WRITING RESOURCES

Here you have a document with linking words and phrases to use in compositions. There are more here: English at home and in this learning lab.

Have a look at some texts with exercises and some sample compositions.

Tags: WRITING

PAST MODALS (might/must/can’t/should+ have)

Here you can see a great powerpoint explanation (with practice) on these modals!

If you feel you need more practise try this one for the present and this one for the past.

Practise  might/must/should + have + participle with bits of movies:

Nick and Norah’s Infinite Playlist and The Butterfly Effect

And many more: Urban Legend, Premonition, Saw and The Joy Luck Club

Remember at the end of the exercises you have the worksheet with the answers!

Houses and furniture

A powerpoint presentation with most of the vocabulary we have learnt.

You can also have a look at different types of houses and buildings.

Check on the song Our House (Madness) just sing along with the lyrics! You can also try this calmed version… or this remix.

And finally a listening on dream houses.

2nd and 3rd CONDITIONALS

Explanation and exercises. Check englishgrammarsecrets, perfectenglishgrammar, and some more.

What would you do if you won 10 million pounds/dollars? Watch this video! Who do you agree with?

You can also have a look at ‘Natural English‘ and the web of ‘English File‘.

And finally two interesting activities based on video: Sex and the City, ‘The Curious Case of Benjamin Button‘ or Meet the Robinsons (at the end of the exercises you can find a WORKSHEET with a pdf copy of the exercises and key)

1o SONGS with conditionals? Yes!!! With the lyrics and different styles plus explanations… Look at the way they contract… And of course the songs If I were a boy by Beyoncé and Tears in Heaven by Eric Clapton.

Adele seems to have designed a song for the 3rd conditional: If it hadn’t been for love (with the lyrics)

Tags: conditionals, third conditional, would

Zero and first conditionals

Here’s the first part of a  great explanation on video, and also watch the second part.

Zero Conditional:  Check englishgrammarsecrets.

The First Conditional: Word Order, Matching. Test, Test 2,

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Future time clauses

Sometimes we tend to use the future after when, as soon as, until, after, before, etc. when we refer to the future. In Spanish we tend to use the subjunctive but in English we just use a present.

Check on egeacademy for an explanation and exercises. You can also try the web of our book New English File.

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How would you react?

How would you react in a critical situation? Would you freeze or act coolly?  Try this test!

What if you had a panic attack? Listen to some advice in this video!

How can you get ready for ‘disaster’? Here you’ll find all kinds of advice for ‘disaster preparation‘

And finally a reading on ‘Lucky escapes’: IO474-Lucky-escapes

Tags: conditional, crisis, disaster