An Australian solar power station.

Verbs with prepositions: reference table.

A reference  table here.

More exercises and info on prepositions.  

Phrasal Verbs in order. 

Passive Voice

The Passive

to be   V3

is/am/are   V3 

was / were V3  

will be   V3

is /am/ are being  V3

was / were being   V3

have/ has been V 3

had been V 3

will have been V3

Some theory: the Passive in brief.

A lot about the Passive with numerous exercises for practice.

Present Simple  Passive 1
Past Simple Passive 2
Future Simple Passive 3

Present Continuous Passive 4
Past Continuous Passive 5 
 
Present Perfect Passive6
Past Perfect Passive 7

Passive with Modals1
Passives with Modals 2

Mixed tenses Passive 1
Mixed tenses Passive 2

Test 1

Participles

Past Participle           V3

Present Participle          Ving

Theory in brief

Past Participle

Present Participle

Present and Past Participles 1

Present and Past Participles 2

Participial adjectives (Past and Present) 3

Participial adjectives (Past and Present) 4

Participial adjectives (Past and Present) 5

Participial adjectives (Past and Present) 6

Participial adjectives (Past and Present) 7

Games and Crosswords

On the site  http://www.manythings.org/wbg/  you can play "Concentration", match words, so that you can improve your knowledge of English.

Review numerals A talking calculator is handy for you.

Just a fun game. You have to understand the rules of the game, so read the instructions and use a dictionary if necessary.

Game: clothes. 
Game: put on your clothes. 
Prepositions of place. 
Colours Game.

Get information by using your knowledge of English.

Here is an amazing site about 500 best music albums of all time. Browsing will certainly be fun.

Russian history in English. 

Brief history of Russia.

Cells models.

Biology quizzes.

Biology animations.

National Geographic for children.

Space Exploration for students (NASA site)

NASA kids' club (NASA site)

Planets (NASA site)

Astronomy for children. 

Khan Academy - everything from Trigonometry to Art STRONGLY RECOMMENDED!

ENJOY!

Dictionaries

There are different on-line dictionaries you may use. It's up to you to choose.

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Some combinations of words are difficult to translate word by word. They can be translated in certain combinations - idioms.

Dictionary of Idioms

Phrase Finder 

How to make a coherent sentence.

For more linking words you may go to Writing Guides 

REVISION 7_8

All tenses table (ACTIVE voice)
Tenses (ACTIVE) and use

Present Simple and Present Continuous 1
Present Simple and Presenst Continuous 2
Present Simple and Present Continuous Test 3

A list of non-continuous (stative) verbs+video  
Present Perfect and Present Perfect Continuous   
Present Perfect and Present Perfect Continuous   
Present Perfect and Present Perfect Continous   
Present Perfect and Present Perfect Continous   
Present Perfect and Present Perfect Continuous  
Present Perfect and Present Perfect Continuous Test  

Past Simple 
Past Simple  
Past Simple: Snowboarding - retell the text using Past Simple   

Past Progressive

Past Simple and Past Progressive   
Past Simple and Past Progressive   

Past Simple and Present Perfect   
Past Simple and Present Perfect   
Past Simple and Present Perfect Test  

Past Simple and Past Perfect   
Past Simple and Past Perfect   
Past Simple and Past Perfect   
Past Simple and Past Perfect Test  

Use of Future Simple, be going to, Present Simple, Present Progressive for future actions  
Use of Future Simple, be going to, Present Simple, Present Progressive for future actions  Exercises

Reasons to blog

What reasons work for you? 

Infinitive and Gerund

She wants  to become (to infinitive after "want") a singer.
There are certain verbs after which you always use to-infinitive. 
Verbs + to infinitive here



She suggested  going (-ing form=gerund) to the cinema.
There are certain verbs after which you always use  -ing-form.
Verbs + ing here

They should  stay (bare infinitive) in at home when it rains.
There are certain verbs after which you always use  bare infinitive(=infinitive without "to")

Exercise 1
Exercise 2
Exercise 3
Exercise 4
Exercise 5
Exercise 6
Exercise 7
Exercise 8
Exercise 9
Exercise 10
Exercise 11
Exercise 12
Exercise 13
Exercise 14
Exercise 15
Exercise 16
Exercise 17
Exercise 18
Exercise 19
Exercise 20 
Test ing/ infinitive 21

The infinitives of purpose (with a video)21

All the infinitives and the gerund(all levels)

Tag questions.

Tag-questions.

She is busy, isn't she? 

She is not busy, is she? 

They came home late, didn't they?

They didn't come home late, did they?

Exercise 1.

Exercise 2. 

Exercise 3. 

Exercise 4. 

Exercise 5. 

Exercise 6.

Exercise 7.

Exercise 8.

Exercise 9.

Exercise 10.

Reported Speech

Direct  Speech    

She says, "I am driving a car. I can't talk."

Reported Speech

She says that she is driving a car. She can't talk.

Direct Speech 

She said, "I am driving a car. I can't talk."

Reported Speech

She said that she was driving a car. She couldn't talk. 

Questions!!!

She asks, "Do you drink coffee?"=>  She asks if I drink coffee.
She asked, "Do you drink coffee?" =>  She asked if I drank coffee.


She asks, "What do you drink?" => She asks what I drink.
She asked, "What do you drink?" => She asked what I drank.


MORE INFO here.

Exercises. Drilling. 1 
Еxercises. "say" and "tell" drilling. 2 
Exercises. Present Simple reported 3
Exercises. Present Continuous reported 4
Exercises. Past Simple reported 5
Exercise. Present Perfect reported 6
Exercises. Future Simple reported 7
Exercises. Yes, No questions reported 8
Exercises. Reported Wh-questions 9


Exercise All Tenses statements 1.
Exercise All Tenses statements 2.
Exercise All Tenses statements 3.
Exercise All Tenses statements 4.
Exercises All Tenses statements 5.

Exercise Questions 1
Exercise Questions 2
Exercise Questions 3


Exercise Mix 1

Modal Verb Can.

I can ... but I can't ... (наша виртуальная доска) 

Past Perfect

Past Perfect   =     had    V3
had been
had done
had thought
had played
had washed

Past Perfect  (Positive) 1 
Past Perfect (Negative) 2
Past Perfect (Questions)3
Past Perfect (simple test) 4

Past Perfect or Past Simple 5
Past Perfect or Past Simple 6
Past Perfect (rewrite the sentences)7
Past Perfect or Past Simple (multiple choice)8
Past Perfect (multiple choice)9
Past Perfect or Past Simple 10
Past Perfect or Past Simple 11

Past Simple/ Continuous / Perfect 12
Past Simple/ Perfect, Present Perfect 13
Past Perfect word order 14