1 Answers for the Review of Unit 1 - Workbook

I'm leaving you the answers for the exercises we did on Friday, so that you can check your answers before the test on Monday. If you have any question you can leave me a message here or in my tuenti account (search for Rosa María English Teacher there).

So see you on Monday and good luck!!

Also, check back to see if the test will include a reading and writing!

0 Answers for the Passive exercises

As we problably won't have enough time to correct all the exercises in class before the final exam, I've made pictures of the answer sheet so that you can compare your answers to mine. If you have any question or doubt, please ask!

Note: Click on the pics to make them larger

Page 40 

Exercise A

Cont. Exercise A and exercises B and C

Exercises D and E

Page 41

Exercise A

Exercise B

Exercises C and D

Page 42

Exercise A

Exercises B and C (start)

Exercise C (cont) and Ex. D

Note: Sentence number 9 in this exercise in incomplete. It should be either:
      a. A better room has been offered to us
or
      b. We have been offered a better room (Preferred)

Exercise E

More practice 8.

Exercises A and B

Exercise C

Exercise A (Vocabulary)

I hope that you find these useful. Happy practising! :)

0 Word formation: Nouns

English is a really economic language, with a few words and a bunch of suffixes and prefixes its vocabulary just multiplies! We've seen in class some suffixes that turn, verbs, adjectives and nouns into ... nouns. Here you have some more practice. Enjoy!

Forminng nouns from verbs and other nouns
Froming nouns from verbs, nouns and adjectives
Nouns from verbs - Don''t forget to click submit!
Jobs with suffixes

Happy practising! :)

0 Conditionals

Here you are, some more practice about conditionals for the oncoming exams. I hope that you find all this useful.

First Conditional: It is possible and very likely that the conditions will be fulfilled in the future.

                  If + Simple Present , Future simple (will)

Exercise on first conditional

Test on First Conditional

Second Conditional: it is possible but not probable that the conditions will be fulfilled. It refers to the present.

                 If + Past Simple, Conditional (would + infinitive)

Exercise on second conditional

Test on conditionals, type I and II

Third Conditional: it is impossible that the conditions will be fulfilled as it refers to the past.

                 If + Past Perfect (had + 3rd column) , Perfect Conditional (would have + 3rd column)

Exercise on third conditional

Test on type I, II, and III

Mixed Exercises:

Read the text and complete the sentences. Types I, II, and III

The Cat and the mouse. Part 1

The cat and the mouse. Part 2

Happy practising!

0 How to change a socket in an extension. Oral Project 1SEA

The students of 1SEA are doing a series of how-to videos to explain some basic tasks of electricians.

The first project, made by Asier Pérez Soto, shows us how to change the socket of an extension:

The second project, made by Victor Blanco Castillejo, teaches us how to change a lamp-holder:




The third project, starring Manuel Vioque Sánchez, shows how to change a switch:



The fourth project is by Francisco Javier Parreño, and it shows us how to change an outlet in an extension: 



Next, Manuel Nolasco will explain how to change an outlet: 



The next tutorials are introduced by José Alberto Carrión and Chema Torres who both explain us how to change a magnetothermic switch:

Alberto's video:



Chema's video:



And finally, Joaquín Atalaya will show us how to change the buzzer of a door bell:



We hope you find them useful and learn as much as we are learning doing these!

Happy watching! :)

0 Easily confused words

There are some words in English which are really difficult to distinguish, either because they have similar spellings (quiet, quite) or their meanings are related some way (lend, borrow). Here you'll find some further explanations to the word pairs we've seen in class. I hope you feel less confused!

Easily Confused Words

By Isabelsaez_english

All / Whole
Remember / Remind
Borrow / Lend
Bring / Take
Earn / Beat / Win
Expect / Hope / Wait

Practice writing one sentence with each where the difference in meaning is obvious.
Happy practising! :)

0 Oral Test for the First Term - Vocational Training

My students in 1SEA (Vocational Training for Electricians) prepared a short dialogue based on Taking Messages. We recorded it and this is the result. We are preparing something bigger a better for the Second Term. Watch this space!



Happy watching! :)

0 Past simple vs Past Continuous: I was running when it started to rain!

You are finding it hard to understand when to use each one of them so I'm giving you a couple of links for you to keep on practising:

Some theory first. (In Spanish)

Exercise 1

Exercise 2

Exercise 3

Exercise 4

Exercise 5

Exercise 6

Exercise 7

Exercise 8

Exercise 9

Exercise 10

Exercise 11

You don't need to do all the exercises. Just keep practising until you are getting at least 90% right! 

Happy practising! :)

0 Adverbs of degree: They're incredibly fun!

Adverbs of degree express intensity. It's not the same to say She's pretty, than She's incredibly pretty! or That is stupid than That is completely stupid. There are plenty of different adverbs so have a look at the following website for further explanation and practice:

Adverbs of degree: explanation. Scroll down for activities.

Another exercise

Choose the correct answer

Happy practising!

0 Are you bored or boring?

In English, you can form adjectives by adding the suffixes -ed or -ing to a verb. For example, from Bore you can have boring or bored. The problem is that there is a big difference in meaning and sometimes it's easy to mix them up. So, to have a bit more practice you can have a look at the following web pages for further explanation and online exercises:

A bit of theory and an exercise
An advance exercise including adverbs and adjectives
Click and drag the arrows to match the sentences to its correct ending.
Choose the correct answer

Happy Practising! :)

0 Present Perfect, past perfect and past simple

Tenses are usually confusing, and these three ones are certainly so, especially when you have to decide which one to use. So I'm giving you some exercises to practise. You've got the grammar explanation in your text books but for reference you can also check it here:

On present perfect: Basic Explanation

                              Exercise 1.

                              Exercise 2.

                              Advanced Explanation.

                              Practise Past Perfect + Just, Already

                              For / since

On past simple: Review here

Present perfect or past simple: Explanation

                                              Quiz

                                              Fill in the gaps

                                              Fill in the gaps - 2

                                              Fill in the gaps - 3

                                              Scroll down for more exercises

On past perfect: A bit of theory and some exercises

                         Practice with negative, afirmative and questions

                         Test yourself. One try only!

Now you can practise here: Simple Past or Past Perfect

                                        Simple Past, Present Perfect o Past Perfect