Have something done (causative have)

Watch this video if you need help to understand the "Causative have" (or "have something done"). Explanations are given in Spanish.

Past Simple for Beginners.

USE

Usamos el Past Simple para hablar del pasado. En español se puede traducir por el pretérito indefinido (I danced – Yo bailé) o el pretérito imperfecto (I danced – yo bailaba) Lo más importante es que es el tiempo en el que contamos las cosas que nos sucedieron, es decir, las narraciones.

FORM

Para construir el Past Simple debes saber dos cosas, una buena (good news) y otra mala (bad news):

Good News :)

El Past Simple es muy fácil de construir, fíjate bien:

Affirmative*	Negative**	Interrogative***
I danced.	I didn't dance.	Did I dance?
You danced.	You didn't dance.	Did you dance?
He/She/It danced.	He/She/It didn't dance.	Did he/she/it dance?
We danced.	We didn't dance.	Did we dance?
You danced.	You didn't dance.	Did you dance?
They danced.	They didn't dance.	Did they dance?

* Como ves sólo tienes que añadir -ed al final del verbo regular para la forma afirmativa
** La forma negativa se forma con el auxiliar didn't + infinitive
*** La forma interrogativa se hace con el auxiliar did delante del sujeto

Bad News :|

Además de los verbos regulares existen otros que son irregulares. Se llaman así porque su forma del Past Simple en afirmativa es diferente.
Estas formas debes aprenderlas de oído, y cuando digo de oído quiero decir que es mejor aprendarlas escuchándola. Mucha gente se las aprende de memoria leyendo listas de verbos irregulares... y al final no se familiarizan con su pronunciación y no son capaces de entender cuando las escuchan.
To Do es un verbo irregular, y su Past Simple es Did. Pero solo para la forma afirmativa (Don't panic!), fíjate bien:

Affirmative*	Negative**	Interrogative***
I did some homework.	I didn't do any homework.	Did I do any homework?
You did some homework.	You didn't do any homework.	Did you do any homework?
He/She/It did some homework.	He/She/It didn't do any homework.	Did he/she/it do any homework?
We did some homework.	We didn't do any homework.	Did we do any homework?
You did some homework.	You didn't do any homework.	Did you do any homework?
They did some homework.	They didn't do any homework.	Did they do any homework?

LET'S PRACTICE

Puedes aprender pronunciación de verbos regulares e irregulares rapeando con Fluency MC:
IRREGULAR VERBS RAP:

Y en este otro Fluency MC te dice la Base Form y tú tienes que decir el Past Simple y el Past Participle:

-ED Pronunciation
Con éste aprenderás las a pronunciar bien todos los verbos regulares en past simple cuando acaban en -ED.

Modal Verbs: Ability. Advice, Necessity and Obligation. Possibility and Certainty.

Hi, everyone! We're going to revise the form and use of modal verbs.

Form.

The first thing we have to know is the type of modal verbs there are:

Pure modals	Semi-modals
can	be able to
could
may	have better
might
must	have to
shall
should
ought to
will
would
need ***	need to

*** need is a special verb since as a modal it is almost always negative such as you needn't come to work tomorrow
The pure modals are used just exactly as the auxiliary verbs in the sentence word order.

Subject	Modal / Auxiliary	Verb	Object	Manner, place and time
You	shouldn't	be	so stressed	for driving
You	needn't	drive		to school
I	can	give	you	a lift

Their main difference is that pure modals are invariable forms, that is, we can't use them in the past or future forms.
Instead, the semi-modals can be used in the past, future and the rest of tenses too.

Use.

For understanding the meaning and use of the modal verbs we can establish different uses: ability; advice, necessity, and obligation; possibility and certainty.

Ability

We express ability by means of the modals can and could and the semi-modal be able to.
Here a presentation to learn more about the modals of ability:

Modals - Ability from thelecturette.com

Exercises:

• http://www.perfect-english-grammar.com/modal-verbs-of-ability-exercise-1.html
  
• http://usefulenglish.ru/grammar/modal-verbs-exercise-one
  
• http://www.learnenglish-online.com/grammar/modals/tests/modalability.html
  

Advice, necessity, and obligation

For expressing advice we have the modals:

• should and ought to (ought to isn't usually used in the negative and interrogative form) to express advice.
  
• need to to express necessity (only in the affirmative form).
  
• needn't (without to) and the don't/doesn't have to are used to make clear there's no need to do something.
  
• must and have to express obligation.
  
• mustn't for expressing prohibition (obligation of not doing)
  

For more information, you can watch these presentations

• Advice
  

Advice, should, shouldn't, ought to, had better, and had better not from Online English Courses

Exercises:

http://web2.uvcs.uvic.ca/elc/studyzone/330/grammar/330-modals-advice1.htm

• Necessity
  

Modals of necessity from UTPL UTPL

Exercises:

http://usefulenglish.ru/grammar/modal-verbs-exercise-three

• Obligation
  

Modals for obligation and prohibition from David Mainwood

Exercises.

http://www.autoenglish.org/modalverbs/ModalsObligation.htm

Possibility and certainty

The modal verbs we use to express possibility and certainty are may, might, can, could, must

• to express possibility in the present or the future we may (may not), might (mightn't) and could.
  
• To express logical deduction we use must (in the affirmative form) or can't (in the negative form).
  
• When we are sure something is true we use must.
  
• When we are sure something is impossible we use can't.
  

Modals of Possibility and Certainty from David Mainwood

Exercises:

http://speakspeak.com/english-grammar-exercises/intermediate/intermediate-grammar-exercise-modal-verbs-for-present-probability-must-cant-could-may-might

Verb + Object + to infinitive

Hi, guys!
In this video you'll learn about a construction in English which is a bit complex for us, native Spanish speakers: VERB + OBJECT + TO INFINITIVE.
Watch this video for examples and explaination, it'll only take 2 minutes:

Now, you'll realise that this structure could substitued by a that-clause where the subject is what we call here the "object":
I want you to study harder.
I want that you study harder.

Then, the closest structure in Spanish is  a Proposición subordinada sustantiva.
Quiero que estudies más.
This is a list of common verbs followed by OBJECT + TO INFINITIVE:
Verbs followed by an object and the to-infinitive

advise allow ask beg cause choose	command convince enable encourage expect force	hire instruct invite need order permit	persuade prepare promise remind require tell	threaten urge want warn wish would like

And here are some exercises for you to practise:

• http://speakspeak.com/english-grammar-exercises/intermediate/verb-object-to-infinitive
• http://www.fiestaesl.com/verbobj.html

Word Order in questions - Present Simple (1 ESO)

Hi, everybody.
There are two type of questions:

• Yes / No questions (Y/N) > your answer is yes or no.
• Wh- questions (WH-q) > your answer is an affirmative or negative sentence.

In the first video you can learn how to make questions in the present simple affirmative:

1. Ve el vídeo y haz un esquema parecido al que sale en él. Utiliza estas frases para poner sus partes en el esquema, tal y como te enseño en el vídeo.

• Do you play tennis in summer?
• Do you do your homework everyday?
• Where does she meet her friends on Sundays?
• When do they go cycling?
• Does your teacher play videos on youtube?

Cuando termines escribe un comentario al final de esta página sin olvidar poner tu nombre

Adjectives and adverbs.

Hi, there.
Today you're going to learn about adjectives and adverbs.
From nouns to adjectives 
You can make adjectives by adding endings to some nouns.
Watch the video and answer the questions above.

1. Can you make adjectives from nouns only? Are there other type of words you can make adjectives from?
2. Make a list with examples of different adjective endings.

From nouns to adjectives:

From adjectives to adverbs:
You can also make adverbs by adding endings to some adjectives. Watch the video and answer the questions.

1. What is the difference between adjectives and adverbs?
2. How can you make adverbs from adjectives?
3. Copy examples and make a diagram of the different spellings for -ly ending.

Present simple negative and questions (Word order)

Hi, class.

Let's prepare our lesson at home.
Watch this presentation:

1. Draw the structure of the negative form and questions.

Watch the next video (it's in American Spanish version):

1. Copy the examples of questions.
2. Make a list of question words and write them in Spanish 
3. Cuando el profesor dice que éstas son "preguntas informativas", ¿qué crees que significa eso?

Past continuous vs past simple

Hi, there!
Study the past continuous form in this short video. It's in Spanish version.

1. Watch the video. You can "pause", and play the video again in difficult parts.
2. Use the examples in the video to make a diagram with the elements of English past continuous.

Then, watch and study this new video. It's very short and gives examples of the differences between past simple and past continuous.

Please, follow these steps to study this video:

1. Watch the video. Remember that you can "pause", and play the video again.
2. Take notes on the examples, and write your examples.
3. Write questions difficult aspects on the video. We'll discuss them in class.

Joining sentences with the relative pronouns: WHO, WHICH, WHERE, WHOSE

FORM & MEANING.
A relative clause tells us which thing or person the speaker means.
"The man who works in the bank is my brother" - 'who works in the bank' tells us which man.

• We use who in relative clauses for a person. Who is followed by a verb.
  
• We use whose in relative clauses instead of his/hers/theirs. Whose is followed by a noun.
  
• We use where in relative clauses to talk about a place. Where is followed by a noun or pronoun.
  
• We use which (and that) in relative clauses to talk about a thing.
  

USE.
Relative pronouns are words like who, which, where and whose. A relative pronoun serves two purposes. It acts as the subject or the object (who, which), the place (where) or possessive pronoun (whose) in the relative clause. It also serves as a conjunction connecting the two clauses.
Examples:
I have a friend. She lives in New England.
I have a friend who lives in New England.
PRACTICE.
http://www.ecenglish.com/learnenglish/lessons/relative-prnouns-who-whose-where-which
http://www.englishexercises.org/makeagame/viewgame.asp?id=3221
http://roble.pntic.mec.es/dgub0004/relativesworksheet.doc

Present Simple Word order

Los de 1 ESO aquí encontraréis información para preparar el examen de la Unidad 4.

Use

We use the present simple to talk about daily routines and activities.

• I have a shower every day
  
• You never do your homework after school
  
• Home doesn't go to work in a BMW
  

Repasa más vocabulario de las Routines and Daily Activities con esta presentación

Word Order

Here is a presentation to learn about the word order in present simple sentences.
Fíjate sobre todo en el uso del auxiliary y el verb.

REMEMBER! In Wh- Questions we ask about a part of the sentence we don't know.
Fíjate en los huecos y la Question Word que utilizamos

Question word	Auxiliary verb	Subject	Main verb	Object	Place	time
	Does	Bart	meet	his friends	at the park	every sunday?
Who	does	Bart	meet		at the park	every sunday?
Where	does	Bart	meet	his friends		every sunday?
How often	does	Bart	meet	his friends	at the park?

Éstas son las Question Words más comunes. You must know all of them!

There is / There are + a (an), some, any + Countable & Uncountable Nouns

En clase hemos aprendido que There is / There are sirven para decir lo que "hay" y There isn't / There aren't lo que "no hay".
Las cosas que "hay" o que "no hay" pueden ser Countable o Uncountable.
Y de todo ello depende que utilicemos bien a (an), some y any.
En la siguiente presentación podrás estudiar cómo se utilizan.

Aquí tienes un video gracioso(?) que también lo explica. Cuidado con el acento inglés!

Y finalmente unos ejercicios para que practiques lo aprendido:

• http://www.englishexercises.org/makeagame/viewgame.asp?id=1657

Present Simple vs Present Continuous

Estudia esta comparativa entre el Present Simple y el Present Continuous:

Diferencias en su forma:

Simple Present	Present Continuous
Base form (3rd person singular: infinitive + 's') I speak you speak he / she / it speaks we speak they speak	form of 'be' and verb + ing I am speaking you are speaking he / she / it is speaking we are speaking they are speaking
Exceptions
Exceptions when adding 's' : After o, ch, sh or s, add es. Example: do - he does; wash - she washes After a consonant, the final consonant y becomes ie. (but: not after a vowel) Example: worry - he worries but: play - he plays	Exceptions when adding 'ing' : Silent e is dropped. (but: does not apply for -ee) Example: come - coming but: agree - agreeing After a short, stressed vowel, the final consonant is doubled. Example: sit – sitting, put – putting Final ie becomes y. Example: lie - lying

Diferencias en su uso:

Simple Present	Present Progressive
in general (often, never) Colin plays football every Tuesday. present actions happening one after another First Colin plays football, then he watches TV.	right now Look! Colin is playing football now. also for several actions happening at the same time Colin is playing football and Anne is watching.
Signal words
always every ... often normally usually sometimes seldom never first then	at the moment at this moment today now right now Listen! Look!

Las Signal Words hacen referencia al tiempo al que se realiza la acción. Utilízalas para decidir si utilizar el Present Simple o el Present Continuous.

Aquí tienes más información y ejercicios para diferenciar entre Present Simple y el Present Continuous.

• http://www.ego4u.com/en/cram-up/grammar/simpre-prepro 
• http://www.englishpage.com/verbpage/presentcontinuous.html

Form of the Present Perfect

Form of Present Perfect

	Positive	Negative	Question
I / you / we / they	I have spoken.	I have not spoken.	Have I spoken?
he / she / it	He has spoken.	He has not spoken.	Has he spoken?

For irregular verbs, use the participle form (see list of irregular verbs, 3rd column).
For regular verbs, just add “ed”.
Exceptions in Spelling when Adding ‘ed’

Exceptions in spelling when adding ed	Example
after a final e only add d	love – loved
final consonant after a short, stressed vowel or l as final consonant after a vowel is doubled	admit – admitted travel – travelled
final y after a consonant becomes i	hurry – hurried

• Exceptions in Spelling when adding ‘ed’

Practise the irregular verbs

Go to School Level 0 Level 1

Level 2 Level 3 Level 4

Practise the irregular verbs

• have or has

• Positive Sentences in Present Perfect Simple

• Negative Sentences in Present Perfect Simple

• Sentences with ‘never’ in Present Perfect Simple

• Questions in Present Perfect Simple
  

Active into Passive Voice

Exercises on Passive (Form)

• Exercise on Passive with Simple Present
• Exercise on Passive with Simple Past

Exercises on Passive (Active → Passive)

• Exercise on Passive with Simple Present
• Exercise on Passive with Simple Past

Exercises on Passive (Active or Passive)

• Exercise on Simple Present
• Exercise on Simple Past

Titanic: Active or Passive Voice?

Passive - Titanic

Run the slides on the Titanic. Would you use the active or passive?

Passive Voice

When do we use the passive? We use the passive in the following cases:

Case 1: The thing done is more important than the doer.

         e.g. A new supermarket was opened in our district last week.

Case 2: Both the thing done and the doer are important.

         e.g. Algeria was colonized by the French.

Case 3: The doer is unknown.

        e.g. A lot of articles are stolen in the supermarket every day.

Case 4: We don't want to mention the doer.

         e.g. I was told that you had broken my glasses.

Here you've got some exercises:

• http://www.englishexercises.org/makeagame/viewgame.asp?id=516
• http://www.englishexercises.org/makeagame/viewgame.asp?id=520
• http://www.englishexercises.org/makeagame/viewgame.asp?id=3685

Prepositions of Movement

Mira la presentación y estudia The Prepositions of Movement.

Prepositions of Movement

Ahora realiza estos ejercicios:

• http://www.englishexercises.org/makeagame/viewgame.asp?id=4300
• http://www.imparareinglese.co.uk/esercizi_inglese/prepositions_of_movement.html
• http://advanced-english-grammar.com/prepositions-of-movement-passing-through.html
• http://www.montsemorales.com/gramatica/PrepsmoveSpot2-5.htm

Comparatives: (not) as... as; so that / such that

(NOT) AS... AS
Una forma de comparar dos cosas es diciendo en qué se parecen con "AS... AS", o en qué se diferencian "(NOT) AS... AS".

• "My trainers are as trendy as yours" (My trainers are trendy / Your trainers are trendy)
• "Cristiano is not as good as Messi" (Messi is better than Cristiano)

Aquí tienes algunos ejercicios para practicar

• http://www.englisch-hilfen.de/en/exercises/adjectives_adverbs/adjectives_comparison_as_as.htm
• http://www.ego4u.com/en/cram-up/grammar/adjectives-adverbs/adjectives/exercises?02
• http://www.tinyteflteacher.co.uk/learning-english/grammar/exercises/as-as-adjectives.html

SO / SUCH

Si queremos enfatizar la cualidad expresada por un adjetivo añadiéndole una frase, utilizaremos "so ... that ..."

• "Gwyneth Paltrow is so beautiful that everybody looks at her"

Si lo que queremos enfatizar es una cualidad de un sustantivo con un adjetivo utilizaremos "such a ... that..."

• "Gwyneth Paltrow is such a beutiful actress that everybody looks at her".

Normalmente so... that y such ... that nos sirven para unir una causa y su consecuencia.

• "Gwyneth's performance was so good in Shakespeare in Love that she won an Oscar"
• "Gwyneth did such a good performance in Shakespeare in Love that she won an Oscar in 1999".

Aquí tienes algunos ejercicios para practicar:

• http://www.englishpage.com/minitutorials/sosuchexercise.htm
• http://www.tolearnenglish.com/exercises/exercise-english-2/exercise-english-49749.php
• http://www.bbc.co.uk/worldservice/learningenglish/radio/specials/177_gramchallenge11/page2.shtml
• http://www.usingenglish.com/quizzes/236.html

Present Simple - 1 ESO

	affirmative	negative	question
I/you/we/they	I play.	I do not play.	Do I play?
he/she/it	He plays.	He does not play.	Does he play?

Reglas ortográficas para la 3ª persona del singular
Como regla general, a la forma verbal de la 3ª persona del singular se le añade s; no obstante, existen unas cuantas reglas para una serie de formas verbales que son especiales:
1.- Cuando el verbo acaba ya en s, o en un sonido parecido como sh, ch o x:

watch -> watches (mirar) dash -> dashes (arrojar)

2.- Cuando el verbo acaba en o, también se añade es:

go -> goes (ir) do -> does (hacer)

3.- Cuando el verbo acaba en y, y a ésta le precede una consonante, tenemos que cambiar la y por i, para a continuación añadir es:

fly -> flies (volar)         study -> studies (estudiar)

Usa estos ejercicios para repasar el presente simple:

• http://saberingles.com.ar/curso/lesson06/05.html
• http://saberingles.com.ar/curso/lesson06/06.html
• http://saberingles.com.ar/curso/lesson06/07.html
• http://saberingles.com.ar/curso/lesson06/10.html

Sports Vocabulary
Revisa con estos ejercicios el vocabulario de los deportes:

• Paso 1. Memorizar las palabras - 
• Paso 2. Práctica oral 
• Paso 3. Práctica escrita

Present Continuous - 1 ESO

Learning the Present Continuous Tense

En el cuadro de arriba usa la flecha > para repasar el Present Continuous.

En clase hemos visto que el Present Continuous sirve para expresar lo que estamos haciendo en ese mismo momento.

"I'm surfing the net, now"

"Estoy navegando por internet ahora"

También sirve para hablar de lo que tenemos pensado hacer:

Are you passing the next exam? / Yes, I am

¿Vas a aprobar el próximo examen? / Sí

Practica con estos ejercicios:

• http://saberingles.com.ar/curso/lesson08/05.html
• http://saberingles.com.ar/curso/lesson08/07.html
• http://saberingles.com.ar/curso/lesson08/08.html
• http://www.englishexercises.org/makeagame/viewgame.asp?id=3438
• http://www.englishexercises.org/makeagame/viewgame.asp?id=6435