English for 1º & 2º ESO

WELCOME!!

Dear 1º and 2º ESO students. Welcome to Valmayor´s English Site. 

Here you can practise your English and have fun at the same time. You can watch videos and infographics, do online quizzes and play games. We hope you enjoy it!

lapbooks reading contest 2023

The students in 1º ESO A and 1º ESO C have been reading a lot this term! 

After reading their books, they have created these awesome lapbooks.

 We have held  a contest and voted for the two best lapbooks in each class. 

HALLOWEEN 2022


 

Are you ready to celebrate Halloween this year? How much do you know about this celebration? Don´t forget to prepare your costume, be creative and ready to spend a spooky  Halloween at IES Valmayor.

ST VALENTINE IS COMING (FEBRUARY 2022)

 



Don´t forget to write your love or friendship card to your dearest friend/s before February 5th.

Be creative and win 2 tickets for the cinema and a bucket of popcorn and other prizes!

 

happy new year 2022

 

 

CHRISTMAS 2021

 

Merry Christmas and a very happy 2022 to everyone!!

 

DECORATING FOR CHRISTMAS 


"SHARING CHRISTMAS SPIRIT"


1º ESO E-TWINNING PROJECT WITH SCHOOLS FROM POLAND, CZECH REPUBLIC AND CATALONIA ... AND THE RELIGION  DEPARTMENT OF IES VALMAYOR

halloween 2021

 

As usual, this year we have enjoyed a few spooky and crafty activities to properly celebrate Halloween

The students have decorated all the 1º ESO Doors and classrooms with all sorts of monsters, witches and spiders...

Below, you can see some pictures of our Photocall

 


Also, the very talented students in grado superior de  FP de Educación infantil have performed a great Storytelling Activity with 1º ESO students. Thank you!!!

 

UNIT 7:  LET´S COOK ... AND LET´S EAT!

 

(16/3) Unit 7: Cooking class + cooking utensils video


FIRST, LET´S  LEARN SOME VOCABULARY ABOUT COOKING VERBS AND UTENSILS


NEXT, LET´S  PLAY A FEW GAMES TO REVISE VOCABULARY ABOUT FOOD:



Have you got a favourite recipe? 

Watch this VIDEO , practise using:

SOME

ANY

MANY

MUCH

A LOT

A FEW

... and learn how to make chicken fajitas.



 

 unit 7: THERE WAS OR THERE WERE?

  



PRACTISE THERE WAS and THERE WERE online

1, 2, 3, 4 



 

HANS IN LUCK

THE STUDENTS  IN 2º ESO HAVE MADE VERY COOL COMICS , SUMMARIES AND VIDEOS BASED ON THE STORY "HANS IN  LUCK", BY THE  BROTHERS GRIMM. HERE ARE SOME PICTURES OF THEIR WORK.  HANS IN LUCK IS A LUCKY CHAP , DON´ T YOU THINK? 

CONGRATULATIONS EVERYONE !!

unit 6: ANIMAL MATTERS

THE STUDENTS  IN 1º ESO HAVE MADE VERY INTERESTING POSTERS AND ORAL PRESENTATIONS ABOUT  EXTRAORDINARY ANIMALS THAT THEY HAVE IMAGINED AND CREATED .  BELOW, YOU WILL FIND THEIR POSTERS, SHOWING ALL SORTS OF DIFFERENT CREATURES:  SWEET OR TERRIFYING, FUNNY OR  BIZARRE, GREEDY OR  BRAVE...

AREN´T THEY AMAZING ?  

a story: winnie the witch

 unit 7: the PAST is SIMPLE

unit 7: "WAS" AND "WERE"

Listen to THIS SONG


Practice "was" and "were": 1 , 2 , 3 

unit 8: REGULAR VERBS

PRACTISE THE PAST SIMPLE OF REGULAR VERBS

AFFIRMATIVE: 1 , 2 , 3

NEGATIVE: 1 

QUESTIONS: 1 , 2 

IRREGULAR VERBS





PRACTISE THE PAST TENSE OF IRREGULAR VERBS HERE: 1, 2 , 3 , 4 

PLAY THIS GAME

MORE PRACTICE OF IRREGULAR VERBS with this QUIZ 



Use the past simple in these short stories: A Lovely Day , Yesterday  and  Last Weekend 

Another story HERE 

a story: the flying elephant

Thank you to Bookbox for their beautiful stories: https://bookbox.com/product/the-flying-elephant/?language=English-US

unit 4: present continuous

 What are you doing now? Watch this video and learn the present progressive (or present continuous). Another very easy video for children, here .


Test how well you use the Present Continuous with the QUIZ below



PRACTIsE USING PRESENT SIMPLE AND PRESENT CONTINUOUS

Watch THIS VIDEO to learn and practise using the present simple or the present continuous 

Learn the time expressions used with present and with present continuous

Practise with this QUIZ

WHAT ARE THESE PEOPLE DOING?

unit 4: WHAT ARE YOU WEARING TODAY?

Hello, how about playing a few games to practise your vocabulary about CLOTHES?

UNIT 4: HAVING FUN WITH GEOGRAPHY

MORE GAMES HERE, HERE


Our Earth is amazing!  It has got 7 huge continents and each one is unique from the others. 

From the deserts of Africa to the mega cities of Asia, watch and explore the coolest places and the most interesting facts about each continent on DESTINATION WORLD



PRACTICE YOUR GEOGRAPHY WITH THESE GAMES.

... AND FINALLY, TRY WITH THIS QUIZ 

PRACTIsE COMPARATIVE and superlative ADJECTIVES: 

AND LEARN ABOUT THE FASCINATING CITY OF TOKYO, IN JAPAN


Play the games below:

HAPPY NEW, SNOWY YEAR !!


WELCOME TO 2021 EVERYBODY! WE HOPE YOU HAD A RELAXING HOLIDAY AND A LOT OF FUN IN THE SNOW!!  HERE YOU CAN FIND SOME FUN ACTIVITIES TO START 2021 IN ENGLISH, OF COURSE :-)

Watch THIS PRESENTATION to learn how the New Year is celebrated in different countries.

When you finish, you can take the New Year Quiz.

FIND OUT MORE ABOUT FUNNY NEW YEAR´S EVE TRADITIONS :)


HAVE YOU GOT ANY NEW YEAR RESOLUTIONS IN MIND? WHAT WOULD YOU LIKE TO ACHIEVE (LOGRAR) THIS YEAR? DO THESE INTERACTIVE WORKSHEETS : 1 and 2 

HAVE A SAFE, happy, MERRY, jolly CHRISTMAS ...

christmas-vocabulary-flashcards-fun-activities-games-games-picture-desc_62778.pptx


... revise some Christmas vocabulary with this presentation (to play the game you need to download the PPT  by clicking on the arrow)


1º ESO B wishes you a Merry Christmas :)



What do you and your family usually do at "that time of year"?



And here is our little present for you this Christmas holiday. We hope you enjoy watching and reading this short story


advent calendar


On each day in December 2020, test your knowledge on how Christmas is celebrated in different countries around the world, using this interactive advent calendar. 

No peeking before the correct day!


UNIT 3: DAILY ROUTINES. THE PRESENT TENSE


First, let's practise the Simple Present Tense with these exercises:

Affirmative: 1, 2, 3, 4, 5

Negative:  1, 2, 

Questions: 1, 2 , 3, 4  

MORE QUESTIONS WITH WORDWALL HERE, HERE,  AND HERE

Explore this lesson :-)



*Practise your vocabulary to describe your daily routines with the flipcards on the left.

Write sentences using this vocabulary.


*You can play this game to practise using the present simple :)

*Or listen to this song and count the verbs you can find in the Simple Present


UNIT 2: MY DREAM HOUSE


The students in 1º ESO have made very interesting presentations describing their dream house.

There are all kinds of different  houses: Treehouses, houses under the ocean, houses in the clouds, colourful and black-and- white houses, luxurious houses and simple, eco-friendly ones too! 

Have a look at them, they are great!  :)

PLAY SOME GAMES AND REVISE YOUR VOCABULARY ABOUT THE HOUSE

HOW ABOUT LIVING IN A YELLOW SUBMARINE?  ... OR IN A TYPICAL ENGLISH HOUSE? LISTEN TO THE SONGS AND HAVE FUN.

UNIT 2: theRE IS, THERE ARE

YOU CAN PRACTISE USING "THERE IS" AND "THERE ARE", "SOME", "ANY", "A", "AN" HERE, HERE OR HERE

AND WITH THE WORKSHEET BELOW.

HALLOWEEN 2020. DECORATIONS WITH 1º ESO

1º ESO students have had some fun decorating  for Halloween with really creative and spooky posters!

Good job, everybody !

UNIT 1: "to be" AND "HAVE GOT". extra practice



Practise verbs "to be" and "to have"  here, here or here



Be or have got? What do you think?


 Wordwall: 1, 2 + Have got or Has got? 

UNIT 1: DESCRIBING PEOPLE


Listen to this conversation and do the quizzes to test your listening skills :)

You can practise describing people with these online exercises:

1, 2, 3

UNIT 0: POSSESSIVE  ADJECTIVES

 


How well can you use possessive adjectives?

Practise with these activities and remember that they are always placed before a noun

 MATCH THE SENTENCES: