Verbs and prepositions

It can be hard to remember which verbs go with which prepositions.  Here is an inforgraphic to help you:

Two games to practice-- these won't work on mobile devices :-(

Prepositions game

Prepositions invaders

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

Forming questions

Do you remember QUASI?



He helps us remember how to make questions:


QU  is for Question word:

What
Where
Why
Who
How long
How old 
etc.

A is for Auxiliary:

do/does/did
am/is/are/was/were
has/have/had
can/should/must/will/would


S is for Subject:

I/you/he/she/it/we/they
my aunt
Billy
the teacher
the cat

I is for Infinitive:

go  play  have  eat  do  run  drive  feel  study

Ex: Who (QU)  did  (A)   she (S)   meet (I)  at the park?

What (QU) should (A) we (S) do (I) after school?

We don't have to use a question word-- we can start directly with the auxiliary for yes/no questions.

Did  (A)  she  (S)  meet (I)   them at the park yesterday? 


There is another way to remember: QUASM.

The M is for Main verb, because sometimes we use a past participle (eaten, taken, studied)  or present participle (watching, running, taking).  

For example:

What time (QU) are (A)  you  (S)  going (M) to the party?    

How long (QU)  have (A) they (S) been waiting (M)  here?

Read this link for some examples and then a quiz at the end:

An easy way to form (almost) any question in English

Page of links to exercises 1
Page 2 

Believe in yourself!

We are learning about reflexive pronouns:


Remember:

Reflexive pronouns ppt quiz from Sheila Mendez

Big list of exercises 1
Big list of exercises 2

Prohibition or No obligation?

Mustn’t from Kathleen Marcy

A new Quiz for you!

Here is a quiz I made about pronouns.  Try it!

English Test 7 23rd March

We will have an English Test next Thursday, 23rd March. 

You must study:

From the book:

--So do I, Neither do I:  PB p. 88, WB p. 75  and notes in notebook

--Present perfect continuous; for and since: PB p. 87; WB p. 74

--Use of apostrophes and irregular plurals (people, children, men, women)  WB p. 77  

Present perfect continuous post

So and Neither post

From class:

Clothes vocabulary  (post 1  and  post 2 )

Verbs of obligation, prohibition, and advice: Must/mustn't; should/shouldn't; have to/ don't have to.  click here      video and explanation

Pronouns: 


More pronoun practice!

For your test you have to review the irregular verbs from the last unit 

(link to post with presentation)

and the ones from the story "Two Heroes":

Irregular verbs 2 from Kathleen Marcy

You should play the games to help you review!

Good luck!!!!

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

So and Neither

Another way to agree with someone is to use "So" and "Neither".

So do i neither do i from Diana Carolina Flores Uceda

On this page there is a good explanation and some exercises.

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

Present simple vs present continuous

When do we use present simple?  What about present continuous?



More practice:

Present simple vs present continuous ppt from katherlabra

A few things to remember:

--Don't forget the 3rd person "s"  (he/she/it)
--Some verbs are not usually used in the continuous form. 


--Practice the question forms and negatives

LearnEnglishKids page with explanation and games

Practice exercise 1
Practice exercise 2

Comparatives and superlatives

Comparatives and superlatives in songs:







Comparatives in songs:




Comparing friends exercise

Listening exercise

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!!!!

English is fun, isn't it?

Watch this presentation about question tags. 

QUESTION TAGS from Diana Carolina Flores Uceda