My Blue Houses: 2008

miércoles, 23 de abril de 2008

Maroon 5

Listen to this song carefully, you will recognise it. It's from a very popular film, guess which one!

Maroon 5 - Accidently in love

lunes, 21 de abril de 2008

Basics of English Grammar

This presentation is a review of the basics of English grammar, that is to say, the grammar you need in the class.

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Feelings

Here you have some flascards which will help you with the new vocabulary about feelings.

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miércoles, 16 de abril de 2008

Alice's Adventures in Wonderland by Lewis Carroll

This is a link in which you will find something great.

Do you know the book Alice's Adventures in Wonderland? I know what you are thinking, "It's a book for children", but it is not, with the activity I propose you you will realise.

The book was written by Lewis Carroll, and here you have the ebook and the audiobook. Too many "books"? Don't panic! It's just that you can read and listen the book at the same time!

First you click here "ebook" to get the text, and then you click here "audiobook" to get the audio, go down the page and click on the MP3 links (each corresponds to a chapter), it's easy!

Try it! It's much easier than you think and it's not just another listening activity.

When you have tried, you can post me and tell me about your experience.

lunes, 14 de abril de 2008

Tongue Twisters

Try to do it! You will laugh a lot trying to imitate this tongue twister teacher.

This is a funny video about how to make English tea. It will improve your listening skill and it's pretty funny, but make sure you do it in the proper way, if not you will have to do what Charlie did.

Have fun!

A survey

A survey
Today you are going to have some listening practice.

You will hear a man asking a woman questions for a survey.
Write down the answers to the questions he asks. You will hear the listening twice. After you have finished, click on the arrow to see if you have answered the questions correctly.

miércoles, 9 de abril de 2008

The English Alphabet

- How many letters are there in the English alphabet?
- 18 letters! 3 in "the", 7 in "English", and 8 in "alphabet".

The Jungle Book by Rudyard Kipling

If you want to read the first chapter of The Jungle Book click here.

Are you interested in the book? Just come and ask me.

Enjoy your reading

You can also visit Disney's official site to play games, just click on the photo.

Introducing yourself

You have to introduce yourself to your teacher and classmates in English.

Here you have some notes for this situation:
- Use first names for informal situations and full names (first and last) for formal situations.
- It is not common to use titles (Mr., Mrs., Dr., etc.) when referring to yourself.
- Useful phrases:

Hello / Good morning / Good afternoon
I'm John.
I'm a student / a teacher / a doctor.
Nice to meet you.

Present Simple

The present simple tense is formed as follows:

Affirmative
The 1st person singular, 1st person plural, 2nd person singular, 2nd person plural and 3rd person plural use the base form (infinitive with "to") of the verb

The 3rd person singular uses the base form, but adds the letter "s" to the end of it:
He/she/it makes/sees/thinks/loves/etc.
If a verb ends in the letter "y" then we change the "y" to "i" and add "es"

If a verb ends in "s", "x", "z", "ch" or "sh" then we add "es":

Negative
I/we/you/they + don't + base form
He/she/it + doesn't + base form

Questions
Do + I/we/you/they + base form
Does + he/she/it + base form

If you want examples and a game about this, click here.