MERRY CHRISTMAS !

Christmas Vocabulary - MEMORY GAME

Do you want to practice your Christmas Vocabulary?

Check out this MEMORY GAME I adapted from a post from ARTiculation360.

Click here to DOWNLOAD THE GAME as a pdf.

Jon.

Rudolph the red nosed reindeer - KARAOKE

Jingle Bells - KARAOKE

We wish you a merry Christmas - KARAOKE

/ i:, ɪ / and / u:, ʊ / Practice: Minimal Pairs DOMINO

Today we played a DOMINO to practice minimal pairs including / i:, ɪ / and / u:, ʊ / VOWEL SOUNDS.
It was great fun!

Here's the LINK to view it as a WORD DOCUMENT and download the / i:, ɪ / and / u:, ʊ / Practice: Minimal Pairs DOMINO.

English pronunciation - / ʊ / compared to / u: /

English vowels: Long and Short "u"

Pronunciation tips - VOWEL SOUNDS /u:/ and /ʊ/

IRREGULAR VERB QUIZ

Check our this fantastic IRREGULAR VERB QUIZ with more than 65 irregular verbs!

You will get 10 verbs at a time.
Reboot the exercise fot new verbs.

Enjoy,

Teacher Jon.

 
_ _ Irregular Verb QUIZ _ _ (more than 65 verbs)

English Irregular Verbs 6 of 6 (TO TAKE - TO WRITE)

Are you bored of writing and writing irregular verbs?

Try out this superb irregular verb matching game!

 Have Fun,
 Teacher jon.


English Irregular Verbs 6 of 6 (TO TAKE - TO WRITE)

Short /ɪ/ practice

Found at English for Kids Step by Step

Long and Short "i"

Taken from Learning English With Michelle

English pronunciation - / ɪ / compared to / i: /

English vowels: Long and Short "i"

Pronunciation tips - VOWEL SOUNDS /i:/ and /ɪ/

British English Vowels

These are the TWELVE vowel sounds standard British English pronunciation has.

English Irregular Verbs 5 of 6 (TO SEND - TO SWIM)

Are you bored of writing and writing irregular verbs?

Try out this superb irregular verb matching game!

 Have Fun,
 Teacher jon.


English Irregular Verbs 5 of 6 (TO SEND - TO SWIM)

The Story of Thanksgiving - Read Aloud

Happy Thanksgiving ! !

English Irregular Verbs 4 of 6 (TO MAKE - TO SELL)

Are you bored of writing and writing irregular verbs?

Try out this superb irregular verb matching game!

 Have Fun,
 Teacher jon.


English Irregular Verbs 5 of 6 (TO SEND - TO SWIM)

Pronouncing sounds /w/ and /j/

Pronouncing sound /r/

Tongue twiters for sound /w/

Try this tongue twister that I've found at The English Alley.

If two witches were watching two watches,

which witch would watch which watch?

click here for the audio

Tongue Twisters - /r/ and /l/ sounds

Hello,

 Check out these tongue twisters I've found at The ESL Comando blog.

1. Jerry's jelly berries taste really rare.
2. Rory's lawn rake rarely rakes really right. 
3.  A really leery Larry rolls readily to the road. 
4. The road's load is lessened lightly. 
5. Lassie Lilly likes Ronny's rulers. 
6. Lad Larry rarely loves lyres. 
7.  Lessening levels of lead really lures lily pads. 
8. Revelers revel in leveling levels. 
9.  Barry's Belly riles with bile. 
10.  Billy and Lilly pile pyres for file fires.

listen to ‘R and L Tongue Twisters’ on audioBoom

Pronunciation tips: /r/

Pronunciation tips: /w/ and /j/

Collaborative Short Story - INSTRUCTIONS

This is an exercise created to write a collaborative short story in English.

The story can be written in any verb tense but not the present ones!

Participants will only have to double click on the wall to add a new post. Posts should be at least 50 words long, start with the last sentence mentioned in the previous post and include an image or a video or a sound clip to illustrate it. Participations without an illustration will not be accepted. This added multimedia should be an element that was mentioned in the post.

Include your name or an alias in the title of the post. 

Please note that posts will appear from bottom to top (the last post will appear first).


This activity will start on Tuesday 18 Nov. and end on Friday 20 Nov. 2014.


Enjoy!
Teacher Jon. 

#storytelling_INTEF, November 2014.

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STRONG ADJECTIVES

Some adjectives have a strong meaning.
With them you can use ABSOLUTELY or REALLY (but never VERY ! ! ).

Can you pair up the adjectives in the first word cloud with their strong adjectives in the second one?


WORD CLOUD 1:

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WORD CLOUD 2:

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English Irregular Verbs 3 of 6 (TO GO - TO LOSE)

Are you bored of writing and writing irregular verbs?

Try out this superb irregular verb matching game!

 Have Fun,
 Teacher jon.


English Irregular Verbs 3 of 6 (TO GO - TO LOSE)

Pronunciation Tips: /l/

Pronunciation Tips: /h/

'BLUE AS YOUR EYES' - song by Scouting for Girls

The very traditional COCIDO MONTAÑÉS recipe RETOLD - Audio Recipe

English Irregular Verbs 2 of 6 (TO CUT - TO GIVE)

Are you bored of writing and writing irregular verbs?

Try out this superb irregular verb matching game!

 Have Fun,
 Teacher jon.


English Irregular Verbs 2 of 6 (TO CUT - TO GIVE)

Pronouncing sound /ŋ/

Pronouncing sounds /m/, /n/ and /ŋ/

Pronouncing sound /dʒ/

Pronouncing sound /tʃ/

Pronunciation Tips: /m, n, ŋ/

Pronunciation Tips: /tʃ,dʒ/

Quesada Recipe RETOLD - audio recipe

Here's the recipe for the traditional Cantabrian recipe:

Click play to listen to the recipe:

Past Simple and Past Continuous tenses

Learn how to use the past simple and the past continuous tenses with this comic:

PRESENT PERFECT PARTICLES - explained !

English Irregular Verbs 1 of 6 (TO BE - TO COST)

Are you bored of writing and writing irregular verbs?

Try out this superb irregular verb matching game!

 Have Fun,
 Teacher jon.


English Irregular Verbs 1 of 6 (TO BE - TO COST)

Irregular Verb QUIZ

Check our this fantastic IRREGULAR VERB QUIZ with more than 65 irregular verbs!

You will get 10 verbs at a time.
Reboot the exercise fot new verbs.

Enjoy,

Teacher Jon.

 
_ _ Irregular Verb QUIZ _ _ (more than 65 verbs)

Happy Halloween !

"@MyEngBlackboard: #boo! Happy #Halloween from My English Blackboard #MyEB pic.twitter.com/Z0JSEOs2z3"

— Jon Caballero (@DidacTEK) octubre 31, 2014

Happy Halloween !

"@MyEngBlackboard: #boo! Happy #Halloween from My English Blackboard #MyEB pic.twitter.com/RS11fIfjdd"

— Jon Caballero (@DidacTEK) octubre 31, 2014

Carrot Cake: RECIPE

Carrot Cake: RECIPE

Mushroom Rissoto: RECIPE

Mushroom Rissoto: RECIPE

Cooking Vocabulary: KITCHEN ACTIONS

Cooking actions

Cooking Vocabulary: KITCHEN INSTRUMENTS

Cooking Instruments

Tongue twisters for sounds /s/ , /θ/ and /ð/

Hello,

Check out these tongue twisters I've found at The ESL Comando blog.

1. Thelma's thick thistles need therapy. 
2. The thoughtful mouse's mouth is something else. 
3. The sickening thickening soup was thoroughly soppy. 
4. Sam's third thalamus is thoughtful. 
5. It's easy to stick it to thickets. 
6. Thickets don't think about getting sick. 
7. Thunder sunders thick sticks.

listen to ‘S and Th Tongue Twisters’ on audioBoom

Pronunciation Tips: /s/ and /z/

Pronunciation Tips: /ʃ/ and /ʒ/

Pronouncing sounds /s/ and /ʃ/

More English Tongue Twisters

Hey class!

Here are some more Tongue Twisters for you to repeat and enjoy!

Jon.


 

Sea Shells TONGUE TWISTER for sounds /ʃ/ , /s/ and /z/

What to say when you hear "thank you"

What to say when you hear "thank you": -You're welcome -It's a pleasure -My pleasure -Not at all -It's all right -Don't mention it (formal)
— Teacher Jon (@MyEngBlackboard) octubre 22, 2014

"Ugly" - by Sugababes (SONG)

"Our House" - by Madness (SONG)

Pronunciation Tips: /θ,ð/

Pronunciation Tips: /f,v/

Pronunciation Practice: /p,t,k/ and /b,d,g/

Personality Adjectives

What do you call a person who...?

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Now find the opposites:

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Finally find adjectives which make their negative forms with each of the following prefixes?

un-
dis-
ir-
im-
in-

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Prepositions of Place: complete the sentences

Complete with the correct preposition of place:

Prepositions of Place

Present Simple and Present Continuous - Exercise

Present Simple and Continuous

Clothes Vocabulary Crosswords

Clothes Vocabulary

Learn English - English in Three Minutes - Asking "Where do you live?"

Pronunciation tips: /p,t,k/ and /b,d,g/

Describing People

Vocabulary: Personality Opposites

Can you find the personality opposites?

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Food Vocabulary 2: Crosswords

Hello there,

Here's a crosswords to practice some vocabulary spelling.

Have fun!

Jon.


Food Vocabulary

Food Vocabulary 1

Hello class,

Check out this activity to practice your food vocabulary.

 Enjoy,

 Jon.
 
Food Vocabulary

English Tongue Twisters

Hello everybody,

Here are four English tongue twisters for you to practice and improve your pronunciation, and of course for you to have fun too!

;)
Enjoy.

Jon.

Learn English - Asking About Hobbies, What do you do for fun?

How to ask basic questions in English

How to ask basic questions in English:

Phonetics & Pronunciation - INTRODUCTION

Get the document in .pdf format HERE.
You can save it to your computer and print it.

Useful Expressions in the Classroom - INTERMEDIATE

Open on website and view PRESENTATION MODE

Useful Expressions in the Classroom - PRE INTERMEDIATE

Open on website and view PRESENTATION MODE

Classes start on Tuesday 30 sept