English tenses

For those students with clear difficulties with tenses structures.



http://speakspeak.com/html/d10a000_english_grammar_structure_of_tenses.htm

Reading Comprehensions

Some helpful links to help you prepare your "selectividad". Good luck with them!
http://www.english-area.com/paginas/selectividad.htm
http://www.isabelperez.com/select.htm
http://www.mariangelesromero.es/2bchto.html (with some grammar exercises as well)
http://mjmartinpinto.com/reading_comprehension.html (graded comprehensions, not the "selectividad" type)
http://fyarza.wordpress.com/2009/01/11/selectividad-exams/

subject-verb inversion (2)

Grammar

https://netfiles.uiuc.edu/k-lee7/www/kesl/writ/inversion_sv.pdf

Exercises
http://www.edufind.com/english/englishtests/english_test_explanation.cfm?TestID=9

http://www.cityu.edu.hk/elc/quiz/inverse.htm


http://www.eslprintables.com/buscador/buscar.asp?nivel=any&age=0&tipo=any&contents=subject+verb

http://www.english4today.com/oeg/pcontent/englishtests/english_tests1.cfm?TestID=9&TestName=Subject-Verb%20Inversion

http://www.cityu.edu.hk/elc/quiz/inverse.htm

question tags

Grammar & exercises

http://www.englisch-hilfen.de/en/grammar/qu_tags.htm

http://esl.about.com/library/quiz/blgrquiz_tags.htm

Exercises

http://www.better-english.com/grammar/questiontags.htm

http://club.telepolis.com/englishweb/genitivetags.html

http://www.englishexercises.org/buscador/buscar.asp?nivel=any&age=0&tipo=any&contents=tag+questions

http://www.agendaweb.org/grammar/questions_tag.html

http://www.english-test.net/esl/learn/english/grammar/ei037/esl-test.php

http://www.polseguera.org/advanced_english_grammar/question_tags.php

conditionals

Students in 1BT are seeing conditionals these days. I found this link to help them.

http://www.englishpage.com/conditional/conditionalintro.html

Reported Speech II (no "say" or "tell")

Spring is back! And last term exams are nearer. Some more practice?

Rewrite the sentences in the following exercise. Do not use “ask, say, tell” as reporting verbs. I´m giving you a list of other possible reporting verbs you could use. Good luck!

Reporting verbs:

Offer, warn, suggest, apologize, promise, admit, deny, request, beg, accuse, refuse, invite, agree, thank, advise, forbid, insist, ask, decide, announce

Jenny, don´t lean out of the window! It´s dangerous

I´m sorry I didn´t phone last night

We won´t stay long

You didn´t report the accident to the police

You shouldn´t eat so much red meat

Why didn´t you take them to the film?

I can´t stand discos

You could take them to a film

Martin. Leave the room immediately!

Clive, you took the money

Gill, would you like to come sailing at the weekend?

Gill, would you like a cup of tea?

I´m sorry I´m late, Mrs Prentice

Let me help you carry your bag

Yes, you are absolutely right. I must take another assistant

Oh, what lovely flowers, Sue! It´s really sweet of you

A man to me: “ Just don´t park your car in front of my gate again, ok?

I think it is important that you get a good solicitor, Nigel

Put your coat on. It´s cold outside

Please, study the irregular verbs for next week

Do you want me to cook dinner tonight?

What time is it?

Don´t eat that mushroom. It´s poisonous.

You must tell them the truth

You should relax

Yes, I broke the window

You broke the window

I´ll write to you

Ok, I´ll carry the boxes myself

Would you like a lift?

I know! I´ll catch the train

How did you do that

I´ll ring when I get there

Don´t touch that! You´ll get hurt

Why don´t you go and lie down?

Ok. I´ll pay the 10$

I haven´t seen you for a long time

Tomorrow I´m leaving for the States

Did you go out last night?

Where are you going to spend the summer?

How about playing a game of tennis?

Could you please phone the bank?

Please, please, sir, save the life of my child

Let´s order hamburgers instead of Indian food

Would you like to stay for supper?

Please, let´s not quarrel anymore

Daddy, don´t forget to post the parcel, please

Will you let me take the car tonight?

Sorry, but I won´t give you a lift home

I didn´t leave the window open!

conjunctions

although, even though, in spite of, despite, however

Some theory...

 https://learnenglish.britishcouncil.org/en/grammar-reference/spite-despite-although

 http://www.onlinegrammar.com.au/however-commas-or-semicolons/

...and exercises to practise

http://www.myenglishpages.com/site_php_files/grammar-exercise-although.php

http://www.agendaweb.org/grammar/conjunctions-linking-words.html

http://www.englishpractice.com/quiz/spite-grammar-exercise/