SONGS by One Direction

Go over the picture with your mouse and click on the icons that will appear to find information and videos of some hits by this favourite band.

CHESS (intermediate)

Do you know the name of the pieces in a game of chess?
What about how each one moves?

Take a look at the following picture and click on the red icon over the pieces to find out (the icons will appear when you move your cursor over the image).

When you click on the white pieces, you will learn their names. Click on the black ones to read information and see videos about their movements.

Click here for a glossary of chess terms and expressions.

(Source of text: Wikipedia)

PRESENT CONTINUOUS (intermediate)

Look at the picture and describe it. (Move your cursor over the image for more questions).

• Where was the picture taken? Describe the landscape.
• When was it taken? Explain.
• What is everyone doing?
• What are they wearing?
• What time of day is it?
• What is the weather like?
• Describe their feelings / attitude.

HEALTHY FOOD (elementary)

See if you can name all the food in the picture!

Move your cursor over the image to check your answers and to discover lots of links to videos, games and activities which will help you have fun while learning!

 

Which other healthy foods could you name that are not included in the picture?

BODY PARTS (elementary)

Name the body parts and move your cursor over the icons of the picture to check your answers.

INTERNATIONAL KISSING DAY: What's in a kiss?

The 6th of July was chosen to celebrate a widely used expression of affection: the kiss.

We press our lips against someone else's lips (or cheek, or hand or whatever...) to show our feelings of love, passion, respect, greeting, farewell, and so many others.

Take a look at this presentation of famous kisses of art and films. How many of them can you identify?

What about some songs about kissing now? Here you are!

The first one was released in 1972 by Bobby Vinton.

 

This one was recorded in 1980 by the Irish singer and composer Gilbert O'Sullivan.

WHO AM I? 7

Read the clues and pay special attention to the words in the cloud (they will be bigger if you move your cursor over them).

• I was born in Prague on the 3rd of July.
• German was my mother tongue.
• My name is often used as a synonym of absurd and incredible situations.
• I died of tuberculosis in Vienna at the age of 41.
• The dominating figure of my father had a significant influence on my writing.
• I was unable to start a family, though I tried.
• One of my most famous books is about a repulsive insect.
• Writing was essential in my life. I often said that I was literature.
• I am one of the most influencial writers of the 20th century.

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Click on the question mark to see if you were right.

WHO AM I? 6

Read the clues and see if you know who I am.
You can also move the cursor over the cloud to enlarge the words and discover more details.

• It would be my birthday today.
• My mother wrote these words about me when I was only four years old: 

"The little fellow has a life in him, an unbelievable strength, a powerful will, and, for his four years of age, a truly astonishing mind. How can he express all that? It truly gnaws at my life, this internal fighting against his tyrannical temperament, his passionate turbulence [...] God must shape this proud spirit, then it will become something noble and magnificent – but I shudder to think what this young and passionate person might become should his upbringing be false or weak."

• I suffered from nerve disorders and persistent headaches.
• I worked in several book shops.
• I was interested in Buddhism.

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Click on the question mark to find out the answer.