Sunday, June 7, 2009

Review Vocabulary on Pharmacy

1. A good exercise here

2. Another exercise we already did in class here

3. Another one here

Sunday, May 31, 2009

QUIZZES: Review your English

Let´s take a general grammar quiz online here

One more here

Yet one more here

Sunday, May 17, 2009

At the Pharmacists: Dialogs

Below you will find 3 links to 3 spoken dialogs (cartoons) in English. Practice them at home and make sure you write down any new vocabulary:

1) The first dialog you need to watch is "Enquiring about a problem" (enquire= ask a question, ask for information). Listen to the dialog until you feel satisfied. Jot down (write down) the new words and proceed with the following dialog:

CLICK HERE

2) The second dialog you need to watch is about "Exploring the problem". Listen again until you are very familiar with the sound of it. Make sure you annotate everything important. Then continue with the next dialog:

CLICK HERE

3) The third dialog you are going to watch is about "Recommending a Prescription". Again, keep listening until it is not difficult for you and write down new vocabulary:

CLICK HERE

4) The fourth and last dialog you need to watch is about "Reassuring and Giving Advice". Instructions are the same, repeat listening and write down new words/expressions:

CLICK HERE

These are words you need to understand. If you don´t know them, you can look them at at a dictionary:
Cambridge Dictionary
Merriam-Webster Dictionary

Some important words are:

Medical words:
diarrhoea, headache, stomach, indigestion, paracetamols, preparation, re-hydration, minerals, allergies, treatment

Possible problematic words:
loose (seems), (upset), (wining and dining) (“you can say that again”), bottled, sips, hardly, couple, plenty, preferably, alcohol, fizzy, straight, replace, effective, unwashed, undercooked, dodgy, stalls, stands

Expressions:
“worn out” – very tired, “terribly” – very, “all right” – well again, “as right as rain” – feeling well, “got it” - understood it, “Here’s hoping” – I hope

Saturday, April 18, 2009

Both / So / Either / Neither

1) First exercise here

2) Second exercise here

3) Third exercise here

4) Fourth exercise here

5) Fifth exercise here

6) Sixth exercise here

7) Seventh exercises here

So / Neither

Let's practice the use of these forms in English:

1) First exercise here

2) Second exercise here

3) Third exercise here

4) Fourth exercise here

Sunday, March 29, 2009

Vocabulary Practice: The House

A list of online exercises on vocabulary in "the house".

1. Rooms in a house here

2. Different kinds of vocabulary practice here

3. Some quizzes here

4. The kitchen here

5. The garden here

6. The living-room here