March 27, 2009

How to survive on a desert island

Imagine that you were about to start living on a desert island. What object would you take to help you in your new life?
In this link you will find a listening from the BBC where explorer Pen Hadow explains why he would take a six-inch nail.

March 23, 2009

Present Perfect Exercises

Here you will find pages where they explain how the Present Perfect works. There are also exercises to practice.
English Page - Present Perfect
- Present Perfect, Statements
- Present Perfect or Past Simple
- Present Perfect Tense

March 18, 2009

Songs - Passive voice

Sweet dreams, by Marilyn Manson:
"Sweet dreams are made of this...
Some of them want to use you
Some of them want to get used by you
Some of them want to abuse you
Some of them want to be abused"
with the video

Feel, by Robbie Williams:
"Not sure I understand
This road I've been given"
with the video

Songs - Conditionals

Change the World, by Eric Clapton:
"If I could reach the stars I'd pull one down for you
Shine it on my heart so you could see the truth"
with the video

Heavy on my heart, by Anastacia:
"If I could paint a picture of this melody
It would be a violin without its strings...
I never thought that I would touch an angel's wings"
with the video

Conditional Interactive exercises

In here you will find exercises to practice the conditional structures.

- conditional structures
- conditionals and modals
- grammar games , mixed conditionals
- if sentences and conditionals, with the song "Painter" by Nora Jones

Passive Voice interactive exercises

In here you will find the links to some webs where you can practice the passive voice.

- passive voice
- passive voice
- grammar games
- passive sentences
- passive 1
- rewrite the sentences using a passive form.
- Harry Potter's passive sentences
- man with a dream

March 12, 2009

Beyoncé, If I were a boy

In this video you can listen to a song that uses the second conditionals. Lyrics