The Past Continuous Tense

Work through the following past continuous exercises to consolidate your understanding:

Past Continuous 1

Past Continuous 2

Past Continuous 3

Past Continuous 4

Past Continuous 5

Irregular Past Simple Verbs

Follow the links below the consolidate your understanding of irregular past simple forms:

List 1:

http://www.sporcle.com/games/snewms/sporcled-spurcle-sparcle

List2:

http://www.sporcle.com/games/seacowman01/past-tense-blitz

Kensuke's Kingdom - Chapter Four: Perfect Punctuation

http://www.bbc.co.uk/bitesize/ks2/english/spelling_grammar/punctuation/play/

http://parapal-online.co.uk/exercises/build/b1/

http://www.funenglishgames.com/grammargames/punctuation.html

Year 7 Summative Speaking Exam

Useful phrases, structures and vocab

1.    Expressing and sharing your opinion

·         In my opinion, it is …

·         As far as I´m concerned it is …

·         I don´t think that …

·         I like/don´t like

·         I´m keen on this one because …

·         I prefer this other because …

·         The best thing is …

·         The worst thing is …

·         I´m not sure whether …

·         I think it would be better if …

·         I think we should …

·         I find it + adjective because …

·         It looks + adjective because …

·         The good/bad thing is …

·         One advantage/disadvantage is …

·         One benefit is …

·         The main drawback is …

·         On the other hand, I also think …

Places of Work

On

•On a building site

•On a checkout

•On a farm

•On a production line

In

•In a mine

•In a classroom

•In an office

•In a call centre

•In a hospital

•In a factory

•In a lab

4.    Key prepositions

•      In the background
•      In the corner
•      At the front
•      At the bottom
•      On the right
•      On the left
•      In the centre

Important Work Vocbulary

•To do a job (noun)

•To work (verb)

•A career

•A part-time job

•A full-time job

•A manual job

•Physical labour

•Office job

•Team work

•Independent work

     General vocab - Directions

•This image shows

•You can see

•It shows/seems/looks like

•Perhaps/maybe

•They might be

•In the background

•At the front

•On the right

•On the left

•In the centre

Linking Phrases

      Similarities

•There is also,

•As well as this,

•Like the first image …

Differences

•In contrast,

•Unlike the first image …

•However,

First Conditionals

'If you know how to use fist conditionals, your English will be better!'

Now that you are familiar with the structure of first conditionals, and why we use them, spend some time working through the exercises on the following websites:

1st Conditional

http://www.englishexercises.org/makeagame/viewgame.asp?id=3226

http://www.perfect-english-grammar.com/first-conditional-exercise-1.html

Common Errors

Each of the sentences below contains a common error from your exams. Copy the sentences into your notebook and correct the mistake.

1.The sun shined on the green grass.

2.In the park were a lot of people.

3.The fly lasted for three hours.

4.It was the first time I travelled in an aeroplane.

5.I felt like a prisioner in a jail cell.

6.It was the five of January and I was so excited.

7.There was hundreds of people at the airport.

8.All the people on the plane where really scared.

9.I phoned my fathers to tell them that I was okay.

10.We were in the plane for two hours.

11.In a cloudy and gloomy afternoon, my family and I began our journey.

12.The plane flied from Seville to Paris.

13.I felt so exited when we finally reached New York.

14.I just couldn’t belive what was happening to me!

15.My grandmother has a lot of years.

16.I got back to the hotel and saw that everybody were sleeping.

Perfect Paragraphs!

You should all now be confident that you can use paragraphs accurately in your own writing. Work through the two exercises below to consolidate your knowledge!

Paragraphs 1

Paragraphs 2

Kensuke's Kingdom PDF

Kensuke’s Kingdom PDF

Past Simple and Past Continuous

Click on the links below and work through the exercises to consolidate your understanding of the simple past and past continuous tenses. Can you get 100%?!

http://www.englishpage.com/verbpage/verbs3.htm

http://www.englishpage.com/verbpage/verbs4.htm

Kensuke's Kingdom: initial predictions

        Look carefully at the different front covers below. Based on these covers, write at least four sentences explaining what you think will happen in the story.

       

     

      Kensuke's Kingdom

      Chapter One

In chapter one of the novel, we are introduced to some of the key characters and also some important vocabulary. Follow the link below and spend some time learning these key words.

       https://quizlet.com/class/1915792/

Adventurous Vocabulary!

In order to gain a high level, your adventure story will need to contain lots of great vocabulary. Log in to Quizlet (using the link at the top of the blog) and search for 'seankelly85'. You should then request to join my Year 7 class. Once you have done this, spend some time revising some of the key vocabulary 'Year 7 Adventure Stories: Key Vocabulary'.

Planning your adventure story!

Planning your adventure story!

Copy and paste the table (below) into a word document and complete it by inserting some key information that you will use in each section of your story. 

'Interesting introduction' and 'Set the scene in detail' have some suggestions for the types of features you could use in these sections of the story - you just have to think of some nice sentences for each feature.

Interesting introduction	Type of opening: Simile: Personification: 2 of 5 senses:	Great words:
Set the scene in detail	Sight: Smell: Sounds: Metaphor:	Great words:
The most important part of your story (e.g. a big problem, or a very exciting moment)		Great words:
Resolution (how you felt when the adventure was over)		Great words:

***EXAM DATE CHANGE: GOOD NEWS! THERE WILL BE NO EXAMS TOMORROW OR ON FRIDAY. WE NEED TO SPEND MORE TIME PREPARING AND MAKING SURE THAT YOU KNOW EXACTLY WHAT YOU ARE DOING!***

Simile, Metaphor or Personification?

Decide whether each of the sentences below contains a simile, metaphor, or personification. Write down your answers in your notebook (e.g. 1. Simile).

1.  He is like a rocket on his bike. 
2.  The fire roared to life. 
3.  The leaves fell like rain. 
4.  The glasses danced on the shelf during the earthquake. 
5.  The clock is the keeper of time. 
6.  The water called invitingly to the hot children. 
7.  The rusty door hinge screamed every time the door opened. 
8.  The wind was like a piercing arrow. 
9.  The stage was the canvas upon which the play was painted. 
10. The train screamed down the tracks. 
11. Music is the salve that soothes us. 
12. The swing rocked like a baby learning to walk. 
13. Fruit is fuel for a healthy body. 
14. The fresh apple was crispy like a new dollar bill. 
15. Water is the hammer that erodes the rocks. 

Next, with a partner, try the quiz below:

https://www.superteachertools.us/jeopardyx/jeopardy-review-game.php?gamefile=78593#.VgKirt-qqko

Location Prepositions: 'In', 'On' and 'At'

Below are links to a number of websites where you can practise using prepositions. Work through as many of the exercises as you can. Good luck!

http://www.agendaweb.org/grammar/prepositions-exercises.html

https://www.ego4u.com/en/cram-up/grammar/prepositions

http://www.englishpage.com/prepositions/prepositions.html

https://learnenglishkids.britishcouncil.org/en/grammar-games/prepositions-place

http://www.perfect-english-grammar.com/prepositions-of-place-exercise-1.html

Welcome back tasks

Important first tasks:

1) You need a gmail account. If you already have one you can use that but if you don't you need to create one. Make sure your name and password are easy for you to remember. If you are finding it hard to find a good name, add 'sfp' to the end of your name. (e.g. joesmithsfp@gmail.com)

2) Send an email to s.kellysfp@gmail.com with your name and class as the title. This is to help me make a class email list for English.

3) Download google drive to your computer (using your new gmail account)

4) Join Studyblue and find and join our group Y7 2015-2016 - Use this link 
http://www.studyblue.com

5) Join Headmagent - http://headmagnet.com

6) Join Quizlet - http://quizlet.com

Create a Symbaloo

Create a Symbaloo

Go to:

http://www.symbaloo.com/

Create an account

1. In the top hand corner put it in English (UK)
2. Click on Create Free Account
3. Enter your details and click Create Account

Create a tile for your symbaloo

1. Click on the + symbol above the boxes in the centre of the screen
2. Click on an empty tile
3. Click on Create a tile
4. Enter http://www.wordreference.com/ in the box called  Add the address of the website
5. Click on Save

Create more tiles for your symbaloo. Use all the following websites to start off with.

• http://www.studyblue.com/
• http://headmagnet.com/
• http://quizlet.com/
• http://www.bitstripsforschools.com/
• http://popplet.com/
• http://animoto.com/
• http://goanimate.com/
• https://accounts.google.com/ServiceLogin?service=mail&passive=true&rm=false&continue=https://mail.google.com/mail/&ss=1&scc=1&ltmpl=default&ltmplcache=2&hl=es&emr=1
• http://www.youtube.com/
• http://www.listen-to-english.com/index.php
• http://www.breakingnewsenglish.com
•  http://www.bbc.co.uk/worldservice/learningenglish/general/sixminute/
•  http://www.podcastsinenglish.com/index.shtml
•  http://lingro.com/
• http://www.linguee.com/