Environmental issues

• What other environmental problems can you list?
• Can you think of any in your area?

LISTENING COMPREHENSION

Big city small world -  British Council - audio file

Big city small world -  British Council - pdf

Pedometer activity

Click on this link to write your commnets on the Pedometer results. Write about yours and write comments about other students'.

What are they doing?

Image from https://www.tes.com/lessons/fMf0WmFUFvB8LQ/present-continuous

Image from http://myenglishclass.altervista.org/category/present-simplepresent-continuous/

Image from https://www.tes.com/lessons/fMf0WmFUFvB8LQ/present-continuous

Animal idioms and proverbs

February 24th - Rosalía de Castro's Day

Revision for ESO-3 exam

GRAMMAR:
Revision of tenses
More tenses:

• Revision of tenses
• present simple / present continuous
• past simple / past continuous
• future simple / going to / future continuous
• present perfect and past simple
• REVISION OF ALL TENSES EXERCISE

Comparatives and superlatives
Conditional sentences
Quantifiers in English

VOCABULARY:
Places in a town
Travel checklists
Food

INTERACTION:
At the restaurant
Shopping for clothes

WRITING
How to write an essay
Connectors

Neiu4 0-summary of tenses from Ana Arias Castro

Revision for ESO-4 exam

GRAMMAR:
Revision of tenses
More tenses:

• Revision of tenses
• present simple / present continuous
• past simple / past continuous
• future simple / going to / future continuous
• present perfect and past simple
• Past perfect
• REVISION OF ALL TENSES EXERCISE

WRITING:
Comparatives and superlatives
Used to / didn't use to
Conditional sentences
Passive sentences

VOCABULARY:
Some- / any- compounds
Marketing

INTERACTION:
At the restaurant
Shopping for clothes

WRITING
How to write an essay
Describing a process
Connectors

Neiu4 0-summary of tenses from Ana Arias Castro

Present continuous tense

Image from tes.com

Image from Engames.com

GERUND (-ING) EXERCISES:

• crosswords -ing verbs 1 (Englisch Hilfen)
• add the -ing ending 1 (Englisch Hilfen)
• add the -ing ending 2 (Englisch Hilfen)
• add the -ing ending 3 (Englisch Hilfen)

PRESENT CONTINUOUS EXERCISES:

• affirmative sentences (Englisch Hilfen)
• affirmative sentences2 (Englisch HIlfen)
• negatives (Englisch Hilfen)
• questions (Englisch Hilfen)
• affirmatives-negatives-questions (Englisch Hilfen)

Basic vocabulary about geographical features

What is it?

Image by Pais / Frysch - CC-BY-SA-3.0

It's an island.

Image by Paxson Woelber - CC-BY-SA-3.0

It's a mountain.

Image by Tiago Fioreze - CC-BY-SA-3.0

It's an ocean.

Image by Daniel Mayer (Mav) - CC-BY-SA-3.0

It's a lake.

Image by  Prankster -  CC-Zero

It's a river.

Image by Wonker - CC-BY-2.0

It's a desert.

First and second type conditional sentences

The Chinese New Year

Chinese New Year Customs and Traditions ppt. from Elizabeth Yu Ellsworth

1st and 2nd type conditional sentences

1st and 2nd type conditional sentences

ZERO TYPE CONDITIONAL SENTENCES

MEANING& USE

The zero conditional is used to make statements about the real world, and often refers to general truths, such as scientific facts. In these sentences, the time is the present or always and the situation is real and possible.

• If you heat water, it boils.
• Water boils if you heat it.
• When you heat ice, it melts.
• Ice melts when you heat it.
• If it snows, the grass gets white.
• The grass gets white if it snows.
• When it rains, the grass gets wet.
• The grass gets wet when it rains.

FORM

We can make a zero conditional sentence with two present simple verbs (one in the 'if clause' and one in the 'main clause'):

If/when/unless + present simple, .... present simple.

EXERCISES

• Perfect English

1ST TYPE CONDITIONAL SENTENCES

MEANING & USE
The first conditional is also called the "real" conditional because it is used for real, or possible, situations. These situations take place if a certain condition is met.

In the first conditional we can salso use unless, which means "if... not". In other words, "... unless he hurries up" could also be written, "... if he doesn't hurry up."

1st type conditional sentence

• If it rains, we will stay at home.
• He will arrive late unless he hurries up.
• Sophie will buy a new car, if she gets her raise.

FORM
The first conditional is formed by the use of the present simple in the if clause followed by a comma and a future simple verb (will + infinitive) in the result clause. You can also put the result clause first without using a comma between the clauses.

• If he finishes on time, we will go to the movies.

OR

• We will go to the movies if he finishes on time.

EXERCISES

• exercise 1- Ego4you
• exercise 2- Ego4you
• exercise 3- Englisch Hilfen: statements
• exercise 4- Englisch Hilfen: negatives
• exercise 5- Englisch Hilfen: mixed
• exercise 6- Englisch Hilfen: mixed-two blanks
• exercise 7- ESL Partyland
• exercise 8- Isabel Pérez matching exercise
• exercise 9- English Exercises
• exercise 10- First English
• exercise 11- English Grammar
• exercise 12: Perfect English

This sheet contains a summary of first, second and third type conditional sentences.

2nd TYPE CONDITIONAL SENTENCES

MEANING

2nd type conditional sentence

The second conditional is used to talk about situations or actions in the present or future which are not likely to happen or are imaginary, hypothetical or impossible.

• If I were a rich woman, I would travel around the world. I think it is very unlikely that I will be rich. However, in this unlikely condition, I will travel around the world.
• If I weren't / wasn't watching TV now, I would be playing tennis. I am watching TV, but I am imagining an alternative activity I would be doing if I wasn't watching TV
• If you had a bigger dog, your house would be protected. You don't have a big dog, but I am imagining how protected you would be if you had one.
• If I were an alien, I would be able to travel around the universe. It is impossible for me to be an alien. However, I am imagining what I would do in this situation.
• We would go to Paris this summer if we passed all our subjects. That is our plan but, unfortunatelly,  we know we are not going to pass all our subjects.

FORM

If + past simple + conditional (would)

Conditional (would) + if + past simple

Verb be is usually were for all subjects; was (1st & 3rd person) is colloquial.

SONGS

If I were a rich man (Fiddler in the Roof-movie)

If today was your last day (Nickleback)

If I were a boy (Beyonce)

EXERCISES

- from Isabel Pérez

- Englisch-hilfen.de 1

- Englisch-hilfen.de 2

- Englisch-hilfen.de 3

- Englisch-hilfen.de 4

- Englisch-hilfen.de 5
- Perfect English Grammar

- Malted ESO-4 unit 7 (Gwineth and the Wizard)

FIRST AND SECOND TYPE CONDITIONALS

• Exercise 1: unit 5 in your text book
• Exercise 2: write the correct verb forms (1st & 2nd type conditionals)
• Exercise 3: Englisch Hilfen
• Exercise 4: Englisch Hilfen
• Exercise 5: Ego4you
• Exercise 6: Ego4you
• Exercise 7: Ego4you-with auxiliary verbs
• Exercise 8. First English
• Exercise 9: English for you
• Exercise 10: ESL lounge
• Exercise 11: Edu GE
• Exercise 12: Speak Speak
• Exercise 13: English exercises
• Exercise 14: English Area

Passive sentences

Passive structures from Ana Arias Castro

Love vocabulary

How to organize your vocabulary

These are just some ideas:

1. Keeping a notebook to write down new words you come across is a good idea. However, you should revise  the words you've written down every now and them to make learning effective.
2. Classify the vocabulary into groups according to type of word, meaning, level of difficulty, etc.
   
3. Diagrams can also be a useful tool if visually organising words is helpful for you:
   
4. Writing down expressions, not just words, as you encounter them, will help you associate them in the future. Some words tend to collocate and appear in association with others:
• to and fro
• see you later
• do one's homework
• to make a noise
• to be in the red
• and so on

The United Kingdom and the British Isles

Great britain and the british isles from Ana Arias Castro

Email phrases

8 sites to improve your oral skills

If you want to improve your listening skills, here are some sites that will help you in the process:

1. YouTube. This popular site will let you choose videos of any genre and about any topic you may be interested in: tutorials, movies, documentaries, movies, etc. If you can understand most of what is being said, no problem, you may slow the video down to make it easier to understand or check the most difficult words. If your level is lower and you need subtitles, you can either choose videos with subtitles or add your own using this YouTube tool.
   
2. Speech Notes is a speech recognition text editor. You can read or tell your own texts for the
   
   computer to convert them into text. It will let you know when your speech is easy or difficult to understand.
   
3. Natural Readers is a complementary service. You can write or paste any text that will be read aloud to you with the accent and voice you choose. This will let you know how to read or pronounce some difficult words or expressions.
   
4. British Council Listening Skills Practice. This site has a good number of videos and audios with a number of activities to follow. The texts have been designed for students of English and are quite easy for a foreign student.
   
5. Lyricstraining is the best site for those who love music. There are lots of different activities at different levels about the latest songs. First you select your level (beginner, intermediate, advanced or expert) and then you choose the song you are going to complete the lyrics of. The higher your level, the more words that are missing and you will have to supply.
   
6. Podcasts in English has a large number of podcasts at different levels and about different topics. Although the worksheets and other extras are only for subscribers, you can find many interesting audio files about a lot of topics.
   
7. Audio Lingua is also a site for podcasts. You can find them in a number of languages and you can search them by your level (A1-A2-B1-B2-C1-C2), language, key word, and length. You can even download the podcasts. You can submit podcasts for other learners of your own language. If you have a website or blog, these podcasts can be embbed in it.
   
8. BBC Learning English. This popular site has a good number of interesting features and sections. My recommendation is 6-Minute English, a series that contains short audio files about hot topics. You can listen to the podcasts and the site also contains the transcripts and the key vocabulary you will hear.
   

St. Valentine's Day

St. Valentine's Day from Ana Arias Castro

Colours in English

British and American money

This presentation by Taylor shows the different coins and bills used in the USA:

Moneymaterials from Ana Arias Castro

And this other presentation will tell you about British money:

British currency from Ludivina

English sounds

Phonemes of the international phonetic alphabet used in English

If you are interested in learning the phonetic symbols of the English language, the BBC Learning English webside provides a good chart that summarizes them and that can be downloadable in a pdf version.

When trying to learn the sounds it is always a good idea to have a good chart with all the sounds.

Pronunciation tips - BBC learning English

However, this website provides many other useful sections such as an introduction, the sounds of English, features of English, quizzes and programmes. Most of the texts and audio files can be downloaded so that you can continue your study work off line.

The sounds of English section concentrates on those which can be confused by speakers of other languages.

In sum, this is an excellent site to improve one's English.

Phonemes of the international phonetic alphabet used in English

If you are interested in learning the phonetic symbols of the English language, the BBC Learning English webside provides a good chart that summarizes them and that can be downloadable in a pdf version.

When trying to learn the sounds it is always a good idea to have a good chart with all the sounds.

Pronunciation tips - BBC learning English

However, this website provides many other useful sections such as an introduction, the sounds of English, features of English, quizzes and programmes. Most of the texts and audio files can be downloaded so that you can continue your study work off line.

The sounds of English section concentrates on those which can be confused by speakers of other languages.

In sum, this is an excellent site to improve one's English.

Passive sentences with two objects

Some active sentences have both a direct and an indirect object. In English both can be the subject in a passive structure. The indirect object is introduced by to in the passive sentence and the verb phrase is unchanged:

• ACTIVE: My sister asked me a question.
• PASSIVE 1: A question was asked to me.
• PASSIVE 2: I was asked a question.

• ACTIVE. The teacher explained the exercise to the students.
• PASSIVE 1: The exercise was explained to the students.
• PASSIVE 2: The studens were explained the exercise.

SOME EXERCISES

• Englisch-Hilfen: rewrite these active sentences in the passive (some of them have two possible answers)
• Perfect English Grammar: Change active sentences into the passive
• English 4 You: Write passive sentences starting with the personal object
• Ego 4 You: Write passive sentences starting with the element in bold
• Ego 4 You: Write passive sentences starting with the personal object (in the active)
• To Learn English: write passive sentences starting with the word given

Language courses abroad for Galician students

Cartel informativo 2018 from Ana Arias Castro

Shopping for clothes