Basic informal letters

How to Write Informal Letters

Giving Directions

Prepositions

Prepositions of place

• Exercise

Prepositions of movement

• Exercise

Click here and learn how to give directions in English with vocabulary and listening comprehension activities.

Listening Comprehension

• Where are these places?

Grammar lessons and exercises for A2 Level students

I´m goint to add a link to a very interesting website with different kinds of activities to practise your English. There are grammar points and exercises, as well as listening tasks to improve your English.

Oxford Practice Grammar for A2 Level

Oxford University Press offers you this exercises to practise your English online.

How to Pronounce -ed in English

There are three ways to pronounce the final -ed of regular verbs in the simple past tense. This pronunciation is determined by the final sound* of the verb in the infinitive: Is it a voiced consonant, an unvoiced consonant, or a vowel sound?

1. For verbs ending in d and t the final -ed is pronounced /Id/ as in the final two letters of the word did. Note that here the -e is not silent and this final -ed sound adds another syllable to the end of the verb.


2. After unvoiced sounds such as/ p, k, f, s, ʃ , tʃ ,θ/ the final -ed is pronounced like /t/ as in the word cat. Note that the -e remains silent.


3. After voiced consonants such as /b, ð , g, v, z, ʒ, dʒ , m, n, ŋ, l, r/ the final -ed sound is pronounced like /d/ as in good. Note that the -e remains silent. The final -ed is also pronounced like the d in good after all vowel sounds (the -e remains silent too).

This chart may help you remember the rules above.


Click here to see some examples and listen to the past tense verbs.
Now you are ready to do these listening activities (1, 2, 3).

*If you need to revise the phonemic symbols in English, click here.

Past Simple

Use of English

• Past Simple
• Exercises
• Lists or irregular verbs with audio

Click on the Full Screen option below to see the chart properly.

English Irregular verbs

Verbos irregulares inglés completo from Juanje Gregori Peiró

Asking Questions

Click on the title below to study the charts and revise questions in English. Then do the exercises that follow the lesson.

• Basic Questions


• Question Words Quizz


• More Question Words


• Make questions


• Exercise

Exercises for A1/2 students

Do the following exercises and practise how to use :

To be
Exercises  1, 2, 3, 4, 5

To have (Present Simple)

Prepositions of place

More Prepositions of Place

Exercises 1, 2

Wh questions

Exercises 1, 2, 3, 4

Verb Tenses

• Forming the Present Simple
• Negatives and Questions
• Negative Sentences
• Make Questions. Ex 1-2-3
• Put the following sentences in the negative.
• Write sentences in Simple Present
• Put the words in the right order

You can find grammar and exercises to practise with the Present Simple on OM Multimedia. Click here.

Listening Comprehesion for A2 Level

missing baby

morning routine

my life in the UK

Radiohead

missing child

party time!

snack time

clothing and fashion

morning routine

a shopping trip

statistics

TV guide

bookworms

college roommates

farm in the Sahara

roof gardening

Victoria & Albert museum

a special parachute

a new class

physical education

petroleum

professors' salary

fighting the cold

teaching mathematics

Arizona-Sonora desert

trains in Tokyo

rock star's daily routine

animal descriptions

my family

the British Heritage pass

Roger and the tiger

countries I have visited

Bobby the bee

the Irish economy

cooking in Britain

Thanksgiving Day

Kevin’s house

nice to meet you!

description of pictures

All the activities above belong to Escuela Oficial de Pinto website.

Listening Activities for Basic Level Students

ELLLO Listening Level 3 exercises are designed for basic level students. Click on the picture below and start. Ready, steady... go!

At BBC Leaning English, you can find the following listening exercises which are extremely useful to get some practice for your Certification Test.

Monoloque A2 Holidays

Monologue- Holidays

Talk about your plans for your next holidays.

•   Where are you going? How long?

• Which activities are you going to do?

• What kind of holidays do you like?

• How do you usually travel?

• Do you always go to the same place? Give details.

Monologue A2- Housework

HOUSEWORK

Talk for two minutes about the topic suggested. Use the following questions to give you ideas for your speech.

• How often do you do housework?

• When do you do housework?

• How much time a day do you dedicate to housework?

• Do you share the housework at home?

• Who does the shopping in your home, and the cooking? Who takes out the trash/rubbish?

• What household chores [tʃɔːz]   do you like, dislike or hate? Why?

The Family

Click on the links below to practise your vocabulary:

Contries and Nationalities
Classroom Objects
My family 

Click on the following links to practise your grammar:

Demonstratives
Pronouns and possessives
Saxon Genitive

Click on the following links to practise telling the time.

What's the time?
What time is it?

Making Plans for Party-Listening and Speaking

Practice your oral skills, both listening and speaking with these activities: