Tongue twisters

Tongue twisters

	Listening to tongue twisters is one way to improve your English pronuniciation. It's very difficult to say tongue twisters in English so don't worry if you can't do it very well at first, just have fun!

• Zebras zig
  
  Listen to the tongue twister and practise saying it. How fast can you say it?
  "Zebras zig and zebras zag."
  
  
   
• Eleven owls
  
  Listen to the tongue twister and practise saying it. How fast can you say it?
  "Eleven owls licked eleven, little, liquorice lollipops."
  
  
  
   
• Red lorry, yellow lorry
  
  Listen to the tongue twister and practise saying it. How fast can you say it?
  "Red lorry, yellow lorry."
  
  
  
   
• These things
  
  Listen to the tongue twister and practise saying it. How fast can you say it?
  "Not these things here, but those things there."
  
  
  
   
• The big bug bit the little beetle
  
  Listen to the tongue twister and practise saying it. How fast can you say it?
  "The big bug bit the little beetle, but the little beetle bit the big bug back."
  
  
   
• Wood would
  
  Listen to the tongue twister and practise saying it.
  "How much wood would a woodchuck chuck if a woodchuck could chuck wood"
  
  
   
• Six thin things
  
  Listen to the tongue twister and practise saying it. How fast can you say it?
  "I can think of six thin things, but I can think of six thick things too."
  
  
  
   
• Big black bug
  
  Listen to the tongue twister and practise saying it. How fast can you say it?
  "A big black bug bit a big black dog on his big black nose."
  
  
   
• Red leather yellow leather
  
  Listen to the tongue twister and practise saying it. How fast can you say it?
  "Red leather yellow leather."
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• Quick kiss
  
  Listen to the tongue twister and practise saying it. How fast can you say it?
  "Quick kiss, quick kiss, quick kiss."
   

Sports

Sports Picture Vocabulary Exercises

• Sports Vocabulary Exercise 1
• Sports Vocabulary Exercise 2
• Sports Vocabulary Exercise 3
• Sports Vocabulary Exercise 4
• Sports Memory Game
• Sports Word Search
• Hangman with Sports

Sports Vocabulary

Common Sports

Archery	Badminton	Cricket	Cycling
Darts	Football	Golf	Horse Racing
Snooker	Squash	Table Tennis	Tennis

Contact Sports

Boxing	Judo	Rugby	Wrestling

Water Sports

Angling	Canoeing	Kayaking
Rowing	Sailing	Water Skiing

Winter Sports

Curling	Ice Skating	Skiing

Less Usual Sports

Croquet	Fencing	Hockey
Lacrosse	Polo	Skeet

Reading-comprehension

Two stories for helping you improve your reading comprehension skills

Listening activities

Listening activities to help you with your oral English

PRESENT CONTINUOUS

Present Continuous (Presente Continuo)

Utilizamos el Presente Continuo para hablar de las cosas que están ocurriendo ahora, en el momento de hablar:

Peter is listening to music  = Peter está escuchando música

¿Cómo formamos el Presente Continuo? La estructura del Presente Continuo en forma afirmativa es:

Sujeto + Presente del verbo BE + Verbo+ing         

I am singing = Estoy cantando

En la forma Negativa, basta con añadir NOT detrás del verbo BE:

Sujeto + Presente del verbo BE + NOT + Verbo+ing    

You are not working = No estás trabajando

En las preguntas debemos poner el verbo BE al principio:

 Presente del verbo BE + Sujeto + Verbo+ing?        

                               Is Mary playing? = ¿Está jugando Mary?

La forma verbo+ing se llama participio de presente, gerundio o forma en -ing.

¿Cómo se forma el participio de presente? Normalmente es muy fácil: basta con añadir ING al verbo:

WORK    -> WORKING
SING      -> SINGING
PLAY     -> PLAYING

Sin embargo, si el verbo acaba en consonante + vocal acentuada + consonante, debemos duplicar la consonante final antes de añadir el sufijo -ING:

STOP     -> STOPPING
RUN      -> RUNNING
BEGIN    -> BEGINNING

En inglés británico, los verbos que acaban en consonante + vocal  + L, duplican la L final, aunque la última sílaba no esté acentuada, antes de añadir el sufijo -ING:

TRAVEL     -> TRAVELLING

CANCEL    -> CANCELLING

Los verbos que acaban vocal + consonante + e muda pierden la e final antes de añadir el sufijo -ING:

DANCE    -> DANCING
COME    -> COMING
CLOSE    -> CLOSING

Sin embargo, los verbos que acaban en doble e la mantienen antes de añadir el sufijo -ING:

PEE          -> PEEING
AGREE    -> AGREEING

Hay unos cuantos verbos en inglés que acaban en IE. Estos verbos cambian la IE por Y antes de añadir el sufijo -ING:

LIE    -> LYING
TIE    -> TYING
DIE    -> DYING

Afirmación	Negación	Interrogación
I am eating	I´m not eating	Am I eating?
You are eating	You aren´t  eating	Are you eating?
He / she is eating	He / she isn´t  eating	Is he/she eating?
We are eating	We aren't eating	Are we eating?
You are eating	You aren't eating	Are you eating?
They are eating	They aren't eating	Are they eating?

Exercises to practise

http://www.ego4u.com/en/cram-up/grammar/present-progressive/form/exercises
http://www.ego4u.com/en/cram-up/grammar/present-progressive/exceptions/exercises
http://www.ego4u.com/en/cram-up/grammar/present-progressive/form/exercises?form02
http://www.ego4u.com/en/cram-up/grammar/present-progressive/form/exercises?form03
http://www.ego4u.com/en/cram-up/grammar/present-progressive/form/exercises?form04
http://www.ego4u.com/en/cram-up/grammar/present-progressive/form/exercises?form05
http://www.ego4u.com/en/cram-up/grammar/present-progressive/exceptions/exercises?exceptions02
http://www.aulafacil.com/CursoIngles/Ejercicios7.htm
http://www.englishclub.com/grammar/verb-tenses_present-continuous_quiz.htm
http://perso.wanadoo.es/autoenglish/gr.prescon.i.htm
http://perso.wanadoo.es/allp57/practice/psimple-pcontinuous1.htm
http://ww2.college-em.qc.ca/prof/epritchard/pcvspsqk.htm
http://www.usingenglish.com/quizzes/66.html
http://www.englishclub.com/grammar/verb-tenses_present-continuous_quiz.htm

SAINT VALENTINE'S DAY

Read the extract from the story about the origin of Saint Valentine and answer the questions from the Quiz

Simple Present

USE
We use the Present Simple to talk about habits and routines, actions we repeat at certain time in present.

STRUCTURE
The auxiliary verb of Present Simple is Do/Does and we only use it in negative sentences (don't / doesn't + verb) and questions.
In affirmative sentences, we add -S to the main verb when the subject of the sentence is 3rd person singular (ONE woman/girl, ONE man/boy, ONE animal or ONE thing, only ONE.)

Affirmative

Negative

Interrogative

I drink You drink He drinks She drinks It drinks We drink You drink They drink

I don't drink You don't drink He doesn't drink She doesn'tdrink It doesn't drink We don't drink You don't drink They don't drink

Do I drink? Do you drink? Does he drink? Does she drink? Does it drink? Do we drink? Do you drink? Do they drink?

SPELLING

The spelling for the verb in the third person differs depending on the ending of that verb:

1. For verbs that end in -O, -CH, -SH, -SS, -X, or -Z we add -ES in the third person.

• go – goes
• catch – catches
• wash – washes
• kiss – kisses
• fix – fixes
• buzz – buzzes

2. For verbs that end in a consonant + Y, we remove the Y and add -IES.

• marry – marries
• study – studies
• carry – carries
• worry – worries

NOTE: For verbs that end in a vowel + Y, we just add -S.

• play – plays
• enjoy – enjoys
• say – says

EXERCISES

Exercise 1
Exercise 2
Exercise 3
Exercise 4  
Exercise 5