Sunday, 23 February 2014

DICTIONARY (all levels)

Find every word you need: a synonym, an opposite, a sample sentence, a rhyming word, a translation, you name it!






Saturday, 22 February 2014

PASSIVE I (intermediate)

Learn the basic rules of the passive voice in this worksheet. You'll find some exercises, too (and the answer key).


Click on the arrow to download it.






Watch these videos for more details and practice.








For some additional practice, click below.


 



Sunday, 16 February 2014

HOW MUSIC AFFECTS YOUR BRAIN (intermediate)

What are the effects of music on our mood?
Watch this video and find out.



Click on the music notes to read (and listen) to a text about the video. You'll also find an exercise at the end to check if you understood.


Tuesday, 11 February 2014

VALENTINE'S DAY (intermediate)















Click on the following image to learn lots of different terms of endearment (ways of calling your loved one):







Saturday, 8 February 2014

A TOUR OF LONDON (intermediate)

Imagine you can go to London with some friends for a weekend.
Money is not an obstacle and you can go wherever you like.
Where would you start? Where would you go?

Here are some suggestions for you:



Complete the following activities:
  1. Watch the video and answer the questions it asks.
  2. Find information about the three places you found more interesting and share them in class.
  3. Write down the main information your classmates offer about the places you didn't choose.
  4. Have you visited London?
  5. What type of visit was it? (a family holiday, a school trip, did you go alone to practise English?, etc.)
  6. Visit the following site and complete the Word Search Puzzle about London Tourist Attractions.

Click on the picture to start.


(Created by ESOL Courses)


Click below for more information about London.


Before you go, you may want to see some views of the city. Google maps will help you be oriented.



To learn more about the city. Click below:





Don't forget to polish your manners before going!
But, above all, take humour with you and you'll feel at home.



Hope you enjoyed the ride!







Thursday, 6 February 2014

PERSONALITY (Upper intermediate)

OMG! Don't miss this site if you want to know about the weirdest personalities on the net. And be careful! You could come across them any time, on social networks, forums or chat rooms. They are everywhere! (I wonder, could I be one of them ...? Nah, not me...).

Click on the image to enter.





Monday, 3 February 2014

ENVIRONMENTAL ISSUES (intermediate)

Look at this word cloud and do the following activities:



Choose the words that are related to the following questions and explain your choice: 
  1. Which terms refer to aspects affected by the changes in the environment?
  2. Can you find the positive terms?
  3. Which words point to possible solutions?
  4. List the negative words.

Click below to read the text from which the word cloud came and do the suggested activities.


 


Watch the following video and explain the effects of pollution on coral reefs.



Visit this site to learn a lot more about environmental issues.



Are you ready to take their environmental quiz






Sunday, 2 February 2014

CUP SONG (all levels)

I bet you'll love the beat of this song from the musical Pitch Perfect!



Click below to see the original video.



 Now, do you think you can do the "cup dance"? Here is a tutorial to help you practise step by step.



Most important of all, you must learn the lyrics!



Don't forget the saying...



By the way, do you want to learn the "bun dance" too?




Saturday, 1 February 2014

THE FUTURE (Upper intermediate)

Learn the different forms for expressing the future in English and the rules of use of each one. You'll find all the information in this worksheet.





Take a look at these PREDICTIONS for the future and think of three more:




















Click below to do some exercises with WILL and GOING TO.

 



Watch this video for more details on the complex structures of the future: 
FUTURE PERFECT and FUTURE CONTINUOUS.




Listen to a funny future song of the past.
Click on the image to watch it on YouTube.