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Dear students,
Today I’d like to share with you all this video about how to form and use question tags. Yes, those extremely short questions which in Spanish are usually translated as ‘¿verdad?‘. I’m sure you’ve heard about them before. I hope you enjoy the following video and find it useful.
Regards,
My dear students,
As you already know, the Zero, the First and the Second conditionals are used for giving advice to somebody. For example, «If you need this pen, take it!» (zero conditional), «If you study a lot, you’ll pass your exams» (first conditional) and «If I were you, I’d buy the light green T-shirt you saw yesterday» (second conditional).
Now it’s the time for the Third Conditional, although we never use it for giving advice, but for expressing remorse or regret; for instance, « If I’d known that Mary was coming to the party, I wouldn’t have accepted the invitation.» (third conditional)
If you wish to know more about this fascinating grammar structure and use it in your stories and anecdotes, please watch the video below.
Regards,
Dear students,
I know you may be wondering why teachers always tell you to use subordinate clauses (with who, which, where, etc) and the reason is that your written compositions and oral tasks will be enriched. Believe me, you will notice a huge difference and improvement.
Let’s have a look at these two examples. See the difference in the second sentence:
A) My mother is Irish. She has long, red hair and blue eyes.
B) My mother, who has long, red hair and blue eyes, is Irish.
See? Using subordinate clauses is also very useful for your mediation activities.
For this reason, I have chosen the following video which I hope you like. There, you’ll find all the information you need.
Regards,
Hi, everyone!
We’ve already seen how the Past Perfect Simple is formed and used. Let’s now see how to use along with the Past Simple and the Past Continuous in a written composition or a monologue.
I hope you enjoy the following video.
Regards,
Dear students,
Since we’re working on a new past verb tense, I thought you would find this video useful.
You will find the Past Perfect Simple really useful when it comes to writing a story or an anecdote.
Enjoy!
Dear students,
Happy New Year, everyone! I hope you have enjoyed your winter holidays and have had fun.
Since we’re starting to work on a new unit, I’d like to share with you this video, which is about the differences and uses of Could and Be able to.
Enjoy!
Welcome to a new entry.
Today I’d like to share with you a really interesting grammar structure. How do you say in English the following sentences? ‘¿Cuánto se tarda en llegar al supermercado?‘ ‘Tardé tres horas en hacer los deberes.’
In this new video you’ll find out how to say it in English. It’s very easy, you’ll see.
Enjoy the video!
Regards,
Dear students,
Apart from the Present Perfect Simple seen in Basic Level A2 and Intermediate Level B1, there’s another verb tense used for events that started in the past that you will find amazing and extremely helpful. Please welcome the Present Perfect Continuous!
If you’re interested in learning more about, please watch the video below.
Regards,
Hi, everyone!
Have you ever wondered why the Present Perfect Simple is used in this sentence and not the Past Simple? And what about the difference between both verb tenses, since in Spanish we tend to use the Present Perfect Simple when the Past Simple is implied? Weird, isn’t it?
Well, watch this video and learn more about it.
Regards,
Dear students,
I’d like to share with you this video on the difference between action and non-action verbs I came across with yesterday. I hope it helps you out with unit 1 from the textbook.
Regards,