UNIT 4. Present perfect and simple past

Present perfect or past simple? 1, 2, 3, 4

More exercises: 1, 2, 3, 4

Game: Past participles



Dictation quiz

UNIT 4. That's entertainment!

Game: Types of films

Listening: Which is better, watching a movie at home or at the cinema?

Test: Are you a Star Wars freak?

Watch the Clone Wars movie trailer at Subtitled movie trailers!

Unit 3. I'm really sorry

Hi!

Here's a link to an excellent website to review and expand all you learnt in class about apologies.
Now, practise with some exercises: 1, 2, 3, 4

Finally, listen to the song Apologize by One Republic

Here you can read the lyrics and learn about the general meaning of the song

Unit 3. Strange jobs

Read about some strange jobs
Listen to people talking about cool jobs and bad jobs and do the quizzes 1 , 2 (intermediate)
Suffixes games 1, 2, 3, 4, 5

Unit 3. Job hunting

Reading comprehension: applying for a job
Grammar:
Action and state verbs
Present continuous
Present simple or continuous?1, 2, 3



Do versus Doing Exercise 1, 2, 3

Unit 3. Extra exercises

Grammar:
Have to and don't have to
Have to and have got to
Have got to

Vocabulary:
Work and working conditions
Office jobs, relationships
Life events, professions

Unit 3. The World of Work.

Vocabulary: Job families Can you find your job?
Listening: Listen to this girl talking about her first job and complete the sentences.

Grammar:
Have to/Don't have to/Must/Mustn't 1, 2
Had to/didn't have to/ did you have to
Can/can't/have to/don't have to

Unit 2. Song: I Got You Babe (by Sonny and Cher) with Karaoke

UB40 & Chrissie Hynde I Got You version with karaoke


Britney Spears & Frank Skinner I Got You version

Unit 2. Video: Are you married? (+ other questions)

Watch the video and notice how the interviewer asks about marital status and other extra information in English:


Use a dictionary to guess the meaning of these difficult words and expressions from the video:

By the way - How dare you ask me? - Not any more - Heck, no!

Marital Status exercise

Unit 2. Extra practice: past simple or continuous?

Grammar:
Past simple or continuous (sentences)
Past simple or continuous (text)

Vocabulary:
Marriage and weddings in the UK
The Wedding Feast Part 1 (dictation)
The Wedding Feast Part2 (dictation)

US Election 2008

Listening about Obama: PDF and audio (the one we did in class)

Electing a US President in plain English (with subtitles)

Song: Thriller

Halloween is on Friday, the 31st of October. Have a look at this page to know about this festivity!

A song to sing and dance in Halloween: Thriller, by Michael Jackson (with Spanish subtitles).

Karaoke version. Sing along!

Unit 2. First meetings.

Past continuous extra practice:1, 2,3,4,5,6,7

Vocabulary: marry, be married, get married

Unit 2. Beginnings

Starting small: KFC McDonalds Ben&Jerry (Make your own ice-cream)

Listening: Joe's Hamburger restaurant (easy)
Listening: Snack time (easy)
Listening: A healthy lifestyle (medium)
Video: Dina did 6 things yesterday

Past simple (regular and irregular)
Past simple (regular and irregular 2)
Pronunciation of -ed exercise

Unit 1. Speed dating

Speed dating web pages: 1, 2, 3

Listen to this girl expressing her opinion on speed dating and complete the sentences.

Agreeing and disagreeing: so do I, neither do I

So/Neither quizzes: 1, 2, 3, 4

(You can find extra practice in unit 43 of Essential Grammar in Use)

Auxiliary verbs quiz: do, does, is, are, did, was & were

Unit 1. Time to relax

British life and culture

Free time activities

Frequency adverbs game

Adverbs of frequency exercise

Vocabulary: Sports

Click here to find a sport you don't know much about. What can you find about it?

Unit 1. Super commuters

Articles on super commuters:
The rise of the super commuter
The new commuter belt

Vocabulary: jobs

Subject and object questions quiz

Unit 1. Work, rest and play

Hi everybody!

Here you have some useful links connected with verb tenses and question words:

To be-simple present

To have-simple present

Simple present-agreement exercise

Yes/no questions

Information questions

Question words 1

Question words 2

Question words 3

And don't forget to visit Jamie Oliver's site!

Materiales y recursos para la clase (NB2)

Hola a tod@s

Los libros que usaremos durante el curso serán los siguientes:

face2face Pre-intermediate (Cambridge)
Student's Book + Workbook with key






Por último, y a modo de sugerencia, existen diversos libros para el refuerzo de la gramática. Como sugerencia, aquellos alumnos interesados pueden adquirir el libro Essential Grammar in Use (3rd Edition with answers and CD) (Cambridge) y trabajar con él en casa, ya que incluye el CD y las soluciones. Este libro en ningún caso es obligatorio.


See you soon!

Bienvenidos al blog de NB2 (Nivel Básico 2)

Hola a todos.

Bienvenidos al Blog de Nivel Básico 2 (NB2) de la Escuela Oficial de Idiomas de Majadahonda.

Este blog os servirá como complemento a las clases presenciales, y será actualizado periódicamente con el fin de que podáis acceder fácilmente desde casa y repasar los contenidos vistos en clase.

Espero que os sirva de ayuda y que disfrutéis de esta nueva experiencia.

Un saludo.

Mariluz