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Thursday, 10 October 2019

Present simple tense




    PRESENT SIMPLE
    form
    • affirmative: subject + infinitive (+3rd p –(e)s)
    • negative: subject + don’t/doesn’t + infinitive
    • question: do/does + subject + infinitive
    Remember that we only add the –(e)s in the 3rd person affirmative form and that be is an exception: am / is / are

    use
    • facts and permanent states.
    • habits and routines
    • 1st type conditional sentences
    • stative verbs that are not used in the pres. cont. (see, hear, believe, want, know, understand, think, like, love...)
    Key words: how often / always / sometimes / often / never / usually / every day / once a week / twice a month... / if (in conditional sentences)

    examples

    • Snow melts at 0ºC.
    • Harry lives in Liverpool.
    • My dog plays football with us.
    • Daniel washes his jacket every week.
    • Wdon’t like football.
    • She doesn’t understand baseball.
    • Do you enjoy dining out?
    • Does Rafael Nadal train in the morning?
    • If you drink too much you’ll have to go to the toilet.




    Friday, 10 May 2019

    Revision for 3º ESO exam

    3º ESO EXAM:

    1. VERB TENSES (present simple / present continuous / past simple / past continuous / present perfect / future simple (will) / going to / would)
    2. COMPARATIVES
    3. PASSIVES
    4. ESSAYS
      • MODALS
        • ADVICE (should)
        • RULES (must / have to / mustn't / don't have to / can)
      • CONDITIONALS
      • DIALOGUE
      1. DOCTOR'S
      2. SHOPPING
      3. RESTAURANT
      4. DIRECTIONS


    Revision for 4º ESO exam

    1. Tenses:
    1. present simple (go/goes)
    2. present continuous (am/is/are going)
    3. present pefect (have/has gone)
    4. past simple (went)
    5. past continuous (was/were going)
    6. past perfect (have/has gone)
    7. simple conditional (would go)
    8. perfect conditional (would have gone)
    9. future simple (will go)
    10. going to


    2. Infintives and gerunds
    3. Reported speech


    Tuesday, 26 February 2019

    Revision for 4º ESO exam

    GRAMMAR:
    Revision of tenses
    Charts of tenses
    More tenses and exercises:
    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
    Asking for a refund

    WRITING
    How to write an essay
    Describing a process
    Connectors


    Revision for 3º ESO exam

    GRAMMAR:
    Revision of tenses
    Charts of tenses
    More tenses and exercises:
    Comparatives and superlatives
    Conditional sentences
    Quantifiers in English

    VOCABULARY:
    Places in a town
    Travel checklists
    Travelling
    Food

    INTERACTION:
    At the restaurant
    Shopping for clothes
    Asking for a refund

    WRITING
    How to write an essay
    Connectors


    Wednesday, 23 May 2018

    Monday, 29 January 2018

    Present simple tense




    PRESENT SIMPLE
    form
    • affirmative: subject + infinitive (+3rd p –(e)s)
    • negative: subject + don’t/doesn’t + infinitive
    • question: do/does + subject + infinitive
    Remember that we only add the –(e)s in the 3rd person affirmative form and that be is an exception: am / is / are

    use
    • facts and permanent states.
    • habits and routines
    • 1st type conditional sentences
    • stative verbs that are not used in the pres. cont. (see, hear, believe, want, know, understand, think, like, love...)
    Key words: how often / always / sometimes / often / never / usually / every day / once a week / twice a month... / if (in conditional sentences)

    examples

    • Snow melts at 0ºC.
    • Harry lives in Liverpool.
    • My dog plays football with us.
    • Daniel washes his jacket every week.
    • Wdon’t like football.
    • She doesn’t understand baseball.
    • Do you enjoy dining out?
    • Does Rafael Nadal train in the morning?
    • If you drink too much you’ll have to go to the toilet.

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    GRAMMAR:
    EXERCISES:
    READING COMPREHENSION TEXTS:

    GAMES

    Thursday, 21 September 2017

    Irregular verbs

    As we are about to start studying and using the past participle tense, you need to revise and learn the irregular forms of verbs. So here you are some useful websites for you to have a look at once you have read throught the list provided in class: