Connectors and some pictures to describe

Hi year 6. Here is a great video which uses a lot of conjunctions/connectors. Watch it, read the explanation and then do the 'Grammar check' exercises. By the time you finish you should be an expert! 

Conjunctions / connectors / linking words

Next, do you like street art? Describe everything in these pictures. Don't forget to mention the foreground and the background. Do you have any idea which country each one is painted in? Say how you would feel if someone painted one of these pictures in your street. Which is your favourite, and why? 

Have fun!

Past simple and past continous...PRACTISE!!!!

Hello again, year six....

You will be having a test soon on unit two, (sports) which includes the past simple and continuous tenses. Click on these links to pratise them....

Explanation and practice

Past simple and past continuous practice

More practice

Something to talk about.

Hi year 6. Here are some pictures for you to use to practise your speaking skills over the weekend. Describe each picture or cartoon sequence in as much detail as possible, and check any vocabulary you don't know in a dictionary...(What will happen when the golf-player hits the ball?)

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Send me a post to tell me which picture is your favourite.

Songs

Hi year 6.

If you like pop music, lyrics training is for you! There are thousands of songs for you to listen to and fill in the gaps. You can choose your level of difficulty too. Go to the webpage in the link below, and then click on 'buscar' or `search'at the top of the page.

Choose a song or artist (English, not Spanish, please!) Then choose a level...You will find that the song plays at the speed you need it too, and you can repeat if you didn't hear it clearly. 

https://es.lyricstraining.com/

HAVE FUN! Send me a post to let me know how you got on, and any songs you want to recommend.

Webpages to practise English

Hello Year 6. 

Here are some great webpages to check out....have a look, they are lots of fun! Try practising sports and leisure vocabulary, but feel free to look at other stuff too. The bbc webpages are gret for practising your comprehension skills, they are designed for English children. There is also a great one with lots of pop and rock songs to sing along to.

http://www.mes-games.com/

http://www.manythings.org/

http://learnenglishteens.britishcouncil.org/

http://learnenglishkids.britishcouncil.org/en/

http://www.bbc.co.uk/learning/schoolradio/subjects/english

http://www.bbc.co.uk/newsround

http://es.lyricstraining.com/

http://www.flo-joe.com/preliminaryenglish/index.htm

http://www.cambridgeenglish.org/learning-english/parents-and-children/activities-for-children/a2-level/

 Have fun! 

Sports

Hello year six.

Soon we are going to be doing the chapter in the P.E.T. book about sports, so by way of preparation, I would like you to do the activities in the following links: (click on these links...) Do the 3 exercises for each link...(there are two matching exercises and one gap-fill):

 sports vocabulary

sporting events

words describing movement

Olympic sports

Now for a bit of practise with linking words: 

Conjunctions (linking words)

You could also try playing some games on the Cambridge English webpage to practise English. You just need to click on the link below, then play 'Funland' first, and 'Academy island' later. You will probably find that 'Funland' is a bit easy for you at the lower levels, but that it gets more challenging towards the end. 'Academy Island' is more difficult but it's good practice, so give it a try! (You can try the lower level games like 'Monkey puzzles' and 'Shop and drop' for a bit of revision too, if you like.)

http://www.cambridgeenglish.org/learning-english/games-social/

Last of all, a little speaking practice: describe this picture in as much detail as you can: what's in the foreground (el primer plano,) the background (el fondo), why you think the children are running, how old they are, what time of day/year it is, what the weather is like, etc. Always give reasons for your answers.

Please make a comment so I know you have visited this entry!

Christmas is coming!

Hello year six, nearly the end of term now and as the old nursery rhyme tells us, christmas is nearly here:

Christmas is coming, the geese are getting fat,

Please put a penny in the old man's hat,

If you haven't got a penny, a ha'penny will do,

If you haven't got a ha'penny, then God bless you!

(A ha'penny is half a penny)

First, do you remember writing the letter to Lady Macbeth? I was really proud you did it so well. You will have to practise writing letters next term, so I've found a couple that you might find interesting or funny. They are to Santa, and they have been written by children. How many mistakes can you find in them? (in the format, spelling, grammar...)Post me feedback here on my blog please.

 Next, here is a recipe you might like to try out over the holidays if you like baking. Let me know how it goes if you do decide to make them. Click on the link below.

Christmas biscuits

 A lot of you have problems using the past tense, so here are some games you can play, just click on these links.


Past simple questions: game

Past simple games

 Have fun!