First year - Vocabulary: adjectives of personality

Watch the video below to practise the adjectives we learnt yesterday in class:

Vocabulary - Food

Watch the following videos to practise the words related to food. The pronunciation in the videos is American English, so words like 'tomato' or 'potato' are pronounced in a slightly different way in British English, and some items have a different name in American English like potato chips (BrE: crisps), eggplant (BrE: aubergine). There are two spelling mistakes in the last two videos(spaghetti and parsley), so be careful

Second year - Parts of the body

See the videos below to practise the vocabulary and pronunciation of body parts:

Second year - Modals: extra practice

Click on the following links to practise the modal verbs we studied this week.

- Must - Mustn't

- Must - Mustn't - Should - shouldn't

- Can - Could

Vocabulary: Subjects

Watch the following video to practise the pronunciation of school subjects.

St Patrick's Day

Watch the following video to learn about St Patrick and the different traditions related to this day.






Vocabulary:

- Lent: Forty days before Easter

- to waive: not to apply something

- reveler: a person who enjoys having fun

- dye: to colour sth

- cranky: angry

- features: characteristics

- fiddle: similar to a violin

- Irish jig: traditional Irish dance

- mind: to look after

- priest/bishop: religious people

- banish: to send away

Second year - Carbon Footprint

Yesterday we learned a new word: carbon footprint. I am not an expert in ecology, so here's a document and a graph that show what a carbon footprint is.

Click here to read the web site that explains a little about what a carbon footprint is.

Second year. Pronunciation: irregular verbs

Watch the following videos to practise the form and pronunciation of irregular verbs in English

Second year - Grammar: can / can't

Here are some links to practise the structures we worked on this week.

Modal verbs, by Claudia Badarau


CAN/cannot ; COULD/could not - Practice, by Nataly Fedorina



have to, by Elisabeth Weixlbaumer

Second year - Vocabulary: jobs

Watch the following videos to practise the vocabulary on jobs:

Second year . Clock Times

After the listening exercise, I realized that you need to review how to tell the time in English. These are some exercises you can practise.

THE TIME, by Denisa



Telling the time, by schnuffi


Telling the Time, by ishu


The time exercises, by Viviana Aguilar

Second year. Grammar: imperatives

Watch the following video about the formation of imperatives. It's a video for children but I think it can be useful for you too.

Second year. Listening: comparatives and superlatives

Watch the following video in which some people answer questions, using comparatives and superlatives. Answer the questions below.



Comparatives

1. Which twin sister is older, Adele or Keavy? How much older is she?

2. What do the following people answer: Which is bigger, New York or San Francisco?

- Deboarh:
- Neil:
- Shannon:
- Kelly:
- Randee:

3. Who can cook better?

- Maureen or Raphael:
- Deboarh or Neil:
- Debra or Laura:
- Mia or Shauna:
- Archie or Helen:

Superlatives:

Watch the second part of the video and complete the sentences with a superlative:

1. Michael thinks that the ________________ city in the USA is New York.

2. Mary thinks that Greece is the _____________ country in the world.

3. Patty says that the ___________ country in the world is Antarctica.

4. Kevin says that Glasgow is the ___________ city in Scotland.

5. June thinks that Perth is the __________ part in Scotland.

6. Eoin says that Dublin is the __________ city in Ireland

7. Eoin says that Galway is the __________ city in Ireland.

8. Dermot says that the River Shannon is the ________ river in Ireland.

9. Mary Louise says that the ___________ place for them to visit is England because there's no language barrier.

10. Ken likes France the _________

11. Hayles thinks that the French are delightful people, the ___________ in the world.


The Most Beautiful Language

Watch the third part of the video and answer the question:

What is the most beautiful language for...?

- Adam
- Laura
- Keesha, Celeste and Mary:
- Cheryl:
- Robert:
- Deboarh:
- Neil:
- Jim:
- Robin:
- Rebecca:
- Maureen:
- Richard:
- Sheri:
- Yale:
- Alexander:
- Debra:
- Kelly:


Click here to check your answers.

Second year. Comparisons and similes as... as

This is an exercise to learn a few more similes. A simile is a comparison that often use the structure 'as...as'. Click here to get to the worksheet.

Second year - Pronunciaton: schwa

Watch the video below to practise the sound we saw in class, the shwa:

First year - Numbers

Watch the following video to practise the pronunciation of the numbers we learnt in class:

Second year - Grammar: comparative adjectives

Watch the following video to practise comparisons:

Second year - Vocabulary: sports

Watch the following video to practise the vocabulary and pronunciation of sports:

Second year - Adjectives in -ed / -ing

These are some exercises to practise the adjectives that end in -ed and -ing. Click on the following links


ADJECTIVE ENDINGS -

Adjectives

Second year - Past continuous

Watch this video to practise past continuous: