Thursday, May 28, 2015
Monday, May 25, 2015
Saturday, May 23, 2015
Extra materials for revision for 1st Batxillerat
You can find some extra activities (more practice) for both vocabulary and grammar for your exam. You can also find the solutions here (it's a .rar file, so you have to extract it first).
Don't forget to practise as much as you can for your exam and good luck!
https://drive.google.com/file/d/0Bxk5lrTuhCeVTzBWRXNSSTlUMkk/view?usp=sharing
Tuesday, May 19, 2015
Pasapalabra
Our students of 4th of ESO (Anglés Pràctic) have created some games. Have fun!
Crea tu pasapalabra educativo
Crea tu pasapalabra educativo
Saturday, May 16, 2015
Thursday, May 14, 2015
It's Hot Outside
Ten Expressions to Use In Speaking And Writing
1 we often combine 'nice' + 'warm' to be very positive.
2 is useful when the weather is hot - maybe almost too hot.
3 is used when the weather has been very hot for a number of days.
4 This is like 2, so maybe it's almost too hot. Note we use Fahrenheit degrees.
5 is useful even for winter days - in the sun it's nice, but in the shade it may be cold.
6 and 7 are both common general expressions.
8 and 9 are used when the weather is unusually hot.
10 is the most common expression taught in books. It's particularly common with the tag question
International House. Bristol
- It's nice and warm today.
- It's pretty hot, isn't it?
- We're having a heatwave!
- It's so hot! It must be over 80.
- It's nice in the sun.
- The weather's lovely.
- It's a lovely day.
- It's absolutely boiling!
- It's positively tropical today.
- It's sunny today, isn't it?
1 we often combine 'nice' + 'warm' to be very positive.
2 is useful when the weather is hot - maybe almost too hot.
3 is used when the weather has been very hot for a number of days.
4 This is like 2, so maybe it's almost too hot. Note we use Fahrenheit degrees.
5 is useful even for winter days - in the sun it's nice, but in the shade it may be cold.
6 and 7 are both common general expressions.
8 and 9 are used when the weather is unusually hot.
10 is the most common expression taught in books. It's particularly common with the tag question
International House. Bristol
Wednesday, May 13, 2015
Tuesday, May 12, 2015
Monday, May 11, 2015
Thursday, May 7, 2015
Tuesday, May 5, 2015
Reported Speech. Questions
In Reported Speech questions become statements. The tense changes are the same, and we keep the question word -if any.
‘Do you like hamburgers?’
Charles asked me if/whether I liked
hamburgers.
‘Where are we
going?’ I asked Sue where we were
going.
YES/NO QUESTIONS
Click here to practise indirect Yes/No questions
WH-QUESTIONS
Click here to practise indirect Wh-questions
Further practice? Click on the link http://www.perfect-english-grammar.com/reported-speech-exercises.html
REPORTED SPEECH
1. Uses
We use
it to report what another person said, but we don't use exactly the same words.
Direct
speech Reported
speech
'It's a good car.' He said it was a
good car.
'I've had it for two years.' He told me he'd had it for two years.
We can use both say and tell as reporting verbs.
* If we mention who we're talking to, we use tell + indirect object (me, him, the man, etc.).
He told me it was a good car.
* If we don't mention who we're talking to, we use say.
He said it was a
good car.
2. How
verbs change in Reported Speech
Direct Speech (He said,“…’’ ) |
Indirect Speech (He said (that)...) |
Present Simple
“She likes dancing”
|
Past Simple
He
said (that) she liked dancing.
|
Present continuous:
“I’m reading”
|
Past continuous
He
said (that) he was reading.
|
Past Simple
“They went
there”
|
Past Perfect
He
said (that) they had gone there.
|
Past Continuous
“I was
listening to him”
|
Past Perfect Continuous
He said (that) he had been listening to him.
|
Present Perfect
“I’ve read this book”
|
Past
Perfect
She
said (that) she had read that book.
|
Present Perfect Continuous
"We have been working all day."
|
Past Perfect Continuous
She
said they had been working all day.
|
Past perfect:
“I had done it.”
|
NO CHANGE
He
said (that) he had done it.
|
Future WILL
“I’ll send you a copy.”
|
WOULD
He
promised he would send me a copy.
|
Future: am/is/are going to ..
“He is going to sell his
house.”
|
Was/Were
going to...
He said
(that) he was going to sell his house
|
Modal:
CAN
“You can come if you want.”
|
Modal:
COULD
He said that I could go if I wanted.
|
Modal: MUST (obligation)
“You
must be home before 6pm”
|
HAD TO
He said that I had to be home before 6pm.
|
MODAL:
MAY
“I may not be at home.”
|
MODAL:
MIGHT
She said (that) she might not be at home.
|
Modals: would, could,
should, might, ought to
“It shouldn’t give you any trouble”
|
NO CHANGE
He said it shouldn’t give me any
trouble.
|
3. Other changes
- Pronouns and possessive
adjectives:“My name’s Lyn” She said her name was Lyn
- this –that (the)
“We’re meeting this evening” They said they were meeting that evening
- these –those
- here -there
- now –at that time/then
- today -that day
- tonight -that night
- yesterday -the previous day / the day before
- tomorrow -the following day/the day after/the next day
- next week -the following week
- last night -the previous night / the night before
- two days ago, a week ago, etc. -two days before, the week before, etc.
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