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Grammar revision

Error Correction: Conditionals. Click HERE Third Conditional. Click HERE Wishes and Regrets. Click HERE Third Conditional Exercise. Click HERE Third Conditional Re-Ordering Quiz. Click HERE Third Conditional Error Correction Click HERE Mixed Conditionals Gap Fill Quiz Click HERE Conditional Forms Multiple Choice Quiz Click HERE If Only / I Wish Tenses Multiple Choice Exercise Click HERE Inversion Error Exercise Click HERE Inversion Multiple Choice Exercise Click HERE Past Tense Click HERE Causative "Have" Click HERE The/The Comparatives  Click HERE Comparatives & Superlatives Error Correction  Click HERE Say / Tell Error Correction   Click HERE Reported Speech  Click HERE Say & Tell Gap Fill Exercise  Click HERE Reported Questions, Extra Word Exercise  Click HERE Reported Questions Error Correction   Click HERE Reported Questions Re-Ordering Quiz   Click HERE Direct To Reported Speech Gap Fill   Click HERE Future Continuous / Future Perfect Click HERE Future Continu

Revision

  Error Correction: Conditionals. 

How to tell a story in English

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This lesson will help you: - Learn the best ways to start a story in English. - Understand how to set a goal for your English story. - Add tension and make your story more interesting. - Learn useful ways to end your story in English.  - Put everything together so you can tell a great story in English. 1-As you watch the video, write your own story on a Google Doc, and paste the link in the comment section: 2- Read the following guide on how to write a short story, and then write a similar guide for YOUR story. 3- Complete this diagram using information from YOUR OWN story.

Flash Fiction

What is Flash Fiction?  Flash fiction is a genre of fiction, defined as a very short story. While there is no set word count that separates flash fiction from more traditional short stories, flash fiction stories can be as short as a few words (while short stories typically run for several pages). Flash fiction is also known as sudden fiction, short-short stories, microfiction, or microstories. 3 Characteristics of Flash Fiction Flash fiction stories share a number of common characteristics. Brevity . Flash fiction compresses an entire story into the space of a few paragraphs. There is no defined word count for flash fiction, but some commonly used word limits in flash fiction range from just six words on the short end to around 1,000 words on the longer end. A complete plot . A flash fiction story is indeed a story, with a beginning, middle, and end. This sets it apart from a prose poem or vignette, which can explore an emotion, memory, or thought without a plot. Surprise . Great flas

Short Stories

 Let`s read what N.A. Turner tells us about this on her blog: What is a Short Story? Seems like a logical question, right? But I think we should first form a solid foundation. To get us on the same page and use the same definitions throughout this series. First off, what is a story? What are the first things that come to mind for you? I think of  conflict , characters put into a situation where something changes and in which they need to grow, it should be interesting and invoke emotion with a reader. A story consists of stages, plot, settings and an interesting mix of characters. Most of all, a story and its characters must be interesting in my opinion. According to the dictionary, a story is  “an account of imaginary or real people and events told for entertainment”  or  “an account of past events in someone’s life or in the development of something” . Now, that that’s settled, what makes a short story? Again, seems a bit of a dull question, right? But there are some rules that apply

Interactive Practice

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  Let`s get some practice!! Click each link to access the corresponding interactive acivitity: Grammar:  Click HERE Reading and Use of English: Click HERE English Grammar/Vocabulary: Click HERE