Activity one: choose the best of three pictures
- Activity two: answer multiple choice questions
- Activity three: answer multiple choice questions
Activity four: choose the best of three pictures
- Activity five: answer multiple choice questions
- Activity six: choose the best of three pictures
- Activity seven: choose the best of three pictures
- Activity eight: choose the best of three pictures
- Activity nine: choose the best of three pictures
- Activity ten: answer multiple choice questions
- Activity eleven: answer multiple choice questions
- Activity twelve: answer multiple choice questions
- Activity thirteen: answer multiple choice questions
- Activity fourteen: answer multiple choice questions
- Activity fifteen: answer multiple choice questions
- Activity sixteen: answer multiple choice questions
- Activity seventeen: answer multiple choice questions
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It is an English learning blog for pre-intermediate students (B1); it has been set up for a group of Italian primary school teachers
Friday, 31 January 2014
listening B1
Wednesday, 29 January 2014
Revision: last topics
Pronouns
http://www.englishclub.com/grammar/pronouns.htm
Personal (subject, object, possessive)
Reflexive and emphatic: myself, etc.
Impersonal: it, thereDemonstrative: this, that, these, those
Quantitative: one, something, everybody, etc.
Indefinite: some, any, something, one, etc.
Relative: who, which, that, whom, whose
Determiners
a + countable nouns
http://learnenglish.britishcouncil.org/en/english-grammar/determiners-and-quantifiers/indefinite-article-and
the + countable/uncountable nouns
http://learnenglish.britishcouncil.org/en/english-grammar/determiners-and-quantifiers/definite-article
Adjectives
http://www.learnenglish.de/grammar/adjectivetext.html basic
Colour, size, shape, quality, nationality
Predicative and attributive
Cardinal and ordinal numbers
Possessive: my, your, his, her, etc.
Demonstrative: this, that, these, those
Quantitative: some, any, many, much, a few, a lot of, all, other, every, etc.
Comparative and superlative forms (regular and irregular): (not) as...as, not...enough to, too...to
Order of adjectives
Participles as adjectives
Compound adjectives
Adverbs
http://www.englishclub.com/grammar/adverbs.htm
Regular and irregular forms
Manner: quickly, carefully, etc.
Frequency: often, never, twice a day, etc.
Definite time: now, last week, etc.
Indefinite time: already, just, yet, etc.
Degree: very, too, rather, etc.
Place: here, there, etc.
Direction: left, right, along, etc.
Sequence: first, next, etc.
Sentence adverbs: too, either, etc.
Pre-verbal, post-verbal and end-position adverbs
Comparative and superlative forms (regular and irregular)
Prepositions
http://www.englishclub.com/grammar/prepositions.htm
Location: to, on, inside, next to, at (home), etc.
Time: at, on, in, during, etc.
Direction: to, into, out of, from, etc.
Instrument: by, with
Miscellaneous: like, as, due to, owing to, etc.
Prepositional phrases: at the beginning of, by means of, etc.
Prepositions preceding nouns and adjectives: by car, for sale, at last, etc.
Prepositions following (i) nouns and adjectives: advice on, afraid of, etc. (ii) verbs: laugh at, ask for, etc.
Connectives
http://a4esl.org/q/h/9901/gc-connectives.html
and, but, or, either ... or
when, while, until, before, after, as soon as
where
because, since, as, for
so that, (in order) to
so, so ... that, such ... that
if, unless
although, while, whereas
Thursday, 23 January 2014
Interrogatives, nouns, genitives
Interrogatives
What, What (+ noun)
Where; When
Who; Whose; Which
How; How much; How many; How often; How long; etc.
Why
revise their meaning and use here
Nouns
Singular and plural (regular and irregular forms)
it's more than just adding an "s": revise here
some important rules to remember here
Countable and uncountable nouns with some and any
explanation and exercises
Abstract nouns
A couple of exercises to enrich your vocabulary: 1 and 2
Compound nouns
An exercise to enrich your vocabulary
a second exercise
Complex noun phrases
explanation
Genitive: ’s & s’
explanation
exercise
special cases
Double genitive: a friend of theirs
exercise
What, What (+ noun)
Where; When
Who; Whose; Which
How; How much; How many; How often; How long; etc.
Why
revise their meaning and use here
Singular and plural (regular and irregular forms)
it's more than just adding an "s": revise here
some important rules to remember here
Countable and uncountable nouns with some and any
explanation and exercises
Abstract nouns
A couple of exercises to enrich your vocabulary: 1 and 2
Compound nouns
An exercise to enrich your vocabulary
a second exercise
Complex noun phrases
explanation
Genitive: ’s & s’
explanation
exercise
special cases
Double genitive: a friend of theirs
exercise
Grammar revision: conditionals, reported speech, question tags
Conditional sentences
Type 0: Zero Conditional: certainty
An iron bar expands if/when you heat it.
explanation and exercises
more examples
Type 1: First Conditional: real possibility
If you do that again, I’ll leave.
explanation and exercises
more examples
Type 2: Second Conditional: unreal possibility or dream
I would tell you the answer if I knew it. / If I were you, I wouldn’t do that again.
explanation and exercises
more examples
Type 3: Third Conditional: no possibility
I would have told you the answer if I had known it.
explanation and exercises
more examples
Simple reported speech
explanation and exercises
Statements, questions and commands: difference among say, ask, tell
Reported Statements
Direct speech: "I like ice cream"
Reported speech: She says she likes ice cream
Reported Questions
Direct speech: "Where do you live?"
Reported speech: She asked me where I lived.
Reported Requests
Direct speech: "Close the window, please"
Or: "Could you close the window please?"
Or: "Would you mind closing the window please?"
Reported speech: She asked me to close the window.
Reported Orders
Direct speech: "Sit down!"
Reported speech: She told me to sit down.
explanation
exercises
mixed tense reported statements exercise
Present Simple Reported Yes/No Question Exercise
Present Simple Reported Wh Question Exercise
Mixed Tense Reported Question Exercise
Reported Requests and Orders Exercise
Indirect and embedded questions: know, wonder
Do you know what he said?
I wondered what he would do next.
explanation and exercises
Question tags
Remember: I'm right, aren't I?
explanation and exercises
Type 0: Zero Conditional: certainty
An iron bar expands if/when you heat it.
explanation and exercises
more examples
Type 1: First Conditional: real possibility
If you do that again, I’ll leave.
explanation and exercises
more examples
I would tell you the answer if I knew it. / If I were you, I wouldn’t do that again.
explanation and exercises
more examples
Type 3: Third Conditional: no possibility
I would have told you the answer if I had known it.
explanation and exercises
more examples
Simple reported speech
explanation and exercises
Statements, questions and commands: difference among say, ask, tell
Direct speech: "I like ice cream"
Reported speech: She says she likes ice cream
Reported Questions
Direct speech: "Where do you live?"
Reported speech: She asked me where I lived.
Reported Requests
Direct speech: "Close the window, please"
Or: "Could you close the window please?"
Or: "Would you mind closing the window please?"
Reported speech: She asked me to close the window.
Reported Orders
Direct speech: "Sit down!"
Reported speech: She told me to sit down.
explanation
exercises
mixed tense reported statements exercise
Present Simple Reported Yes/No Question Exercise
Present Simple Reported Wh Question Exercise
Mixed Tense Reported Question Exercise
Reported Requests and Orders Exercise
Indirect and embedded questions: know, wonder
Do you know what he said?
I wondered what he would do next.
explanation and exercises
Question tags
Remember: I'm right, aren't I?
explanation and exercises
Friday, 17 January 2014
Verb forms
Affirmative, interrogative, negative
Imperatives
Infinitives (with and without to) after verbs and adjectives
Gerunds (-ing form) after verbs and prepositions
Gerunds as subjects and objects
infinitive vs gerund
explanation and exercises
list of verbs followed by infinitive
list of verbs followed by gerund
Passive forms: present and past simple
passive forms: explanation and exercises
Verb + object + infinitive give /take/send/bring/show + direct/indirect object
double object verbs
explanation and exercises
Causative have/get
explanation
So/nor with auxiliaries
explanation and exercises
Compound verb patterns
explanation
Phrasal verbs/verbs with prepositions
explanation and list 1, list 2, list 3 and exercises 1 2 3 4 5
A list of prepositions and phrasal verbs to practice
phrasal/prepositional verbs
Imperatives
Gerunds (-ing form) after verbs and prepositions
Gerunds as subjects and objects
infinitive vs gerund
explanation and exercises
list of verbs followed by infinitive
list of verbs followed by gerund
Passive forms: present and past simple
passive forms: explanation and exercises
Verb + object + infinitive give /take/send/bring/show + direct/indirect object
double object verbs
explanation and exercises
Causative have/get
explanation
So/nor with auxiliaries
explanation and exercises
Compound verb patterns
explanation
Phrasal verbs/verbs with prepositions
explanation and list 1, list 2, list 3 and exercises 1 2 3 4 5
A list of prepositions and phrasal verbs to practice
phrasal/prepositional verbs
Thursday, 16 January 2014
Revision: verb tenses
Tenses
Present simple: states, habits, systems and processes (and verbs not used in the continuous form)
Present continuous: future plans and activities, present actions
present simple vs present continuous:
explanations and exercises
Past simple: past events
Past continuous: parallel past actions, continuous actions interrupted by the past simple tense
Present perfect simple: recent past with just, indefinite past with yet, already, never, ever; unfinished past with for and since
simple past vs present perfect
explanation and exercises
Past perfect simple: narrative, reported speech
past perfect vs past simple
explanation and exercises
Future with going to
Future with present continuous and present simple
Future with will and shall: offers, promises, predictions, etc.
future tenses
tenses comparison - explanation and exercises
Present simple: states, habits, systems and processes (and verbs not used in the continuous form)
Present continuous: future plans and activities, present actions
present simple vs present continuous:
explanations and exercises
Past simple: past events
Past continuous: parallel past actions, continuous actions interrupted by the past simple tense
Present perfect simple: recent past with just, indefinite past with yet, already, never, ever; unfinished past with for and since
simple past vs present perfect
explanation and exercises
Past perfect simple: narrative, reported speech
past perfect vs past simple
explanation and exercises
Future with going to
Future with present continuous and present simple
Future with will and shall: offers, promises, predictions, etc.
future tenses
tenses comparison - explanation and exercises
Tuesday, 14 January 2014
My philosophy for a happy life: Sam Berns at TEDxMidAtlantic 2013
Dear friends,
I think that everything you learn has to pass through a meaningful experience. That can make your learning a unique experience, and it can teach you something more than a plain foreign language!
About three months before he passed away, 17-year-old Sam Berns gave this speech explaining his dislike for obstacles and his strategies for beating them. When he was 2 years old, Sam was diagnosed with the rare disease Progeria, which causes rapid aging and various other side effects, none of which could prevent Sam from leading a happy life.
Enjoy this inspiring video because Sam left a very important lesson to us all!
I think that everything you learn has to pass through a meaningful experience. That can make your learning a unique experience, and it can teach you something more than a plain foreign language!
About three months before he passed away, 17-year-old Sam Berns gave this speech explaining his dislike for obstacles and his strategies for beating them. When he was 2 years old, Sam was diagnosed with the rare disease Progeria, which causes rapid aging and various other side effects, none of which could prevent Sam from leading a happy life.
Enjoy this inspiring video because Sam left a very important lesson to us all!
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