Degrees of Comparison: Revise and Check!

Dear students,

these are some sites where you can read about the use of the comparison in English:

1. Degrees of Comparison: summary + test

2. Equal, Unequal, Double Comparatives... etc. + test


After several years learning English, you must have a good grasp of the use of comparison, but I recommend you pay attention to the numbered comparatives, since they might be new for some of you.

Numbered Comparatives

Numbered comparatives can include such words or phrases as: half, twice, three times, four times, etc.

The phrase as much as is used for non-countable nouns and as many as is used for countable nouns.

The phrase more than is NOT used with numbered comparatives. It is incorrect to say four times more than, etc.

EXAMPLES:

• This rock weighs twice as much as that one.
• Ronald has four times as much money as Paul.
• The cat had half as many kittens as before.

IMPROVE YOUR WRITING SKILLS

Dear students,

some of you asked for some extra samples and ideas to learn to write correctly. Well, your wish is our command! Here you are some resources to improve your writing skills:

1. 50 resources that will improve your writing
2. A bunch of writing samples
3. For and Against -some tips
4. How to write an informal e-mail
5. How to write a formal e-mail
6. How to write a narrative essay

How to Improve your Fluency: CHUNKS

Dear students,

do you know what chunks are and how they can help improve your fluency in English?

Knowing the meaning of a word is useful, but knowing how to use it in context is vital. Words aren't used in isolation and will often form part of an expression or fixed set of words. Being able to call on these 'chunks' of vocabulary will help you to improve English fluency skills. READ ON BY CLICKING ON THE LINK ABOVE.

Practice Reading

I recommend books every week, but I am pretty sure you didn't have time to read all of them. Therefore, I would like to suggest new ideas today. Do you feel you have to read more texts in English but you don't really have time to read literature? Why don't you try reading short articles like the ones provided by this webpage? They come with activities and quizzes that might help you improve your reading skill. Good luck!

Too easy? Try these texts instead!!!

Some webs to practice LISTENING at home

Dear students,
as you know, learning English is a slow process which requires lots of work and motivation. Four hours a week are not enough to reach a high level. What can we do? Well, don't forget to work on your own. Read books, magazines and blogs (I recommend some texts every week!), watch films in English, and try to collect new words and use them. Besides, this week, I would like to provide some webpages to practice listening at home. Hopefully, you will find them useful:

1. "SABER INGLÉS" - American English
2. ESL LAB - American English
3. BRITISH COUNCIL -PODCASTS -British English
4. ORORO TV - Watch Series online
5. LEARNING THROUGH MUSIC! (LYRICS!)

Adjective Order Activities And Other Links

Dear students,
here you are the extra activities we completed today and also an explanation about Adjectives available at the British Council website:

Adjective Order Activity

British Council: Adjectives