ENGLISH AT HOME - LEVELS 9 / 10

Monday, 30 June 2014

Conversation skills

How to agree and disagree: learn the best expressions to argue and debate.

How to ask someone to repeat something

How to greet someone you haven't seen for ages

How to order a round in a pub

Sunday, 29 June 2014

Practicing listening

Here are some sites in which you can practice your listening skill.

http://www.voanews.com/

http://breakingnewsenglish.com/

http://www.saberingles.com.ar/listening/index2.html

Tuesday, 24 June 2014

GIVING OPINIONS

Students use the words “I think” way too much when giving their opinions. In this IELTS & TOEFL lesson, I will teach you better words to use that can help you express your opinion. This video is a must-see for anyone writing the TOEFL or IELTS. It will help you to score higher on both tests in the writing and speaking sections. Even if you’re not taking an exam, you should watch this class to learn the vocabulary and expressions.

Visit THIS SITE and listeng to the recommendations about how to give opinions when writing.

GERUNDS VS INFINITIVES

In the following site, you'll find a quite complete list with verbs followed by gerund or infitive as well as a test:

http://www.engvid.com/english-resource/verbs-followed-by-gerunds-and-infinitives/

Conditional sentences

Interesting pages to practice this topic:

http://www.englishpage.com/conditional/conditionalintro.html

http://www.ego4u.com/en/cram-up/grammar/conditional-sentences

Monday, 23 June 2014

Action and state verbs

In the following pages you will find some information and exercises about this topic:

Introduction to academic writing

Watch the following video. Once you've finished, test your understanding by doing the exercise below.

ACADEMIC WRITING » Quiz Question Maker

Reported speech again?!

YES! Just a little more practise:

Reporting verbs:

http://valenciaenglish.netfirms.com/reporting.htm

Reported speech:

Indirect questions:

http://esl.about.com/od/gramma1/a/indirectques.htm

Sunday, 15 June 2014

FINAL EXAMS DATES

AND HERE THEY ARE.....!!!

June 30th: reading comprehension and composition

July 2nd: grammar and listening

July 7th: oral and feedback

FINAL COUNTDOWN!

Wednesday, 11 June 2014

Spelling

If you think you need to improve your spelling, go to the following "dictation site" and practise.The story is dictated to you, and you have to type it correctly.

You can choose the speed of the reading and how often it’s repeated.

When you type, only the correct letters actually show-up on the screen, and you can ask for hints.

http://www.listen-and-write.com/audio

Thursday, 5 June 2014

Chuck Brown: Still the Go-To Guy for Go-Go Music

Chuck Brown has been called the creator of go-go -- a form of African-American music that developed in Washington. Go-go is part jazz, part rhythm and blues, and part hip-hop. Watch the video and learn more about it:

Gerunds and Infinitives

Here are some pages for you to practise the topic above:

http://www.eflnet.com/grammar/gerinf1.php

http://www.eflnet.com/grammar/gerinf2.php

http://www.eflnet.com/grammar/gerinf3.php

http://web2.uvcs.uvic.ca/elc/studyzone/410/grammar/gerund.htm

http://web2.uvcs.uvic.ca/elc/studyzone/410/grammar/gerinf.htm

Conference Call

Listen to the following podcast and do the exercises below:

1) The main purpose of this conference call is:
a) To discuss trends in the market
b) To inform market analysts about a company
c) To market a company’s products

2) How would you describe the representatives of Softcell as they respond to questions during the conference call?
a) Confident
b) Nervous
c) Embarrassed

3) You hear five questions during the call. Which are the topic areas covered in the questions? Choose from the list below.