1st Upper-Secondary - Full Year Review

Hi, Guys!!!,

That's the end of this academic year!!! Though some of you need to go on working if you really want to pass English. Because of that, I've just prepared for you a great variety of exercises, links and worksheets which you can download.  I hope you'll find these useful! 

 

1. TENSES 

 

2. MODALS 

 

3. MODALS (2) 

 

4. MODALS (3) 

 

5. MODALS (4) 

 

6. Prefixes and sufixes 

 

7. RELATIVES 

 

8. RELATIVES (2) 

 

9. CONDITIONALS 

 

10. PASSIVE 

 

11. Passive (2) 

 

12. Questions and Answers 

 

13. Questions and Answers (2) 

 

14. REPORTED SPEECH 

 

15. Reported Speech (2) 

 

16. Reported Speech (3) 

 

17. Infinitive of Purpose

 

18. PHRASAL VERBS

 

19. Comparative and Superlative Adjectives

 

20. PUNCTUATION and SPELLING RULES

 

2nd Upper-Secondary - Full Year Review

Hi, Guys!!!!,

That's the end of this academic year!!! Though some of you need to go on working if you really want to pass English. Because of that, I've just prepared for you a great variety of exercises, links and worksheets which you can download.  I hope you'll find these useful! 

1. TENSES

2. TENSES (2)

3. CONDITIONALS

4. SOME, ANY & NO, Inf., Gerund

5. MODALS

6. MODALS (2) 

7. Rephrasing Modals 

8. TENSES (3) 

9. Reported Specch 

10. RELATIVES 

11. USED TO, BE USED TO and  GET USED TO 

12. PASSIVE 

13. LINKING WORDS 

14. HAVE + STH + DONE 

15. IT IS SAID THAT (Passive) 

16. TOO and ENOUGH 

17. SO and SUCH 

18. LINKING WORDS (2) 

19. LINKING WORDS (3) 

20. PHRASAL VERBS 

21. ADJECTIVES (Word Order) 

22. 2nd-term-revision-for-upper-secondary 

AdJeCtiVeS + PrePoSiTionS (post 3)

Hi, Guys!, 

After studying the whole list of Adj.+Prep. that you have in your booklet, it's time to practise!!! Because of that, I recommend you to click on the following links:

ADJ. + PREP. (very functional list)

1. perfect-english-grammar.com

2. english-4u

3. autoenglish.org

4. edu.ge.ch/cptic

5. learn4good

ComParaTiVeS and SuPerLatiVeS

Hi, Guys!, 

What is the best football team in your country? What is the funniest TV show? Is that book  more interesting than this one? Is Rihanna better than Beyoncé? ...

You could guess what I'm focusing on ... Yeah! ComParaTiVeS and SuPerLatiVeS in English! 

If you need to practise or revise how to make Comparatives and Superlatives, you can click on the following links: 

* Theory (Comparatives and Superlatives, charts) 

* enchantedlearning.com (charts)

* comparatives_and_superlatives.pdf

* autoenglish.org (exerc + key answers)

* ies1libertas.edu.

OrdeR oF AdjEcTiVeS iN EnGliSH

HI, Guys!,

As you may know the order of Adjectives in English is very important and quite different from Spanish. So, we must take into account these have a fixed order and position before the noun. Let's see....


Determiner + Opinion + Size + Quality + Age + Shape + Colour + Past Participle +Origin +Material + Type + Purpose + Noun

Therefore, if we have to learn this, we'd better learn these strange words:
DE+OPI+SI+QUA//  AG+SHA+CO+PA+ORI//   MAT+TY+PU+  Noun

There is a symplified version: OPI+SI+AG+SHA+CO+ORI+MA+Noun

adjectives

Position - Order and degrees of Adjectives

Describing Physical Appearance - SpEaKinG

Hi, there!,

Would you like to improve your speaking? why don't you learn or review how to describe Physical Appearance? It's a very entertaining game that you can play with your students or friends to practise your English!

Just take a look the following pages, these are fantastic!!! Then, choose one of your mates and describe him/her for the other people. The others have to guess who you are describing listening to your descripytion. You can also include clothes description. Come on, let's play now!!!

Learn and play ;)

Material Obligatorio Appearances Vocabulary

Adjectives plus Prepositions (post 2)

Hi, Guys!,

I hope you'll find this chart interesting!
Adj.+Prep.

ADJECTIVES ENDING in -ED/ -ING

Hi, Guys!,

Thanks a lot, Ángela Ruiz, excellent task, you've got great worksheets!

ed.ing adjectives

AdJeCtIvEs EnDiNg in -ING and -ED

Hi, Guys!,

Within two weeks, you are going to take your final exams. So, let's review Adjectives ending in -ING and -ED. There is a semantic different between these adjectives.

1. ADJ. -ING = describe what something or someone is like.
Ex. Natalie is so boring that she never goes out or watches TV.
(permanent, lasting situation)

2. ADJ. -ED = describe how someone feels.
Ex. I'm getting bored due to the football match (not a permanent situation).

Ex. Mike was interested because the subject's interesting.

If you need to practise, you can watch this useful video, and then, you can do these exercises, just click here: http://www.tolearnenglish.com/exercises/exercise-english-2/exercise-english-1752.php

AdJeCtIvEs and PrEpOsItIoNs

Hi, Guys!,

I'm going to post a list of ADJECTIVES followed by a particular PREPOSITIONS. When I started learning English, I generelly sang or wrote them a lot of times, I had to memorise them.... But now, it's FAR BETTER!!!!!!!! We can use internet and do funny exercises such as these ones, hahah ;-)

Well, let's see the list first. Then you can do the following activities taken from:
http://esl-efl.webpark.pl/adjective_preposition.html

Check your answers looking at the Adj+Prep.

angry, annoyed, furious, happy + ABOUT + something

They are angry about the punishment.

angry, furious + WITH / AT + someone FOR something

I'm angry at you for having lied to me!

worried, excited, sorry + ABOUT + something

They are very excited about the play.

good / bad + AT + noun/gerund

I'm good at cooking, but I'm bad at English.

amazed, amused, astonished, shocked + AT /BY + something

He was shocked by /at the news.

famous, responsible, sorry+ FOR + something

Madonna is famous her music.

different + FROM

I'm quite different from my borther.

fond, proud, tired, afraid, ashamed, aware, jealous + OF + something, someone

I'm proud of you!

How can you be afraid of ghosts?

(un)capable, (un)aware, full + OF + something

You are capable of doing this exercise

keen + ON

I'm really keen on flying

interested + IN + someone, something

Cris is interested in contemporary art.

married, nice, rude, (un)friendly + TO + someone

You should be nice to verybody.

accotumed /used TO + gerund

I'm used to getting up early.

crowded + WITH

We couldn't come in, it was so crowded of people.

CAN YOU ADD MORE ADJECTIVES WITH THEIR PREPOSITIONS TO THIS LIST?

Look at these adjectives and write the correct preposition.
1. They are excited _____their trip to Paris next June.
2. I feel sorry ______ Gosia. She is so lonely these days.
3. Are you good ______ golf?
4. That flat is different ________ the one I was looking for.
5. Constable is famous ________ his landscapes.
6. I must admit I was shocked ________ her behaviour at the party.
7. She's rather worried ________ her son's studies.
8. I'm just hopeless________ learning Polish.
9. She's furious ______ her son's grades in school.
10. They were surprised ________ their good fortune.
11. I'm upset ________ my health.
12. She was annoyed with Angela _______ ignoring their agreement

Look at these adjectives and write the correct prepostion OF/ON/TO/WITH:

1. It was very kind _______ you to buy me such a wonderful present. Thank you!
2. The shop was crowded ______ people.
3. I have been married _______ Kasia for over ten years.
4. She was very good _______ Arek while he was visiting.
5. It was very good ______ you to come.
6. They are very keen ________ stamp collecting.
7. Their house is quite similar ________ ours.
8. I'm afraid I'm rather disappointed ________ my new computer.
9. His teachers were cruel _____ him when he was young.
10. She is proud _______ her high marks on the exam.
11. Unfortunately, he is quite jealous _______ his neighbour's new car.
12. It was rather clever _______ Gregory to combine his business trip with a visit to his favourite museum.
13. He's become bored ______ his latest hobby.
14. I'm afraid he is incapable ________ understanding the most basic concepts.
15. Magda! Don't be rude ________ your mother-in-law.

ALL ABOUT YOU!!!! Describing your personality...

Hi, Guys!,

Are you ready to another English lesson online? Well, thanks to internet and Mr Duncan, we can learn and improve a lot! In this video, we are going to see that the way you behave and act with other people actually reflects our character and personality.

Now, let's focus on the vocabulary used, ok?

What do the following words mean? EXTROVERT, GENIUS, CHEERFUL, BITTER, CYNICAL or ODD? Are these positive or negative adjectives?