The Big Cason Family

Watch this video about a family with lots of children.



You can download the exercises here.

Used to and usually

Watch the video to learn how to use USED TO in English.


Click here for an explanation and some exercises.
Now try some exercises here, here, here and here.

Now compare used to and usually. Click here and here.

Writing: a story

Your next writing is a story. You have two options:

Write a biography of someone you know (see instructions on page 41)

OR

Choose one of these two pictures and write the story of their relationship:

David Hockney, Christopher Isherwood and Don Bachardy

 (By the way, these are real people. Click here to find out more)

By Jack Vettriano

Please:

- Use narrative tenses correctly.

- Use expressions of time.

- Write about a relationship.

Telling a story

Some people have asked me to upload this. Enjoy!

Now click here to listen to a story and do some activities about the narrative tenses.

Describing time

You can find an explanation of some of these expressions here.
You'll find loads of exercises to practise here.
Click here to download class exercises.

How to use narrative tenses

You may want to start by revising last year's information. Click here.

Watch this BBC video to learn to use the narrative tenses in only 6 minutes! (This video includes an explanation about the past perfect continuous, which we haven't seen in class)



Watch this video now and pay attention to the way they use the tenses.




You can now try some exercises here and here or try the ones in this post.

Reading exam practice Asturias

Click here to download the exercise and here for the answers.

Pronunciation: Consonant - vowel linking

Do you want to sound more natural in English? Would you like to improve your understanding of spoken English? Watch this video:



Click here if you want to see the script and try an activity.
Check out our friend Lucy if you want to practise on your own. Click here.

Relationships vocabulary

Click here to practise relationships vocabulary (there are also words from last year's book)

Exam practice Navarra audios

If you want to repeat the listening practice we did the other day, click here for audio one and here for audio two. You can collect the handout in class or download it here (only parts 1 and 2)