martes, 7 de febrero de 2017

Important people

Listen to the speakers talking about important people in
their lives and do the exercises to practise and improve your listening skills.

miércoles, 1 de febrero de 2017

Future forms

  • We use going to for things we have already decided to do, it's our plan or intention:
'I'm going to study Law at university next year'

It can also be used to express a prediction. It is based on evidence:

'It's late! You're going to miss the train.'

  • We use present continuous for future arrangements when a time / place has been agreed (most of the times 'going to' is also possible). However, with the verbs 'go', 'leave', 'come', 'meet', 'have', we tend to use the present continuous.
'I'm having dinner with my colleagues tomorrow night'

  • We use 'will', 'won´t' for instant decisions at the moment of speaking, offers, promises and predictions:
'I'll buy the blue sweater' (in a shop) INSTANT DECISION
'There's no milk left. I'll go and buy some' / Shall I buy some milk? OFFERS
'I'm sorry. I won't do it again' PROMISES
'I think families will be smaller in the future' *PREDICTIONS

*For predictions, will / won't and going to can both be used. However, when you can see that something is about to happen it is more common to use going to: 'He's going to crash' (I can see him going towards a tree)

Activity 1: Click on the words in the correct order.
Activity 2: Choose the correct answer.
Activity 3: Future plans. Choose the correct answer.
Activity 4: Will or going to?
Activity 5: Will or going to? 


miércoles, 25 de enero de 2017

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.


sábado, 21 de enero de 2017

martes, 17 de enero de 2017

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'

sábado, 14 de enero de 2017

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.

Tired or tiring?

Activity 1: Choose the correct adjective. Activity 2 : Choose the correct adjective.