Waterloo Sunset

Here's a video of the song we listened to in class last week, Waterloo Sunset by the Kinks. You can also click here for the lyrics.

Anyone for some ´SOME and ANY´ activities?

I´ve been searching the net for some simple exercise to practise ´some´and ´any´, Here you go:

This first one is from English File.

This second one is a bit more difficult and includes something we haven´t studied - ´How much?´ and ´How many?´ Use ´how much´ when the noun is uncountable e.g. ´How much water is there?´ and ´how many´ when the noun is countable e.g. ´How many children have you got?´ Anyway, try the exercise below:
http://perso.wanadoo.es/autoenglish/gr.count.p.htm

Learning English Links

Look to the left of the page. I've started a list of useful sites for elementary learners. If you have any recommendations, let me know and I'll add them.

Don't worry! Relax! It's only the Present Continuous!

We'll do more work on the present continuous as I know some of you found choosing between the present continuous and present simple quite difficult.

Do study the grammar section for 6D at the back of the student's book as well as the practice exercises in section 6D of the workbook.

I've had a look on the Internet for extra practice activities and haven't found much. But here are a couple of games to play when your boss isn't looking.

Actually, in this excercise you have to listen and then fill in the gaps:
http://english.baladre.org/sedaviwebfront/presimpcontlisten.htm

And one more from the English File Elementary site:
http://www.oup.com/elt/global/products/englishfile/elementary/a_grammar/file06/

Practising Prepositions

This is a really nice interactive game involving mice. Let me know how you do with it.
It's also good for furniture vocab which we've been doing recently.
http://www.tcet.com/eaonline/FlashedESL/CatsMX.swf

Here's another preposition exercise but a bit different. It practises 'in', 'at' and 'on'. It's also a bit more difficult but try it anyway. Follow these instructions:
1. click on the link
2. find 'prepositions of place' in the index and click
3. do the activity and then click 'submit'.
http://www.britishcouncil.org/learnenglish-central-grammar-grammar-games-archive.htm#P

And one more from the English File elementary site (which I recommend looking at). This time the game involves an anteater!
http://www.oup.com/elt/global/products/englishfile/elementary/i_games/theanteatergame/games_ant01/

Easter Homework

There are 3 things to do for homework over Easter:

1) Write a holdiday report (see page 61 in the student book)
2) What do you remember? page 62 only
3) Workbook 5C

Also, here are the links for simple past practice from last lesson:

For this simple past pronunciation exercise you must find 'past simple' in the index. Click here.

In this second activity you must write the word in the simple past. Click here.

VOCAB JAR

Click here to get your own player.

My Mum's visit to Bilbao: any ideas?

My mum's visiting Bilbao next month and I'm looking for ideas for things to do. She's been once before and has been to the Guggenheim, walked around Casco Viejo, etc. Any ideas?