HAPPY CHRISTMAS!

I just want to wish you a Merry Christmas and a happy New Year 2008!

You can watch a video and the song "Happy Christmas" we are going to use in class next week.

• Now, this is my Christmas card for you.

EXAMS ARE HERE

Hi again!

Enjoy this long weekend, but please don't forget about the exams. I have prepared for you some activities to review the past simple:

• Past of the verb "TO BE" (different activities)

• Was or Were?

• Past Simple Affirmative.

• Answer the questions

• Past Simple Negative

• Past Simple Questions

• More about irregular verbs

Do you want to have some fun?. Play this basketball game.

That's all! See you next week.

PAST SIMPLE WITH MUSIC

Hi my dear students,

In this new unit, we are talking about famous people. I'm sure all of you know something about James Blunt because you've heard the song You're Beautiful. Well, so please look for some information about James Blunt and then listen to the song and try to find all the verbs in the past simple. Enjoy it!

You're Beautiful Lyrics

WHAT IS COYOTE DOING?

Hi everybody!

• We are studying the Present Continuous. Here you have a cartoon to watch about Road Runner. Enjoy it!

• I also give you some extra activities to practise.

HALLOWEEN

Hi everybody!

Every October 31st Halloween is celebrated, but do you really know the origins of this tradition? Click on the word origins and you will know more about this celebration.

• Are you ready to play this spooky game?
• I also give you a link to Halloween recipes. Have a look at them!

WELCOME BACK!!!

Hello everybody!! After some months including holidays and the beginning of the new course, we are back again! This year I'm working with my 2º and 4º ESO students in Sant Mateu High School.

Dear students are you ready to learn English in a different and funny way? This blog has been created to help you with your English and communicate with other students and the teacher. You just need to write the comments to the activities proposed. Moreover, you can have access to the different links and practise different activities and revise contents for your exams.

All suggestions and ideas are welcome in order to make this blog more interesting. Please, try to use English!

CONDITIONAL SENTENCES

Hi my dear students! If you need more practise with conditionals here you have some links to review them for the exam. Good Luck!

Second Conditional:

Exercise 1

Exercise 2

Grammar Help

First and Second Conditional

Exercise 1

Mixed activities about conditional sentences

More activites about conditional sentences (I, II, III)

MODALS

Hi everybody, These activities will help you with the modals.

Ability in the present: can/ can't

Obligation and Prohibition: must/ mustn't

Permission and Obligation (can/ can't/ have to / don't have to)

Permission, obligation and prohibition ( can/can't/ have to / don't have to/ must/ mustn't)

Advice (should/shouldn't)

The Passive Voice (1st Bachillerato students)

Hi everybody! Here you'll find some exercises to help you prepare the exam. I hope it will be useful :)

1. Grammar help and a lot of activities

2. Change the active sentences to passive

• Exercise 1
• Exercise 2

HIGH SCHOOL MUSICAL

Hi my dear students! As I know some of you are fans of High School Musical, here you have one of its best songs and the lyrics.

lyrics: Start of Something New

TO MY STUDENTS: How do you think they feel when they have to go on stage? Why do you think the song is titled Start of Something New?

The Passive Voice (Present Simple and Past Simple)

For those of you who want to practice the passive voice for the exam, here you will find some activities.

These exercises are about present simple and past simple passive Grammar Help: http://usuarios.lycos.es/englishweb/grammarref.htm#pasiv

Activities: http://www.eslus.com/LESSONS/GRAMMAR/PASSIVE/Gramc.htm

http://www.nonstopenglish.com/exercise.asp?exid=921

Happy Valentine's Day

As you know on February 14 is celebrated Saint Valentine's Day. Here you have this video to wish you happy Valentine's Day.

TO MY STUDENTS: In the film, Shrek and Fiona fall in love. However, Lord Farquadd does everything possible to marry princess Fiona. Do you think he is in love with her? Why/Why not? Would you fall in love with someone like Shrek? Why? (send your opinion as a comment)

Review of Verb Tenses

Do you need more practise with verb tenses? Here you will find different links where you can find activities to review the verb tenses that we have studied. I hope it can help you!

Past Simple: http://www.isabelperez.com/happy/tenses/past_simple.htm

Irregular verbs:

http://www.cityu.edu.hk/elc/quiz/irrequiz.htm

http://www.miguelmllop.com/practice/beginners/tenserevision/irregulars1.htm

http://www.miguelmllop.com/practice/beginners/tenserevision/irregulars2.htm

Quiz: http://grammar.ccc.commnet.edu/grammar/cgishl/par2_quiz.pl/irregular_quiz.htm

Crossword: http://grammar.ccc.commnet.edu/grammar/quizzes/cross/verbs.htm

Past Continuous: http://www.isabelperez.com/happy/tenses/past_cont.htm

Present Perfect:

http://www.isabelperez.com/perfect-ex.htm http://www.isabelperez.com/happy/tenses/exercises/present_perfect_1.htm

Present Perfect (already, yet)

For/ Since

http://a4esl.org/q/h/9807/km-sincefor.html http://web2.uvcs.uvic.ca/elc/studyzone/330/grammar/upperf1.htm

Present Perfect Continuous:

Grammar Theory

Exercise (have/ has)

Affirmative sentences

Negative sentences

Questions

Mixed exercises on Present Perfect Continuous:

Exercise 1 (easy)

Exercise 2

Exercise 3

Exercise 4

Tests on Present Perfect Continuous:

Test 1: level 2

Test 2: Level 3

My blog!

Hi , I'm really excited because I've created this blog thanks to a teacher training course and it's my very first experience with new technologies applied to language teaching. As a way to start, I have used some links which I really like and I recommend my students to practise the English language. I hope you enjoy it and provide me with some feedback. I hope you like this place. You can use it to practise the English language, make your comments, asks questions, make suggestions, etc. Learn and have fun!