More About Modals!

English Club has some great explanations and quizzes that you can use for practice.  There is also this modal quiz that you can try.  :)

Modal Tutorial

Here is a modal tutorial with an explanation and several quizzes to help you practice the differences between the modals. There are many modals and some have multiple meanings, so it will take some time to feel comfortable with all of them. Just keep practicing! :)

More About Imperatives

Remember that to make an imperative statement, the subject "you" is implied and not directly said. An example of an imperative is "Sit down." Negative imperative statements often have "don't" in them: "Don't forget to wear your seatbelt!" We know who the speaker is talking to even though the subject is not directly mentioned. You can practice making imperative statements here.

Imperatives

This website contains a good explantion of how to form/use an imperative.

Here is a video that will show you additional ways that we use imperatives. (This is also a good example of how the British use adjectives differently than Americans. The British host says "politer," but Americans say "more polite." Also, he makes a mistake with the superlative in the middle of the video by saying "more shorter." Did you hear how he corrected himself?)

TED Talks

"TED Talks" is a small non-profit agency. They "believe passionately in the power of ideas to change attitudes, lives and ultimately, the world" and the site is dedicated to "ideas worth spreading." Their site offers "free knowledge and inspiration from the world's most inspired thinkers, and also a community of curious souls to engage with ideas and each other."

The great thing about this website is that the subtitles are available in up to 50 languages!

Spelling of -ed and -ing verbs

First, review the spelling paper that is included in your midterm review (G-10) or review the spelling -ed and -ing spelling rules on this website. 

Then, try this quiz.

Past Continuous

EnglishPage offers a great explanation of all the ways that we use the past continuous tense.

You can also practice when to use the simple past and when to use the past continuous with these activities:

Activity #1

Activity #2


Here is another activity that you can try:

Activity #3