THE PASSIVE VOICE

The Passive voice from Maria Hidalgo

REPORTED SPEECH

Reported speech from Maria Hidalgo

QUANTIFIERS

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QUANTIFIERS AND PRONUNCIATION, by Angela Gonçalves
Find this and other quantifiers exercises in English Exercises .org

Real English series: How long does it take? and where do you live?

Last Tuesday my that's english blog published this post. I find it very useful and interesting so, take a look at it and practise. 

In the first video, passers-by answer a difficult question for students in lower levels: How long does it take you to get to work?

It is an impersonal question with the subject "it", so we'll be using auxiliary"does" for the 3rd person singular in the question.

The answers is also a bit funny: TAKE + PERSONAL OBJECT + TIME +TO-Infinitive.
It takes me 20 minutes to get to work.



You can watch the same video with subtitles on the Real English site here, where you can also do an interactive exercise here.

You can also practise this complicated structure with the following questions, most of which are related to household chores:
How long does it take you/your wife to make your bed?
How long does it take you to have breakfast?
How long does it take you to have a shower?
How long does it take you to read the newspaper?
How long does it take you to do the washing-up?
How long does it take you to cook dinner?
How long does it take you to get ready for work/school?
How long does it take you to do your English homework?

The second video is far less complicated, as passers-by answer the question Where do you live?, which also came up indirectly in the previous video. The difficulty here lies in identifying the place names speakers give, which might make it advisable to watch the video with subtitles on the Real English site here.



You can do an interactive exercise on the Real English site here.

Present perfect

St George International School published new series on their blog to tackle basic grammar points. 

In order to revise the present perfect, go through this poster and read the explanations given.

It is an engaging fun way of learning and revising the present perfect. 

So, what do these sentences really mean…?

1. I haven’t bought lemonade since 2003.
2.I haven’t tasted sweet lemonade for almost 10 years!

There is a continuing period of time from 2003 up to now, where he did not drink any lemonade. He is thinking about the past and the present together.

If he was only thinking about the past (and NOT THINKING ABOUT THE PRESENT AT THE SAME TIME) he would say…

PAST SIMPLE: I drank lemonade in 2003

(This is a finished action that is not connected to the present time. He drank that lemonade and it exists no more)

Compare with….

PRESENT PERFECT: I haven’t bought lemonade since 2003. (He is thinking aboutall the time from 2003 until now, 2012)

Now, watch this Video story The Queen and her butler where the differences between the present perfect and the past simple are dealt with.

Transcript

Q = Queen
J = Jeeves

Q: Jeeves, have you polished my crown today?

J: No, Madam. I’m afraid that I haven’t had time to do that yet.

Q: WHy not? Then please tell me what have you done this morning?

J: Well, let me see. I got up at 5am and then the first thing I did was to iron your newspaper.

Q: Good.

J: Then at half past five I took your corgis for a walk. Then at 6 o’clock I took Prince Philip to the bathroom.

Q: Quite right.

J: From 8 until 10, I was cutting out pictures of Prince Harry from the newspapers… for the family album, of course.

Q: Oooh.

J: But then I discovered something in the palace.

Q: Yes, yes. What was it?

J: Well, Madam it is a rather delicate matter. I’m afraid to say that your beloved doggies have done their “toilet business” all over the royal throne.

Q: Oh no!

J: So, Madam, that is why I haven’t cleaned your crown yet. And may I ask your Highness, what have you done this morning? Did you meet the Prime Minister?

Q: No, Jeeves, no. I left the palace at quarter to eleven to go and open a supermarket… and I’ve just arrived back.

J: Well, Madam, you have definitely had an extremely difficult morning.

Q: Indeed, indeed.

PRESENT PERFECT

From The Machine Goes on blog comes this glogster (interactive poster) to explain the differences of usage between present perfect and past simple, while providing some activitities for students to practise this grammar point.

Click here to open the glogster.

CONDITIONALS

Here's a great explanation.

COMMON MISTAKES MADE BY SPANIARDS

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Modals - Intermediate level

Hey mates, in our next unit number 3, we will deal with Modal verbs. Here you have some explanation and there are also some exercises. Print it and try to do the activities, you can email me with your answers. ;)

Intermediate students- present perfect and past simple

Click here to revise the grammar points seen in class. Click here to revise the vocabulary of the unit number 2.

DAILY ROUTINE POSTER

Do and Make

keys: 1. make faces, 2. do your job, 3. do badly, 4. make peace 5. do nothing, 6. make an impression, 7. make an appointment, 8. make a painting, 9. make a speech, 10. do business, 11. make a fool of yourself, 12. do right, 13. make a phone call, 14. do a course, 15. make a fortune, 16. make a plan, 17. make your bed, 18. do damage, 19. do the shopping, 20. make friends, 21. make a dance, 23. make a bet, 24. do the dishes, 25. make fun of someone, 26. do the washing up, 27. make a drawing, 28.make trouble, 29. do well, 30. make a prediction, 31. make a cake, 32. make a fuss, 33. do exercises, 34. do work, 35.make inquiries, 36. do wrong. 37. do a favour, 38. make a mistake, 39. make a choice, 40. make a joke, 41. make a reservation, 42. do your best, 43. do the gardening, 44. make a mess, 45. do your hair, 46. do the housework, 47. do homework, 48. do your nails.

present simple

CLICK HERE TO OPEN THE GLOGSTER.

GES 2 - DEURES PER A RECUPERAR A SETEMBRE.

ACÍ TENIU ELS DEURES QUE HAUREU DE LLIURAR EL DIA DE L'EXAMEN A SETEMBRE. FEU TOTS ELS EXERCICIS PER A REPASSAR, L'EXAMEN SERÀ SEMBLANT ALS TEXTOS QUE HI APAREIXEN.

QUE PASSEU UN BON ESTIU!

CONDITIONAL SENTENCES (intermediate students)

Conditional

View more presentations from Desiree Bosca Tornero.

TRUE BLUE by Madonna

Hey

Wait

Listen

I've ........ other guys
I've ........ into their eyes
But I never knew love before
'Til you walked through my door
I've ...... other lips
I've ......... a thousand ships
But no matter where I go
You're the one for me baby this I know, 'cause it's

Chorus:

True love
You're the one I'm dreaming of
Your heart fits me like a glove
And I'm gonna be true blue baby I love you

I've ....... all the lines
I've .......... oh so many times
Those tear drops they won't fall again
I'm so excited 'cause you're my best friend
So if you should ever doubt
Wonder what love is all about
Just think back and remember dear
Those words ........... in your ear, I said

(chorus twice)

Intermediate:

No more sadness, I kiss it good-bye
The sun is bursting right out of the sky
I searched the whole world for someone like you
Don't you know, don't you know that it's

True love, oh baby, true love, oh baby
True love, oh baby, true love it's
(repeat)

True, so if you should ever doubt
Wonder what love is all about
Just think back and remember dear
Those words ............ in your ear, I said

(intermediate)
(chorus)

'Cause it's

True love, oh baby, true love, oh baby
True love, oh baby, true love it's
(repeat)

Key lyrics

Travel/journey/trip/expedition/safari/ cruise/voyage

What is the difference between these words all concerning travel:


Travel/journey/trip/expedition/safari/ cruise/voyage 

• Journey describes travelling from one place to another over a considerable distance. That's why in the test sentence we are talking about is a three day journey. 

• Trip is often travelling to a place and coming back the same day and so it is not usually long. You are staying in a hotel on holiday and the travel company representative will organise trips to places of interest and you will come back to the hotel that day for your evening meal. 

• Tour describes travelling from one place after another over a period of days/weeks and visiting various towns/cities and in the end coming back to where you started. This is also a word used on the internet sometimes described as a virtual tour when you are shown a series of pictures describing the site you are looking at.

Plurals

Write the plural versions to these words. Then check your answers in this link where you can also find a wide explanation of the rules governing the spelling rules of plurals.

1. man
2. fox
3. family
4. mobile phone
5. baby
6. person
7.radio
8. dictionary
9. teacher
10. watch
11. bus
12. fish
13. photo
14. tomato
15. woman
16. wife
17. body
18. fly
19. colour
20. mother-in-law

HAVE GOT (TINDRE)

EN AQUEST LINK TROBAREU EXERCICIS PER A PRACTICAR EL VERB HAVE GOT (TINDRE).

TO BE OR NOT TO BE ;)

PER A REPASSAR EL VERB TO BE ENTRA EN AQUEST LINK.