Climate change and global warming.

SELF-STUDY 

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Let's read now a bit about the causes, consequences and solutions when it comes to climate change and global warming.This will probably give you food for thought.

CAUSES Pollution (from cars or factories) Greenhouse effect Rising temperatures Ice melting in the Poles Sea level rise Ozone layer hole

CONSEQUENCES Extreme weather Flooding Heatwaves Dangerous storms Sinking coastlines

SOLUTIONS (governments, citizens) Renewable energies (solar or wind power) Recycling policies Electric or hybrid cars Public transport Organic farming

Besides, you can watch this video, where you will find interesting expressions and information about all this.

 These are different actions you can do to avoid climate change by following certain behaviour:




Also, some expressions for dialogues are available after the click.

Don't forget to relax and unwind playing these games. They're funny! Do you want even more? Well, click here then.

Pronunciation: "-ed" endings / Pronunciation irregular vers

REGULAR VERBS
Problems with the past simple pronunciation when we are talking about regular verbs? Please, revise  this. If still in trouble, click here. You can also have a look at this presentation by Ana Fuster (EOI Cartagena), about the pronunciation of the -ed ending.

Besides, a couple of videos will always come in handy in this case. The second one includes quite a lot of drills, so do not hesitate to watch it:

IRREGULAR VERBS
Watch this video to revise the pronunciation of irregular verbs:

Florida omelette + British paella (outrageous recipes)

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Irregular verbs pronunciation

Regardless of any source you may have to learn those tricky irregular verbs by heart, if you ever feel the need to verify their pronunciation, I've found an interesting tool online you could make use of from time to time. It is linked here down below:

https://www.curso-ingles.com/aprender/verbos-irregulares

The choice of irregular verbs shown is pretty accurate for your level. Enjoy!

Aside from this, hundreds of videos in youtube are available for the same purpose. In the specific case I am showing you here, the pronunciation can be revised while listening to different types of music. Look for parts 2, 3 and 4 of this video if you like its style.

If you prefer the British accent, here is a British teacher that reads the whole list for you:

Cutting down on basic errors

Basic errors are not your friends. Be sure to avoid them as much as possible by having a look at this wonderful article:

BASIC ERRORS TO AVOID

And do not forget to study those irregular verbs :) If you speak about the past, you must use past tenses and forms consistently. Mixing past and present or infinitive won't do anymore...

Do you need to know more about this? Yes, you do indeed. Have a close look at this information.