SHOPPING IN LONDON

Do you want to shop around? Are you a shopaddict? Do you want to know some of the most famous department stores in London?

Click on this link to get information about these places. 

 

Comprehension check

 

Open the link. Read the exercise questions and find the answers in the website.

1	Which shop doesn’t sell food? Fortnum and Mason Harrods Selfridges Heal’s
2	Which country was the founder of Liberty interested in? Japan Italy China Peru
3	Which street has more than one of the shops on it? Piccadilly  Brompton Road Oxford Street Tottenham Court Road
4	What can’t you buy at Fortnum and Mason? Food Furniture Music Perfume
5	When did the oldest shop start business? The 17th century 200 years ago 150 years ago The 18th century
6	How many shops do Marks and Spencer have outside the UK? Fewer than 100 Around 300 400 Over 450
7	What can you see on the fifth floor of Harvey Nichols? Designer fashion Beautiful furniture Popular beauty products A great view of London
8	Which shop has 300 employees? Apple Topshop Fortnum and Mason Selfridges
9	Which shop moved to a new location in 1881? Selfridges Hamleys Harvey Nichols Marks and Spencer
10	What can’t you buy at Heal’s? Bedroom furniture Things for the kitchen Computers Rugs
11	Which shop doesn’t have a restaurant? Apple Harrods Selfridges Harvey Nichols
12	Which two shops offer something special for children? Harrods and Heal’s Liberty and Topshop Hamleys and Harrods Liberty and Hamleys
13	Which shop opened most recently? Harrods Hamleys Liberty Apple

ENGLISH VIDEOS A1-A2

One of the best ways to improve listening skills is through practice.

• VIDEO 1: Daily Routines (Present Simple)
• VIDEO 2: Free time Activities (Present Siple)
• VIDEO 3: Food at School ( Present Simple, FA,  Food Vocab.)
• VIDEO 4: Jobs (Jobs Vocab.)
  
  

BACK TO SCHOOL

Hi, students!  Welcome back to school.

 

here´s a motivating PERSONALITY TEST to guess what kind of

student you are.

The answers are at the bottom of the page.

 

1º BTO Reported Speech

 These are the keys to the exercises that I gave you in class to revise Reported Speech.

KEYS TO REPORTED SPEECH EXERCISES

1.

1.She added that the telephone bill had to be paid that month.

2. The teacher said that their school hadn´t been closed the

    previous morning/ the morning before.

3. She said he hadn´t arrived on time once the previous week / the week before.

4. The boy wanted to know how far my house was from the centre of town.

5. Sarah asked Peter where the Grand Canyon was/is.(it continues being in the same place)

6. I enquired whose book that was. / whose that book was.

7. Mrs Jones asked how much a day return to Bath cost.

8. We wondered whether/if people still played croquet.

9. The teacher told the student to go and take his/her things to him/her.

10. The solicitor told Mrs Pitt not to worry about anything.

      2. Specific Reporting Verbs:

       1. She asked him not to smoke there.  (REQUEST)

       2. He invited me to have lunch with him the following Sunday. (INVITATION)

           She accepted the invitation.// She said she would love to.

       3. The boss reminded me (not to forget) to take the/those letters to the post.

       4. He advised me to try to get a room with sea views. (ADVICE)

       5. I offered Susan to open the tin for her.  (OFFERING)

       6. Ricardo´s friend suggested that he (should)revise/ advised him to revise the phrasal

           verbs for the exam.  He said it was boring and suggested going

           to Bruno´ pool instead.  (SUGGESTION)

       7. The girl begged her mum to let her stay / to stay a bit more and watch

           Master Chef.  (STRONG REQUEST)

           She explained that she wanted to see if Miri passed/ would pass the final.

       8. The guard warned the children to be careful (because) there were

           open wires there.  (WARNING)

Causative Passive

 

We use a causative verb when we want to talk about something

that someone else did for us or for another person.

 It means that the subject caused the action to happen, 

but didn't do it themselves.

Maybe they paid, or asked, or persuaded the other person 

to do it. For example, we can say:

 I cleaned my house. (This means I cleaned it myself).

If I paid someone to clean it, of course I

A cleaner cleaned my house.
But, another way is to use a causative construction. So I can also say:



                                                       I had my house cleaned.

In a sense, using a causative verb is similar to using a passive.

The important thing is that the house is now clean. We don't focus on who did the cleaning 

TRY THIS EXERCISE: