LISTENING TEST 1

PRESENT PROGRESSIVE / CONTINUOUS

When do we use the present progressive?

How do we form the present progressive?

And how do we make negative and 

interrogative sentences?

PRECTICE

1. Present continuous practice 1

2. Present continuous practice 2.

Present simple or present continuous? Challenge.

MUSIC BASICS

ELEMENTS OF THE STAFF: Interactive reference.

INSTRUMENTS IN THE ORCHESTRA: Click here to find information about where the different instruments and families are placed in an orchestra.

INSTRUMENTS AND THEIR FAMILIES Kahoot game

PRESENT SIMPLE

                         USES OF THE PRESENT SIMPLE

We have already revised the verbs "BE" and "HAVE GOT" in the pressent simple.

Before we move on, remember:

 PRESENT SIMPLE WITH OTHER VERBS

REFERENCE AND PRACTICE.(English 4u)

FREQUENCY ADVERBS

Adverbs of frequency - Practice

BS Physical Education: Health and nutrition

The following exercises will help you revise what you have learnt about nutrition and healthy eating habits this term.


1. Nutrition and healthy habits: complete the text


2. Macronutrients and micronutrients: choose the correct answers


3. Eating a balanced diet: quiz


4. Diseases: matching exercise

VOCABULARY: FAMILY MEMBERS

Extended family tree 

Video lesson

Extended family tree

Try to remember these words:

Family vocabulary

Interactive game

Writing practice: A short story.

Watch the video and tell the story. Try to introduce and describe the protagonists (present tense), explain how the story begins, the sequence of events and the conclusion (past simple and past continuous). What do you think about the story? How do you feel about it?

Comparative and Superlative

REMEMBER:

COMPARATIVE: 

(MORE+ADJECTIVE / ADJECTIVE-ER) + THAN...

                           

    Lions are more dangerous than elephants.

      Elephants are heavier than lions.

SUPERLATIVE: 

THE + (MOST+ADJECTIVE / ADJECTIVE-ES) + IN/OF...

     Lions are the most powerful animals in the jungle.

        Lions are the biggest of those four animals.

HOW DO WE KNOW IF WE NEED 

MORE/MOST OR -ER/-EST?

It depends on the adjective:

PRACTICE

1. Complete the sentences. Easy.

2. Complete the sentences. Medium.

3. Choose the right answer.

4. Complete the text.

5. Complete. (Includes "as... as" and "so... as".)

Let's play. Trivia game: https://create.kahoot.it/details/general-knowledge-quiz-with-comparatives-and-superlatives/193778a6-98ab-4b4b-8d43-5fc9a898e3b1

PAST SIMPLE II - NEGATIVE SENTENCES

REMEMBER:

1. THE STRUCTURE IS:

    SUBJECT + AUXILIARY: DID + NOT + VERB 

2. AFTER THE AUXILIARY, WE USE THE BASIC FORM OF THE VERB, NOT THE PAST.


PRACTICE:

1. Make the sentences negative. - Regular Verbs.
2. Make the sentences negative. - Irregular Verbs. Use your list if you need it ;)

PAST SIMPLE 1

1. Regular verbs. Spelling.
2. Past simple irregular verbs.
3. Past simple regular verbs.



6. Irregular verbs.
7. Complete the sentences.

I am going to... Plans fot the future.

SOME EXAMPLES...

We use the going to-future:


1. To talk about planned actions in the future:

We are going to have a party tonight.
They are going to fly to Las Vegas next week.

2. To predict something when we are sure it is going to happen because it is a logical consequence of what we see:

Look at that car! It is going to crash into the yellow lamp post!

PRACTICE

Going to: Statements

Going to: Negative sentences

Going to:  Questions 

Going to: Mixed

PAST SIMPLE OR PAST PROGRESSIVE

PRACTICE:

1. Choose the right tense to complete the sentences.

2. Write the sentences.

GAMES:

Past simple/progressive game 1

Past simple/progressive game 2

Irregular Verbs game 1

BIOGRAPHIES
HENRY VIII

Search the web and answer:

1. Who was he?

2. Where and when was he born?

3. Who were his parents?

4. How old was he when he became king?

5. How many times did he marry?

6. What happened to each of his wives?

7. How many children did he have?

8. When and how did he die?

Reference:

The fascinating life of Henry VIII. 
Henry VIII. Top 10 facts.
Henry VIII. Biography.

PAST SIMPLE: WAS WERE

WAS / WERE: GRAMMAR REFERENCE

Grammar game: WAS or WERE?


FAMOUS PEOPLE IN HISTORY 1:


Who were these people?
What were their jobs?
Where were they born?

Salvador Dalí
Antonio Vivaldi
Eduardo Chillida
Thomas Edison
Nelson Mandela

FAMOUS PEOPLE IN HISTORY 2:

GAME

PRESENT PROGRESSIVE

Watch the videos. Then do the exercises below:

1. Simple or progressive game.

2. Present simple or present progressive?

To practise at home:

3. Present simple present progressive?

4. Present simple or present continuous?

Education

Education in Britain. 

What are the differences between Spanish schools and British schools?

1. When do British children start primary school?

2. When do they start secondary school?

3. True or false? 40% of students leave school when they are 16.

4.True or false? 20% of students go to university.

5. What time do lessons start in the John Mason school?

6. Do most British students wear a uniform?

7. How many foreign languages do most British students learn?

8. What time does school finish?

9. Name three sports that are popular among British students.

10. True or false? Independent schools are free.

Your opinion:

What do you think about Spanish schools?

And what do you think about homework?

Is school food good or bad in your school?

Education Kahoot Game

Looking for the world's weirdest animals.

We share this planet with some wonderful 
strange creatures. 

Let's learn about some of them.

This is an axolotl (ajolote).

Axolots live in Mexico.

They are about 15 cm long.

They eat little fish and worms.
They are  an endangered species.

Axolotls can regenerate their limbs, spines, and even their brains!

YOUR TURN:

MY FAVOURITE WEIRD CREATURES:

What do you have to do?

1. Open a odt or word file.

2. Insert a table with two columns and 2 rows.

3. Find 2 really weird animals that you consider interesting.

4. Copy and paste one picture of each of the animals on the left column.

5. On the right column, next to each picture, you must include the following information:

     - Name of the animal in English and in Spanish.

     - Where does it live?

     - How big is it?

     - What does it eat?

     - 2 interesting or surprising facts about your animal.

6. Send the document to my emal address: mj.english.hub@gmail.com

Where can you find information?

National Geographic for Kids - Animals

National Geographic for Kids - The ocean's weirdest animals

Bored Panda - Strange Animals

Bored Panda - Unusual Animals

Green Global Travel - Strange animals from all around the world

PAST PROGRESSIVE

2nd YEAR ESO

PAST PROGRESSIVE - INTRO LESSON

Watch the video to see some exemples of this tense and learn how it is formed.

1. EXTRA REFERENCE

2. What was she doing?

3. Write the correct form of the verb. 

4. The present. Video Lesson.

5. Let's play: Game.

Presnt Simple

PRESENT SIMPLE: GRAMMAR PRACTICE

a. Negative sentences
b. Negative (long)
c. Questions
d. Questions (long)
e. Wh- questions
d. Mixed sentences
e. Frequency adverbs

IN, AT or ON?
Exercise: In, at, on?

Kahoot Games:

Auxiliaries
Negative and interrogative
Questions
Wh- questions
Mixed
Frequency Adverbs
Frequency Adverbs 2
Frequency Adverbs 3

Movies and TV

REFERENCE

VOCABULARY

a. Movies

b. TV shows 1

c. TV shows 2

1. FILM VOCABULARY
a. Match the types of films with their contents.
b. Types of films crossword puzzle

2. DESCRIBING FILMS
a. Adjectives to describe films - matching exercise
b. Match the adjectives and the definitions

3. LISTENING COMPREHENSION
a. Slumdog Millionaire Listening Comprehendion (Pre-Intermediate+)
b. Complete the song: Skyfall

PAST SIMPLE

1. WAS OR WERE?
a. Choose (easy)
b. Complete (easy)


2. POSITIVE SENTENCES
a. Build sentences
b. Answer the questions

3. NEGATIVE SENTENCES
a. Reference and practice
b. Make the sentences negative

4. INTERROGATIVE SENTENCES:
a. Build questions
b. Write questions for the answers

5. MIXED SENTENCES
a. Complete the sentences
b. Complete the text: Oxford
c. Complete the fairy tale

6. IRREGULAR VERBS
a. Complete the tables (different levels)

6. REVISION
a. Mixed exercises (great for home revision)
b. Mixed exercises 2
c. Fill in the gaps: Peter and the Wolf

7. READING COMPREHENSION
a. The Canterville Ghost

8. PAST SIMPLE GAMES
a. Snakes and ladders


Kahoot Games:
Simple past - Movies
Simple past - Forms
Simple Past - Forms 2
Irregular Verbs

Past Tense: how to pronounce the -ed ending

When we use a regular verb in the past, we must add -ed to the base. This -ed is pronounced in different ways depending on the final sound of the infinitive of the verb. This video offers a clear explanation and some practice to make this clear: