What time is it? HALF PAST

What time is it? O'CLOCK

Possessive Adjectives

A table to understand them.

 

And some exercises here:
http://www.grammar.cl/english-games/possessive-adjectives.htm

Easy News in English

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

News in Levels

Countable and Uncountable Nouns

Clothes Vocabulary

I have a headache (song)

I have a toothache (A visit to the dentist)

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

Ordinal Numbers/ Los números ordinales

Present simple or Present continuous?

Recuerda: Present Progressive y Present Continuous significan lo mismo/ Remember: Present Progressive and Present Continuous mean the same:


Explicación/ Explanation

Simple Present or Present Progressive/Continuous (I)

Simple Present or Present Progressive/Continuous (II)

Simple Present or Present Progressive/Continuous (III)

Adverbs of frequency and their position in the sentence/ Adverbios de frecuencia y su posición en la frase

Recuerda:
- Van detrás del verbo 'to be'
- Van delante de los demás verbos.
- Suelen ir con el 'present simple'. Es por lo que decimos que son la 'palabra clave' a la hora de adivinar (por ejemplo, en un ejercicio de llenar huecos) qué tiempo verbal será necesario.

Pulsa sobre el enlace de debajo para hacer un ejercicio.

Remember:
- They go after the verb 'to be'
- They go before the rest of the verbs.
- They usually go with the present simple. That's why we say that they are the 'clue word' when we have to  guess (for example, in a 'fill in the blank' exercise) which tense is necessary.

Pulsa en el link de debajo para hacer un ejercicio/ Click on the link below to do an exercise.

 
Position of adverbs of frequency

Present Simple/ Presente Simple

Click on the link below/ Pulsa sobre el enlace de debajo:


VERBS IN PRESENT SIMPLE

Prepositions of Place/ Preposiciones de lugar

Click on the links below/ Pulsa sobre los enlaces de debajo:


- Ejercicio 1

- Ejercicio 2

Be/ Have got

Click on the link/ Pulsa en el enlace:

'To be' or 'to have got'?

Have got/ Has got Questions

Click on the link below/ Pulsar en el link de debajo:


'Have got' or 'Has got' Questions

English Alive! 2- Aula Virtual

Click on the link below to do some grammar exercises. First of all, you must click on 'acepto' to have full access/ Pulsa en el link de debajo para hacer algunos ejercicios de gramática. Primero debes pulsar sobre 'acepto' para tener acceso.

English Alive! 2-Aula Virtual

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

Confusing Words


Common Mistakes


Advice and Advise

Clothes Vocabulary

Clothing and Personal Items

At the Restaurant- Dialogue

Click on the link below to listen to this dialogue at a restaurant. Remember the use of the modals 'may',  'would' and 'could'. You can find the transcript below, too.


At the restaurant

WAITER - May I take your order?

CUSTOMER #1 - Yes.  I'd like the chicken and a side order of corn.
WAITER - And what would you like to drink?
CUSTOMER #1 - I'd like a cup of coffee, please.
WAITER - And what would you like to order?    
CUSTOMER #2 - I'll take the spaghetti and a salad.
WAITER - What would you like to drink?
CUSTOMER #2 - Just water, please.

(after the meal)

WAITER - Would you like something for dessert?
CUSTOMER #1 - Yes, I'll have the cake, please.  Would you like something?
CUSTOMER #2 - No thanks.  I'm full.

(after dessert)

CUSTOMER #1 - Could we have the check, please?
WAITER - Yes, here it is.
CUSTOMER #1 - Hmmm.  $23.55.  Here you are.
WAITER - Thank you.  Come again.
CUSTOMER #1 - Thank you. Goodbye.