jueves, 8 de octubre de 2015




February 11, 2016

MATERIAL PARA TODOS LOS NIVELES.
ITM 

PRACTICA DE SEQUENCE CONNECTORS AND LINKING WORDS.
http://es.slideshare.net/mgalalo/linking-words-and-connectors-of-sequence

martes, 29 de septiembre de 2015



February 11, 2016

 LEVEL 3 READING AND LISTENING PRACTICE LA U EN MI BARRIO


LEVEL 3            READING COMPREHENSION PRACTICE.
1 
              1.  Sick on Saturday 
I have just had a terrible weekend! On Saturday I was so tired that I slept all morning. When I woke up I had a head ache and my throat was sore. My body ached all over. My nose ran and I coughed a lot. My mother took my temperature but I did not have a fever.
My mother made me some soup for lunch and I ate it in bed. I drank some juice. I tried to read a book but I couldn’t keep my eyes open. I lay in bed all afternoon. I drifted in and out of sleep. I drank more juice. I felt miserable all afternoon. I didn’t want to do anything.
got out of bed at dinner time. My parents ordered pizza for dinner and I was able to eat some of it. I drank more juice! I felt a bit better after dinner so I stayed up. I snuggled under a blanket on the couch and watched some TV with my parents. I fell asleep in front of the TV.
The next morning I felt better but now my mother had a cold! She looked miserable. It was her turn to be sick.

·         Vocabulary help:


  • ache (verb) - hurts, is painful
  • asleep (adjective) - to be sleeping
  • couch (noun) - furniture to sit on
  • drifted (verb) past tense of to drift - to move slowly
  • drifted in and out of sleep - when you are not really awake but not really asleep either
  • miserable (adjective) - sad, unhappy, unpleasant
  • snuggled (verb) past tense of to snuggle - to move into a warm, comfortable position
  • terrible (adjective) - very bad,
  • woke up (verb) past tense of wake up - to stop sleeping


·         Comprehension Check:
Did you understand the story? Are these sentences true?
1. The boy was sick on Saturday. Yes or no?
2. On Sunday his father was sick. Yes or no?
3. He had a fever on Saturday. Yes or no?
4. He ate dinner in bed on Saturday. Yes or no?
·         Make a list of regular and irregular verbs from the text.
·         Oral report.



LEVEL 3       READING COMPREHENSION PRACTICE
         2. Skating 
This winter I learned to skate! A friend of mine had an extra pair of skates. He persuaded me to go skating with him one Saturday afternoon in February. I borrowed the skates and we went skating!
It was cold outside! We wore hats, scarves and mitts to keep warm. He showed me how to put on the skates. He helped me walk onto the ice. He showed me how to start moving. He also showed me how to stop! I moved very slowly at first and lots of people skated past me. When I fell nobody laughed at me. Instead, they helped me get back up. I kept trying! Soon I felt much better. I liked skating!
Vocabulary help:


  • awhile (adverb) - for a short time.
  • better (adjective) - comparative form of goodGood, better, best are the three forms of the word good.
  • borrow (verb) - to use something that belongs to someone else and give it back later
  • instead (adverb) - in place of; rather
  • mitt (noun) - a mitten. A type of glove with a single part for all the fingers except the thumb which is in a separate part.
  • onto (preposition) - to a position on or on top of.
  • pair (noun) - two things that are the same and are used together. Examples, a pair of gloves, a pair of socks
  • persuade (verb) - to cause someone to do something by explaining why they should.
  • scarves (noun) plural of scarf - a long piece of cloth worn around the neck, head, or shoulders.
  • skate (noun) - a shoe with a blade attached to the bottom. Skates are used to move on ice
  • skate (verb) - to move along on ice skates or roller skates.
  • warm (adjective) - having some heat; not cold


 Comprehension Check:
1. When he fell, people laughed at him. Yes or no?
2. Wearing hats and scarves will help keep you warm on a cold day. Yes or no?
3. You can skate outside in the summer in Canada. Yes or no?

·         Make a list of regular and irregular verbs from the text.       Make an Oral report.

        LISTENING PRACTICE
Del siguiente link seleccione la categoría de easy
http://www.esl-lab.com/              
Del siguiente link seleccione la categoría de nivel principiante.
Habra el link    http://www.real-english.com/
Y haga click en Lessons
y explore y trabaje los siguientes audios.

·         42- The Simple Past with "Was" and "Were"
      Were you good at School?
Watch this video, then click on Exercise 1
·         43 – Introducing the Simple Past "Did"
Watch this video, then click on Exercise 1
·         46 – Yesterday
Watch this video, then click on Exercise 1
·         47- Used to do
Watch this video, then click on Exercise 1

·       Vea y escuche los videos y solucione los ejercicios.  
     Explore cada audio y haga entrenamiento de la habilidad de escucha.

lunes, 31 de agosto de 2015



  LAB PRACTICE LEVEL 5       

UDEM
·         CONDITIONALS:
·         THE PARTS OF SPEECH
·         VERB GET

·         LISTENING PRACTICE

·        FROM THESE LINKS CHOOSE B1

·         READING PRACTICE


VIDEOS
PRONOUNCIATION   PRACTICE
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=xNwlP4E0Ms0  PRONUNCIATION REGULAR VERBS
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4TjcT7Gto3U    SHORT LONG VOWELS PHONICS
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ewQyUi4QvC0   PRONUNCIATION        TH – T




martes, 12 de mayo de 2015



February 12, 2016

MATERIAL PARA NIVEL 1 

 NO OLVIDAR LLEVAR DICCIONARIO.
SEE YOU!!!!


WORKSHOP 3                                                                                                                                                                                 LEVEL 1
NAME:________________________________________________________________
LET’S PRACTICE
1. Describing habits – routines – facts.
The simple present tense in English is used to describe an action that is regular, true or normal.
We use the present tense:
1. For repeated or regular actions in the present time period.


  • take the train to the office.
  • The train to Berlin leaves every hour.
  • John sleeps eight hours every night during the week.


2. For facts.


  • The President of The USA lives in The White House.
  • A dog has four legs.
  • We come from Switzerland.


3. For habits.


  • get up early every day.
  • Carol brushes her teeth twice a day.
  • They travel to their country house every weekend.


4. For things that are always / generally true.


  • It rains a lot in winter.
  • The Queen of England lives in Buckingham Palace.
  • They speak English at work.
·       Word Order of Negative Sentences
·         The following is the word order to construct a basic negative sentence in English in the Present Tense using Don't orDoesn't.
Subject
don't/doesn't
Verb*
The Rest of the sentence
I / you / we / they
don't
have / buy
eat / like etc.
cereal for breakfast
he / she / it
doesn't

·       Word Order of Questions with Do and Does
·         The following is the word order to construct a basic question in English using Do or Does.
Do/Does
Subject
Verb*
The Rest of the sentence
Do
I / you / we / they
have / need
want etc.
a new bike?
Does
he / she / it

 

·         Short Answers with Do and Does

·         In questions that use do/does it is possible to give short answers to direct questions as follows:
Sample Questions
Short Answer
(Affirmative)
Short Answer
(Negative)
Do you like chocolate?
Yes, I do.
No, I don't.
Do I need a pencil?
Yes, you do.
No, you don't.
Do they like chocolate?
Yes, they do.
No, they don't.
Does he like chocolate?
Yes, he does.
No, he doesn't.
Does she like chocolate?
Yes, she does.
No, she doesn't.

·  However, if a question word such as who, when, where, why, which or how is used in the question, you can not use the short answers above to respond to the question.
   signal words

                                     sometimes - never - often - always - usually - everyday

Examples:


1. I always come to school by car.
2. She frequently arrives here before me.
3. He never forgets to do his homework.
4. I often catch the late bus home.
5. I play football on Saturdays.
6. My mom doesn’t cook on weekends.
7. I don’t speak English
8. Do you practice sport?
9. Does the teacher play basketball?
10.     Do you work on weekends?



 Practice
·         Complete the sentences with Don't and Doesn't:


  • You _____________ speak Arabic.
  • John ________________ speak Italian.
  • We ________________ have time for a rest.
  • They _____________want to go to the party.
  • She _______________ like fish.


·         Complete the sentences with Do and Does:


  • _______________ you need a dictionary?
  • _______________ Mary need a dictionary?
  • ______________ we have a meeting now?
  • _________________ it rain a lot in winter?
  • ________________ they want to go to the party?


Scramble sentences
·         Put the words in the correct order.
1.        eat – you - ?-  Do-  in the cafeteria
2.       speak  - your father  - every day - ? -  Does  - English
3.       in -  Medellin  - live -  I
4.       doesn't - play – plays-  but – she -  tennis -   she -  football
5.       eats  - he  - rice -  and drinks -  for breakfast  - cold milk
6.       very - she - hard -  works
7.       four languages  - speaks - my friend
8.       rains in Germany -   a lot  - It  
9.       I -  horror films!  - don't like
10.    You -  do - ?  - smoke
11.    Have -  any children -  does - ?  - your sister
12.    100° Celsius. - water  - boils  - at
13.    their leaves -  lose  - in the  - trees  - fall.
14.    on  - water  - floats  - wood
15.    snow  - it  - Does -  ?  - in the -  Sahara desert
16.    her homework  - doesn't  - after classes  - mary  - do
17.    in the winter -  don't grow  - flowers
Links to practice: Simple present




Videos
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=YwmIDHm3kOk      Mr. Bean daily routines
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=IacjiYGj9l4 Mr. Bean - Getting up late for the dentist

Links to practice listening:
http://www.esl-lab.com/      (CHOOSE EASY LEVEL)