Monday, 30 April 2012
WH- QUESTIONS
How do you ask questions with the
do
auxiliary verb? Learn a
very common formula in this essential beginner English grammar
lesson!Thursday, 26 April 2012
Sunday, 22 April 2012
Monday, 16 April 2012
Present Simple vs Present Continuous
Choose the correct answer (bold text), according to the video:
a. Mark and Betty are scientists/teachers.
b. Mark is an inventer/a painter and Betty is his assistant/his secretary.
c. Mark is/isn't making a present for his cousin George.
d. Mark connects a carton of milk to his mobile phone and it becomes a radio/a speaker.
e. George doesn't like/loves milk and music.
f. Mark usually/never wears ties.
g. Mark hates vegetables/meat.
h. George loves meat/vegetables.
i. George is staying for dinner/for a week.
Basic English Grammar-TO BE verb
To be
is the most common verb in English. In this basic grammar
lesson, you will learn how to use this verb correctly. Sunday, 15 April 2012
Vowels and diphthongs
Here it is an excellent video to help you pronounce these difficult phonemes of English.
/ i: / me ā tree ā three ā people ā v
/ i / ship ā ticket ā this ā king ā shilling
/ e / bed ā pen ā yes ā well
/ Ʀ / Paris ā can ā Spanish
/ É: /past ā dark ā palm ā car ā hard
/ É / knot ā wash ā song ā from ā rock ā coffee
/ É: / all ā small ā ball ā morning
/ Ź / full ā look ā good ā foot ā book
/ u: / who ā move ā noon ā blue ā two
/ Ź / up ā cup ā sun ā sum
/ É: / her ā Thursday ā burn ā work
/ É / under ā farther ā a dress ā servant ā Saturday
Dipthongs
/ ei / say ā baby ā train ā plate ā table ā waiter
/ ÉŹ / no ā smoke ā motor ā motel
/ aÉŖ / ice ā eye ā side
/ aŹ / flower ā cloud ā hour ā now
/ ÉÉŖ / boy ā noise ā boil ā voice
/ iÉ / dear ā clear ā beer ā ear
/ eÉ / chair ā hair ā care
/ É: / four ā door - floor
The Magic -e
When we add an 'e' to the end of
a lot of words, it changes the sound and
meaning - rid/ride, cod/code, at/ate... This 'e' is called magic 'e'
because it changes the sound and meaning of the word.
Let's watch the following video to see the way the pronunciation of some words changes just by adding an extra -e at the end.
Sunday, 8 April 2012
Giving directions
This is a nice game to revise the way we use to give directions. The game consists of four parts but before playing, have a look at some common shops and places in town you will find on the map. Enjoy it!
Saturday, 7 April 2012
World Health Day
April 7th is World Health Day and as a way to commemorate it, here you are a film. Click over the image below to be directed to BrainPOP site, and see this time, a movie about the human body. The movie is close-captioned but watch the video without subtitles first for comprehension purposes and watch it with subtitles later on. To do so, activate the CC buttom (closed captions = subtitles) by clicking on the icon CC on the lower part of the film. Enjoy!
A follow-up activity is forthcoming. ļ»æ
Labels:
3rd Cycle,
Human body,
Listening,
Reading,
Sites for learning
Monday, 2 April 2012
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