UNIT 7: Modal verbs

Here are some notes on MODAL VERBS which might help you to use them correctly.

Modal verbs1b de pilarmd

Now you can try these activities:
1- Activity 1
2- Activity 2
3- Activity 3
4- Activity 4
5- Activity 5
6- Activity 6
7- Activity 7
8- Activity 8
9- Activity 9
10- Activity 10

REWRITING/REPHRASING ACTIVITIES

Hi,

1- Find HERE some rephrasing activities which you might find useful to revise for your exams.

2- Find some more REPHRASING ACTIVITES here. They have been taken from Selectividad Exams.  Find the answers on the last pages.

REINFORCEMENT ACTIVITIES

Hello!

Here you have a LINK to the book English Grammar in Use by Raymond Murphy (C.U.P), in which you can find some useful reinforcement activities.

If you failed the first term exam or if your mark was low, you should start doing some extra work.

You can do the activities on:
 VERB TENSES: units 1- 22
 USED TO: unit 24
 BE/GET USED TO: unit 59
 ACTIVES ENDING IN -ED/ -ING: unit 90
ADJECTIVES AND ADVEBS: unit 92-93
COMPARATIVES&SUPERLATIVES: units 101-104
STILL and YET: unit 103                       

UNIT 6: PASSIVE VOICE / HUMANS AND ANIMALS

BASIC VOCABULARY: ANIMALS.

Have a look at some basic vocabulary about animals.

GRAMMAR: PASSIVE VOICE
1- Answers to activities on pages 76-77 of your book.
2- Answers to activites on pages 50-51 of your workbook.

UNIT 5: REPORTED SPEECH

1) Here are some notes on "REPORTED SPEECH".

Reported speech-notes from pilarmd

2)  We have already done and check some activities both in your book and workbook. If you missed any lessons last week, you will need to work on your own and check the answers to these activities. We will comment on any doubts or problems you may have in class.
a)  ANSWERS TO PAGES 62 AND 64 of your BOOK.
b) ANSWERS TO PAGES 41,42 and 43 of your WORKBOOK.

3) Here you have some EXTRA-ACTIVITIES to practise with:
a)  Activity 1:  Say or Tell

b) Activity 2:  Reporting STATEMENTS (changing VERB TENSES)
c) Activity 3:  Reporting STATEMENTS (changing PRONOUNS / PLACE/ TIME)

d) Activity 4: Reporting QUESTIONS
e) Activity 5: Some more practice with QUESTIONS

f) Activity 6: Reporting COMMANDS, REQUESTS, ADVICE (affirmative)
g) Activity 7: Reporting COMMANDS, REQUESTS, ADVICE (negative)
h) Activity 8: Reporting COMMANDS, REQUESTS, ADVICE (mixed)

i) REPHRASING/ REWRITING. Click on the links on the left.

UNIT 4: RELATIVE CLAUSES

Hello everybody!!!

We are now revising RELATIVE CLAUSES in class. Here is a clarifying presentation. Have a careful look at it.

Relative clauses from pilarmd

A) Here you can find some VERY EASY activities to start with:
 1- Activity 1: Is the relative pronoun the subject or the object of the sentence?
 2- Activity 2: Can the relative pronoun be omitted?
 3- Activity 3: Relative adverbs: WHERE, WHEN, WHY
 4- Activity 3: Are these sentences DEFINING or NON-DEFINING?
 5- Activity 4: Choose the correct RELATIVE PRONOUN
 6- Activity 5: Which pronoun is CORRECT?

B) Try now these exercises.
 1- Activity 1: Join the sentences by means of a RELATIVE. (You need to click on the links on the left)

UNIT 3: CONDITIONALS

A) If you think your level of English is low and you need to revise a lot about conditionals. You should click here and do all the activities. (*= si aún tienes problemas con los condicionales, este es un enlace al Blog de 4º ESO de la Profesora Pilar Castillejo - contiene un buen repaso gramatical)

Otherwise, (=de no ser así)
B) There are some good notes on CONDITIONALS in this power-point presentation.



C) Here you have some ACTIVITIES to practise:
 1- Zero, First, Second Conditionals:
    - Exercise 1
    - Exercise 2
    - Exercise 3
2- Third Conditional:
    - Exercise 1
    - Exercise 2
    - Exercise 3
3- First, Second and Third Conditionals
     - Multiple Choice
     - Gap filling
     - Gap filling 2
4- Rephrasing / Rewriting Click on the links on the left (Conditionals)
5- Games with CONDITIONALS
     Game 1.
     Game 2
   

UNIT 2: FUTURE TENSES

A) Here are some useful notes about how to express FUTURE in English.
 B) Exercises on future TENSES:
     Exercise 1
     Exercise 2 (Will / Going to)
     Exercise 3 (Will / Going to)

C) FUTURE PERFECT
      Exercise

D) FUTURE PERFECT or FUTURE CONTINUOUS
     Exercise 1
     Exercise 2 (more challenging)

E) TIME CLAUSES (future)
     Exercise 1
     Exercise 2

F) NEGATIVE PREFIXES
    Exercise 1
    Exercise 2
    Interesting Blog for Negative Prefixes

UNIT 1: PAST TENSES

A) Here you have some notes on PAST TENSES: Past Simple / Past Continuous / Past Perfect

B) Past Simple / Past Continuous and Past Perfect. (Explanation in Spanish)

C) Exercises: PAST SIMPLE / PAST CONTINUOUS
    Exercise 1
    Exercise 2
    Exercise 3
    Exercise 4
    Exercise 5
    Exercise 6
    Exercise 7

D) Exercises: PAST SIMPLE / PAST PERFECT
     Exercise 1
     Exercise 2 (more challenging)
     Exercise 3
     Exercise 4
     Exercise 5
     Exercise 6

E) Exercises on MIXED TENSES
     Exercise 1
     Exercise 2 (more challenging)

F) Exercises on TIME CLAUSES (challenging!!) Translate into English
    Exercise 1
    Exersise 2

G) USED TO / WOULD
    Exercise 1
    Exercise 2

H) ADJECTIVES - ING  / -ED  (Boring / Bored ) (Frightening / frightened)
    Exercise 1
    Exercise 2

STARTER UNIT: PRESENT TENSES / PRESENT PERFECT

1) PRESENT TENSES REVIEW:

A) Here you have a power-point presentation to help you revise  SOME PRESENT TENSES in English: PRESENT SIMPLE / PRESENT CONTINUOUS / STATIVE VERBS.

Verb tenses.present-tenses-part1 from pilarmd

Find here some useful activities to practise with the PRESENT SIMPLE / CONTINUOUS.
- Activity 1
- Stative verbs.
- Activity 3
- Activity 4

B) Find here a LINK to some notes about the PRESENT PERFECT SIMPLE / CONTINUOUS.


C) REVISION: Here you have some more practice on all the grammar points in the Starter Unit.

      a- more practice 1. / Key answers.
      b- more practice 2. / Key answers.

D) PRESENT PERFECT SIMPLE / CONTINUOUS.
    1- Translation (Present Perfect Simple / Continuous)
    2- Exercise 2
    3- Exercise 3
    4- Exercise 4
 
 E)  PRESENT PERFECT / SIMPLE PAST (Explantion in Spanish) (From easy to difficult)
      Exercise 1
      Excercise 2
      Exercise 3
      Exercise 4

 F) FOR / SINCE (FOR= desde hace / SINCE= desde, desde que)
      Exercise 1
      Exercise 2

G) HOW LONG..? Answer the question:
      Exercise

H) ALREADY / YET / STILL / JUST/ FOR / SINCE (5 and 6 are more difficult)
     Exercise 1
     Exercise 2
     Exercise 3
     Exercise 4
     Exercise 5
     Exercise 6