Help with the spiral homework

  
This week's spiral homework is due on Wednesday, 10th May.

Day 1: Sentence transformations

Day 2: Wishes   Pupil's Book p.106; WB p.95

Day 3: Reflexive pronouns

Day 4: Second conditional

Day 5: So do I/ Neither do I

First and Second Conditionals

Here is an explanation of first and second conditionals.

Conditionals presentation from douxsara


If, when unless

Zero Conditional exercises
First Conditional exercises
Second Conditional exercises

Homework!

This week, instead of spiral homework, I am giving you some exam practice (reading and writing parts.)  You will get the practice pages for the exam you will be taking (PET or KET.)

Since I know some of you are going away for the break, I will accept the completed homework (for a grade) on either Wednesday 3rd May, Thursday 4th May, or Friday 5th May (but don't forget that you have your Natural Science test on Friday!)

Present perfect continuous

Present Perfect Continuous de David Mainwood

The new blog

I am working on the grammar/skills review blog. Here is the first post:

Videos of the Speaking Exam

English Test 6 Review

Some of you asked me to put the PowerPoint we saw in class on the blog.  So, here it is!

Test 6 review from Kathleen Marcy

More about present simple vs. present continuous

Hello!  Happy Saturday!  I just found some more things to help you with present simple vs. present continuous.

Online quiz

More Comparatives and Superlatives

Grammar with comics and jokes comparative and superlative degrees of adjectives + comic-style exercises from Alina Dashkewitz

Too much/too many/enough

Here is a graphic to remind you:

Too, (not) enough, very, too many and too much from Alina Dashkewitz

Comparatives and superlatives

Comparatives and superlatives in songs:







Comparatives in songs:




Comparing friends exercise

Listening exercise

Review English Units 3 and 4

Here is a presentation to help you review.

English units 3 and 4 from Kathleen Marcy

Andy's Question Tag presentation

Here is Andy's presentation to help you study:

Question tags from Kathleen Marcy

Workbook p. 34

Exercise 1:

--The rider told the horse to jump.

--The teacher asked the children to look at the board.

--The boy asked his mother to buy a cake.

--The farmer told the dog to sit down.

Exercise 2:

--The man told the boy not to climb the ladder.

--The teacher asked the girls not to run.

--The woman told the boy not to shout.

--The woman asked the girl not to pick the flowers.

Exercise 3:

--The teacher told everyone to stand up.

--The man told the boys not to swim in the river.

--Mum asked the children to play quietly.

--Dad told John not to be late.

--Lucy asked Meg not to be angry.

--Mum asked Tom to wash the dishes. 

A real bear footprint-- and your last English test of the trimestre

Here is the picture my friend took while she was walking in the mountains over the weekend. It is from a black bear. Luckily she didn't see the bear!



Here is an article about what you should do if you meet a bear.

The last English test of the trimestre will be on Wednesday, 7th December.

It will include some things from the last exam:

--Present continuous, sentences and questions.
--Reported speech and direct speech

And some things from Units 3 and 4:

--Past perfect: had + past participle   click here
--Question tags (isn't it/he/she?  is it/he/she? aren't you/they/we?  are you/they/we?
wasn't it/he/she? was it/he/she? weren't you/they/we? were you/they/we?)
--Asked someone to/ told someone to...

--And/so/but/because   (click here)  


And a Listening exercise, a writing exercise.

Very important!  Review your irregular verbs!!!!

Present continuous games and review

You know that present continuous can be used to talk about something that is happening at this moment:

We are using the computer.

She is wearing a red hat.

In this unit we learned that it can also be used to talk about future plans:

This weekend I'm having a party.

This summer we're taking a trip to Iceland.

Let's review the positive, negative, and question forms:

Some grammar help and games from LearnEnglishKids.

More games!  (present progressive is the same as present continuous)

Astro antics

Have fun!

Irregular verb flash cards

Go here

Initial Evaluation

Thursday is our Initial Evaluation in English.  Here are some links to help you practice:

Second Conditional

Passive Voice

Present Perfect with For and Since

So/ Such

Verb tenses and questions, etc,


Like + verb + -ing:

Like, love,...+ gerund from MargaRenedoGomez


There will also be a writing part, and on Friday a Listening part.

Listening practice

To practice listening, try these sites:

LearnEnglishKids: Listen and Watch  Songs, stories,  and videos for listening practice

Listening A2

Listening B1

Listening memory games  You have to match the picture on the top with the word (listening) on the bottom. It also helps practice vocabulary!

Listen to fill in the gaps.

Dictations.  These help practice listening and also writing.

Dictations online.  Try Level: Elementary  or Pre-Intermediate (a bit more difficult.)  After you choose the dictation, click on it and just listen the first time. Then when you are ready to start writing, follow the directions on the screen.   

Another dictation site.   This one also has the recordings at two speeds:  for listening first, and for writing.

Games for English review

Let's review "so"  "such" "such a"  and   "such an."

 

Here is a game to review. 

Now let's review "that" and "which."

Susan watched a film. The film was very long.

Susan watched a film which was very long.

The film which Susan watched was very long.

Tom bought a pair of trainers. They were very expensive.

Tom…

The trainers…

We heard a song. It was very good.

We…

The song…

Now, adverbs of time. 

Can you make sentences with these words? Which verb tense do you need to use for each one?

last week----later-----sometimes----soon----now----yesterday