This is a review on the main grammar tenses we’ve seen during the course. The explanations are in Catalan, so that it can be very useful for those students who always seem to be lost in class. Some of the tenses are missing, but I’ll add them very soon.
Category Archives: Grammar
The present continuous_practice
Here I present you with a worksheet to practice the Present Continuous. It contains several exercises to complete affirmative, negative or interrogative sentences in present continuous. And there is a gap filling exercise where students have to complete a messenger conversation with verbs provided in a box. This practice is intended for the students in 1ESI, but it can also be used in 2ESI.
The present perfect
Here you have some practice to start working with the present perfect. It includes some exercises and a brief email to fill using the present perfect.
Specifying_Compound nouns
Specifying through compound nouns is a MUST for all learners of English for Computer Science. Don’t miss it. It includes some practice and a funny game to be played in pairs.
The passive voice
The passive voice is very important in English; it’s much more used than in Spanish. And when reading texts about computers you’ll find loads of passive structures, that’s whay I think it’s very important to work on this structure. Here you’ll find exercises and a little text about Networks to translate and work with.
Quantifiers
Where is it?
In this worksheet you’ll find some practice on prepositions of place (on, over, behind, in front of…) and phrases indicating location (at the top, in the center…). It also includes revision on the structure there is… there are…
I’m very proud of the design, so don’t hesitate to take a look.
Targeted vocabulary: prepositions of place, parts of a motherboard, the computer workstation.
Modal verbs_rules to build a PC
Worksheet of modal verbs: can, must, should… This worksheet is related to ‘How to build your PC’, a reading that you can find in the reading category. You should work first on that reading.
Adverbs of frequency
To practice the present simple tense and the adverbs of frequency using specific vocabulary.
Comparative adjectives: ‘Faster and better’
Is your computer faster than mine? Which hard-disk is bigger? Teach and practice comparative adjectives.