Tuesday, May 30, 2017

Reported Speech / Indirect Speech. Intermediate

Click on exercises to practise the Reported Speech. (AgendaWeb)


 

Passive. Intermediate Level

 Click on Exercises to practise how to use the passive voice. (AgendaWeb)

Verb Tense Test




 Complete the sentences with a suitable form of the verb in brackets. 
Click on Read More to check your answers.

1. The department store __________ (open) at 9:00 a.m.

2. He _____________ (go) there when he ____________ (finish)  his work.

3. We ______________ (live) in this part of the country for three years.

4. I _____________ (drink) coffee at the moment.

5. Nick ___________ (work) in several companies since he _________ (graduate) from college.

6. When _______ you _________ (leave) home for school yesterday?

7. We _______________ (wait) in the classroom for ten minutes before our teacher ________________ (arrive).

8. The secretary ____________ (talk) on the phone when her boss ___________ (come) in.

9.  According to the weather forecast it ___________ (rain) tomorrow all day long. 

10. Who __________ (take) my notebook? It ________ (be) on my desk a minute ago. 

11. At two o’clock this afternoon the colleagues ___________ (have) lunch at work.

12. Excuse me I ___________ (look) for a post office. Is there one near here? 

13. I _____________ (not, leave) the house before the postman _____________ (bring) the  mail.

14. Mrs. Smith ________ (be) busy last weekend because her grandchildren __________ (stay) with her.

15. You can't see this talk show on TV tonight, they __________ (show) it only next Sunday. 

16. I ___________ (not, understand) what you _______ (mean).




Monday, May 29, 2017

Summer Wine - Nancy Sinatra ft. Lee Hazlewood (Lyrics)

Exam Stress




Vehicles Vocabulary


All / Every / Each


Very / Too / Enough


Connectors (English-Spanish)


Travel vs. Trip


Tuesday, May 16, 2017

Graduation…now what?

Graduation…now what?
Great life advice for the moment after you throw your mortarboard in the air. 

 

Are you ready for your graduation day? Ready to watch the video?

https://www.ted.com/playlists/158/graduation_now_what 

We wish you the best


B2 Grammar topics

B2 Grammar topics

These are topics you need to study to pass an exam at B2 level, such as Cambridge English First:

Adjectives and adverbs
Future continuous
Future perfect
Future perfect continuous
Mixed conditionals
Modals – can’t have, needn’t have
Modals of deduction and speculation
Narrative tenses
Passives

Past perfect
Past perfect continuous
Phrasal verbs, extended
Relative clauses
Reported speech
Will and going to, for prediction
Wish
Would expressing habits, in the past

You can also see which grammar topics are associated with other CEF levels.

B1 Grammar topics 3ESO/4ESO/1BAT

B1 Grammar topics

These are topics you need to study to pass an exam at B1 level, such as Cambridge English Preliminary:

Adverbs
Both, either, neither
Broader range of intensifiers; So, such, too, enough
Comparatives and superlatives
Question tags
Conditionals, 2nd and 3rd
Connecting words expressing
cause and effect, contrast etc.

Embedded questions
Future continuous
Modals - must/can’t deduction
Modals – might, may, will, probably
Modals – should have/might have/etc
Modals: must/have to

Past continuous
Past perfect
Past simple
Past tense responses
Phrasal verbs, extended
Prepositions of place
Present perfect continuous
Present perfect/past simple
Reported speech (range of tenses)
Simple passive
Wh- questions in the past
Will and going to, for prediction
You can also see which grammar topics are associated with other CEF levels.

A2 Grammar topics 2ESO/3ESO

These are topics you need to study to pass an exam at A2 level, such as Cambridge English KET, or PTE General level 1:

Adjectives – comparative, – use of than and definite article
Adjectives – superlative – use of definite article
Adverbial phrases of time, place and frequency – including word order
Adverbs of frequency
Articles – with countable and uncountable nouns
Countables and Uncountables: much/many
Gerunds
Going to
Imperatives
Modals – can/could
Modals – have to
Modals – should

Past continuous
Past simple
Phrasal verbs – common
Possessives – use of ‘s, s’
Prepositional phrases (place, time and movement)
Prepositions of time: on/in/at
Present continuous
Present continuous for future
Present perfect
How Questions
Verb + ing/infinitive: like/
want-would like
Wh-questions in past
Will / won't
Zero and 1st conditional

You can also see which grammar topics are associated with other CEF levels.
See A2 Reading exercises or the KET exam, which is at A2 level.

A1 Grammar topics 1 ESO/ 2 ESO

These are topics you need to study at A1 level.
Adjectives: common and demonstrative
Adverbs of frequency
Comparatives and superlatives
Going to
How much/how many and very
common uncountable nouns
I’d like
Imperatives (+/-)
Intensifiers - very basic
Modals: can/can’t/could/couldn’t
Past simple of “to be”
Past Simple
Possessive adjectives
Possessive s
Prepositions, common
Prepositions of place
Prepositions of time, including in/on/at
Present continuous
Present simple
Pronouns: simple, personal
Questions
There is/are
To be, including question+negatives
Verb + ing: like/hate/love

Revision 1r / 2n ESO

Click on the links below if you need to revise for the end-of-the-year tests:
1. http://www.autoenglish.org/repaso/1ESO.htm
2. http://www.englishtag.com/tests/level_test_elementary_A1.asp 
3. http://www.englishjet.com/english_courses_files/test_beginners.asp