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Dear Level 7 students: Welcome to Learning with Denise! ❤ Learn English from home, when travelling to your job or to a meeting. In this blog you will find videos, songs, mindmaps, readings and activities. The topics come from our book, the English File "Upper-Intermediate". These are the topics that you can practice here:  Vocabulary: Weather, The Environment, Feelings, Medicine. Grammar: Conditionals, position of adjectives, future perfect and future continuous, structures after wish. Final Exam date at LCB: December 20th, 2019 All you need is a good connection. Have a nice experience! Watch the video in which I welcome you and provide study tips! ↓↓↓ Link: https://drive.google.com/file/d/19XNLqW1xex-P4TRN-BpiaDaa_FRbqiM3/view?usp=sharing

The Weather

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Hi! Here you will find weather vocabulary with the definition and an example. You´ll also find two short exercises to check your knowledge. Enjoy! boiling noun common expression for describing a very hot day It was  boiling hot , so we all jumped into the lake. breeze noun Light wind Don't bother with a hat. There is always a  breeze near the ocean chilly adjective cold It's a bit  chilly  today, so I think you should wear a coat. clear adjective when the sky is blue because no clouds are blocking the sun On a  clear  night you can see a lot of stars. cloud/ cloudy noun/ adjective water in the sky that appears as a white or grey mass It may look  cloudy  in the morning, but the sun always comes out by afternoon cold spell adjective + noun a period of colder than average weather They're calling for a  cold spell , so we put off our camping trip cool adjective temperature in betwe...

Future Perfect and Future Continuous

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In this video, you will see the explanation of Future Perfect vs Future Continuous. Pay attention and when you finish, do the exercise. Online exercise: https://www.ejerciciosinglesonline.com/exercises-and-theory/grammar-exercises-and-theory/future-continuous-perfect/

Structures with I wish

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How to Use 'Wish' Wishes about the present or future Wish + (that) + past simple:   We can use 'wish' to talk about something that we would like to be different in the present or the future. It's used for things which are impossible or very unlikely. I wish that I had a big house (I don't have a big house, but it's a nice idea!). I wish that we didn't need to work today (we do need to work today, unfortunately). I wish that you lived close by (you don't live close by). I wish that John wasn't busy tomorrow* (he is busy, unfortunately). (*In formal writing, you will see 'were' instead of 'was' after wish. This is correct, but it's also fine to use 'was', in the same way as with the  second conditional . 'I wish I were rich' or 'I wish I was rich'.) We also use 'wish' with 'could' to talk about things in the present or future that we would like to be different. In ...

Air Travel

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This vocabulary will help you when you are in other countries' airport. Let's put it into practice with exercises. Activities: 1 )   Choose  the correct word. Example:  When you get off / on the plane, the cabin crew will tell you where your seat is. 1   Have you filled in / through your  immigration form? 2   I like flying but I do always feel nervous as the plane takes up / off . 3   I’ll wait outside Arrivals and you could pick me out / up there. 4   If you could drop me off / out outside Arrivals, you could then go and park the car. 5   I love that wave of really hot air you feel as you get off / on the plane in a hot country. 6   I checked out / in online so I already know my seat number. 2)  Complete the words in the sentences . Example:  The c abin crew’s job is to look after the passengers on the plane. 1   Have your b ________ pass to sh...

Confusing adverbs

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Some adverbs are easy to confuse because of their similar appearence. Be careful! Acticvity: Complete the sentences with the correct word(s). Example:  Richard’s an experienced pilot – he’s even flown a jumbo jet! ever   even   hardly 1   Every train I’ve been on today has arrived ________.      lately   in the end   late 2   Jessie kept talking about the film so ________ I bought her the DVD of it.      in the end   especially      at the end 3   I like foreign films, ________ French ones.      specially   actually   especially 4   She’s written a lot of poetry, but she’s writing a novel ________.      lately   actually   at the moment 5   Dad! Are we ________ there? I want to get out of the car! ...

Feelings

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There are many words connected to feelings. This mind map will help you to have them organized in your head. Activities: 1) Complete with vocabulary about clothes. 1   Mark had been unemployed for three months and was d_____ to find a job. 2   I was s ________ when I heard that he’d died. He was so young! 3   I was very o ________ when Mary said she couldn’t understand my accent. 4   We were so g ________ when Barry offered to help us clear up the mess. 5   I get really n ________ before giving a presentation, but I’m OK once I’ve started. 6   They must have been d ________ when their house was flooded a second time. 7   I was so o ________ with emotion I burst into tears. 8   I’ve been digging this garden for hours. I’m completely sh ________! -ed vs -ing ending  -ed adjectives are connected to how you feel. -Ing adjectives are connected to the other idea in the sentence....

How do we order a lot of adjectives in a sentence?

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In many languages,  adjectives  denoting attributes usually occur in a specific order. Generally, the adjective order in English is: Quantity or number Quality or opinion Size Age Shape Color Proper adjective (often nationality, other place of origin, or material) Purpose or qualifier For example: I love that  really big old yellow antique  car that always parked at the end of the street. My sister adopted a  beautiful big white  bulldog. When there are two or more adjectives that are from the same group, the word  and  is placed between the two adjectives: The house is green  and  red. The library has old  and  new books. When there are three or more adjectives from the same adjective group, place a comma between each of the coordinate adjectives: We live in the big  green, white  and  red  house at the end of the street. My friend lost a  red, black  and ...