THE THIRD CONDITIONAL

So far we've studied the first and the second conditional, now it´s time for the third.
The third conditional is used to talk about things which DID NOT HAPPEN in the past. . It is often used to express criticism or regret. Like the other conditionals, a third conditional sentence consists of two clauses, an "if" clause and a main clause.
Jennifer explains in the following video how it is formed and used.



And if you want more practice click here

stop-motion "Tim"

Dear students
Remember to watch the video and write a summary of it in your own words.

Reported speech: Command and Request . Exercises

COMMANDS AND REQUESTS IN REPORTED SPEECH

Present Perfect

Present Perfect or Simple Past?

This is the video we watched in our last class. There are some links below to help you understand these two tenses thoroughly. And click here to view the exercise we did in class.

IN1 FINDING YOUR WAY

This is the powerpoint we worked with in class today:

Giving directions

Giving directions 

And the video:
 You can also click on the link Real English to watch a video and do the exercises Real English

The passive voice

Here you have the powerpoint presentation about the passive.

Passive Voice.Ppt

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and here the video we watched.

Our last class

Here is the presentation for materials and shapes we looked at in our last class.

Getting what you want

This is the song we worked with:

For those of you who asked about videos with English subtitles, here are two worthy websites:

Thanksgiving day

Some of you had come to me and asked for the photocopies and the listening exercise we worked in class yesterday. Click here for the reading, and here to register for the listening.
Below you have a video with the information of the photocopies.

The Specials

I was surfing the net today and came across The Specials, an online docu-soap series following the lives of a house of young adults with learning difficulties. It has been nominated for an international award.
You can watch all the episodes online with English subtitles. It's worth watching it.

halloween exercises

Drag the mouse on the pictures until you see a kind of pink circle, click on it and do the exercises.

Stereotypes

Patricia Dimargo, your classmate at Intermediate2-2 has sent us this interesting video on sterotypes. It's worth watching it.
Write your composition about sterotypes here in "comments"

What's in a name

Click on the picture, read the text and do the exercises

The Passive

Below you have the powerpoint presentation we saw in our last class (thanks Carmen)

Passive Voice

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Click here for extra practice on using the passive.

And here you have a great website with videos and exercises.

REPORTED SPEECH

.We have studied in class that we use the reported or indirect speech when we report other people's words. Those reported words are frequently spoken in a different place and time, and for that reason some changes have to be made ( pronouns, verb tenses, adverbs of time and place....).
Since many of you don't feel quite confident about this new grammar point, and want to know more, here you have some videos where teacher Jennifer explains perfectly the statements and questions in reported speech



You can also have a look at this point in English Grammar in use by Raymond Murphy.

Your classmate, Antonio del Pozo NI1 group 2, wants to share the following links if you want to keep on working on the reported speech. (Thanks Antonio)
Exercises 1
Exercises 2

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HAPPY VIEWING!

Do you sometimes feel frustated when listening to an audio or watching a video, and have the feeling your English doesn't improve ?

Don't get depressed!
It is said that babies spend about two years watching and listening before saying proper sentences.

We learn in a different way, but practising is the first step to master anything. So why don't you start right now?

I have come across a site with English subtitled videos and different levels of difficulty.

First watch, listen and read, then listen again without the subtitles and finally try to tell someone (or yourself in the mirror, in English, of course) what you remember. Another option is, when the video finishes, watch it in "quiz mode" where you'll have to guess the missing words.

Happy Viewing!

CLICK in Class English Central (You have to register in our group and start.... IT'S REALLY EASY!)

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Our Recipes

Here you have the site of the recipe we watched in class. Remember to write your own recipes in "enlances a esta entrada" below and then in "post a comment".

ENGLISH MANIA

As you already know, listening is vital when we are learning a new language. It's the most difficult skill to understand and the one which requires more practice when learning a new language. So the more you listen, the better you get at understanding.
Here you have a listening exercise. Start by doing some exercises related to new vocabulary, then watch the video with the English subtitles and then again, but this time without subtitles. You'll see you'll understand a lot more, then do the next exercise and finally listen again but this time try to be aware of the pronunciation, intonation and how words are joined. I hope you enjoy this video.
First do the following
two exercises

Now watch the video


Do the following exercise:

and finally listen again to focus on how things are said and expressed.

A tribute to Michael Jackson

"One picture is worth ten thousand words."
Chinese proverb


And now do these two exercises (a Listening and a Reading) to know a little bit more about the King of Pop. Adapted from Voa News and CNN News

Learning English

Well people, the course has just fisnished and summer is just round the corner. Most of you have passed but that doesn't mean everything is over; quite the opposite, now it's time to have some discipline and try to study a little bit during our summer holidays. Teacherfred, who I met the other day on the net, says something quite interesting about learning a skill.


Does this sound familiar to you?. Let's start by doing an exercise
to test if you have understood Teacherfred.
Anyway, the net is full of resources to practise all the different skills. Laura in Guía has written a fab post to keep your English alive this summer. Visit it.

Tony's awards

The Tony's awards are regarded as the theatre's equivalent to the Oscars. The annual awards were established in 1947 by the American Theatre Wing and are intended to recognize excellence in plays and musicals staged on Broadway. Awards are given for best play, best musical, best play revival, and best musical revival, and in categories such as acting, directing, music, choreography, set design, and costume design.
This 63rd edition was presented on Sunday, June 7, 2009 at Radio City Music Hall in New York City. "Billy Elliot, the musical" swept, winning 10 awards. The musical which is based on the film with the same name, tells the story of a ballet dancing schoolboy in a mining town in northern England. Elton John, who suggested the film be adapted for theatre, wrote the music for the production.
Click here if you want to know more or watch the video below to listen to one of the fabulous songs of this musical.