ONLINE REVIEW of UNITS 7&8

Click on these links for an online quiz review:

UNIT 7:
http://www2.cambridge.org/interchangearcade/listtypes.do?level=2&unit=7&stage=1

UNIT 8:
http://www2.cambridge.org/interchangearcade/listtypes.do?level=2&unit=8&stage=1

UNIT 8 - 2012

UNIT 8
Describing holidays, festivals, customs, special events and celebrations;
LISTEN: http://www.bbc.co.uk/worldservice/learningenglish/language/theenglishwespeak/2011/06/110624_tews_24_festival_phrases_page.shtml

http://www.bbc.co.uk/worldservice/learningenglish/newsenglish/britain/070903_edinburgh_festivals.shtml

http://www.bbc.co.uk/worldservice/learningenglish/newsenglish/witn/2008/08/080827_venice_film.shtml

relative clauses of time:
GRAMMAR: http://www.ecenglish.com/learnenglish/what-a-realtive-clause
PRACTICE: http://www.quia.com/quiz/473220.html

adverbial clauses of time: after, when, before
GRAMMAR: http://www.gallaudet.edu/clast/tutorial_and_instructional_programs/english_works/grammar/adverbs/adverbial_clauses.html

http://www.english-for-students.com/Adverb-Clause-of-Time.html?bcsi-ac-5912da25b9b67e46=1DA697C100000002NwsqVujxuv6Ptp65GmzK75go65vJCQAAAgAAAF26JACEAwAABwAAAD5rBQA=

PRACTICE: http://www.carmenlu.com/fifth/grammar/adverb_clauses5_1b.html

UNIT 7 - 2012

UNIT 7

USING INFINITIVES & GERUNDS for USES and PURPOSES, (describing technology):
GRAMMAR:
http://www.englishteachermelanie.com/2010/02/gerunds-and-infinitives-for-purpose.html

http://www.ompersonal.com.ar/INTERMEDIATE/unit8/page1.htm

PRACTICE: http://www.eslpartyland.com/quiz-center/haightmult.htm
http://www.ompersonal.com.ar/INTERMEDIATE/unit8/page2.htm

GIVING INSTRUCTIONS AND SUGGESTIONS, (using imperatives & infinitives):
GRAMMAR, (imperatives): http://www.englishpractice.com/grammar/imperatives/

QUIZ 3 ONLINE REVIEW - UNITS 5&6

Click on these links for an online quiz review:

UNIT 5:
http://www2.cambridge.org/interchangearcade/listtypes.do?level=2&unit=5&stage=1

UNIT 6:
http://www2.cambridge.org/interchangearcade/listtypes.do?level=2&unit=6&stage=1

BORROW -v- LEND

UNIT 6 - 2012

UNIT 6

MAKING REQUESTS:
GRAMMAR:
http://www.bbc.co.uk/worldservice/learningenglish/grammar/learnit/learnitv239.shtml
http://www.bbc.co.uk/worldservice/learningenglish/grammar/learnit/learnitv131.shtml

REQUESTS, (Accepting and Refusing):
GRAMMAR:
http://a-free-english-course.blogspot.com/2008/01/making-accepting-and-refusing.html
http://www.businessenglishebook.com/Business-English-Offering-Requesting.htm
http://www.eslgold.com/speaking/accepting_refusing.html

COMPLAINING:
LISTEN:
http://www.bbc.co.uk/worldservice/learningenglish/general/sixminute/2011/07/110721_6min_english_complain_page.shtml

APOLOGIZING:
PHRASES: http://www.englishpond.com/speaking/Communication%20and%20daily%20English/apologies/index.html
http://the-esl-advocate.blogspot.com/2009/08/apologizing.html
http://esl.about.com/od/smalltalk/a/Apologizing-In-English.htm

PRACTICE: http://www.english-test.net/esl/learn/english/grammar/ii064/esl-test.php
LISTEN: http://www.breakingnewsenglish.com/0802/080203-aborigine.html
http://www.eslpod.com/website/show_podcast.php?issue_id=6662012

GIVING EXCUSES:
READ: http://allenglish.org/blog/?p=1071

TWO-PART VERBS: learn the verbs on p.37

WILL FOR RESPONDING TO A REQUEST:
http://www.better-english.com/grammar/decisions.htm

http://www.onestopenglish.com/community/lesson-share/lesson-share-archive/grammar/grammar-making-instant-decisions/145078.articlerequests with modals and Would you mind...?
GRAMMAR & PRACTICE:
http://www.bbc.co.uk/worldservice/learningenglish/radio/specials/142_requests_offers/page7.shtml

MODAL VERBS OVERVIEW

MODAL VERBS OVERVIEW

Here is a website that gives a very clear outline of all the model verbs and their uses:

http://esl.lbcc.cc.ca.us/eesllessons/modals/modals.htm

And another that gives more in-depth explantions and practice quizzes: 
http://www.advanced-english-grammar.com/modal-verbs.html

UNIT 5 - 2012

UNIT 5

Describing Travel / Vacation Plans:

Planning a Vacation / FUTURE with "be going to" and "will":

LISTENING / GRAMMAR & PRACTICE, (GOING TO): 

http://www.bbc.co.uk/worldservice/learningenglish/radio/specials/1530_gramchallenge32/

USAGE, (going to vs. will):  http://www.englishcorner.vacau.com/grammar/rules/future.html

PRACTICE, (GOING TO vs. WILL)

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

http://perso.wanadoo.es/autoenglish/gr.gowil.i.htm

LISTEN: http://www.bbc.co.uk/worldservice/learningenglish/radio/specials/1535_questionanswer/page9.shtml

http://www.bbc.co.uk/worldservice/learningenglish/language/wordsinthenews/2009/06/090624_witn_wimbledon.shtml

WATCH: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=SmSKJ-t8lJ8&feature=related
                http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ALejnj--Was&feature=related

ABVERB PLACEMENT IN SENTENCES:
GRAMMAR:
http://faculty.washington.edu/marynell/grammar/AdverbPl.html
http://www.bbc.co.uk/worldservice/learningenglish/grammar/learnit/learnitv202.shtml

Giving Travel Advice / Modals of Necessity, Must, Need To, (Don't) Have To,

GRAMMAR & PRACTICE: 
http://www.advanced-english-grammar.com/modal-verbs-of-necessity.html

http://web2.uvcs.uvic.ca/elc/studyzone/330/grammar/330-modals-necessity.htm

LISTEN: http://www.bbc.co.uk/worldservice/learningenglish/language/wordsinthenews/2009/07/090722_witn_eclipse_nepal.shtml

PRACTICE: http://english-zone.com/verbs/modals1.html

                      http://web2.uvcs.uvic.ca/elc/studyzone/330/grammar/330-modals-necessity2.htm

WATCH: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=BgIjV8dkpp0&feature=relmfu

Modal of Suggestion: better, ought to, should (not)

GRAMMAR: 
  http://web2.uvcs.uvic.ca/courses/elc/studyzone/330/grammar/330-modals-advice.htm

PRACTICE:  
http://web2.uvcs.uvic.ca/courses/elc/studyzone/330/grammar/330-modals-advice1.htm
http://web2.uvcs.uvic.ca/courses/elc/studyzone/330/grammar/330-modals-advice2.htm

QUIZ 2 ONLINE REVIEW - UNITS 3 & 4

Click on these links for an online quiz review:

UNIT 3:
http://www2.cambridge.org/interchangearcade/listtypes.do?level=2&unit=3&stage=1

UNIT 4:
http://www2.cambridge.org/interchangearcade/listtypes.do?level=2&unit=4&stage=1

UNIT 4 -- 2012

UNIT 4

Talking about and describing food

VOCAB:
http://www.slideshare.net/ang_ruiz/describing-food
http://quizlet.com/7727918/talking-about-your-diet-describing-food-preparation-flash-cards/
http://www.esolcourses.com/content/exercises/grammar/adjectives/foodadjectives/vocab/vocab1.html
http://www.gflashcards.com/collections/8212-expr-sate-ii-7b-talking-about-your-diet-describing-food-preparation/cards

READING:
http://downloads.bbc.co.uk/rmhttp/worldservice/learningenglish/entertainment/scripts/ent_061221_food_show.pdf

recipes and favorite snacks

http://tx.english-ch.com/teacher/chris/level-b/vocabulary-building-describing-food/
http://allrecipes.com/recipes/appetizers-and-snacks/
http://www.food.com/recipes/snacks/popular
http://www.foodnetwork.com/topics/snack/index.html

Giving instructions

Cooking methods

Simple past-v-Present Perfect

http://www.englishcorner.vacau.com/grammar/rules/presperfvssimppas.html

GRAMMAR, (Present Perfect):

http://www.learn4good.com/languages/evrd_grammar/presentp.htm

Sequence ADVs: first, then, next, after that, finally

SIMPLE PAST:

Grammar Review:

http://www.englisch-hilfen.de/en/grammar/sim_past.htm

IRREGULAR VERB LIST:
http://www.myenglishteacher.net/irregular_verbs.html
practice: http://www.eslgo.com/quizzes/pastsimpleirreg.html

GRAMMAR & PRACTICE: http://www.clafoti.com/imagenes10/past_irr.htm

UNIT 3 - 2012

UNIT 3

HOUSES & APTS: 

READ:  http://www.rong-chang.com/qa2/stories/story025.htm

                                         (and then you can do the exercises at the bottom of the page)

             http://www.elcivics.com/housing_lesson_1.html

             http://www.elcivics.com/esl/apartments-1.html

             http://leafesl2.blogspot.com/2008/03/my-favorite-room.html

DESCRIPTIVE ADJECTIVES: 

http://apuntesdeingles-mari.blogspot.com/2009/09/adjectives-to-describe-house-adjetivos.html

http://www.slideshare.net/tcher_joe/houses-and-apartments

PRACTICE: http://www.esl-lab.com/vocab/v-housing.htm

WATCH: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=tN-a41ui2Xw
http://www.tolearnenglish.com/exercises/exercise-english-2/exercise-english-53781.php

LISTEN:http://www.elllo.org/english/Mixers/Q102Dreamhouse.htm

LIFESTYLE CHANGES: 

WATCH: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=pzDpEAOPLQw&feature=results_video&playnext=1&list=PL225565F22BFE0308

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=eRAlkpiU-tM

 

READ: http://www.ahmedabadmirror.com/article/50/201107152011071502253221367f70b5/Change-of-days.html

LISTEN: http://www.china232.com/092-lifestyle-change-esl-podcast.php

WISHES: 

GRAMMAR: http://esl.about.com/od/grammarstructures/a/I-Wish-I-Had.htm

http://www.usingenglish.com/weblog/archives/000326.html

http://www.usingenglish.com/forum/ask-teacher/71518-wish-past-tense.html

http://www.studypage.net/l_index.php?id=52

http://www.mailxmail.com/curso-conditional-clauses/present-unreal-conditional-2

(past simple section only): http://www.eslbase.com/grammar/wish

http://www.slideshare.net/torrestorres/wish-structure-presentation

PRACTICE: http://www.better-english.com/grammar/wish1.htm

WATCH:

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=sUNwtdnNaME

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=V6pn5EtBB9k

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=CPq6x3XY714

READ: http://www2.lhric.org/pocantico/carrigan/03/wishes.htm

DESCRIBING POSITIVE & NEGATIVE FEATURES:

GRAMMAR:

MAKING COMPARISONS: 

GRAMMAR:

EVALUATIONS using ENOUGH /NOT ENOUGH with ADJECTIVES or NOUNS:

GRAMMAR: http://www.ecenglish.com/learnenglish/lessons/how-use-enough

                      http://www.eslgold.com/grammar/too_enough.html

PRACTICE: http://www.esl-lounge.com/student/grammar/2g38-using-enough.php

EVALUATIONS using TOO with ADJECTIVES:

GRAMMAR:

EVALUATIONS using TOO MUCH / MANY with NOUNS:

GRAMMAR:

FEWER /LESS:
GRAMMAR: http://www.grammar-quizzes.com/fewerless.html

ENOUGH or TOO?

GRAMMAR: http://www.eslgold.com/grammar/too_enough.html

PRACTICE: http://www.englishexercises.org/makeagame/viewgame.asp?id=3110

AS...AS, (Comparisons):
GRAMMAR & PRACTICE: http://www.grammar-quizzes.com/sameas.html

and comparisons evaluations and comparisons with nouns, (not enough..., too many/much..., (not as much/many)... as)

EXTRA/ COMMON MISTAKES:
GRAMMAR & PRACTICE: http://www.grammar-quizzes.com/muchmore.html

UNIT 2 - 2012

UNIT 2
Talking about transportation and its problems:
http://www.bbc.co.uk/apps/ifl/worldservice/quiznet/quizengine?ContentType=text/html;quiz=1727_transport

http://www.mansioningles.com/ejer_voc17.htm

http://www.quia.com/cb/141717.html

http://www.bbc.co.uk/apps/ifl/worldservice/quiznet/quizengine?ContentType=text/html;quiz=135_travel_transport

http://www.csmm.qc.ca/sitsat/anglais/trans.htm
Evaluating city services

Asking for and giving information
http://www.tolearnenglish.com/exercises/exercise-english-2/exercise-english-17644.php

AVDs of quantity with non/count nouns, (too many, too much, fewer, less, more, not enough):

PRACTICE: http://www.english-test.net/esl/learn/english/grammar/ii248/esl-test.php

TOO/ENOUGH GRAMMAR: http://www.eslbase.com/grammar/too-enough

WATCH, (enough / not enough): http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=tYsZ1cZzwwg

GRAMMAR: http://www.bbc.co.uk/worldservice/learningenglish/grammar/learnit/learnitv203.shtml

STUDY: http://www.shertonenglish.com/resources/es/adjectives/adjectives-quantitative.php
http://www.learn4good.com/languages/evrd_grammar/quantifier.htm

LISTEN: http://www.ted.com/talks/barry_schwartz_on_the_paradox_of_choice.html
(you have the option to read Transcript along with the video. one left-hand side.) 

Indirect questions from Wh-Qs
http://www.ihbristol.com/learn-online/useful-expressions/intermediate/asking-for-information/57/

READ:
http://www.becomingminimalist.com/2010/04/14/why-fewer-toys-will-actually-benefit-your-kids/

QUIZ 1 ONLINE REVIEW - UNITS 1 & 2

Click on these links for an online quiz review:

UNIT 1:
http://www2.cambridge.org/interchangearcade/listtypes.do?level=2&unit=1&stage=1

UNIT 2:
http://www2.cambridge.org/interchangearcade/listtypes.do?level=2&unit=2&stage=1

UNIT 1 2012

UNIT 1

CHILDHOOD MEMORIES, (Remembering yours , and asking others about theirs)

READ: http://www.topics-mag.com/edition20/memories/page.htm

INTRODUCING YOURSELF

LISTEN: http://www.esl-lab.com/eslbasic/introductions-smalltalk-1.htm

                http://www.esl-lab.com/stalk.htm

                  http://www.inglesmundial.com/I1/listening.htm

 WATCH: http://www.englishvoices.org/ev-introductions.htm

                     http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=cQnD3qJiJPo

PRACTICE:

            http://www.tolearnenglish.com/exercises/exercise-english-2/exercise-english-12388.php

SIMPLE PAST VERB TENSE:

GRAMMAR:   http://www.englishpage.com/verbpage/simplepastforms.htm

                       http://www.englishpage.com/verbpage/simplepast.html

             

USAGE: http://www.englishclub.com/grammar/verb-tenses_past_u.htm

PRACTICE: http://www.englishclub.com/grammar/verb-tenses_past_quiz.htm

                      http://web2.uvcs.uvic.ca/elc/studyzone/330/grammar/pasted.htm

IRREGULAR VERB LIST: http://www.englishpage.com/irregularverbs/irregularverbs.html

USED TO show change in past habits

GRAMMAR: http://www.eslbase.com/grammar/used-to

                       http://www.englishgrammarsecrets.com/usedto/menu.php

READ: http://www.bbc.co.uk/worldservice/learningenglish/youmeus/learnit/learnitv22.shtml

            http://www.iusedtobelieve.com/

PRACTICE: http://www.englishgrammarsecrets.com/usedto/exercise1.swf

WATCH:  http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=vXiAvRXtrkE

EXTRA: 

I USED TO... (to show present change in past habitual actions), is different than the phrase, I'm used to, (I'm accustomed to...). Take a look:

READ & LISTEN: http://www.5minuteenglish.com/mar20.htm

PRACTICE: http://www.englishclub.com/grammar/verbs-m_used_quiz.htm