Teaching English 2.0

Practice too much/too many/some/any

2008-12-13T14:35:00.001-08:00

These exercises are for my 3º ESO students. Do you want to practice and play a game? Click on the picture.

1º ESO Present Simple

2008-12-13T14:15:00.000-08:00

This is a good practice for the third person of singular in Present Simple. You have to write the correct form of the verb in third person as fast as you can. If you don't do it the skater will fall down. Good luck!

Past Continuous

2008-11-14T12:42:00.000-08:00

Time to review the past continuous and the past simple!!! Click and practice

Easy exercises in affirmative

Easy exercises in negative

A bit difficult

Gap filling: Past Simple vs Past Continuous

Results of the song contest

2008-11-04T07:17:00.000-08:00

And the winner is .......

....................YOU'RE BEAUTIFUL

BY JAMES BLUNT

Here you can listen, read and sing if you feel like it!

In a week time we will work this song in class. Thank you for taking part.

Past Simple

2008-11-02T11:59:00.000-08:00

Do you want to practice the past simple? Click on the following links and check how much you know.

Was/Were

Word order with was/were

There was /There were

Review how the past simple is formed in English using the verb work

Affirmative regular verbs in past simple

Pronunciation of verbs ending in -ed

Negative past simple

There is vs There are /Some vs Any

2008-11-01T11:18:00.000-07:00

After so many celebrations, it's time to concentrate on some grammar. Here I post some links for my students of First of E.S.O.

1. Here you have some exercises to practice SOME and ANY

2. In these others links you can practice THERE IS and THERE ARE

How To Get the Most Halloween Candy

2008-10-31T14:34:00.000-07:00

Natural disasters

2008-10-22T13:50:00.000-07:00

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Click on the photo and learn new words to describe natural disasters. Do the final test.

Practice the present "verb to be"

2008-10-17T14:00:00.000-07:00

These exercises are for my students of 1ºESO and 2ºESO. Practice the verb to be.

Completa con el verbo "to be" (fácil)

Completa con el verbo "to be" (menos fácil)

Contesta las preguntas

Traducción

Vote for your favourite song

2008-10-17T13:06:00.000-07:00

Watch the videoclips and vote for your favourite song.We will work with the winning song in 3º ESO classes. Send me an e-mail with your name and your group.

FEEL - ROBBIE WILLIAM

JAMES BLUNT- YOU'RE BEAUTIFUL

MAMMA MIA -LAY ALL YOUR LOVE ON ME

A scary story

2008-10-13T13:35:00.000-07:00

The haunted house
( La casa embrujada)

The children are taking Bob the dog for a walk - but suddenly there is a storm, and Bob gets scared. He runs off and goes into a big, old house. Can the children find Bob?Have you read the story

Halloween is coming

2008-10-13T08:00:00.000-07:00

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Halloween is coming. Here you have some webpages to learn vocabulary. Click here and learn new words related with Hallowen. After it, check what you have learned click here and finally learn how to pronunce them by clicking here.

(Halloween está a punto de celebrase.Aqui tienes algunas páginas web donde puedes aprender vocabulario. Pincha aqui y aprende nuevas palabras relacionadas con Halloween.Después comprueba lo que has aprendido pincha aqui.Finalmente aprende a pronunciar las palabras pinchando aqui.

I still I haven't found what I'm looking for

2008-10-10T13:06:00.000-07:00

Today, we have practiced the present perfect in class with this song. Enjoy the videoclip! ;)

Answer key "Are you bored or boring?"

2008-10-10T12:15:00.000-07:00

This is the answer key for the worksheet "Are you bored or boring?"If you have any problems, ask in class.

Are You Bored Or Boring Answer Key

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Verb to be

2008-10-03T13:13:00.001-07:00

Let's do some exercises to learn the present of the verb "to be". Click on the links.
(Hagamos algunos ejercicios para aprender el presente del verbo "To be". Pulsa sobre las palabras y podrás hacer los ejercicios)

REALLY EASY

EASY

A BIT DIFFICULT

DIFFICULT

Alphabet Game

2008-10-01T10:46:00.000-07:00

This is a good practice to learn the alphabet. Try the following game.
(Ésta es una buena manera de aprender el alfabeto en inglés. Pruebe el siguiente juego)

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Personality adjectives

2008-09-30T13:12:00.000-07:00

Here you have some more practice on the personality adjectives we have seen in class.Click on the image to start the game.

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Are you bored or boring?

2008-09-28T14:00:00.000-07:00

Here you have extra practice with adjectives ending in -ed and -ing.

I will give you the answer key in a couple of days. Good luck!

Are You Bored Or Boring

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WELCOME TO THE SCHOOL YEAR 2008-09

2008-09-16T13:54:00.000-07:00

Hello!
I want to welcome you to this new school year. I hope this blog will help you to improve and review your English, but above all have a good time. All the best for this school year. ;)

Let's start with some exercises we are going to work on in class.

1ºESO ( Countries and Nationalities)
2ºESO ( Family)
3ºESO (Subject and Object Pronouns)
2ºBachillerato (American or British)

REVIEW FOR 1º ESO

2008-06-08T06:12:00.000-07:00

The school year is almost finished and it is time to review.Here you have some links to start.

PRONOUNS

READING1

WORD ORDER1

WRITE THIRD PERSON PRESENT SIMPLE

FAMILY

PRESENT SIMPLE

READING2

WORD ORDER 2

VERB TO BE PAST SIMPLE

WRITE -ED

WORD ORDER MUST

WORD SEARCH ANIMALS

WORD SEARCH CLOTHES

Passive Voice

2008-05-29T14:24:00.000-07:00

Here you can practice the present perfect passive. Click here

Pretty Woman

2008-03-19T16:30:00.000-07:00

A really good song by Roy Orbison to say good-bye to the second term in my classes of 1th of ESO. Happy Easter!

Present Continuous

2008-03-01T15:11:00.000-08:00

Here you have some exercises to practice the Present Continuous

http://www.oup.com/elt/global/products/englishalive/englishalive1/unit5/exercise3
http://www.englisch-hilfen.de/en/exercises/jane1.htm

http://www.englisch-hilfen.de/en/exercises/jane_not2.htm

http://www.englisch-hilfen.de/en/exercises/jane_not1a.htm

http://www.englisch-hilfen.de/en/exercises/jane_not2a.htm

Future tense: Will. Easy exercises

2008-02-18T14:58:00.000-08:00

Try these exercises to practise the future tense with will. Good luck!

http://www.ego4u.com/en/cram-up/grammar/future-1-will/exercises
http://www.ego4u.com/en/cram-up/grammar/future-1-will/exercises?02
http://www.ego4u.com/en/cram-up/grammar/future-1-will/exercises?03
http://www.ego4u.com/en/cram-up/grammar/future-1-will/exercises?04

My heart will go on

2008-02-14T14:32:00.000-08:00

It's Saint Valentine's day and we are going to celebrate it with one of the most romantic songs of recent times. Enjoy the videoclip.

Supersize me

2008-02-07T13:52:00.000-08:00

What do you think about fast food? Do you eat it? Do you like it? I'm sure you know it isn't good but do you know how bad it is for you? Watch the opening of this interesting documentary "SUPERSIZE ME". It will make you think about your diet.

Is Europe a Country?

2008-01-30T13:22:00.000-08:00

Here we have a great video to show how much some Americans know about our beloved Europe. Don´t miss it. It is subtitled in Spanish. Look, listen and be astonished !

After watching the video, you might wonder, 'who is this girl?'. Watch this other video and you will find out. I promise you that everything will make sense.

Skater Boy

2008-01-26T15:31:00.000-08:00

Do you think that apperances are important? Is there anything else?.Listen and watch to Avril Lavigne's song Skater boy in a videoclip made with the computer game SIM.

Here you have the lyrics and the videoclip.

It's an interesting story about a boy , a girl and how we judge people's appearance taking important things for granted.

My students loved the story and the song!

Past Continuous

2008-01-20T13:53:00.000-08:00

Let`s practice the past continuous! Here you have exercises to practice the past continuous in affirmative, negative and interrogative sentences. It's a good revision for the exam......

Affirmative
http://www.ego4u.com/en/cram-up/grammar/past-progressive/exercises?04

Negative
http://www.ego4u.com/en/cram-up/grammar/past-progressive/exercises?05

Interrogative
http://www.ego4u.com/en/cram-up/grammar/past-progressive/exercises?06
http://www.ego4u.com/en/cram-up/grammar/past-progressive/exercises?07

Present Simple

2008-01-18T11:27:00.000-08:00

Write affirmative sentences with the words given. You can correct them and listen to them.

Irregular verbs

2008-01-16T13:40:00.000-08:00

As learning the irregular verbs can be a bit boring, here you have some crosswords to practice them. Come on !! You can do it !!!! ; )

Personal pronouns

2008-01-11T11:24:00.000-08:00

Do you know the personal pronouns in English? Try these tests about personal pronouns.

PERSONAL PRONOUNS SUBJECT

( I, YOU, SHE, HE , IT, WE , YOU , THEY)

PERSONAL PRONOUNS OBJECT

(ME, YOU, HIM, HER, IT, US, YOU, THEM)

Family tree

2008-01-08T07:54:00.000-08:00

HAPPY 2008!

Today we have return to school. Instead of getting depressed,it's a good moment to start reviewing what we learnt before Christmas. These are some good exercises to remember the family members.

Merry Christmas

2007-12-20T14:23:00.000-08:00

It´s time to relax and enjoy a well deserved break! A Merry Christmas to all of you and a Happy New Year.

Click on the play and watch the video.

The snowman ( a short story)

2007-12-15T07:29:00.000-08:00

This is a nice story for Christmas. The story has substitles and there are activities related with the story.Don´t miss it!

Christmas is coming!

2007-12-08T08:23:00.000-08:00

It's incredible but there is only fifteen days to go for Christmas Eve. To get into the Christmas spirit I'm going to start presenting different activities for my students.

The first one is for 1º Bachillerato. Two listening comprehension activities. The first one is "Christmas is coming!" medium level and the other " The Christmas Gift" difficult level.

Extra exercises for 1º and 2º E.S.O

2007-11-26T13:03:00.000-08:00

If you want to practice vocabulary, grammar and reading try this links.

Thanksgiving Day

2007-11-22T12:23:00.000-08:00

Do you know what Americans celebrate on Thanksgiving Day? This is a short and funny cartoon that tell us why they celebrated it. I hope you enjoy it!

(What a) Wonderful World

2007-11-22T11:08:00.000-08:00

It's friday! My 1º ESO students deserve a reward after a really hard week. Let's see if they like this song. It's subtitled to help them.They have to fill some gaps about subjects.

Object pronouns

2007-11-15T15:06:00.000-08:00

This exercises are specially for my students of 1ºESO. Practise the object pronouns. Yes, it´s hard but remember the saying: "Practice makes perfect".Come on! Go for it!

Where is the love?

2007-11-10T14:24:00.000-08:00

This last friday, my students of first of Bachillerato have been working with Black eyed peas´song "Where is the love?". Here is the videoclip. Enjoy it!

Bonfire Night ( Guy Fawkes Night)

2007-11-05T05:10:00.000-08:00

"Remember, remember, The 5th of November, Gunpowder treason and plot.

We see no reason why gunpowder treason Should ever be forgot"

Every 5th of November English celebrate the Bonfire Night or Guy Fawkes Night. They celebrate that a group of conspirators didn´t success blowing up the House of Parliament in 1606.For this reason, people lit bonfires and fireworks to remember what happened. Some people put a guy on their bonfires, to remember Guy Fawkes.

Click on the pictures to learn more about this special night.

Watch a documentary about "The Gunpowder Plot"

This other page is specially design for young learners

Click on the owl if you fell like making a reading and multiple choice exercises.

Let´s celebrate Halloween

2007-10-31T00:02:00.000-07:00

Do you know what does Halloween celebrate? Do you want to know more? If you answered yes, these exercises are for you.

Click on the photos to start

Reading : " Halloween Fun "

Exercises: Multiple choice, rearrange words into correct sentence, a cloze exercise.

Crossword: Halloween

Present Continuous: Lemon Tree

2007-10-25T10:25:00.000-07:00

We need to continue practising the Present Continuous. What do you think about doing it with a song? Let's watch this story about a really sad man with a broken heart.It's really cute. Don't miss it!

Lemon tree
by Fool's Garden

Present Continuous

2007-10-24T06:09:00.000-07:00

We are working on the Present Continuous in class. Here you have a slideshow to practice this tense. Answer the questions. Pay attention to the structure. Think about how do you write a question in Present Continuous? and how do you write an affirmative sentence?

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Bobby Pickett :"Monster Mash"

2007-10-23T07:43:00.000-07:00

Today, we start talking about Halloween in our English class. I have found this funny song and I think you will like it.

Find out what happened one night in the scientist's laboratory....................

CLICK ON THE MONSTER

Destiny Child " Say my name"

2007-10-17T10:41:00.000-07:00

One of my students wanted this song, so here it is "Say my name " for Angie. I hope you like it sweetie :)

Listening Activity: Descriptions

2007-10-13T15:22:00.000-07:00

This is a good exercise to improve your listening comprehension.You will see a picture and listen to a description. You have to choose the correct description picking from :a,b,c or d. Click on the picture and try.

Tests: Present Simple

2007-10-12T14:35:00.000-07:00

After reviewing the grammar points and doing some exercises, are you ready to test yourself? Here you have links to tests about the present simple and continuous.You can choose the difficulty of the test. Don´t think twice and let´s do it!

Hello everybody!

2007-10-12T02:28:00.000-07:00

My name is Teresa. I work as an English teacher in Cantabria ( Spain). Today I am starting this blog in order to help and communicate with my students. I will try to find nice stuff for them to enjoy and learn English.

I want to thank Raúl, a colleague from Suances Secondary School, for teaching me and encouraging me to start using this blog. Thank you so much. I am really enjoying it!

Present Continuous

2007-10-11T14:29:00.000-07:00

How do we tall about things that are happening now? Take a look to this presentation about the Present Continuous and find out.

Present Simple

2007-10-11T14:19:00.000-07:00

It´s time to remember some basic grammar. Here, you have some explanations and exercises that will help you with the Present Simple.Click on PRESENT SIMPLE.

Music : Green Day

2007-10-11T00:21:00.000-07:00

Do you like Green Day? Here you can practice your English with their song "The Boulevard of broken dreams".You can watch the video and at the same time sing the song reading the lyrics.

Improve your vocabulary: Adjectives and Verbs

2007-10-10T05:55:00.000-07:00

ADJECTIVES

Why don´t you try this easy exercise to see how many adjectives you know?

Click on the picture and see how good you are.

ACTION VERBS

Try now the same exercise but with verbs of action. There are three different tests. Click on each picture to start a test.