LINKS TO PRACTISE ENGLISH

Dear students,
On the following  link you can find different webpages to the different skills to practise your reading, listening, writing and speaking. I hope you find it useful!!

MERRY CHRISTMAS!!

Listen to some information about Christmas and do the quiz. Then listen and read the script.
Listen to some interviews and choose the right answer. Then listen and read the script.

How do people celebrate New Year? Watch the video and take some notes, and then play the game( fill in the gaps in the script)
Listen and watch this podcast about New Year's Resolutions to improve your English. Take notes and then play the game.

Comparative & Superlative form of Adjectives

Do you know how to compare between two things or two concepts? 
Practise the comparative with these exercises
Activity 1
Activity 2.

Superlative adjectives are used to define the highest degree of a noun. Superlative adjectives are used only if 3 or more things or people are being compared.

Examples:

• The black dog is the biggest.
• The house at the end of the street is the nicest.
• My mother's pizza is the best.

Activity 1
Activity 2
Activity 3
Activity 4
Activity 5

 

MODAL VERBS

Modals are special verbs which behave very irregularly in English.Here are some important differences:

1. Modal verbs do not take "-s" in the third person.

Examples:He can speak Chinese, She should be here by 9:00.

2. You use "not" to make modal verbs negative, even in Simple Present and Simple Past.

Examples:He should not be late, They might not come to the party.

3. Many modal verbs cannot be used in the past tenses or the future tenses.

Examples:He will can go with us. Not Correct:She musted study very hard. Not Correct

Common Modal Verbs: Can, Could,May,Might, Must, Ought to ,Shall ,Should, Will ,Would.

Click here for more info: http://www.first-certificate.com/Modals-fce

Exercises here: http://web2.uvcs.uvic.ca/courses/elc/studyzone/330/grammar/330-modals-ability1.htm
More exercises: http://a4esl.org/q/h/0101/ig-modals.html

PAST SIMPLE VS PRESENT PERFECT

Do you still have problems? Complete the following quiz on Past Simple and Present Perfect.

PRONUNCIATION OF COMMON IRREGULAR VERBS

HI EVERYONE, I didn't post anything about the pronunciation of irregular verbs before. I hope you find these webpages useful.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=hTKPrMuCpTc

http://www.manythings.org/repeat/

http://verbos-irregulares.blogspot.com.es/2011/05/verbos1.html

HALLOWEEN

How much do you know about the history of Halloween? This video listening exercise about Halloween will help you to practice your English listening skills. Click HERE

Hi guys!!
You always ask me about ways of improving your listening skills on your own and I always tell you to see films in English, to listen to the BBC online, to travel abroad,etc...Apart from all that, you have the Internet with loads of websites and blogs (like this one ;)),that help you improve all the skills.A fantastic website I came across last week is ESL VIDEOS.In this website you´ll find a wide variety of videos with questions and transcripts so, if you don´t understand well, you can listen to it and read the transcript at the same time so you get used to the sounds of the words.There are 4 levels: beginner,low intermediate,intermediate and high intermediate.You can start to improve now!!

Pronunciation -ED endings

Dear students,

I´ve found a website where you can revise the pronunciation of regular verbs(ed ending).You can download the handout and the audio to listen to it at home, autonomous learning is very important when you are learning English!
Follow this link and.....enjoy!!
I´ve found this one in the bbc website and it´s brilliant because they explain it all!Hope you find it useful!On the left hand side you can do 2 quizzes, the second one is excellent.

How To Do A British Accent

As you may know, you can find different accents in Britain, the received pronunciation (RP) is the English spoken by the BBC newsreaders.Received Pronunciation (RP), also called the Queen's (or King's) English,Oxford English, or BBC English, is the accent of Standard English in England.You should aim to this accent.  Click here to see some videos on received pronunciation : 

PAST SIMPLE & PAST PROGRESSIVE

Find HERE  some grammar explanation and exercises about the past simple and the past progressive!!

Phonetics

As pronunciation is so important to improve your listening and speaking skills, you can start working with phonetics at home.Click here