Sense it!

Our senses allow us to enjoy our food, the sound of music, the beauty of a sunny day, the softness of a child's hair -- in short, our lives!

Let's review the vocabulary you studied in unit 4 in your books related to the senses.


1.-I bet you didn't know there was an American holiday that celebrates the sense of smell. Listen to the extract and fill in the blanks. If you click on the Hint ? Button, you'll get the number of words needed for each gap.

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2.- Now review the words and expressions studied in Unit 4 before your written test.

3.- Finally, have fun with these optical illusions. Do not just browse through the different images. It's very important that you read through the instructions and act accordingly. But before starting, who can tell me where the hidden tiger is?

 

VERB PATTERNS

Unfortunately in English there are some things that you just have to learn. Verb patterns are one of them. Some verbs are followed by the gerund (-ing form). Some verbs are followed by the infinitive (to + verb).
Verb patterns are always difficult to master by English learners.
As everything else, it just needs practice.

Verbpatternsinenglish 

Check the list here

Practice 1
Practice 2
Practice 3 
Practice 4

REPORTED SPEECH

Telling someone what another said is called reported speech.
How often do you have to report what someone else said? Really often. We do this every day. Children tell parents what teachers and classmates said at school. Friends tell one another about events from their day, including what co-workers, classmates, neighbours, and relatives said. Because reported speech does not use the speaker’s exact words, it’s also called indirect speech. It’s different from quoted or direct speech, which uses the speaker’s original words.

What did they say?

The following presentation tries to sum up the main changes that take place when we report what somebody previously said:

Reported Speech Theory And Changes

Practice on Reported Speech
Reported Speech Worksheet

Online Practice

STATEMENTS	QUESTIONS	COMMANDS
Statements1	Questions1	Commands1 (Affirmative)
Statements2(time expressions)	Questions2	Commands2 (Negative)
Statements3 (gap-filling)	Questions3 (time expressions)	Commands3

Revise Reporting Verbs with this useful video:




The following video gives further and modre detailed explanation on reporting verbs.




The following presentation sums up the different reporting verbs and their patterns. 

Reporting verbs

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Now it's time to practice them by doing the activities below.

Reporting Verbs 1
Reporting Verbs 2
Reporting Verbs 3
 
Quizz 1
Miscellaneous
Report the text

Game on reporting verbs

MODAL VERBS

Last week you didn't have enough time to work on modal verbs, so today I hope you will.

1.- If you didn't become a millinaire last week, start by taking the Millionaire Quiz Challenge 

2.-Then do the two activities below the image.

3.- Now watch the following movie segment from Premonition and guess what might have happened to the characters. Check the options you believe are possible explanations for the characters’ current situation.








4.- Now try the following 4 rephrasing exercises.

5.- Finally, if you've finished all the above, you can listen to the following song by Abba, The Day Before You Came, where there are lots of examples of modals for deduction.

Lyrics | Abba lyrics - The Day Before You Came lyrics

FAME AND CELEBRITIES

Let's do some revision and extension on the topic of fame and celebrities.

Lots of people seem to be willing to do anything as long as they get their "fifteen minutes of fame", as Andy Warhol said in 1968. As things have turned out, the rise of celebrity culture and reality television in the Western world since then has shown Warhol to be quite prophetic.




1.- Dictation. Listen to the MP3 file below and complete the blanks

2.- Vocabulary: Revise some of the words studied so far by doing some of the free activities on the site below:

Clipped from: www.spellingcity.com (share this clip)

3.- Now take the following quiz and find out which celebrity you would be. Share your results with us in a comment. Tell us who you are and something about you.

Clipped from: www.quizrocket.com (share this clip)

4.- Think of a celebrity and challenge Akinator to guess the identity.

Clipped from: en.akinator.com (share this clip)

MODAL VERBS

  Now that we've been studying modal verbs for a while, it's time for you to revise and make sure you have grasped them. Watch the following presentation and do the activities below.

Modal verbs-

View more presentations from amef0011. Watch the following video and use modal verbs to speculate about the trick

Do the some of the modal activities on the following websites for some practice English Grammar Lessons
Grammar Practice on Modal Verbs  Now take the following challenge and tell me how well you know Modal Verbs:

PERFECT MODALS
Modals for the Past 1 Modals for the Past 2What could have happened?

Are you good at Modal Verbs now? What about basketball? Are you also good at basket? Prove it here.Try the Snakes & Ladders Game on Mixed Modals.


Finally, let's take the following competition game. Divide into two groups and try to get the highest number of points by answering the most difficult questions.

MODAL VERBS CHALLENGE  Modal Verbs Final Quiz

PRESENTATIONS ON TENSES

Here you have a few presentations about basic verbal tenses in English. I hope they will help you understand their formation and use better.

English Tenses 2 on Prezi

Present Continuous and present simple

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Try these games: Snakes & Ladders , The Hangman , Adverbs of Frequency

Past Simple Vs Past Continuous

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Try the following quiz to test yourself on these tenses and get ready for the grammar test



Game on Past Simple and Past Continuous

Present Perfect Tense

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Present Perfect Tense II

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Present Perfect & Participles Hangman Game

Present Perfect vs Simple Past Game

Present Perfect Simple And Present Perfect Continuous

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Present Perfect or Past Simple
Present Perfect vs Past Simple Game


How Long + Present Perfect Continuous



Try this challenging game about the Present Perfect

Mastering the Present Perfect

Past Perfect

View more presentations from coordinaciondeingles.

past perfect continuous from loopito

Future Tenses

WILL OR BE GOING TO: Exercise 1, Exercise 2, Exercise 3,
Exercise 4

Be going to/ Will Test

Future Continuous and Future Perfect

FUTURE CONTINUOUS OR PERFECT: Exercise 1   
Exercise 2, Exercise 3,

In the link below you'll find lots of exercises to practise the different verb tenses and their uses:
Practice on English Verb Tenses
Quiz1 on tenses 
Grammar Aquarium