DESCRIBING PICTURES

Dear students,
Click on the link to get some tips on how to describe a picure.

DESCRIBING A PICTURE

Now, here are some photographs (well, one is actually a drawing) which you can use to practise describing pictures. Before you attempt to describe them, read the "picture description tips" in the link above.


Remember that you can ask me anything you need about this in class at anytime.

REPORTING VERBS: ALTERNATIVE VERSION + EXERCISES

Dear students,
Here are alternative notes on the most commonly used reporting verbs. Insttead of arranging them according to the verb pattern, I have arranged them according to the function they perform.

REPORTING VERBS (alternative version)

And here is a VERY USEFUL exercise that you all should do to practise using them.

REPORTING VERBS EXERCISE

I hope you find all this useful.

VERB PATTERNS IN REPORTED SPEECH.

Dear Students, here is a chart with the most important reporting verbs and their patterns. Please download it and keep it for reference.

Verb Patterns in Reported Speech

And now here are some exercises to practise.

Exercises

Bye!

NOTES AND EXERCISES ON REPORTED SPEECH.

Dear students, here are some notes on Reporrted Speech. Please, keep them as reference and ask me anything you may not understand.


REPORTED SPEECH NOTES

Now, here are some links to the exercises you need to do. Please, do them and tell me in a post how many answers you got right in the first place, just like in the example:

Name: Jose Angel Ballesteros
Score: Statements, 20/20;   Questions: 20/20;   Requests & orders: 20/20;    Mixed Exercise: 20/20

STATEMENTS

QUESTIONS

REQUESTS AND ORDERS

MIXED EXERCISE

REPORTED SPEECH FLIPPED LESSON

Dear students.
We will be working with flipped lessons. You need to attend this lesson on "reported speech" at home, anytime it suits you before the deadline. Of course you have to watch and listen carefully, as it is an important lesson. You should even take notes!

Please,  click on the link below and have a close look at the video. We will then revise any possible doubts in class.

 Reported Speech


Now, click on the following link and do the activity on reported speech to practise the lesson.

Exercise

STAND UP FOR YOUR RIGHTS

Dear students. Here is a lyrics game. Do you remember the expression "To stand up for your rights" which we came across in class? Well, here is the song I mentioned, but you need to play the lyrics game. Just click on the link, then click on "Pulse aquí para iniciar el juego", now click on "quizás en otro momento". then play the video and try to fill in the missing words.

Have fun!!

GET UP, STAND UP

LISTENING: The Filter Bubble

Dear students,
Here is a listening about how websites and social media work. Here are the instructions:
- The listenign has three exercises:
           Preparation (before you listen),
           TRUEvs.FALSE  (listening)
           Matching. (listening)
- When you answer each exercise, click on "FINISH" to get your score.
- Once you have finished the exercises, post a comment here with your name and your score, for example:
Name: Jose Angel Ballesteros
Score: Preparation: 8 out of 8 (100%)
           TRUEvs. FALSE: 8 out of 8 (100%)
           Matching: 6 out of 6 (100%)

Click on the image below to go to the listening.

IRREGULAR VERBS

Dear students, here is the list of the basic irregular verbs.


LIST OF IRREGULAR VERBS

Bye!