31st March - English tasks (4th ESO B)

Hi again.


In this lesson, we'll continue working and revising concepts in the computers room.

First, we're going to correct the translation of the text titled "Alcohol" from this webpage, together with the activities you were doing during the previous lesson. It will be a whole group activity, so please don't forget to bring your notebooks with the tasks and all your doubts written down!


This time, you're going to revise two main issues which we've already seen in class:

• Passive voice (yes, I know you really love it...).
• Present, past and future tenses.

Remember that it's important to copy in your notebooks the activities and the solutions, translating into Spanish to revise also vocabulary. You'll work in groups, for you to cooperate and revise things with your mates, and of course you can ask me your doubts.

These are the webpages:

• http://www.eslgamesworld.com/members/games/grammar/basketball/active%20vs.%20passive%20voice/active%20vs.%20passive%20voice.html --> Do you like basketball? Try with this game to revise passive voice. There can be more than one player!
• http://www.eslgamesworld.com/members/games/grammar/football/passive%20voice/passive%20voice.html --> Do you prefer football? With this game, you will also revise passive voice. Will you be the best football player?

• http://www.eslgamesworld.com/members/games/grammar/perfectpast/tenses%20match.html --> Could you recognize different verbal tenses? This is an easy activity based on matching.
• http://eslgamesworld.com/members/games/ClassroomGames/Quizshow/Verb%20Tenses%20Past,%20Future,%20Perfect%20Present/index.html --> In this game titled Tenses Quiz Show, you can choose different teams to compete. It's similar to the TV programme Who wants to be millionaire?, with questions, several answers to choose and points. 
• http://www.saberingles.com.ar/exercises/201.html --> This activity is similar to the previous one, because you'll revise present simple, past simple and future with will. The sentences are ordered and you just have to complete the chart with the correct form of the verb in brackets.

Finally, I would also like to recommend another webpage to you:

http://elllo.org/video/index.htm

It's simply AMAZING because you can see videos by many people talking in English: they are German, Chinese, Canadian, Portuguese, Brazilian, British, Italian... so you can listen to many foreign accents. If you click on the "CC" button, the subtitles will appear. In this way, you'll practise listening and reading at the same time ;)

The videos are about many topics. For instance:

• Are you happy where you live right now? (see this video)
• What is your favourite country? (see this video)
• What can you do for hours? (see this video)

You can have a look at these webpages at home beforehand, and whenever you want to practise your English.

Cheers ;)