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HotPotato Exercises - OnLine Exercises

Los HotPotatoes con gráfico azul han sido diseñados por MF y Macarena Rodulfo, profesoras de la EOI Getafe, durante los cursos 2008-09 y 2009-2010. Algunos (se cita autoría) a partir de materiales enviados para su publicación por parte de las y los estudiantes. Los HotPotatoes con gráfico blanco son de Talking People (vínculo externo), aunque diseñados por MF.

Culture
Vocabulary
Listening Comprehension

exercise Jumbled Famous Quotes!
exercise Pascual's Movie Contest - Look for "Categories" (from Students' Corner)

Matching Exercises

exercise Fruit and Colours

Crosswords
exercise Things 1
exercise People 1
exercise Money 1

exercise Houses 1

exercise Pasts 1
exercise Pasts 2

exercise False Friends 1

Differences between US & UK Englishes
point HotPotato Crossword 01 external link
point HotPotato Crossword 02 external link
point HotPotato Crossword 03 external link

Eponyms
point Eponyms 01 external link

 

For Intermediate students (British English):
point Argentina's first elected woman president external link
point Endangered gorilas in Congo external link
point New way to produce biofuels external link
point Dickens World external link

For Upper Intermediate/Advanced students (Canadian English):
point Velcrow's "ScaredSacred" by Reel Women
external link

Grammar in Use

Agreement (Concordancia)
exercise Subject - Verb 1

exercise Assorted verb forms for Ba1

Prepositions for Básico students
exercise Preps 1
exercise Preps 2

-ed/-ing Adjectives
exercise Exercise 1 (fixed)
exercise Exercise 2
exercise Exercise 3

Phrasal Verbs
exercise Exercise 1
exercise Exercise 2

Adverbial Clauses (Linkers)
exercise Time Clauses 1
exercise Assorted 1
exercise Assorted 2

Linkers
point Opposing & Contrasting Statements external link
point Particles 01 external link - on the menses!
point Particles 02 external link - on the menses!
point Particles 03 external link - on the menses!

Adjectives & Pronouns

point Other & co. external link

Tenses

point Tenses 01 external link
point Tenses 02 external link - on a Surrealist story

Infinitives & Gerunds

point Inf & Gerund 01 external link

World Borrowings
point Borrowings 01 external link
point Borrowings 02 external link
point Borrowings 03 external link
point Borrowings 04 external link
point Borrowings 05 external link

Phrasals
point Phrasals 01 external link
point Phrasals 02 external link

Reading Comprehension: Cloze tests

exercise Sarah's Face
exercise Barack Obama's Priorities for 2009 - worddoc version w. distractors
exercise Male Abuse "Being Ignored"- worddoc version w. distractors + comments
exercise Spanish property bubble (Advanced)
exercise In Darwin's Footsteps - worddoc version with distractors
exercise Nuclear Hazards (W
riting. 260-word argumentative text. Linkers. Advanced)
exercise Australia beaches 'disaster zone' (BBC 13 March 2009)

Cloze tests with audio Audio
exercise
Scientists Close To Universal Vaccine For Flu (NPR February 22, 2009)
exercise National Park Sees A Stampede For Free Elk Meat (NPR March 14, 2009)

Cloze tests with audio Audio and explanations
exercise Obama to fund stem cell research (BBC 9 March 2009)
exercise Acidic oceans destroying sea life (BBC 11 March 2009)

exercise China deficit biggest in decades (BBC 6 March 2009)

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point Melbourne, Australia, in Spring external link
point Spain resizes clothes for women external link
point India's media reaction to Big Brother external link
point Italy to campaign at UN for death penalty ban
external link

Check out the Students' Corner to find more cloze tests (Reading), but this time by students!

Atención Página creada por el Proyecto Web para la EOI Getafe (2008-2010) para ofrecer a la comunidad escolar de la EOI Getafe un recurso pedagógico que sirva para alentar el aprendizaje de idiomas. Más información: Sobre este sitio web y agradecimientos