Past Simple Games

You just click on the picture below and play to learn especially the irregular verbs:

What are the people doing?

1. Before watching the video, guess what different people are doing on the street.

2. Watch the video and check your guesses.

Vincent Van Gogh's bedroom - There is/are

1) Look at and describe this painting by Vincent Van Gogh. Use There's and There are.

2) If you find it difficult complete these sentences about Van Gogh's painting.

What are the pumpkins doing at the moment?

Human-like pumpkins?!

1. Guess what they are doing at the moment?

2. Watch the video and check your guesses.

3. Write down your answers.

Ability or permission?

1) Listen and circle the words in bold you hear.

You Can Leave Your Hat On, by Joe Cocker

Baby put on / take off your coat

Real slow
And on / take off your shoes
I'll put on / take off your shoes
Baby put on / take off your dress
Yes yes yes

You can leave your hat on (x3)

Go on over there
Turn on the light
No all the lights
Come over here
Stand on this chair
That's right
Raise your arms up into the air
Now shake 'em
You give me a reason to live (x4)
Sweet darling

You can leave your hat on (x2)
Feeling
You can leave your hat on (x4)

Suspicious minds are talkin'
Tryin' to tear us apart
They don't believe
In this love of mine
They don't know I love you
They don't know what love is (x3)
I know what love is
Sweet darling

You can leave your hat on (x2)
Feeling
You can leave your hat on (x2)

2) Write down the 5 words dealing with clothes:s

3) Find the 9 imperatives (orders or instructions) in the lyrics:

4) PERMISSION is given in this song. Which is the sentence with this use? Write it down in the table below.

Subject	Modal V. for PERMISSION	Main V.	Direct Object

5) What is one lover asking the other one to do?

6) What do people think about the lovers in the song?

FOLLOW-UP:

7) Make 3 sentences giving and asking for PERMISSION:

Mr Bean's morning routines

1) Guess Mr Bean's morning routines. Watch the video and check.

2) Put the actions below in the correct order.

a) open the curtain

b) exercise

c) shave

d) get up

e) make one's bed

f) get dressed in the car

g) brush one's teeth in the car

h) park

i) push away a car

3) Write down 10 of Mr Bean's routines. Use connectors.

For example: First, he wakes up.

Then, he...

Next,, he...

After that, he...

4) Compare Mr Beans habits with yours. Which of the routines below do you do? Which ones you don't do?

VOCABULARY TO BE USED:

1) open the curtain

2) exercise

3) shave

4) put the alarm clock into a glass of water

5) get one's (my, your, her, his, etc) foot wet

6) get up

7) make one's bed

8) bump one's head

9) hang up the wet alarm clock

10) wrap up one's teddy bear

11) drive to the dentist

12) get dressed in the car

13) brush one's teeth in the car

14) spit out of the window

15) park

16) push away a car

What's your intelligence like?

INITIAL EVALUATION TASKS: presenting the topic
1 In pairs, answer these questions:

• What’s an intelligent person?
• What can an intelligent person do?
• According to the abilities you have noted down, how many types of intelligences do you think there are?

BEFORE WATCHING THE FILM TASKS
2 Look at the pictures and try to guess what kind of intelligence they are about. Compare your answers with your partner's.

WHILE WATCHING THE FILM TASKS for the 1st time
3 Write down the types of intelligence under the correct picture.

WHILE WATCHING THE FILM TASKS for the 2nd time
4 Watch it again and check your answers. How has your partner done?

AFTER WATCHING THE FILM TASKS
5 Group work. Each group has got a poster on the wall with as many empty columns as types of intelligence. You are only given the name of the intelligence. Complete the poster with the missing information:

a) definition

b) skills

c) possible compatible jobs

You will find the missing information in different coloured cards. Stand up and finish your poster!

6 Check your matchings with the other groups’. Contrast your guessings especially for those columns you have doubted. Now you have got the last chance to make changes.

7 Check your answers and write them down in your notebook.

8 Can you already say what type of intelligence is yours? Do you like any of the jobs suggested for that type of intelligence?

9 Do the online Multiple Intelligences test provided.

TEST 1- http://www.berghuis.co.nz/abiator/lsi/lsitest1.html
TEST 2 http://www.berghuis.co.nz/abiator/lsi/lsitest2.html

10 Do you agree with the tests? What about your classmates? Ask ten of them what their prevalent type of intelligence is? Take note and present the information in a pie or bar chart. Then explain the results and describe the most suitable types of English tasks for your class in small groups.

EXTENSION: Make a second chart with the jobs your classmates would like to have. Are there any mismatchings?

FOLLOW-UP
11 In pairs, open your portfolio each. What do you think it is? What must it be useful for?

12 Individually, fill in the questionnaire tittled “Activities carried out in English”. Then do the same with the “Aims and reflections on the English learning”

13 Now you all have enough input to start with “My learning diary section”

You can join our Google group

From now on, you can join our Google group.

What is it?
Well, it is a site for a reflection on the use of the English language. The teacher or any other member of the group can offer a challenge, ask a question or make a suggestion.

Self-evaluation and an open reflection on the teaching process will surely help everyone who wants to get involved.

There is already a debate: What I like the best and the least in the Englsh lessons.

Ask to join us, you will no doubt be welcome, especially if you are doing secondary education.

Likes and Routines Questions, by the GR2 students at IES Joan Oliver

Today the GR2 students at Joan Oliver Secondary School in Sabadell have asked each other a few questions about what they like and some habits.

Thanks for your willing collaboration, kids!


Now you can practise the simple present with these exercises: 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9

Routines & habits. (1) Everyday life; (2) JOBS, "What do you do?"

Everyday Life.


What do the people do for a living? Just guess and listen for the first 4 minutes. Next the video is subtittled.


Now you can practise the simple present with these exercises: 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9

Let's compare! Comparatives & superlatives

Opinions about the size of cities; other comments on geography; abilities like cooking, the beauty of languages... All of this by comparing and making statements in superlative terms.

Some comparatives in songs:


Do you prefer to watch this video subtitled?


 This is an audiovisual lesson just in 1 minute and 20 secs.
Scarcely in 2 minutes get the point of the use of the comparatives and superlatives. You can also do a speaking activity by using the pairs of photos provided.
  Don't forget to practise the comparatives and superlatives by doing these exercises: 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 19

Present Perfect vs Past Simple (Real English)

What have random people in New York done today?

What did they do yesterday?

WORKSHEET available.

Fernando Torres's Song

Fernando Torres's got a song. It's been made up by Liverpool's supporters and sung on the stands at Anfield, when the reds play at home.

1) Guess two or three ideas you expect to find in the lyrics. Write down your ideas at WORD LEVEL.
2) Listen to the song and follow the lyrics. You'll notice it's a short story itself.
3) Make a question for every sentence. There's a variety of tenses.
4) Can you make up another song about a different sportsperson?

Abilities - What can you do, guys?

BEFORE WATCHING
1. Guess three musical instruments the people in the video can play.
2. Now, guess three dishes the people can cook.
3. Finally, guess four other things the people can do.

WHILE WATCHING
4. Check your guesses. How many have you scored? (0-10)
5. Watch the video again. Write down...
...the musical instruments the people can play.
...the dishes the people can cook.
...the other things the people can do.

Take your notes only at WORD level.

AFTER WATCHING
Make full sentences with the notes taken for exercise 5.

FOLLOW UP
Make a survey for all your classmates. Show your results graphically with a pie, bars, etc. Make sure there is a bar chart per question.

1. Can you play a musical instrument?
2. What musical instrument can you play?
3. Can you cook?
4. What's the favourite dish you can cook?
5. What other things can you do very well?

Look at this example for question #1. Do the same for all the questions:

When you are finished, send it to me at negroarroz@gmail.com


GRAMMAR PRACTICE with:
- can/can't: 1 2 3

- can/could: 1

Jokes

A really funny short reading activity!
Jokes for Elementary Level
Jokes for Intermediate Level
Jokes for Advanced Level

Will you please recommend us a joke? Send your comment.

Treasure Hunts

Treasure Hunt The Simpsons Movie