The all-new Writing Guide for Batxillerat + summary

The document you have available below is a 2.0 version of the old 'Writing Guide' which can still be found in the old posts of this blog. As you will notice once you compare them, some contents have been deleted and others expanded to suit better your needs. You can use it as a reference to produce more effective writings.

This is an 'open' document which admits your suggestions in order to keep on improving it, so do not hesitate to contact just in case you have a contribution.

Also, you also have available the short version of this document; a summary with its most important features which can be used as a reminder of what our goals when writing must be:

Tips for a better course start

Check these three documents brought to you thanks to the incredible work of Luke Palder. In here you have tips to improve your writing, skills and methods when learning English.


This guide shows you how by only following these 23 steps you will produce more effective and correct writings.

The next document is aimed at you only in case you are a beginning student. Here you will find some important points, perhaps, you hadn't previously thought of  in your English learning process.

The four skills for a language user are: Speaking, Writing, Listening and Reading. Are you interested in practising and improving them? Then, have a go on the following guide:

ESO 4. UNIT 6. RELATIVE CLAUSES

http://www.ego4u.com/en/cram-up/tests/relative-clauses-1

http://www.ego4u.com/en/cram-up/tests/relative-clauses-2

http://www.ego4u.com/en/cram-up/tests/relative-clauses-4

http://www.xtec.cat/~ogodoy/sac/rephrasing/relclex1.htm

http://www.englisch-hilfen.de/en/exercises/pronouns/relative_pronouns.htm

Check the link below to understand and learn a bit about reflexive pronouns:

http://youtu.be/sfqjgCvPuM8

Now a little practice on the topic the video was dealing with:

http://www.englishexercises.org/makeagame/viewgame.asp?id=1327

http://www.englisch-hilfen.de/en/exercises/pronouns/reflexive_pronouns.htm

http://www.myenglishpages.com/site_php_files/grammar-exercise-reflexive-pronouns.php



ESO 4. Unit 4. Future Tenses.

Check this  slide presentation to get started with the (basic) different types of expressing the future in English:

For self-study...

In the following links you can find different websites to practice the future tenses contrast:

http://www.englisch-hilfen.de/en/exercises/tenses/future.htm

http://esl.about.com/library/quiz/blgrquiz_futureforms.htm

http://www.learn-english-today.com/lessons/lesson_contents/exercises/future-ex.htm

http://www.englishpage.com/verbpage/verbs18.htm

http://www.englishpage.com/verbpage/verbs19.htm

Vocabulary. Unit 3. ESO 4

Send in the comments section of this post the result of your search on health and fitness vocabulary.

Songs to work on Present Perfect

Here you have two examples of popular songs to work Present Perfect in its different forms; enjoy them!

There are places I remember
All my life, though some have changed
Some forever not for better
Some have gone and some remain
All these places have their moments
With lovers and friends I still can recall
Some are dead and some are living
In my life I've loved them all

                                                But of all these friends and lovers

There is no one compares with you

And these memories lose their meaning

When I think of love as something new

Though I know I'll never lose affection

For people and things that went before

I know I'll often stop and think about them

In my life I love you more

Though I know I'll never lose affection

For people and things that went before

I know I'll often stop and think about them

In my life I love you more

In my life I love you more

_____________________________________

Someone told me long ago theres a calm before the storm,
I know; its been comin for some time.
When its over, so they say, itll rain a sunny day,
I know; shinin down like water.

Chorus:
I want to know, have you ever seen the rain?
I want to know, have you ever seen the rain
Comin down on a sunny day?

Yesterday, and days before, sun is cold and rain is hard,
I know; been that way for all my time.
til forever, on it goes through the circle, fast and slow,
I know; it cant stop, I wonder.

Chorus
Yeah!
Chorus

ESO 4. Unit 2 Present Perfect

This notes are a summary of the several tenses we've been working on this unit. Present Perfect, Past Simple and Present Perfect continuous are explained through them.

http://www.ego4u.com/en/cram-up/grammar/prepersim-preperpro/tests?test1

http://www.ego4u.com/en/cram-up/grammar/prepersim-preperpro/tests?test2

http://www.englishpage.com/verbpage/verbs5.htm

http://www.englishpage.com/verbpage/verbs6.htm

http://www.englishpage.com/verbpage/verbs8.htm

http://www.englishgrammarsecrets.com/presentperfectorpastsimple/exercise1.swf

http://www.englishgrammarsecrets.com/presentperfectorpastsimple/exercise2.swf

http://www.englishgrammarsecrets.com/presentperfectorpastsimple/exercise3.swf

http://www.englishgrammarsecrets.com/presentperfectorpastsimple/exercise4.swf

The following slides might clarify any doubts you still can have about these tenses; check them in case you missed some aspects:


 

Past Tenses. ESO 4. Unit 1

In the document above you can see the main characteristics of the past tenses we have been working throughout this unit.



 

In case there might arise some doubts, check the presentation above; it will help you make clearer those difficult aspects that appear through working the unit.

 

http://www.englishtenses.com/test/romance_novel_past_tenses

http://www.englishtenses.com/quiz/sherlock

http://www.englishtenses.com/test/past_perfect_or_past_simple

http://www.englishtenses.com/exercise/past_continuous_and_simple

http://www.anglaisfacile.com/forum/archives2/forum-anglais-4226.php

http://www.rsg.rothenburg.de/schulleben/projekte/intel/tenses/simplepast_progressive.htm

 

Have a try on the links above to practice on past tenses. Remember that practicing is the best way to achieve your goals.