English Magazine: 4º ESO

IRREGULAR VERB PAST TENSE. Wordsearches and cloze tests 1, 2 and 3.

Study the 90 verbs and their meanings during your Easter holiday. You will have a test at the end of April.

EXAM PLANNING FOR 2nd TERM (click)
Remember to review the grammar and vocabulary of the 1st term (click)
You can also review the verbal tenses (click) and the passive voice (click) using the slideshares in the general review entry.

PROGRAMMED TESTS
Friday, 9th March: Reading, Writing and Listening tests
Monday, 12th March: Grammar and Vocabulary tests
Monday, 19th March: Speaking test

UNIT 5 TEEN PROBLEMS
GRAMMAR: Reported Speech and Past Perfect

Here you have the theory: GRAMMAR: Reported Speech, with the changes in tenses and expressions.

Presentación reported speech (DOWNLOAD)

View more presentations from Beatriz Caramés.

In order to practice, you can do some ONLINE EXERCISES. Remember to check your answers.

Reported Speech. Statements 1

Reported Speech. Statements 2

Reported Speech. Statements 3

Reported Speech. Statements 4

Reported Speech. Statements 5

UNIT 4 CITY LIFE

Aquí está el enlace del LISTENING del exámen de las Unidades 1 a 4, (hecho el 6 de febrero). Podéis escuchar y seguir la transcripción. El título es Sightseeing in town (click). Ha sido fácil ¿no?

GRAMMAR: Comparatives and Superlatives. (Theory)
REPHRASING COMPARATIVES: This is the exercise you have to prepare for next week (Monday, 23rd January). You must express the same idea at least in four different ways.

GRAMMAR: Passive Voice
Here you can download the THEORY, how to transform from active to passive in different verbal tenses.
And now, download the exercises:

ONLINE EXERCISES
Fisrt, you can follow the links in Ana Gigante's blog: Passive voice 1, 2, 3, 4
Then, you can follow the link to English Grammar Online for you, read the explanations and do as many exercises as you can. IT INCLUDES PASSIVE WITH TWO OBJECTS.
Also, play these GAMES from the British Council page.
If you like FOOTBALL, play the FOOTBALL GAME WITH PASSIVE VOICE.
If you like BASKETBALL, play the BASKETBALL GAME WITH PASSIVE VOICE

And finally, try these TESTS:
Test 1
Test 2
Test 3

VOCABULARY
British and American English

LISTENING AND READING

"TAGGED" Watch again the film we have watched in the classroom this morning. Pay careful attention to the subtitles. Try to recognise as many words as you can related to computers and social networking.

Also, you must watch and read the slideshow (click) to focus on some vocabulary and concepts.

CHRISTMAS WORK
List of irregular verbs classified

Exercises for learning irregular verbs:
1. Practice the pronunciation of irregular verbs
2. Try this game
3. More games

Listening. Listen to the interview we used in the exam this morning. You can read the text and do the exercises.

Unit 3 E WORLD

EXAM PLANNING. UNITS 1,2,3. As usually, here you have the plan for the exam on December 15th (Thursday), with my advice to help you study the lessons and be successful in the test. Study hard and good luck!
Vocabulary (extension)
Follow the link and learn the pronunciation of some vocabulary related to the Internet. Use a dictionary if you need to find the meaning of the words and expressions.
Use this list of vocabulary to know the most usual expressions when you are using the Internet.

Grammar
Present Perfect vs Past simple (theory and practice)
More exercises for unit 3
Review of vocabulary and grammar. Units 1, 2, 3
ALSO, DO AS MANY ONLINE EXERCISES AS YOU CAN. TRY THESE ONES:
Exercise 1
Exercise 2
Exercise 3
Exercise 4
Exercise 5
Exercise 6
Exercise 7
Exercise 8
Exercise 9
Exercise 10
Test 1
Test 2
Test 3
For /since
Order sentences
Gap filling with present perfect

Unit 2 HEALTH
EXAM UNITS 1-2 (click). Here you have the contents and some instructions for the exam on December 1st. And this is the VOCABULARY ABOUT HEALTH (click). You will need it to prepare your SPEAKING test.

Last exercises to review (click) the grammar we have learnt in units 1 and 2. Do them and we can correct them tomorrow. As you can imagine, we are taking the exam very, very soon. Maybe next week. Tomorrow we can talk about the date for the exam.

You can also use this explanation about the use of MODAL VERBS (click): must, have to, don't have to, should. Don't forget to do the exercises.(click)

GRAMMAR: Past simple and Past continuous. Connectors WHEN and WHILE.
EXERCISES

Game

Another one:

And a lot more online exercises for you to practice:
Exercise 1

WRITING
The Past Continuous tense is very often used in descriptions.

Look at the picture and say what these people were doing when the teacher arrived at the school.

Now check your answers here.

Unit 1 ONE WORLD

EVALUATION: contents, tips for studying and questionnaire.

GRAMMAR: Present Simple, Present Continuous and Past Simple.
Exercise 1 (only unit 1)

Exercise 2

READING, LISTENING AND SPEAKING: Talking about ethnic groups and religions. Multiculturalism.
Look at the photos and identify the different religions: Muslim, Jewish, Christian, Buddhist, Sihk, Hindu.
Use the Internet to find information about the religions represented in the pictures. We will talk about them in the classroom next week.