jueves, 31 de marzo de 2016

domingo, 27 de marzo de 2016

REPORTED SPEECH

Here you have a video where you can see the use of reported speech. You also have the explanation and some exercises.

https://learnenglishteens.britishcouncil.org/grammar-vocabulary/grammar-videos/reported-speech

REPORTED SPEECH PRESENTATION

 



lunes, 7 de marzo de 2016

RELATIVE AND CONDITIONAL SENTENCES REVISION

CONDITIONAL SENTENCES

Rewrite these sentences using a conditional.

1. She didn’t have an umbrella, so she got wet.
2. You are so nervous because you drink too much coffee.
3. I’ll call the teacher if you don’t leave me alone. (Unless)
4. I didn’t tell you because you didn’t ask me.
5.  As I haven’t got money, I can’t buy a new car.

RELATIVE CLAUSES

Join these sentences with a relative pronoun. 

1. Rafael Nadal has played tennis since he was a boy. He is number one today. 
2. He’s a famous actor. His brother is a football player.
3. Gossip Girl is a very popular series. It takes place in Manhattan.
4. My sister Sofia likes my upstairs neighbour. He doesn’t go to our school.
5. Cudillero is beautiful. We spent our holidays there as children.
6. Don Quixote is one of the most important literary novels and it takes place in Spain
7. The European elections didn’t interest everybody. They were held in May
8. Dino’s coffee bar is a place. We first met there
9. August is the month. We usually go on holiday in August.
10. My car was very expensive. It's a Mercedes.
11. That's the house. I was born in it.  
12. That's the cruise. I've always wanted to go on it.

domingo, 6 de marzo de 2016

COMPARATIVE AND SUPERLATIVE EXERCISES

Complete the sentences with the comparative or superlative foro of the adjectives in brackets.
  1. Jeremy is 10 years old. Jenny is 8 years old. Jeremy is (old) __________________ Jenny.
  2. The Alps are very high. They are (high) _________________ mountains in Europe.
  3. An ocean is (large) _________________ a sea.
  4. A Rolls Royce costs a lot of money. A Twingo costs less.
    A Rolls Royce is (expensive) _________________________ a Twingo.
  5.  Fred's results were (bad) _____________ John's.
  6. This exercise is very difficult. It's (difficult)________________ I expected.
  7. The weather is not good today. It's raining. I hope the weather will be (good) _____________ next week.
  8.  People in small torna are usually (friendly) ________________ in big cities.
  9. In the government of a country, the President is (important) ________________________ person.
  10. People say that Chinese is (difficult) ________________ English.
Click on this link for more practice.




miércoles, 2 de marzo de 2016

RELATIVE CLAUSES 2