LET´S CELEBRATE HALLOWEEN

FIRST, PRACTISE HALLOWEEN VOCABULARY AND SENTENCES

HALLOWEEN VOCAB 1

HALLOWEEN VOCAB 2 (EASY SENTENCES)

CHILDREN SAY "TRICK OR TREAT"

FOR FUN 1

Listen to these songs and practise pronunciation.

ON HALLOWEEN NIGHT 

SONG (CANCIÓN): HALLOWEEN IS COMING

FOR FUN 2 

HALLOWEEN: EASY EXPLANATIONS

 THE "TRICK OR TREAT" CHANT

FOR FUN 3

GHOSTBUSTERS, THE SONG

 

UNIT 5A VERB PHRASES - CAN&CAN´T

VERB PHRASES

VERB PHRASES

WRITE THE VERB PHRASE, p.244

CAN/CAN´T

ABILITIES

CAN/CAN´T LOWER INTERMEDIATE LEVEL

GRAMMAR QUIZ

BASIC CONVERSATION: CAN I HAVE...?

You use Can I have to ask for something when you go to a shop, a hotel, a restaurant, etc. 

UNIT9A FOOD VOCABULARY / COUNTABLE AND UNCOUNTABLE NOUNS

 

Click and practise:

BREAKFAST, LUNCH AND DINNER FOOD

VIDEO: COUNTABLE AND UNCOUNTABLE NOUNS (ENGLISH-SPANISH) QUITE CLARIFYING

A/SOME/ANY GRAMMAR ACTIVITY

COUNTABLE AND UNCOUNTABLE NOUNS: ONLINE ACTIVITIES

REMEMBER

CEREAL AND TOAST ARE UNCOUNTABLE IN ENGLISH. YOU CANNOT SAY CEREALS OR TOASTS.

1 I usually have cereal for breakfast. I often have a bowl of cereal.

2 I always have toast/some toast for breakfast. I usually have 1 or 2 pieces/slices of toast.

A SELECTION OF INTERESTING APPS AND WEBSITES

 INTERESTING APPS TO DOWNLOAD ON YOUR IPHONE

 Word reference app  (online dictionary)

 British Council Elementary Podcasts

                                                                            

INTERESTING LINkS

LISTENING ACTIVITIES

Easy listening activities for beginners.*

Ello: listening activities *

Cambridge: listening activities

BBC 6 Minute English  : You can download audios and worksheets *

BBC: listen, watch, read

SONGS

Sing with Lyrics Training

Sing with El inglés divino

DICTIONARIES AND PRONUNCIATION

English File Pronunciation Demo 

Macmillan Dictionary

OTHER INTERESTING LINKS

English File Learning Resources: 3rd Edition

Agendaweb: listening, reading, grammar exercises. Very interesting *

 

VIDEO LISTENING: THE ISLAND OF OKINAWA

 

Click on the link to watch the video again.

THE ISLAND OF OKINAWA

Get some extra practise

HOW OFTEN DO YOU...? DO THE ONLINE ACTIVITIES

UNIT 1B: TO BE - COUNTRIES AND NATIONALITIES

TO BE OR NOT TO BE

Click on the videos.

TO BE: AFFIRMATIVE

TO BE: AFFIRMATIVE AND NEGATIVE

TO BE: INTERROGATIVE

TO BE: NEGATIVE AND INTERROGATIVE

TO BE: INTERROGATIVE AND SHORT ANSWERS

ORAL EXERCISE: YES/NO QUESTIONS

COUNTRIES AND NATIONALITIES

Where are you from?

Countries and Nationalities

Easy dialogue: where are you from?

Real English: where are you from?

Learn with an English conversation

THE UK SONG

UNIT 1 A USEFUL EXPRESSIONS (CLASSROOM LANGUAGE), SUBJECT PRONOUNS AND TO BE

 HI AGAIN,

SOME MORE LINKS TO PRACTISE AND REINFORCE SOME IMPORTANT ASPECTS IN UNIT 1A

1) KEEP ON PRACTISING COMMANDS AND THESE USEFUL EXPRESSIONS.

(Seguid practicando las instrucciones que están en entradas anteriores del blog y también estas expresiones que ya conocéis. Dicen "May I" en lugar de "Can I", es una manera más formal de pedir permiso)

CLASSROOM LANGUAGE: USEFUL EXPRESSIONS

2) GREETINGS

HELLO! NICE TO MEET YOU

HOW ARE YOUR TODAY? DIFFERENT ANSWERS

HI, HOW ARE YOU?

3 SUBJECT PRONOUNS (PRONOMBRES DE SUJETO) AND THE VERB TO BE

SUBJECT PRONOUNS AND THE VERB TO BE

THE VERB TO BE: ONLINE ACTIVITIES

UNIT 8B: DESCRIBING YOUR HOME (p. 202)

 

CAN YOU DESCRIBE YOUR HOME?

Read  the description on p. 202 and plan yours carefully. Make sure you use THERE IS/ THERE ARE correctly.

But before start planning, click on these links and watch the videos.

A1 WRITING: DESCRIBING YOUR HOME

SOME INTERESTING SENTENCES

I live in a flat on the ground/first/second floor. 

I live in a detached/semidetached house

I live outside the town, in a small village.

I live on the outskirts=the outer part of a city (las afueras)

I live near/in the city centre (USA downtown)

I live in the historic part of the city (the old city)

I live with.../ I live by myself/on my own  (alone: more negative connotations)

It is in a quiet/noisy/lively/boring/residential street/area/neighbourhood

There is a lift

The kitchen is fully equipped/ fitted (with)

SOME INTERESTING ADJECTIVES

Spacious= large, with lot of room (the opposite is cramped, small)

Cosy= comfortable in a warm, welcoming way   (acogedora)

Light= a home which a lot of natural light (the opposite is dark)

Warm or cool= comfortable in winter or in summer

Convenient= close to your job, to the shop, to your children´s school  (bien situada)

-          It´s convenient for the subway/for my office

UNIT 1 COLOURS AND NUMBERS (0-100)

 LET´S LEARN THE NUMBERS AND COLOURS 

LITTLE BY LITTLE

(Aprendamos los números y los colores poquito a poco)

COLOURS: VIDEO

COLOURS: ONLINE ACTIVITIES

FROM 0 TO 10

FROM 1 TO 30

COUNT TO 100 BY 10 (DE 10 EN 10)

COUNT FROM 1 TO 100

WHAT NUMBER IS IT? ¿Qué número es?

NUMBERS: ONLINE ACTIVITIES

UNIT 1A: BASIC GREETINGS AND FAREWELLS // CLASSROOM LANGUAGE// DAYS OF THE WEEK

 HELLO EVERYBODY!!!

Click on the links and practise your English!!

1 GREETINGS (saludos)

• INGLÉS PRACTIQUÍSIMO
• GREEETINS (SALUDOS) AND FAREWELLS (DESPEDIDAS)
• "GOOD MORNING, HOW ARE YOU" EASY DIALOGUE (DIÁLOGO SENCILLO)

2 COMMANDS (órdenes) AND CLASSROOM LANGUAGE (lenguaje de clase)

• VERY BASIC COMMANDS
• CLASSROOM COMMANDS: LISTEN AND REPEAT
• MORE COMMANDS
• BASIC CLASSROOM LANGUAGE
  
• PARTS OF THE DAY, GREETINGS, BASIC INSTRUCTIONS
  

3 DAYS OF THE WEEK (días semana)

• REPEAT AND LEARN THE DAYS (repite y aprende los días)
• DAYS: SONG FOR KIDS (canción infantil)
  
• YESTERDAY, TODAY, TOMORROW/ THANK YOU, YOU´RE WELCOME (ayer, hoy, mañana, gracias, de nada)
  

FF3: UNITS 7&8 PRONUNCIATION PRACTICE: REGULAR AND IRREGULAR VERBS IN THE PAST

 A) DO YOU REMEMBER HOW TO PRONOUNCE REGULAR VERBS IN THE PAST?

First, click and have a look at the worksheet:

PRONUNCIATION OF -ED

Then, click and watch the video.

PAST TENSE PRONUNCIATION FOR REGULAR VERBS

And finally,  click, repeat and practise a lot!!

PRACTISING PRONUNCIATION (105 REGULAR VERBS!!)

TEST YOUR PRONUNCIATION

B) IRREGULAR VERBS

HOW TO PRONOUNCE THE MOST COMMON IRREGULAR VERBS

50 PAST TENSE IRREGULAR VERBS

SAY THE PAST OF THESE VERBS

READING PRACTICE: SHORT STORY WITH IRREGULAR VERBS