test 1

Review of So/Either/Neither/Too

At times we get confused when using either and its negative form neither; the same with so and too. In the link below you can practise the use of these expressions. So - Too - Either - Neither, by Andreafernandes
Find this and other pronouns exercises in English Exercises .org

2nd Conditional

Now let's practise the second conditional with the exercises below. We talk about what things would be or what we would do in case (if) something happened. Notice the tenses: conditional and past simple.

• exercise 1
• exercise 2
• exercise 3 (mixed conditional)

Prepositions of movement and First Conditional

It's just an advice (Should)... but I am assertive when I upload this photo from the web. Just learn and practise.

We have studied prepositions along the school year. Let's practise a bit more with these exercises:

• test 1
• test 2
• test 3

Now some practise with the first and zero conditional sentences:

• exercise 1
• exercise 2
• exercise 3
• exercise 4

Modal verbs and a listening practise

Here you can practise more on modal verbs:           

• exercise 1
• exercise 2
• exercise 3
• exercise 4

And to check your listening skill click on this link where two people are talking about friendship.Open the mp3 file in a new window to answer the questions.

More about modal auxiliaries

By watching the video you can revise the meaning and some uses of modal auxiliaries: may/might, can/could, must/mustn't, should...



Now, play

this game to practise.

Unit 5 C: mustn't/don't have to/ must

Practise the use of these modal auxiliaries with the tests below:

• test 1
• test 2
• test 3
• test 4
• test 5 (read the grammar explanation before)

Pronunciation

Here you can practise how good you are at pronouncing words and expressions.

• game 1
• game 2
• game 3
• game 4

What about the pronunciation of final -ed ending?

• game 1
• game 2
• game 3

More practise with infinitive or -ing form

Have you enjoyed your holiday? I hope so. Do you think that English is too much for you? I'm sure you don't think so.
- First, practise the use of infinitive or -ing form with this test.
- Then,enjoy this classical song by Marvin Gaye and Tami Terrell where they talk about how far away we can get if we try.

Infinitive with -TO or -ING

In Units 5A and 5B we will practise the uses of verbs with infinitive or -ing form. Click on the link to learn more about it.
Practise the uses of -ing or infinitive with to through these exercises:

• Test -ing or infinitive.
• Exercise 2
• Exercise 3

Listening skills

To develop your skills at listening there are many webs to practise. Here you can listen to Sean Banville talking about job interviews. Click on the link  to listen to or download the audio. Then practise with the quizes.

• quiz 1
• quiz 2

Unit 4C: Comparative of adjectives

Here you can practise the grammar point of today:

• exercise 1
• exercise 2
• exercise 3

Units 4 A and B: verbal tenses

Today we are going to practise more on the verbal tenses we are studying. Let's start with Simple Past and Present Perfect and later with will and going to:

•  exercise 1 
• exercise 2
• exercise 3
• exercise 4
• exercise 5

Now we can check our knowledge in the use of for or since in this link.Also we can check the use of just, already or yet
You can also revise the way in which letters are written in English by completing this one.

Listening comprehension

 Watch the video , an interview to Meryl  Streep after playing the role of Margaret Thatcher,.and later we'll make a listening comprehension exercise in class.

Watching a film: The Iron lady

I have an extracurricular activity for you. What about watching the new film based on the life and actions of the british politician Margaret Thatcher? This is a suggestion to practise listening skills by going to the cinema.

Unit 3 D: Review of tenses

• You can check your knowledge of the future tenses by clicking on this exercise 
• To check how you use the simple past tense do this test.
• Now do these tests on the use of Present Perfect Simple: test 1 , test 2, test 3.
• Simple Past vs. Present Perfect Simple. Do the exercise on this link about Edinburgh.

Mapping Christmas Sevilla 2011

HAPPY NEW YEAR 2012!!