PRACTICE OF VERB TENSES : FUTURE "WILL" AND " BE GOING TO"

1. A: We don’t have any bread. B: I know. I __________________ get some from the shop.

2. A: We don’t have any bread. B: Really? I __________________ get some from the shop then.

3. A: Why do you need to borrow my suitcase? B: I __________________ visit my mother in Scotland next month.

4. A: I’m really cold. B: I __________________ turn the heating on.

5. A: Are you going to John’s party tonight? B: Yes. Are you going too? I __________________ give you a lift.

6. A: What are your plans after you leave university? B: I __________________ work in a hospital in Africa. I leave on the 28th.

7. (The phone rings) A: I __________________ get it!

8. A: Are you ready to order? B: I can’t decide … Okay, I __________________ have the steak, please.

9. A: Are you busy tonight? Would you like to have coffee? B: Sorry. I __________________ go to the library. I’ve been planning to study all day. 

10. A: Why are you carrying a hammer? B: I __________________ put up some pictures.

Answers:

1. A: There’s no milk. B: I know. I’m going to get some from the shop.

2. A: There’s no milk. B: Really? I’ll get some from the shop then.

3. A: Why do you need to borrow my suitcase? B: I’m going to visit my mother in Scotland next month.

4. A: I’m really cold. B: I’ll turn the heating on, then.

5. A: Are you going to John’s party tonight? B: Yes. Are you going too? I’ll give you a lift.

 6. A: What are your plans after you leave university? B: I’m going to work in a hospital in Africa. I leave on the 28th .

7. (The phone rings) A: I’ll get it!

8. A: Are you ready to order? B: I can’t decide … Okay, I’ll have the steak, please.

9. A: Are you busy tonight? Would you like to have coffee? B: Sorry. I’m going to go to the library. I’ve been planning to study all day.

10. A: Why are you carrying a hammer? B: I’m going to put up some pictures.

SIMPLE PAST OR PRESENT PERFECT?

Fill in the blanks with either a past simple or a present perfect form of the verb.

Example: That actress is amazing! I really think she has become more beautiful with age. (become)

1. We ....................................tennis five times last week. (play)
2. I ..................................the new James Bond movie last week. (see)
3. We .................................the TV you are watching since 1974. (own)
4. My daughter..................................... on her own for six years now. (be)
5. I returned the shoes I bought at the mall because they........................... (not fit)
6. My nephew .........................................in Germany since he was born. (live)
7. Since the weather was so nice I ..................................my bicycle to work yesterday. (ride)
8. Alligators, which are common in Florida, ..............................for tens of millions of years. (exist)
9. I .......................from my friend in over a year. I wonder what he is doing these days. (not hear)

10. I .....................................................this fish fresh today. It’ll taste great when we eat it. (catch)

DO SELF-CORRECTION HERE :
http://www.1-language.com/englishcoursenew/unit54_grammar_exs.htm

Narrative tenses: simple past- past continuous and past perfect.

Try to complete this story using appropriate verbs in the SIMPLE PAST, PAST CONTINUOUS OR PAST PERFECT.

drink up – raise – open - have – decide - need – discover -not normally spend – hate - be – save - look (2 - smile – know  – turn -  remember - want

Many years ago I 1……………………………. to spend New Year’s Eve with my family.  I 2 …………………………………. new year with my parents but I had nowhere to go, and being with my family seemed preferable to being on my own.

When my parents 3 …………………………… the door I could see they 4…………………………. , and that they were genuinely happy to see me. I 5 ……………………. addicted to heroin for 10 years, and for them, seeing me was the confirmation that I wasn’t dead in an alley. Unfortunately, I 6 …………………………… nothing new or exciting to tell them, just the same sad old stories. I 7 ……HAD BEEN GOING… from crappy job to crappy job, being invariably sacked, and I 8 ………………………. to crime whenever I was out of money.

During dinner, I 9 ……………….. several glassfuls of whisky and I had to go to the bathroom once to do some heroin. I 10 ……………………………… something to make me feel better, because for the whole evening my sisters 11…HAD BEEN LOOKING ....  at me with such contempt that it was unbearable. My own sisters 12 ………………………… me. Then I had a moment of realisation; I 13 ………………………………that they would never hate me as much as I hated myself.

When we finished dinner I 14 ………………………. my glass and said “I’m going into rehab”. My parents 15 …………………………….at me with some kind of hope. Parents never lose hope. But my sisters just 16 ……………………………….. down with disdain. They 17 ……………………………….perfectly well, that I had been in rehab centres many times before, and that this time wouldn’t be different.

It was different. After that day, I 18…………………………..  that look in my sisters’ eyes every day, every time I 19 …………………….. to shoot some heroin.  10 years later, on a New Year’s Eve, I thanked my sisters because they 20 …………………….. my life. They kissed me with their new look in their eyes, the look of love.  

PAST SIMPLE, PAST CONTINUOUS OR PERFECT.

Choose verbs from below and write them in the PAST SIMPLE, PAST CONTINUOUS OR PERFECT.

drive  – get – see  - receive - happen- try - start-

I'm Steve, a motor mechanic and this is the story of something strange that -----------------to me about five years ago.

It was a freezing cold winter. One day I------------a call to assist a motorist whose car had broken down and was stuck in the snow.

As I------------------to the place where the motorist was stranded, I noticed that the snow was getting heavier. When I------------the phone call, I was sure I knew where the motorist was. But when I got there, I couldn't see a car anywhere. I----------to call my office, but my mobile's battery was dead. I looked around, the snow had stopped, but it was lying thick on the ground.

I got out of the car and --------------looking for some sign of the motorist. I looked down and saw some footprints in the snow. I began following them. They led over a small bridge and across a park. It was freezing cold. 

I had been following the footprints for about five minutes when I ---------a phone box about one hundred metres away. I listened. I heard a noise. …….

The Second Conditional compared to the First Conditional.

 

The second conditional uses the past simple after if, then 'would' and the infinitive:

if + past simple, ...would + infinitive

(We can use 'were' instead of 'was' with 'I' and 'he/she/it'. This is mostly done in formal writing).

It has two uses.

First, we can use it to talk about things in the future that are probably not going to be true. Maybe I'm imagining some dream for example.

o   If I won the lottery, I would buy a big house.(I probably won't win the lottery)

o   If I met the Queen of England, I would say hello.

o   She would travel all over the world if she were rich.

o   She would pass the exam if she ever studied.(She never studies, so this won't happen)

o   Second, we can use it to talk about something in the present which is impossible, because it's not true. Is that clear? Have a look at the examples:

o   If I had his number, I would call him. (I don't have his number now, so it's impossible for me to call him).

o   If I were you, I wouldn't go out with that man.

How is this different from the first conditional?

This kind of conditional sentence is different from the first conditional because this is a lot more unlikely.

For example (second conditional): If I had enough money I would buy a house with twenty bedrooms and a swimming pool (I'm probably not going to have this much money, it's just a dream, not very real)

 

But (first conditional): If I have enough money, I'll buy some new shoes (It's much more likely that I'll have enough money to buy some shoes)

 

 

taken from: http://www.perfect-english-grammar.com/second-conditional.html

 

What is the second conditional?:Explanation and examples.

There are two parts to a conditional sentence: the if-clause and the result-clause. 
The 2nd (second) conditional sentence structure is called the present unreal conditional or hypothetical conditional.
You can also use this sentence structure to imagine a situation that is unlikely or impossible in the present.

Using the second conditional

Example	Explanation
-If I were you, I would drive more carefully in the rain.	-I am not you — this  is unreal.
-Paula would be sad if Jan left.	-Jan will not leave —  that's not going  to happen.
-If dogs had wings, they would be able to fly.	-Dogs don't have  wings —  that's impossible.

SECOND CONDITIONAL.

1 Complete the sentences with the correct form of the verb in brackets.

1 What would you do if you (win) lots of money?

2 If I were you, I’d (stay) at home tonight.

3 If I (see) a crime happening, I would phone the police.

4 What would you do if you (forget) something very important?

5 If I (pass) all my exams, I would be so happy.

6 What would your mother (think) if you didn’t go home tonight?

2 Write sentences using the prompts.

win €1 million / go on holiday

If I won €1 million, I would go on holiday.

1 go on holiday / meet someone nice

2 meet someone nice / get married

3 get married/buy a house

4 buy a house / need more money

5 need more money / get a job

6 get a job / buy a lottery ticket

7 buy a lottery ticket / win €1 million

3 Are these sentences correct or incorrect? Write the correct sentences.

1 What would you do if you were lost? correct / incorrect

2 If you didn’t have any money, what will you do? correct / incorrect

3 If I meet a famous person, I would ask them for their photograph. correct / incorrect

4 If I were you, I’d take a map. correct / incorrect

5 What would you do if you bitten by a snake? correct / incorrect

6 If I broken my leg, I’d go to hospital. correct / incorrect

http://www.macmillaninspiration.com/original/files/2010/07/INSP3_ws17.pdf

Print out the page, do the exercises and practise the 2nd type of conditional sentences.

Reported/ Indirect Speech.

Change this direct speech into reported speech:
 1. “He works in a bank”
She said ___________________________________________________________
2. “We went out last night”
She told me________________________________________________________
3. “I’m coming!”
She said ___________________________________________________________
4. “I was waiting for the bus when he arrived”
She told me ________________________________________________________
5. “ I’d never been there before”
She said ___________________________________________________________
6. “I didn’t go to the party”
She told me ________________________________________________________
7. “Lucy’ll come later”
She said ___________________________________________________________
8. “He hasn’t eaten breakfast”
She told me ________________________________________________________
9. “I can help you tomorrow”
She said ___________________________________________________________
10. “You should go to bed early”
She told me ________________________________________________________
11. “I don’t like chocolate”
 She told me ________________________________________________________
12. “I won’t see you tomorrow”
She said ___________________________________________________________
13. “She’s living in Paris for a few months”
 She said ___________________________________________________________
14. “I visited my parents at the weekend”
She told me ________________________________________________________
15. “She hasn’t eaten sushi before”
She said ___________________________________________________________
16. “I hadn’t travelled by underground before I came to London”      
She said ___________________________________________________________
17. “They would help if they could”
She said ___________________________________________________________
18. “I’ll do the washing-up later”
She told me ________________________________________________________

Narrative Tenses: Simple Past,Past Continuous and Past Perfect.

http://www.eltbase.com/quiz/201_02.htm

click on the link above ,do the exercise online. Click on Check and do self- correction.

Voz Pasiva en Inglés - Cursos de Inglés Gratis

El Pasivo en Inglés - Cursos de Inglés Gratis

after studying the explanations in Spanish and the examples ,do the exercises below.

¿Como se estructura la voz pasiva en presente y pasado? - Ask the Teacher

¿Como se estructura la voz pasiva en presente y pasado? - Ask the Teacher: Iromy pregunta – ¿Como se estructura la voz pasiva en presente y pasado?  Janet explica – Siempre formamos el pasivo con una forma del verbo to be en la forma del tiempo de la oración (presente, pasado, etc.) y luego el participio. Voz Pasiva en el Presente Para formar la... Leer más »

CONDICIONALES DEL 1ER Y 2DO TIPO- TEORÍA EN ESPAÑOL Y EJEMPLOS.

http://madridingles.net/primer-condicional-y-segundo-condicional/

FIRST AND SECOND CONDITIONAL SENTENCES.

adapted from:

http://www.esl-lounge.com/student/grammar/3g18-first-second-conditional-exercise.php

buy - eat -  get - rain - not eat - be( 3)- not go  -  sell  - 

1. If I get home late tonight, I.

2. If Jan could run 100 metres in 10 seconds, he an athlete.

3. If Simon catches a fish today, we  it.

4. She  a Porsche if she won the lottery.

5. If it  in the Sahara desert, everyone would be very surprised.

6. If it rains tonight, we  out.

7. If your dog spoke, youit to the circus.

8. If we play football on Saturday, I tired on Sunday.

9. You fat if you eat too much.

10. If I you, I wouldn't accept that job. It sounds terrible!!

Passive Voice in the present and past.

https://en.islcollective.com/resources/printables/worksheets_doc_docx/passive_voice_with_simple_present_and_past/passive-voice-intermediate/11670

TIPS TO HELP YOU LEARN ENGLISH (12)

VOCABULARY LEARNING IS IMPORTANT:

·        Vocabulary knowledge aids in activating and building background knowledge to make connections to text, and having vocabulary knowledge can increase reading comprehension and fluency while reading.

·        Vocabulary knowledge can improve writing skills and build knowledge of other word meanings through known root words, prefixes, suffixes, and word families.

VOCABULARY:CINEMA.

Films and cinema

Can you talk about a film which?

Ø Made you laugh a lot

Ø Made you cry

Ø Sent you to sleep

Ø Made you feel good

Ø You’ve seen several times

Ø Made you buy the soundtrack

Paramount Pictures wants you.

Paramount Pictures is an international film and television production studio. It is consistently ranked as one of the top-grossing film studios in the world and it is well-known for movie block-blusters such as Grease, Friday the 13th and Mission Impossible.

The studio has employed most of the best script writers in the world but it is sick to the back teeth of their whingeing behaviour and eccentric off set requirements. It has decided to put its foot down and open an academy to develop new talent.

·       If you want to apply for the academy, write a postcard to the talent manager answering the following questions.

·       If you had to write a script about a famous person, who would you write about and why?

MODAL VERBS; MUST / MUSTN’T / NOT HAVE TO

 1-Fill in the blanks with the correct form of : must / mustn’t /not have to.

1. We ________________ (use) electronic devices when we travel by plane.

2. Before entering a foreign country, we ____________ (show) our passports.

3. I’m sure it will be a tiring journey. She ___________  (come) if she doesn’t want to.

4. Children under 8 years old _____________(be) accompanied by their parents.

5. You_____________ (finish) writing the reports today. Tomorrow will be OK.

6. After a long-time injury David ____________ (train) a lot to be fit.

7. When you come home, please be quiet. You ___________ (wake) the baby   because she’s just fallen asleep.

8. Since we have two cars, you _____________(wait) for us.

9. As this is the last chance to qualify, they __________(play) well and score two goals.

10. People __________ (waste) water due to lack of water in the near future.

 Key:

1. mustn’t  2. must  3. doesn’t have to  4. must  5. don’t have to  6. must  7. mustn’t  8. don’t have to  9. must  10. mustn’t

2-Complete the sentences with the right form of MUST -HAVE TO

1. You ------------- get a visa if you want to visit China.

2. I don't like ------------------- work during holidays.

3. Those passengers will --------------------- show their flight coupons before boarding the plane.

4. You -------------------- have your glasses mended. I order you to do so!

5. I ---------------- stay at home two days ago because it was snowing.

6. He ------------------- walk since his car was stolen.

7. We'll ---------------- take a lot of food with us.

8. On entering a mosque you ----------------- change your shoes.

9. You ---------------------- go now. I want to go to bed.

10. What a pity you ------------------------ go now.

Answer key:

a)            You have to get a visa if you want to visit China.

b)           I don't like having to work during holidays.

c)            Those passengers will have to show their flight coupons before boarding the plane.

d)           You must have your glasses mended. I order you to do so!

e)            I had to stay at home two days ago because it was snowing.

f)             He has had to walk since his car was stolen.

g)            We'll have to take a lot of food with us.

h)           On entering a mosque you have to change your shoes.

i)             You must go now. I want to go to bed.

j)             What a pity you have to go now.

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TIPS TO HELP YOU LEARN ENGLISH.(11)

Keep yourself motivated by looking back at the English books you used in previous years. You’ll be surprised at how easy they seem to you now! Congrats, your level is improving!

SITIOS BILINGÜES PARA APRENDER INGLÉS.

1- http://blogaprenderingles.blogspot.com.ar/

2- http://www.alphaingles.com/

Aprender Inglés Gratis - Cursos gratuitos

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TIPS TO HELP YOU LEARN ENGLISH. (10)

Learn prefixes (dis-, un-, re-) and suffixes (-ly, -ment, -ful), these will help you to work out the meaning of words and build your vocabulary.

TIPS TO HELP YOU REMEMBER NEW VOCABULARY.

Best 5 Ways for Remembering Words.

Below are 5 ways to enhance your memory for a specific word:

1. Use the words in a joke or make up a joke about the word and we have found that the more unusual the word is the easier it is to remember.

2. Turn the word into an acronym. Do this by assigning each letter to a word and try to put together a sentence like this.

3. Use the word in a rhyme. It is a known fact that us as humans remember songs and poems easier that’s why most of us will still remember songs from our childhood.

4. Associate the word with shapes or images for example a car, window or a stool even just anything that you can associate so when you think about that object you immediately think of the word as well.

5. Sing the word out loud! This has been proven to increase the chances of remembering the word.

taken from : http://www.wordsurfing.co.uk/best-5-ways-for-remembering-words/

MUST / HAVE TO / NEEDN'T (pre-intermediate level)

taken from: http://english.specialist.hu/

Fill in the gaps:

  1. I ____ work from nine to three every day except Sunday.

  2. Are you sure we ____ see Aunt Lucy tonight?

  3. Sheila ____ go to university on Tuesdays. Tuesday is her day off.

  4. I've got a terrible headache. I think I ____ take an aspirin.

  5. Let's run. We ____ get home before dark.

  6. You look so pale. I think you ____ see a doctor.

  7. It's a pity we ____ work on such a lovely day.

  8. We ____ work even on such a lovely day if we want to finish soon.

  9. She ____ take exams at the end of each term.

10. She ____ learn more if she wants to pass the exam.

11. My brother ____ cook meals, he's only a waiter.

12. The room is tidy, you ____ clean it.

13. 'Are you a driver?' - 'Yes, I ____ drive a lorry.'

14. We ____ walk, there's a bus to the hotel.

15. You ____ feed the baby, she isn't hungry.

Possible solutions:

  1. I have to work from nine to three every day except Sunday.

  2. Are you sure we must see Aunt Lucy tonight?

  3. Sheila doesn't have to go to university on Tuesdays. Tuesday is her day off.

  4. I've got a terrible headache. I think I must take an aspirin.

  5. Let's run. We must get home before dark.

  6. You look so pale. I think you must/should see a doctor.

  7. It's a pity we have to work on such a lovely day.

  8. We must work even on such a lovely day if we want to finish soon.

  9. She has to take exams at the end of each term.

10. She must learn more if she wants to pass the exam.

11. My brother doesn't have to cook meals, he's only a waiter.

12. The room is tidy, you needn't clean it.

13. 'Are you a driver?' - 'Yes, I have to drive a lorry.'

14. We needn't walk, there's a bus to the hotel.

15. You needn't feed the baby, she isn't hungry.