Gerunds and infinitives

Sometimes in a sentence one verb follows another. Look at the glogster below to revise verb patterns. Get into groups and make your own poster to revise a language point learnt recently.

Class notes to go

To learn new vocabulary it's essential to keep a well organized record. Do you make a clean copy when you're going over your class notes? 

Look at this power point presentation to remember prepositional verbs. Prepare your own to revise a language point you have recently learnt.

Prephrases

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What makes a good friend?

Take the survey about friends. Next, get into pairs and create your own survey on Survey Monkey. Ask about qualities in teachers, parents or classmates.
Finally, write a report or present your findings to the class.

Create your free online surveys with SurveyMonkey, the world's leading questionnaire tool.

Passive Quiz

Can you answer these questions? Do so using the passive voice.You will find clues in the word cloud below the presentation.

 Passivequiz

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Next, create your own quiz and test your classmates on their general knowledge. Try to use the passive voice in the questions and / or answers. You can illustrate your work on power point or wordle.

Adapted from Lessonstream, by Jamie Keddie

A film review

       

Film Review on Prezi

Source: Jo Johnson

Mysteries

What is this fat monkey made out of? Try to guess before getting to the last picture.

Now find out how it was made:

                    

source: Jacqui

I need a hero

Explore Hyperhistory to find information about outstanding people.

Click above to access Hyperhistory

Next, follow the steps suggested in The Biography Maker to make a presentation about your hero or heroine.

In an ideal world...

What would the Earth look like if it had rings like Saturn?

What would the rings look like to us? Would they appear across the sky from East to West or from North to South? How would they appear near the equator? How would they appear far from the equator? How would they appear at night?

Make your guesses and compare them with the video.

source: Jamie Keddie, http://www.jamiekeddie.com/teflclips/?cat=36

It's showtime!

There are some great films now showing, simply click on any title in the list or use the drop down at the top of the page to find the film you want.

Click on the picture above to access Cineworld

At the airport

Remember the flatmates? Alice is on board an aircraft- a crew member is giving instructions but, is Alice listening? Is she about to break the rules?

Next, look at some air travel vocabulary and finally, do the quiz.

Careers guidance

In this video, Magdalen Attwater, a careers expert from King's College London, gives advice on the factors to consider when making a career choice. Make a note of useful expressions to roleplay your own interview.

Starting A Job Search:
How To Choose The Right Career

What's in the news?

Listen to Clare Arthurs to find out about words in the news and news reporting.

These are some of the expressions she uses, can you explain what they mean?

on air; on the line; on the ground; news to hand; joining us live; coming up; headlines; clip or audio; a report or a despatch.


You are now a correspondent in a foreign country. Present your newstory.

                                               

First, find an interesting story. Follow one of these links to look at The Independent , listen to BBC World News or look at This Week in Pictures to get ideas.


Next, summarize it and use cueprompter to read it more confidently in front of the camera. You just have to paste your summary or key words onto the form and start the prompter at the bottom.

Wife goes shopping

What is retail therapy? Have you ever done any retail therapy? Does it work?

What did the man say his wife could buy?
Why do you think he said yes to everything?

Try to reenact the conversation with your partner. Write down as many things as possible that you remember about what the man said.


Write a composition of about 150 words which begins:

Paragraph 1: Three days ago I overheard the strangest conversation in my gym...

What had you done in the gym? Did you enjoy it? What were you doing when you started listening to the conversation?


Paragraph 2: To my surprise / horror / astonishment, the man told his wife ...

What did he ask her? What did he agree to do? What did he suggest? What did he want her to do?


Paragraph 3: As soon as he hung up ... I couldn’t help laughing when /I couldn’t believe my ears when ... If I had been the owner of the phone, I would have ...
To see the video clip with subtitles click here.

source: Jo Johnson

What do they do for fun?

Find out what these people do for fun:

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por realdogswimming

Now click here to do the exercises and find out a lot more.

Sports and Games

This is a list of some of the most popular sports and games :

rugby, hockey, badminton, squash, baseball, tennis, golf, cricket, basketball, athletics

In pairs, find out about your favourite one and get ready to make a five-minute presentation about it.

Think of:

• The history of your sport and a brief description of how it is played.
• The equipment you need.
• The most famous players.
• The countries where it is most popular.

Click above to find out how to swim better