Mashup

Many teachers of English are mad about The Beatles and my case is not a different one. Those of you who know my daily class-routines know that the fab-four are one of the favourite music groups when trying to use songs in order to learn. Do you want to listen to all Beatles songs in 8:22? Now it is possible by clicking on the play button and listening to this mashup; the clearest (or weirdest) example of what a mashup is:

All Together Now - Everything the Beatles ever did. by ramjac

My proposal for this month: Let's work on some music by sending your mashup proposals in video or audio format. These should be in English, of course, and should include some data on which the "mashupped" groups or singers are included.

Unit 3. Past Simple.

The formation of past simple is very easy. Take a look at this mind map the teacher prepared for you and post any doubts that may arise:

You must have noticed that there are two ways (examples) to produce past simple, with regular and irregular verbs. The previous ones are quite easy to understand as they only have to take the -ed ending; however the former ones can only be learnt by heart (to those foreign learners, of course), no matter what learning techniques you use. But you can practice them by clicking on the following links:

http://www.englishexercises.org/makeagame/viewgame.asp?id=2030
http://www.english-online.org.uk/games/pasttense2.htm
http://www.esldesk.com/spelling/irregular-verbs
http://www.englishpage.com/irregularverbs/interactiveirregularverbs1.htm

Now, try the quiz in the video below:

Are you still lost about when to use each tense? Try to solve the problems you may still have by viewing the presentation Talking About the Past



My last word in this post, take a look at this irregular verbs list (don't worry about the pronunciation key) as learning it will be helpful in the rest of your learning process: