Present simple or continuous?

• Use the present simple for things that are always true or happen regularly:

'I never go to bed before midnight'

• Use the present continuous for actions in progress at the time of speaking (a) or for future arrangements (b):

a)  She's having a bath at the moment.

b) We're moving to Barcelona next month.

Do you need to revise the spelling rules for final 's' and 'ing' forms?

Click here for an explanation on how to pronounce final 's'.

Activity 1. Choose the correct answer.

Activity 2. Click on the words in the correct order.

Activity 3. Put the verbs in the correct tense.

Activity 4. Spelling and grammar.

Activity 5. Spelling: 'ing'
Activity 6: State and action verbs.

British food and meals

Watch the video. Are meal times the same or different from the ones in Spain?

Ruby Bridge's story

Martin Luther King Day is a federal holiday held on the third Monday of January. It celebrates the life and achievements of Martin Luther King Jr., an influential American civil rights leader. Listen to Ruby Bridges' testimony and answer the questions:

1. She was 6 years old in _____________ 

2. She only understood that something new was going to happen, what? ______________ 

3. When did she start to realize? ____________________

4. What helped her to realize? __________________

5. What lesson did she learn from her own experience? ______________ 

6. Who helped her learn that lesson?____________________ 
7. Who died trying to teach that lesson?  ___________________________

Find the answers to the questions in 'comments'

Reported Speech

We use reported speech when we want to tell someone what someone said. We use a reporting verb (say, tell, ask...) and then change the tense of what was actually said in direct speech. 

Activity 1. Click here to watch the video and do the activities.

Activity 2. Choose the correct answer. 

Activity 3. Click on the words in the right order.