BAT 1 - UNIT 4 - CONDITIONAL SENTENCES

Good morning class ,

Let's start with an explanation . Click on 1  .1G

 . Well done , now some easy exercises . Click on 2  , and 3 .

Check the these images .

Now , in case  you still don't understand it   . Have a look at this explanation and activities . Click  on 4. 

Well done , and now let's get it bit more difficult . 5 , 6 , and last but not least  rephrasing sentences using conditional sentences  7 .

Competition  with the third conditional . Click on 8  .

Another explanation playing with quizlet . Click  on 9

More and more and more exercises 10  , 11 , 12 , 13 , 14 ,

WHAT ABOUT A TEST BEFORE THE FINAL TEST ? click on 15

conditional sentneces  game . Jeopardy . Click on 16  and 17

 

game 1  , 2

BAT 1 - PERSONAL OPINION ESSAY

Good morning class ,
Today we are going to work with one of the most importat types of essay ...PERSONAL OPINION. Have a look at this list of useful words and connectors . Click on 1   . 1b

Now check this personal opinion sample and fill in the gaps with the most suitable connectors . Click on 2 .

Some reading activities with personal opinion essays . here

BAT 1- MODAL VERBS - CHART AND EXERCISES

Good morning class ,

Today we are going to work with MODAL AND MODAL PERFECT  VERBS . 

Check this explanation with exercises . Click on  1 .  ANSWER KEYS And now some exercises 2 , 3 and 4 .

Well done !!!.Now a bit more difficult . Some rephrasing exercises with modal and modal perfect verbs . 5 and 6 .

BAT 1- REVISION ACTIVITIES - UNIT 1 -

Good morning class ,
Today we are going to recheck the most important vocabulary and grammar issues we have worked with in Unit 1 .

Family and Relationships' vocabulary . Click on 1 , 2 and 3

Word formation exercises . 4 , 5 , 6 , 7  and 8

VERBAL TENSES 

Present simple and continuous; past simple and continuous 9 

 Present perfect vs past simple 10     

Future tenses ( future simple/will;be going to ; present continuous ..) 11  , 12  , 13    and 14                                      

ESO4 - UNIT 5- GERUNDS AND INFINITIVES -

Good morning class ,
After your well deserved holidays let's get  down to new business and let's start with a new grammar point .
Before starting ,   watch this video to guess which grammar point we are going to work with today .

Yes , we are going to work with  VERBS FOLLOWED BY INFINITIVE OR GERUND .

First , check this explanation . Click on 1 .  

And now some exercises . Click on 2 , 3 , 4 and 5 . Well done , a bit more diffcult ... some  rephrasing exercises dealing with infinitives and gerunds . 6 and 7  .

And now let's change the subject  just a bit  with a listening activity to fill in the worksheet you have been given . Click on 8.

Extraordinary , and now just relax listening to these songs to learn some expressions and structures using gerunds and infinitives .

Lat but not least , some exercises dealing with Gerunds and Infinitives with different meaning . Click on 9  and 10

BAT 1 - HEALTH (FITNESS AND HEALTHY LIFE)

Good morning class ,
How are you coping with this confinement ?

So in this entry we are going to deal with two different issues , working out to keep fit and tips to have a healthy life especially eathing habits .

Let's talk and work about keeping fit  through   healthy habits and some fitness work .

First of all , watch this video , it contains really useful vocabulary which may come in handy for you next oral presentantion or microcontrol  .

Do the quiz again and check the answers .

This  video is also really helpful to get to know a bit of vocabulary about working out in a gym or at home . 

Check these two links about fitness vocabulary . Click on 1  and  2.
And now do these activities 3  and 4 .

So , let's finish this sub topic with a useful quizlet which could be considered as a summary or glossary of the most important terms about fitness .
Click on 5

So let's move forward  now we are going to work with  healthy lifestyle especially good eating habits 
The following three links will help prepare your speaking presentantion

Check this link . It is an article presenting interesting vocabulary about health and eating habits  and then there is a exam  . Click on 6  

And now another reading activity with an online test . Click on  7 .

Well done let's continue with  a listening test . Click on 8 .

A list of vocabulary with some optional activities you can print . Click on 9 

Last but not least , some tips about healthy food . 10

Take care !!

stay  safe , stay at home .

BAT 1 - HEALTH ISSUES

Good morning class ,
How are you coping with the quarantine ? Do not lose faith we will get over it and I guess you are starting to miss school .. Can you believe it ? Well, let's get down to business .
 I would like to provide you with some links which may come in handy for the unit but especially for your Health issue project . Check them out .

Click on..
Common illnesses   1 , 2 , 3 

Glossary of useful vocabulary  and confusing terms 4 ,  5  , 6

And now some samples of brochures or pamphlets

Well done  ,  why don't you watch this video dealing with the most common pain ,aches  we are likely to suffer  sooner or later ?  

Last but not least , a reading and a glossary about coronavirus the virus which is keeping us under a severe confinement .

Click on 7

BAT 1- THE MUSIC INDUSTRY II

Good morning class ,


In this new entry we especially dea with texts which are related to the music industry (record labels, music physical formats, piracy,etc )   .

  From these readings and activities you can get familiar with new vocabulary which may come in handy for our next SPEAKING TEST and future writings .

Let's start with some texts and articles .

Click on
  1 ., - It is about the evolution of music formats and how we acces to music now

2 , 3 - Both articles deal with the problem of music piracy nowadays .

And now some vocabulary exercises .
Click on 4

Last but not least , check this quizlet about the music industry vocabulary . 5

BAT 1- MUSIC II- FESTIVALS- MUSIC INDUSTRY

Good morning class ,
First , let's work with an interesting text about Gloria Gaynour and her smashing hit " I will survive" . 1 . Watch the video in the karaoke version or with gaps to fill in . Here 

What about a different cover of this song ?

Awesome !!!, now check this quizlet about FESTIVALS . Click on 2 .

Changing the subject a bit , let's turn to a different grammar point . Gerunds and Infinitives . 3

Now, check these links to practise activities related to Music and festivals . Click on 4  5 and 6.

MUSIC FESTIVALS . extra activities and ideas to produce a team oral presentation  7  , 8    and 9 . 

BAT 1 - MUSIC

Welcome class to the wonderful and thrilling world of music . In this word cloud above you , there is  a list of words which may come in handy to DESCRIBE A SONG or to GIVE INFORMATION ABOUT MUSIC  and to DESCRIBE YOUR FEELINGS OR MOOD while you are listening to music .   

In case you need a helping hand with this vocabulary . Have a look at this quizlet . It includes most of the words from the word cloud and some more with their correspondent definitions .
 Click on 1 .

And  now ladies and gentlemen .. some music .

Click on 2 .
What about another one ? click on 3 .

And now some texts dealing with different terms related to the world of music . Some of the words and terms are included in the previous quizlet .  Click on 4 , 5 , 6

BAT1 - IMPROVING YOUR INFORMAL WRITING

Good morning class ,

Pay attention to these tips and recommendations to improve your informal writings . Click on 1 .

And now some samples of informal letters and their  correspondent reply letters with some useful exercises . Click on  2 and  3

BAT 1 - JUST BEFORE THE TEST - GRAMMAR

 Good morning class ,

Let's have our last sessions before the test . It's high time we started reassuring our concepts . First , some exercises dealing with Future perfect and Future continuous . Check these out 1, 2 . And now  working with all future tenses 3  , 4 and 5 .

Well done , and now some rephrasing exercises .  6  , 7 and 8 . Let's finish dealing with tenses working with all the tenses we have studied so far .  9 , 10 , 11 and 12 .

And let's finish with some intensifiers exercises 13 , 14 . and 15

Have  a nice day !!!

BAT 1- SPEAKING TEST -DESCRIBING A PICTURE- INTENSIFIERS- GRAMMAR REVISION

Good  moring class ,
Today we are going to start working with a kind of speaking test that you will have to take different times this year and also  whenever you try to get an official English certificate as it is a very common exercise to check your speaking skills ... to describe a picture . 

To begin with , it is important that you get familiar with some vocabulary and structures that  may come in handy when taking an oral test . Please click on 1 and 2 .

Now let's focus on the specific topic you have been working for the last  weeks . The weather . Let's do it with very basic images . Click on  3A and  3B

And to end up with this issue  ,some samples talking about the weather in general with useful vocabulary and expressions . Click on 4 .

Changing the subject just a bit , let's turn to working with intensifiers to make your writing richer . Click on 5 ,6 and 6b .

Let's finish revising some grammar points from unit 1 .First check this link with useful and helpful information . Click on 7 and 7b .  Let's play this game together . Click on 8 .

BAT 1+ WHAT'S THE WEATHER LIKE? . CLIMATE CHANGE

Good morning class ,

Today we are dealing with new weather vocabulary .
First , check this quizlet to achieve new vocabulary dealing with weather and climate change . 
1

Now , let's work together with a text to check your reading comprenhension skills .
Click on 2 . Extra activities . Click on 3

BAT 1- JUST BEFORE THE EXAM ACTIVITIES

Good morning class ,
Here  you have some activities to help you prepare your exam .

verbal tenses - 1 ,2 , 3 , 4 , 5

word formation 6 (explanation) , 7 , 8 , 9 , 10

Relationship's vocabulary 11 , 12 , 13 and 14 

BAT 1- GRAMMAR EXERCISES - WORD FORMATION AND VERBAL TENSES

Good morning class ,
This entry deals with the grammar points we have been working with lately .

First , some SUFFIXES exercises . Click on 1 , 2 ,
And now some adjectives ending with -ED or -ING . 3 , 4 and  5

And now, some verbal tenses exercises .

Click on
6 , (present simple/present continuous, past simple/past continuous )
7 ( present perfect vs past simple)
8 , 9 ( past simple vs past perfect )
10 , 11 ; 12  ( future simple; be going to ; present continuous (with future meaning)

             

BAT 1 - ADJECTIVES WITH ED- ING /SUFFIXES TO FORM ADJECTIVES FROM NOUS OR VERBS

Good morning class ,
This is  our first online swession in our blog . Let's strat working with some word formation activities dealing with adjective suffixes from verbs or nouns . Check these links out .

First, practise these -ed and -ing adjectives links  1 , 2  and 3 .

And now some word formation exercises . 4 , 5 , 6 and 7 .