Past simple /Past continuous

Click here to do some exercises about the past simple and past continuous

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Past continuous and past simple - interrupted activities

http://www.bbc.co.uk/worldservice/learningenglish/flatmates/episode70/languagepoint.shtml

The Flatmates. Episode Who painted it?

http://www.bbc.co.uk/worldservice/learningenglish/flatmates/episode70/index.shtml

Word order past sentences

Click here and put the words in order

Past tense irregular verbs

Click here to revise irregular verbs
More irregular verbs

Past tense regular verbs

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Past tense negative sentences

Past tense questions

Past tense wh-questions

Pronunciation of the "-ed" ending

Click here to practise the pronunciation of the ed ending it is either /d/, /t/ or /id/.
You can also practise on the following link. Although the phonetic transcription is not very accurate I think it will be useful for you to listen how to pronounce the verbs .
You can also do this quizz

San Francisco Scott Mackenzie

If you're going to San Francisco
Be sure to wear some flowers in your hair
If you're going to San Francisco
You're gonna meet some gentle people there

For those who come to San Francisco
Summertime will be a love-in there
In the streets of San Francisco
Gentle people with flowers in their hair

All across the nation such a strange vibration
People in motion
There's a whole generation with a new explanation
People in motion people in motion

For those who come to San Francisco
Be sure to wear some flowers in your hair
If you come to San Francisco
Summertime will be a love-in there

If you're going to San Francisco
Be sure to wear some flowers in your hair
If you're going to San Francisco
You're gonna meet some gentle people there

For those who come to San Francisco
Summertime will be a love-in there
In the streets of San Francisco
Gentle people with flowers in their hair

All across the nation such a strange vibration
People in motion
There's a whole generation with a new explanation
People in motion people in motion

For those who come to San Francisco
Be sure to wear some flowers in your hair
If you come to San Francisco
Summertime will be a love-in there

Landing in London

Click here to listen to the Flatmates' episode in which they land in London

Here is some vocabulary about airports and air travel.

Now try a quiz here to check how much vocabulary you can remember.

Moulin Rouge-Your song

My gift is my song
And this one's for you
And you can tell everybody
That this is your song
It maybe quite simple
But now that it's done
Hope you don't mind
I hope you don't mind
That I put down in words
How wonderful life is now you're in the world
Sat on the roof
And I kicked off the moss
Well some of the verses well
They got me quite cross
But the sun's been kind
While I wrote this song
It's for people like you that
Keep it turned on
So excuse me for forgetting
But these things I do
You see I've forgotten
If they're green or they're blue
Anyway the thing is what I really mean
Yours are the sweetest eyes I've ever seen
And you can tell everybody
This is your song
It may be quite simple
But now that it's done
I hope you don't mind
I hope you don't mind that I put down in words
How wonderful life is now you're in the world
I hope you don't mindI hope you don't mind that I put down in words
How wonderful life is now you're in the world

Present Simple or Continuous exercises

Click on these links to practise this grammar point


http://www.escolalliurex.es/binary/470/files172/gramatica/PresSimpCont2.htm

http://www.oup.com/elt/global/products/headway/preint/a_grammar/unit02/hwy_preint_unit02_1/

http://members.iinet.net.au/~adelegc/grammar/pres_cont/pres_simple_cont.html

Present continuous

The Present Continuous is used:
1. For actions taking place now, at the moment of speaking.
e.g She's cooking dinner.
2. For temporary actions; that is actions that are going on around now but not at the moment of speaking.
e.g. She is working hard these days.

The present continuous is used with the following time expressions: now, at the moment, these days, at present, tonight, nowadays, still, etc.

Spelling rules for the formation of the present participle.

Consont+ e. drop the -e and and -ing
e.g: make - making, dance-dancing, come-coming

However, when a verb ends in an e which is not silent, the final e is not dropped before the ending ing is added. e.g. : to be- being to see- seeing

b. Verbs ending in ie When a verb ends in ie, the ie is changed to y before the ending ing is added. to die -dying to lie -lying
When a verb ends in y, no change is made before the ending is added. fly-flying

c. One-syllable verbs ending in a single consonant preceded by a single vowel.
the final consonant must be doubled before the ending ing is added. put-putting, sit-sitting
Except when the final consonants are w,x, and y e.g. show-showing, fix-fixing, say-saying

d. When a verb of more than one syllable ends in a single consonant other than w, x or y preceded by a single vowel, the final consonant is doubled to form the present participle only when the last syllable of the verb is pronounced with the heaviest stress.

In these examples, the syllables pronounced with the heaviest stress are underlined. For example: to ex'pel- expelling ,to be'gin-beginning ,to o'ccur- occurring ,to o'mit-omitting

Exercise: add -ing to the follwing verbs
cry, mix, read, stop, dance, move, run, take, repair, play, save, wash, get,put,smile,wear,hope, rain,stay,get, save, wash, type, plan, add, hurry, fire, agree, swim.

Click here to see the answers.

You've got a friend in me. Randy Newman

You've got a friend in me
You've got a friend in me
When the road looks rough ahead (/rʌf/ difficult or unpleasant,agitated)
And you're miles and miles
From your nice warm bed
You just remember what your old pal said (/pæl/friend)
Boy, you've got a friend in me
Yeah, you've got a friend in me
You've got a friend in me
You've got a friend in me
If you've got troubles, (/ˈtrʌbəl/difficulty)
I've got 'em too
There isn't anything
I wouldn't do for you
We stick together and can see it through (remain united /give attention and support)
Cause you've got a friend in me
You've got a friend in me
Some other folks might be (/foʊk/people in general)
A little bit smarter than I am (clever)
Bigger and stronger too
Maybe
But none of them will ever love you
The way I do, it's me and you
Boy, and as the years go by
Our friendship will never die
You're gonna see it's our destiny
You've got a friend in me
You've got a friend in me
You've got a friend in me