HOW TO PRONOUNCE -ED VERB ENDING

ORIGINS OF HALLOWEEN

THE HISTORY OF JACK O'LANTERN

FUTURE FORMS

Here you have some links to keep on practising:

http://www.englisch-hilfen.de/en/exercises/tenses/future.htm

http://www.englisch-hilfen.de/en/exercises/tenses/will_going_to_future.htm

http://www.englishexercises.org/makeagame/viewgame.asp?id=4180

http://www.english-4u.de/future_ex3.htm

http://www.english-4u.de/future_ex4.htm

http://www.english-4u.de/future_ex5.htm

LISTENING ACTIVITIES : FOOD AND COOKING

http://www.elllo.org/english/1401/1449-Todd-BurgerBarn.htm


http://www.elllo.org/english/1351/T1380-Meg-04-Truffle.htm

Here is the result of your work. Congratulations!

MINISAGAS COMPETITION

Congratulations to Eva, winner of the class, with her story 'Just a Normal Day'  and thanks to you all for taking part. I encourage you to keep on writing, as you have good writing skills and a lot of imagination.

Just a Normal Day

Karen was walking using the pedestrian crossing when the fast car hit her violently.

As she opened her eyes, she saw blurred faces and blood everywhere.

Everyone was shouting frantically for help.

A tear came to her eyes, fell off onto the bloody floor and Karen stopped breathing…

Cut!!  We got it!!  Amazing scene!!...

Eva A.  1º NA-A. 

The nightmare

That night was chilly, it was pouring and the noise of the thunders was scary. Suddenly, a lightning struck on the right wing of the plane and it started burning. Immediately panic broke out. The pilot said, ‘we have to make an emergency landing on water’. I shouted and… woke up. Fortunately, it was only a nightmare.

Ana María   1ºNA-A

A different Halloween

The Halloween party ended late. Sarah woke up at noon but her parents weren´t in. She called her boyfriend unsuccessfully. Her mobile was bloodstained! Suddenly a dreadful growl came out from the basement. Is it you, mum? Sarah shrieked scared while something jumped on her. She ran outside, but there was no escape, a crowd of undead were expecting her...

Alberto J  1ºNA-A

           

Unexpected Race

We´d talked about what we´d do if, suddenly, a dog came towards us.

-      ‘I´d run away´.

-      `I´d kick it, that´s the best! ´, I replied.

We went riding to the countryside. We stopped at a drinking fountain and an enormous Rottweiler ran towards us.

Luckily, John only lost a trainer and I became a hurdles race athlete.

Ana Belén M. 1ºNA-A

Not all bullets hurt

His father was cleaning his weapon when suddenly his little son took a bullet. The boy wanted to kill his twin brother with a paper roll and the bullet. However, he swallowed the bullet instead of blowing it. Fortunately, three days later, it came out of his body without having caused any damage.

Eva C. 1º NA-A

What were you thinking about?

One day I went to the supermarket with my youngest son. While shopping I said to myself that he was extremely quiet when suddenly I realized he wasn’t with me. I ran quickly to my car and saw he was sleeping in his chair.

I had forgotten my little son!!

                                                                           Ana Belén  1º NA-A

The Locked Door

I was sleeping when I heard a loud noise. I thought it was just a dream, but suddenly I heard it again. Scared, I got up and walked towards the door at the end of the corridor. When I opened it the light turned off and I felt something right behind me. It was my neighbour’s cat.

Isabel  1º NA-A

What a fright!

When I went to Gibraltar with my extended family, none of us could imagine what was going to happen.

On Saturday morning, the main street is crowded. We were shopping when suddenly my niece got lost.

We started calling her and a policeman appeared. He reprimanded us for not being responsible with the child.

‘Come on Susana, it´s time to get up!!’

            Susana  1º NA-A

 

  

The archaelogical site of Carteia

In the link below you can read some information about the site we are going to visit.
http://old.sanroque.es/tourism/routes/cultural-tourism/carteia

The Siobhan Dowd Trust

SIMPLE OR CONTINUOUS?

In the following exercise you need to choose  present perfect simple or present perfect continuous.
Pay attention, is it the emphasis on result or duration?

In the next exercise, pay attention to the verb. Is it an action or a non- action verb?

PRESENT PERFECT SIMPLE

We use the Present Perfect Simple to say that a finished action or event is connected with the present in some way:

I can't go on holiday because I've broken my leg.

Mary has had a baby.

We often use it to express the idea of completion  or achievement.

At last! I've finished!

Have you done all the housework

We normally use the Present Perfect Simple to announce news of recent events.

 After announcing news, we normally use past simple to give more details.

Uncle Keith has crashed the car again.

He ran into a tree in Chestnut street

We use it to make emphasis on repetition up to now:

How often have you been in love in your life?

I've written 10 e-mails since lunchtime.

I've sometimes thought of moving to Scotland.

Time words we use with Present Perfect:

ever, before, recently, just, never, already, yet.

(at some/any time up to now)

Finished time words are not used with Present Perfect:

yesterday, last week, then, when, three years ago, in 1980.

PRESENT PERFECT CONTINUOUS

We use present perfect continuous when we look back over actions and situations which started in the past and are still going on.

I've been working very hard recently.

It's been raining all day. I'm tired of it.

Jamie has been watching TV non-stop since breakfast.

The situation or action may have just stopped but there are present results (or side-effects):

You look hot.

Yes, I've been playing tennis.

Your hands are filthy!

I know, I've been gardening

SIMPLE OR CONTINUOUS?

Both tenses are used to express that an action began in the past and is still going on or has just finished. In most cases, both forms are correct , but there is often a difference in meaning.

l      Present Perfect Simple. The emphasis is on the result.

l      Present Perfect Continuous. The emphasis is  on the duration or continuous course of the action.

I have written 5 letters (RESULT)

I've been writing for an hour (DURATION)

I've done my homework (COMPLETION)

I've been doing my homework (DURATION)

I've washed the car (DESIRED RESULT)

- Why are you so wet?

- I've been washing the car (UNWANTED SIDE-EFFECT)

REMEMBER!

We do not use Present Perfect Continuous with NON-ACTION VERBS:

How long have you had your car?

I've had it since 1999

I've known my friend Sue for 20 years.

WORK AND LIVE are used in either present perfect simple or present perfect continuous with the same meaning.

I've been living here since I was 29.

I’ve lived here since I was 29.

1A QUESTION FORMATION

You can have further practice about  this grammar point in the links below:

http://www.englisch-hilfen.de/en/exercises/questions/form3.htm

http://www.englisch-hilfen.de/en/exercises/questions/form2.htm

http://www.bbc.co.uk/apps/ifl/worldservice/quiznet/quizengine?ContentType=text/html;quiz=125_questions_prepos

https://elt.oup.com/student/englishfile/upperint/a_grammar/file01/nef_upperint_grammar01_a01?cc=global&selLanguage=en

http://www.usingenglish.com/quizzes/312.html

http://a4esl.org/q/f/z/zz13mlc.htm

http://www.adelescorner.org/grammar/qtags/qtags_mixed_tenses.html

http://www.englishexercises.org/makeagame/viewgame.asp?id=719

LEARNING PRACTICE

Some more useful links:


http://www.carolinebrownlisteninglessons.com/  (ejercicios de comprensión oral)

https://www.englishlistening.com/ (ejercicios de comprensión oral)

http://www.learnenglishfeelgood.com/eslvideo/  (videos y preguntas de comprensión)

http://literacynet.org/cnnsf/archives.html  (textos y preguntas de comprensión)

http://www.world-english.org/missing_words.htm (textos para rellenar huecos)