01 April 2020
30 March 2020
Giving Directions
Prepositions
Prepositions of place
Prepositions of movement
Click here and learn how to give directions in English with vocabulary and listening comprehension activities.
Listening Comprehension
- Where are these places?
29 March 2020
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.
27 March 2020
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?
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.
- 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.
- 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.
- 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).
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.
26 March 2020
Past Simple
Use of English
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English Irregular verbs
Asking Questions
Exercises for A1/2 students
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.
25 March 2020
Imagine
John Lennon was born in Liverpool in the autumn of 1940.
His early years were certainly not easy. His father worked away for long periods on a ship, and essentially he was raised by his aunt. As he did not have the guidance of his parents in his formative years, it is perhaps understandable that John Lennon became disruptive at school.
The turning point in his life though came when he developed a strong interest in skiffle, a type of rock and roll music, during his teenage years.
It was while playing for a skiffle band he had formed at school that he met Paul McCartney. The two struck up an immediate friendship, and developed a fine partnership, writing and composing songs. After performing under several band names the pair, along with George Harrison and Pete Best, settled on calling themselves The Beatles. The drummer, Pete Best, was replaced later by Ringo Starr, and soon afterwards The Beatles were signed by George Martin for EMI records.
Lennon and McCartney were the creative force behind the group, and the amount of quality material they produced was amazing. They began touring the world and were hugely popular, especially in the US.
Around 1966, Lennon met Yoko Ono. Although the couple were immediately attracted to each other, John was married to Cynthia Powell and they had a child.
John and Yoko eventualy married in 1969. In those early years together, they devoured a fair quantity of psychedelics such as LSD, and stories of violence towards one another were in the press.
In 1970, Paul McCartney left the Beatles, causing tension between himself and John. A year later Lennon released the hugely popular ‘Imagine’ album. Together he and Yoko campaigned for world peace. Calling for an end to the Vietnam War offended the American government deeply, and he nearly lost his green card as a result.
From 1975 to 1979, John Lennon produced no music of any real quality, preferring to stay at home with his young son Sean, whom Yoko had borne. If he had known what was to follow it is highly likely that he would have stuck with that peaceful lifestyle.
Unable to repress the musical genius inside himself, he wrote the excellent album ‘Double Fantasy’. On December 8, 1980, he was accosted by a young man outside his apartment in New York and asked to sign a copy of the album. When John returned to the apartment later that day, that young man, called Mark Chapman, shot and killed him.
Chapman received a life sentence for his madness, but the rest of the world lost a unique musical genius. Lets all be glad at least, that John gave us a taste of his magic.
"Imagine" ,which is one of his best-known songs, first appeared on his 1971 album, Imagine.
Lennon commented that the song was "an anti-religious, anti-nationalistic, anti-conventional, anti-capitalistic song, but because it's sugar-coated, it's accepted."
Yoko Ono commented "It's not like he thought, 'Oh, this can be an anthem,'"Imagine" was "just what John believed -- that we are all one country, one world, one people. He wanted to get that idea out."
Since its release, "Imagine" has appeared on many lists of favourite songs and influential songs; e.g. it is listed as the 3rd greatest song on Rolling Stone's 500 Greatest Songs of All Time.
If you want to practice your English with this song, click here.
Models of EOI Certification Exams
Click here and then look for the English language exam models in Asturias.
Click here and then look for the English language exam models in Galicia.
Click on the links below to practise with certification exam models from other communities in Spain:
Listening Comprehesion for A2 Level
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!
24 March 2020
Numbers
20 November 2019
19 November 2019
Beginners ; Starting out.
Hi! How're you doing?
My name is Mª Jesús and I’m you new English teacher.
What's your name?
My name is Mª Jesús and I’m you new English teacher.
What's your name?
Here you are, ready to start learning a new language and here I am , ready to do my best to help you reach your goal.
I'm not going to tell you it'll be easy, it will require patience and effort but , step by step, your English will improve and you will find out that you can have fun as well as you learn.
I'm not going to tell you it'll be easy, it will require patience and effort but , step by step, your English will improve and you will find out that you can have fun as well as you learn.
Come on! Let's start from scratch.
We are going to practise how to greet people and introduce ourselves with the following activities:
Now let's practise with numbers:
Number Train
Number Train
- Exercises with numbers from 1-10
- Numbers 1-100
- Exercises with numbers from 1-100
- Learn the numbers.
- Listen to the numbers.
Sean Conery is Bond, James Bond.
I can't think of anyone better than James Bond to teach you how to introduce yourselves. He's the best, so ... pay attention, specially you, guys. You could lean one or two things from him. He can show you how to be classy, attractive and cool, real cool.
And you shouldn't miss that nice British accent of his. I love it!
Watch this video and see how James Bond introduces himself.
'What's his name? Who is he?'
'His name's Bond, James Bond.' ( Who else could he be? )
By the way ... do you like James Bond films? Who's the best James Bond ever? Do you prefer Sean Conery or Pierce Brosnan , or any of the others?
Why don't you send me a comment with your answers to these questions? I'd like to know your opinions.
And you shouldn't miss that nice British accent of his. I love it!
Watch this video and see how James Bond introduces himself.
'What's his name? Who is he?'
'His name's Bond, James Bond.' ( Who else could he be? )
By the way ... do you like James Bond films? Who's the best James Bond ever? Do you prefer Sean Conery or Pierce Brosnan , or any of the others?
Why don't you send me a comment with your answers to these questions? I'd like to know your opinions.
12 November 2019
Learn the Alphabet with Ray Charles
Shall we learn the Alpabet in English?
Some of you have just started leaning English, others may need to revise what you already know and for the rest of us, it will always be a pleasure to enjoy this cute song performed by the one and only Ray Charles.
A, B, C, D, E, F, G
H, I, J, K
L, M, N, O, P
Q, R, S,T, U, V
W, X, Y and Z
Now I've said my ABC's
Won't you sing along with me?
_____________
Now I know my ABC's
Next time won't you sing with me?
if you are ready for some spelling practice...
if you are ready for some spelling practice...
