Past simple - WAS/WERE

In class we saw past simple of the verb to be. Remember that we use it in this way:

• WAS ---- in singular; e.g. I was tired yesterday, she was very nice
• WERE ---- in plural; e.g. There were many people, we were at home
• Remember: you were a small girl   but   you were small girls

If you want to practise, there are many exercises like these ones:

• exercise 1    exercise 2    exercise 3

If you want to review present simple, this is a video that can help you.
This is another video that you can use: click here

To finish with, here is there a video with an old but beautiful song: The House of the Rising Sun

There is / There are and prepositions

In few words, you use it in this way:

• THERE IS: for singular ;  there's a chair;  there isn't much light here
• THERE ARE: for plural;  there are some pictures but there aren't any photos

This link is very useful to see this: click here

You can go to a previous entry to work with this grammar point  but there are some more  here:

• exercise 1     exercise 2      exercise 3

See you in class!

Learning English with Songs

I love music and I enjoy singing very much. But it is also true that you can learn English with songs and when you sing you have better pronunciation than when you speak normally.
There is a link that you could use for learning English with songs:

• https://www.esolcourses.com/topics/easy-song-quizzes.html

• Here’s a short list of popular English songs that you can sing along with to practise. Happy singing!
1. Shape Of You by Ed Sheeran
2. The Lazy Song by Bruno Mars
3. Sorry by Justin Bieber
4. Closer by The Chainsmokers
5. Can’t Stop The Feeling by Justin Timberlake
6. She Will Be Loved by Maroon 5
7. The Reason by Hoobastank
8. Fix You by Coldplay
9. Shake It Off by Taylor Swift
10. Far Away by Nickelback
• Some other good songs for learning English
• Big, Big World by Emilia
• Let me Tender by Elvis
• Don't Know Much by Sam Cook
• Don't Worry, Be Happy
• Someone Like You by Adele
• A Million Dreams by Pink
• When I was 7 years Old by Lukas Grahan
• If I Were a Boy by Beyonce

Clothes

There are many lists of vocabulary of clothes. Here are there some examples:

• with flash cards: click here
• this is an exercise; click here
• some videos: for children, a list with more words, this is higher level

If you like Mr. Bean, here is there a video to work with present continuous. Enjoy it!

Present continuous and habitual present

In lesson 9 we start with present continuous. Remember the difference between both:

• habitual present is connected to habits, something you usually and it is used with frequency adverbs such as always, usually, some times, never...
• present continuous is something punctual or for a period of time, something particular, not habitual.

These are links with exercises to practise:

• exercise 1     exercise 2    exercise 3     exercise 4  

This link is with an explanation and exercises at the end: click here