LAMBERT, THE SHEEPISH LION (elementary)

Watch the video and do the exercises.

CHRISTMAS WORDS (elementary)

Christmas is just round the corner. Are you prepared to welcome it?
Perhaps some revision of essential vocabulary would come in handy, don't you think?

Let's see if you can complete this worksheet with basic Christmas words.

Ok, ok... maybe it was a bit too difficult.

 Click on the arrow to download it with the answer key included!

I bet you'll enjoy a visit to this wonderful site, full of activities for Christmas (games, stories, colouring pages and lots more!)

Click on the image to enter.

But first, let's sing a song!

Let's start the countdown till Christmas!

WINNIE THE WITCH (beginners)

A story by Korky Paul and Valerie Thomas, read by Sandi Toksvig.

Watch these videos ( I bet you'll love them!) and answer the following questions.

(Click on Choose language, and then English 100% (bottom left) to read the subtitles for each video)

Episode 1

1. What is the colour of Winnie's house?
2. Which other colours do you know?
3. Do you have a favourite colour?
4. What colours are the walls in your room?
5. Can you name other rooms of a house?
6. Is there a carpet in your room?
7. Do you know more words for furniture?
8. Do you have a pet, too?
9. What colour is it?
10. What's its name?

Episode 2

1. What colour are your eyes?
2. What happens when you close your eyes? What colour can you see?
3. Can you walk then?
4. What can you do with your eyes closed?
5. What can't you do?

Episode 3

1. Why is Winnie angry?
2. What makes you angry?
3. Can you mention any other feelings?
4. What makes you feel like each of them?
5. How are you feeling now?

There are two more episodes that you can watch here and here. 

Don't miss them!

Now, let's see if you can complete this quiz!
Click on the following link:

Winnie the witch - Vocabulary test, by robirimini

Find this and other readings exercises in English Exercises .org

HAVE (elementary online game)

How quick are you? How well do you know the verb "to have". Get ready to start and click on the correct forms as they move about.

Go to this site:

 

                   

This is what you'll see:

Ready, steady, GO!!

CREATE A CHARACTER (elementary)

Create a cartoon, it can be a friend, an imaginary person or even yourself! Give it a name, save it to your computer and describe it for the class.

This is the link you need:

                                                 http://www.cartoonize.im/

This is what you'll find. Go through all the options, there are a lot!

This is the character I created:

Read her description:

My name is Ann. I am 15 years old. I have long hair, it is black and straight. My face is round. I have large grey eyes, a small nose and a big smile. My skin is pale and I have some freckles on my cheeks. I have a fringe covering my forehead and a golden piercing under my mouth.

I am wearing a yellow shirt.

People say I am friendly and fun. I love reading and having a good time with my friends.

LOTS OF STUFF FOR KIDS (elementary)

Visit this incredible site and have fun with English. There are games, stories, puzzles... everything you want!

                                                   http://www.kids-pages.com/

This is what you'll find:

CATEGORIES (elementary)

How many words do you know? How fast are you?







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SONGS FOR KIDS (elementary)

I'm sure young students of English will love this site, it's full of cute songs with subtitles:

                                          http://www.muffinsongs.com/

Listen to one of the songs on YouTube!

Fun, isn't it? Visit the link above for more songs and rhymes!

CLASSROOM LANGUAGE (elementary)

You need to know these questions and instructions to be in an English class. Are you ready?

HAVE A GREAT SCHOOL YEAR!

ALPHABET (beginners)

First things first: do you want to learn the English alphabet? I bet you'll enjoy this interactive book, which is full of cute animals waiting for you!

                        http://alphabetimals.com/


Here's a glimpse of what you'll find!

How many animals can you add to each letter? (Some of them can be quite hard, let me tell you!).

BACK TO SCHOOL 3 (beginners)

Learn lots of new words with this flip book and get started with English.

A SUMMER STORY (elementary)

Read this flip book and learn about simple past forms.



Do you want to tell us about your best summer day?

DATE CHART (elementary)

Create your daily chart with the date and weather here:

                          http://www.ictgames.com/dateChart.html

FOOD FLIP BOOK (elementary)

Read the prompts and guess the word!

FROG GAME (elementary)

Try this great game to check out your knowledge of irregular verbs.
(Just read the instructions in the DEMO and see how good you are!)

Click on this link:
                                                       
                                                          http://elt.oup.com/student/happyearth/koala/froghe2-3?cc=global&selLanguage=en

[Created by Oxford University Press]

ANIMAL FLIP BOOK (elementary)

Go through the pages of this book and check how much you know about animals.



Click here to see the complete version of the  book:

                                                    http://snack.to/funfdae8

PHYSICAL DESCRIPTION INTERACTIVE BOOK (elementary)

An excellent resource to learn how to describe people's appearance. You can hear the words, find matching activities and lots more in this interactive book. I bet you'll master people's description in no time after going trough all the exercises in these pages!

 

               

This is just a glimpse of what you can find:

[Created by Mme. Haquet and posted at Collège Marc Chagall's site at http://chagall-col.spip.ac-rouen.fr/spip.php?article222].

TALKING DICTIONARY (elementary students)

Check out this great dictionary. Just choose the topic, listen to the words and play the games to memorize them.

                            http://www.letshavefunwithenglish.com/vocabulary.html

FOOD & DRINKS (ESL elementary powerpoint)

How many words related to food do you know? Can you name all the pictures? 

Check it out with this powerpoint. (You can watch the video to see the contents of the presentation and download it if you want to give it a try!)

                        

Click here to download the powerpoint.  

[Main image 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?