Useful tips to describe a photo or a picture

You will find some useful tips here to describe a photo or a picture.


Please remember:
- The Present Continuous.
- The Prepositions.
- Some modals for suppositions and speculation.

Easy News in English

Easy news, adapted, in 3 levels. Who could ask for anything more? 😉

News in Levels

PAU English Andalucia 2016

Here you have a link to the PAU English Test 2016


http://melophea.blogspot.com.es/2016/06/pau-andalucia-2016-are-you-phubber.html#axzz4CUPArISg


In my humble and personal opinion, ONE OF THE EASIEST in recent years.

How to make introductions in a business meeting

Countable and Uncountable Nouns

Clothes Vocabulary

Another - Other - Others

Another - Other - Others

My pupils often ask me about these three words. It seems to be a tricky topic. Let's see if we can understand it! Take it easy, read carefully and do the exercise at the end. 

ANOTHER is a determiner or a pronoun.



Determiner:

It goes with countable SINGULAR nouns.

It means 'one more'.

Examples:
Can I have another cup of coffee?
I want another glass of water.
Would you like another piece of cake?

It also can mean 'alternative' or 'different'.

I would prefer another colour. (I would prefer a different colour)

Pronoun:
It takes the place of a SINGULAR noun, but with the same meaning: 'one more' or 'different'.

Examples:
Can I have another? (Can I have one more?)
I want another. (I want one more.)
Would you like another? (Would you like one more?)
I would prefer another.

OTHER is a determiner or a pronoun.
It can go with SINGULAR and PLURAL nouns.

It means 'alternative', 'different'.

Examples:
I don't want this one. I want the other one.
He can do other things.
Are there any other alternatives?
No other man can do what he does.

Pronoun:
It takes the place of a SINGULAR noun, but with the same meaning: ‘alternative’ or ‘different’. Usually with ‘the’.

Examples:
I don’t want this one. I want the other.
No other can do what he does.

OTHERS is a pronoun.

It takes the place of a PLURAL noun, but with the same meaning: ‘alternative’ or ‘different’.

Examples:
He can do others. (He can do other things)
Are there any others? (Are there any other alternatives?)

Exercise: fill in the blanks with another, other or others.

1. I want _______________ cup of coffee.

2. Would you like ________________ piece of cake?

3. I think we should make __________________ plans just in case.

4. We need some chairs. I’ll take these ones and you can take the ___________.

5. Do you have ______________ types available?
6. A: Have ____________________ sausage.
    B: No, thanks. I’ve had enough.

7. You take one bag and I’ll take the ________________ one.

8. I really hope there are ___________________ alternatives.

9. This bike might be slow but ______________ are much faster.

10. We really need to buy ________________ car, so that we can have two cars at home.

11. I’m going to sell this car and get ______________ one.

12. She had an umbrella in one hand and her purse in the _________________.

13. This is just __________________ day in my life.

14. How many _________________ people are coming?

15. Would you like this one or the _______________ one?

16. I’d like __________________ vacation right now. It’s not enough!

17. They’re not for you., they’re for ___________________.

18. This is my sister Mary. I have _______________ three sisters too.

19. I don’t want these shoes, I want the _________________ because they go with my dress.

20. Are there any __________________ questions?

KEY: another/ another/ other/ others/ other/ another/ other/ other/ others/ another/ other/ other/ another/ other/ other/ another/ others (or 'another' or 'the other')/ other/ others/ other

Small Talk Conversation

What kind of conversational expressions, phrases and sentences are useful to break the ice? Click on the link below and discover it:

Small Talk

Listening Exercise- Climate Change

Click on the link below:

Amy- Climate Change

Your body language shapes who you are/ Tu lenguaje corporal te da forma

 Click on the link below/ Pulsa en el enlace de debajo

 

Your body language shapes who you are

 

 

Listening: Jessica's Dream Job

Click on the paragraph below:

Jessica wants to work in the medical profession. She explains in detail.

 

 

Two funny dicitionaries

Looking for a simple and easy definitions dictionary, with a pronunciation tool? This one can be of great help. Click on the link below:

Vocabulary. com


Sometimes word meanings and definitions are a bit hard to find. Especially when we are talking about slang, street language, constantly changing. Here you have a good help to make you understand and learn those words that are not in a standard dictionary:

Urban Dictionary

Money does not make children pass exams (8th October, 2014)

Click on the title below and remember: Listening Level 3- Medium (British English)


Money does not make children pass exams   (8th October, 2014)

Listening- Can/ Can't Abilities

Play this video, and try to repeat the questions and the answers. There are several different English accents. That's why I love it!!

Listening Exercise

Click  below:


U.S. city will fine people who waste food  


Remember: Level 1, Slower 

Listening- Time to Relax

Time to Relax- Listening Exercise

Confusing Words and Common Mistakes/ Palabras que nos pueden llevar a confusión y los errores más frecuentes

Confusing Words


Common Mistakes


Advice and Advise

'What' or 'That' - Grammar explanation and exercises

Grammar explanation (in Spanish) Easily explained and very useful.

Exercises.

Clothes Vocabulary

Clothing and Personal Items

Modals

Modal verbs: An explanation