Wednesday, June 3, 2015

SMRT 125 - UNIT 5 -Tense Review Exercises

Review Exercises-Tense Review, Present Perfect and Present Perfect Continuous
https://docs.google.com/document/d/1AufrccSRvhlOIQMUL9wVns8d8ONA_9yvDnDgakgGS3M/edit

SMRT 125 - UNIT 5 - MEDIA- Behind the Great Firewall of China

Here is a link to a Ted Talk and exercise to go with it,  We will watch the video and then you will answer the questions in the document.

https://docs.google.com/document/d/1tVIL7KxEdLuL2Khh3rfAjfwQSVgCnWFNbBYt-bAs1S4/edit

SMRT 125 - PRESENT PERFECT TENSE



SMRT 125 - UNIT 5 - Present Perfect


Great Verb Tense Chart

Great Verb Chart for all Tenses. This is a link to a very good verb chart for all tenses with 'key' or 'sign' words that are used with different tenses. This chart also gives questions and negative forms and when to use each tense, with examples. Go to the link and bookmark it for yourself or copy it into a file to keep on your computer.
http://www.englisch-hilfen.de/en/grammar/tenses_table.pdf
http://www.englisch-hilfen.de/en/grammar/english_tenses.htm

This site has visual explanations with words for verb tense and aspect and is very helpful to understand the most used tenses in English. I recommend this for all ESL students at any level to review. You do not need a teacher to go through this--you can easily follow the notes and diagrams. Very good help to students!! The animated diagrams with the explanations of the verb tenses are really easy to understand to make learning the tenses so much easier!! Try it for yourself. You do not need a teacher to show you anything.
http://www.elihinkel.org/tips/tenses.htm

Athabasca University Chart
http://write-site.athabascau.ca/esl/verb_tenses.php


Irregular Verb List

The following link has the verbs and you can click on the word for meaning-it leads to dictionaries
http://www.englishpage.com/irregularverbs/irregularverbs.html

The following link is just a list of common irregular verbs--easy to copy
http://www.englishclub.com/vocabulary/irregular-verbs-list.htm

Irregular Verb exercise (past participles)
http://www.perfect-english-grammar.com/irregular-verbs-exercise-1.html



Present Perfect Practice exercises links below:

http://www.ego4u.com/en/cram-up/grammar/simpas-preper

http://web2.uvcs.uvic.ca/elc/studyzone/410/grammar/ppvpast1.htm

http://www.englishpage.com/verbpage/presentperfect.html

Present Perfect Simple Vs Present Perfect Continuous
http://www.ego4u.com/en/cram-up/grammar/prepersim-preperpro



Links to practice speaking present perfect
http://www.eslflow.com/presentperfecttenselessonplans.html

http://www.canada-esl.com/lessonsmain/haveyouever.pdf
On the link pages above, scroll down to the list that says: Have you ever...




Passive Verb Tense List
http://owl.english.purdue.edu/owl/resource/601/02/


Exercises
http://www.perfect-english-grammar.com/irregular-verbs-exercise-1.html



Unit Review Quiz
https://docs.google.com/a/canada-english.com/document/d/16VrAv4pN6yQYXO02ksDi_jzxnbFWoLljjKsiCOVn6HE/edit#

Tuesday, May 26, 2015

SMRT 125 - UNIT 1 - 4 REVIEW


SMRT 125 - UNIT 1 - 4 REVIEW LINKS
Passive Voice
http://www.ego4u.com/en/cram-up/grammar/passive/exercises?06

http://www.ego4u.com/en/cram-up/grammar/passive/exercises?05

http://www.englisch-hilfen.de/en/complex_tests/passive2/index.php

Modals
http://www.autoenglish.org/gr.may3.i.htm

http://web2.uvcs.uvic.ca/elc/studyzone/330/grammar/330-modals-ability1.htm

http://web2.uvcs.uvic.ca/elc/studyzone/330/grammar/330-modals-ability2.htm

Future forms
http://www.ego4u.com/en/cram-up/grammar/future-mix/exercises

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

Quantifiers
https://docs.google.com/document/d/1MvB9PtLqZq2ODuSJGPk6Y2mSTt6BBVv3bP1jmQVLHW4/edit

SMRT 125 - UNIT 4 - MODALS OF PROBABILITY, OBLIGATION, ADVICE


SMRT 125 - UNIT 4 - MODALS OF POSSIBILITY AND PROBABILITY PRESENT AND FUTURE


SMRT 125 - UNIT 4 - Modals of Probability


http://www.englishexercises.org/-CLICK ON THE LINK BELOW TO COMPLETE THIS ONE.
CLICK HERE FOR GOOGLE DOC https://docs.google.com/a/canada-english.com/document/d/1VtWR48OoQNKwFoFQs2nRyMGwkysAldB5XawrTvsd3bY/edit


Good exercises-just present not past

http://www.englishexercises.org/makeagame/viewgame.asp?id=5901

http://speakspeak.com/english-grammar-exercises/intermediate/intermediate-grammar-exercise-modal-verbs-for-present-probability-must-cant-could-may-might




SMRT 125 - UNIT 4 - Modals/Probability, Advice, Necessity
Links to exercises

Obligation, Ability, Permission, Advice
http://www.tolearnenglish.com/exercises/exercise-english-2/exercise-english-12439.php

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

http://www.perfect-english-grammar.com/modal-verbs-of-obligation-exercise-1.html

http://perso.wanadoo.es/autoenglish/gr.may2.p.htm


University of Victoria Study Zone Exercises

http://web2.uvcs.uvic.ca/elc/studyzone/330/grammar/

Probability, Possibility

good notes on possibility modals with exercise
http://www.perfect-english-grammar.com/modal-verbs-of-probability.html

http://www.autoenglish.org/gr.may3.i.htm

This one has good grammar notes and exercise for probability, possibility
http://www.vivquarry.com/wkshts/modal.html

Mixed Modal Exercises
http://www.e-grammar.org/modal-verbs-can-may-must/

Tuesday, May 19, 2015

SMRT 125 - UNIT 3 - QUANTIFIERS


SMRT 125 - UNIT 3 - Quantifiers


SMRT 125 - UNIT 3 - Quantifiers - Special Notes on Quantifiers including 'so, too, quite'

https://docs.google.com/a/canada-english.com/document/d/1RFRIUKUVeZBqdFRsA8XxW6Eq6iGeSaf7V2MgDtWhQdQ/edit



Grammar Notes and Quizzes for Quantifiers

http://grammar.ccc.commnet.edu/grammar/determiners/determiners.htm#quantifiers


Exerciseshttp://www.learn4good.com/languages/evrd_grammar/quantifier.htm

http://www.englisch-hilfen.de/en/exercises_list/mengen.htm

link to quantifier games
http://www.englishclub.com/esl-games/grammar/nouns-un-count-9.htm



Count and Uncount Nouns Exercisehttps://docs.google.com/a/canada-english.com/document/d/1MG9lEhAwkdDCrWeZRjAgTVJ70REQx12PTV6zV7OH8FI/edit


List of Count, Uncount, Abstract and Mass Nouns
https://docs.google.com/a/canada-english.com/document/d/11p36YKisCf8Yzgf93RIYP5FHTOMHDBSjcSCgAMdE3D8/edit



Quantifier Review Exercise (Carrie's/Quiz)
https://docs.google.com/a/canada-english.com/document/d/1MvB9PtLqZq2ODuSJGPk6Y2mSTt6BBVv3bP1jmQVLHW4/edit





READING
Pre-reading-Holiday Spending sized up

https://docs.google.com/a/canada-english.com/document/d/1SltVh47TvTehj2uE2nzsqxnM-1tPCeR2hrxV1e33zbA/edit



Reading-Holiday Spending Sized Up

https://docs.google.com/a/canada-english.com/document/d/1MpDfLsO-9ni0qvNAjxLu8JkelNbnAjo4rBgwdWBI3I4/edit


Moon Festival

http://www.readingesl.ca/stories/index_holidays.html


Poinsettas for Christmas

http://www.readingesl.ca/stories/index_holidays.html#story3


Christmas Carol-Merry Christmas

http://www.readingesl.ca/stories/index_holidays.html#story2


St. Valentine's Day

http://eslholidaylessons.com/02/valentines_day.html


St. Patricks's Day

http://www.readingesl.ca/stories/index_holidays.html#story8


Halloween Tradition--Jack O' Lantern

http://www.readingesl.ca/stories/index_holidays.html#story7


Groundhog Day

http://www.readingesl.ca/stories/index_holidays.html#story5


European Day of Languages
http://eslholidaylessons.com/09/european_day_of_languages.html


Chinese New Year

http://www.readingesl.ca/stories/index_holidays.html#story4





Holiday Listening and Reading links
http://eslholidaylessons.com/





SMRT 125 - UNIT 3 - Vocabulary Exercise (New)

Link to new Vocabulary Exercise #3
Copy this document and make sentences following the instructions.

https://docs.google.com/a/canada-english.com/document/d/1bBOZebj9XdX7ekpF37tNFao6qw2amcTK75xpMGyHXW8/edit