Monday, 16 April 2012

modal verbs

Try the following exercises:
Basic
Exercsie 1: multiple choice
Exercise 2: multiple choice
Exercise 2: gap filling


Advanced
Exercise 1
Exercise 2
Exercise 3 (click on the left column "modal verbs 1, 2, 3 or 4")



                                                                          





Tuesday, 20 March 2012

PREFIXES

 (See workbook, p. 113 for more explanations)

SIMILAR TO SPANISH

ex- 
extra- 
hyper-
pro-
trans-
anti-
super-
inter-
de-
pre-
bi-
micro-
re-

OTHER   (learn all these words)

under-  underwear, underestimate, undercook
over-     oversleep, overdo, overcook, overcharge
mis-      misunderstand, misread, misbehave,


Try the following exercises
Exercise 1
Exercise 2
Exercise 3

REPORTING VERBS

GENERAL                                 ...(that)...                             ...(not) to...*
He said (to me) that...       He complained that...                   He asked me to...
He told me that...             He explained (to me) that...           He ordered me to...
He asked me if...             He insisted that...                          He reminded me to...
                                                                                           He promised me to...
                                                                                           He warned me to...
                                                                                           He advised me to...


*Most these verbs can also be used with "that".
Ex. He advised me that I should....

Exercise 1

Friday, 2 March 2012

Reported Speech

a. Statements
Match              Verb tenses                  Pronouns and place and time
b. Say or Tell?Exercise 1                   Exercise 2

Questions
Exercise 1                   Exercise 2                    Test yourself

Requests (Orders)
Positive                       Negative                       Mixed

Some Reporting Verbs
Test yourself

-Final Revision
Rewriting
Rephrasing (Click on the links on the left)

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Translate into English
Exercise 1
Exercise 2




Friday, 24 February 2012

This is the (real) BBC

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Pictures