8 Apr 2025

SPORTS


EXERCISE and SPORTS

How can you talk about different kinds of exercise and sports?  

                                                             DO                                                               
 do aerobics
 do exercise
 do push-ups
 do sit-ups
 do a warm-up
 do yoga

GO  
 go cycling
 go dancing
 go fishing
 go golfing
 go hiking
 go ice-skating
 go roller-skating
 go running
 go scuba diving
 go snow boarding
 go surfing
 go swimming

PLAY    
 play badminton
 play baseball
 play basketball
 play football
 play hockey
 play ping pong
 play soccer
 play squash
 play tennis
 play volleyball


NOTE 1: do is generally used for different kinds of exercises to strengthen your body.
NOTE 2: go is generally used for activities that you can do alone or with others.
NOTE 3: play is generally used for competitive team sports. (Usually with a ball)

Activity 3

25 Mar 2025

THE FUTURE IN ENGLISH


  WILL & BE GOING TO                    DIFFERENCE & EXAMPLES


Worksheet 1

Worksheet 2 (with links to exercises)

Worksheet 3 (with answers)

Worksheet 4 Pre-intermediate (on-line quiz)




THE PASSIVE VOICE



Grammar explanation (with exercises)


SHEET 1

SHEET 2

SHEET 3

Impersonal passives

1st and 2nd Conditionals

CONDITIONAL SENTENCES - EXERCISES (First and Second conditionals)

1. What would you do in these situations? Begin your sentences: “If I …… I would….”

1. You are eating in a restaurant and you find a dead fly in your plate.
If I found a dead fly in my plate, I would call the waiter and I wouldn’t  eat it. 



                                                                                                                                                                       
 2. You find a purse with a lot of money.
3. You wake up and find a thief in your room.
4. You see someone shoplifting.
5. You arrive late and your friend has been waiting for you for 1 hour.
6. You hear your friends talking about your boyfriend.

2. Complete in your own words:
1. We don’t have his phone number, but if... we had his phone number, I would call him
2. I don't have a car, but if ...
3. He never does his homework, but if...
4. I'm not a millionaire, but if...

3. Complete the following sentences:
1. Unless someone tells me the way...
2. If I were you...
3. They would be very angry with us  if....
4. Flowers won't grow well if...

4. Put the verbs into the correct tense:
1. If he ………………………(not / be) here by 8 o'clock, I'll go home.
2. If I had the time, I ……………………………….(study) German.
3. I …………………………..(buy) it if the price is right.
4. I would tell him if  I ……………………………..(see) him.
5. I ………………………..(catch) the train if I left earlier.





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6 Feb 2025

Rome wasn´t built in a day (video)


Practice the passive voice with this song:


now complete this worksheet

MODAL VERBS

MODAL VERBS

MODAL VERB

MEANING/USES

EXAMPLES

CAN
(poder/ saber/ tener la habilidad)
-                ability
-                permission
-                possibility
- He can speak English
- Can I open the door?
- Anybody can make mistakes

CAN’T
(No se puede, porque es imposible)

-   impossibility

- I can’t find my keys, I’ve lost them.

COULD
(Pudo, podría)
-                past ability
-                present or future permission
-                I could never play the piano
-                Could I smoke in here?

MAY
=MIGHT
(Poder/ es posible
-                Permission (more formal than can)
-                Possibility
-                You may borrow my car if you like
-                The road may be blocked
-                What you say might be true

SHOULD
=OUGHT TO
(debería/ consejos)

-                advice
-                You should do as he says
-                You should go to the doctor
-                You ought to start now


MUST
(tener que/ tener la obligación)

-                obligation (imposed by the speaker)
-                certainty/deduction
-                You must be back by 12 o’clock

-                There must be a mistake

HAVE TO
(tener que/ tener la obligación)

- obligation (imposed by other person)

- I have to be back at 12 o’clock

DON’T HAVE TO
(no es necesario/ no tienes que…)

- absence of obligation

- You don’t have to go to school in the afternoon

MUSTN’T
(no se debe… está prohibido)

- prohibition

- You mustn’t park on the yellow lines

NEED
(Es necesario)

- necessity

- You need have a passport to travel abroad




12 Jan 2025

BBC Learning English (New Year's Resolutions)


Finn's resolutions
Time to get healthy
            

     Do you make New Year's resolutions? These are the promises people make to themselves in the New Year. 

Often, people say things like 'I'm going to lose weight', or 'I want to read more'. Finn and Rob have made some - and we'll find out what they are in this video.


*           Finn and Rob made some New Year's resolutions. But what do you think Finn's resolutions will be - and will he keep them? Choose three.
                         Eat no meat in January
                         Eat less ice cream
                         Go running every morning
                         Learn a foreign language
                         Stop drinking coffee
*             Now, let's watch the video and find out if you were right.
    Watch the video and complete the activity:
http://www.bbc.co.uk/learningenglish/english/course/lower-intermediate/unit-14/session-1

Question 1What were Finn's three resolutions?
A Eat no meat in January, eat less ice-cream, go running every morning
B Go running every morning, learn a foreign language, stop drinking coffee
C Eat no meat in January, go running every morning, stop drinking coffee
Question 2How many resolutions has Finn broken?
A 1
B 2
C 3
Question 3What tense is this? "I've just ordered a nice, big, vegetarian breakfast."
A present perfect
B past simple
C present simple
Question 4Finn said he went running _______.A a long time agoB a short time ago
Question 5What was Finn eating?A A vegetarian breakfast
B A full English breakfast