WRITING SELF-CORRECTION CODE

This is a common tool to optimise learning opportunities from mistakes students make in written homework and to encourage the self-correction to get to know the mistakes and do not repeat them any longer. I'll show you where the mistakes are and what kind they are, and then you must try to correct them as a second stage to the initial writing task. The codes shown here is what you might find in your writing all over this course. It's your task to find them and correct them properly.

Click on the following link: Writing self-correction code

SUBJECT & OBJECT QUESTIONS: GRAMMAR AND EXERCISES

When we usually learn about how to make a question, we learn about object questions, because they are the most common type of question. The normal rules that you learn about making questions, such as inverting the question word and the auxiliary verb, or adding 'do', 'does' or 'did', are all used in object questions. 'Who kissed John?' is a subject question. We don't need to use inversion, or add 'did'. Instead, we just take out 'Lucy' from the answer (which is a normal sentence) and add 'who'. We generally make subject questions using 'who' or 'what'.

Activities for practicing
Grammar explanations and rules
More practise (+ rules)

BURLINGTON EXTRA MATERIAL

Welcome to Burlington Books Spain. The website tailor-made for teachers and students of English in Spain!

The Catalogue section enables you to browse
through Burlington Books' full catalogue of printed publications and digital products. For a presentation of our New Books, click on the orange icon.

If you are a teacher using Burlington Books, you may join our exclusive Teacher's Zone. This will give you access to a wealth of resources to help you in the classroom, including handy MP3 recordings and the programaciones for our coursebooks.

For your students, there is the Student's Zone, where they will find resources for their coursebook and readers, such as MP3 recordings, extra exams, interactive games and activities to practise their English at home.

Visit our site often to keep up to date with our new materials: Burlington extra material

COURSE NOTICES

In connection with the 2017-2018 school year, I have highlighted some interesting information for students and families: course organization, class does and don'ts, assessment criteria... Very clear document where you can find the essential points for this year's course. In case of any questions, contact me.

Course notices

WRITING PROJECT SLIDESHOW

GAMES TO LEARN ENGLISH

This is a free site for students to learn English online. There is a selection of games that students can use to practice learning English in a fun way. It is primarily aimed at ESL students, but young children may also benefit from them. Some popular games include Hangman, Two Truths And A Lie, Simon Says, Hot Seat, and Board Race. These games can help you practice your vocabulary and grammar skills. Eventually, it is also a great way to learn english. 

To go to the site: Online ESL Games

THIRD CONDITIONAL FORMS

We can use the Third Conditional to talk about 'impossible' conditions, impossible because they are in the past and we cannot change what has happened: If I had worked harder at school, I would have got better grades.

Notice that the main clause can contain 'would', 'could' or 'might: If I had seen him at the meeting, I would have asked him. (But he wasn't there so I didn't.)

Also notice that sometimes the 'if clause' is implied rather than spoken:
I'd have done it. ("if you had asked me but you didn't.")
I wouldn't have said that. ("if I'd been there.")

To download the class power point: All conditional forms

WORKLIVESHEETS:

Conditionals 1

Conditionals 2

For more practice: Perfect English Grammar or Mixed conditionals

FIRST AND SECOND CONDITIONALS

English grammar practice exercise, for pre-intermediate and intermediate level. In this exercise you will practise the difference between first conditional and second conditional sentences.

To download the class Power Point: All conditionals Power Point

See the common mistakes when building First and Second conditionals and practice it with some exercises online: speakspeak 

For  more sites: AgendaWeb 
Tutorial fof conditionals + online exercises: English Page Conditionals

MODAL VERBS

A modal is a type of auxiliary (helping) verb that is used to express: ability, possibility, permission or obligation. Modal phrases (or semi-modals) are used to express the same things as modals, but are a combination of auxiliary verbs and the preposition to.

Modals are special verbs which behave very irregularly in English. In this post you will find the modal explanations and complete the associated exercises and take another step toward English fluency. 

If you want to practice Modal Verbs online Click Here .

For more online practice go to the following link: Modal Verbs or AgendaWeb

If you want to check the modal verb list and their different use, download this document: modals summary chart

To review exercises on the Power Point we have gone through in class, see this link: Modal Verbs Power Point

ZERO CONDITIONAL

We use the zero conditional when the result of the condition is always true, like a scientific fact.
Notice that we are thinking about a result that is always true for this condition. The result of the condition is an absolute certainty. We are not thinking about the future or the past, or even the present. We are thinking about a simple fact. We use the Present Simple tense to talk about the condition. We also use the Present Simple tense to talk about the result. The important thing about the zero conditional is that the condition always has the same result.

If you want to practice this conditional, click on the following exercises:

Exercise 1      Exercise 2

Exercise 3      Exercise 4

There are more activities in the following site: Agendaweb

FUTURE TENSE

There are several different ways in English that you can talk about the future. This page is an introduction to the most important ones.

Simple Future has two different forms in English: "will" and "be going to." Although the two forms can sometimes be used interchangeably, they often express two very different meanings. These different meanings might seem too abstract at first, but with time and practice, the differences will become clear. Both "will" and "be going to" refer to a specific time in the future.

As I stated in class, in this post you can find the activities you have to do for homework. The first with the sentences you have to make up and the second a fill-in-the-gaps exercise.

To download the photocopy future uses
To download the photocopy fill-in-the-gaps
To download the Power Point seen in class: Future tenses Power Point

For being directed to a future website with exercises, try the following link: English page
For other sites with GOING TO & WILL online activities: agendaweb; englishgrammarsecrets

ENGLISH HOMEWORK

This is the homework you couldn't do because your book is faulty. As we agreed I leave the page you don't have in your books so that you can do it for Tuesday. Remember your homework: check vocabulary in the text you don't understand and activities 2, 3, 4 on the same page and 7 on the opposite page. If you want to make the photo bigger click on it or if you want to download it, clcik on the following link: Reading activities UNIT 6

See you around

SPELLING BEE

This game is very simple and easy to play. You just look at the image or listen to the audio and then spell the word. You can spell the word by clicking on the letters on the screen.
You first select the vocabulary items that you want to practice spelling. Then you are show images in turn and have to spell each one. The faster you spell each item the more score you can accumulate. The game ends when the time runs out.
The idea is that by spelling words again and again very quickly you can become a better speller while also having fun playing a game. If you click the wrong letter then you don’t lose you can just try another one until you get it right. In this way there is a little bit of trial and error in learning to spell words that you don’t know.
For the games online: Spelling Bee (easy)
Fot a more challenging version online: Spelling Bee (challenging)

LEARNING ENGLISH ONLINE GAMES

Do you like learning English and having fun? In this section you can play games and practise your speaking with our fun tongue twisters. There are funny jokes in English to learn and tell your friends. Try any of these games and enjoy your class!!

To go to the site click on this link: BritishCouncilGames