Showing posts with label Speaking. Show all posts
Showing posts with label Speaking. Show all posts

Wednesday, February 1, 2017

Conditional Sentences







Practice the Second Conditional and your listening skills by learning Beyonce's If I Were a Boy a really interesting song about sexism, so further discussion is advised. You can also try the awesome Lyricstraining verision here.



You can also work with some activities on What If, by Coldplay, here.


Speaking activities:

Friday, January 3, 2014

Pronunciation

Do you think English pronunciation is difficult? You are not the only one...



Even though this guy does not agree with us... 



Listening activities are really useful in that sense, but practising a bit with the phonemic chart is also necessary. Have a look!

BBC Learning English also contains a phonetic chartlearning tips and quizzes.

If you want to know even more resources, this webpage contains links to many more. Take your time, investigate a bit, and share the best you find!

Thursday, December 5, 2013

Talking about the future - revision on Unit 3


Revise the theory with the following presentation:



And if you feel you need more practice, why don't you do these activities?

Activity 1: some examples.
Activity 2: use.
Activity 3: more detail about use.
Activity 4: "Will" or "Going to" 1
Activity 5: "Will" or "Going to" 2
Activity 6: "Will", "Going to" or Present Continuous? 1
Activity 7: "Will", "Going to" or Present Continuous? 2
Speaking activitiy: "going to" for predictions. What's going to happen?


And here you have a really funny song which uses the futures:



To hear a really nice one with a fill in the gaps activity, click this link.


And still one more, but this one is a bit sad...




As you know, you can also revise the vocabulary and the listening activities we've done in class here.

Thursday, November 21, 2013

Present Continuous

In order to revise the Present Continuous tense, here you can find the presentation with the theory and some activities. Enjoy!




Present simple or continuous? activity 123 and 4


Describing and contrasting pictures.


And also you can learn this funny song:




Fancy another funny one? Listen to Lemmon Tree, with comprehension activities.

Wednesday, October 16, 2013

Adjectives - describing people. Personality, appearance, clothes & fashion...

Here you can find some games to revise and learn adjectives and word order.
 Activity 1: appearance.
 Act. 2: appearance 2.
 Act. 3: appearance 3.
 Act. 4: personality.

More activities with useful vocabulary: describing a person.

Try also the following listening activity on personality types, and this video on describing people.

Why don't you create a gift describing some feelings? Use Giphy; or create a meme with Picmonkey or  Pixrl.

Do you want to learn more about adjectives and more adjectives of personality and appearance? Look at this!





And still some more! On personality:





Appearance:



Both:







And finally, some on feelings:





What is an adjective? Have a look at the following presentation.


Adjectives from GabbieAllTheWay7


One more set of adjectives, with audio.


MOODS (estados de ánimo)

1. SURPRISED (sorprendido/a)
Well, well! 
Good heavens! 
Pheew! 
Honestly? 
Did you really? 
2. ENTHUSIASTIC (entusiasmado/a)
Oh, I think it's wonderful!
Tennis is a great sport!
I can't think of anything better!
3. IN PAIN (dolorido/a)
Ouch! I've just cut my finger!
Phew! I thought you said that wouldn't hurt!
4. DISGUSTED (disgustado/a)
Ugh! How can you eat that stuff? 
Yuk! How can you eat that stuff? 
Eeugh! That looks awful! 
5. APPREHENSIVE (atemorizado/a)
Well, I don't know . . .
Oh, dear!
6. BORED (aburrido/a)
Mm, it's all right, I suppose, if you like that sort of thing.
Well, I don't worry either way, really.
7. ANNOYED-ANGRY (molesto/a-enojado/a)
You might have told me!
I don't think that's funny at all!
Would you please close the window!
He must have know, surely!
8. IRONIC (irónico/a)
Oh, yeah! Fantastic!
Opera? Oh, I love opera. I can't get enough of it.

EMOTIONS (emociones)

1. ABSOLUTELY AMAZED (estupefacto/a)
You say you've passed the exam? That's incredible! 
You never thought you'd pass, did you? 
2. DEEPLY DISAPPOINTED (muy decepcionado/a)
Oh no, that's really bad news. He'll be so upset. 
I really thought he stood a good chance. That's awful. 
3. THOROUGHLY ANNOYED (sumamente molesto) 
Oh, for goodness' sake! Can't you get anything right?! 
4. UTTERLY DISGUSTED (completamente disgustado/a) 
Ugh! You're not going to eat that, are you?! It looks dreadfull Ugh! 
5. THOROUGHLY EXHAUSTED (totalmente extenuado/a) 
Phew! After all that exercise, I'm worn out! Phew!
6. DEEPLY OFFENDED (profundamente ofendido/a) 
How could you've treated me like that! I just don't understand...
7. HIGHLY AMUSED (muy divertido/a)
That was very funny. Really - very, very funny!
8. ABSOLUTELY DETERMINED (categóricamente decidido/a) 
I'm going to finish putting this table together if it's the last thing I do! 
9. DEEPLY MOVED (profundamente conmovido/a)
I think that must be the most moving film I've seen for a very long time. 
It was done so beautifully. 
10. UTTERLY DEPRESSED (completamente deprimido/a)
I just don't feel like it, that's all. I just can't be bothered... 
I don't know... I just don't... I just don't want to do anything.

And now... let's practice! Describe these people: 

Describing people from Susana Sousa V

Finally ... why don't you do this awesome quizz on Fashion

Wednesday, February 9, 2011

My students in 2nd ESO describing an imaginary animal:




And talking about their weekend: