EXPLANATION HAD BETTER+ QUIZ
This blog is aimed at giving help to teachers and students either in class preparation or in revision of certain tricky language points.
dilluns, 10 de gener del 2022
diumenge, 9 de gener del 2022
Reflexive pronouns and "each other"
QUIZ: Choose the correct reflexive pronoun (10 questions)
EXPLANATION + QUIZ: each other, one another (British Council)
EXPLANATION each other / one another (Cambridge Dictionary)
List of more exercises: agendaweb.org
dijous, 6 de gener del 2022
CONDITIONALS: ZERO, FIRST, SECOND AND THIRD CONDITIONALS + MIXED CONDITIONALS + WISHES
Explanation 1 : Spanish
Explanation 2: short explanation + links to exercises
Explanation 3
EXERCISES:
Englishpage: lots of exercises on the three conditionals.
Englisch-hilfen: lots of exercises on the three conditionals.
HOW TO USE ADVANCED CONDITIONALS |
MIXED CONDITIONALS: click HERE
ALSO SEE CONDITIONAL CONNECTORS HERE
SEE WISHES AND REGRETS HERE
dilluns, 20 de desembre del 2021
ACTUALLY versus NOWADAYS
ACTUALLY is not used to refer to time. It means IN FACT:
‘Hi, Mary. What a pleasant surprise!’ ‘Actually my name is Alice.’I hear that you're a doctor. ~ Well, actually, I'm a dentist.
You are a doctor, right?’ ‘Well, actually, I’m a teacher.’
‘I don’t think you have sent the money, have you?’ ‘I have, actually.’
I have got a promotion. Actually, they have made me the manager.
‘Did you enjoy the movie?’ ‘Very much, actually.’
NOWADAYS, THESE DAYS or TODAY refer to the PRESENT TIME.
I don’t watch TV very much nowadays. There’s so much rubbish on. It’s not like it used to be.
These days you never see a young person give up their seat for an older person on the bus.
Today’s family structures are quite different from those of 100 years ago.
People don't wear hats much nowadays.
HOW TO CONCLUDE AN ESSAY
How to write a captivating essay conclusion (Oxbridge essays)
How to write a conclusion to an essay (BBC Bitesize, with video and quiz)

