martes, 15 de enero de 2013

Comparatives and superlatives

Are you having problems understanding comparative and superlatives?

Have a look at this website. Then do the exercises. I hope you find them easier to understand after having worked on them.



La mansión del inglés
www.lamansiondelingles.com 

miércoles, 2 de enero de 2013

Happy New Year!

What are your New Year's Resolutions? What about improving your listening skills in English? You can start by watching this video and doing the tasks. Do the Preparation task before watching the video.


Video and activities:
British Council 
http://learnenglish.britishcouncil.org/en/big-city-small-world/series-2-episode-9-new-years-resolutions









sábado, 29 de diciembre de 2012

Jingle Bells

Dear students,

Christmas time is here! Below are two links to work on  a very well-known Christmas song in English:

A1
http://www.lyricsgaps.com/exercises/view/1271/Beginner

A2-B1
http://www.lyricsgaps.com/exercises/view/1271/Intermediate

MERRY CHRISTMAS!




Lyricsgaps.com

The alphabet in English/El alfabeto en inglés

Do you still have problems with the alphabet? Click here to have a look at how each letter is pronounced. You can also click on the green symbol to listen to each sound.

Remember the alphabet is extremely important to communicate effectively in English and you're often required to spell your name and surname in the Cambridge exams, so it's time to practise!

(¿Todavía no has aprendido el alfabeto en inglés. Haz click aquí para acceder a una web donde podrás ver cómo se pronuncia cada sonido. Además, puedes escuchar cómo se pronuncia cada letra si haces click sobre el símbolo verde.

Recordad que conocer el alfabeto es muy important para comunicarse en inglés y en los exámenes de Cambridge a menudo los candidatos tienen que deletrear su nombre o apellido así que...¡es hora de ponerse a practicar!)


Puro Inglés
http://www.puroingles.com/pronunciacion-del-abecedario-en-ingles


domingo, 16 de diciembre de 2012

Reading resources

Reading books is essential to improve your English level. It'll help you to widen your vocabulary, learn grammar structures and it's fun! Below you can find links to the Macmillan Readers website where you can find graded books adapted to your level.

-A1: Elementary

-A2:  Pre-intermediate.

-B1: Intermediate

You can buy the books online or order there in your local bookshop. You can also buy them new or second-hand in Amazon.



So why don't you take advantage of Christmas holidays to start reading? 





viernes, 14 de diciembre de 2012

PET Writing: Sentence transformation

The first part of the Writing paper in the PET exam is called Sentence transformations. In this part you'll find  five questions  about the same theme. For each question there is one complete sentence and a second sentence which has a missing word or words. You have to complete the second sentence so that it means the same as the first sentence.

This part requires a good knowledge of English grammar. There are lots of books you can use to improve your grammar. A very useful one is English Grammar in Use by Raymond Murphy (Cambridge University Press).

Below you can find several links where you can practise this part of the exam:

Exam English
Floe-Joe
http://www.flo-joe.co.uk/preliminaryenglish/writing/pet_writing_practice_test_part_1.htm

OM First Certificate
 English Stuff- Free practice exercises for learning English
http://www.stuff.co.uk/sentence_transformations.htm



sábado, 8 de diciembre de 2012

Jobs

Review some vocabulary about jobs here.

Then you can test your knowledge with this exercise.

LEO Network
http://www.learnenglish.de/vocabulary/jobs.htm

Saber Inglés
http://www.saberingles.com.ar/exercises/132.html