ROAD RUNNER & PRESENT CONTINUOUS (elementary students, young learners)

 Watch this video, have some fun and practise the present continuous tense.


                 


What are these two guys doing? Use the present continuous form to explain what is happening in each scene. Follow the examples:

                                        COYOTE IS WALKING BACKWARDS.
                                                  COYOTE IS FALLING.

SCHEME 1:

1. Coyote is _______________.
2. He is _______________ with relief.
3. Oh,no! He ______________________ again!
4. He  ____________________ with a rock on top of his head. He is angry.

SCHEME 2:

1. Road runner is ______________.
2. Coyote _____________________.
3. Road runner _____________________ Coyote to look down.
4. Coyote _____________________. He can't understand!

SCHEME 3:

1. Coyote ______________________ a trap. 
2. He ______________________ some problems to make it work.
3. He ______________________ to get out of it.
4. He ______________________ a bowl of bird seed as a bait.
5. Road Runner _______________________  the bird seed.
6. Coyote ____________________ some oil on the trap's mechanism.
7. He _____________________ in a very bad mood.

SCHEME 4:

1. He _____________________ a spaceship.
2. The spaceship _____________________!

SCHEME 5:

1. Coyote ____________________ a machine to freeze Road Runner.
2. He ______________________ near the road
3. He ________________________
4. The ice ______________________

SCHEME 6:

1. Coyote ____________________.
2. Road Runner _____________________!
3. Coyote ________________________.
4. He _________________________.
5. He _________________________.
6. He _________________________. 

DO YOU THINK HE'LL EVER GIVE UP??

COMPOUND NOUNS 1 (intermediate worksheet, young students)

English words can be combined to form new expressions. They can adopt different forms. Learn all  about it in this worksheet.

You will find the answers on the second page.

                                                         

GEOGRAPHY GAME (intermediate)

Choose your destination and see how close you can land the plane. Do you know where each city is?
Just click here to play!
                                         http://www.lufthansa-vp.com/vp1/play.html

KARAOKE: Learn with your favourite song!

Choose your favourite singer or just look for a song. You'll see the video and the lyrics with each word that you hear highlighted. You can choose the karaoke mode or have some gaps to fill in. If you are Spanish, you may also like to see the translation of the song.

Here is Adele singing Rolling in the Deep, but there are lots of singers to choose!

This is the link where you can find it!

                                                                       http://www.inglesdivino.com/

VOCABULARY GAME (intermediate, all ages)

Choose the correct answer, just click here:

                                                                http://www.freerice.com/

FURNITURE (elementary, kids + teenagers)

Can you help Roger decorate his room? Listen to him and follow his instructions. But ... hurry up, he's not too patient!

CLICK HERE TO PLAY THE GAME!

                                                        http://www.ur.se/sprk/engelska/inredning/

SORRY (intermediate, young adults & adults)

Do you know how many  ways there are to say "I'm sorry"? Which words can you choose? What answers can you expect?
You can find some hints in this video.




Listen to MisterDuncan and answer the following questions:

1. Which embarrassing situations can you mention where people should say "I'm sorry"?
2. What is the difference between I'M SORRY, EXCUSE ME and PARDON?
3. Find out in which situations each one is adequate. Give examples.

SPORTS (all levels, no words)

                     

Why not?

COLLOCATIONS (intermediate)

Can you find the right verb to go with all the expressions in each box?

If you want to download this worksheet and find out the solutions, just click here!

                                                       

(Clipart by Phillip Martin)

PERSONAL INFORMATION video (beginners,all ages)

Listen to Louise and answer the following questions:



(Video by Hot English Magazine, you can see more at www.hotenglishmagazine.com)

1. How old is Louise?
2. Where is she from?
3. Where was she born?
4. How many people live there?
5. Has she got any brothers or sisters?
6. What are her parents' names?
7. What do they do?
8. What is Louise's job?
9. Where does she work?
10. What is her favourite type of music?
11. And her favourite singer?
12. What are her favourite films?
13. Does she have a particular favourite?
14. Can you describe Louise?

LOTS OF LAUGHS! (all levels, no words)

                   

By Bruno Bozzetto.

Just a possible script. Can you think of another?

-  My god!, what am I doing here?! Where am I?? Was that an alien ship? Oh, well, it doesn't matter...  Wait a minute, this can be fun! Oh, no... I'm getting all wet! Now, I wonder what that red button is for... Let's see...   This must be a hat! Let's play again! I'm hungry...
-  THERE YOU ARE.
-  But...
-  JUST EAT IT!
-  Time to sleep... hum? What's this new feeling?! Let's try the magic button!
-  THERE!
-  Not good enough...
-  HOW ABOUT THAT!
-  Not exactly what I need!
-  Wowwwwwwwwww! This is IT!!! But... we need an accessory...
-  THERE YOU ARE.

(some time goes by...)

- Come back, Mr. Alien, this is not what I was looking for!
-  I'M FED UP WITH YOUR DISCONTENT, YOU NEVER HAVE ENOUGH, THERE! NOW YOU ARE ON YOUR OWN.

 ( goes away giggling)

-  Oh, no...

(lots and lots of babies crying)

TRANSPORT game (young elementary students)

                                       Feed the fish with the correct answer!

          
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IRREGULAR PAST FORMS (Elementary, kids)

Help Fernando get to school by writing the past forms of the verbs written on his book. It's very important that you write fast, or he'll trip and fall!

Click here to start the game.

          

MAZES (elementary, young students)

Click on the word GAMES below to play one of the different mazes that you can choose from (food, animals, colours, etc). All you have to do is listen to each word and click on the correct image!

Here 's an example of what you'll find:

CLICK HERE TO PLAY!
                                                     Games
(Games by Oxford University Press)

COMPETE WITH AKINATOR, THE GENIUS!

Think of a person and answer all the questions about him / her. How much do you know? How much does Akinator know? Can he guess??? See if you can beat the genius!

Click here to start the challenge!
                                                         http://en.akinator.com/#

EARTH CALENDAR

Click on this link and find out all the places in the world where it is a special occasion today. You can also look at the celebrations by country or by religion!

                          http://www.earthcalendar.net/_php/lookup.php?mode=date&m=04&d=30&y=2012