HOLIDAYS!!!

Now that the school year has finished, you can finally rest and enjoy your holidays! Don't forget to study all the verb tenses we've seen and the wh-words... JUST KIDDING!
Honestly, forget about school and enjoy yourselves under the sun! You can still listen to a lot of songs in English and watch English movies or series, right?? That's fun!
And remember, "Don't stop believing"!

English tests...

Congratulations to José, João Tiago, João Vítor, Vanessa and Adriana, who got the best results in our last test. Keep up with the good work!

Waiting on the world to change...

Reading Contest 7

Here are the winners of the Reading Contest 7!

Congratulations to José João, João Vítor and Diana for their excellent performance! The cheerleaders were also outstanding!
Don't forget that next year we'll have Reading Contest 8! You may start preparing yourselves :)

1st Conditional

Let's practise the Conditional Sentences type I! Our test is on Tuesday, so don't wait until Monday to start studying...!

Exercise 1

Exercise 2

Test

CAN vs CAN'T

Can you, or can't you?

Exercise 1

Exercise 2

Prepositions of movement

More exercises...

Exercise 1

Exercise 2

Exercise 3

Prepositions of place

"On"? "In"? "Under"? "Behind"? "Above"?...
Is this confusing? Become an expert in prepositions:

Exercise 1

Exercise 2

Exercise 3

Exercise 4

Exercise 5

School

Let's talk about school:

School subjects

School - vocabulary

School vocabulary 2

At school

Adjectives: word order

"It was a beautiful wedding" or "It was a wedding beautiful"?
Practise:

Exercise 1
Exercise 2
Exercise 3

House

Do you want to practise your vocabulary about the "House"? Follow these links:

Quiz about the objects in the kitchen.

House words - Quiz 1

House words - Quiz 2

Household appliances

Parts of a house - Crossword puzzle

Why?

What were you thinking, Beatrice?

THE KISS

The Dukes of Cambridge...

Interview with William and Kate

Do you want to know if William is a romantic? Where did he propose to Kate?

William and Kate - Royal wedding

Another great song

Adriana

Here you have an excellent example of an essay about your daily routine. This belongs to Adriana. Congratulations! :)

I usually wake up at half past seven, but I lie in bed for more ten minutes before I finally get up.
I go to the kitchen and I have breakfast. After that I go to the bathroom, I have a shower, I comb my hair and brush my teeth.
I go to my bedroom again, and I watch TV while I get dressed.
After that, I go to school, I have classes, I have lunch at the school canteen and I go again to my classes.
After my classes, I go home, I do my homework, I have dinner, I watch TV and I go to bed.
This is my daily routine.

Happy Holidays

I hope you rest a lot during these holidays and come back full of strength and desire to learn...!

Best results

Congratulations to Adriana, José João, Diana and João Vítor, who got the best results in our latest English test! Keep up with the good work!

Bieber Fever

While you wait for the tests' results, check out Glee's version of Justin Bieber's "Baby".

Extra help

At Many Things you will find videos and MP3 files with the 3 forms of irregular verbs which will help you memorize a large amount of verbs!

Past Simple

You really need to practise the Past Simple for the test on Wednesday, so try this:

Simple Past 1

Simple Past (list of irregular verbs)

Simple Past (Affirmative form)

Simple Past (answer questions)

Simple Past (Negative form)

Simple Past (Interrogative form)

Simple Past exercises

Test 1

Test irregular verbs

Test irregular verbs 2

Reading Contest 8

Check out the Reading Contest 8 on the 1st of April! You have to practise, because in the third term, it will be your turn!

Telling the time

Is it easy for you? Do you already know how to tell the time? If the answer is "no", start practising:

English time
Exercises
Quiz

1ST PRIZE

Congratulations to our DANCE TEAM, who won 1st prize last weekend! Way to go, girls!

Special request

Some of you requested a video from Justin Bieber. So here it is... I hope you enjoy it!
In a few weeks I'm going to show you Glee's version of this hit song...

Present Simple vs. Present Continuous

Present Simple or Present Continuous? Do you know when to use them?

Present Simple or Present Continuous - another explanation

Present Simple or Present Continuous - exercise 1

Present Simple or Present Continuous - exercise 2

Present Simple or Present Continuous - exercise 3

Present Simple or Present Continuous - exercise 4

Present Simple or Present Continuous - exercise 5

Present Simple or Present Continuous - exercise 6

Present Simple or Present Continuous - exercise 7

Present Simple or Present Continuous - test 1

Present Simple or Present Continuous - test 2

Listen to a story

Improve your listening by downloading and listening several audio stories at English Online.

Justin Bieber

For all Justin Bieber's fans, follow him on Twitter: http://twitter.com/justinbieber

And did you know that Selena Gomez is his girlfriend? Check it out on People Magazine

Tests: fresh news!

Congratulations to Adriana, Diana, João Vitor, José João and Vanessa, who got the best results in the last English Test! A special word to Adriana who got everything right!!! Amazing!
Keep on with the good work!

Fabulous

On tonight's Glee episode: Gwyneth Paltrow!

Life & Times of Queen Elisabeth II

Possessive case

If you want to practise the possessive case, go to:

Possessive case 1

Possessive case 2

Possessive case 3

Essay

When writing your essay about your family, you may follow this model:

"My family comes from Felgueiras, Portugal. It is big. I live with my mother, my father, my two sisters, Susana and Amélia, and my brother, Joaquim.
My family is very important to me. My parents are my best friends. When I have a problem, I discuss it with my parents and they are always ready to help me.
I don’t have contact with all the members of my family, but at weekends I usually meet my grandparents, because we all go for a walk in the park."

Family members

If you still have doubts about the correct pronunciation of the family members, go to this website, listen and repeat.

Present Continuous

I hope you already know the Present Simple by heart. Yesterday, we learnt a new verb tense: the Present Continuous. If you want to practise this verb tense, go to:

Present Continuous (table)

Present Continuous (affirmative form)

Present Continuous (negative form)

Present Continuous (interrogative form)

Present Continuous

Present Continuous

Present Simple or Present Continuous 1

Present Simple or Present Continuous 2

Present Simple or Present Continuous 3

Let's rock!

Do you like music? Do you have any favourite songs? Maybe we can use them in our classes...
You have probably noticed that I like Linkin Park - "Waiting for the End", "Numb", "What I've done", etc. -, but also U2 - "Sunday, Bloody Sunday", "Electrical Storm", "One" -, Coldplay - "In my place", "Fix you", "Talk" - etc.
If you don't know "Sunday, Bloody Sunday", check this out:

Valentine's Day

Don't forget that you have until the 10th February to write a letter or postcard to your loved ones - just friends or boy/girlfriend. You can also dedicate a song to the one you love... (Just send the MP3 file to sao.valentim.2011@gmail.com.)

ENGLISH MINI-TEST

I have already corrected the mini-tests on the Present Simple. Congratulations to Adriana, João Tiago, José João and Rita, who got everything right!

Linkin Park

Just a cool song I would like to share with you.
Whenever you would like to share something you like with the rest of us, please tell me, ok?

Adverbs of frequency

When studying the Present Simple, the adverbs of frequency always come up. Do these exercises and see if you have understood their use:

Adverbs of frequency 1

Adverbs of frequency 2

Wh-questions

As you will have to know all the question words by heart for your test, practise and do these exercises:

Question words 1

Question words 2

Question words 3

Question words 4

ENGLISH MINI-TEST

Don't forget to study for your English Mini-test tomorrow on the PRESENT SIMPLE! :)

FAMILY

The theme of the unit we're studying is "Family". Do you know all the family members? Check this out:

http://a4esl.org/q/h/vc-family-lb.html

Members of the family

http://www.ego4u.com/en/cram-up/vocabulary/family/exercises

http://www.ego4u.com/en/cram-up/vocabulary/family/exercises?02

http://www.oup.com/elt/global/products/englishfile/elementary/b_vocabulary/bank06/vocabulary06_01/

PRESENT SIMPLE

If you want to practise the Present Simple tense, follow these links:

Present Simple - exercises (affirmative form)

Present Simple - exercises

Present Simple - exercises(interrogative form)

Present Simple - exercises

Present Simple - exercises

Present Simple - exercises (affirmative form)

Present Simple - exercises (negative form)

Present Simple - exercises (interrogative form)

DAILY ROUTINE

Watch this video carefully and practise your daily routine.

DON'T STOP BELIEVING

For all of you: DON'T STOP BELIEVING!

BELIEVE in your dreams, BELIEVE in your power, BELIEVE IN YOU!