Reading comprehension sites

Visit these sites to practice and develop your reading skill. Answer the questions and get feedback right away.

Guillermo´s surprise

Canopy_of_Nature

/Blizzard_in_Birmingham

Clean_Water_Act

BB

VIDEOS and LINKS (podcasts)

JOB INTERVIEWS

Check out the following videos.

REPORTED SPEECH

Reported speech is used to indicate what other people tell us.  The following links explain the  rules which may be applied to make the conversions.

How is reported speech used?

Rules and verb tenses to make the conversions

English grammar secrets about reported speech...

BBC reported speech

Reported speech rules of transformation

Tense Harmony or Sequencing


EXERCISES - REPORTED SPEECH                      

1. Reported speech_exercise 1
2. Reported speech_exercise 2
3. Reported speech_exercise 3
4. Reported speech exercise 4
5. Reported speech exercise 5


Use reported speech to tell someone else about the conversation between Calvin and his dad.

Blog posts

Dear students,
These are the tasks that so far you should have uploaded in your blogs.

1. Post evidence of class work 8.15.2012
2. Write and post summary and personal opinion about Changing Education Paradigm video.
3. Answer and post: What is the old/new paradigm?
4. Write and post your classmates' future arrangements using present continuous verb tense.
5. Underline the articles in  your second post (summary and personal opinion); make a comment on another classmate´s blog about his personal opinion.

          

REPORT WRITING

Writing a report

How do you write a report?  Here you can find several links to websites which have the organization and structure for reports.

1. How to write a report?  ssdd.bcu.ac.uk/learner/writingguides/1.02%20Reports.htm
2. Report writing:  lorien.ncl.ac.uk/tskills/reports/repwrite.pdf
3. Writing reports: heacademy.ac.uk/assets/hlst/documents/heinfe_exchange/blended_learning_pdp_materials/5_reportwriting.pdf
4. Report writing:  canberra.edu.au/studyskills/writing/reports

PHRASAL VERBS

Visit this website for practice.                                                                            

LINKS FOR PHRASAL VERBS

You will find several links to learn and practice phrasal verbs. The more you are exposed to them, the more you learn.

1. What are phrasal verbs?    englishpage.com/prepositions/phrasaldictionary.html
2. Do you want a comprehensible list of phrasal verbs?   eslcafe.com/pv/
3. Dictionary of phrasal verbs:  usingenglish.com/reference/phrasal-verbs/
4. Phrasal verbs with their meaning:  learn-english-today.com/phrasal-verbs/phrasal-verb-list.htm
5. Funky phrasal verb list: bbc.co.uk/worldservice/learningenglish/radio/specials/148_phrasalverbs/
6. Face up to phrasals:  bbc.co.uk/worldservice/learningenglish/radio/specials/1715_faceup/page2.shtml
7. Phrasal verbs: five different structures: bbc.co.uk/worldservice/learningenglish/grammar/learnit/learnitv300.shtml

Exercise time!     Visit the websitesw below to practice.

1. ego4u.com/en/cram-up/grammar/phrasal-verbs
2. better-english.com/multiword/2bmix.htm
3. better-english.com/multiword/amix.htm
4. stuff.co.uk/phrasal.htm
5. better-english.com/multiword/about.htm
6. better-english.com/multiword/jmix.htm
7. better-english.com/multiword/get1.htm
8. better-english.com/multiword/get2.htm
9. better-english.com/multiword/pull.htm
10. better-english.com/multiword/take1.htm

 VIDEO?

Present Perfect__ grammar aspects

Please, review the following links for grammar explanations on present perfect.

1. perfect-english-grammar.com/present-perfect-use.html
2. learnenglish.britishcouncil.org/en/english-grammar/verbs/present-tense/present-perfect
3. englishpage.com/verbpage/presentperfect.html
4. esl.fis.edu/grammar/rules/presperf.htm

Time to exercise!   Please, visit the following websites and apply what you learned.

1. englisch-hilfen.de/en/grammar/pres_perf.htm
2. learnenglish.britishcouncil.org/en/grammar-exercises/present-perfect
3. englishclub.com/grammar/verb-tenses_present-perfect.htm
4. better-english.com/easier/forsince.htm
5. ego4u.com/en/cram-up/grammar/present-perfect-simple
6. perfect-english-grammar.com/grammar-exercises.html
7. eclecticenglish.com/grammar/PresentPerfect1D.html
8. web2.uvcs.uvic.ca/elc/studyzone/410/grammar/pperf2.htm

Check out this video!

Use of should / shouldn´t

Please review the following links for grammar info about the modal should.      

1. eclecticenglish.com/grammar/Should1A.html
2. englishgrammarsecrets.com/shouldhave/menu.php
3. englishclub.com/grammar/verbs-modal-should.htm

EXERCISES

1. esl-lounge.com/student/grammar/2g18-should-shouldnt-exercise.php
2. http://www.macmillanenglish.com/uploadedFiles/Inspiration/insp2_ws1.pdf
3. englishexercises.org/makeagame/viewgame.asp?id=1734
4. engvid.com/grammar-past-tense-should/

Using Articles



Please, visit the following websites to learn about the use of articles.

1. 1owl.english.purdue.edu/owl                                                                      
2. learnenglish
3. writing.utoronto.ca
4. grammarly.com