Exam-like-practice

Here you have some links with practice for the official exam:
- EOI ILLES BALEARS
- EOI BILBAO
- EOI ALACANT
- EOI ASTURIES
- EOI MADRID

NEWS

I'LL BE BACK AFTER EASTER HOLIDAYS. REMEMBER TO READ A BOOK (LEVEL 4 OR 5) AND WRITE A REVIEW. I HOPE TO SEE YOU ALL. MARIA.

Mock exam


Here you have information about the first mock exam:

INTERMEDIATE 2 A:
 Oral test - 11th January or 28th January
 Use of English and Reading test - 23rd January
 Listening test - 28th January
 Writing test - the same day of the oral exam, just for those people
 who haven't written 3 compositions

INTERMEDIATE 2 D:
 Oral test - 25th January or 29th January
 Use of English and Reading test - 24th January
 Listening test - 29th January
 Writing test - the same day of the oral exam, just for those people
 who haven't written 3 compositions

Activities with so and neither

Click here to practise with ACTIVITY 1. Click here if you need ACTIVITY 2. Click here for ACTIVITY 3.

Reported speech

REPORTING VERBS AND EXPLANTION REPORTED SPEECH Reported Speech ACTIVITIES WITH REPORTED SPEECH Reported Speech Activities Click on the following links to have more practice: ACTIVITY 1 ACTIVITY 2

Online exam-like-practice

Here you have some links to practise for the official exam: - PRACTICE 1 - PRACTICE 2 - PRACTICE 3 In the last link you have some practice for the first certificate exam.

Activities with gerunds and infinitives

Click on GRAMMAR EXPLANATION to read about the use of gerunds and infinitives. Click on ACTIVITY 1 to practise with the use of gerunds and infinitives. Click on ACTIVITY 2 to have more practice.

Relative clauses

Relative Clauses MORE INFORMATION ACTIVITY 1 ACTIVITY 2

Activities with have something done

Click on ACTIVITY 1 to practise with have something done. Click on ACTIVITY 2 to have more practice. Click on ACTIVITY 3 to have a little bit of more practice. Click on ACTIVITY 4 to improve your practice.

Activities with wish

Click on ACTIVITY 1 to practise with the use of wish. Click on ACTIVITY 2 to have more practice.

List of English idioms

Click HERE to see a list of English idioms.

Work and working conditions

Click on WORK AND WORKING CONDITIONS to see some vocabulary on work and working conditions. Click on JOBS AND WORKING CONDITIONS to see more vocabulary.

Topics for the oral exam

Temes curriculars

Use of the article

Click on ACTIVITY 1 to practise with the use of the article. Click on ACTIVITY TWO to have more practice.

Official exam samples

Click HERE to see some official exam samples.

Explanation modal verbs

Modal Verbs 2

Key answers modal verbs

Key Answers Activities Modal Verbs 2

Speaking criteria in Spanish

Speaking Criteria Spanish

Writing criteria in Spanish

Writing Criteria Spanish

how to describe a picture

How to Describe a Picture

Pronunciation -ed regular verbs

Regular -Ed Verb

Comparatives and superlatives

Explanation Comparatives and Superlatives Activities Comparatives Activities Superlatives + Key Answers

Past simple vs past continuous

Past Simple vs Past Continuous

Present perfect continuous

Present Perfect Continuous Click HERE to practise with the present perfect continuous and present perfect simple.

Past perfect

Past Perfect

The future tense

The Future Tense

Click here to have a little practice.

More practice with the future

DONAR-SE D'ALTA A LA BIBLIOTECA

Us podeu donar d'alta a la pàgina web de l'escola, a través de l'hipervincle "Alta usuaris biblioteca", després d'haver clicat l'opció BIBLIOTECA a la pestanya SERVEIS.
Heu d'emplenar el Formulari de petició de soci de la biblioteca (Això ho podeu fer des de casa). Tot seguit, l'heu d'enviar. Heu d'esperar a rebre la confirmació de soci.
Un cop rebuda la confirmació, podeu passar per la bibioteca a recollir el vostre codi de barres. És imprescindible presentar el vostre carnet d'estudiant per tal de recollir el codi de barres

Present perfect vs past simple

Present Perfect

Verb patterns

Explanation Verb Patterns


Click here if you need more information about verb patterns

Modal verbs

Explanation Modal Verbs


Click here if you want more information about modals

Listening practice

LISTENING PRACTICE

Speaking practice

Oral practice

Present simple vs present continuous

PRESENT SIMPLE PRESENT CONTINUOUS
1.Form: Infinitive form of the verb Verb to be + verb in –ing form

2.Spelling rules:
3rd person s Verb in -ing form:
 -s,-ss,-ch,-tch,-sh,-x: +es /iz/ -e: no e + ing (eg. take- taking)
(eg. catch-catches)
 -o: + es (go-goes) -ee: + ing (eg. see-seeing)
 consonant + y: no y + ies -ie: no ie + ying (eg. die-dying)
(eg. try-tries)
 vowel + y: +s (eg. play-plays) consonant+short vowel+consonant:double
consonant+ing (eg. run-running)

3. Auxiliary verb: DO, DOES VERB TO BE

4.Adverbs:
Frequency adverbs (never,always, Now,today,this week,at the moment,etc.
hardly ever,often,twice a month, etc)
Always (every time): Always (too often):
eg. I always make a cake on Saturday. eg. She's always forgetting her keys.

5. Use:
 Routines or repeated actions. Something happening now,at the moment.
Eg. I usually get up at 8 a.m. Eg. It's raining cats and dogs.
 Facts, things that are always true. Temporary actions.
Eg. People speak French in France. Eg. I usually work in the morning,
but today I'm working in the afternoon.

6. Stative verbs: Verbs that cannot be used in the continuous tense.
 Thinking: think, agree, believe, forget, know, realize, recognize, suppose, remember, understand, etc.
 Feeling: like, dislike, love, hate, prefer, enjoy, matter, depend on, want, etc.
 Possession: have got, own, belong, be, etc.
 Other verbs: consist of, contain, deserve, exist, mean, seem, promise, refuse, forgive, need, hear, etc.

Conditionals

ZERO CONDITIONAL

IF + PRESENT SIMPLE, PRESENT SIMPLE

If you heat water, it boils.
I feel tired if I don’t get enough sleep.
If you see an accident, call an ambulance.
- Use: for facts that are generally true. This means that one thing follows immediately from another.
- We can use an imperative form in the second clause.


FIRST CONDITIONAL

IF + PRESENT SIMPLE, WILL + INFINITIVE

If we don’t hurry, we won’t catch the bus.
She’ll be angry if I’m late.
If we are expecting visitors, I’ll do the shopping.
If you go jogging regularly, you may lose weight.

- Use: to talk about things that may happen in the future.
- We can use the present continuous or the present perfect in the ‘if clause’.
- We can use other modal verbs instead of ‘will’ (e.g. can, might, should…)


SECOND CONDITIONAL

IF + PAST SIMPLE, WOULD + INFINITIVE

If Rachel got up earlier, she wouldn’t be late.
I’d buy a new car if I were you.
If she were playing the piano, it would be noisier.
If we had a calculator, we could do it quicker.

- Use: to talk about a hypothetical or imaginary situation.
- We sometimes use ‘were’ instead of ‘was’, especially in the clause ‘if I were you’ (for advice).
- We can use the past continuous in the ‘if clause’.
- We can use ‘could’ or ‘might’ instead of ‘would’.


THIRD CONDITIONAL

IF + PAST PERFECT, WOULD + PRESENT PERFECT
If you had phoned her, she wouldn’t have been so annoyed.
I’d have passed my test if I hadn’t made that mistake.
If I’d had my mobile, I could have contacted you.

- Use: to talk about things in the past happening differently from the way they really happened. This sometimes means criticising people or pointing out their mistakes.
- We can use ‘could’ or ‘might’ instead of ‘would’.

NOTE: instead of ‘if’ (mainly in the first conditional), we can use other particles:
- Unless (‘if… not’): I won’t go to the party unless she invites me.
- Provided / providing / as long as (only if): I’ll go home providing you don’t want me to stay.
- In case: I’ll buy some food in case Tom comes.

1. Future time clauses
We use the present simple after ‘when, as soon as, until, before and after’ to talk about the future.
I’ll call you as soon as I arrive.
We’ll have dinner when your grandparents get home.
After I finish university, I’ll probably take a year off to travel.
I’ll call you before I leave.
I won’t go to bed until you come home.

2. Mixed conditional
We can mix the second and the third conditionals.

a) IF + PAST SIMPLE, WOULD + PRESENT PERFECT
If Tom was more sensible, he would have worn a suit to the interview.
If I didn’t have all this work to do, I would have gone out for the day.

b) IF + PAST PERFECT, WOULD + INFINITIVE
If you had planned things at the start, we wouldn’t be in this mess now.
If you hadn’t left all these dirty dishes, the place would look a bit tidier.

The present tenses

Past Simple vs Past Continuous