Mary Sea's Blog: February 2018

Monday 26 February 2018

Past Perfect and Simple Past

Below you can find some exercises related to the contrast between the past perfect and the simple past. Do them and if you have any questions, let me know. (Remember there are some other posts that have to do only with the past perfect and only with the simple. Here you are going to practise them together).

Exercise one.
Exercise two.
Exercise three.
Exercise four.
Exercise five. Grammar in context. Orlando.
Exercise five. Grammar in context. The pilgrims.

Sunday 25 February 2018

Phrasal Verbs: High Achievers B1+ (Units 7-8-9)

Here you have a crossword for you to review the definitions of the following phrasal verbs, which we have studied in units 7, 8 & 9. Print it out to do it as it cannot be played online. You can press the reload button to generate different configurations and the key botton to see the answer key. Enjoy it!

get across - make out - pull down - throw up - look around - call out - figure out - freak out - rule out - scare away - give away - sell out - shop around - take back - try on

Saturday 17 February 2018

Negative prefixes

We can add a prefix to some words to make the opposite meaning.

Some negative prefixes are: un-, il-, -im-, ir-, in-, dis-.

Il- is often used with adjectives beginning with 'l'.
Im- is often used with adjectives beginning with 'p' or 'm'.
Ir- is often used with adjectives beginning with 'r'.

Examples:

unfair, untidy, unable, unusual, unpleasant, unpredictable.
illegal, illogical, illiterate, illegible.
immature, impatient, impolite.
irregular, irrelevant, irresistible, irresponsible, irrational.
incomplete, informal, incorrect, indecent, insecure, indirect.
dishonest, dislike, disagree, disappear, disobey, disadvantage, disorganized.

This is one of the best webpages I've found for you to practise. It allows you to choose the ones you want to check according to frequency or the kind of prefix you want to practise.

Modal Verbs: Modals of Speculation. Possibility and probability.

In the following video you can see how to use the modals of speculation.

Now, you can do the following exercises.

One. Present probability: must, can't, could, may, might
Two. Possibility.
Three. Modals of Possibility or probability for past situations.

Whitstable, 8th Day: Back to Madrid

Un@s por Luton, otr@s pot Gatwick y otros por Gatwick-Valencia, pero al final tod@s llegamos casi a la vez a Madrid, encantad@s de haber compartido este viaje a Whitstable, una experiencia inolvidable.