PAST SIMPLE
Do you remember when we studied the past simple in class? With this article I hope I will help you to revise and improve your ideas about this tense.
Did you study the irregular verbs list? Yes? Ok then, let’s practice a bit more. Here you have some links about this:
http://www.angelfire.com/wi3/englishcorner/grammar/grammar.html#simpasint
http://www.ego4u.com/en/cram-up/grammar/simple-past
http://www.isabelperez.com/grammar.htm
And what about singing? Would you like to sing a song with lots of verbs in past simple? Ok let’s do it!
http://www.isabelperez.com/survive.htm
That’s all folks!! Or almost all. To end for today I give you the opportunity of playing a game about past simple tense.
http://www.oup.com/elt/global/products/englishfile/elementary/i_games/gotoschool/games_gts01/
My family
Do you know how to talk about your family? Here you have some sites to help you.
Firstly you have a list of vocabulary and you can listen to the words. Then you can do a dictation according to diferent levels: Family Vocabulary
Secondly, you can practice with a reading comprehension. You have one minute to read a text ad later you have to fill in the gaps of a text. My family.
Thirdly, you can try to do this quizz. Family Quizz.
I hope all these activities will be useful for you.
Reading Comprehension: London
Read the following text and choose the correct answer the questions:
London, is the largest city in Europe. It has held this title for over four hundred years. Over seven million people call London, the capital of the United Kingdom, home. One in ten people, who live in the United Kingdom, live in London. Three hundred fifty thousand people travel each day into London to work.Due to London’s location, it is a very dry all year. Although it is dry, London is often very cloudy. On average it rains mildly just about every other day.More than a hundred of the world’s major companies have their headquarters in London, making the city a major world influence. Most people from London work in a job that involves printing or publishing.
ANSWER THE QUESTIONS:
1. How long has London been the largest city in Europe?
a. 100 years
b. 200 years
c. 300 years
d. 400 years
2. London is the capital city of what country?
a. United States
b. France
c. United Kingdom
d. Spain
3. How many people visit London every day?
a. 1000
b. 5000
c. 10000
d. 50000
4. What of the following is true about London?
a. it’s very wet
b. it’s very cold
c. it’s very dry
d. it’s very hot
5. Most of the people that work in London work in which industry?
a. construction
b. law enforcement
c. professional soccer
d. publishing
Verbs In English
Most of the times, when we have to learn different verbs it is a bit boring and difficult, because we have to study lists of vocabulary.
What do you think of learning a lot of verbs singing? I give you this oppurtunity having a look at the following video. It is called Grammar Rock Verbs, and I have just found it in the net. We will have a look at it in class to see if you have any problem of understanding.
Anyway, I think it can be useful for youn learners as a new way to studying verbs.
Present simple
We are going to have a look at one of the first tenses you study in English. Although I know it is difficult for you, you have to study grammar, specially those grammar points that are the beginning of your trip into English language. One of these first points is the present simple tense.
I have prepared this power point to explain how you can form and use this tense.
Here you have another Power Point about this taken tense from http://www.slideshare.net/gracielateacher/simple-present-tense . You can do some exercises related to present simple tense. Let’s have a look at it!
Is it easier now? If you need more practice you can click on the following sites and they will help you:
St. Valentines Day
Have a happy St. Valentines Day
If you are a teacher and you are interested in preparing activities for your students on St. Valentines day, here you have come links where you can find activities to do with them:
Isabel Pérez: Here you can find a lot of links to different types of activities
You can also listen to a romantic song in English class. Here you have a link to a song and an exercise prepared for this celebration.
Are you interested in doing some activities related with St. Valentines? Have a look at this site
Do you like Wallace and Gromit?
Let’s have a look ate this animated episode of Wallace and Gromit.
Can you complete the following questionaire about the text?
You are going to read a text about daily routines, can you answer the questions as soon as possible?
James and his wife, Joey are a happy couple. They have a daughter. Their daughter is very young. She is one year old.
James and Joey work from Monday to Friday. They usually get up early in the morning. At 8:35 A.M, Joey makes breakfast. They eat breakfast and drive to work. At 9:00 A.M, James gets to work. He drives fast. Joey gets to work at 9:20. She is a slow driver. At 10:00 o’clock she turns on the computer and reads her emails. Then she sends emails to her customers. At 9:05 A.M Jim checks his mail box and fax machine. He reads his fax and sends a fax. He also reads his emails and sends replies. At 10:00 A.M he sits down and writes business reports At 12:00 o’clock James and Joey meet at the Japanese restaurant. James eats noodles and drinks soup. Joey eats Chinese dumplings and tofu. Sometimes they have rice and Chinese soup. At 2:00 o’clock in the afternoon, they get back to their offices and work. At 4:00 P.M, they get to school and study English. After school, they go out for dinner. After dinner they go home. At home they watch TV and play mahjong. They go to sleep at 11:45 PM.
ANSWER THE QUESTIONS:
1.How many days do James (Jim) and Joey work?
2. What time do they usually get up in the morning?
3. What do they do after breakfast?
4. When does Jim get to work?
5. Why does Joey get to work at 9:20 a.m?
6. What does Joey do at 10:00 o’clock?
7. What does Jim do at 9:05 a.m?
8. What time does he write business reports?
9. Where do they meet for lunch?
10. What time do they get back to their offices?
11. What do they do at 4:00 P.m?
12. What do they do after school?
13. What do they do at home?
14. When do they go to bed?
Text taken from: englishmedialab
Learning the Alphabet
Now that you start learning English in Secondary school, we must revise some of the things you learnt in primary school. In this post I would like to revise the alphabet. It is important to know how to pronounce each letter and an easy way to do it is with a song. Here you have an easy song you can sing and learn by yourself
But why do we have to learn the alphabet? For example if you want to spell something as your name. Take a look at the following video to hear and see some real people using the alphabet in real life
