MODAL VERBS

Modal verbs are some special verbs that don't follow the same formation and structure as most lexical verbs. 

• Here you are a presentation about the most common modal verbs in English
• This is a video about the London Underground. Watch it and afterwards use modal verbs to make a summary

• A review worksheet on modal verbs

BRITISH AND AMERICAN ENGLISH

• The two main dialects in English are British and American. Some words change depending on the dialect. Here you are some examples

CLOTHES

• How many pieces of clothing can you name in English? 

 

• Now, let's do the following activities
• who is who?
• odd one out
• quiz

PERSONALITY ADJECTIVES

• How many personality adjectives do you know in English? Have a look at this page and let's see how many more you can add

• Here you are a worksheet to practise PERSONALITY ADJECTIVES

WILLIAM SHAKESPEARE

The most famous playwright in British literature is William Shakespeare. He was born in Strattford-Upon-Avon in 1564 and died on the 23th April 1616. This means that this year the 400th anniversary of his death is celebrated.

• Here you are a biography

 

• And these are the summaries of some of his most famous plays. Can you classify them into COMEDIES, TRAGEDIES or HISTORICAL PLAYS?

•  Would you like to know how people live in Shakespearean times? Click here

• Finally, this is the Globe Theatre in London, the place where Shakespeare's plays are reperesented

ST. PATRICK'S DAY

• MARCH 17TH IS A GREAT DAY FOR THE IRISH. YOU ARE GOING TO FIND OUT WHY, BUT FIRST WATCH THE FOLLOWING VIDEO AND LEARN THE WORDS.

• NOW WATCH THE FOLLOWING VIDEO ABOUT THE HISTORY OF ST. PATRICK'S DAY AND COMPLETE THE QUIZ

• Limerick is a city in Ireland, but it is also a humorous poem. These poems have got five lines rhyming A A B B A. They start introducing a person and a place. Listen to two examples

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There was an old man from Peru

who dreamed he was eating his shoe.

He awoke in the night

with a terrible fright,

and found out that it was quite true.

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There was a young lady of Spain

Who was terribly sick in a train,

Not once, but again

And again and again,

And again and again and again

•  Now it's your turn to create your own limericks

CONDITIONAL SENTENCES

• HERE you are a presentation about conditional sentences

• This is a song by Katie Melua. Most of the lines of the song include a second conditional