Alicia B2

Hi Alicia, Please receive this weekend's activities below. You can do a little bit of each type of exercise every day: 1) Review our last grammar topic here . 2) Take the grammar explanation from our last lesson and write an example for both structures of each verb, e.g. forget + to-inf. / forget + ing-form. 3) Do these Use of English ex. 1 ,  2 and 3 . 4) Complete these Listening exercises: 1 and 2 . 5) Do these Reading exercises:  1 and 2 . Take care & have a nice weekend ;) Sabina xx

Hi Alicia, How are you doing? Hope all is well with you and your family and friends. I will update this blog entry every day with new activities, as promised: 1) Read this article about Italians singing from their balconies and  one  about Bono from U2.  2) Read this article about how to cope in these tricky times. Take care & all the best, Sabina xx Friday   Hi Alicia, Here's your homework for today: 1) Read the introduction to the verb patterns with gerunds and infinitives, following the links to the other explanations (bare infinitive + verbs with gerunds and infinitives part 1-4) and follow the links to the exercises for each part for further practice. 2) Make a list of the verb patterns (see list in explanations) that were new to you and memorize them over the coming days, e.g. enjoy + ing. 3) Watch this video .  Take care and have a good day! Sabina xx Saturday Hello again! How are you?...

Hi Alicia, Here are a few more exercises to practise the Conditionals:  1st Conditional: - Affirmative statements - Negative statements 2nd Conditional:  - Affirmative statements - Negative statements 3rd Conditional:  - Affirmative statements - Negative statements Mixed Conditionals: 1 2 3 Wish and if only: explanation & links to exercises Have a nice weekend and see you on Tuesday! Sabina x

Hi Alicia, This coming week we're going to talk about the upcoming Olympic Games in Tokyo. So here are a few tasks for you to do in preparation of it. 1) Check out this sports vocabulary page and make a list of all the words which are new to you. 2) Watch these two videos on YouTube  TED-Ed  and "2020 Olympics 1 Year Out" . 3) Read this CNN article  on how the coronavirus might affect the Tokyo 2020 Olympics and give me a brief summary of what you've read in our next class. 4) Watch the following two videos on YouTube "Why hosting the Olympics isn't worth it anymore" and write a min. 220-word summary. 5) Watch "The controversy behind Nike's Vaporfly running shoes" and state your own opinion in min. 180 words. 5) Add any new words you may have learned in the meantime to your sports vocabulary list and bring it into class with you. 6) Review all conditionals on perfect-english-grammar.com, ...

Hi Alicia, As I mentioned in class yesterday, this week we'll have a look at social and political issues. Please receive your next tasks below: 1) Read this BBC article about the Brexit agreement (please watch the videos included). 2)  Study this vocabulary list of political terms and create your own vocabulary list by going through all your recent worksheets etc. Please show me the list in class or send it to me via email. 3) Read this guide to reported speech and follow all the links to the exercises. 4) Read this  BBC article  and guide to the coronavirus outbreak in China which we'll discuss in class next Tuesday. Let me know if you have any questions ;) All the best, Sabina x

Hi Alicia, Please do this FCE listening practice test (40 mins) and let me know how it went tomorrow. All the best, Sabina x