Activity 1 Gap filling
Activity 2 Past Simple / Past Perfect
Activity 3 Future mix
Activity 4 Mixed tenses
Saturday 30 November 2013
2n BATX - MIXED TENSES REVISION
If you need to practise verb tenses, here you have some activities. Click on them:
WHAT A WONDERFUL WORLD (Playing For Change)
Playing for Change is a multimedia movement created to inspire, connect, and bring peace to the world through music. Musicians from all over the world participate in this project which aims to promote music and arts education. If you like music, you will enjoy the different videos they have released.
Friday 29 November 2013
MOVEMBER IN NOVEMBER!
Movember happens every November. In November, men (and women - theoretically) are encouraged to grow mustaches around the world. With their "Mos", the men engage in fundraising that researches issues related to men's health, specifically prostate cancer and other campaigns.
Read more here!
Read more here!
Friday 22 November 2013
2n BAT MODAL REPHRASINGS & IDIOMS ANSWER KEY
Modal rephrasing:
Here you have the remaining modal sentences
25) I'm sure something is happening tonight. Look at those preparations! (deduction)
Something must be happening. Look at those preparations!
26) It's compulsory for all students to attend lessons. (obligation)
Students must attend lessons.
27) It's possible that they move to Australia. (probability)
They may / might move to Australia.
28) I'm sure Helen knows about the accident. She looks very unhappy. (certainty)
Helen must know about the accident. She looks very unhappy.
29) Perhaps he hired a vannette. (Probability of a past action)
He might have hired a vannette.
30) You are not allowed to use the phone without permission. (prohibition)
You mustn't / can't use the phone without permission.
31) If I were you, I wouldn't trust John. (giving advice)
You shouldn't / had better not trust John.
32) I'm sure she didn't take the key. (certainty of a past action)
She can't/ couldn't have taken the key.
33) Perhaps I start a new career. (probability)
I might / may start a new career.
34) It was not necessary for you to tell Jan what really happened. (some past action was unnecessary)
You needn't have told Jan what really happened.
35) I regret selling the house. (we regret a past action)
I shouldn't have sold the house.
36) It's compulsory for all visitors to show their ID card. (obligation)
All visitors must show their ID card.
IDIOMS DEFINITIONS
1- Go down a storm : when something it's been enjoyable or successful
2- Every cloud has a silver lining: in every situation we can see something positive.
3- Steal someone's thunder : to take credit and praise for something somebody else did.
4- Shoot the breeze: to have an informal conversation about silly things.
5- Down in the doldrums: be depressed and without energy. It's more common the expression: to be down with the blues.
Here you have the remaining modal sentences
25) I'm sure something is happening tonight. Look at those preparations! (deduction)
Something must be happening. Look at those preparations!
26) It's compulsory for all students to attend lessons. (obligation)
Students must attend lessons.
27) It's possible that they move to Australia. (probability)
They may / might move to Australia.
28) I'm sure Helen knows about the accident. She looks very unhappy. (certainty)
Helen must know about the accident. She looks very unhappy.
29) Perhaps he hired a vannette. (Probability of a past action)
He might have hired a vannette.
30) You are not allowed to use the phone without permission. (prohibition)
You mustn't / can't use the phone without permission.
31) If I were you, I wouldn't trust John. (giving advice)
You shouldn't / had better not trust John.
32) I'm sure she didn't take the key. (certainty of a past action)
She can't/ couldn't have taken the key.
33) Perhaps I start a new career. (probability)
I might / may start a new career.
34) It was not necessary for you to tell Jan what really happened. (some past action was unnecessary)
You needn't have told Jan what really happened.
35) I regret selling the house. (we regret a past action)
I shouldn't have sold the house.
36) It's compulsory for all visitors to show their ID card. (obligation)
All visitors must show their ID card.
IDIOMS DEFINITIONS
1- Go down a storm : when something it's been enjoyable or successful
2- Every cloud has a silver lining: in every situation we can see something positive.
3- Steal someone's thunder : to take credit and praise for something somebody else did.
4- Shoot the breeze: to have an informal conversation about silly things.
5- Down in the doldrums: be depressed and without energy. It's more common the expression: to be down with the blues.
Wednesday 20 November 2013
2n BAT PRONUNCIATION (1)
To start with pronunciation practice, I want you to watch this video and get some tips to help you with your pronunciation skills. It's obvious that we are not native speakers, but you can improve your pronunciation by listening to the news in English or watching original version films. Here I give you a website link where you will find information and activities to practise. Remember that in your University entry exam there will be one question related to pronunciation (1 point) where you will have an odd-one-out activity.
Website for pronunciation: http://www.bbc.co.uk/worldservice/learningenglish/grammar/pron/
PHONETIC CHART
Become familiar with the different sounds.
http://www.pearsonlongman.com/phonetic-chart.html
Sunday 17 November 2013
2nd BAT - MODAL AND MODAL PERFECT VERBS
Have a look at this presentation and then click on the activities to practise
ENGLISH IDIOMS - 2nd BATX
" It's raining cats and dogs", "You're the apple of my eye" . Would you guess the meaning of these expressions? These are what we call idioms. There are many and they help us to understand language better. The following website includes a list with some of these English idioms. It's good to know some of them :)
ENGLISH IDIOMS LIST
ENGLISH IDIOMS LIST
HOMES IN BRITAIN
Some of you asked me in class about houses in Britain. Watch this video and you will see the most common houses there. Are they different from ours?
Thursday 14 November 2013
2nd BATX UNIT 2- THE ENVIRONMENT
VOCABULARY
1) Revision environment
2) Terminology
3) Climate Quiz
4) National Geographic video about Global Warming.
5) Listening activity: Deforestation Decreased over the past 10 years
1) Revision environment
2) Terminology
3) Climate Quiz
4) National Geographic video about Global Warming.
5) Listening activity: Deforestation Decreased over the past 10 years
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