Past Simple and Past Continuous practice

Past Perfect

The past continuous

Little Red Riding Hood listening

How do you learn? Look at the way Manu has found to learn his irregular verbs!

Manu Payet - Every Late - Preterit
Cargado por DumbaDonf

Anecdote activities: Speaking about a dangerous situation.

http://www.insideout.net/video/anecdote-video-player?video-id=844

Dangerous situations (watch and write a summary)

http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-europe-11917279

Watch and listen (and write a summary)

http://es.yappr.com/welcome/Video.action?videoGuid=F17D3A5F-9628-4491-A963-16CF25CA50BE

Irregular verbs practice - GAMES!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

Practise your verbs with these games from manythings.org:

http://www.manythings.org/wbg/verbs_past1-mw.html

http://www.manythings.org/wbg/verbs_past1-sw.html

http://www.manythings.org/wbg/verbs_past2-mw.html

http://www.manythings.org/wbg/verbs_past2-sw.html

http://www.manythings.org/wbg/verbs_past3-mw.html

http://www.manythings.org/wbg/verbs_past3-sw.html

http://www.manythings.org/wbg/verbs_past4-mw.html

http://www.manythings.org/wbg/verbs_past4-sw.html

Narrative tenses

Past tenses

View SlideShare presentation or Upload your own. (tags: grammar tenses)

Find out about the International Spy museum

This one is funnier. Spies like us, by Paul McCartney

Find out the meaning of the words in bold:
OOH, OOH, WHAT DO YOU DO?
NO ONE ELSE CAN DANCE LIKE YOU.
SO WHAT'S ALL THE FUZZ,
THERE AIN'T NOBODY THAT SPIES LIKE US.

HEY, HEY, WHAT DO YOU SAY?
SOMEONE TOOK YOUR PLANS AWAY.
SO WHAT'S ALL THE FUZZ,
THERE AIN'T NOBODY THAT SPIES LIKE US.

HEY, DON'T FEEL AFRAID
OF AN UNDERCOVER AID.
THERE'S NO NEED TO FUZZ,
AIN'T NOBODY THAT SPIES LIKE US, SPIES LIKE US.

OH!

WE DON'T KNOW THE MEANING OF FEAR,
WE PLAY EV'RY MINUTE BY EAR.
ONE FOR ALL AND ALL FOR ONE, (oh-oh)
EV'RYBODY'S ON THE RUN, (oh-oh)
ESPECIALLY AT THIS TIME OF THE YEAR.

OOH, OOH, WHAT DO YOU DO?
NO ONE ELSE CAN DANCE LIKE YOU.
SO WHAT'S ALL THE FUZZ,
AIN'T NOBODY GOT SPIES LIKE US.

HEY, HEY, WHAT DO YOU SAY?
NO ONE ELSE CAN LOOK THAT WAY.
SO WHAT'S ALL THE FUZZ,
THERE AIN'T NOBODY THAT SPIES LIKE US.

SNOOKIE!

SPIES -

OH!

WE GET THERE BY HOOK OR BY CROOK,
WE DON'T DO A THING BY THE BOOK.
NEVER NEEDED SPECIAL CLOTHES, (oh-oh)
HOW WE DID IT, NO ONE KNOWS. (oh-oh)
GUESS WE MUST HAVE HAD WHAT IT TOOK.

OOH-OOH-OOH-OOH,
OOH-OOH-OOH-OOH-OOH,
OH, WHEN THINGS GET TOUGH,
OH, WHEN THINGS GET TOUGH,
GUYS LIKE US ACT ROUGH,
GUYS LIKE US ACT ROUGH.

HEY, HEY, WHAT DO YOU SAY?
SOMEONE TOOK THE PLANS AWAY.
SO WHAT'S ALL THE FUZZ,
AIN'T NOBODY THAT SPIES LIKE US, SPIES LIKE US.

OH!

SPIES LIKE US,

A song about spies - slightly paranoid... (Coldplay)

Download the mp3 list of irregular verbs to listen and repeat as you come to school

http://www.4shared.com/audio/OPsGJoiB/irregular-verbs-alphabetical.html

Bruce Lee (with suffixes)

Practise your pronunciation (sing along, useful language for socializing)

Strangers in the night (some suffixes!)

Link to Burlington Web extras for Viewpoints 1

http://www.burlingtonbooks.com/Spain/Page.aspx?PageID=172

(scroll down the page)

Link to Burlington extra practice with answers

http://www.burlingtonbooks.com/Spain/Page.aspx?PageID=411

Some grammar books

M. VINCE: English Grammar in Context. Intermediate (with key). Macmillan.
S. CLARKE: Macmillan English Grammar in Context.Essential (with key). . Macmillan (for those who have little English, as a first step).
Editorial Cambridge: The series called Grammar in Practice (You should choose numbers 4, 5 and 6 for your level).
Editorial Longman: Grammar Express (with answers).
Editorial Oxford: N. COE: Oxford Living Grammar (with answers). Intermediate.

Homework: Listen, fill in, print out! (and hand in!)

Coca-Cola TV Commercial, by Geovane
Find this and other adjectives exercises in English Exercises .org

Workbook answers, Unit 1

VP1WBAKU1.doc

Descriptions

What Do You Look Like

View more presentations from eoi.soraya.

Another quiz: compound adjectives describing people

http://www.bbc.co.uk/apps/ifl/worldservice/quiznet/quizengine?ContentType=text/html;quiz=1115_quiznet

More character adjectives! Do the quiz (homework)

http://www.bbc.co.uk/apps/ifl/worldservice/quiznet/quizengine?ContentType=text/html;quiz=1542_adjectives

Describing people

Describing people

View more presentations from martageribas

You're so vain, Carly Simon

The Present Tenses

Simple&Continuos Present Intermediate Level

View more presentations from IES Miguel Servet. Junta de Andalucia.

Link to workbook listening audio and website activities downloads

http://www2.burlingtonbooks.com/Spain/Page.aspx?PageID=172

Link to Burlington materials

http://www2.burlingtonbooks.com/Spain/Page.aspx?PageID=169

General listening links

Some of you have asked for extra help with listening. Here it goes!

http://www.manythings.org/b/e/
Lots of English learning videos on YouTube.

http://www.1-language.com/audiocourse/index.htm
Lots of listening exercises with transcript and questions.

http://www.focusenglish.com/index.html
You need Real Player (free download). Lots of everyday dialogues, with transcript to follow.

http://www.youtube.com/voalearningenglish
Very clear American English videos with English subtitles, designed for students of English.

http://www.abc.net.au/news/btn/
Videos with transcripts – mainly news reports. Get used to watching the news in English!

http://www.elllo.org/
A wonderful site with hundreds of real recordings and exercises to practise.

http://www.lingual.net/lingualproductitems/index.php
A very nice site with (very) short movies. Watch the movie (with or without subtitles),answer the quiz, read the transcript. Some are very funny! (Flash)

http://www.voanews.com/specialenglish/index.cfm
Choose an article and read it while you listen to it. You can download the mp3 and listen over and over again, to see if you still understand without reading.

http://a4esl.org/podcasts/
You can choose a podcast from the list and explore the site. Listen, read the text, download the mp3 to listen to it later while you come to school.

http://www.eslpod.com/website/index.php
Another podcast with lots of topics. It has a premium (paying) section, but there are free materials.

http://www.englishbaby.com/lessons/index
Become a member, it’s free. Movies and music with complete lessons. Don’t miss it!

http://www.esl-lab.com/
Lots of materials, also a guide for self-study. Different levels of difficulty. Listening, script, quizzes. A classic.

http://www.carolinebrownlisteninglessons.com/index.html
Listenings with exercises, by a teacher.

http://www.mansioningles.com/listening00.htm
Easy and intermediate level listenings, with vocabulary, exercises and solutions online.

http://www.esl-lounge.com/student/listening-intermediate.php
Listening exercises for intermediate students (also others)

http://www.bbc.co.uk/worldservice/learningenglish/index.shtml
Words in the news, 6-minute English… and lots of other sections.

Monthly Internet Practice

As you know, you must hand in Internet exercises once a month. In fact, if you work well, you will discover that English teachers are becoming almost obsolete and that you don’t need them at all. There are lots of English learning materials online – you can choose grammar and vocabulary, but do not miss the chance to practise your listening and reading skills. There are chats for learners of English as well.

You can try these out, but remember to hand in a printed copy of the exercise you choose! And remember, use only FREE materials, do not buy anything!

As you know, the easiest way to find something on the web is with http://www.google.com, a search engine. You can type in ESL exercises free, or whatever you are looking for, for example, ‘infinitives and gerunds’. You’ll be surprised at the results. This may be time consuming, however.
Here are some websites that may be interesting for Batxillerat students:

http://www.autoenglish.org .
This is good to practise everything on your syllabus. It has grammar exercises with links to explanations. If you go to ‘Free online courses’ (intermediate) it can help you plan your exercises.

http://www.ego4u.com/en/cram-up/grammar.
Lots of topics to work on.

http://english.baladre.org
Choose batxillerat exercises.

http://agendaweb.org
Exercises on vocabulary, grammar, verbs, listening. Links to lots of other sites. Really useful for what you have to do.

http://learn-english-today.com
Very useful practice for batxillerat.

http://englisch-hilfen.de/en
A German website (careful with the spelling!) with lots of materials.

http://englishpage.com
Another classical site. Good tutorials and exercises.

http://www.ompersonal.com.ar/OMFIRST/presentacion1.htm
A FREE First Certificate course online, with vocabulary, grammar, excellent reading and listening comprehension. Registration is free. You can also subscribe to a newsletter. Try the intermediate course as well!

http://www.isabelperez.com/grammar.htm
Lots of exercises and links to choose from.

http://www.englishtown.com/master/hp
Scroll down the page and subscribe to ‘Recibe gratis lecciones de inglés, por e-mail, a diario’. Don’t buy anything!

http://a4esl.org
One of the best webs for learners or English. You can choose the grammar or vocabulary quizzes – and they are the right size, too! Check that the level is correct.

http://englishlearner.com

http://www.esl-lab.com
Good for listening – also with video (This is the famous Randall’s ESL Cyber Listening Lab)

http://englishjet.com
It has got some tests with online correction.

http://www.englishclub.com
http://quizzes.englishclub.com
http://games.englishclub.com

http://www.manythings.org
Also a classic. It has good links.

http://myprofe.com
Select your level – There’s a forum and also a tandem forum.

http://englishforums.com
Student’s doubts and chatroom.

http://englishforum.com
it’s different from the former one). Click on ‘Exercises’ and also on ‘Students’

http://web2.uvcs.uvic.ca/elc/studyzone
Exercises at different levels.

http://eslcafe.com
Another classic website. Click on ‘Stuff for Students’, quizzes.

http://www.englishbaby.com
Mostly listening and reading and things to enjoy.

http://www.english-at-home.com
You can choose what you like. Try the ‘Test yourself’ section.

http://www.nonstopenglish.com/allexercises

http://www.eslgold.com
Mostly links to other pages.

http://www.chompchomp.com
This will help you chew on your English!

http://english-the-easy-way.com
(mostly explanations).

http://englishtenseswithcartoons.com
Clear explanations and enjoyable cartoons. The exercises are in ‘Other stuff’.

Welcome

Hi,everyone! Whether you're new at our school or have been at JB for several years, feel welcome to this 'suitcase' blog, where you will find links to exercises, listenings, songs, keys to your workbook and tapescripts, etc. The point is that you will be able to access it both from school and from home (well, from anywhere, in fact!)