Remember, if you want to take part in the Gastronomy Contest that will take place at the school next Thursday, May 31st, let me know! Below you have some links where you can find typical and traditional British desserts. Enjoy your meal!
Typical British desserts:
Delicious apple crumble!
Lovely blueberry muffins
Tasty Carrot Cake
Traditional Plum cake
lunes, 21 de mayo de 2012
miércoles, 16 de mayo de 2012
You can recycle more than you think! - Different articles on environmental issues
On this link you can check a list of recyclable household items. Very interesting article!
And here you have the Top Ten Steps to help you recycle properly.
And What does Reduce, Reuse and Recycle mean?
And here you have the Top Ten Steps to help you recycle properly.
And What does Reduce, Reuse and Recycle mean?
Direct and indirect questions
Form and meaning
- If we do not begin a question directly, but begin it with something like Can you tell me...? / Do you know...? / I wonder if...? the word order is the same as in an affirmative statement.
- Direct question: What is he doing?
Indirect question: Do you know what he is doing? - Direct question: Where have they been?
Indirect question: I wonder where they have been?
- Direct question: What is he doing?
- If the direct question contains the auxiliary do, we omit it in the indirect question.
- Direct question: What do you want?
Indirect question: Can you tell me what you want? - Direct question: When did she leave?
Indirect question: Do you know when she left?
- Direct question: What do you want?
- In yes / no questions, we use if or whether. The word order is the same as in reported questions.
- Direct question: Have you seen my dog?
Indirect question: Could you tell me if you have seen my dog?
Extracted from here
- Exercises here
- Listen to this explanation. You als have the transcript, a grammar explanation and exercises
- Watch the flatmates episode on indirect questions and have a look at the grammar explanation and quiz.
Quiz: How green are you?
Do the following quiz and discover how green you are. You will learn some new vocabulary!
Going green
Going green
How has technology changed our lives?
How has technology changed our lives? Do you think that the video is right?
Give your opinion and post your comments!
Reading comprehension. Different texts.
The Digital Divide. True or false.
http://www.usingenglish.com/comprehension/13.html
Biofuels and the Environment. Multiple choice.
http://www.usingenglish.com/comprehension/42.html
Shambo. True or false.
http://www.usingenglish.com/comprehension/43.html
The ZX Spectrum. True or false.
http://www.usingenglish.com/comprehension/37.html
Conditionals: zero, first, second and third type conditionals
GRAMMAR EXPLANATION
http://www.ego4u.com/en/cram-up/grammar/conditional-sentences
http://www.shertonenglish.com/resources/es/conditionals.php with exercises
http://www.slideshare.net/rosarioa.slide/conditional-sentences
Type 0. http://www.englishgrammarsecrets.com/type0/menu.php
http://www.fed.cuhk.edu.hk/~etenet/SConditionalSentences1.htm
Type 1.
http://www.saberingles.com.ar/curso/lesson19/05.html
http://www.englisch-hilfen.de/en/exercises/if_clauses/type_1_statements.htm
http://www.englisch-hilfen.de/en/exercises/if_clauses/type_1_mix2.htm
Type 2.
http://web2.uvcs.uvic.ca/elc/studyzone/410/grammar/2cond.htm
http://www.englisch-hilfen.de/en/exercises/if_clauses/type_2_statements.htm
http://www.ego4u.com/en/cram-up/grammar/conditional-sentences/type-2/exercises
http://www.englishexercises.org/makeagame/viewgame.asp?id=5819
Type 3. http://web2.uvcs.uvic.ca/elc/studyzone/410/grammar/3cond.htm
http://www.englisch-hilfen.de/en/grammar/if_type3.htm
http://www.edufind.com/english/grammar/if_conditional6.php
http://www.ego4u.com/en/cram-up/grammar/conditional-sentences/type-3/exercises
http://www.learnenglish.de/tests/conditionals/testtype3.html
http://www.englishexercises.org/makeagame/viewgame.asp?id=3123
http://abdessalami.bravehost.com/if-clause.html
Grammar with pronunciation
http://www.shertonenglish.com/resources/es/conditionals/type3.php
Exercises mixing all types of conditionals
http://www.nonstopenglish.com/lang/es/allexercises/grammar/grammar-conditional.asp
http://www.ego4u.com/en/cram-up/grammar/conditional-sentences
http://www.shertonenglish.com/resources/es/conditionals.php with exercises
http://www.slideshare.net/rosarioa.slide/conditional-sentences
Type 0. http://www.englishgrammarsecrets.com/type0/menu.php
http://www.fed.cuhk.edu.hk/~etenet/SConditionalSentences1.htm
Type 1.
http://www.saberingles.com.ar/curso/lesson19/05.html
http://www.englisch-hilfen.de/en/exercises/if_clauses/type_1_statements.htm
http://www.englisch-hilfen.de/en/exercises/if_clauses/type_1_mix2.htm
Type 2.
http://web2.uvcs.uvic.ca/elc/studyzone/410/grammar/2cond.htm
http://www.englisch-hilfen.de/en/exercises/if_clauses/type_2_statements.htm
http://www.ego4u.com/en/cram-up/grammar/conditional-sentences/type-2/exercises
http://www.englishexercises.org/makeagame/viewgame.asp?id=5819
Type 3. http://web2.uvcs.uvic.ca/elc/studyzone/410/grammar/3cond.htm
http://www.englisch-hilfen.de/en/grammar/if_type3.htm
http://www.edufind.com/english/grammar/if_conditional6.php
http://www.ego4u.com/en/cram-up/grammar/conditional-sentences/type-3/exercises
http://www.learnenglish.de/tests/conditionals/testtype3.html
http://www.englishexercises.org/makeagame/viewgame.asp?id=3123
http://abdessalami.bravehost.com/if-clause.html
Grammar with pronunciation
http://www.shertonenglish.com/resources/es/conditionals/type3.php
Exercises mixing all types of conditionals
http://www.nonstopenglish.com/lang/es/allexercises/grammar/grammar-conditional.asp
What did you do last weekend?
Jim does not remember exactly what he did last weekend. You can use his story to write a comment about what he did. You can also add your own guesses!
miércoles, 7 de marzo de 2012
45-minute documentary: The Enemies of Reason
Here you have a very interesting video about superstitions. Professor Richard Dawkings thinks that superstitions lead us away from reality. As a scentist, he thinks that they are dangerous and can undermine the power of science. Do you agree with Professor Richard Dawkings? Why? Why not? What reasons does he provides?
Present Perfect Simple vs Present Perfect Continuous
Remember that the Present Perfect Simple is a tense that refers to the PRESENT NOT TO THE PAST. It is used to describe an action that started in the past but that has an influence over the present
- We usually use the Present Perfect Simple to talk about a state that started in the past and continues in the present. We usually use the PPS to say how many things are finished.
They've been married since 1972.
They've publised 390 books since the company began
- We usually use the Present Perfect Continuous to talk about an activity that started in the past and continues in the present (we focus in the process). We usually use the PPC to say how long an activity has been happening.
They have been publishing guidebooks for 30 years.
Here you have some links if you need more information:
http://www.aulafacil.com/Ingejerc/Lecciones/Lecc21.htm
http://www.juntadeandalucia.es/averroes/~14700596/departamentos/present_perf.htm
Now... It's time to practise!!
http://www.autoenglish.org/gr.percon.i.htm
http://www.englishpage.com/verbpage/verbs7.htm
http://a4esl.org/q/f/z/zz28bka.htm
Time expressions: perfect tenses
For and since
- We use for with a period of time (from the moment it started until now): They have been together for 23 years
- We use since with a point in time (the exact moment when something happened): They have been together since 1978
Been and gone
- Go has 2 past participles: been and gone.
We use been to mean 'go and come back': I have just been to the city centre
We use gone to mean 'go, but not back yet': She has just gone to the ciy centre
Adverbs and time phrases
- We use just to say something happened a short time ago. We don't use just in negative sentences:
We've just come back from the airport has happened
- We use yet to indicate that something hasn't happened
I haven't finished it yet!
- We use already to say something happened sooner than expected:
Mary has already arrived home.
More information here and here
More practice here
Call that a holiday?
Past simple vs Past continuous
We use Past Simple for:
a. a single completed action
b. a habit or routine (a repeated action) in the past
c. a state in the past
We use Past Continuous for:
a. a longer action in the past
b. actions that were in progress when a shorter action happened
miércoles, 22 de febrero de 2012
How do you become fluent in 11 languages?
Check this video! Jesus Christ! He can speak 11 languages!http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-17107435
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