Gastronomy Contest: British Desserts

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

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?

Direct and indirect questions

Form and meaning

1. 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?
2. 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?
3. 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

1. Exercises here
2. Listen to this explanation. You als have the transcript, a grammar explanation and exercises
3. Watch the flatmates episode on indirect questions and have a look at the grammar explanation and quiz.

Passive voice

Links to grammar and exercises

Grammar and exercises

Plenty of exercises on the Passive Voice
Rephrasing
Different tests on the passive

Quiz: How green are you?

Do the following quiz and discover how green you are. You will learn some new vocabulary!

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!

How to save energy. Video that we watched in class.

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

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!