English Second Language: diciembre 2013

jueves, 12 de diciembre de 2013

Frequency adverbs

We are going to learn the frequency adverbs. Look at the image you have here and listen the following video with the explanation.

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You can listen the frequency adverbs doing click in their names:

Always Usually Often Sometimes

Rarely/ Hardly ever Never

TO REMEMBER:

When we want to ask we say: How often do you...?

For example:

How often do you visit your grandmother?

How often do you go to the library?

How often do you are ill?

Answers:

I often visit my grandmother

I somentimes go to the library

I´m hardly ever ill

Look at the answers carefully!!!

The adverbs go between the subject and the verbs:

Subject + adverb + verb

I often visit....

I sometimes go....

The verb "TO BE" is different:

Subject + verb + adverb

I´m hardly ever....

Now let´s practice with the following activity. Download and answer the questions:

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Let´s play! Click the image to go to the game.

jueves, 5 de diciembre de 2013

What time is it?

We are going to practice the time. First you should watch the next video. It explain how we can say the time.
Let´s go!

In the part two of the video you have to say what time is it in the clock. The clocks going too fast! you can click on pause or if you prefer click here to download the images of the video´s clocks.
When you finish click here to view the answers.

TO REMEMBER:

Download and print this activity. You must read the time and draw the hands of the clock.

Enjoy it!

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Now let´s play with some games:

First adjust hand speed and then click start. Read the time and stop the clock in the correct hour.

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Listen carefully the explanation and play

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domingo, 1 de diciembre de 2013

Listen and complete

Listen the song and complete:

"Somewhere over the rainbow"

Somewhere over the __________
Way up high,
and the ________ that you've dreamed of
Once in a lullaby.

Somewhere _______ the rainbow
blue ________ fly,
and the dreams that you've dreamed of
dreams really do come _________.

Someday I'll wish upon a _______
and __________ where the clouds are far
behind me.
Where troubles melts ______ lemon drops
Away above the chimney tops
that's where you'll find _______.

Somewhere over the rainbow
________ birds fly.
And the dreams that you dare to..
Oh _______, oh why can't I?

Well, I see
________ of ______ and _________ too,
I'll watch them bloom for me and you
and I think to __________,
What a wonderful __________.

Well I see,
Skies of _______ and, clouds of _______,
and the brightness of ______, I like the dark
and I think to myself,
What a __________ world.

The ________ of the rainbow so pretty in the _______
Are also on the faces of _________ passing by
I see ________ shaking hands saying how do you do
They're really saying I... I ___________.

I hear babies _________, I watch them grow
They'll learn much more than really know
and I _________ to myself
What a wonderful world.

___________ I'll wish upon a star
and _________ where the clouds are far
behind me.
Where troubles melt like _________ drops
away above the chimney tops
That's __________ you'll find me.

Somewhere over the rainbow
___________ high,
and the dreams that you dare to
Oh why, oh why can't I?