Click on the following link to open a presentation on Intonation&Stress. Once you have read it, look at the following speech and listen to the clip below: EXERCISE: Underline all the content words. How many did you underline? Mark all the pauses with a forward slash, as in the example. How many pauses are there in […]
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The Passive voice
Click on the following link to view a presentation on the use of the Passive voice in English. Then make sentences in all the tenses you know, including modal verbs. There are plenty of exercises in the last slide.
OpenTypes of Questions
First, please review the different Types of Questions with this handout. Then complete the following worksheet on Grammar Questions After that, Make Questions in different verb tenses. Finally, there is this online Questions Exercise to enhance what you have learned. For further practice: Domino Dancing (Pet Shop Boys) – Wh Words
OpenAutonomous learning resources
Click on the following link to access a great variety of Autonomous Resources for ESL students of all levels.
OpenSilent Letters
Here’s a link to an activity on Silent letters in a number of English words.
OpenTest your transcription skills!
Print out and complete the following Transcription Exercise to practise phonetics.
OpenIntermediate exercises B1
Click on the following link to access assorted B1 exercises and aid materials: Intermediate exercises
OpenListening Practice
Click on Breaking News in English to do listening exercises of all kinds.
OpenText to speech reader
Click on TTS Reader to write your sentences and have them read out loud for you.
OpenPunctuation Exercise
Once you have reviewed the Punctuation Rules, test yourself with this elementary worksheet: Punctuation Exercise Or if you prefer the online version, click on Online exercise.
OpenOrdering questions
Click on Grammar Questions and order the words to make questions.
OpenUse of dictionaries
Click on the following link to learn more about the Use of an English dictionary
OpenConnecting speech
Here’s a presentation on the use of Linking words in connected speech. As for writing, you can print out the following doc handout on TRANSITIONS, which you can complete with additional linking words that you may come across. Below there’s a video clip to learn how to use linking words when you speak or write:
OpenEnglish vowels, consonants & diphthongs
We shall look at and discuss the following presentation on the English Sounds in class: You can download an interactive Phonemic Chart here (with sound). EXERCISES: Click on the following links to access a handout on English sounds (vowels, diphthongs and consonants), and then complete the English sounds exercise. Check what you’ve learned with these online exercises: Vowel […]
OpenPronunciation Drill (Plurals, 3rd person)
Practise the -s ending (/s/, /z/, /iz/) by completing the following exercise: Pronunciation Drill.
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