Merry Christmas!

Happy holidays students!! Have fun with your family and friends and study English.

Here I show you my favourite Christmas carol: All I want for Christmas is you.

Other typical Christmas carols are: Jingle Bells, Deck the Halls, Let it snow and Santa Claus is coming to town (click on each one to listen to them).

See you in the New Year 2014.

Family Vocabulary

A list on family vocabulary. Click on the words to listen to the pronunciation. (There are some words you don't need to know for this elementary level).

Activities to practise this vocabulary:
Members of the family
Family tree
Family tree game
Family exercises

Wh- Questions

QUESTION WORD	MEANING	EXAMPLE
who	person (quién)	Who's that? That's Nancy.
where	place (dónde)	Where do you live? I live in Boston.
why	reason (por qué)	Why do you go to English class? Because I want to learn English.
when	time (cuándo)	When do you go to work? At 7:00
how	manner (cómo)	How do you go to work? I go by car.
what	object, idea, action (qué)	What do you do? I am an engineer.
which	choice (cuál, de entre una selección)	Which one do you prefer? The red one.
what kind	description (qué tipo)	What kind of music do you like? I like quiet songs.
what time	time (qué hora)	What time do you come home?
how many	quantity (countable) (cuántos/as)	How many students do you have? I have 30 students.
how much	amount, price (uncountable) (cuánto/a)	How much time do we have? Ten minutes.
how old	age (cuántos años)	How old are you? I'm 16.

Exercises to practise:
Choose the Wh- word
Complete the questions
Form the questions

Questions in Present Simple

Auxiliary	Subject	Verb	Rest	Yes/No	Subject	Auxiliary
Do	you	read	books?	Yes,	I	do.
				No,	I	don't.
Does	Peter	play	football?	Yes,	he	does.

More exercises to practise on these links:
Complete these questions with present simple
Write simple present questions
Order the words to make questions (use auxiliaries)
Form the questions

Questions and short answers
Short answers (Yes, I do. / No, he doesn't.)

Present Simple

We use the present simple to talk about habits or things that are always true.

Examples:
I listen to music every day.
My sister watches TV every night.
We don't read the newspaper every morning.
My husband doesn't play football every evening.

More practice on these links:
Affirmative sentences: Choose the correct answer
Negative sentences: Choose the correct answer

Multiple choice exercise
Complete with a verb in present simple
Write the positive or negative form of the present simple

Imperative & Suggestions

We use the imperative for orders or instructions. 

Examples: 

- Open your book.
- Turn off your mobile.
- Don't speak Spanish.
- Don't eat in class

Activities:

Matching exercise
Write the imperative
Write the imperative 2


We use Let's + Verb (infinitive) for suggestions.

Examples:
- Let's have a coffee.
- Let's go for a walk.

Activity:
Choose the correct sentence and write it in the box

Adjectives

Adjectives go before nouns: It's a big house. 

And they don't change with plural nouns: They're good friends.

More practice on these links:

Choose the correct one
Choose the opposite adjective
Write the opposite adjective 1

Write the opposite adjective 2
Put the words in the correct order

Colours

Click on the correct adjective

Happy Halloween

It's Halloween tomorrow. 

What do you know about this festivity?

Have a look at the following links:

History of Halloween

Halloween Vocabulary

Halloween Wordsearch

People usually decorate their houses as you can see in these photos.

   

This / These / That / Those

We use this (singular) and these (plural) for things near us.

We use that (singular) and those (plural) for things far away from us. 

If you want to practise with more exercises, go to the following links:

- Multiple choice exercise

- Match and choose exercises

- Change from singular to plural

- Translation exercise

Plural Forms of Nouns

Some exercises to practise the plural:

- Complete with the plural forms

- Plurals and shopping

Enjoy your practice!

Possessive Adjectives

Remember we use possessive adjectives to say that something belongs to somebody.

Examples: 

My house is very nice. 

What's your email address?

Mark has a car. His car is great. 

Judith has a doll. Her doll is beautiful. 

I have a dog. Its name is Lulu.

We go to school every day. Our class is big.

You have an English teacher. Your teacher is very good. 

I have two brothers. Their names are Peter and Nathan. 

You can practise more exercises on the following links:

Possessive Adjectives Multiple choice

Possessive Adjectives Quiz

Complete with the possessive adjective

Video: Verb To Be

Here you are a video to study the verb to be.
Pay attention to the pronunciation. 

Now practise with the following exercises:

Verb to be positive sentences
Write the correct form of the verb to be
Verb to be in questions
Practise the verb to be in these questions
Verb to be in negative form
Complete with the verb to be in negative form

Beginning

Welcome to this new blog for English students who are starting with the learning of the language. I hope you'll find all the exercises and documents useful. 

Enjoy the practice!