Pronunciation -ED

The English Alphabet

Con este vídeo pueden practicar la pronunciación del abecedario en inglés. Enjoy it!!!

Halloween

Aquí tienen algunas palabras relacionadas con la festividad de Halloween para que practiquen la pronunciación! Enjoy!

Yes you caaaaaan! Sing along

If you want to see the original version of the song of the film 'Annie Get Your Gun' with lyrics, click on the link: http://youtu.be/JGLnsNPQcls

PRONUNCIATION: some help

First try to repeat the audiowords in New English File here: today choose the NUMBERS, COUNTRIES & NATIONALITIES and COMMON OBJECTS.


Secondly, practise the pronunciation of the verb TO BE in the affirmative, negative and interrogative; visit here spokenenglish.org. The alphabet is here... it's quite fast, but don't panic, it's OK.


By the way, I found this great tool in "the English Blog". If you use Mozilla Firefox, there is a fantastic add-on for English learners: "Pronounce". It uses the services on www.merriam-webster.com so the accent is American. If I can find something similar in British English, I'll tell you. INSTRUCTIONS:

1. Download it here.  (be careful, if you have the version of Firefox 7.0.1  it doesn't work)
2. Install it and restart Firefox
3. Select a word
4. Right click on it and choose Pronounce.
5. luckily you'll hear the word pronounced.

Unit 1 revision

To practise the present of the verb TO BE, select the "elementary" exercises in agendaweb. Do the articles A /AN /THE in the same page here. Plurals here, personal pronouns here, possessive pronouns here. Practise the days of the week, months & seasons here and listen to them here. Finally, listen to all the sounds of English at stuff.co.uk.


This is the song by the Bangles, a group from the 80s, that we listened to in class, Eternal Flame. Enjoy!

FILE 6

If you want to revise all the grammar points, go here. For more explanations and exercises on the Present Continuous, visit the Present Continuous Guy here. Then you can do these exercises: affirmatives, negatives,  questions. You can also listen to the Present Continuous in this song:


Then watch some examples that the Simpsons give you and play this listening game and identify the families they describe.

Present simple vs. present continuous. Remember the different uses:

PRESENT SIMPLE:

• habits : Santos always talks about his family
• routines (watch this video to remember) Mick goes to class every day
• states: Paul has red hair

PRESENT CONTINUOUS:

• (temporary) activities happening now The kids are watching TV. 
• activities happening around now, and not necessarily this very moment: Sally is studying really hard for her exams this week.

Let's see if you can tell the difference between both tenses! Do these exercises, or these ones. Can you complete this text using the appropriate form?

Let's now revise the VOCABULARY on flats and houses. You can practise the pronunciation here and also some common verb phrases.

Last but not least, you can practise asking for directions. Look at the map here and listen; choose True/False. If you want to learn some "travel survival sentences", click here.

FILE 4

Hello again!
We're finishing this unit, but you may need some extra practice or some revision.

For all the new grammar points (can, like+ing and pronouns) go here. And to revise (again!) the present simple, watch the video and do the exercises here.
If  you have problems with PRONUNCIATION, this page shows you the correct pronunciation of many words and phrases. Say it first, then click and listen. Repeat the word until you say it correctly.
Do you want more READING practice? Select unit 4C and the "Revise and check" on this page.
Would you like to learn and know the words for many famous songs? Here you'll find many songs, just search for one you like and sing along!
Finally, to check the "practical English" section (buying clothes) go here and then visit this page and see different clothes.

FILES 2 & 3: extra practice!

Hello again!

Here's some extra practice for these two units, please have a look:

• grammar: file 2, file 3. You can also revise the present simple with many activities here, here and in this text. 
• vocabulary: you can do some crosswords and wordsearches to practise jobs, verbs, the family, common adjectives, countries & nationalities, common objects, daily routines, times & dates. Click HERE to hear the pronunciation of many of these words. Listen and repeat them!
• These listenings are quite slow and easy: interesting conversation, opening & closing times, shopping, telephoning, offers, breakfast, Ireland, Australia. You can see the words (if you click on "menu"), but please listen once or twice first WITHOUT LOOKING... before you actually read them
• practical English: checking in; buying a coffee.
• reading: choose the texts for these two units. Read them, take out some words and try to rebuild the original text.

Now sing along with Alesha Dixon and her "The Boy Does Nothing"!

Songs and more

Do you remember The Cure? Do you want to hear the song again? Click here: Friday, I'm in Love

This is the videoclip of the song by the Bangles we heard in class :  "Eternal Flame"

Worried about pronunciation? It's just normal; have a look at this post from el blog para aprender inglés.

EXTRA MATERIAL

NB1 GRAMMAR revision

• 1B: revise the verb "to be" negatives and questions: here and here.
• 1C: possessive adjectives: here and here.
• 1D: articles, demonstratives, etc: here and here.

VOCABULARY PRACTICE: crosswords and word searches for all units

PRONUNCIATION: This is great for you to hear, repeat and practise vocabulary. Try it! Or go here for the correct pronunciation of numbers, the alphabet, colours...