Modal verbs exercises

can     could     have to     must     might     should
must     have to
might     must     should 
Multiple Choice Exercise
would    could     should     might  
mixed modals 
ability, obligation, probability
Modal verbs - easy 
Modal verbs - harder 
Modal Verbs Test
Modal Verbs Exercise 2
Modal Verbs for Ability
Modal Verbs for Ability Exercise 2
Modal Verbs for Advice Test 2
Modal Verbs for Obligation
Modal Verbs for Obligation Test
Modal Verbs for Permission
Modal Verbs for Permission Test 2
Modal Verbs for Possibility
Modal Verbs for Possibility Test 2
Modal Verbs for Possibility Test 3

listening: Backpackers

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http://www.elllo.org 


1. Listen twice without reading the transcript.
2. do the Vocabulary exercise on the right hand.
3. do the comprehension quiz on the right hand.
4. Listen again reading the transcript so that you will match sounds with words.

Jumping above Mt Everest

                   Three skydivers made history over Mount Everest on October 5th by being the first people to parachute above the world’s highest mountain. The parachutists, from New Zealand, Britain and Canada, trained for many years to make their jumps. Their plane flew about 150 metres above Everest’s peak when they leapt out. They had to wear oxygen masks and parachutes that were larger than usual to help them in the thin air. The three were in freefall for 30 seconds before their chutes opened and they glided down to land. A member of the jumpers’ support team Krishna Aryal explained to the Reuters news agency what the jumps looked like from the ground: "They looked like tiny birds flying in the blue sky as they jumped from the plane," he said.  

                       The skydivers were over the moon with their jump over Everest. New Zealander Wendy Smith said: "It was stunning. I had never seen so many mountains before. To be on top of the world was simply stunning.” Britain’s Holly Budge agreed, saying her jump was “just spectacular”. Their jumps broke several skydiving records. They entered the record books for making the highest skydiving freefall at nearly 8,900 metres. They also landed on the world’s highest drop zone at 3,761 metres. Twenty-nine more daredevils are waiting for favourable weather conditions to make the same jump. The thrill seekers are part of the ‘Everest Skydive 2008’ event organized by the British extreme sports company High and Wild.

a)	What is the most stunning or spectacular thing you’ve ever seen?
b)	When was the last time you were over the moon about something?
c)	Would you prefer to dive in the sky or sea?
d)	What do you think of the three skydivers in this story?
e)	What do you think of skydiving as a hobby?
f)	What questions would you like to ask the skydivers?
g)	Would you like to be in freefall for 30 seconds?
h)	What kinds of feelings do you think you’d have floating down to the ground from above Mount Everest?
i)	What kind of training would the skydivers need to do this? j) Are you a thrill seeker?

Practice Past Tenses

Here you will find some exercises to practice mixed tenses: past simple, past continuous, past perfect, used to and Would. You can also add some other exercise that you find on the Internet by means of a comment, your classmates will thank you, as well as your teacher.
http://www.englishpage.com/verbpage/verbs3.htm
http://www.englishpage.com/verbpage/verbs4.htm**

http://www.englishpage.com/verbpage/verbs5.htm
http://www.englishpage.com/verbpage/verbs6.htm **
http://www.englishpage.com/verbpage/verbs11.htm **
http://www.englishpage.com/verbpage/verbs12.htm
http://www.ejerciciodeingles.com/ejercicios-formas-verbales-pasado-rellenar-huecos/ ***
http://www.ejerciciodeingles.com/ejercicios-distinguir-past-simple-past-progressive/
http://www.ejerciciodeingles.com/ejercicios-buen-humor-past-simple-past-progressive/
http://www.englisch-hilfen.de/en/exercises/tenses/past_perfect_simple_past.htm
http://www.grammarbank.com/simple-past-vs-past-perfect-tenses.html ***
http://www.grammarbank.com/simple-past-vs-past-participle.html
http://www.grammarbank.com/present-perfect-or-past-perfect.html **
http://www.englishexercises.org/makeagame/viewgame.asp?id=414  -->exercise D ***
http://www.ice.urv.es/eoiact/level3/narrativetenses1.htm ***
Used to / would
http://eps.emu.edu.tr/dept/mld/sct/materials/EFL117/Exercise1.htm

Learn the differences between: Past Simple vs Past Continuous.

http://issuu.com/anagilguirado/docs/past_simple_vs_past_continuous/1?e=0

Facebook

Over one billion people used Facebook last Monday. This is the first time the site has had this many visitors in one day. The CEO of Facebook, Mark Zuckerberg, said it was an important achievement for his company. He posted on his own Facebook profile that: "We just passed an important milestone. For the first time ever, one billion people used Facebook in a single day." He said that on Monday, "one in seven people on Earth used Facebook to connect with their friends and family". He added that: "This was the first time we reached this milestone, and it's just the beginning of connecting the whole world." Mr Zuckerberg also said a connected world, "brings stronger relationships with those you love".
Zuckerberg created Facebook in 2004, while he was a student at Harvard University. The website quickly became one of the biggest sites in the world. Today, it has nearly 1.5 billion users and Zuckerberg thinks that number will grow. In October 2012, he announced that Facebook had one billion users who used the site at least once a month. Three years later, the site had one billion visitors in just one day. Zuckerberg said the company needs to grow a lot in countries where Facebook isn't so popular, such as in many African and Asian countries and some in Central and South America. Facebook has made Zuckerberg the ninth richest person in the world, at the age of 31.

ANSWER THE QUESTIONS

1.	On what day of the week did a billion people use Facebook?
2.	What important thing did Mark Zuckerberg say Facebook had passed?
3.	How many people out of seven visited Facebook on that day?
4.	Who did Mark Zuckerberg say people are connecting with?
5.	For whom does a connected world bring stronger relationships?
6.	Where was Mark Zuckerberg studying when he created Facebook?
7.	How many users does Facebook have today?
8.	How many users visited Facebook at least once a month in Oct. 2012?
9.	What did Mark Zuckerberg say Facebook needed to do in Africa?
10.	Where is Mark Zuckerberg on the list of the world's richest people?

SYNONYM MATCH:Match the following synonyms from the article.

1.	CEO	a.	wrote
2	important	b.	almost
3.	posted	c.	connections
4.	reached	d.	made
5.	relationships	e.	significant
6.	created	f.	well-liked
7.	nearly	g.	arrived at
8.	grow	h.	wealthiest
9.	popular	i.	Chief Executive Officer
10.	richest	j.	increase

PRESENT PERFECT IN TV SERIES

Watch and complete the rules:

Affirmative form: ..............................

Negative form: .............................

Interrogative: .................................

Use:.........................................

Present Simple in Breaking Bad

 Watch and complete the rules:

Affirmative form: ..............................

Negative form: .............................

Interrogative: .................................

Use in the scene:.........................................

Can you hear any sentence which does not follow the rules? why do you think it does not follow the rules?

Present Continuous in TV Series

Complete the forms of Present Continuous:
Affirmative: ..........................................  example from the video:
Negative:..........................................        example from the video:
Interrogative: ...........................................

use: ...................................

SONG OF THE WEEK: TWITTER SONG BY INGRID MICHAELSON

Ingrid Michaelson is a famous american singer. She became known with songs such as The Chain or Everybody. But you surely know her for the song Be Ok, which became very famous in Spain after a TV Advert for a mobile company.  

BUT WHAT IS THIS TUNE ABOUT?  :S 

DO YOU THINK IT IS A POSITIVE SONG ABOUT SOCIAL NETWORKS?