Practice makes perfect: 2015

viernes, 1 de mayo de 2015

UNIT 10 - (5th grade)

The grammar we have learnt in this unit includes the INDEFINITE PRONOUNS.

Let's practise with some online exercises! :

We have also studied QUESTION TAGS.

Remember!

You can review them in these links:

In unit 10 we have studied REPORTED SPEECH. We use reported speech to report what somebody else said. Remember we change the tense from present to past.

DIRECT SPEECH: I like ice cream (said Sally).
REPORTED SPEECH: She said she liked ice cream.

We use said when we just report someone's words.We use told when we want to say who the person was talking to.

Time expressions also change in reported speech:

DIRECT SPEECH	REPORTED SPEECH
now	then
today	that day
tonight	that night
tomorrow	the next day
next week / year /etc.	the next week /year / etc
yesterday	the day before
last week /year / etc.	the week / year / etc. before

Now, let's practise with some EXERCISES:

In this unit we have also learnt about the REFLEXIVE PRONOUNS. Here you have some links to review them and practise:

lunes, 20 de abril de 2015

Heat and Light

Here you have some videos about what we have studied in the classroom.

First of all, rememeber there are the three different ways of heat transfer: CONDUCTION, CONVECTION and RADIATION.

In this video you can see a couple of experiments that show how CONVECTION works:

Apart from HEAT, we have also studied LIGHT. In this experiment we can check if different materials are opaque, translucent or transparent:

And these are GAMES:

http://www.sciencekids.co.nz/gamesactivities/lightshadows.html
http://www.sciencekids.co.nz/gamesactivities/lightdark.html
http://www.sciencekids.co.nz/gamesactivities/statematerials.html
http://www.sciencekids.co.nz/gamesactivities/keepingwarm.html
http://www.sciencekids.co.nz/gamesactivities/meltingpoints.html

lunes, 13 de abril de 2015

UNIT 9 - (6th grade)

The main grammar point in this unit is the THIRD CONDITIONAL. Let's review it with these videos:

Here you have some online exercises:

Apart from this, we have reviewed some MODAL VERBS.

We use HAVE TO / DON'T HAVE TO to talk about something that is necessary or unnecessary.
We use MUST / MUSTN'T to talk about rules.
We use SHOULD / SHOULDN'T / OUGHT TO / OUGHT NOT TO for advice.

You can practise with these exercises:

UNIT 9 - (5th grade)

In this unit we have reviewed some MODAL VERBS.

Remember we use MAY, MIGHT and COULD to talk about present and futre possibilities.
We use WILL and WON'T to talk about future definites.

You can review these and other modal verbs HERE.

We use HAVE TO / DON'T HAVE TO to talk about something that is necessary. Remember this:

I / You / We / They	He / She / It
PRESENT
Have to	Has to
Don’t have to	Doesn’t have to
PAST
Had to
Didn’t have to

Now practise with these online exercises:

sábado, 7 de marzo de 2015

UNIT 7 - (6th grade)

In this unit we have studied the RELATIVE PRONOUNS (who, which and that). We can use relative clauses to join two sentences or to give more information about something.

Remember we use WHO with people and WHICH for things. We can use THAT for both people and things.

Here you have some exercises for practising:

Or try this fun games:

http://www.letshavefunwithenglish.com/games/relative_pronouns/

UNIT 8 - (6th grade)

In unit 8 we have studied the PAST PERFECT. When we talk about something that happened in the past we sometimes want to refer back to something that happened before that time. We can use the past perfect tense to do this. You can see some examples and practise with a quiz on the British Council web page.

REMEMBER! It's important to know the past participle of the irregular verbs! (check this LINK to review them).

You can do some online exercises here:

Or try this games!

lunes, 23 de febrero de 2015

Energy

TYPES OF ENERGY:

KINETIC AND POTENTIAL ENERGY:

RENEWABLE AND NON-RENEWABLE ENERGY SOURCES:

Check these links for more information:

Ecosystems

Here you have some games to practise what we have studied in this unit:

The producers, consumers, decomposers game

Food chain game

Food fight game

UNIT 7 - (5th grade)

In unit 7 we have studied REPORTED SPEECH. We use reported speech to report what somebody else said. Remember we change the tense from present to past.

DIRECT SPEECH: I like ice cream (said Sally).
REPORTED SPEECH: She said she liked ice cream.

We use said when we just report someone's words.We use told when we want to say who the person was talking to.

Time expressions also change in reported speech:

DIRECT SPEECH	REPORTED SPEECH
now	then
today	that day
tonight	that night
tomorrow	the next day
next week / year /etc.	the next week /year / etc
yesterday	the day before
last week /year / etc.	the week / year / etc. before

Now, let's practise with some EXERCISES:

miércoles, 4 de febrero de 2015

UNIT 6 - (5th grade)

In unit 6 we continue learning about future tenses. We have learned differente uses for GOING TO.
Remember, we use GOING TO to:

talk about future plans or intentions.
make predictions about things we can see.

Here you have some pages where you can practise with online exercises:

http://www.esl-lounge.com/student/grammar/1g10-going-to-predictions.php

http://www.ego4u.com/en/cram-up/grammar/future-1-going-to

http://www.englisch-hilfen.de/en/exercises/tenses/going_to_future_statements.htm

http://www.englishexercises.org/makeagame/viewgame.asp?id=7509

http://www.englishexercises.org/makeagame/viewgame.asp?id=6945

domingo, 1 de febrero de 2015

UNIT 6 (6th grade)

In UNIT 6 we have studied the PASSIVE VOICE again, but this time with FUTURE and PRESENT PERFECT.

First of all, here you have a chart with a summary of all the tenses we have studied in units 5 and 6:

THE PASSIVE
	TO BE	PAST PARTICIPLE
PRESENT SIMPLE	is /are isn’t / arent	Past participle
	Too much food is thrown* away these days.* Dolphins aren’t kept* in cages.*
PAST SIMPLE	was / were wasn’t / weren’t	Past participle
	Ice cream was invented* by the Chinese.* Rome wasn’t built* in a day.*
PRESENT CONTINUOUS	is /are being isn’t / aren’t being	Past participle
	My car is being repaired. The walls aren’t being painted.
FUTURE	will be won’t be	Past participle
	Planes will be flown* at the exhibition.* The park will be cleaned* next weekend.*
PRESENT PERFECT	have / has been haven’t / hasn’t been	Past participle
	The TV has been repaired. The tickets haven’t been sold.

Now you can practise with these online exercises:

PASSIVE (FUTURE)

PASSIVE (PRESENT PERFECT)

lunes, 12 de enero de 2015

UNIT 5 (6th Grade)

In unit 5 the main grammar is the PASSIVE VOICE. We have studied it in three different tenses: present simple, past simple and present continuous.

Here you have some links with online exercises for practising:

PASSIVE (PRESENT SIMPLE)

PASSIVE (PAST SIMPLE)

PASSIVE (PRESENT CONTINUOUS)

And here you have a game:

http://www.eslgamesplus.com/passive-voice-past-passive-esl-grammar-sentence-activity-fun-game-online/

UNIT 5 (5th grade)

The main grammar in this unit is the future tense with WILL and the PRESENT CONTINUOUS with a future meaning.

WILL

You can practise the future with WILL on these web pages:

PRESENT CONTINUOUS

We use the PRESENT CONTINUOUS to talk about actions that are happening at the moment but we can also use with a future meaning.

Here you can find some exercises with the PRESENT CONTINUOUS. Let's practise! :

Practice makes perfect

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