THE FAMILY

Look at the vocabulary on page 1 and do the exercises on page 2. Click here.

JOB PICTURES (for Wednesday's class)

 

SPELLING: -s FORM OF VERBS AND NOUNS

Read the rules and look at the examples to add -s to nouns to make the plural, and to verbs to make the 3rd person.

LISTENING: 20 questions

Listen to Brett and Senem play the game "20 questions". It's good to practise questions in THE PRESENT SIMPLE with the verb TO BE and THE REST OF VERBS. Click on the image.

REVIEW AND PRACTISE THE SIMPLE PRESENT

Practise the simple present

Read the explanations before the exercise, they're very good! (cada ejercicio lleva arriba una explicación con una bombillita,sobre el uso del presente simple y la formación de preguntas-leedlas antes de hacer los ejercicios, son claras y lo resumen todo con ejemplos:

Simple Present - Questions- Exercise 1

Simple Present - Questions- Exercise 2 

Questions with do or does - Exercise 1 

Questions with do or does - Exercise 2
  

PRONUNCIATION: VIDEOS FROM THE BBC

In File 2 you learn consonants sounds. Let's start with these three. Watch the BBC videos to learn and practise. 
Click on she to watch the video for this sound.
Click on sells to watch the video.
Click on zebra to watch the video. 

Now try to read this quickly!: She sells seashells on the seashore (ella vende conchas en la orilla de la playa) 

BRITISH STEREOTYPES

What's typically British? What do people think about when they hear "the UK"? Read about it. This is a very good website to learn more about British culture.

PRESENT SIMPLE

On this website you can practise the present simple and all the other tenses (practica el presente simple y todos los demás tiempos verbales). Check it out!

PRONUNCIATION: VIDEOS FROM THE BBC

Today we will practise the contrast between:

Click here to go to the BBC website

EXPRESIONES PARA EL AULA

Expresiones para el aula basico

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POSSESSIVE DETERMINERS

We are going to practise the use of possessives. Click on the following picture to do a very simple exercise. 

Now let's watch a video of the song "Our house" by Madness. Listen and read the lyrics (letra)


Father wears his Sunday best
Mother's tired she needs a rest
The kids are playing up downstairs
Sister's sighing in her sleep
Brother's got a date to keep
He can't hang around

SCHWA

Fantastic schwa...horrible schwa...it can make you sound natural in English (if you know how to do it) or the opposite (if you don't practise it enough!).

Ese sonido que te puede hacer sonar natural...o lo contrario en inglés. Vamos a practicarlo en la web de la BBC. Haz clic sobre Homer.

BBC PRONUNCIATION EXERCISES

These exercises from the BBC website are excellent to practise the difference between sounds of English.

Estos ejercicios os van a ayudar a practicar la diferencia entre estas vocales, una corta y otra larga. Hay que seguir las instrucciones, y cuando hemos escuchado y/o elegido, seguimos con el botón Next. Haced clic en la siguiente imagen para ir a la página.

PRONUNCIATION OF THE ALPHABET

Do this simple exercise to practise the sounds of the alphabet letters. Click on the picture.

Haced este sencillo ejercicio para practicar el sonido de las letras del alfabeto. Haced clic en la imagen. Os llevará al ejercicio. Teneis que mover los grupos de letras de la derecha, arrastrándolos hacia el sonido correcto a la izquierda.

HELLO!

Hello, students of Basic 1!

Estoy en el proceso de cambiar el orden de entradas, para que las que corresponden al principio del curso aparezcan primero. Poco a poco las ireis viendo en el orden correcto. Simplemente recordad que las que están correctamente situadas son las que tienen fecha a partir del 1 de octubre de 2010. La fecha está sobre cada entrada.

Espero que dejeis vuestros comentarios para que el blog sea interactivo. Para hacerlo, haced click dónde dice Comment debajo de la entrada. Se abrirá una ventana y ahí podeis escribir.

También os quiero recordar dos cosas más: por favor traed una foto para la ficha, que os daré en breve. Y mandadme un correo electrónico a la dirección que aparece a la derecha en el blog (ya os la dí en clase), para que tenga las direcciones de toda la clase. De esta manera, si necesito comunicarme con alguien o con todo el grupo,  no habrá problema.

Thank you!

NATIONALITIES

LIST OF NATIONALITIES

Esta lista no es para que os aprendais tooooodas las nacionalidades, sino solo como referencia para consultar, o para los que querais aprender algunas más. ¡Aprender más de lo que damos en clase siempre está bien!
NATIONALITY LIST

GRAMMAR PRACTICE FILE 1: To be or not to be?

Practise the verb TO BE in statements, questions and negatives.

Esta es la hoja de ejercicios que os dí en clase, para quien no la tenga. Vamos a hacer los ejercicios 3 y 4.

Se abrirá la página del servidor de descargas. Como la mayoría no teneis cuenta de pago, haced click  en FREE USER. Tendreis que esperar unos segundos (podeis ver la cuenta atrás). Si alguien tiene cuenta premium en Rapidshare, se le descargará automaticamente.

LISTENING PRACTICE: ESL Cyber Lab

Choose from lots of basic listening practice exercises. They include:

I.Pre-Listening Exercises
II. Listening Exercises
III. Vocabulary
IV. Post-Listening Exercises

A GOOD WEBSITE

ISABEL'S SITE

This is a very good website to practise grammar, vocabulary and more, for example, the verb TO BE.

Esta pagina web tiene un montón de ejercicios y actividades para practicar de todo, gramática, vocabulario...Hay canciones, juegos, etc. Tenedla en cuenta para el resto del curso, os será útil.

PRACTICAL ENGLISH PHRASE BOOK

This will help you review the Practical English sections. You will have to use these phrases in the dialogue part of the oral exam so memorise them and practise with a partner if you can!

Remember that you can also download this pdf document directly from the New English File website. There you can practise grammar, vocabulary, pronunciation and more.

PracticalEnglish_phrasebook

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EXAM PRACTICE

You can practise grammar,vocabulary and reading with these exercises. I will email the key or post it in the blog.

Exam practice NB1

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AT THE RESTAURANT

PRACTICAL ENGLISH FILE 7
EXTRA MATERIAL:
1)

Do the basic listening "Heavenly Pies Restaurant"
2) Making a reservation for dinner

ASKING ABOUT PLACES IN TOWN

Watch this funny little song to practise asking about places in town. Click on the street name.

QUIZZES ON VERB TENSES

Practise the use and difference between verb tenses, eg. present simple/present continuous. There are a lot of exercises to choose from!

REVIEW REGULAR PAST

Complete the letter by writing the verbs in brackets in the past. Pay attention to the typical expressions in letter/e-mails

SOME CULTURE: HOUSES IN THE UK

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Click on the photo to read more about houses in the UK.

PRACTISE LISTENING: THE HOUSE

This is a link to La Mansión del Inglés, a website where you can practise grammar, vocabulary, listening, etc.(Click on the Big Ben)

Today listen to different people talk about their houses. The listenings are on the left column (NIVEL BÁSICO): Craig's house, Terry's house, etc. Open the audio file in a new window and read the questions at the same time.

There's some vocabulary and grammar you don't have to learn, but it's good if you use a dictionary and learn new words, for example "villa" (=a house usually in the countryside or near the sea. People often rent it for a holiday.)

BOOKS FOR READING AT HOME

These are the two books you can read. Choose one (read only one):

Three Short Stories of Sherlock Holmes  (ed.Penguin, level 2)

OR  

Cries from the heart (ed. Oxford Bookworms, level 2)

WHEN DO YOU PRONOUNCE THE PAST AS -T,-D OR -ID?

Find the verb in the list and check how you pronounce the past

PRONUNCIATION OF REGULAR PAST

Watch this video about how to pronounce the past form of regular verbs. It's easy to understand and very illustrative!

RECIPE (RECETA) FOR COOKING CONTEST

Hi, everyone

This is a recipe for a delicious chocolate cake. It won (ganó) the cooking contest in another Language School. Do you want to try? On this website you can find more recipes (and practise your English!).

LISTENING PRACTICE: Objects and prices

ROLE-PLAY: SHOPPING AT THE SUPERMARKET

In the first slide you can see the role-play and in the second slide you have a fill-in-the-gaps exercise.

File 4  Shopping Roleplay Supermarket

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LISTENING PRACTICE for Practical English File 5

Look at the questions in this slide and click on the link to listen to the audio. THE QUESTIONS IN THE WEB ARE DIFFERENT, DO MY EXERCISE.

Shopping For The Day Questions

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ACTIVITIES FOR THE TEXT ON PAGE 39

Review Text File 3 Pg 39

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LISTENING PRACTICE

I know all of you want to practise listening. This is another website with basic listening exercises. Click on the image and enjoy!

PRACTISE PREPOSITIONS OF TIME

PRONUNCIATION GAMES

The first game is to practice the two sounds                                       .

The second game is to practise the sound

Elementary  Pronunciation Games

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DAILY ROUTINE

Three things to practise daily routine:

1) The activity from yesterday's class:

2) The power point presentation about DJ's day

Danko's Day

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3) A day in my life: download this project. Remember: acepta la licencia de descarga, si no, no continuará.