REPORTED SPEECH FOR LEVEL 2

General revision of Reported speech ( tenses, pronouns and places)

Exercise 1 

Exercise 2

Questions in reported speech

Exercise 1

Exercise 2

Requests

Exercise 1

Exercise 2

Exercise 3

Mixed exercises

A

B

LISTENING PRACTICE FOR LEVEL 2 IN AMERICAN ENGLISH

Here is an interesting list of exercises for you to improve your listening skills

Yes! Little by little you're improving!

WHAT'S A SYNTHESPIAN?:VOCABULARY CINEMA

A student and I were talking about special effects in films when we came across the word synthespian, which was totally new for both of us!:

synthespian

 (ˌsɪnˈθɛspɪən)

n

1. (Film) a computer-generated image of a film actor, esp used in place of the real actor when shooting special effects or 

stunts

2. (Computer Science) a computer-generated image of a film actor, esp used in place of thereal actor when shooting special effects or stunts

an we had a fascination discussion about the use of new technologies to create special effects.

Practice your vocabulary related to cinema with

exercise 1

exercise 2

and if you are interested in the use of new technologies to create special effects you might like this video, you can watch it with subtitles:

POSITION OF ADVERBS: PROBABILITY

It's probably difficult to remember the right position of adverbs, try this exercise to refresh your mind.

MORE WORK ON CONDITIONALS FOR LEVEL 3

Revision third conditional

Now do a few exercises to remember the zero conditional

The first

The second

Revision all conditionals

and finally, test your conditionals with these activities

After all this work, if I were you I'd buy myself a delicious ice-cream!

EXPRESSING WISHES AND REGRETS (LEVEL 3)

I wish this were easier, but the truth is that you need to read some information and do an exercise and if you are not ready, do more practice.

MORE LISTENING EXERCISES FOR LEVEL 3

Your listening skills will improve a lot with this wonderful website for practice of British English.

ECHO QUESTIONS AND ECHO STATEMENTS

Here's an interesting explanation of this grammar topic.

Don't confuse them with question tags!

And here are some interesting exercises:

EXPRESSING PAST NECESSITY NEEDN'T HAVE/ DIDN'T NEED TO

The difference between needn't have and didn't need to is subte, here is some practice:

needn't have/ didn't need to

GERUND AND INFINITIVE FOR LEVEL 3

Yes, again gerunds and infinitives, it's the neverending story!

Here are lots of exercises for you to practise.

BASIC GERUND AND INFINITIVE TUTORIAL

Tutorial 1: LEVEL BASIC

Exercises

Tutorial 2: LEVEL INTERMEDIATE

Exercises

Tutorial 3: LEVEL ADVANCED

Exercises

GERUND AND INFINITIVE FOR LEVEL 2

Mastering the use of the gerund and infinitive is difficult if you don't practice, so here are the following exercises:

Exercise 1

Exercise 2

Exercise 3

Exercise 4

LISTENING EXERCISES FOR LEVEL 3

Lots of interesting exercises to improve your listening skills!

WRITING ESSAYS: STRUCTURING

The structure of an essay is the backbone which supports it and helps the reader understand your message clearly.
Here is a wonderful explanation , a video from the University of Reading.

And don't forget to mark and link your paragraphs clearly with appropriate 

connectors 1.

connectors 2

coherence

GRAMMAR AND VOCABULARY REVISION FOR LEVEL 3

CONGRATULATIONS: YOU ARE AN ADVANCED STUDENT!

You've gone a really long long way!
 In order to avoid forgetting what you know you might want to do some grammar and vocabulary revision for levels 1 and 2 plus learn more with the following activities:

Advanced exercises 1

Advanced exercises 2

GRAMMAR AND VOCABULARY FOR LEVEL 2

PRACTICE, PRACTICE AND MORE PRACTICE!

After revising my post for level 1 grammar and vocabulary revision you can do the following activities to reinforce what you are learning at present:

BASIC EXERCISES 1

BASIC EXERCISES 2

GRAMMAR AND VOCABULARY REVISION FOR LEVEL 1

When you are learning another language you should be patient and remember that "PRACTICE MAKES PROGRESS" 

BASIC EXERCISES 1

BASIC EXERCISES 2

HOMAGE TO FREDDY MERCURY

GREAT!

THE SEA IS MAGIC: SEA QUOTES

After writing my previous post, I think it's a good idea to read the following beautiful quotes about this magic part of nature.

VOCABULARY CRIME, PUNISHMENT AND CRIME PREVENTION

Crime and punishment is one of the topics of B2.

Here are some interesting activities:

Vocabulary 1

Vocabulary 2

If you are interested, remember than prevention is much better than cure so you might like this video.

Video, crime prevention tips

ELLIPSIS AND SUBSTITUTION

Ellipsis and substitution might be confusing,  a brain teaser.
But they're perfect brain training too!

LEARN THE SECOND CONDITIONAL WITH SONGS 2

3.If not for you

LEARN THE SECOND CONDITIONAL WITH SONGS 1

If you listened to these three incredibly famous songs  you would learn the second conditional really fast. In addition, you would enjoy the totally different styles and, themes. I love them!
1.Fiddler On the Roof

2.Tears in Heaven

LIVE ONLINE NEWS

What's in the news today?

You'll know with Sky News, the popular British News TV Channel, really interesting for advanced students!