martes, 6 de noviembre de 2012

ONLINE REVIEW for UNITS 15 & 16

Click on these links for an online quiz review:

UNIT 15:
http://www2.cambridge.org/interchangearcade/listtypes.do?level=2&unit=15&stage=2

UNIT 16:
http://www2.cambridge.org/interchangearcade/listtypes.do?level=2&unit=16&stage=2

UNIT 16 - 2012

UNIT 16requests;  
MAKING AN INVITATION:
http://www.bbc.co.uk/worldservice/learningenglish/radio/specials/142_requests_offers/page3.shtml

http://www.bbc.co.uk/worldservice/learningenglish/radio/specials/142_requests_offers/page4.shtml


DECLINING AN INVITATION, (EXCUSES):
http://www.bbc.co.uk/worldservice/learningenglish/radio/specials/142_requests_offers/page5.shtml

http://www.bbc.co.uk/worldservice/learningenglish/radio/specials/142_requests_offers/index.shtml
 
 
GRAMMAR: http://www.englishpractice.com/grammar/reporting-question-command-request/
REPORTED SPEECH: Requests & Statements-- (Using SAY, ASK or TELL)
PRACTICE: http://www.eslpartyland.com/quiz-center/saytell.htm


UNIT 15 - 2012

UNIT 15
Money, hopes, predicaments, speculations; speculating about the past and future events; 


describing a predicament; giving advice and suggestions; 

VOCAB:   
shoplifting
WATCH: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=jrwjiO1MCVs
READ: http://www.azlyrics.com/lyrics/janesaddiction/beencaughtstealing.html

unreal conditional sentences with if clauses:
GRAMMAR & PRACTICE: http://www.clafoti.com/imagenes12/conditionals_3.htm
http://web2.uvcs.uvic.ca/elc/studyzone/410/grammar/2cond.htm
http://www.learnenglish.de/grammar/conditional2.htm

PRACTICE: http://web2.uvcs.uvic.ca/elc/studyzone/410/grammar/2cond1.htm
http://web2.uvcs.uvic.ca/elc/studyzone/410/grammar/2cond2.htm


PAST MODALS:
READ: http://www.eslgold.com/grammar/past_modals.html

PRACTICE: www.eslgold.com/grammar/past_modals.html
http://www.grammar-quizzes.com/modalflashcds.html

MODAL VERB OVERVIEW:
http://www.autoenglish.org/modalverbs.htm

viernes, 12 de octubre de 2012

UNIT 14 - 2012

UNIT 14 - NONVERBAL COMMUNICATION

INTERPRETING BODY LANGUAGE / EXPLAINING GESTURES & MEANINGS 

describing emotions / asking about signs and meanings:

ADVERBS of PROBABILITY, (Maybe, Perhaps, Possibility, Probably, Definitely):
GRAMMAR: http://www.learnenglish.de/grammar/adverbprob.htm 
http://www.really-learn-english.com/english-adverbs.html#probability
PRACTICE: http://www.examenglish.com/grammar/b1_may_might.htm

WATCH: (adverbs in general)  http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=W7wnT8iiR8w


MODALS of PERMISSION, OBLIGATION and PROHIBITION, MIGHT, MAY, COULD, MUST:

GRAMMAR & PRACTICE: http://www.advanced-english-grammar.com/modal-verbs-of-permission.html
PRACTICE: http://www.montsemorales.com/gramatica/ObligProhib.htm
http://www.usingenglish.com/quizzes/106.html
http://perso.wanadoo.es/autoenglish/gr.must.p.htm

http://sites.google.com/site/batxilleratnocturnbloc2/home/unit-2/-modal-verbs-obligation-advice-prohibition-ability-and-permission
drawing conclusions;

UNIT 13 - 2012

UNIT 13
Describing and talking about movies and books / actors and actresses:

 http://www.learnenglishindublin.com/daily_blog/elementary-lessons/adjectives-with-%E2%80%93ed-and-%E2%80%93ing-%E2%80%93-giving-opinions/

READhttp://www.bbc.co.uk/worldservice/learningenglish/multimedia/london/unit3/

Asking for and giving reactions and opinions: 
WATCH: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Kc3swUroPoU

participles as ADJs
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=gyMECXPv1GI&feature=fvsr
part 1: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=anG3wGJ2Iig&feature=related
part 2:  http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-t5VW6q4TAA&feature=related

PRACTICE: http://esl.about.com/library/vocabulary/blinged1.htmrelative clauses
GRAMMAR: http://www.grammar-quizzes.com/passive3a.html

http://www.grammarbook.com/grammar/whoVwhVt.asp
                       http://elblogdelingles.blogspot.com/2007/02/lesson-48-relative-pronouns-who-which.html
                       http://www.ego4u.com/en/cram-up/grammar/relative-clauses

PRACTICEhttp://www.ego4u.com/en/cram-up/grammar/relative-clauses/exercises?09
http://communicativeenglish2a.blogspot.com/

RELATIVE CLAUSES:
GRAMMAR: http://www.ompersonal.com.ar/omgrammar/clausulasrelativas.htm

READING COMPREHENSION WITH RELATIVE CLAUSES:  
http://www.ego4u.com/en/read-on/countries/usa/tour/san-francisco#exercises
http://www.ego4u.com/en/read-on/countries/uk/tour/stonehenge#exercises

jueves, 4 de octubre de 2012

QUIZ 2 ONLINE REVIEW - UNITS 11 & 12

Click on these links for an online quiz review:

UNIT 11:
http://www2.cambridge.org/interchangearcade/listtypes.do?level=2&unit=11&stage=2

UNIT 12:
http://www2.cambridge.org/interchangearcade/listtypes.do?level=2&unit=12&stage=2

UNIT 12 - 2012

UNIT 12
Asking info about someone's past/recent past events


Describing recent experiences

Past continuous -v- simple past
GRAMMAR: http://www.5minuteenglish.com/mar10.htm

PRACTICE: http://www.eslcafe.com/quiz/past1.html
 http://a4esl.org/q/h/vm/pastpastcont.html

WATCH & PRACTICE: http://www.quia.com/cz/333602.html

PUT THE WORDS IN THE CORRECT ORDER PRACTICE:
http://www.eslpartyland.com/quiz-center/sppp1.htm

Present perfect continuous:
GRAMMAR: http://www.englishpage.com/verbpage/presentperfectcontinuous.html
 http://www.englishclub.com/grammar/verb-tenses_present-perfect-continuous.htm

PRACTICE:
http://www.englishgrammarsecrets.com/presentperfectcontinuous/exercise1.swf
http://www.englishgrammarsecrets.com/presentperfectcontinuous/exercise2.swf
http://www.englishgrammarsecrets.com/presentperfectcontinuous/exercise3.swf
http://www.englishgrammarsecrets.com/presentperfectcontinuous/exercise4.swf

UNIT 11 - 2012

UNIT 11
Describing and talking about facts about landmarks, monuments, other countries,

Transforming SIMPLE PAST into PASSIVE
Grammar Review:
http://www.englishcorner.vacau.com/grammar/vrbtbl1p.html

Practice:
http://www.englisch-hilfen.de/en/exercises/active_passive/sentences_simple_past.htm

http://www.englishcorner.vacau.com/grammar/interactive/pv1.html

http://www.ego4u.com/en/cram-up/grammar/passive/exercises?simple-past

Transforming SIMPLE PRESENT into PASSIVE:
practice:
http://www.englisch-hilfen.de/en/exercises/active_passive/sentences_simple_present.htm


PASSIVE tense with or without by:Grammar Review:
http://www.englisch-hilfen.de/en/grammar/by_agent.htm


Xtra: PASSIVE TENSE EXAMPLES AND CHARTS
(These show ALL tenses, but remember we are only studying simple past and present into passive):
http://owl.english.purdue.edu/owl/resource/601/02/

http://www.ego4u.com/en/cram-up/grammar/passive

http://www.englisch-hilfen.de/en/grammar/passiv_saetze.htm

http://esl.about.com/od/grammarstructures/a/passive_voice.htm

miércoles, 12 de septiembre de 2012

UNIT 10 2012

UNIT 10
Describing abilities and skills

READ: http://www.eslgold.com/speaking/describing_people.html

ADJECTIVE LIST: http://www.examples-help.org.uk/parts-of-speech/personality-adjectives.htm
http://personal.georgiasouthern.edu/~jbjoy/Adjectives.html

Talking about job perferences
LISTEN:
http://www.esl-lab.com/eslbasic/jobhunting-1.htm
http://www.esl-lab.com/eslbasic/jobhunting-2.htm

VOCABULARY: http://www.esl-lab.com/vocab/v-jobs.htm

Describing personality traits
EXAMPLES: http://www.esolcourses.com/content/exercises/grammar/adjectives/personality/more-words-for-describing-personality.html

Gerunds
GRAMMAR: http://www.grammar-quizzes.com/gerund2a.html#gerundobjects
http://owl.english.purdue.edu/owl/resource/627/01/

GERUND LIST: http://www.englishpage.com/gerunds/gerund_list.htm

PRACTICE: http://www.ego4u.com/en/cram-up/grammar/infinitive-gerund/exercises?21

FOR THE GRAMMAR GEEKS:
http://owl.english.purdue.edu/owl/resource/627/01/
Short responses

Clauses with because
GRAMMAR & PRACTICE: http://www.grammar-quizzes.com/8-15.html

UNIT 9 2012

UNIT 9
Talking about life changes in the past, present, and future;
GRAMMAR REVIEW, (simple past & present, furture):
http://www.verb2verbe.com/conjugation/english-verb/be.aspx

PRACTICE: (mixed): http://www.english-test.net/esl/learn/english/grammar/ii173/esl-test.php
http://www.examenglish.com/grammar/b1_presentperfect_pastsimple.htm

PRACTICE, (Smpl Past):
http://www.englisch-hilfen.de/en/exercises/tenses/simple_past_statements2.htm

READ: http://www.topics-mag.com/edition20/memories/page.htm

(PAST) USED TO show change and contrasts in past habits
GRAMMAR: http://www.eslbase.com/grammar/used-to

PRACTICE: http://www.englishclub.com/grammar/verbs-m_used_quiz.htm

I used to ... (to show present change in past habitual actions), is different than the phrase, I'm used to, (I'm accustomed to...). Take a look:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ulezklvGaQk
http://www.5minuteenglish.com/mar20.htm

CONSEQUENCES:
READ: http://www.topics-mag.com/edition13/cheating-olga.htm
WATCH:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=AIJq8o3-s00
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=gmjOSPnLVOI

DEFINITION: http://dictionary.reference.com/browse/consequence

Comparing time periods
READ: http://www.bbc.co.uk/worldservice/learningenglish/newsenglish/witn/031224_witn.shtml

TIME CONTRASTS WITH IF CLAUSES, (first conditional / the "real" conditional)
GRAMMARhttp://www.inglesmundial.com/A10/grammar.htm
http://bogglesworldesl.com/glossary/secondconditional.htm
http://www.headsupenglish.com/index.php?option=com_content&task=view&id=397&Itemid=94

PRACTICE: http://a4esl.org/q/h/vm/if-clauses.html
http://www.inglesmundial.com/A10/grammar.htm