Weekly Links 2ºESO #99

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Feeding two birds with a scone (I prefer this expression to "killing two birds with one stone"): to help you practise listening and present perfect and to pay tribute to Prince  who died last Thursday, here is Sinéad O'Connor singing "Nothing Compares 2 U (to you)", a song written by the late Prince.
The clip has English and Spanish subtitles.

Happy Book Day.
Enjoy.

Weekly Links 3º ESO #16

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Let's keep on revising present perfect tense versus past simple with Michael Bublé's song: "Haven't met you yet", with lyrics on screen. By the way, as a fun fact, the blonde girl on the video is Bublé's actual wife, Luisana Lopilato.

Enjoy

Weekly Links 3º ESO #15

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"How Long" is a 1974 song by the British group Ace from their album Five-A-Side. Lead singer Paul Carrack composed the song upon discovering that bassist Terry Comer had been secretly working with other bands.

Enjoy

Weekly Links 3º ESO #14

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May be this song sounds familiar to you, here are the actual authors: Creedence Clearwater Revival: "Have You Ever Seen The Rain" with English and Spanish subtitles so that you can revise the present perfect tense and "ever".

Enjoy

Weekly Links 4º ESO —66

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We've been working on the present perfect tense with for and since. You can practice your listening at the same time you review the grammar.

Have a nice weekend.

Weekly Links 2º ESO —55

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To help you review this week's grammar and practice listening, a video about Present Perfect versus Past simple.

Para repasar la gramática de esta semana y practicar escuchando,  un vídeo sobre la diferencia entre el Pretérito perfecto y el pasado simple.

Have a nice weekend.
Buen fin de semana.

Weekly Links 4º ESO —40

To review the difference between Past simple and Past continuous —and practice listening, this video of Leonard Cohen singing live one of his most beautiful —and ironic— songs  about the futility of art: "Hallelujah". No exactly your kind of music, but I think you should have a go with it. And if you want the lyrics...

Para repasar la diferencia entre el pasado simple y el pretérito perfecto — y practicar escuchando, este video de Leonard Cohen cantando una de sus canciones más bellas —e irónica— sobre la futilidad del arte: "Aleluya". No es vuestro tipo de música, pero creo que merece la pena que le deis una oportunidad. Si queréis la letra...

Have a nice weekend.
Buen fin de semana.

Weekly Links 2º ESO —33

Blinklearning
• Irregular verbs 1- 50
Evaluación 3:
• Grammar_Present Perfect and Past Simple
• Exercise16_Present Perfect (listening)

Here is the song I told you about, 'I still haven't found what I'm looking for' by U2. Pay attention to the tenses.

Enjoy.

Weekly Links 2º ESO —31

Blinklearning
• Irregular verbs 41- 50
Unit 3:
• Grammar_Present Perfect and Past Simple
• Exercise14_Present Perfect or Past Simple 2

School Friends : Present perfect vs Past simple.

Enjoy.

Weekly Links 2º ESO —30

Blinklearning
• Irregular verbs 31- 40
Unit 3:
• Grammar_Present Perfect and Past Simple
• Exercise13_Present Perfect or Past Simple

Beginning of the last term. A video to see how to correctly use both thenses: present perfect and past simple.

Enjoy.

Weekly Links 2º ESO —15

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Reviewing for Finals:

• POSSESSIVES

Exercise 1    Exercise 2    Exercise 3

• WILL - BE GOING TO

Exercise 1    Exercise 2    Exercise 3

• PAST SIMPLE OR PRESENT PERFECT

Exercise 1    Exercise 2    Exercise 3

Enjoy.

Weekly Links 2º ESO —14

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This week we are learning the present perfect tense:

Here you are another video with exercises about the difference between present perfect simple and past simple.

REMEMBER
We use PRESENT PERFECT SIMPLE for GENERAL descripctions in the past.	We use PAST SIMPLE for a description of a DEFINITE TIME in the past.

Enjoy.