NARRATIVE TENSES

1. CONTRAST  BETWEEN SIMPLE PAST AND PAST PERFECT.

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

EXERCISES  

http://www.english-4u.de/past_perfect_ex5.htm

https://www.ego4u.com/en/cram-up/grammar/simpas-pasper/tests?test1

https://www.ego4u.com/en/cram-up/grammar/simpas-pasper/tests?test2

http://www.englisch-hilfen.de/en/exercises/tenses/past_perfect_simple_past.htm


2. CONTRAST BETWEEN SIMPLE PAST PAST CONTINUOUS

EXPLANATION 

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

EXERCISES

http://www.perfect-english-grammar.com/past-simple-past-continuous-exercise-1.html

http://www.englishpage.com/verbpage/verbs3.htm 

http://www.english-4u.de/past_prog_ex6.htm

QUESTION TAGS

1. http://www.grammar.cl/Games/Question_Tags.htm 
2. http://speakspeak.com/english-grammar-exercises/intermediate/questions-tags

Question tags – advanced points

1. Aren’t I?
The question tag for I am is aren’t I, not amn’t I.
I am late, aren’t I? (NOT I am late, amn’t I?)

2. In question tags referring to nobody, somebody, everybody etc., we use they.
Nobody came, did they? (NOT …did nobody?)
Somebody wanted a drink, didn’t they?

3. In question tags referring to nothing and everything we use it.
Everything is ok, isn’t it? (NOT …isn’t everything?)
Nothing can happen, can it? (NOT …can nothing?)


4. Let’s
After let’s… we use shall we?
Let’s go for a walk, shall we?

5. Sentences containing negative words like hardly, never, no, nobody and little are followed by non-negative tags.
You never call me, do you? (NOT …don’t you?)
He is no good, is he? (NOT …isn’t he?)
I have hardly ever met her, have I?


6.After principal verb have, question tags with have and do are often both possible. Note that do is more common in American English.
They have a farm house, haven’t / don’t they?
He had a bad headache, hadn’t/didn’t he?

7. Imperatives

Sometimes we use question tags with imperatives (invitations, orders), but the sentence remains an imperative and does not require a direct answer. We use won't for invitations. We use can, can't, will, would for orders.

imperative + question tag	notes
Take a seat, won't you?	polite invitation
Help me, can you?	quite friendly
Help me, can't you?	quite friendly (some irritation?)
Close the door, would you?	quite polite
Do it now, will you.	less polite
Don't forget, will you.	with negative imperatives only will is possible

http://www.englishlearner.com/intermediate/question-tags-multiple-choice-test-1.shtml

https://elt.oup.com/student/solutions1stedition/ui_unit_page/unit6/grammar/exercise2?cc=us&selLanguage=en 

REVISION SECOND TERM 4TH

PRESENT SIMPLE VS PRESENT CONTINUOUS:

https://elt.oup.com/student/solutions/preint/grammar/grammar_01_012e?cc=global&selLanguage=en

http://www.perfect-english-grammar.com/present-simple-present-continuous-2.html

PAST SIMPLE VS PRESENT PERFECT:

http://www.curso-ingles.com/practicar/ejercicios/present-perfect-vs-past-simple

http://www.esl-lounge.com/student/grammar/2g11-past-simple-present-perfect-gap-fill.php

http://www.perfect-english-grammar.com/past-simple-present-perfect-4.html

PAST SIMPLE VS PAST PERFECT

https://www.ego4u.com/en/cram-up/grammar/simpas-pasper/exercises?ex04

http://www.my-english.edu.pl/index.php?id=37

PAST SIMPLE VS PAST CONTINUOUS

http://www.englishpage.com/verbpage/verbs3.htm

https://elt.oup.com/student/project3rdedition/level5/unit1/grammar/exercise1?cc=us&selLanguage=en

PASSIVE REVISION

Just as a starter, a little bit of theory on how to change from active to passive. ( If you scroll down, there are plenty of exercises at the bottom of the page)


http://www.ego4u.com/en/cram-up/grammar/passive
http://www.english-zone.com/verbs/pssvchrt.html

To distinguish between active or passive sentences:
http://a4esl.org/q/h/vm/active-passive.html
http://www.kico4u.de/english/uebungen/passiv/pastaktpas.htm (active to passive)
http://users.fulladsl.be/spb9193/pass_2.html ( deciding on the passive tense)
http://suz.deutsch-digital.de/english/grammar/passive2.htm?docbase=http://suz.deutsch-digital.de/english/grammar/index.php (passive to active)
Not transformations, but text exercise.
http://www.miguelmllop.com/practice/beginners/grammar/activeorpassive1.htm
http://www.ego4u.com/en/cram-up/tests/hadrians-wall
To practise the structure have something done:
http://www.perfect-english-grammar.com/causatives-exercise-1.html
http://www.better-english.com/grammar/havedone.htm
Listenings:
http://www.esl-lab.com/car-accident/car-accidentrd1.htm
http://www.esl-lab.com/story1/story1.htm
http://www.esl-lab.com/tradition/traditionrd1.htm
http://esl.about.com/library/listening/bllis_customer1.htm
http://esl.about.com/library/listening/bllis_interview.htm

REVISION 4TH ESO MACRO- EXAM :

Difference Simple Present - Present Continuous:  


http://www.englishexercises.org/makeagame/viewgame.asp?id=229

http://www.tolearnenglish.com/exercises/exercise-english-1/exercise-english-4.php

http://www.bnv-bamberg.de/home/ulrich.koch/flg/englischinteraktiv/verbs-aspect2.htm


Difference Simple Past - Present Perfect:

http://web2.uvcs.uvic.ca/elc/studyzone/410/grammar/ppvpast1.htm

http://www.english-grammar-lessons.com/presentperfectorpastsimple/exercise2.swf

http://www.english-grammar-lessons.com/presentperfectorpastsimple/exercise5.swf

http://www.bnv-bamberg.de/home/ulrich.koch/flg/englischinteraktiv/tenses-past-perfect2.htm

Difference Simple Past - Past Continuous

http://www.english-grammar-lessons.com/pastsimpleorcontinuous/exercise3.swf

http://www.englishexercises.org/makeagame/viewgame.asp?id=1206http://mrsc.free.fr/3-2-2pret.htm

HALLOWEEN II

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TASK 1 : READ THE FOLLOWING STORY The house on the hill in the old forest.
I went trick-or-treating with my best friends  Our pillowcases were full of candy, and it was getting late, so my friends wanted to go home.
I wanted a few more chocolate bars so I turned to my friends and said, “Let’s knock on a few more doors and then head for home.” They were worried because they thought it was already too late. “Let’s go home now,” they said to me. I told them not to worry because we could take a shortcut through the old forest. So after a few more houses, I took my friends to the path that went through the forest. We walked about 20 minutes, and then, suddenly, I felt very strange. I couldn’t remember the way! It was dark and foggy. We were lost. And to make matters worse, it started to rain. And then, it started to pour. Lightning lit up the sky and thunder rang in our ears. We wandered around in the rain for over two hours. We were very wet and very cold. And then, at about midnight, I saw an old abandoned house on a hill. “I think we’ll have to spend the night in that old house and wait till morning,” I said.
TASK2.  In pairs, finish writing the story using all the phrases in the box below. Write it as a comment to this post, Creative Writing Box screamed saw a light ran down the hall cobwebs heard footsteps hid under the bed heard a noise dawn		My friends didn’t think it was a good idea, but they were cold and wet, so they agreed. We walked up the old wooden steps to the front door. The door creaked open and we went inside, sat down, and started to eat a chocolate bar, when . . .

HALLOWEEN I

HALLOWEEN AND JACK O'LANTERNS


As most of you already know, the spookiest night of all is getting closer; just a couple of weeks ahead and people in the States will be too frightened to think about anything else. No doubt we are talking about the 31st of October, that is to say, Halloween .
But what do you know about this scary day??? Try this quiz and see

http://www.britishcouncil.org/kids-games-quiz-halloween.htm   ( not working at the moment)
http://www.englisch-hilfen.de/en/exercises/countries/halloween.htm

In the quiz you have read about Jack o' Lanterns (photo above); although we are pretty sure you know about them ,why not find out more about the origin of this tradition. Read this text to know.



People have been making jack o'lanterns at Halloween for centuries. The practice originated from an Irish myth about a man nicknamed "Stingy Jack." According to the story, Stingy Jack invited the Devil to have a drink with him. True to his name, Stingy Jack didn't want to pay for his drink, so he convinced the Devil to turn himself into a coin that Jack could use to buy their drinks. Once the Devil did so, Jack decided to keep the money and put it into his pocket next to a silver cross, which prevented the Devil from changing back into his original form. Jack eventually freed the Devil, under the condition that he would not bother Jack for one year and that, should Jack die, he would not claim his soul. The next year, Jack again tricked the Devil into climbing into a tree to pick a piece of fruit. While he was up in the tree, Jack carved a sign of the cross into the tree's bark so that the Devil could not come down until the Devil promised Jack not to bother him for ten more years.
Soon after, Jack died. As the legend goes, God would not allow such an unsavory figure into heaven. The Devil, upset by the trick Jack had played on him and keeping his word not to claim his soul, would not allow Jack into hell. He sent Jack off into the dark night with only a burning coal to light his way. Jack put the coal into a carved-out turnip and has been roaming the Earth with it ever since. The Irish began to refer to this ghostly figure as "Jack of the Lantern," and then, simply "Jack O'Lantern."
In Ireland and Scotland, people began to make their own versions of Jack's lanterns by carving scary faces into turnips or potatoes and placing them into windows or near doors to frighten away Stingy Jack and other wandering evil spirits. In England, large beets are used. Immigrants from these countries brought the jack o'lantern tradition with them when they came to the United States. They soon found that pumpkins, a fruit native to America, make perfect jack o'lanterns.

How to carve your Halloween Jack O' Lantern

To see some amazing lanterns, double click on any of this  link,

http://www.cs.cmu.edu/~jdigney/pumpkin.html

Once you've seen how amazing pumpkin carving can be, work the following exercises:


http://www.isabelperez.com/hotpot/horror_halloween.htm

http://www.britishcouncil.org/learnenglish-central-games-spelloween.htm  ( a bit of spelling)

To learn more about this festival , watch this video and do the quiz