Listen and Write - Dictation Useful FCE websites Here are all of the useful websites I can find to help students preparing for the Cambridge First Certificate exam. Please let me know if there are any broken links, or if you find something you think I should add. General www.flo-joe.com/fce/ Great website, full of tips, especially for Reading, Use of English and Writing. The official Cambridge FCE website, with information about the length of the papers and the task types, as well as some free materials to download. Three sites aimed at students. Alex Case’s excellent collection of FCE worksheets. FCE Result (affiliate link – I will earn money from Amazon if you buy anything after clicking this link), the OUP coursebook, has online exercises for each unit of the book. Practice exams A free practice test, not including speaking Vocabulary Grammar
Verbs with two objects Three days ago we were talking about presents with my students and I could hear that they were using the verbs buy,give, get etc. in a way that everyone would understand them but which was wrong. So, I created the following presentation and several exercises. What surprised me was that even after my presentation the students protested that some other forms (the ones they used) were correct too. But it is not true. Verbs with two objects – mind map I am really proud of this mind map. Verbs with two objects – games Once you have mastered the three possible patterns it is time to use them. Verbs with two subjects En Garde game. The second game is quite quick. Verbs with two objects – Teacher invaders Verbs with two objects – for teachers I have realised that this site is frequently visited by teachers. Verbs with two objects The other file contains the mind map in a pdf file. Verbs with two objects Follow us
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Phrasal Verbs Phrasal verbs are mainly used in spoken English and informal texts. (The more formal a conversation or text, the less phrasal verbs are found.) Phrasal verbs consist of a verb plus a particle (preposition, adverb). The particle can change the meaning of the verb completely, e.g.: look up – consult a reference book (look a word up in a dictionary) look for – seek (look for her ring) look forward – anticipate with pleasure (look forward to meeting someone) There are no rules that might explain how phrasal verbs are formed correctly - all you can do is look them up in a good dictionary and study their meanings. Frequently Used Phrasal Verbs with: break, bring, call, carry, come, do, fall, get, go, keep, look, make, put, run, set, take, turn Position of the Particle The particle is placed either after the verb or after the object. Example: Write down the word. / Write the word down. If the object is a pronoun, however, the particle has to be placed after the pronoun (object). Write it down.
Create Dictations Now Dictation also available for your favorite device with HTML5 This activity is a dictation, therefore it consists in writing exactly the text that we are given. It is important, while you are dictating, to give details of the punctuation marks (like comas, full stops, question marks, etc.) so that the correction can be exact and also to avoid any kind of misunderstandings. When we define the dictation, we introduce the title and configure some correction options: Sensitive at capital letters.Sensitive at accents.Sensitive at skips of the line.Number of attempts. This is the number of times in which we can ask for the correction of the dictation. Once these parameters are configured, you have to write the sentences of the new dictation correctly. Finally, the written sentences are recorded, sentence by sentence, so that each of them can be repeated if necessary. Do you like "Dictation" activities? Do you want to create Dictation activities? Go on, it’s free, you only have to register.