ENGLISH IN USE

Here you will find exercises to practise the use of some English expressions

• So/ such
• Too/ enough
• I wish/ If only
• would rather/ had better/ it's time
• used to/ be used to/ get used to

And this is an exercise on rephrasing. You have to use different structures that we have studied this year

And finally some grammar review exercises

ENGLISH IN THE LONDON UNDERGROUND

THIS ACTIVITY IS DIVIDED IN FOUR STEPS:

1. Watch the video and write down all the signs and instructions that appear in it

2. Using modal verbs like "have to/ must/ mustn't", say how you use the London underground

3. Write a commentary about how to use the London underground. Do it as a sequence of events, for example: "When you get into the underground, you... Then you.... Next...."

4. VOICE-OVER COMMENTARY: As the video runs, read your commentary

A DAY IN LONDON

This is your first contact with the capital of the UK, London. Follow the instructions to find the requested information

1-Go to:  www.visitlondon.com

a)     Follow these steps:

Travel ►Airports

1.    Name the five airports

2.    Choose one of the airports and explain how you can get to the centre of London.

Travel ►Travel with Oyster

3.    What is an “Oyster card” ?  How much is it for zones 1and2?

Go to the Home Page. Look for “Sightseeing pass”

4.    What is a “London pass” ?  How much is it for 1 and 2 days?

2- Go  to:  www.londonnet.co.uk

a)     Follow these steps:

City info ► general info ►getting around London

     b)  Read these questions and answer them:

          - How many people live in London?

          - What did they use to be proud of?

- What time do the tubes stop?

  

3- Go to    www.explore-london.co.uk    Choose five places and complete this table. -Locate them in the underground map http://www.tfl.gov.uk/gettingaround/1106.aspx

PLACE	WHERE IS IT? Address and nearest underground station	WHAT IS IT?

PREPOSITIONS OF PLACE

• This is a presentation about prepositions of place

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. Here you are two examples and then watch the video to listen to the rhythm. You can also have a look at this page

There was an old man from Peru
who dreamed he was eating his shoe
he awoke in the fright
 in the dark of the night
to find it was perfectly true

There was a young lady of Spain 
who got very sick on a train
not once but again
and again and again
and again and again and again

RELATIVE CLAUSES

• This is a presentation on relative clauses
• And some more

WORD BUILDING

• Here are some examples of word formation in English
• Try this exercise
• This is another exercise