Archive for January 2012
- In: 2011/2012 | 8th Form
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Dear students,
Here is the worksheet “Preparation for the Test”.
Do it and then bring your questions or doubt to class.
Good work!!! 🙂
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Hello, students,
As promised, here are the objectives for the test this week.
So, for this English test you should e able to:
I – Reading comprehension:
- read a text and understand its message by answering some questions;
II – Language Awareness:
A. Vocabulary skills:
- identify and distinguish the different Healthy and Unhealthy habits;
B. Grammar:
- distinguish the use of the Conditionals – 1st and 2nd;
- distinguish the regular and irregular verbs (past simple and past participle);
- use the present perfect (affirmative, negative and interrogative)Â .
III. Writing:
- write a small text using correction on the topic “Healthy Teenagers”;
This should be it!
Do the “Preparation for the Test Worksheet” in order to find out about your difficulties and weak points and then do some more exercises and study more.
Good work!
😉
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Dear students,
As you know, there are several kinds of subordinated clauses.
Watch this video that explains the use of the conjunctions.
And now do the exercises that follow:
Good work! 😉
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Dear students,
We talked about the relative clauses, and here is a presentation with some exercises.
And some more online exercises here.
Good work!!! 😉
Present perfect simple
Posted on: 22/01/2012
- In: 8th Form
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Dear students,
Here is some information and exercises about the PRESENT PERFECT SIMPLE!
The present perfect is a tense that is used a lot in English; sometimes errors are made by mistaking it with the past simple, the present simple, and others.
The PRSENT PERFECT SIMPLE expresses an action that is still going on or that stopped recently, but has an influence on the present. It puts emphasis on the result.
How do we form the Present Perfect tense?
We use the auxiliary verb HAVE + the past participle of the main verb
| Positive | Negative | Question | |
|---|---|---|---|
| I / you / we / they | I have spoken. | I have not spoken. | Have I spoken? |
| he / she / it | He has spoken. | He has not spoken. | Has he spoken? |
We can use it in several situations:
Use of Present Perfect
- puts emphasis on the result
Example: She has written five letters.
- action that is still going on
Example: School has not started yet.
- action that stopped recently
Example: She has cooked dinner.
- finished action that has an influence on the present
Example: I have lost my key.
- action that has taken place once, never or several times before the moment of speaking
Example: I have never been to Australia.
Time Markers or Signal Words for the Present Perfect
- already, ever, just, never, not yet, so far, till now, up to now, since, for
Here is a presentation with the explanation and some exercises.
Present Perfect – exercise 1
Present Perfect – exercise 2
Present perfect – exercise 3
If you want to practice the irregular verbs, here is a presentation that helps you with this:
And the list of the 50 more common irregular verbs.
If you wish to, you can do exercises to practice the irregular verbs:
or HERE!
Good work!!! 😉
Relative pronouns and clauses
Posted on: 22/01/2012
Dear students,
As we’ve been talking about relative clauses, here is some information and exercises.
What is a relative clause?
Definition
A relative clause is a clause which describes the referent of a head noun or pronoun.
It often restricts the reference of the head noun or pronoun.
How to use a relative clause:
Use relative clauses to provide extra information. This information can either define something (defining clause), or provide unnecessary, but interesting, added information (non-defining clause).
Relative clauses can be introduced by:
a relative pronoun: who (whom), which, that, whose
no relative pronoun: Ø
where, why and when instead of a relative pronoun
You need to consider the following when deciding which relative pronoun to use:
Is the subject or object or possessive of a relative clause?
Does it refers to a person or an object?
Is the relative clause a defining or non-defining relative clause?
NOTE: Relative clauses are often used in both spoken and written English. There is a tendency to use non-defining relative clauses mostly in written, rather than in spoken, English.
Exercises:
Relative pronouns 1
Good work!!!
- In: 2011/2012 | 8th Form | CEF - OSI
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Dear students,
Here is something I would like to share with you! You usually feel very little concentrated in class, which lowers your levels of attention and consequently, your results…
Maybe we will be able to do this at school in the future! It’s been done and the results are great! Check it out!
Think about it!
🙂
Possessives
Posted on: 06/01/2012
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Dear students,
As we are revising the possessives, here is some information on this.
Click the link below:
POSSESSIVE ADJECTIVES
Then you can have some fun and practise this on the following
POSSESSIVE ADJECTIVES – QUIZ 1
POSSESSIVE ADJECTIVES – QUIZ 2
Good work! 🙂 And enjoy
Coldplay in lovely animations
Posted on: 05/01/2012
- In: 2011/2012 | 3rd Professional | 8th Form | CEF - OSI | Home
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Dear students,
In the sequence to my previous post, here I present you three songs by one of my favourite bands, Coldplay, and these are three songs that I really love!
“The scientist”, which talks about the difficulties in life and how we can overcome them;
“Fix you”, which is about friendship and being there for the ones that we love;
and “Yellow”, which talks about about love and loss…
These are great animations that help you understand the message of the songs!
Enjoy and learn!!! 😉
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