Food for Thought!

Hello Dear Students,
    I hope you have had a relaxed and nice weekend.  Here are some inspirational thoughts to start a new week with a positive attitude and lots of energy:

Success:

Happiness:

Have a very productive week!

Miss Ramos

Gerunds vs. Infinitives

Hello Dear Students,
   If you want to practice when to use gerunds and infinitives correctly, here are some quizzes and an interactive game.

Hope you find it useful!

Miss Ramos

Modals

Hello Everyone!
    I wanted to let you know that it was AWESOME to have you as students during these past months.  I may not be teaching your group during this year, but I will be around whenever you need me.
   Just today we were talking about Modals, thanks to Dianelsa's and Enedelsy's questions.  Here is some information that may be useful.   Click here to go to the website where there is more information.

Here is also the video of the song we listened today.

Good luck and keep working hard!

All the best,

Miss Ramos

Some Food for Thought

Hello Dear Students,
     Here is one inspirational quote and one inspirational story.  I hope you like it.

From zenpencils illustrating J.K. Rowling: The Fringe Benefits of Failure.  Click here

See you in class!

Miss Ramos

Simple Present vs. Present Continuous

Hello There!
   I hope you have enjoyed your day off to the max!    I am sharing here some of the things I have used in class to explain the Simple Present and the Present Continuous tenses.    I am also including extra materials for you to practice, whenever you have time.

A- Songs used in class:
1.  Thriller by Michael Jackson with verbs in both tenses:

2. Singing in the Rain, the famous song, sung and danced by Gene Kelly  in the film with the same title from 1952:

It seems we went down the memory lane to practice the simple present and present continuous.  Well, good music never grows old.

B- Grammar Explanation
C- Quiz   Quiz 2
D- Funny Video  ( British English video for those who would like to practice their listening skills)

I hope you find the information useful!

Have a TERRIFIC weekend!

Miss Ramos

Collocations: Speak

Hi everyone!
 One of the things that as Spanish speakers we always have problems with is to decide which preposition the verb takes or how to construct a correct sentence.   The Oxford Online Dictionary of Collocations is a very useful tool for that.
   Dianelsa asked me about in which instances could we use speak and with which preposition.  Here are good examples of how to use the verb "speak" correctly. Click on the picture below:

Whenever you have doubts, please feel free to use this great dictionary.

Regards,

Miss Ramos

Video: The French Roast

Hi there!
    Here I am sharing the video that I used to describe what was happening using past continuous and simple plast.   I know that some of you found it amusing and interesting.

Have fun!

Regards,
Miss Ramos