UNIT 3: WILD WEATHER (2nd ESO)

This is the topic of Unit 3, so you are going to learn lots of vocabulary related to the weather. Here we offer you different possibilities to practise it. 

1. Some QUIZLET practice:  

2. A MATCHING ACTIVITY ABOUT WEATHER WORDS:

 

3. A CROSSWORD

4. A WORD SQUARE

PAST CONTINUOUS PRESENTATION

5. PAST CONTINUOUS PRACTICE 

6. PAST CONTINUOUS/PAST SIMPLE GAME

7. PAST SIMPLE/PAST CONTINUOUS  

 Conjunto de Fichas creado con GoConqr por Rosa Valdés RAPADO 

8. ADVERBS PRACTICE

9. ADVERBS GAME

UNIT 2: SURVIVAL (4th ESO)

In this unit, we are going to learn lots of things related to natural disasters, survival, the amazing work done by rescue workers, etc. As always, here you will find exercises to practise all we see in the unit.

RESCUE AND SURVIVAL : use the app Quizlet to pracise the first vocabulary studied. 

Now it's time to work with verbal tenses. Let's start with the PAST PERFECT
EXERCISE 1
EXERCISE 2
EXERCISE 3

 

 

And, of course, the contrast of PAST PERFECT and SIMPLE PAST:

EXERCISE 1
EXERCISE 2
EXERCISE 3

What about playing some games to learn about these verbal tenses and have fun at the same time?

 

CHEESE QUEST GAME

JUMBLED WORDS

Then we'll continue with some adjectives and their corresponding EXTREME ADJECTIVES. You can use this matching exercise to practise them.

EXTREME ADJECTIVES

We'll finish the unit with something that normally causes lots of troubles: questions!! And now, even more, introducing SUBJECT QUESTIONS. Don't panic, here you have some more practice:

EXERCISE 1
EXERCISE 2
EXERCISE 3

And more games!!

Hope all these activities help you improve your English!

UNIT 2: FACT OR FICTION? (2ND ESO)

 

In this unit we are going to talk about literature and also about important people in history. To do so, we have to study the Past Simple because we are talking about our past, aren't we?

Here you have some activities which may be useful: 

LITERARY GENRES

LITERARY GENRES MATCHING ACTIVITY

PEOPLE THAT CHANGED THE WORLD (PROFESSIONS)

PAST SIMPLE AFFIRMATIVE (REGULAR VERBS)

PRONUNCIATION OF -ED AS /ID/:  

PAST SIMPLE (IRREGULAR VERBS)

BALLOON POP UP IRREGULAR VERBS:

PAST SIMPLE(AFFIRMATIVE , NEGATIVE AND INTERROGATIVE)

PAST SIMPLE AFFIRMATIVE AND NEGATIVE:

PAST SIMPLE QUESTIONS:

PAST SIMPLE TO BE

PAST SIMPLE GAMES

EVEN MORE PAST SIMPLE GAMES

Expressing frequency

 

 How often do you listen to music?

Rank the frequency adverbs:

Frequency adverbs typically precede verbs except the verb TO BE. Play this game to get some practice:

2ND BACHILLER: SYMBALOO FOR UNIT 2

Unit 2 has made us think about inventions which have made our lives easier... Interested? Click on the image below and keep on working on these and other interesting topics!

AND THE WINNERS OF THE 5TH HALLOWEEN MEMES/GIFS COMPETITION ARE...

Today the winners of the 5th Halloween memes/gifs Competition received their prizes. There was also a little treat for all the participants. 🎃🎃🎃

BEST MEME

Paula Martínez - 2nd Bachillerato

Because it combines all the elements we asked for: IES Selgas, the Halloween spooky look, and something quite usual at the beginning of any English lesson 😉! 

BEST GIF

Cleo Le Saos - 2nd ESO

The reason? What can we say... We feel totally identified with this gif! When Halloween is near we, teachers at the English Department, become a bit crazy, like these dancing skeletons 😆!

And here you have the winners, Cleo and Paula 👏👏!

 Hope you liked the presents!

We want to thank all participants, who also got some nice treats. Not all of them are in the photo, it seems it was a busy break today at school.

Wish you a terrific long Halloween weekend!

2022 HALLOWEEN MEMES AND GIFS

Now that the deadline is over, we can share all the memes and gifs received. You can choose your favourite, the English Department is already doing the same. 

We want to thank all participants, you are the ones who make this competition possible. We will announce the winners on Friday 28th October. The prize-giving ceremony will take place during the break in the stairs that lead to the 300 classroom. 

By Cleo Le Saos (2nd ESO)

by Hugo Feito (1st ESO)

                                By Aitor Zarauza (4th ESO)

by Paula Martínez

by Ainhoa Pulido (2nd ESO)

by Patrick Le Saos (4th ESO)

by Paula Vior (2nd Bach)

by Javier Martínez (1st Bach)

by Miguel García Prendes (1st Bach)

by Leo Durrer (1st ESO)

by Amanda González Duarte 

by Irene Martínez Rasa (2nd ESO)

by Ismael Rodríguez (1st Bach)

by Ignacio Albuerne (1st Bach)

by Mateo Cano (2nd Bach)

by Iván Fernández (2nd Bach)

Good luck everyone! See you on Friday!

UNIT 1: SKILLS FOR LIFE (4th ESO)

In this unit you are going to learn a lot about  this topic. Let's start practising the vocabulary that appears at the beginning of the unit with this Quizlet.

SKILLS AND ABILITIES

SKILLS AND ABILITIES MATCHING ACTIVITY

 

 The second part of the vocabulary tells us about a different type of skills that can be used in many areas of our lives. Again you can practise them using the app Quizlet:

LIFE SKILLS

As for the grammar of the unit, it deals with the PRESENT PERFECT TENSE and its many uses. 

Here you have some exercises:

a. With NEVER / EVER

EXERCISE 1

EXERCISE 2

b. With ALREADY / YET / JUST

EXERCISE 1

EXERCISE 2

Already or yet?

c. With FOR and SINCE

EXERCISE 1

EXERCISE 2

d. MORE PRACTICE

EXERCISE 1

EXERCISE 2

EXERCISE 3

We have also worked with the contrast between the PRESENT PERFECT and SIMPLE PAST tenses. Here you have some exercises to practise it:

EXERCISE 1

EXERCISE 2

EXERCISE 3

EXERCISE 4

EXERCISE 5 

And now, some games to practise both tenses. Click on the images below to play:

2ND ESO: UNIT 1: WHAT DO YOU LIKE?

1. FREE TIME ACTIVITIES: Click on the image below to revise this vocabulary.

2. PRESENT SIMPLE ACTIVITIES

3. PRESENT CONTINUOUS ACTIVITIES

4. SKILLS AND ABILITIES

5. PRESENT SIMPLE/ PRESENT CONTINUOUS MIND MAP

6. PRESENT SIMPLE / CONTINUOUS CARDS FOR PRACTICE

7. PRESENT SIMPLE /CONTINUOUS QUIZ SHOW: click on the picture below to play:  

Word building: adjectives and nouns

 

Unit 1-Exam focus-Vocabulary

 

Do this crossword to practice vocabulary related to clothes and accesories:

V HALLOWEEN MEME/GIF COMPETITION

 

Once more Halloween time is coming and so is our MEME/GIF COMPETITION, this year the 5th one!. Every year you have great ideas and create really original memes/gifs, which makes it really difficult for us, teachers, to choose the winners. 

    We trust this year you will surprise us again with a lot of scary, creepy, spooky or even funny creations. If you wish to take part in the competition, click on the arrow in the image below and read the iinstructions: 

2nd BACHILLER: More resources to revise the vocabulary of unit 1

 If you want to keep on practising with the vocabulary of unit 1, click on the image below and find flashcards and games to revise the new words.

Performance Unit 1-Vocabulary

 

Family members

Play the game to practise:

Modal verbs practice

 

Click on the picture above to download the presentation we saw in class.

 Play these games to review modal verbs:

 

  :

Let's get some oral practice with the wheel of fortune:

 

 

Further practice:

Multiple choice exercise
Deduction/certainty modals: quiz
Past deduction/certainty modals
Exercise 1
Mixed modals
Another mixed modals exercise

Play this Kahoot

Countries and nationalities: wheel of fortune

 

 Spin and learn with the wheel of fortune:

Now, let's see how much you 've learnt!

 

2º ESO : STARTER UNIT

Lots of new vocabulary in this unit. Here you have some activities to practise it.  

CELEBRATIONS
You can play this matching game here

CLOTHES

Here you can revise some vocabulary related to clothing and have some fun too!  Just click on the word  CLOTHES to get started. Remember that the app Quizlet offers different ways to practise the vocabulary. 

CLOTHES CROSSWORDS

CAN/CAN'T

TO BE

THERE IS / THERE ARE

THE ALPHABET AND SPELLING 

STARTER UNIT - 4th ESO

We have just started the unit, revising some adjectives to describe places. If you want to practice them, try this Quizlet I have prepared:

ADJECTIVES TO DESCRIBE PLACES 

Then we also revised COMPARATIVE and SUPERLATIVE ADJECTIVES. Need more practice? Here you have some links:

EXERCISE 1

EXERCISE 2

EXERCISE 3

A GAME WITH COMPARATIVE ADJECTIVES

Then we revised two tenses: PRESENT SIMPLE and PRESENT CONTINUOUS. Again, here you have further practice:

PRESENT SIMPLE (WORD ORDER)

PRESENT CONTINUOUS (WORD ORDER)

EXERCISE 1

EXERCISE 2

EXERCISE 3

EXERCISE 4

We alos revised GERUNDS and INFINITIVES. You can revise the uses HERE.

You can also try this TEST.

 And you can find loads of exercises here:

GERUNDS and INFINITIVES

The next thing was PAST SIMPLE and PAST CONTINUOUS. Again, loads of exercises on this link:

PAST SIMPLE and PAS CONTINUOUS

Finally, we had a look at USED TO (to talk about past habits)

EXERCISE 1

EXERCISE 2

EXERCISE 3

We also worked with vocabulary related to HOLIDAY ACTIVITIES. You can practise this vocabulary with these three acitvities:

MATCHING ACTIVITY

MAZE CHASE

FLASCHARDS

And finally a QUIZ SHOW for revision of everything we have seen in the Starter Unit. Click on the image below to play:

 

  Hope you find all this useful!

THE OHIO PROJECT VIDEO

    Once upon a time in Selgas there was a lovely language assistant called Hannah Griswold. One of her former teachers at the North Olmstead High School in Ohio suggested that Hannah's Spanish students could make a video showing what their school is like and the teacher and students in the 3rd Year ESO bilingual class didn't hesitate to accept the challenge.

    Even though we've had much fun (some more than others ;)), it hasn't been a bed of roses. Ask Matthew Harvey!😅 Anyway, if you want to check it out, click on the picture below.

We look forward to getting a reply from the students at North Olmstead High School.