June 3, 2010
Second Conditionals Practice
IF condition result
past simple WOULD + base verb
If I won the lottery I would buy a car.
Notice that we are thinking about a future condition. We use the past simple tense to talk about the future condition. We use WOULD + base verb to talk about the future result. The important thing about the second conditional is that there is an unreal possibility that the condition will happen.
Here are some more examples:
If I married Mary I would be happy.
If Ram became rich she would marry him.
If it snowed next July would you be surprised?
If it snowed next July what would you do?
I would be happy if I married Mary.
She would marry Ram if he became rich.
Would you be surprised if it snowed next July?
What would you do if it snowed next July?
Sometimes, we use should, could or might instead of would, for example: If I won a million dollars, I could stop working.
Exercise 1 http://web2.uvcs.uvic.ca/elc/studyzone/410/grammar/2cond1.htm
Exercise 2 http://web2.uvcs.uvic.ca/elc/studyzone/410/grammar/2cond1.htm
Exercise 3 http://www.englishgrammarsecrets.com/secondconditional/exercise1.swf
Exercise 4 http://www.englishgrammarsecrets.com/secondconditional/exercise2.swf
First Conditionals Practice
Exercise 1 http://www.englishgrammarsecrets.com/firstconditional/exercise1.html
Exercise 2 http://www.better-english.com/grammar/firstconditional1.htm
Exercise 3 http://www.learnenglishfeelgood.com/g-grammar-firstconditional1.html
Exercise 4 http://perso.wanadoo.es/autoenglish/gr.con1.1.i.htm
May 17, 2010
Passive voice
Listening and revising grammar http://www.bbc.co.uk/worldservice/learningenglish/radio/specials/92_gramchallenge12/index.shtml
Exercise 2
Matching http://www.bbc.co.uk/worldservice/learningenglish/radio/specials/92_gramchallenge12/page2.shtml
Exercise 3
Multiple choice http://www.usingenglish.com/quizzes/46.html
Exercise 4
Gap filling http://www.ego4u.com/en/cram-up/grammar/passive/exercises?text01
Exercise 5
Gap filling http://www.englisch-hilfen.de/en/exercises/active_passive/sentences_gaps.htm
Exercise 6
Read and identify http://www.grammar-quizzes.com/passiveart.html
May 3, 2010
April 28, 2010
SLUMDOG MILLIONAIRE TRIVIA
When was the film released in Spain?
What's the name of the director and of the codirector of the film?
Is Slumdog Millionaire based on a book?
Is this a Bollywood film?
Who were the people who killed Jamal's mother?
What's the name of the programme "who wants to be a millionaire?" in India?
What is the exchange rate for 20,000,000 Rupees?
What is a chaiwala?
How many Oscars did the film win? What for?
What languages appear in the film?
Which posters appear at the police station where Jamal is arrested?
Which is one of the most popular sports in India?
What are the quetions that Jamals answers on the game show?
What does "Jai Ho" mean?
Who composed this song?
April 23, 2010
QUESTION TAGS
Question tags |
Question tags - use
A question tag is used at the end of a statement to ask someone to agree with us, or to keep a conversation going, or to ask a genuine, real question: It was lovely seeing those buildings, wasn't it? Since both Helen and Michal went on the date together and saw the same things, these are examples of question tags to ask for someone's agreement or to keep a conversation going. |
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Question tags - form
A question tag is made up of a statement and a tag. If the statement is positive, the tag is negative: |
Question tags - intonation
The meaning of a question tag changes if your voice goes up or down when you say it. |
Vocabulary:
hunk (adj, to describe a man, informal): handsome, good-looking to look green (idiom): to look ill or sick, or as if you are going to vomit to throw up (verb): to be physically sick, to vomit to fancy (verb, informal): to be romantically or sexually attached to someone |
question tags at BBC
question tags at Using English
question tags test