present continuous practice

Tonight we are learning present continuous. Present continuous (also called present progressive) is a verb tense we use in English to describe what is happening NOW at this moment. Here are some sites with good practice for you:

• This site has several pages for you to work with. Go to this one first. It shows how to use this tense in the affirmative. Go here to to practice negative sentences. Then go here for more practice. The bottom of all three pages has some other practice, so don't forget to do those.
• Here's another short exercise for you on present continuous. It is a very easy matching one.
• This exercise is a little more difficult. You will need to click on the line and then type your answer. This is from the same site, but it gives you an chance to practice writing questions using present progressive.
• Here's another site with explanation and practice. This has a lot of information. 
• Finally, try this site. It's a fairly complete exercise that works on this tense.

some pronunciation sites

First go here to practice words with their sounds. There are mp3s (audio files) to help you.

Here is another one called shiporsheep. When you move your mouse over the picture you will hear the word and can practice.

This is a site you have visited before. It is called ManyThings. We did the sounds at this site a couple weeks ago, but it is good to revisit it.

Here is a series of exercises on syllable emphasis. We did some of this last week, so now is a good time to review.

This site has a very limited number of sounds, but it looks like a good site for practice on those sounds. First choose the sound from the drop down menu marked "Select a Sound." Then choose "Words" from the drop down menu marked "Select a Category."

vocabulary sites for tonight

Begin by going to this site. Start by learning the vocabulary words at the top of the page, then do the exercises at the bottom.

Next go here. This has a short quiz that will help you learn new words for occupations. Here is another short quiz from the same site. It has some of the same words, but also some new ones (it's pretty easy). Finally, there is this quiz (again from the same site)that will give you some more practice.

Lastly, go to this site. It'll help you learn a few new words.

Please be sure to write down all of tonight's new words. We will be doing something latter in the lesson with them.

new for November

Here's some fun games and links for our class tonight:

First there are scrambled vocabulary words here. The easy puzzle has 15 words you need to spell correctly. You can try the medium one if you want, but it is kind of hard.

You have visited this site before. Be sure to pick easy games (like flash word search or catch the spelling or match words game) and use only this vocabulary.

Finally, you may want to check the Ventures Arcade site Practice the vocabulary and lessons in Units 1-7.

Pronunciation work

tonight I would like to have you do some pronunciation work. Most of this is just listening. Go to this site and begin work. You can listen to each pair of words as many times as you like and you can play the test part more than once before you choose. There are several exercises for you to work on here. Then you can go to this site for a little extra practice.

Game to start tonight

Here is some vocabulary from the last few nights (Unit 5). Please study these words then choose a game. Play with another classmate. You should have time to play a couple of games together.

A, an, and some

We were working on this last night. Here's a quick review. Just click on this link

health and sickness memory game.

This is like the game on the picture dictionary or that we have done in class with paper. Click on this link to start playing the game.

Remember that you can do the chapter work online as well by going to this link. Remember to click on the orange B to take you to the work for our book.

Gorilla Games

The Grammar Gorillas are games for all levels of students. Please follow the link and work on the Beginner games. This game will ask you to click on a noun or a verb.

Here are some other games although some of these are a bit harder.

As always, have fun!

online vocabulary games

Hi class

Here are some more fun places to go. First there is a game with some bedroom vocabulary. And here's another matching game with some vocabulary from unit 2. Finally there is some basic kitchen vocabulary. Have fun!!!

a site for tonight's work

Here is a link to a crossword puzzle to work on.

Crossword Puzzle: Classroom items

When you finish the crossword, please go to the Ventures Arcade and work on the Unit 2 games.