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Tuesday, March 9, 2010

UNIT 5: Past Simple Revision


Ready for the revision of the past simple? Watch this video about Gulliver in Lilliput and do the activities below. Enjoy it.



Activity 1
Watch the video twice and answer these questions (Click on coments to check your answers).

1) What did Gulliver do when he arrived on the island?
2) What did the little men do to Gulliver when he woke up?
3) What did Gulliver have for dinner?

Activity 2
Click on the link below and follow the instructions.
(Click on coments to check your answers)

Gulliver's follow-up Activity

Here you are a video where American people talk about the things they did yesterday.  Listen carefully. When you finish watching video answer the same question on the chat below: what did you do yesterday?


To finish the lesson, I would like you to enjoy a popular song  by Nancy Sinatra called BANG BANG. Click on the link below and do the activities watching the video.
(Click on comments to check your answers)

Bang Bang by Nancy Sinatra Activity


Tuesday, March 2, 2010

Unit 5: Sherlock Holmes












Sherlock Holmes was born in England on 6th January, 1854. He worked as a detective and Dr Watson helped him. They shared a house at 221B Baker Street in London.They travelled a lot.

Sherlock Holmes didn't believe in superstition and was famous for his logic and astute observation to solve cases. So he always caught the murderer.

Apparently, he never fell in love with a woman, but Irene Adler stole his heart because she was good at deduction too.

Do you remember how to form the past in English? To help you remember, try these activities about regular and irregular past simple.

 

Past Simple I (Read the information and do the activities on this website)
Past Simple II
Past Simple III
Past Simple IV
Past Simple V
Past Simple VI
Past Simple VII
Game

And what about pronunciation? Click on the links below and remember the pronunciation of the regular past simple. In the second activity you can listen and repeat.

Regular past simple pronunciation

Irregular past video




To relax read this story and answer the questions.

Two sisters and a cat

Finally try these listening activity where a woman talks about her wedding day.

My wedding day