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