The UK's most multilingual student ( File 4A )

He is English but he can speak eleven languages...We read about him in File 4 text in class. He is famous now.
Listen to some of his tips. (Don't worry if you don't understand everything...he's not speaking English most of the time!!! )

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Here you can listen to Alex Rawlings in the News! Listen to see what you can understand (The level of English is not Intermediate!)

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Newsreader: As you can see I've brought in some help for this next story

Alex: (He translates into some language...)

 Newsreader:Very good! There is a warning about the lack of English people  being able to speak a foreing language these days

Alex: (He translates into some language...) 

Newsreader:A new study claims that it will seriuously damage the UK both economically and culturally.

Alex: (He translates into some language...) 

Newsreader:Very good! So you can tell my English is very good as it's my own language, but Alex here my new copresenter speaks eleven languages including English...

 

How to write an argumentative essay

Here you have some tips about how to write an argumentative essay or an article about advantages and disadvantages.

How to write an argumentative essay

Some NI1 connectors

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MODALS OF OBLIGATION

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MUST / MUSTN'T INTERACTIVE BOOK 

MODALS OF OBLIGATION: GRAMMAR 

QUIZ 1 

QUIZ 2 

QUIZ 3 

QUIZ 4

Silent letters in English

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ON THE PHONE. VOCABULARY AND VIDEO

Telephone vocabulary and useful sentences

 

mum and funny baby

 

funny blue feet

 

Funny dog in disguise




the present perfect in songs

Practise the present perfect with songs. Here you have the video we saw in class:

Money!

Vocabulary:

Extra vocabulary related to money

Numbers: revision vocabulary 

Extra vocabulary about numbers
Interactive Money Crossword
Money wordsearch 

Listening exercises:

 Father and son talking about money 

 British currency 

present perfect: Have you ever? game

Present perfect revision: "The have you ever ...?" game. Try to answer all the questions guessing the correct verb

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The Present Perfect

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1.Present Perfect: grammar and exercises

2.Past simple /Present perfect: grammar and exercises
3.Present perfect  and past simple 1
4.Present perfect and past simple 2 
5.Present perfect + for/since/ present perfect continuous1
6.Present perfect + for/since/ present perfect continuous 2 

Video. Listening practice : My family

Listen to some people talking about their families. There are several speakers from different places and different accents so you might find it difficult to understand  them. Don't worry too much. You can see the tapescript below and you can listen to it as many times as you wish. It's good to improve your listening skill.

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Families video tapescript and exercise 

What about your family? In which ways are you  like  your parents or brothers and sisters? What do you know about your family history?

Family vocabulary and exercises

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1.Family members audio- pronunciation

2.Family tree. Saxon genitive revision

3.Family quiz

The future

Here you have the basic version of the power point we saw in class to help you remember the different ways to express the future in English

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Here you have another one with more explanations and examples