Reading Short Stories

These are some pages to practise with reading and listening. They are original version but easy to understand and some stories are graded:

• http://www.manythings.org/voa/stories/
• http://www.world-english.org/stories.htm
• https://www.englishclub.com/reading/short-stories.htm

NA1-unit 3B: The Use of Adverbs

Adverbs and adverbial phrases are really important in English as they give a better description of an action and the circustances; however, it's not so easy to use them properly and some of them are specially tricky for Spanish students.

To start with, have a look at this easy explantion of the function of adverbs and how to distinghish it from adjectives; click here and then you can follow with this one.

Once you've got a clear idea about this topic you should practise a bit so here you are some exercises to work on this subject: exercise

NI1-unit 3B: Use of articles

The use of articles is not the same in English than in Spanish and sometimes it makes trouble to distinguish when to use it or not. Here you are some exercises to practise with articles:

• exercise 1   exercise 2    exercise 3 

A typical problem is to see the difference between next/ the next or last/the last. Let's have a look with these exemples:

• exercise: click here

This lesson is dealing with stereotypes and here you are a song which treats this topic: If I Were a Boy by Beyonce; click here

NA-1: lesson 3A: air travel

This lesson deals with some topics related to air travel. One of the speaking activities is about your feelings when you are on a plane. Here you are some videos about this topic: the fear of flying.

• Last year we saw this video about fear of flying: FEAR OF FLYING
• This video is about some tips to cope with fear of flying: How to Cope with a Fear of Flying
• This video is about the Plane Whisperer, a person who helps people to solve the problem: 'Plane Whisperer' Helps Others Overcome Fear 

About grammar we have a revision on the use of so and such Your can practise with these esercises to revise the difference between SO+adjective and SUCH+ (adjective) noun: click here and here to practise.

But the most important point of grammar is the use of past tenses when you are narrating something that happened in the past, and especially the use of past perfect coninuous: I had been doing something. As usual, try this grammar link with activities at the end to have a clearer idea: click here.

As I've told you in class, we should start with exercises of cloze tests as they're not in our textbook. Here you have the example we did in the class; click here

That's English! - module 5 -unit 5: Leisure

This unit is about what you do in your free time so it deals with leisure, hobbies, reading, movies and so on. As usual, let's start with some general questions:

• What do you like doing in your free time? When do you do it? When and how did you start that activity? How long have you been doing it? (Pay attention to the verbs expressing likes and dislikes, which are followed by -ING form)
• Speak about a friend's hobby: what it is like, why your friend likes doing it, if you've ever tried to do it with him/her...
• What's the best activity for summer? And the best for winter?
• Have you ever tried a risky activity? What was that and why did you choose it? If not, why don't you fancy a risky activity? 
• what is the most strange thing/activity you've ever tried? Describe your experience.

If you want to work with the vocabulary, you may want to see this page: click here

To see a model about what to say about your hobby, here you are a listening comprehension: click here

The grammar point of this lesson is about verbs expressing likes and dislikes followed by -ING form and verbs about orders, desires and commands followed by TO+infinitive. Here you are a short list to help you to remember them:

LIKES AND DISLIKES		ORDERS, DESIRES, COMMANDS
I love I enjoy I like I don't mind I dislike I hate I can't stand	FOLLOWED BY _____-ing	I wish I want I need I'd like I hope I try	FOLLOWED BY to + infinitive

Watching TV series with subtitles

If you like to spend some time watching series on TV, here you are an opportunity to do it in English with the help of subtitles. Go to this link and enjoy your favourite one: click here

NA1-unit 2B: clothing

Although you've already dealt with this topic many times, there are still lots of words, verbs and expressions to learn. Apart from the ones you have in your textbook, here you are some links to help you:

• a list of exercises: click here
• this is a simple list with the translation into Spanish but it has many useful words; click here

Apart from vocabulary, we also dealt with the order of adjectives; here you are some help to practise with this topic:

• this page is an explanation with exercises at the end; click here
• these are other exemples; click here or here
• exercise 1     exercise 2

Remember to use this order when you describe while speaking and writing. Practise as much as possible better than learning by heart.