FUTURE ONLINE EXERCISES - LIVEWORKSHEETS

We have different ways of talking about the future. We often use going to (+ infinitive), the present continuous (to be + -ing) or will (+ infinitive). The structure we use depends on the function of what we want to say, whether we are talking about arrangements, plans, predictions, etc.. I thought will was the future tense in English.

Now try these activities, starting from Activity 1:

Activity 1: Mixed futures (1)

Activity 2: Mixed futures (2)

Activity 3: Future continuous

PAST PERFECT ONLINE EXERCISES

The past perfect is a verb tense used to talk about actions that were completed before some point in the past. The past perfect tense is for talking about something that happened before something else. The formula for the past perfect tense is had + [past participle]. It doesn’t matter if the subject is singular or plural; the formula doesn’t change.

For a thorough working consolidation try these links in the order given:

1. Past Perfect: structure
2. Past Perfect vs. Past Simple: excercises
3. Past Perfect vs. Past Simple: Story

MODAL VERBS - LIVEWORKSHEETS

Liveworksheets transforms your traditional printable worksheets into self-correcting interactive exercises that the students can do online and send to the teacher. In this page there are some exercises on Modal Verbs available for you to practice what we have been doing in class.

Click on the following links. Follow the teacher's guidelines to do them in the correct order:

1. MODALS FOR DEDUCTION

2. MODALS FOR DEDUCTION (2)

3. MODALS OF OBLIGATION, PROHIBITION OR NECESSITY

4. MODALS OF OBLIGATION, PROHIBITION OR NECESSITY (2)

5. MODALS OF ABILITY, PERMISSION OR ADVICE

6. MODAL VERBS: MULTIPLE CHOICE

 

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It aims to inspire ordinary people to do extra-ordinary things. Our mission is to entertain and inform, and to celebrate the world’s best.

To download the worksheet: Quiz
To go to the oficial website: guinnessworldrecords.com 
To go to the video of SPOTLIGHT - Most dominoes toppled in a 3D pyramid
For another video: GWR 2017

For GWR stories

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

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

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)

PRESENT PERFECT CONTINUOUS

Some people think the present perfect continuous is difficult to use, but really it's not very complicated, and it sounds very impressive when you use it correctly. 

As I told you in class, here you have the cartoon strips where you have to come up with the sentences. Remember, make a sentence in Present Perfect Simple and another sentence in Present Perfect Continous, applying the rules we have seen in the Power Point. I also leave the slides we have been working with in class for you to download. CLICK ON THE PICTURE TO MAKE IT BIGGER!!

Download the Power Point: Present Perfect Continous

For reviewing the uses of Present Perfect Continuous you can also go to this site and practice with some exercises online: Perfect English Grammar
And this other one: English Grammar Online

PAST SIMPLE RULES AND PRACTICE

By just a click you  will find the rules for the Siple Past we have been dealing with in class. Regular and Irregular verbs, formation, pronunciation... and some practice too. This is a great way to revise it and have a go to check your progress. In case you have doubts don't hesitate and bring them to next class. Come on! Have a try!!

To download the doc in your computer, click on this link: Past Simple Rules and practice.

For online practice, try this site:
1. Change Verbs into Past

2. Past simple: Affirmative, Negative or Questions

3. Last Holiday

PAST PERFECT SIMPLE VS. CONTINUOUS

The past perfect tense is often used in English when we are relating two events which happened in the past. It helps to show which event happened first. This page will explain the rules for forming and using the tense.

Forming the past perfect tense: This tense is formed using two components: the verb HAVE (in the past tense), and the past participle form of a verb. With a regular verb the past participle ends with -ED (just like the simple past). Irregular verbs have a special past participle form that you have to learn. 

Example: I wanted to live in a foreign country, so I applied for a job in Japan. Judy had lived in Japan, so I called her to find out more about the culture and lifestyle there. (Judy no longer lived in Japan — she returned from there before I applied for the job.)

Click on the link to download the homework: English Homework

For more explanations and activities online: British council, Englishpage

For lots of graded activities online: Agendaweb, e-grammar

USED TO STRUCTURE AND LESSON PLAN

Used to" expresses the idea that something was an old habit that stopped in the past. It indicates that something was often repeated in the past, but it is not usually done now. Use to + verb is a regular verb and it uses -ed to show past tense. But since it always means something that happened in the past, it should always use past tense. For example- I used to go to school in Paris. (I went to school there before, but now I don't.) Or, When Josh was a child, he used to climb trees. (Now he doesn't climb trees.)

• For practising through a video go to the following link: British Council - learn English teens
• For grammar practise online: Perfect English Grammar 
• For downloadable lesson plan for students/teachers: Lesson plan

PASSIVE STRUCTURES

Sentences can be active or passive. Therefore, tenses also have "active forms" and "passive forms." You must learn to recognize the difference to successfully speak English. In passive sentences, the thing receiving the action is the subject of the sentence and the thing doing the action is optionally included near the end of the sentence. You can use the passive form if you think that the thing receiving the action is more important or should be emphasized. You can also use the passive form if you do not know who is doing the action or if you do not want to mention who is doing the action. nHave some practice in the following links:

Passive structures website

Passive exercises

And for the homework sent in class, download it in the following link: Passive Homework.

NEW!!! Here you can download the key for the passive exercises you have worked with in class: Passive key

To revise the Power Point Presentation we have seen in class and go through explanations and exercises to caonsolidate structures, click on the link: Passive Power Point