Expressing wishes and regrets

 

WISHES: very good lesson plan on wishes (by Cristina Cabal)

EXPLANATION WITH GOOGLDE SLIDES AND VIDEOS (good slide explanation)

I WISH I WERE vs I WISH I WAS

EXERCISES

Choose the correct options to complete the text.

Look at each situation and decide if it describes a past or a present situation. Then write a sentence using "wish".

Rewrite each sentence beginning with the words 'I wish'.

Wordwall GAME

MIXED CONDITIONALS

EXPLANATION IN SPANISH

EXPLANATION IN ENGLISH

This type of mixed conditional refers to an unreal past condition and its probable result in the present. These sentences express a situation which is contrary to reality both in the past and in the present. In these mixed conditional sentences, the time is the past in the "if" clause and in the present in the main clause.

If I had studied I would have my driving license. 

(but I didn't study and now I don't have my license)

These mixed conditional sentences can also refer to an unreal present situation and its probable (but unreal) past result. 

If I was a good cook, I'd have invited them to lunch.

Present: I'm not a good cook

Past: I would probably not have invited them to lunch

EXERCISES

Mixed conditional practice (multiple choice after the explanation)

All conditionals – mixed conditionals, alternatives to if, inversion

Multiple-choice exercise (advanced)

Mixed Conditionals Missing Word - Advanced

CONDITIONAL CLAUSES CONNECTORS: provided that, as long as, unless, even if ....

 

EXPLANATION 

EXERCISE 1: IF or UNLESS

EXERCISE 2: two - option quiz . Unless, Providing, Provided That, As Long As

EXERCISE 3: three- option quiz.  Unless, provided that, as long as

EXERCISE 4:  three- option quiz.  Unless, providing that, as long as

EXERCISE 5: write the correct connector: unless, in case of, in case, as long as

Impersonal passive and passive infinitive (advanced)

 

EXPLANATION IN SPANISH

Exercise 1 : rewrite the sentences in impersonal passive

Exercise 2: write the sentences in the impersonal passive voice using different tenses

Exercise 3: Finish the sentences using personal and impersonal passive constructions

Exercise 4: personal passive

EXERCISES ON INFINITIVE PASSIVE

Exercise 1: do it orally

LINK TO THE CAUSATIVE PASSIVE

Compound adjectives

 

EXPLANATION WITH MANY EXAMPLES 

1- EXERCISE: Choose the correct form for each sentence.

2- EXERCISE: choose the correct adjective

3- EXERCISE:  create a COMPOUND ADJECTIVE by combining the words in bold in the first sentence. Don't forget to add a hyphen (-) 

4- EXERCISE: Fill in the gaps with the compound adjectives in English

5- EXERCISE: Fill in each space in the following sentences with an appropriate compound adjective (the first word is given)

Embedded and reported questions

Explanation

Explanation of the University of Victoria + exercise (at the bottom of the page)

Explanation by Langeek

EXERCISE: Perfec English Grammar (embedded questions)

EXERCISE: LIVE WORKSHEETS

Indirect questions explanation (English)

Indirect questions explanation (Spanish)

THREE EXERCISES

EXERCISE: Perfec English Grammar (reported questions)

Modals – Deductions about the Past

Video explanation with quiz (good and short video) 

 Explanation 1

Explanation 2 with exercises (The British Council)

Explanation 3 with exercises

Explanation 4 with exercises

HOW TO WRITE REVIEWS

 

engexam: How to write a review? | C1 Advanced (CAE)

La Web del Inglés (SPANISH): Cómo escribir un buen review para los exámanes oficiales, b2, c1 y c2

Useful language for reviews: Advanced C1.1

• A FILM REVIEW

Language of film reviews (very good summary)

•  A BOOK REVIEW

Writing Centre: The University of North Carolina

Your Dictionary: Foolproof Guide to Writing a Book Review

Useful vocabulary and sentences for book reviews

HOW TO WRITE A NARRATIVE ESSAY

What's the "thesis"? 

A thesis statement is the main idea of an essay. It consists of the topic of the essay and the writer's claim about the topic that will be proven throughout the essay. The thesis usually appears at the end of the introduction, often as the last sentence, and lets the reader know what to expect.

Your objective is to give the reader a dominant impression of an experience or some aspect of your personality. In writing your thesis statement, use descriptive language rather than vague words such as: interesting, unusual, important, and great.

In conversation, you often begin a story by saying, “The weirdest thing happened to me the other day” or “I saw something amazing last week at the zoo” “I had a frightening experience in the elevator at work once” or “Men are strange, ya know? Like, one time….”

https://fastessay.com/blog/a-step-by-step-guide-to-write-a-professional-narrative-essay/

Papers Owl  BibGuru   Scribbr    Fastessay   My Perfect Words    Your dictionary   Wikihow

Custom writing   

How to Write a Good Story (11 Tips from an Actual Writer)

Singular or plural? Collective nouns, general statements

 

WORDS ENDING IN -A: media, data, bacteria

EXPLANATION 1

EXPLANATION 2

INDEFINITE PRONOUNS: everybody, everyone...

WORDS ENDING IN "-S": news, series...

FAMILY IS or FAMILY ARE? POLICE is or POLICE ARE?

EXPLANATION 1

EXPLANATION 2

GENERAL STATEMENTS

The absence of a determiner before plural countable nouns

Specific vs General statements

Negative infinitive

 

EXPLANATION 1 (with written and video explanation)

The causative passive: have / get something done

EXPLANATION WITH PICURES (Spanish)

EXPLANATION (ENGLISH)

EXPLANATION + EXERCISES (English)

EXERCISE 1 : choose

EXERCISE 2: write