terça-feira, 22 de novembro de 2011

NUMBERS: cardinal and ordinal

GET TO KNOW THE NUMBERS WELL!

"Erin Brockovich" by Steven Soderberg
Visit the weblinks below: ( Click on the underlined words)
  1. Numbers - Write the numbers that you hear in  "Dates, Times and Ordinal Numbers". 
  2. Dates: "What's the date today?" Listen to the pronunciation.
  3. Saying telephone numbers on Telephone English - Listen and repeat!
  4. Click on the image on the right to see a scene from a film with lots of numbers. Can you note down all of them?


Watch this lesson from You Tube:

segunda-feira, 7 de novembro de 2011

TO BE, TO HAVE GOT, THERE TO BE


PRACTISE THE VERBS ON THE LINKS BELOW:



PRESENT SIMPLE

SHE SURFS THE NET EVERYDAY

📝 Try the EXERCISES on the links below:




quinta-feira, 13 de outubro de 2011

FUTURE TENSES

> You can express the FUTURE with different grammar structures. Watch some video presentations and study the table below.

  1. (Future Simple) will + infinitive : Exercise 1 , Exercise 2
  2. be going to  + infinitive: Exercise 1,
  3. Present Continuous: Worksheet



To sum up, do the exercises below:



quarta-feira, 27 de abril de 2011

PASSIVE VOICE




 






SCHOOL



Go to the the links below to learn about school life:
> You can do some exercises to practise about timetables and school subjects.

(check your answers or send to your teacher)

LISTS OF WORDS AND VOCABULARY GAMES


    6 activities in dozens of word categories- with sound!

quinta-feira, 24 de fevereiro de 2011

CLOTHES and FASHION


🎓 First, study some clothing vocabulary:


  • Click on the picture to listen to the words about clothes and do the exercises.

🎓 Learn some more about clothes: 


👂Listen about types of clothes and about fashion:
  • Before you do the Liveworksheet below, learn the vocabulary in the box to talk about the pictures.





Click to open full screen
Fashion and Clothes, an interactive worksheet by alexoliv
liveworksheets.com
📺 Watch the video "The 2 Euro T-shirt" and think about it. What's your opinion about "fast fashion"? (You can sign in and leave a comment on the site LearnEnglishTeens.) 

🎥DESCRIBING OUTFITS AND ACTIONS: Describe what people are wearing and doing on the following video. Use the correct vocabulary and grammar (order of adjectives/Present Continuous) 



👀Now, look at the pictures below. These celebrities are FASHION ICONS because their style influences a lot of people. 
Do you know these celebrities? Can you describe what they are wearing?
     

📌PROJECT WORK: You are a reporter and you have to describe the outfit and the actions of a celebrity/celebrities on a photo. (write about 60-100 words)
1- Find a photo of a celebrity. Say who he/she is ( name / job / nationality)
2- Describe what he/she is wearing, where he/she is and what he/she is doing. Give your opinion about the celebrity outfit (his/her look and style, his/ her feelings, his/ her career...).
3- Present your work. (oral presentation, 1-2 minutes)

 📝 FOLLOW-UP EXERCISES:
 Liveworksheets: Check your answers or Send answers to your teacher (Write your name; Group/level: 8A,B,C...; School Subject: English;Teacher's email)

HOUSES AND HOMES

A COOL HOUSE?

➣ HOUSES: OUTSIDE AND INSIDE

TYPES OF HOUSES de Alexandra Oliveira

HOMES FROM THE BIG SCREEN: fantasy or reality?

Can cartoon houses be real life homes? Would you like to live in a cartoon house?

Pixar-inspired house sells for $400,000





➣ WRITING/ SPEAKING about a house.



➣ HOMEWORK: Do the Liveworksheets 1, 2, 3 below (write your name and class to send the answers to the teacher). Liveworksheet 4 is a Writing Guide (there isn't a correct answer)

LIST OF IRREGULAR VERBS - Past Simple - Past Participle


You'll have to study the "horrible" list of irregular verbs! 
A good way to memorize the forms is by watching YouTube videos and repeating the verbs.


Watch other videos, learn and enjoy:
A kid's song
Repetitions with rhythm ( ManyThings 4 series) 
* Irregular verbs are so easy 
And Here is an example of a short list with an exercise (Learn English British Council)


And pay attention to the pronunciation of "-ed" in regular verbs!



domingo, 20 de fevereiro de 2011

domingo, 2 de janeiro de 2011

FOOD and DRINK


FOOD: CONTAINERS AND QUANTITIES



FOOD: TASTES AND FLAVOURS




> Study and practise the FOOD and DRINK vocabulary on the following sites:


📝 Then, check that you know some food vocabulary

             

 FOOD PYRAMID: HEALTHY AND UNHEALTHY FOOD                                                                         

> And you? Do you eat healthy food?

> You can watch a video about: 10 GREAT HEALTHY HABITS