A2

**WELCOME TO THE A2 COURSE SECTION!** **Here you will find some extra materials, grammar explanations and vocabulary practice activities. Please let me know your suggestions**.

=NEW! Here´s a file with useful language for your BOOK SUMMARY. Click [|BOOKopinionlanguage.doc] to open it. Moreover, you can click at the end to find a model to write the [|BOOK_REVIEW.jpg].=

=__**Lesson 1**__= Unit 1A: QUESTIONS
 * YES/NO QUESTIONS. Write Yes/No Questions for the following answers.
 * SHORT ANSWERS Look at each question. Write a short answer on a separate piece of paper. Then, to check your answers, click on the "answer" button.
 * COMPLETE THE QUESTIONS with the verb and the subject in brackets.
 * Listening (page 5, exercise 4).[[image:http://c1.wikicdn.com/i/mime/32/application/pdf.png width="32" height="32" link="http://eoienglishclub.wikispaces.com/file/view/Transcript.pdf"]] [|Transcript.pdf]
 * [[image:http://c1.wikicdn.com/i/mime/32/application/pdf.png width="32" height="32" link="http://eoienglishclub.wikispaces.com/file/view/DO+YOU+HAVE+or+HAVE+YOU+GOT.pdf"]] [|DO YOU HAVE or HAVE YOU GOT.pdf]
 * [[image:http://c1.wikicdn.com/i/mime/32/application/pdf.png width="32" height="32" link="http://eoienglishclub.wikispaces.com/file/view/Questions.pdf"]] [|Questions.pdf] - [[image:http://c1.wikicdn.com/i/mime/32/application/pdf.png width="32" height="32" link="http://eoienglishclub.wikispaces.com/file/view/KEY+-+ANSWERS.pdf"]] [|KEY - ANSWERS.pdf]

1B: YOUR IDEAL PARTNER

@http://www.mansioningles.com/gram39.htm @http://www.languageguide.org/english/grammar/esp/part1/simple_present.jsp
 * Presente simple: Explicación en español y ejercicios: **

__@http://www.learnamericanenglishonline.com/Blue%20Level/B7%20Present%20Tense.html__
 * Watch this page and the videos for a grammar explanation: **

@http://www.ompersonal.com.ar/ELEMENTARY/unit8/page2.htm @http://web2.uvcs.uvic.ca/elc/studyzone/330/grammar/pres1.htm @http://usuarios.lycos.es/englishweb/gramatica/PresSimpleAffirm1.htm @http://usuarios.lycos.es/englishweb/gramatica/PresSimpleNegat1.htm
 * Third person singular: **

@http://www.ompersonal.com.ar/ELEMENTARY/unit8/page5.htm @http://www.fortunecity.com/bally/durrus/153/gramex02.html http://www.members.iinet.net.au/~adelegc/grammar/present_simple/pres_simple4.html http://www.members.iinet.net.au/~adelegc/grammar/present_simple/pres_sim_quests1.html
 * - More exercises: **

[] Adjectives
 * Describing people **

1C: DESCRIBE THE PICTURE!
 * Grammar: Present continuous**

@http://www.learnamericanenglishonline.com/Blue%20Level/B8%20Present%20Continuous.html

@http://www.languageguide.org/english/grammar/esp/part1/present_progressive.jsp

@http://www.ompersonal.com.ar/ELEMENTARY/unit6/page1.htm Adding //-ing//

@http://www.theyellowpencil.com/gramacontinuo.htm

@http://pagesperso-orange.fr/raud.dugal/beginners/the%202%20presents/exercise2.htm

@http://www.pumpkinandcompany.com/PAC/Kids-activ-games_Gquiz_Prsntcont1-5e.htm

@http://web2.uvcs.uvic.ca/elc/studyzone/330/grammar/pcontnq2.htm

**Present Simple versus Present Continuous**
@http://www.mansioningles.com/gram39.htm

http://www.members.iinet.net.au/~adelegc/grammar/pres_cont/pres_simple_cont.html

@http://www.englisch-hilfen.de/en/exercises/tenses/simple_present_progressive.htm

@http://www.englisch-hilfen.de/en/exercises/tenses/simple_present_progressive2.htm

@http://odl.vwv.at/english/odlres/res8/Grammar/grammar_exercises/tenses/present/present1.htm

@http://www.e-anglais.com/exercices/present.php

@http://www.mansioningles.com/gram39_ej1.htm

@http://www.mansioningles.com/nc_lec15_5.htm

@http://www.mansioningles.com/nc_lec15_6.htm

@http://www.learn-english-online.org/Lesson14/TestIt/PSvsPC.htm


 * [[image:http://c1.wikicdn.com/i/mime/32/application/pdf.png width="32" height="32" link="http://eoienglishclub.wikispaces.com/file/view/Describing+Pictures+%28Guidelines%29.pdf"]] [|Describing Pictures (Guidelines).pdf]
 * [[image:http://c1.wikicdn.com/i/mime/32/application/pdf.png width="32" height="32" link="http://eoienglishclub.wikispaces.com/file/view/PREPOSITIONS+OF+PLACE.pdf"]] [|PREPOSITIONS OF PLACE.pdf] - [[image:http://c1.wikicdn.com/i/mime/32/application/pdf.png width="32" height="32" link="http://eoienglishclub.wikispaces.com/file/view/KEY+-+ANSWERS.pdf"]] [|KEY - ANSWERS.pdf]

1D: DEFINITIONS!


 * Relative Clauses II.

=__**Lesson 2**__= 2A: PROBLEMS DURING A JOURNEY To be (was - were) @http://www.theyellowpencil.com/gramatobepast.html @http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Tt_mH9e-PhY&feature=related watch this video Irregular verbs @http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=jmYApnLJPzQ&eurl=http://menuaingles.blogspot.com/2008/08/verbos-irregulares-en-ingls.html @http://www.theyellowpencil.com/grampasadosimple.htm @http://www.english4today.com/usr/video/ytv/?p=87 Watch this video: Forming the simple Past To be, regular and irregular verbs @http://www.learnamericanenglishonline.com/Blue%20Level/B12%20The%20Past%20Tense.html http://www.members.iinet.net.au/~adelegc/grammar/past_tense/was_were.html
 * Grammar: Simple past explanation**

To be (past) http://www.members.iinet.net.au/~adelegc/grammar/past_tense/was_were.html @http://www.carmenlu.com/first/grammar/pastbe1_1.htm @http://www.ego4u.com/en/cram-up/grammar/simple-past/exercises?03 @http://www.usingenglish.com/quizzes/77.html @http://esl.about.com/library/beginnercourse/bl_beginner_course_was.htm
 * Grammar practice**

Regular verbs http://www.members.iinet.net.au/~adelegc/grammar/past_tense/past_regular.html [] [|http://members.iinet.net.au/~adelegc/grammar/past_tense/past_regular.html]

Irregular verbs @http://www.english-4u.de/iv_quiz1.htm @http://www.bradleys-english-school.com/online/jigword/jigpast1.html @http://www2.college-em.qc.ca/prof/epritchard/beardysg.htm

Regular and irregular verbs @http://www.better-english.com/grammar/past5.htm @http://www.pumpkinandcompany.com/PAC/Kids-activ-games_Gquiz3e_PastSimple1.htm @http://www2.college-em.qc.ca/prof/epritchard/regirreg.html @http://www2.college-em.qc.ca/prof/epritchard/historyf.htm @http://www2.college-em.qc.ca/prof/epritchard/partypqf.htm Past tense questions [] Questions []

2B: ONE MOMENT IN HISTORY Grammar: Past continuous []

Activities with the Past Simple and Past Continuous:
Some activities that will help you practice: **Listening** [|A Trip to London] - You will hear a man talking about a trip to Londo. [|What exactly happened?] - Listen to a woman describing a robbery. [|What was in the handbag?] - Listen to a woman describing items that were in a handbag that she has lost. [|What Were You Doing?] - Use of the past continuous in combination with the past simple [|A Holiday in Italy] - Describing a past holiday.
 * Reading**

2C: IMAGINE [] [] []

=Lesson 3= 3A: Airport stories Present continuous used to talk about the future [] [|Download grammar activity] [|Grammar activity key] [|Read and listen to Laura's diary: what is she doing on Monday?]

Going to [] @http://saberingles.com.ar/curso/lesson11/04.html @http://www.learnamericanenglishonline.com/Red%20Level/R12%20Future%20Tense%20going%20to.html [|What are they going to do? Read and choose the correct answer] Plans @http://www.oup.com/elt/global/products/englishfile/elementary/a_grammar/file07/grammar07_c01/ @http://www.oup.com/elt/global/products/englishfile/elementary/a_grammar/file07/grammar07_c02/ Predictions @http://www.oup.com/elt/global/products/englishfile/elementary/a_grammar/file07/grammar07_d01/ @http://www.oup.com/elt/global/products/englishfile/elementary/a_grammar/file07/grammar07_d02/ More exercises @http://eruditecafe.net/bookex/goingtoAA.php @http://saberingles.com.ar/curso/lesson11/05.html @http://www.autoenglish.org/going.htm [|Grammar activity in pdf file] [|Key for the previous activity]

Listening activities: http://www.members.iinet.net.au/~adelegc/listening/holiday/holiday.html @http://saberingles.com.ar/curso/lesson21/03.html
 * =====A Holiday to Singapore=====
 * =====Holidays=====

3B: PESSIMIST OR OPTIMIST? [|Future with "will" - explanation in Spanish] [|Going or will? Read the grammar explanation and do the activities] [|Can you distinguish the different forms of future? Test yourself!] [|Another grammar test] [|BBC grammar test] [|Quia quiz about future]

[|Spanish explanation of the future forms] [|English explanation of future forms]

=SECOND TERM=

LISTENING ACTIVITIES [|http://www.ompersonal.com.ar/omlisten2/elementary/unit3.htm] [] [] [] []

3D DREAMS Do you know the meaning of your dreams? Find out[| here]! Now you can do this funny dreams [|quiz]! Play a funny basket game and remember the [|tenses] Do you remember the difference between past simple and past continuous? Play this [|game]! What about the [|future]?

AT THE RESTAURANT __Listening activities__ __[|Listen to a dialogue at a restaurant. Check the expressions used to OFFER and to REQUEST something.]__ __[|Listen to another dialogue and check the expressions used again. Can you imitate it?]__ __@http://www.inglesmundial.com/B7/listening.htm__ __@http://www.inglesmundial.com/B7/dialog.htm__ __@http://www.inglesmundial.com/B7/dictation.htm Dictation__ At the Restaurant At the Restaurant 2 Customers' complaints and requests Customers' complaints and requests 2
 * Restaurant Vocabulary (some useful vocabulary)
 * Ordering Breakfast (listening)
 * Ordering Lunch & Dinner (listening)
 * Eating Out (listening)

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 * [|Past Participles.] Complete with either the infinitive or the past participle.
 * [|Present Pefect (Affirmative)]. [|Present Perfect (Affirmative) II]. Complete with the most suitable form of the present perfect.
 * [|Present Perfect (Interrogative)]. Listen to the sentences and complete with the most suitable form of the present perfect.

Difference between PRESENT PERFECT ans PAST SIMPLE []


 * CLOTHES **
 * [|Fill in all the gaps], then press "Check" to check your answers. Press the "Hint" button to get a free letter. Note that you will lose points if you ask for hints!
 * What is in the picture? [|Type] the word in the gap.
 * [|Click the answer button only to see the answer!!!]
 * [|Listening] (a bit difficult, maybe?).

4B: PRESENT PERFECT PARTICLES [|Already, yet, never, etc. + PRESENT PERFECT]

Learn the difference between FOR and SINCE [|here] FOR VERSUS SINCE PAST SIMPLE or PRESENT PERFECT SIMPLE? YET / SINCE / ALREADY
 * [|Present Perfect Words]. Choose the most suitable word (FOR / SINCE / EVER / ALREADY / YET / JUST / NEVER) to go with the present perfect.
 * [|Present Perfect and Adverbs.]
 * [|Present Perfect Words.] Answer the questions according to the prompt given and using FOR, SINCE, EVER, NEVER, STILL, JUST, ALREADY, YET

4C: COMPARATIVES @http://www.theyellowpencil.com/gramacomparativos.html @http://www.learnamericanenglishonline.com/Yellow%20Level/Y6%20Comparatives.html Now, you can do some exercises: @http://a4esl.org/q/h/vm/compsup.html http://www.members.iinet.net.au/~adelegc/grammar/comparatives/comparatives1.html http://www.members.iinet.net.au/~adelegc/grammar/comparatives/comparatives2.html @http://www.tolearnenglish.com/exercises/exercise-english-2/exercise-english-1269.php @http://englishexercises.itgo.com/yyadjective1.html @http://web2.uvcs.uvic.ca/elc/studyzone/330/grammar/regcom2.htm @http://www.esl-lounge.com/student/grammar/1g9-comparative-superlative-gapfill.php @http://www.english-zone.com/spelling/compsup1.html @http://depts.gallaudet.edu/esl/compsuperl.htm @http://www.sofaschool.com/gapfill.php?gappa_id=56 []

4D: Superlatives @http://www.learnamericanenglishonline.com/Yellow%20Level/Y7%20Superlatives.html [] [] [] Reading activity: who are the richest people in the world? []

DIRECTIONS [|Directions: useful language] [|Directions: useful language 2] [|Directions: example of conversation]
 * Excuse me, how do I get to the station?**

[|Listening 1] [|Listening 2] [|Listening 3] [|Listening 4]

UNIT 5 5A Gerund or infinitive?

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-[|GERUNDS AND INFINITIVES-GRAMMAR] -[|GERUNDS OR INFINITIVES-QUIZ]

5B Modal verbs of obligation

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