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

Sunday, March 8, 2009

Vocabulary Practice: The Hangman Game

1. Some exercises here.

2. Some hangman game on food here.

3. More hangman here.

4. Yet a list of more hangman exercises here.

Pronunciation practice

1. Let´s review the pronunciation of the -ed suffix (past and participle) here.

2. Find the odd one out here.

3. An exercise on stress here.

4. More on stress here.

Saturday, February 28, 2009

Vocabulary: Jobs

Click on this link to learn more about jobs in English

Let´s practice now:

1. A crossword here.

2. A game here
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3. Review vocabulary here.

4. Reading comprehension here
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Review: Simple Past or Past Continuous?

Let´s do some exercises to review the use of Simple Past of Past Continuous.

1. A beginners' exercise here.

2. One quiz here.

3. Complete the gaps here.

4. One more here.

5. Yet one more here.

6. One with some more difficult vocabulary here.

7. The last one here.

Saturday, February 14, 2009

VERBS IN THE PAST: Practice

a) First exercise online here

b) A game here

c) Complete the list of irregular verbs here

d) (Advanced) Complete the list of irregular verbs here

e) Irregular Past Verbs Matching Exercises and Crossword here

Sunday, January 25, 2009