COUNTABLE, UNCOUNTABLE NOUNS & QUANTIFIERS

• NOUNS : Singular / Plural / Countable / Uncountable
• How much / How Many
• Countable or Uncountable?
• Quantifiers
• A number of exercises with Quantifiers

PAST PERFECT

• STUDY THE FORM OF PAST PERFECT AND HOW TO USE IT:  had + past participle

• STUDY THE USE OF PAST PERFECT: englishpage

 

• DO SOME EXERCISES ONLINE:


 > Past Perfect (aff and neg) pdf with answers ( perfect-english-grammar)
> Past Perfect / Past Simple with before, after, because, already  (englisch.hilfen.de)
> a list of sites on Past Perfect practise ( Agenda Web)
> Past Perfect: from Past Participles revision to Past Perfect Continuous ( My English Page)

ORDER OF ADJECTIVES

Do some exercises to put the adjectives on the right place:

• Learnenglishfeelgood: A quiz

WATCH THE VIDEO ( *It's got 1 more category - purpose adjectives, after material adjectives)

Practise the interactive exercises below:

• Liveworsheets1
• Liveworksheets 2
• Liveworksheets 3
• Liveworksheets 4 ( you can send to teacher)
• Liveworksheets 5 ( you can send to teacher)

SPEAKING : ORAL PRESENTATIONS AND EXAMS

Look at some tips when you are preparing an oral presentation for the English class:

• Oral Presentation from Learn English Teens ( British Council)
• Exam Speak - try some questions and answers in 60 seconds

Watch the video below:

Watch a video from a PET Cambridge Exam in which students describe a photo:

> For rehearsing your oral presentation you should count the time. Try some fun online timers here.

SPEAKING: VOICE RECORDING RESOURCES

Here are some ways of recording your voice for speaking / reading tasks or just for fun.

> ONLINE:

• on Vocaroo, then send the sound by email
• on Speakpipe you can also send the link of your recording

> Try a "text-to-speech" site and create a "talking avatar" so that you listen to the text that you type:

• Text-to-Speech Oddcast

> You can learn the pronunciation of any word here:

• Merriam-Webster online dictionary
• Howjsay - a talking dictionary of English pronunciation

A good software to record your voice is Audacity. You have to download it or go to the school library. Don't forget to export the file as mp3 format. 

PAST SIMPLE & PAST CONTINUOUS

Do some exercises with the 2 past tenses: Past Simple (did) and Past Continuous ( was/were doing):

• LIVEWORKSHEET
• exercise 1 - complete with the correct verb forms, Past Simple or Past Continuous
• a worksheet with exercises (with answers)
• a game (sentence monkey)

PHONE CONVERSATION / INVITATIONS

INFORMAL CONVERSATION - Notice the language we used when talking on the phone:

• Dialogue ( English Online)
• A telephone call ( YouTube)

MAKING SUGGESTIONS / PLANS :

• Inviting/ Accepting / Refusing ( My English Pages)
• Listen about "Leisure Activities"at eel-lab.