Breaking News: Use of the passive voice

Read this article and find the passive sentences.

BBC News: Flight MH370: Thai satellite 'shows 300 floating objects'

English for You 1. Unit 2. Test.

Present simple, the times, frequency adverbs... Our last unit in ESO1. Test yourself and check your progress!
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Daily Routines

With this presentation you can practise how to speak about your daily routines. Pay attention to the vocabulary (esp. the verbs) and how to tell the time.


 

Daily routine from Gisela Bastos

Lyrics

Now, listen to the song carefully and try to complete the lyrics. Follow the instructions on the worksheet.
 
 Sam Cooke Exercise b by M Paz Pérez García

Do you understand the meaning of the words? Is the singer a good student? What is his priority: his studies, his love, the world...? Write your opinion in a comment below.

Now listen carefully to the song:

A song

The first activity of the blog is based on a song sang by Sam Cooke. It has some basic vocabulary about  school. You have to guess the title and to complete the blanks, which are names of subjects . Take into account that some are not taught at school nowadays as such but as part of other subjects (can you think of some parts of Maths?).

In this picture, you can see a slide rule, something that is mentioned in the words of the song but that is not used in schools any more:

Now revise the names of the subjects you have and get ready for the next post!

Welcome

Welcome to my new blog! In Practise and Learn English, you will find some extra activities which will allow you to practise your English and therefore to learn and to improve your knowledge of the most international language in the world.