BLOG FOR ESO STUDENTS: March 2017

Thursday, March 30, 2017

Feelings and emotions

EXERCISES AGENDAWEB.ORG

QUIZ 1

QUIZ 2

SONGS ABOUT EMOTIONS: I'M HAPPY, SORRY SEEMS TO BE THE HARDEST WORD

Places in town

EXERCISE 1: match the picture with the word

EXERCISE 2: click the letters

EXERCISE 3: match the words and the pictures

EXERCISE 4: hangman with definitions

LOTS OF EXERCISES

Jobs and professions

VIDEO LESSON

PRESENTATION

EXERCISE 1: match the two columns

EXERCISE 2: the hangman

EXERCISE 3: Look at the picture and choose the job

EXERCISE 4: match the word and the picture

LOTS OF OTHER EXERCISES

Saturday, March 25, 2017

WHY versus BECAUSE

WHY is used in questions.

Why do you like that stupid guy?
Why didn't you me to the party?

See more examples here.

WHY is also used to affirmative sentences to mean "this is the reason why"

BECAUSE is used to answer, never to ask.

Question: Why are you late?

Answer: I am late because I went to bed late.

Question: Why is the window open?

Answer: The window is open because it's very hot here.

Wednesday, March 22, 2017

THE PRESENT SIMPLE PASSIVE

EXPLANATION + EXERCISE: Present Passive (write the sentences)

EXERCISE: Active or Passive? Complete the sentences with the correct verbs.

EXERCISE: put the verb in the correct form

EXERCISE: Present Passive (write the sentences)

EXERCISE: Present Passive (write the sentences)

EXERCISE: Present Passive (write the sentences)

THE PAST SIMPLE PASSIVE

EXPLANATION + EXERCISE: Past simple Passive (write the sentences)

EXERCISE: choose Active or Passive

EXERCISE: Active or Passive? Complete the sentences with the correct verbs.

EXERCISE: put the verb in the correct form

EXERCISE: Past Passive (write the sentences)

MIXED, PRESENT AND PAST PASSIVE

EXAMPLES + EXERCISES: choose

EXERCISE: Active or Passive? Choose

EXERCISE: Ac tive or Passive? Choose

EXERCISE: complet the sentences with the correct verbs.

LOTS OF EXERCISES:

http://www.englisch-hilfen.de/en/exercises_list/passiv.htm

http://www.agendaweb.org/verbs/passive-present-past-exercises.html

Friday, March 17, 2017

HAPPEN versus SUCCESS

Catalan: La vida és: El que em passa / El que jo faig que passi

Catalan: Pot passar qualsevol cosa

Catalan: Estigues tranquil, i passarà (Spanish : ocurrirá)

Catalan: Fes que les coses passin

SUCCESS: to achieve your goals

"Success" is Catalan "Èxit"

SAY versus TELL

EXERCISE 1: write
EXERCISE 2: choose
EXERCISE 3: choose
EXERCISE 4: choose (+ difficult)
EXERCISE 5: choose (+ difficult)
EXERCISE 6: webpage with lots of exercises

ACTUALLY versus NOWADAYS

ACTUALLY is not used to refer to time. It means IN FACT:

‘Hi, Mary. What a pleasant surprise!’ ‘Actually my name is Alice.’
I hear that you're a doctor. ~ Well, actually, I'm a dentist.
You are a doctor, right?’ ‘Well, actually, I’m a teacher.’
‘I don’t think you have sent the money, have you?’ ‘I have, actually.’
I have got a promotion. Actually, they have made me the manager.
‘Did you enjoy the movie?’ ‘Very much, actually.’

NOWADAYS, THESE DAYS or TODAY refer to the PRESENT TIME.

I don’t watch TV very much nowadays. There’s so much rubbish on. It’s not like it used to be.
These days you never see a young person give up their seat for an older person on the bus.
Today’s family structures are quite different from those of 100 years ago.
People don't wear hats much nowadays.