NARRATIVE TENSES

Narrative Tenses
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http://www.oup.com/elt/global/products/headway/upp_intermediate/a_grammar/unit03/hwy_upp_unit03_1/
http://www.learnenglish.org.uk/gr_movie/t_p_perf/index.htm
http://www.learnenglish.org.uk/gr_movie/t_past_cont/index.htm

TODAY IS THANKSGIVING



A look at how the efforts of Sarah Hale helped establish Thanksgiving as a national holiday.

http://link.history.com/services/link/bcpid1902518783/bclid1672079702/bctid15863486

How much do you really know about Thanksgiving? Try the quiz.

THE GREAT TRAIN ROBBERY


Listen to the following text about a fanous train robbery and do the quiz.

http://www.listen-to-english.com/?id=445

Thanks Mercedes!

THIRD CONDITIONAL SENTENCES


We use this type of conditional sentences to talk about imaginary past situations. Watch the video and listen to some examples.

http://www.learnenglish.org.uk/gr_movie/s_3_cond/index.htm

SECOND CONDITIONAL SENTENCES


In this programme we look at the second conditional. We use it to talk about imaginary situations in the present or the future. Listen to the explanation and do the activities.

http://www.bbc.co.uk/worldservice/learningenglish/radio/specials/1159_gramchallenge38/

COMPLICATED (Avril Lavigne)

CONNECTED SPEECH



  • In British English when a word ends in -r or -re we only say the /r/ sound when the next word begins with a vowel sound.
To know more about this listen to Radio programme 2.

  • There are also consonant-vowel links which help to make speech flow smoothly.

To know more about this listen to Radio programme 1.