Grammar: Countable or Uncountable Quiz

This is a link to a quiz about countable and uncountable nouns: http://a4esl.org/q/j/ck/ch-countnouns.html There are 107 questions!! All you need to do is click on Countable or Non-countable.

Essay Homework

Here are the slides from the lesson. They will help you to complete the writing homework.

First of all, look at this slide. You will write about past experiences, so you need to use both the present perfect and the past simple. What is the difference between the two? There are answers on the blog, but can you complete these sentences using the verbs (sometimes you will need a negative sentence):

Click "read more" to look at the answers:

Vocabulary Game: Free Rice

The Free Rice website tests your vocabulary through multiple choice questions. There are sixty levels. When you have answered the first few questions, the website will try and judge your level. Level 60 is really hard! I found it almost impossible!!

Here's the good part: if you get the question right, the company will donate 10 grains of rice to charities which help feed the poor. So the more questions you answer correctly, the more rice they donate!

Here's the link: http://freerice.com/#/english-vocabulary/1509

Grammar: Making Tenses

We all need a hand occasionally to help us get what we want. Even a genius like Michelangelo needed help to create his famous sculpture, David, which was made from marble for the city of Florence.

The statue doesn't look simple because it is extremely detailed.
Michelangelo was working continuously on the sculpture for two years while the city was waiting for him to finish it.
Millions of people have seen the perfect statue.

Verbs are like blocks of marble: they need help to make them come to life.

Ryan: "You, my students, are all Michelangelo."     Students: "Wow!"

Song: If You Don't Know Me By Now

Here is a link to this famous song by Simply Red at lyricstraining.com: http://www.lyricstraining.com/play/3357/simply_red/if_you_dont_know_me_by_now

The song is quite slow so you may be able to try the Intermediate level.

Song: You Don't Have To Say You Love Me

Here is a link to a song that talks about choices. This was a big hit in 1966 for the British singer Dusty Springfield. The song is about a woman begging the man she loves to come back to her.

Here is the link on lyricstraining.com: http://www.lyricstraining.com/play/22458/you_dont_have_to_say_you_love_me/dusty_springfield
Choose Beginner and listen to the song. Type in the missing words. You can only type in the letters that are in the word. If you need to listen to a line of the song again, press the backspace <----- key . Enjoy!!

Grammar: Modals of Obligation (Must/ Have to)

We often want to talk about choice. Sometimes we can make a choice but many times we cannot. There are rules and laws that mean we cannot choose to do what we always want to do.

The shop is closing down: the shop will not exist anymore. The shop is selling all its clothes in order to make as much money as possible. It has no choice. All the clothes must be sold. Everything must go!

We use must and have to to talk about choices.

How To Brew Tea: Listening

The Videojug website has lots of videos that give instructions and tell you how to do things. Here is a link to the food section: http://www.videojug.com/tag/food-recipes

This is the video we watched in class: http://www.videojug.com/film/how-to-brew-tea

A News Website: Reading, Listening, Vocabulary

Here is a news website which might help you:

You can read and listen to the same news article at three different levels. Read level 1 first and listen to the recording. If this is too easy, read level 2 and listen to the recording.

Then you need to read more texts at the same level. The texts use the same group of words, so the more you read at the same level, the more words you will be able to remember.

Most of the recordings use an American accent, but you may still find them useful.

If you like the website, tell the owners! I'm sure they will appreciate it.

http://www.newsinlevels.com/

Grammar: Will/ Shall/ Be going to

Read this conversation. Michael and Emily are looking at the menus in a restaurant: