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Saturday, March 23, 2013
Grammar 2
Present Perfect or Present Perfect Continuous?
Present Perfect vs Present Perfect Continuous Ex 1Present Perfect vs Present Perfect Continuous Ex 2
Present Perfect vs Present Perfect Continuous Ex 3
Present Perfect vs Present Perfect Continuous Ex 4
Present Perfect vs Present Perfect Continuous Ex 5
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Present Perfect or Past Simple?
Present Perfect vs Past Simple Ex 1Present Perfect vs Past Simple Ex 2
Present Perfect vs Past Simple Ex 3
Present Perfect vs Past Simple Ex 4
Present Perfect vs Past Simple Ex 5
Present Perfect vs Past Simple Ex 6
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Present Simple or Present Continuous?
Present Simple vs. Present Continuous Ex 1
Present Simple vs. Present Continuous Ex 2
Present Simple vs. Present Continuous Ex 3
Present Simple vs. Present Continuous Ex 4
Present Simple vs. Present Continuous Ex 5
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First and Second Conditionals
First and Second Conditionals Ex 1First and Second Conditionals Ex 2
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an another other
an another other exercise. . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
Questions
QuestionsQuestions about the Subject or the Object of the verb (Class Exercise)
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Reported Speech
More reported speech exercises. . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
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Grammar Links
Grammar Topic
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Direct Links |
| Adjective Clauses | |
| University of Victoria English Language Centre Victoria, B.C. |
Adjective Clauses Introduction Self-Test Quiz: Using Adjective Clauses Relative Pronouns Introducing Adjective Clauses Adjective Clauses in Object Position |
| Adverb Clauses | |
| University of Victoria English Language Centre Victoria, B.C. |
Adverb Clauses Introduction Choose the correct conjunction |
| University of Ottawa Writing Centre Ottawa, Ontario |
Using Clauses as Nouns, Adjectives, and Adverbs Review: Noun, Adjective, and Adverb Clauses |
| a4esl.org The Internet TESL Journal Toyota, Aichi, Japan |
Adverb Clauses: Cause and Effect Relationships |
| Learn4Good Patrick Thompson Dublin, Ireland |
Adverb Clauses Examples: Lesson Plan Quiz |
| University of Calgary English Department Calgary, Alberta |
Adjective and Adverb Clauses |
| GrammarTips.homestead.com Tina Blue Lawrence, KS, USA |
Commas with Adverb Clauses |
| esl.about.com About, Inc. New York, NY, USA |
Using Adverb Clauses with Time Expressions |
| Causatives | |
| EnglishLearner.com Budapest, Hungary |
Practice the causative - A Bad Day |
| University of Victoria English Language Centre Victoria, B.C. |
Introduction to Causatives Have or Get 1 Have or Get 2 |
| Comparatives and Superlatives | |
| Better-English.com Pearson and Caroline Brown Redditch, UK |
Comparatives Matching Exercise 1Comparatives Matching Exercise 2 |
| University of Victoria English Language Centre Victoria, B.C. |
Introduction and Exercises |
| a4esl.org The Internet TESL Journal Toyota, Aichi, Japan |
Self-Study Quiz |
| Conditionals | |
| Better-English.com Pearson and Caroline Brown Redditch, UK |
First Conditional 1 2 Second Conditional 1 2 3 4 Third Conditional Wish 1 2 3 If ... 1 2 |
| Dave's ESL Cafe David Sperling Woodland Hills, CA, USA |
"If" Sentences Quiz |
| University of Victoria English Language Centre Victoria, B.C. |
Zero Conditional Introduction Exercise First Conditional Introduction Exercise 1 2 Second Conditional 1 2 Third Conditional Which Conditional Should I Use? |
| Grammar-Quizzes.com Julie Sevastopoulos Palo Alto, CA, USA |
Conditional Summary |
| Guide to Grammar and Writing Capital Community College Foundation Hartford, CT, USA |
Conditional Verb Forms First, Second, and Third Conditional |
| NetGrammar Allen Quesada Pacheco San Jose, Costa Rica |
Conditional Sentences |
| ESL Partyland Karin Cintron San Francisco, CA, USA |
Conditional Sentences Fill-in |
| a4esl.org The Internet TESL Journal Toyota, Aichi, Japan |
If Clauses Self-Study Quiz |
| Gerunds and Infinitives | |
| ESL Blues Eifion Pritchard Collège Édouard-Montpetit Longueuil, Quebec |
Doing It Infinitive or Gerund Drag and Drop 1 Infinitive or Gerund Drag and Drop 2 |
| Interlink Language Centers Golden, CO, USA |
Gerund or Infinitive |
| University of Victoria English Language Centre Victoria, B.C. |
Forming Gerunds Cloze Exercise: Gerunds and Infinitives |
| Modal Verbs | |
| Better-English.com Pearson and Caroline Brown Redditch, UK |
Match the sentences: Can 1 2 3 Match the sentences: Could 1 2 Match the advice to the statement: Should 1 Should 2 mustn't / don't have to needn't have needn't / mustn't |
| University of Victoria English Language Centre Victoria, B.C. |
Modals of Ability: Can, Could, Be able to, May, Might Modals of Advice: Should, Ought to, Had better Modals of Necessity: Must, Have got to, Have to Modals with “Not”: Must not, Do not have to Modals of Polite Request: Would you, Could you, Will you, Can you |
| a4esl.org The Internet TESL Journal Toyota, Aichi, Japan |
Modals Self-Study Quiz |
| esl.about.com About, Inc. New York, NY, USA |
Can / Be Able To Must / Have To - Mustn't / Don't Have to Modal Verbs of Probability |
| Interlink Language Centers Golden, CO, USA |
Modals 1 Modals 2 |
| Passive | |
| Better-English.com Pearson and Caroline Brown Redditch, UK |
Rewrite the sentences using a passive form. Fill in the missing word (passives).Complete the sentences (passives).Fill in the blank: Passives Past Passives |
| Interlink Language Centers Golden, CO, USA |
Passives Quiz 1 Passives Quiz 2 |
| a4esl.org The Internet TESL Journal Toyota, Aichi, Japan |
Self-Study Quiz: Active or Passive Voice |
| Monash University Language and Learning Services Unit Melbourne, Australia |
Passive Voice |
| Phrasal Verbs | |
| Aardvark's English Forum San Francisco, CA, USA |
Phrasal Verbs Exercise 5 (mixed levels) Phrasal Verbs Exercise 7 (higher intermediate) |
| Guide to Grammar and Writing Capital Community College Foundation Hartford, CT, USA |
Phrasal Verbs 1 Phrasal Verbs 2 |
| ESLPartyland.com Karin Cintron San Francisco, CA, USA |
Phrasal Verbs Quiz - The Big Letdown Phrasal Verbs with Take Phrasal Verbs with "Get" Grammar and Vocabulary - Two-Word Verbs Two Word Verbs with Look Phrasal Verbs with Get: Matching Exercise |
| a4esl.org The Internet TESL Journal Toyota, Aichi, Japan |
Self-Study Quizzes: Idioms, Phrasal Verbs, Slang |
| Interlink Language Centers Golden, CO, USA |
Phrasal Verbs 1 2 3 4 5 |
| Language Dynamics EnglishPage.com Anthony Eitnier San Diego, CA, USA |
Prepositions and Phrasal Verbs Phrasal Verb Dictionary |
| Cambridge Dictionaries Online Cambridge University Press Cambridge, UK |
Cambridge International Dictionary of Phrasal Verbs |
| Dave's ESL Cafe David Sperling Woodland Hills, CA, USA |
Phrasal Verb Page |
| Preposition Combinations | |
| ESLPartyland.com Karin Cintron San Francisco, CA, USA |
Verbs with Prepositions |
| Pat Byrd Department of Applied Linguistics & ESL Georgia State University Atlanta, GA, USA |
Verb+Preposition CombinationsVerb+Particle+Preposition Combinations (Phrasal Verbs+Prepositions) |
| Reported Speech | |
| EnglishLearner.com Budapest, Hungary |
Reported Speech |
| Interlink Language Centers Golden, CO, USA |
Reported Speech 1 Reported Speech 2 |
| ESLPartyland.com Karin Cintron San Francisco, CA, USA |
Change to Reported Speech |
| a4esl.org The Internet TESL Journal Toyota, Aichi, Japan |
What did the teacher say? (Reported Speech) Reported Speech Reported Speech at a Much Later Time |
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Tuesday, March 12, 2013
Vocabulary
Vocabulary
Verbs that are often confused
Say / Tell / Talk / SpeakSay or Tell? - An explanation
Say or Tell exercise 1
Say or Tell exercise 2
Speak or Talk exercise 1
Say Tell Speak Talk - An explanation and an exercise
Say Tell Speak Talk exercise 1
Say Tell Speak Talk exercise 2
Say Tell Speak Talk exercise 3
Say Tell Speak Talk exercise 4
Say Tell Speak Talk - More exercises
make do
- Random Idea English: Hot verbs, empty verbs - Exercises with do, give, have, make, take
- empty verbs have, take, make, give
- 'make','take' and 'have' quiz. | Learn English
- Learn English. 1 FREE English lesson added every single day. Grammar, vocabulary, listening & reading
- Fill in the gaps 'do' 'make' 'have' or 'take'.
- Learn English language. Interactive, online grammar and vocabulary tests. Interactive exercises for all levels.
- Fill in the gaps with 'do' 'make' 'have' or 'take'.
- Learn English language. Interactive, online grammar and vocabulary tests. Interactive exercises for all levels.
- Fill in the gaps with 'do' 'make' 'have' or 'take'.
- Learn English language. Interactive, online grammar and vocabulary tests. Interactive exercises for all levels.
- do, go, play - Vocabulary - Learning English
- do, go, play, Confusing words - Learning English
- BBC World Service | Quizzes | Quiznet | Go, play or do? (2)
- A quiz about the use of words go, play and do.
- BBC World Service | Quizzes | Quiznet | Go, play, do or nothing?
- Quiz about go, play and do
- Do, Play or Go - Sports Vocabulary Quiz for ESL EFL English
- When talking about sports we use the verbs do, play and go depending on the type of sport, try this quiz to see if you know when to use do, play or go
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Have or Get Quiz
- Have and get are very versatile verbs and can cause quite a lot of confusion, try this quiz to see if you know when to use have or get
- English Vocabulary Quiz - Have or Get 2 - Vocabulary Quiz for ESL EFL
- Have and get are very versatile verbs and can cause quite a lot of confusion, try this quiz to see if you know when to use have or get
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Collocation Use with Catch, Pay, Keep - Combining Verbs with Expressions for ESL EFL TEFL TESOL Students English Instruction
- Collocations with the verbs take, have, break, pay, keep, save, find and more for English learners at an intermediate level
- Quiz on Choosing Give or Take
- Give or Take are very versatile verbs and can cause quite a lot of confusion, try this quiz to see if you know when to use Give or Take
- Choose between Give or Take
- Give or Take are very versatile verbs and can cause quite a lot of confusion, try this quiz to see if you know when to use Give or Take
- Collocation Use with Take, Have, Break, Catch - Combining Verbs with Expressions for ESL EFL TEFL TESOL Students English Instruction
- Collocations with the verbs take, have, break, pay, keep, save, find and more for English learners at an intermediate level
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single verbs
- BBC World Service | Quizzes | Quiznet | Expressions with take
- A quiz about expressions with take.
- BBC World Service | Quizzes | Quiznet | Different uses of 'get'
- A quiz about different uses of 'get'.
- BBC World Service | Quizzes | Quiznet | Expressions with 'get'
- Expressions with 'get'
- Uses of Get - Top Ten Seses of Get - The Verb To Get
- Top ten uses of the verb to get for intermediate level ESL English learners
- BBC World Service | Quizzes | Quiznet | A quiz about phrasal verbs with 'go'
- A quiz about phrasal verbs with 'go'
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Saturday, March 2, 2013
Vowels (a e i o u)
Vowels (a e i o u)
"i" and 
"ee"
An explanation in Spanish:
es anterior, cerrada y larga. Suena como la " i " castellana tónica (capilla, castillo, sí). En inglés representa los grafemas: ee - ea - ie - ei - e
es anterior, semicerrada y breve.
- Es muy parecida a / i: / , se diferencia de ella en que se realiza más en el centro y en que se pronuncia más relajada; y no es larga, sino breve.
- Suena como la " i " española que está en posición átona (último, mirar, cursi, felicidad, pitar ...) .
En inglés aparece en los grafemas: i - y - e - a
Ejemplos: build, rich, ship, live, big, happy, video, orange
This explanation is from here.
"i" and "ee"
An explanation in Spanish:
es anterior, cerrada y larga. Suena como la " i " castellana tónica (capilla, castillo, sí). En inglés representa los grafemas: ee - ea - ie - ei - e es anterior, semicerrada y breve.- Es muy parecida a / i: / , se diferencia de ella en que se realiza más en el centro y en que se pronuncia más relajada; y no es larga, sino breve.
- Suena como la " i " española que está en posición átona (último, mirar, cursi, felicidad, pitar ...) .
En inglés aparece en los grafemas: i - y - e - a
Ejemplos: build, rich, ship, live, big, happy, video, orange
This explanation is from here.
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Misc links
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Friday, March 1, 2013
Student Links
Student links
If you find an interesting site, you can share it with the class by clicking on "POST A COMMENT" here. Give us the address (http:/...etc) and tell us what it's about.
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Pronunciation TH
TH - 
and 
Pronouncing th (unvoiced) - eg: think
Watch animations of how we say :A video about how to say
A trick:
Put your tongue out and touch it with your finger.
Push your toungue lightly against your teeth.
Now blow. You should be making a
sound. Now try to say "thing". You must take your tongue back into your mouth to say "ing"
Another trick:
To say "t" you put your tongue up against the part of your mouth that is behind your teeth:
Try it. Say "tie".
To say , you put your tongue against your teeth:
Put your tongue there and try to say "tie". If you breathe out as you do this, you will say "thigh"
Some minimal pairs exercises with :
/ s / t / f
t /
s /
Pronouncing th (voiced) - eg: the
Watch animations of how we say :
Some minimal pairs exercises with :
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Echidnas script
Echidnas
At first glance you might think that this mammal is some sort of hedgehog... or perhaps a porcupine. But actually it's weirdly different from a hedgehog, a porcupine or almost any other kind of mammal. (WHISPERS) It's an echidna… and you can tell that it's a mammal because it's got hair, and only mammals have hair. Indeed, some of its hairs have been enlarged and strengthened and have turned into big spines, which it such an effective armour. This hair helps to keep the echidna warm, making sure that it doesn't lose too much of that valuable body heat to the cold air. The fuel with which the echidna and every other mammal generates that heat is, of course, food, and on a cold winter's day like this, the echidna has to spend much of its time searching for its next meal to make sure it's fully stoked up. Although echidnas have good eyesight and excellent hearing, it's their sense of smell which guides them to food. They sniff out insects and grubs, then get at them by ripping open the nests and tunnels with their immensely strong claws. That beak-like snout pokes into holes, and then out comes a long sticky tongue, that flicks into cracks and crevices to lick up whatever's worth eating. Echidnas are particularly fond of ants and termites, and will even climb trees to find them. This particular female has an unusually healthy appetite because she's about to breed. And the way she does so is the reason why the echidna is such a truly weird mammal. The echidna doesn't give birth to live babies, she lays an egg. It's hidden in her fur in a shallow depression on her underside. It's no bigger than a marble. Inside it, a young echidna is slowly developing. After her baby hatches, she carries it around on her underside for about 50 days, until it begins to develop spines. She then deposits it in a burrow, where it stays and grows for nearly seven months. But how does she feed it during this long time?
At first glance you might think that this mammal is some sort of hedgehog... or perhaps a porcupine. But actually it's weirdly different from a hedgehog, a porcupine or almost any other kind of mammal. (WHISPERS) It's an echidna… and you can tell that it's a mammal because it's got hair, and only mammals have hair. Indeed, some of its hairs have been enlarged and strengthened and have turned into big spines, which it such an effective armour. This hair helps to keep the echidna warm, making sure that it doesn't lose too much of that valuable body heat to the cold air. The fuel with which the echidna and every other mammal generates that heat is, of course, food, and on a cold winter's day like this, the echidna has to spend much of its time searching for its next meal to make sure it's fully stoked up. Although echidnas have good eyesight and excellent hearing, it's their sense of smell which guides them to food. They sniff out insects and grubs, then get at them by ripping open the nests and tunnels with their immensely strong claws. That beak-like snout pokes into holes, and then out comes a long sticky tongue, that flicks into cracks and crevices to lick up whatever's worth eating. Echidnas are particularly fond of ants and termites, and will even climb trees to find them. This particular female has an unusually healthy appetite because she's about to breed. And the way she does so is the reason why the echidna is such a truly weird mammal. The echidna doesn't give birth to live babies, she lays an egg. It's hidden in her fur in a shallow depression on her underside. It's no bigger than a marble. Inside it, a young echidna is slowly developing. After her baby hatches, she carries it around on her underside for about 50 days, until it begins to develop spines. She then deposits it in a burrow, where it stays and grows for nearly seven months. But how does she feed it during this long time?
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