English corner: 4th year ESO

-LISTENING ACTIVITIES:

Listening 1

Listening 2

Listening 3

Listening 4

Listening 5

-DICTATIONS

http://www.dictationsonline.com/

- CHALLENGE

Extra Practice

-LANGUAGE ACTIVITIES:

http://mbonillo.xavierre.com/grammar/4eso.html

-PAST SIMPLE AND PAST CONTINUOUS (IN SONGS)

https://youtu.be/sYoWG6eu7bw

- REPORTED SPEECH:

Try these excellent links:

http://www.agendaweb.org/verb/reported_speech.html
http://perso.wanadoo.es/autoenglish/gr.report.i.htm
http://perso.wanadoo.es/autoenglish/gr.repqu.i.htm
http://perso.wanadoo.es/autoenglish/gr.repord.i.htm
http://perso.wanadoo.es/autoenglish/gr.report2.i.htm
http://perso.wanadoo.es/autoenglish/gr.report3.i.htm
http://engli.webpark.pl/reported_speech.html

- PASSIVE VOICE:

Here are some useful tips to use the passive voice correctly. Please, take into account that the passive voice is very common in English, but not in Spanish.

When we change a sentence from the active into the passive:

1) The object of the active sentence becomes the subject of the passive.
2) We use the verb TO BE in the same tense as the active verb and the past participle of the main verb.
3) The subject of the active sentence becomes the agent and it is preceded by BY.
(The agent is omitted when the subject of the active sentence is one of the following words: somebody, someone, people, he, she, they, etc)

Active sentence: A lot of children use computers nowadays.

Passive sentence: Computers are used by a lot of children nowadays.

Some verbs take two objects like give, send, sell, offer, pay; so we could have two passive forms.

Active Sentence:

Someone gave Mary a letter.

Passive Sentence:

Mary was given a letter. (This sentence is more usual)
A letter was given to Mary.

When do we use passive voice?

1) When the doer of the action is unknown, obvious or unimportant.
My watch was stolen.
The thieves were arrested.

2) When the action is more important than the person who carries it out.
A man was killed in a car crash yesterday.

Let’s see a table of active tenses and their passive equivalents.

Active -------------------------- Passive

He writes a letter.------ A letter is written.
He is writing a letter.--- An letter is being written.
He wrote a letter. -------A letter was written.
He was writing a letter. -A letter was being written.
He has written a letter. --a letter has been written.
He had written a letter. --A letter had been written.
He will write a letter. ----A letter will be written.
He would write a letter. -a letter would be written.
He has to write a letter. -a letter has to be written.
He must write a letter. --A letter must be written.
He can write a letter. ----A letter can be written.
He could write a letter. --A letter could be written.
He may write a letter. ---A letter may be written.
He might write a letter. --A letter might be written.

video and exercises
Exercises

- CONDITIONAL SENTENCES:

Conditional Sentences Type 0 (general truth)

We use them when we want to express that something is always true.

Form:
If + present, present.

If you mix yellow and red, you get orange.

Conditional Sentences Type 1

We use them when we want to express probable or real situations in the present or future.

Form:

If + simple present, will.

If she studies, she will pass her exams.
http://www.ego4u.com/en/cram-up/grammar/conditional-sentences/type-1

Conditional Sentences Type 2We use them when we want to express imaginary situations in the present or future.

Form:

If + past simple, would

If I had a lot of money, I would buy a big house.

We can also use “If I were you…” when we want to give advice.

If I were you, I would buy the red car.

Note: we can use “were” for all persons in conditional sentences type 2.
If she was / were in England she would visit Stonehenge.

http://www.ego4u.com/en/cram-up/grammar/conditional-sentences/type-2

Conditional Sentences Type 3We use them when we want to express imaginary situations in the past that can now never happen. We also use them to express regret or criticism.

Form:

If + past perfect, would have + past participle

If I had studied, I wouldn’t have failed my exams. ( I didn’t study)
If we had gone by plane, we would have saved time.

http://www.ego4u.com/en/cram-up/grammar/conditional-sentences/type-3

Mixed types:

http://www.ego4u.com/en/cram-up/tests/conditional-sentences-3

ORAL ACTIVITIES

- Zoos (pros and cons)