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Hi all!!!
It's been a long time since I last posted but I found this and I think it can really help you. It is a site with postcasts about different topics in English that you can listen to on your own. You have different levels to choose from according to your level of English. Level 2 should be right for most of you but you can try level 1 if you are not so confident or challenge yourself by trying level 3. It's up to you!!
Just click on the banner and enjoy it!!

Some of you have asked me to upload some exercises to practise the conditional sentences we have seen in class. Here are some interactive exercises. Do them and ask me if you have any question.

Exercise 1
Exercise 2
Exercise 3
Exercise 4
Exercise 5 (just the first exercise)

I hope this helps.

We're going to London!!
What do you know about London? Could you find all the popular places easily? Let's see.
Working in groups, you'll have to answer some questions about well-known places in London. Then, you'll have to tell the class.
Here's a map of the underground, which is usually the most convenient way to move around in London.
GROUP 1: LONDON MARKETS

- What do they sell mainly?
- When are they open?
- How can you get there?
• Portobello
• Camden Lock
• Petticoat Lane
• Covent Garden market

GROUP 2: LONDON MONUMENTS 1

- What are they?
- How much does it cost to visit them?
- How can you get there?
- When are they open?

• Buckingham Palace
• Houses of Parliament
• Westminster Abbey
• Tower Bridge
• Globe Theatre
• Trafalgar Square

GROUP 3: LONDON MONUMENTS 2

- What are they?
- How much does it cost to visit them?
- How can you get there?
- When are they open?

• Big Ben
• Tower of London
• St Paul’s Cathedral
• Picadilly Circus
• The London Eye
• Covent Garden

GROUP 4: LONDON MUSEUMS 1

- What can you see there?
- How much does it cost to visit them?
- How can you get there?
- When are they open?

• The British Museum
• The National Gallery
• Madamme Tussaud’s
• Natural History Museum

GROUP 5: LONDON MUSEUMS 2

- What can you see there?
- How much does it cost to visit them?
- How can you get there?
- When are they open?

• Imperial War museum
• Victoria and Albert Museum
• Tate Britain
• Tate Modern

GROUP 6: LONDON PARKS

- How can you get there?
- Are they free?
- When are they open?
- Write a characteristic of each park

• Kew Gardens
• Richmond Park
• Regent’s Park
• St James’s Park
• Hyde Park

GROUP 7: SHOPPING IN LONDON

- What can you buy at all these places?
- How can you get there?
- What's the difference between Harrods and Marks&Spencer?
- What's special about Oxford Street?

• Oxford Street
• Harrods
• Selfridges
• Waterstones
• Marks & Spencer

GROUP 8: LONDON FAMOUS STREETS

- Why are all these streets famous?
- How can you get there?

• Downing street
• Fleet street
• Carnaby street
• Baker street
• Abbey Road
• Shaftesbury Avenue

Learning the periodic table of elements and the pronunciation of the names of elements in English is hard work. We have done part of it for you. Now, it's your turn. Click on the image to see an interactive table of elements. Then, click on an element to learn about all its characteristics. Enjoy it!

Have you just finished your homework about present perfect and still don't grasp it? Have you tried to make the difference between the present perfect and simple past but still don't know how to use each?
You can get some help here. Have you ever listened to a song by U2? Here it is.
What about reading about Rafa Nadal to practise the use of present perfect and simple past? Have you learnt how to use yet, still, already, just, ... Click on the image to have some practice.

Which is bigger?
Do you need more practice with comparatives and superlatives? Here are some exercises to help you. Just click on the image to cmpare these four girls.

Read and complete this story about a sailor, a soldier and a girlfriend (or two?)

I hope you find it useful and fun. Enjoy it!!

Some of you may think that pronouncing English sounds correctly is just impossible. Come on, it isn't so hard! Even I could learn!! Of course it takes some practice. And you have to make strange movements with your mouth. I know, I know. You get embarrassed when you have to do it in front of all your classmates. You shouldn't. They have to do it too and they also feel embarrassed sometimes. So, why don't you practice at home in front of the mirror? It's excellent practice and nobody else can see you. You'll impress everybody in your next English lesson.
I'll give you some links for you to practise.
Here are all English vowel sounds. Pay attention and repeat the sounds. After some practice, you'll be able to make the difference between them.
Here are some consonant sounds and here are the rest.
If you want a website where you can check the pronunciation of an English word, try howjsay. Just write the word and you can hear it.

And just for a bit of fun, see Steve Martin trying to pronounce a simple English sentence with a strong French accent. It cannot be so difficult!!

Vocabulary is learnt through practise. Here is an opportunity for you to use the adjectives we have learnt to describe people's personality.
Just click on the image and enjoy.

The use of present simple to refer to the future in time clauses is not always easy to understand. You tend to use a future tense for that.
In this online exercise you can practise this structure and at the same time, enjoy a very popular English poem by poet Jenny Joseph.
I hope you like it, enjoy it and find it useful.

Here is an online exercise I made for you to practise vocabulary related to household chores, frequency adverbs/expressions and word order in sentences. Enjoy it!!