May 27, 2011

A FAREWELL PRESENT

TO MY LAST YEAR STUDENTS:

Your time in high school is ending and I just want to say goodbye to all of you. We've “lived” together for a whole year and now it is time to say goodbye and just wait that you grow up by yourselves and with different people. Some of us have shared eight years of our lives together, others just one. But I've really enjoyed teaching you all and learning with you because “when one teaches, two learn”. And as Aristotle said, “Teaching is the highest form of understanding“. I just hope that we'll remain friends and that you bear in mind that you can always count on us.






A LITTLE AND HUMBLE PRESENT FOR MY LAST YEAR STUDENTS. WE'RE  GOING TO MISS YOU A LOT!!
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Lyrics | Tyrone Wells lyrics - Time Of Our Lives lyrics

May 24, 2011

SOME HELP BEFORE THE "PAU"

Take it easy! "You can!" Here you have some practice on passive voice , relative sentences. modal verbs and reported speech. However, the best thing for you to do is reading, writing and doing model exams. GOOD LUCK!
RELATIVE CLAUSES:

Relative pronouns: who, which, whose or no pronouns 
Relative pronouns: who, which, whose
Test on relative clauses
Combine sentences using a relative pronoun
Test on relative clauses

PASSIVE VOICE:
Active or passive
Passive voice -various tenses

REPORTED SPEECH PRACTICE:
  1. Statements
  2. Statements with expressions of time.
  1. Questions.
  2. Questions with expressions of time.
  1. Commands. Affirmative.
  2. Commands. Negative.
  1. SAY, TELL, ASK
MODAL VERBS PRACTICE:
  1. Modal verbs: CAN / COULD / HAVE TO / MUST /MIGHT / SHOULD
  2. Ability: CAN/ COULD / BEEN ABLE TO
  3. Probability / Certainty: CAN'T / MUST / COULD / MAY / MIGHT
  4. Mixed use: CAN / COULD / MAY / MIGHT
  5. DON’T HAVE TO / MUSTN’T
  6. Modal Perfect: WOULD / SHOULD / MIGHT + have + Past Participle
  7. Modal Perfect: MUST / SHOULD / SHOULDN’T / COULD + have + Past Participle

May 15, 2011

PRESENT SIMPLE AND PRESENT CONTINUOUS

MORE PRACTICE ON CONDITIONAL SENTENCES

HERE you can find theory and practice.
Listen to the song and answer the quizz:

HOLIDAYS

As holidays are coming, you can start getting ready by watching this video: which of the places mentioned in it would you choose as your holiday destination?



Now, check your knowledge on other holidays answering this QUIZZ

TECHNOLOGY TO PRACTICE SPEAKING ENGLISH

USEFUL FOR TEACHERS: In this slide presentation you can find several on line resources to help students improve their speaking skills.
 

May 8, 2011

May 7, 2011

1º ESO: IRREGULAR VERBS

Now that you are studying irregular verbs in the classroom, here you have some ideas for extra practice. Get ready for the test!

First of all, watch this video:





Studying the irregular verbs doesn´t have to be boring! Click on the following links and you'll find it isn't.

PRACTICE
MEMORY GAME
SPEED SPELLING
MORE PRACTICE

CONDITIONAL CLAUSES

Here you have some songs which can help you to review the conditional clauses before the final exam. Good Luck!



Let's do some practice. 

CONDITIONALS TYPE 1: Exercise 1, Exercise 2
CONDITIONALS TYPE 2: Exercise 1

TYPES 1 + 2: Exercise

CONDITIONALS TYPE 3: Exercise 1, Exercise 2

 FLING THE TEACHER GAME

ENGLISH CENTRAL

May 5, 2011

Language: A Precious Gift

Here you have some words to think over taken from English Central. I hope you enjoy them!

"Language is what makes us human. It is a precious thing, worth all our senses and more combined. We should treasure each and every one.

However, languages are disappearing and the human “ethnosphere” or may I say, “linguasphere” is eroding. Our planet is worse for this lack of linguistic diversity.

In this amazing talk, anthropologist and National Geographic spokesman, Wade Davis, passionately outlines where we need protect and nurture each and every language. A must watch!

Learning English is important but it will never “replace” your native language. It’s force, its creativity, its beauty. EnglishCentral honors that and the languages of the world. Try the quiz below and see how you do recognizing the languages of the world!"



Now you can try the QUIZZ  and test how good your knwoledge of the world's main langages is! GOOD LUCK!





May 3, 2011

ENGLISH ATTACK!!


This is a great resource to help you improve your English. You can watch here interesting video clips which are based on music videos, segments from films, TV series and news channels. Besides, you can do activities and play vocabulary games. The photo vocabulary section and the games there are great. Enjoy it!

The video below presents the site.