Language exchanges and meet-ups

You can you improve your level of English

-By joining a conversation group in one of these bars.

View LANGUAGE EXCHANGE BARS IN MADRID and other presentations by virginia.


-By registering for free  in one of these sites or other/s you might come across to get an exchange.

Be careful and cautious,  don´t give personal info until you are sure you want to work with that person. 

• conversationexchange.com
• Click "Intercambio Idiomas" in tusclasesparticulares.com
• multilinkual.com

Grammar Exercises

If you need exercises to  practise go here:

• perfect-english-grammar.com
• Check here for grammar exercises mbonillo.xavierre.com

1.-A/AN/THE

• Exercise a/an and Basic explanation a/an/the 
• definite and indefinite article review quiz 
• Find more exercises at tolearnenglish.com

When to use 'an' and when to use 'a' with words beginning with 'h'? Is there a general rule?  If the "h" is pronounced, use "a" If it is silent, use "an". -a house, a gorgeous baby, a happy time  -an hour, an honor, an heir

2.-DEFINITE ARTICLE "THE"

• Exercise 1
• agendaweb.org
• Get more at tolearnenglish.com

3.-PLURAL NOUNS

• Exercises to practise

4.-AUXILIARIES

• BE
• Quiz HAVE/HAS and HAVE Exercise 
• Different exercises with BE,HAVE,DO,DID

5.-5W´s +H (ASI, QUASI)

• Basic questions 1and Basic questions 2
• Find more exercises at tolearnenglish
• Wh questions Video exercise 

6.-DEMONSTRATIVES

• This/These- That/Those Exercise
• englisch-hilfen exercise and take the QUIZ at the end of the page

7.-PRONOUNS 

• Personal pronouns
• Possessive Pronouns
• Object Pronouns
• Reflexive pronouns
• Find more at tolearnenglish.com and english-4u

8.-ADVERBS OF FREQUENCY AND POSITION IN SENTENCE

• englisch-hilfen
• Exerciseadverbs of frequency
• Go to tolearnenglish.com to get more

9.-PREPOSITIONS 

• exercises on prepositions
• More exercises on prepositions
• Prepositions Video exercise 

10.-CONNECTORS

• englishexercises.org
• Find more at www.tolearnenglish.com

11.-SAXON GENITIVE

• englishexercises.org
• saxon genitive exercises
• Saxon Genitive 2

12.- TENSES 

• Present Simple 1nd Present Simple 2
• Simple Past 1 and Simple Past 2
• Past or present perfect ,
•  Present Continuous and Verbs that never take Present Continuous
• Past or present perfect ,Past or present perfect  and Past or present perfect 
• Find more in this grammarbank.com
• Tenses Video exercises  Present Tenses,  Past Tenses, Future Tenses

13.-ADJECTIVES

• Adjectives order: List of Adjectives 
• Adjectives Order Exercise
• Exercise Adjectives -ed/-ing
• Compound adjectives Explanation, Compound adjectives  1 and Compound Adjectives 2 
• Find more at tolearnenglish.com
• Adjectives Video Exercise

14.-QUANTIFIERS

• Basic much-many
• QUIZ MUCH/MANY
• Much-Many/Little-Few

• Quantifiers explanation
• A little or A few
• Find more exercises at agendaweb.org

15.-SOME/ANY COMPOUNDS

• some_any compounds explanation
• Much-Many questions
• Choose the correct one

16.-WILL/BE GOING TO

• Will/be going to Exercise 1 and  Exercise 2 
• Look for more in  tolearnenglish.com

17.-COMPARATIVES/SUPERLATIVES

• Comparative
• Superlative
• Prague quiz, Comparatives and Superlatives
• Find more Comparative and Superlative Exercises here
• Comparatives/Superlatives video exercise

18.-MAKE Vs DO

• Make/Do  easy exercise
• Explanation and 4 exercises
• Make/Do Quiz
• Find more at agendaweb.org

19.-STILL/YET /ALREADY

• just-yet-already
• Find more here Still-Yet-Already Practice

20.-CONDITIONALS

• tolearnenglish Explanation 
• 2nd conditional , 3rd Conditional and 
• Mixed Contidionals 1, Mixed Conditionals 2 , and Mixed Conditionals 3
• Conditionals with unless/if/as long as
• Grandma Moses and the conditionals
• Conditionals Review
• Find more Conditional Exercises here
• Conditionals Video exercises 

21.-INFINITIVE/GERUND

• Watch this video 

• Gerunds 
• Inf/Gerund 1, Inf/Gerund 2, Inf/Gerund 3
• Grammar Revision Gerund/Infinitive 1, Gerund/Inf 2 and Gerund/Inf 
• INF/GERUNDS AND EXERCISE 2
• Gerund or Infinitive
• Verbs that require -Ing after 
• 
• Find more at tolearnenglish.com

22.-RELATIVE CLAUSES

RELATIVE PRONOUNS 1 and Relative Clauses

• Definning relative clauses
• Non-Definning
• Review on Relative Clauses Exercise 1, Exercise 2
• In context Relative pronouns 
• Find more at tolearnenglish.com

23.-FOR /SINCE

• For/Since explanation and Exercise
• Basic For/Since - 1 and For/Since - 2 and englishclub quiz
• EXERCISE 2 AND FOR/SINCE/DURING

23.-MODALS

• Explanation in Spanish

• Simple explanation Modals and Easy to understand
• Explanation , Exercise 1 and Exercise 2
• Modals Quiz
• More Exercises on Modals

24.-QUESTION TAGS

• Question tags
• tolearnenglish exercise
• Find more exercises on question tags at tolearnenglish.com

25.-TELL/SAY

• Tell or Say 1 
• SAY/TELL
• Tell/say/talk

27. PASSIVE VOICE

• Passive  Simple Explanation and exercise
• Easy exercise
• Passive Exercise 1,  Exercise 2, Exercise 3 and Exercise 4
• More exercises on Passives  (35,41, 42,54, etc.)
• Passive voice Video exercise 

28.-DIRECT/INDIRECT SPEECH/REPORTED

• Indirect Speech Reported speech activity on r speech
• Reported Speech PronounsBackshift in Verb tenses Reported speech (easy) Time phrase, Questions, Commands and negations
• Reporting verbs 1and Reporting verbs 2
• More exercises on 
•  REPORTED SPEECH 

29.-PHRASAL / MULTI-WORD VERBS 

• Phrasal verbs 1,
• Phrasal verbs 2
• Find more at ego4u.com
• Phrasal Verb Video exercise

30.-COLLOCATIONS

• Common collocations
• Make/Do collocations 
• Find more at www.englishclub.com

31- CLEFT SENTENCES

• What are Cleft Sentences?

• Cleft sentence Exercise 

32-INVERSIONS

• What is an INversion ?

• Inversions in Conditionals
• Inversion with certain expressions 

Grammar

IS  GRAMMAR IMPORTANT ?



1.- Go to Maria´s Blog and revise  basic grammar mariaciudadescolar.blogspot.com
2.- agendaweb
3.-lamansioningles.com
4.- englisch-hilfen
5.-tolearnenglish.com
6.-esl-lounge.com choose level
7.Visi Alaminos

Courses/Jobs/ Scholarships

Get your CV and Cover Letter ready

1. The europass (Check your Europass Supplement)
2. Cover letter  info and Write your cover letter
3. jobtoday.com
4. Europass Supplemets  in English 
5. Find your title at http://www.todofp.es/todofp/que-como-y-donde-estudiar/que-estudiar.html

Save both (PDF) and send to you email to retrieve them when necessary.

Follow these really interesting webs in twitter or facebook because that´s where they upload the lastest info.

1. EURES follow them in www.facebook.com and https://twitter.com/EuresSpain for constant openings 
2. Europa Joven follow them in https://twitter.com/EuropaJoven and facebook
3. Get help and advise at Your Europe
4. Web  de  empleo en el  Exterior www.empleo.gob.es

1. Work abroad link or contact trini@euro-practice.com
2. Find an AU-PAIR job https://www.aupairworld.com/es, go toDescubre cómo funciona and register.
3. IES Ciudad Escolar offers a  Employment Bureau if you have finished your studies in the school
4. linkedin.com
5. Europa Joven  

You can do 2 things  with http://www.europajoven.org/

• Voluntary work in Europe, up to 12 months, injuve.es

Prerequisites: 

-17 to 30 years old

-Motivational letter in English

-CV in English

-Criminal record certificate

-Find the organization you want to work  with and check if they are interested in having you.

-Be real and practical, start preparing almost a year before

• Attend  conversation classes at  Centro Juvenil Chamberí and/or   Casa juventud Imagina   in Alcobendas

Language Workshops