food, food, food!

• Questionnaire - Healthy food Vs Junk food

Click HERE to download it.

• Questionnaire - Key 

Click HERE to download the key.

• Food Vocabulary

Click HERE to download the copy.

- Fruit Vocabulary 

- Vegetables Vocabulary 

- Food (1) 

- Food (2) 

• Food Recipes

Click HERE to download it.

• Speaking Activities

Download it by clicking HERE

• Listening Activities 

Heavenly Pies Restaurant 

• GRAMMAR - Files 8A/8B

- Something/Anything/Nothing/etc - Explanation

- Something/Anything/Nothing/etc (1)

- Something/Anything/Nothing/etc (2)

- Quantifiers (1) 

- Quantifiers (2) 

Reported Speech

Grammatical Explanations:

- HERE 
- Tense Changes 

- Change of Time and Place Reference 

- Reporting Questions 

Video - Reported Speech

Practice:
- Reported Speech (1) 
- Reported Speech (2) 

- Reporting Questions
- Fill in the Gaps

The Passive Voice & Environment

 
Here you go some extra activities about the Passive Voice.

- The Passive Voice (1) 
- The Passive Voice (2) 
- Present Passive 
- Past Passive 
- Past Passive by + Noun 

- The Passive Voice - Multiple choice test

- Handout about Environment and Global Warming. Click HERE if you want to download it onto your personal computer or laptop.  

Back to school...

Education vocabulary

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Would you like to know more vocabulary about this topic? If so, click on this LINK.

And what about an interesting video about Education in the USA? (American English accent)

GRAMMAR PRACTICE:
- Used to + Infinitive (1) 
- Used to + Infinitive (2) 

I hope you like it!

Present Perfect Vs Past Simple

On Thursday we were revising Present Perfect with "for" and "since" and when to use Present Perfect or Past Simple. Now I can provide you with some links for you to practise these two verb tenses. 

Note: Provide someone with something - proporcionar algo a alguien.

- Present Perfect + for/since (1) 
- Present Perfect + for/since (2) 

- Present Perfect or Past Simple? (1) 
- Present Perfect or Past Simple? (2) 
- Present Perfect or Past Simple? (3) 
- Present Perfect or Past Simple? (4) 
- Present Perfect or Past Simple? (5) 
- Present Perfect or Past Simple? (6) 

At the pharmacy / chemist's

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Health

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Listening and Extra Practice:
- Asking for medicine 
- Vocabulary & Listening 

Revision: Irregular Verbs

Giving advice

SEE THE LATEST UPDATE! Would you like to practise the verb "GET"? If so, try this Crossword.Theory and practice: - Should / Shouldn't (1)- Should / Shouldn't (2) - Should / Shouldn't (3) - Should / Shouldn't (4) - Should / Shouldn't (5) Now try this writing exercise: Agony AuntOnce you have finished, click HERE to get the key and check your answers.Finally, have a look at this powerpoint presentation. What advice would you give these people? Feel free to leave a reply.Giving advice

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By courtesy of Eugenia Ortega 

Have you ever been jealous?

Listen while you read these "Express English" interviews about jealousy


Blog entry by courtesy of my colleague Teresa Bastida.

I might go shopping tomorrow...

THEORY - may / might (possibility, formal request):

Activities to practise:

- may / might (1)

- may / might (2)

Revision:
- be going to / might / would like to + Infinitive 

Second Conditional

 

VIDEO 1 - SECOND CONDITIONAL

• GRAMMAR EXPLANATION

- Second Conditional - Explanation 1

- Second Conditional - Explanation 2

• ACTIVITIES TO PRACTISE

- Second Conditional (1)

- Second Conditional (2)

- First or Second Conditional? (1)

- First or Second Conditional? (2)

- First or Second Conditional? (3)

• CONDITIONAL TESTS

- Second Conditional Test (1)

- Second Conditional Test (2) 

* What would you do if you won 10,000 dollars, pounds, euros, yens...? 
Watch these interviews and get some inspiration in case it happens to you in the future.

VIDEO 2 - WHAT WOULD YOU DO IF...?


* If you had three wishes, what would they be?
What did people in London answer when the BBC asked them this question? Listen and read this round of interviews.
VIDEO 3 - IF I HAD THREE WISHES...

VIDEO 4 - SONG

Zero and First Conditionals

Are you superstitious, or do you like to think you’re not? Do you ever touch wood for luck, or is 13 your lucky number?
Well, even if you think it’s all mumbo jumbo, superstitions come in very handy for the grammar point of this post, first conditional sentences. Here is a video on the topic by Jennifer, an American teacher you already know from earlier posts on this blog. 
If you are not subscribed to English with Jennifer, do it now. 

VIDEO 1 - FIRST CONDITIONAL


VIDEO 2 - ZERO CONDITIONAL

• GRAMMAR EXPLANATIONS

- Zero Conditional (Explanation - 1) 

- Zero Conditional (Explanation - 2) 

- First Conditional (Explanation - 1)

- First Conditional (Explanation - 2) 

• ACTIVITIES TO PRACTISE

- Zero Conditional (1) 

- Zero Conditional (2) 

- Zero Conditional (3) 

- Zero Conditional (4) 

- First Conditional (1)

- First Conditional (2)  

- First Conditional (3)

- First Conditional (4)

- First Conditional (5)

- First Conditional (6)

• CONDITIONAL TESTS

Zero Conditional Test 

First Conditional Test

• OTHER CONJUNCTIONS USED WITH FIRST CONDITIONALS 

- "as long as" - (con tal de que/siempre que)
I'll stay as long as you need me - Me quedaré siempre que me necesites.

"provided (that)" - (siempre que)
The company will pay the bonus provided (that) the job is completed on time - La empresa dará un plus siempre que el trabajo se complete a tiempo.

"unless" - (a menos que)
You won't succeed unless you work harder - No tendrás éxito a menos que trabajes más.

Let's go shopping!

Prepositions of movement and direction

Hi guys! here you go a list of links to practise and improve your use of these prepositions. I hope you find it useful.

- INFORMATION ON PREPOSITIONS Excellent grammar explanation

- Expressing movement (1)

- Expressing movement (2)

- Extra practice (1): Prepositions of movement

- Extra practice (2): Prepositions of movement

- FLASHCARD to print

VIDEO - Prepositions of Direction

NOTE: There is a mistake: Fish are not ON the water. They are IN the water.

Practice makes perfect: the more, the better.

As you know, the final exam is just around the corner and the more you practise at home, the better your English will become. 
Here you go a useful link with lots of short videos to practise listening at home. The good thing is that you can listen to these people while watching them on the video.
Click HERE to start working on it. Important: There is a CC button (Closed Captions=subtitles), so as you watch the video, you can also read the text by turning on that button.

I love sports... what about you?

Watch the following video and try to answer the questions below.

- What's the sport you can see on the video? Yeah! you are right.. it's American football!

- What do you think about this NFL (National Football League) advertisement /əd'vɜ:tɪsmənt/ (anuncio)?
- Do you think the video is real or a fake?

- Would you like to play this sport? Why (not)?

Here you go another video. It's the most exciting sporting event I've ever watched on TV.

Think about that sporting event and answer these questions:

- Did you watch it?

- When and where did it take place?

- What teams were taking part?

- What was the final result? Who scored the goal(s)?

- In your opinion, who was the best player?

- Where did you watch that match?

- What was your reaction when the match finished?



By courtesy of Sergio Viñals.

How to use NO and NOT

What's the difference between no and not?

La palabra not se utiliza para expresar negación en una gran variedad de situaciones. Por ejemplo, se utiliza con los adjetivos y adverbios:

- “Are you hungry?”"Not really.”

- Not many of my friends use Skype.

Y con los verbos:

- You’re not my mother!

- Don’t (do not) go there! It's a dangerous place.

Acuérdate de utilizar not con el infinitivo y el gerundio:

- Remember not to go to bed too late. (Remember to don’t go to bed too late. X)

- He’s worried about not being able to find a job. (He’s worried about don’t find a job.X)

La palabra no se utiliza en dos situaciones:

1. Para respuestas negativas.

- Do you like this music?

- No, I don’t.

2. Antes de sustantivos, con el significado de not..any o ningún/ninguna.

- There’s no bread left.

- She had no reason to tell me.

- There are no oranges in the fridge. 

Un error común es decir no cuando se debería decir not.

- “How are you?” “No bad.”X –> Not bad.

- I play football, but no basketball. X –> I play football, but not basketball.

Aunque not aparece antes de un sustantivo (basketball) en este último ejemplo, significa I don’t play y no ningún/ninguna; por eso no utilizamos no en este contexto. 

- I play football, but I don’t play basketball. = I play football, but not basketball. 

Exercises. Fill in the blanks with no or not:

1. “How often do you go out?” “____ often.”

2. A good movie should make you think, ____ just entertain you.

3. I have plans on Saturday, but ____ on Sunday.

4. “Do you like heavy metal?”"____, ____ really.”

5. “What’s new?” “____ much.”

6. One of the great things about living in the city is ____ having to drive.

7. I have ____ idea why he did that.

8. That’s ____ necessarily true.

9. There’s ____ way I’m eating that!

Answers:

1. “How often do you go out?”"Not often.”

2. A good movie should make you think, not just entertain you.

3. I have plans on Saturday, but not on Sunday.

4. “Do you like heavy metal?”"No, not really.”

5. “What’s new?” “Not much.”

6. One of the great things about living in the city is not having to drive.

7. I have no idea why he did that.

8. That’s not necessarily true.

9. There’s no way I’m eating that!

By courtesy of Zac Tobias.

Must / Mustn't / Have to / Don't have to

What's the difference? When do you need to use each of them? If you want to learn more about them, click HERE.
Are mustn't and don't have to different? What do you think? Of course they are different! Have a look at this LINK to learn more about it.

ONLINE EXERCISES

- File 5C (1)

- File 5C (2)

- Mustn't / Don't have to (1)

- Mustn't / Don't have to (2)

- Must / Have got to / Have to 

- Have to / Must / Mustn't

OPTIONAL EXERCISES (Expansion)

- Had to / Didn't have to / Did you have to

- Can / Can't, Have to / Don't have to

QUIZZES

- Must / Mustn't - Quiz (1) 

- Must / Mustn't - Quiz (2) 

- Have to / Don't have to - Quiz (1) 

- Have to / Don't have to - Quiz (2) 

VIDEOS

- Mustn't Vs Don't have to

- Must Vs Have to

Gerund or Infinitive?

1 - The Infinitive (with to)
Use the infinitive:

• To express a purpose:

- I went to the city centre yesterday evening to buy my daughter a present.
- Alice went to France to visit her old friends.
- I went to the party to meet new people.
- I came to this school to learn English.

• After adjectives:

- She finds it hard to learn German.
- My phone number is easy to remember.
- Is there any part of your town where it's dangerous to go at night?

• After some verbs (decide, try, forget, help, hope, learn, need, offer, want, plan, pretend, promise, would like):

- He promised not to be late for work again.
- He learned to cook at school.
- Have you ever forgotten to turn off your mobile phone in a cinema?
- Try not to be late tomorrow. 
- She'd like to take part in the competition.

2 - The Gerund (with -ing)
Use the gerund:

• As the subject of a sentence:

- Eating outside with my friends makes me feel good.
- Flying makes me nervous.
- Singing is good for your health.

• After prepositions:

- She's good at speaking English.
- He left without saying goodbye.
- Are you interested in visiting Egypt?
- I'm thinking of buying a new car. 
- Thank you for being my best friend.

• After some verbs (enjoy, like, dislike, love, hate, mind, spend, finish, start, stop, continue, quit, go on)

- I hate getting up early.
- He doesn't mind doing the washing-up.
- Sorry! I'm afraid I can't go to the cinema with you. I have to go on working until 9pm
- Please stop talking.
- She quit smoking two years ago. 
- How long do you spend studying?

Gerund or Infinitive?  
When two verbs go together, the second verb is often in the infinitive or in the gerund (the -ing form). There are no fixed rules regarding which form the second verb takes, so when you learn a new verb it’s a good idea to learn the verb pattern. Unfortunately, there are some verbs that can be followed either by the infinitive or the gerund with no real difference in meaning: For example:

The verb "start" can have both patterns with no difference in meaning:
- It started to rain = It started raining. (They have the same meaning).

But in the case of verbs, such as “stop”, "remember", "forget" and "try" the meaning changes:

- I stopped to smoke after working for two hours. (You had a break and smoked a cigarette.)

- I stopped smoking. (You abandoned the habit)
- I'm trying to find a new job, but it's very hard. (make an attempt)
- Why don't you try doing yoga? (experiment with something)
- Remember to bring your dictionary tomorrow. (keep something in mind)
- Do you remember meeting him last year? (remember something after it happened)
- I can't forget to post this letter. (omit something unintentionally)
- I will never forget meeting the King. (forget something after it happened)

After "make" and "let" we have to use the infinitive without "to". 
- Singing makes me feel good.
- We like John very much because he makes us laugh a lot.
- I'm grounded! My parents don't let me go out today.

Have you had enough practice? If not, you can get more practice by clicking on the following links: (os recomiendo estos links y ese blog en general, es de los mejores que conozco para aprender inglés)
- Problemas con el Infinitivo en Inglés
- Problemas con el Gerundio en Inglés

ONLINE EXERCISES: The best way to learn verb patterns is through practice, practice, practice! Why don't you start, then, by doing these exercises?
- Infinitive with "to" (1)
- Infinitive with "to" (2)
- Gerund (1)
- Gerund (2)
- Gerund or Infinitive (1)
- Gerund or Infinitive (2)
- Gerund or Infinitive (3)

Saint Patrick's Day

Today, Irish people celebrate Saint Patrick's Day all over the world. Learn more about it, the national day of Northern Ireland and Republic of Ireland.
Click HERE to read some useful and interesting information about this special day and check out this powerpoint presentation.

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By courtesy of my colleague Francisco Javier García

Asking and giving directions

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HOW TO ASK FOR DIRECTIONS

• Excuse me, where is the nearest bank?
• How do I get to (the) . . . ?
• Can you tell me how to get to (the) . . . (from here)?
• What’s the best way to get to (the) . . . ? 
• Excuse me, do you know if there is a . . . near here?

HOW TO LOCATE PLACES

• The bank is next to the library.
• The library is on the corner of Main Street and Park Avenue.
• The park is in front of the department store.
• The shoe shop is opposite the hospital.
• The shopping centre is near / close to the cathedral

HOW TO GIVE DIRECTIONS

• Go straight on
• Go up / down High Street
• Turn left / right
• Take the second (turning on the) left /right
• Walk past the (post office)
• Cross the street
• The (bookshop) will be on your left / right
• Take Baker Street
• Walk two blocks

EXAMPLE

• (First,) go down this street (for three blocks)
• (Then,) turn right at the zebra crossing.
• (After that,) go straight on Park Avenue until you get to the traffic lights.
• (When you get to the traffic lights), turn right again.
• The bank will be on your left, next to the police station. You won’t miss it.

Now, you can get more practice with these listening activities:

- LISTENING GAME (From Elllo.org) 

- LISTENING - How to get to the station (from elllo.org)

Would you like to play another game? if so, play this Reading game.

- READING - Game (from BBC) 

WATCH & LISTEN: Homes in Britain

To understand directions in English coming from people or machines, watch the first video and then do the activities in the second one.
FIRST VIDEO

SECOND VIDEO

And finally, enjoy this video!

How to tell if your boyfriend is a slob

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-Vocabulary -"Housework chores" 

By courtesy of my colleague Teresa Bastida

Clothing Items

LISTENING - "CLOTHING"

READING - "EVERYDAY CLOTHES" 

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Present Perfect

Present Perfect (introduction)

Present perfect-tense71

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Present Perfect Versus Past Simple

Present perfect

EXERCISES to practise.

Present Perfect (1)

Present Perfect (2)

Present Perfect (3)

Present Perfect or Past Simple? (1)

Present Perfect or Past Simple? (2)

Present Perfect or Past Simple? (3)

Present Perfect or Past Simple? (4)

Present Perfect or Past Simple? (5)
Present Perfect + just, yet, already (1)

Present Perfect + just, yet, already (2)

And finally, why don't we sing along with Rod Stewart?

Extra Listening practice

Do you guys need to improve your listening skills? If so, you can practise by listening to these 4 exercises.

Listening 1 

Listening 2

Listening 3

Listening 4

Comparatives and Superlatives

First, let's have a look at this English teacher giving a lesson on Comparatives and Superlatives adjectives.

Now, you can practise comparatives and superlatives by clicking on these links below:
COMPARATIVES (1) 
COMPARATIVES (2)
SUPERLATIVES (1) 
SUPERLATIVES (2)

Prepositions of Place/Location/Direction (2)

Prepositions of Place/Location (1)

And here you go another post. Let's watch this video to revise "prepositions of place".

At the airport

Would you like to practise vocabulary and useful expressions to use when you are at the airport?
Have you ever seen the film "The Terminal"? The first link shows you a very interesting activity with real English. Click HERE to see Tom Hanks talking to the immigration officers at the airport. Tom Hanks makes some mistakes, but you can try to correct them.

The second activity is a listening exercise. It is a conversation at the immigration and customs office at the airport. Listen to it carefully and try to choose the correct answer for each question. To start the exercise, just click HERE

Nota: Después de hacer la escucha un par de veces, podéis hacer click donde pone "Quiz Script" para leer lo que realmente dicen en la conversación.

I dreamed a dream...

Do you often remember your dreams? According to some experts, you can remember dreams you had during the night when you wake up the following morning. However, if you don't tell somebody about it, or write it down in a piece of paper, you very quickly forget it.
NOTE: Next week on Tuesday, we are going to talk about dreams. And this is something you can do these days before our next lesson: write down any dream you have so you don't forget it and can tell your classmates about it. That way, you will be able to make a detailed description of your dream. 
For example you could begin your speech saying something like this: "Last night I had an awful dream. I dreamed about my boss. I dreamed that we were having an argument at work because..."



And here you go another video. Do you remember the Scottish lady Susan Boyle? Click HERE to watch how she sang this amazing song two years ago. It's fun!

A big thank you to your classmate Begoña for these wonderful videos.

Short Readings to practise your understanding

Do you need to practise your reading comprehension? Read these funny stories and do the activities online.
Click HERE to find all the stories.

By courtesy of my colleague Teresa Bastida

White Flag by Dido

Full song without subtitles (live concert)

Full song with English subtitles

Full song with English and Spanish subtitles

Promises...Offers...Decisions!

Do you need more practice on when to use WILL / WON'T + Infinitive? If so, work on this post.

Exercise 1: Will / Won't for promises, offers, instant decisions (1) 

Exercise 2: Will / Won't for promises, offers, instant decisions (2) 

Exercise 3: Will for instant decisions and offers 

Exercise 4: Will for requests (peticiones) and Shall for offers 

Paul McCartney - I will

Do you fancy (in this context "apetecer") listening to Paul McCartney? If so, listen to this wonderful song.
Instructions: First, click on "I will - gapped" to download the worksheet so you can fill in the nine gaps. There you can find the phonetic transcription for those nine words. Then watch the first video, without lyrics. Guess what those words are and write them in the correct gap in your worksheet. Finally, watch the second video with the full English lyrics and check your answers! Best of luck!
Step 1: "I will - gapped"

Step 2: Video (No English lyrics)

Step 3: Video (English lyrics)

Ps (Post Script - Posdata): A big thank you to my colleague María José for this wonderful activity.

What are your plans for tonight?

Do you want to check your listening comprehension at home? Click on the first speaker (Phil) to hear his audio and answer a couple of questions about his plans for tonight. Then click on the following speakers and do exactly the same thing. Finally, scroll down (desplazarse hacia abajo con el cursor) and listen to the entire audio again while you are reading the transcript.

Start the listening activity HERE!

Future Tenses

Here you go the Powerpoint Presentation I used in class yesterday. Click HERE to download it so you can keep it at home.

Do you need to practise? Go and meet "Going to Boy" and "Mister Will" HERE. There you can practise how to form and use them. In addition to that, you can also do some activities to reinforce these grammar points.

Going To as a plan or intention



Will + Infinitive as an Offer or Promise

  

Some strategies to learn English

Are you a good learner? do you need more strategies to learn English in an effective way? Here you go a very good piece of advice (consejo). To read the article, click HERE.

Revision: Present Simple + Past Simple

Do you want to keep this useful word document at home? If so, click HERE and download it. Now you can have it on your personal computer or laptop.

The Sounds of English

How important is to have a good English pronunciation? Firstly, watch this short video and meet Alex, the BBC English teacher.

Now, are you ready to improve your English pronunciation? Click on this LINK to the BBC website. It is a very good, an awesome webpage to practise all the different sounds of English.

NOTA: Primero podéis darle al botón de Play para ver el vídeo y escuchar a la profesora de inglés de la BBC explicando por qué es tan importante conocer los símbolos de los sonidos en inglés y todo ello ilustrado con algunos ejemplos. Después de ver el vídeo, encontraréis más abajo todos los símbolos. Pinchando en el símbolo que os interese practicar, podréis ver a la misma profesora dando una breve y concisa explicación de ese símbolo y dando varios ejemplos. Animaos! es de las mejores páginas de pronunciación que existen en la web.

Have fun and enjoy these videos!