About Passive Voice

In this lesson you will revise the usage and then practice passive voice...

The Island

The Island

Can (be allowed to), can't (not allowed to), have to, don't/doesn't have to, may/might/can

This is a movie with an interesting idea about cloning. This scene shows what the clones are allowed (or not) to do.

Modal Verbs

Free Tutorial and Exercise on Modals:

Present Perfect Tense

Practise Present Perfect Tense
Free Tutorial and Exercises

Week 6 Day 1 - Level C

Level C - King Arthur Legend

Woolly Mammooths

1. Go to this link and find the story of the Wooly Mammoths (to work smoothly, run Safari not Firefox)
2. On the right of the story click on"Listen Mp3"
3. Listen to the lecture twice between the minutes 5.57 and 9.48
4. Fill in the blanks in the outline sheet on your hand
5. Go and search for "Lyuba"

The movie of Week 6

You can watch the trailer of the movie Slumdog Millionaire on this link:
Apple Trailers-Slumdog Millionaire

Toefl Practise - Reading

Toefl Practise

Level C W5/2

At the Restaurant

1.Watch the video Restaurant Phrases and Vocabulary

2.Do the vocabulary exercise on

a) Restaurant Vocab
b) Esl-Lab


3. Listening Part. Listen the conversation about Pizza Delivery and do the follow up activities.

4. Additional exercises:

• Joe's Hamburger Restaurant
• Pizza Restaurant
• Restaurant Guides: Dining Out in Style

Level B Week 5/2

*Watch the video first:
Past Tense - Video

*Go to:
1. Irregular verbs of Past Tense
2. Exercise on Past Tense
3. Past Tense

*When you do all of the items above go to this page and do the reading practice:
My Friend Peter

Level D - Week 5

Read the following passage. Then answer the questions on your paper.

Most people can remember a phone number for up to thirty seconds. When this short amount of time elapses, however, the numbers are erased from the memory. How did the information get there in the first place? Information that makes its way to the short term memory (STM) does so via the sensory storage area. The brain has a filter which only allows stimuli that is of immediate interest to pass on to the STM, also known as the working memory.

There is much debate about the capacity and duration of the short term memory. The most accepted theory comes from George A. Miller, a cognitive psychologist who suggested that humans can remember approximately seven chunks of information. A chunk is defined as a meaningful unit of information, such as a word or name rather than just a letter or number. Modern theorists suggest that one can increase the capacity of the short term memory by chunking, or classifying similar information together. By organizing information, one can optimize the STM, and improve the chances of a memory being passed on to long term storage.

When making a conscious effort to memorize something, such as information for an exam, many people engage in "rote rehearsal". By repeating something over and over again, one is able to keep a memory alive. Unfortunately, this type of memory maintenance only succeeds if there are no interruptions. As soon as a person stops rehearsing the information, it has the tendency to disappear. When a pen and paper are not handy, people often attempt to remember a phone number by repeating it aloud. If the doorbell rings or the dog barks to come in before a person has the opportunity to make a phone call, he will likely forget the number instantly.* Therefore, rote rehearsal is not an efficient way to pass information from the short term to long term memory.* A better way is to practice "elaborate rehearsal". *This involves assigning semantic meaning to a piece of information so that it can be filed along with other pre-existing long term memories.*

Encoding information semantically also makes it more retrievable. Retrieving information can be done by recognition or recall. Humans can easily recall memories that are stored in the long term memory and used often; however, if a memory seems to be forgotten, it may eventually be retrieved by prompting. The more cues a person is given (such as pictures), the more likely a memory can be retrieved. This is why multiple choice tests are often used for subjects that require a lot of memorization.

Glossary:
semantic: relating to the meaning of something

Cast Away - 2000

Comma Splices

Comma Splices, etc.

Level D

VOA News

Level C W3, D1-Mr Woodcock

(This video is taken from moviesegments.blogspot.com)

Wk 7

Only English Camp

Week 7 - Level C

Hagia Sophia

Hagia Sophia Video

Hagia Sophia Virtual Tour