TESTS

PRESENT

http://www.esolcourses.com/content/exercises/grammar/presentsimple/multichoice/test2.html

http://www.ego4u.com/en/cram-up/tests/simple-present-1


Verb to BE (past and present tenses):

http://a4esl.org/q/f/z/zz86skm.htm


SIMPLE PAST

http://www.englishlab.net/hp/quiz11_past_simple_3_negative_sentences.htm


SIMPLE PAST vs PRESENT PERFECT

http://www.english-zone.com/verbs/prsperf4.html



CORRECT ORDER OF SENTENCES (2nd exercise)

Negative forms of the verb to be (3rd and 4th exercise)

Yes / No questions (5th and 6th exercise)

http://www.eclecticenglish.com/grammar/PresentSimpleToBe1A.html


PRESENT CONTINUOUS

http://www.englishclub.com/grammar/verb-tenses_present-continuous_quiz.htm


TEXT

http://www.rainschool.com/school-of-english/l12-elementarypre-intermediate/english-practice-exercises-text-present-perfect-past-simple-p2-17g/

Phonetics and negative sentences

WRITING (EXERCISE!)

VERBS TABLE


LISTENING & SPEAKING


Vowels (Phonetics)

æ / ɑː / ʌ                                  ɪ / iː                                         ʊ / uː             

cat /kæt/                                  sit /sɪt/                                      wool /wʊl/
car /kɑːr/                                 seat /siːt/                                   boom /buːm/
cut /kʌt/

e / ə                                        ɜː                                             ɔː / ɒ               

wet  /wet/                                girl /ɡɜːrl /                                  war /wɔːr /
runner / ˈrʌnər /                                                                         what /wɒt/




Diphthongs (Phonetics)


aɪ / eɪ / ɔɪ                               ɪə / eə / ʊə                              aʊ / əʊ           

bite /baɪt/                                beer /bɪə(r)/                               house /haʊs/
bait /beɪt/                                bear /beə(r)/                              home /həʊm/
boy /bɔɪ/                                 poor /pʊə(r)/


Semiconsonants (Phonetics)

w                                            j                    

wet /wet/                                yet /jet/

Consonants (Phonetics)

voiceless / voiced

• Labial:                                         p   pip /pɪp/    -   b   bib /bɪb/ 
• Dental:                                         t   ten /ten/     -   d   den /den/ 
• Guttural:                                       k  kit /kɪt/      -   ɡ   git /ɡɪt/
• Labiodental:                                 f   fish /fɪʃ/      -   v   vase /veɪs/
• Interdental:                                   θ  thigh /θaɪ/   -  ð   this /ðɪs/
• Glottal:                                         h  hen /hen/ 

the marvelous "S"

s saw /sɔː/ - z zoo /zuː/ 

ʃ shoe /ʃuː/ - ʒ television / ˈteləvɪʒən /

the affricate (obstruction and friction)

tʃ   church /tʃɜːrtʃ /   -   dʒ   judge 1 /dʒʌdʒ/

nasals (from your nose)

m   man  /mæn/   -   n   nun /nʌn/   -   ŋ  sing /sɪŋ/

liquids (not to drink)

l    lid /lɪd/  -   r    rid /rɪd/

READING

The cold old house 

I once knew a house,
A cold, old house,
A cold, old house by the sea.
If I were a mouse,
In a cold, old house,
What a cold, old mouse I would be!

I joined the navy 

I joined the navy,
To see the sea.
And what did I see?
I saw the sea.

The wild rover 

I've been a wild rover for many a year,
And I've spent all my money on whisky and beer,
But now I'm returning with gold in great store,
Now I never will play the wild rover no more

And it's no, nay, never,
No nay never, no more,
Will I play the wild rover?
No, never, no more.

http://www.shiporsheep.com/

http://usefulenglish.ru/phonetics/practice-vowel-contrast

Simple Sentences

LISTENING & SPEAKING


Personal Pronouns (Subject)

http://www.puroingles.com/pronombres-sujeto-en-ingles/

Verbs

• TO BE

http://www.puroingles.com/el-verbo-to-be-en-ingles-con-sonido/

• TO HAVE 

http://www.puroingles.com/el-verbo-to-have-en-ingles/

• TO DO

http://www.puroingles.com/el-verbo-to-do-en-ingles/

Colours

http://www.puroingles.com/pronunciacion-de-los-colores-en-ingles/

 

READING

Primary colours are red, yellow and blue. If you want to get the secondary colours, you have to mix the primary ones. We have green when we mix yellow and blue; we have orange from red and yellow; and, finally, we have purple with red and blue.

The absence of colour is black and, on the contrary, white is the combination of all the colours. However, it is impossible to get white colour to paint mixing all the colours.

If we have a white crayon, we can mix it with red and we obtain pink.

Brown, is a curious color. It is possible to obtain a large variety of "browns" by mixing different reds, yellows, greens...

1- How many colours do we mention in the text? Is there any other colour in this page that we haven't mentioned?
2- How do we get the secondary colours? Can you explain one?
3- Nowadays, can we buy any colour to paint or do we have to mix some to obtain the colour we want?
4- What is your favourite colour and why? How do we obtain it?

WRITING


Now, you are going to fill in the gaps in a text.
Imagine you are writing a brief presentation about yourself to a person you want to know.

Presentation (fill in the gaps)

Introduction

LISTENING & SPEAKING


English alphabet (pronunciation)

http://www.puroingles.com/pronunciacion-del-abecedario-en-ingles/

Numbers in English 

• from 0 to 20

http://www.puroingles.com/pronunciacion-numeros-0-20/

• from 21 to 40

http://www.puroingles.com/los-numeros-del-21-al-40/

Months of the year 

http://www.puroingles.com/pronunciacion-meses-del-ano/

Days of the week

http://www.puroingles.com/pronunciacion-dias-semana/


READING

The first letter of the first month of the year in English is "J". The first letter of the first month in Spanish is "E"; but in Latin, it was "J", too.

The first letter of the second month in English is "F". The same in Spanish and Latin. "M", "A", "M", "J", "J", "A", "S", "O", "N", "D". However, July was the month number 5, August was the month number 6, September was the number 7, October was the number 8, November was the number 9 and December, number 10.

1- Is the letter of the first month in English and Spanish the same?

2- How many capital letters are there in the text? Can you read them aloud? When do we use a capital letter?

3- Nowadays, is September the month number 7? Which number is it?

4- Why do you think this numbers have changed?

WRITING

From the month you like most, write the 12 months in a list and its number.

eseblis Military English

Hello everybody,

How are you? My pseudonym is Eseblis, I am Spanish and I am a teacher. I am having this blog on trial in order to see if a blog is useful to teach and learn a foreign language. If it is helpful, it will continue indefinitely; otherwise, it would vanish into the Net. 

My first experimental subject is a friend (TBA his name and picture if he wants :p) who wants to pass a Military English exam and I am going to help him to achieve it. So, let's start with the course! 

Hope it is entertaining!!!

Best regards,

eseblis