Year 4: Question Tags / verbs + to INF / ING

Hello!!!

If you feel like revising the grammar points we've already studied, have a look at these websites:

Stative verbs
Listen to this episode of The Flatmates
Read the Language Point
Do the Quiz

Question tags
Theory
Exercise 1
Exercise 2

Verbs + to INF / ING
First of all, read this very interesting document.
If you want to find out more about changes in meaning, read this chart.
Exercise 1
Exercise 2
Exercise 3
Exercise 4
Exercise 5

Year 1: Extra Grammar

Hello everyone!

In case you need more grammar exercises, here is a selection of interesting websites you can check out:

A/an

Theory

Exercise 1

This, that, these, those

Theory

Exercise 1

Exercise 2

Regular Plurals

Theory

Exercise 1

Exercise 2

Possessive adjectives

Theory

Exercise 1

Exercise 2

Exercise 3

If you have problems with any other grammar points, don't hesitate to tell me.

Things to do this summer

Hi, everyone!

Summer holidays are already here. Remember that it is very important to revise what you have learned this year. Here are a few tips on things that you can do this summer.

- Download some audiobooks and listen to them while you are sunbathing on the beach.

Openculture
Librivox

- Alternatively, if you prefer traditional books, you could get hold of some graded readers.

• Penguin Readers. Level 4. Ed Pearson Longman
• Oxford Bookworms. Level 4. Ed. OUP
• Black Cat. Reading and Training. Step Three (B1.2). Ed Vicens Vives

- Finally, Spain is full of English-speaking people at this time of year, so don't be shy and talk to them (in English, of course).

Have a fantastic summer!

Film Festival "Cines del Sur"

The film festival "Cines del Sur" is taking place in Granada. You can see films from different countries of the South. All the films are available in original version with Spanish subtitles.

The festival will be celebrated from the 12 to the 18 June 2010. If you want more information, visit the Festival Website.

TO+INF or GERUND ? / Work

If you want more practice on TO+INF / GERUND, read the explanation and then do the quiz and the exercises:

Theory
A quiz
Exercise 1
Exercise 2
Exercise 3

In this website, you'll find a lot of interesting words related to jobs and work.

Now watch this funny video by Belle and Sebastian. The song is called Step Into My Office Baby, you can read the lyrics and the glossary here.

Generation Gap

What do you think? Are there significant differences in outlook and attitudes between the different generations in Spain? Are there any aspects of one generation’s lifestyle that another generation finds difficult to understand? Do you believe there are any ways in which young people today behave worse, or better, than older people did at their age? Can you think of any examples of one generation having mistaken beliefs or assumptions about another?

I would like you to read a text on the views of three people about the differences between the generations in contemporary Britain.

Generation Gap_Text

Generation Gap_Glossary

Generation Gap_Answers

If you want to find out more about the Generation Gap, watch this video. In this report we look at the growing gap between analogue values and digital values. And between digital natives and digital immigrants. It's in English with subtitles.

St George's Day

The 23rd of April is England’s national day, St George’s Day.

Can you answer this question: According to legend, which mythical creature did St George kill or 'slay'?

a) a unicorn
b) a dragon
c) a griffin

Listen to this programme on St George's Day and don't forget to listen out for the answer at the end of the programme.

If you want to find out more about England, you can read the following text and browse through some of the websites I have listed below:

England_Text

England_Glossary

The England entry in Simple English Wikipedia.

The website of the English national tourism organization.

A page on St George’s Day from an excellent online project on Britain created by teachers and students at a school in England. There are numerous other pages with information about England.

A page on the red deer, England’s largest wild animal, from the website of the British Deer Society.

Writing Contest

Now is the time to enter our writing contest. Don't miss your chance to submit your entry and win a prize!

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The Tube

The Tube_Text

The Tube_Glossary

The Tube_Answers

These days we've been talking about the underground in Granada and "the tube" in London. If you want to find out more about this form of transport, you can read the following text and do the activities.

What do you think? Is the tube a place where you can meet new friends? Why aren't people friendly on the tube?

Listen to this programme and find out more about this interesting subject.

Exam samples

Hi everyone!

If you want to practise for your final exam, you can have a look at some exam samples from other Autonomous Communities in Spain. They might be a little bit different from the one you'll do, but I think you might find these samples interesting. Good luck!

EEOOII de Cataluña

EEOOII de Euskadi

EEOOII de Madrid

EEOOII de Aragón

EEOOII de Baleares

EEOOII de Asturias

EOI de Valencia

EOI de Santander

EOI de Utiel