FOR MY STUDENTS!

THERE IS / THERE ARE

As we have explained many times in class, the rule is simple: when we are talking about something in singular we use "There is". On the other hand, when we refer to something in plurar, we use "There are".

Practice with this exercise.

FIVE MONTHS AND MORE THAN 10,000 VISITORS

Congratulations!

DIFFERENCES: HOW MUCH AND HOW MANY?

The difference between how many and how much is that the firt one we use when we have a countable noun; and the second one, how much, talks about uncountable nouns.

Example:  How many markers do you have? How much milk do you want?

We can count the markers but not the milk. Try this new exercise and check your knowledge (conocimiento) about this specific rule.

COMPLETE THE LYRIC FROM TOY STORY

Do you know the song "You've got a friend in me"? Some months ago we sang in class, when we were close to Christmas Holidays.

Click here to complete the exercise

A /AN, SOME, ANY

Which of these words is the best for the following sentences? Send a comment with your answers.


1. There is ... bread in the basket.
2. There aren't ... books on the table.
3. There isn't ...orange.
4. There isn't ... junk food.
5. There is ... food.
6. There isn't ...juice.
7. There aren't ...bananas.
8. There is ... apple on the books.
9. There are ... photographs on the table.
10. There is ... egg.

3) THE BEATLES: LET IT BE

Let It Be is the 12th and final studio album released by the English rock band The Beatles. It was released on 8 May 1970 by the band's Apple Records label shortly after the group's announced break-up. Paul McCartney wrote this song for his mother. Nowadays it's one of the most popular songs of this British group.

Speedword: only for advanced students!

Are you an Advanced Student? This game is not suitable for students with weak hearts. You have to think quickly and answer before ten seconds... On the other hand (por otra parte) if you are able to do it, it's because your English is improving so fast. Good luck!

IRREGULAR VERBS: PAST TENSES

It is very important to study the past tenses of the irregular verbs. In this QUIZ you can practice some of the verbs that we have studied in class. Check your knowledge. 

EXERCISE 1     EXERCISE 2     EXERCISE 3

VERB TO BE: present simple

Do you remember the verb "to be"? Check the grammar before you try the exercises.


PRESENT
      SINGULAR                      PLURAL
      I am                                   We are
      You are                             You are
      He/She/It is                        They are

PAST

      SINGULAR                  PLURAL

      I was                             We were

      You were                      You were

      He/She/It was                They were

EXERCISE 1: SIMPLE PRESENT / EXERCISE 2 

EXERCISE 3: PAST TENSES

What's the opposite of...?

A vocabulary game that will require a quickly answer if you want to win. It is The Hangman and it will ask you about the opposite of some words. Click here to start.

2) MUSIC: YESTERDAY

"Yesterday" is a song originally recorded by The Beatles for their 1965 album Help! According to Guinness World Records, "Yesterday" has the most cover versions of any song ever written. The song remains popular today with more than 1,600 recorded cover versions, the first hitting the United Kingdom top 10 three months after the release of Help! 

According to biographers of McCartney and the Beatles, McCartney composed the entire melody in a dream one night. 

Follow the lyric below and you can sing too, at the same time as Paul McCartney.

Yesterday, all my troubles seemed so far away.
Now it looks as though they're here to stay.
Oh, I believe in yesterday.

Suddenly,
I'm not half the man I used to be,
There's a shadow hanging over me,
Oh, yesterday came suddenly.

Why she had to go
I don't know she wouldn't say.
I said something wrong,
Now I long for yesterday.

Yesterday, love was such an easy game to play.
Now I need a place to hide away.
Oh, I believe in yesterday.

Why she had to go
I don't know she wouldn't say.
I said something wrong,
Now I long for yesterday.

Yesterday, love was such an easy game to play.
Now I need a place to hide away.
Oh, I believe in yesterday.
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PART 1: THE BEATLES

From now on, we are going to learn something about famous British groups of music. We can't start this new entries without pointing to, probably, the most popular group of the 20th Century, THE BEATLES.  

All the articles related to this new section are going to be written in green.

The Beatles were an English rock band, formed in Liverpool in 1960, and one of the most commercially succesful and critically acclaimed acts in the history of popular music. From 1962, the group consisted of John Lennon (rhythm guitar, vocals), Paul McCartney (bass guitar, vocals), George Harrison (lead guitar, vocals) and Ringo Star (drums, vocals). 

Do you remember the song we played in class? While you listen you can follow the lyric and sing.

TWO EXAMS: PART 6

Read the text. Choose the right words. This is like the part 6 of the Flyers Exam.


From now on, each time you enter our blog and you see an exercise with a "purple" explanation will mean that is an obligatory exam, ok? 

1. Put your name.
2. Write the password. 
3. Read and answer.

Click here to do TEST 1                  

Click here to do TEST 2

COMPLETE THE LYRIC

"The last time" is a song by the famous British group "Keane". In this exercise you have to complete the lyric and enjoy their melody. Click here to listen it and be patient with the loading of the video, because sometimes it works slowly.

THE CASTAFIORE EMERALD

A new summary from another student. This is the turn of Gonzalo Robles who, recently, has finished to read this incredible comic. As Gonzalo said, "I enjoyed this book because it's funny". Can you find any mistake? If it's so send a comment. 


"One day in Moulinstar the captain Hadock saw throught the window a campament of gitans and then received a letter from the Castafiore. When the Castafoire went to Moulinstar Tintin and the profesor Calculus gave the welcome to the Castafoire and her secretaries, a pianist and her servant, but the Castafoire had an interview for the magazine Paris flash and she did in the house of the captain. During the interview, someone steal the jewels of the Castafiore. The Castafoire was very sad and the captain broken his leg. He bought a wheelchair to be able to go for a walk. But the magazine `Paris flash´ invetioned that the Castafoire will be married with the captain. But one day Tintín found some footsteeps on the grass of the forest and he found a nest of a magnie (urraca), he climbed the tree and he found the jewels! What an event!".

PART 4: Flyers exam

Find the best word that fits in the text. There are three exercises to do. Once you have answered, you can click on "check" and you will know if your answer is correct. This exercise is similar to those that we work in class: Flyers - Part 4.

Advice: don't use the button "hint" (pista). Remember what we said in class: "We know much more English than we think". Good luck.

Exercise 1         Exercise 2             Exercise 3

Important: think before answering.

HANGMAN: PRESENT SIMPLE

You should play this game remembering the rules of the Present Simple, especially those verbs that are in Third Person of Singular (generally, add an "s" at the end). The hidden word is always a verb. Do you remember the rules of the HANGMAN? Try with some letters and find the answer. You have four minutes before the time ends. Click here to start.