LISTEN and REPEAT (intermediate)

Watch different scenes of popular movies and listen carefully: What do they say? Can you repeat the words?
You can also try to translate them into your language.

Click below and give it a try!

PRESENT PERFECT: Have you ever...? (intermediate)

The Present Perfect is not so terrible as it may seem, believe me!

Just take a look at this worksheet and you'll master all its possible uses.

How about listening to a song now?

These are the lyrics.

Can you tell the use of the Present Perfect in this song? What is the singer asking you?

Pay a visit to this site (click on the picture below) and you'll find a listening and some additional practice.

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.

FOOD MATTERS (intermediate)

Move your cursor over the interactive poster to discover all the different activities it contains.

Take a look at this cloud of words and do the following exercises:
(Click on the cloud to enlarge it).

1. Make a list with all the words for edible products.
2. Make a second list with the words that are related to food.
3. Select all the words that refer to the effects of food on our mind and body.
4. Finally, can you guess the main point of the text where the words belong?

Read it or listen to it and see if your guess was correct.

Click on the picture.

Do the activities you'll find after the text.

FOOD (ntermediate)

Go through all the sections of this fantastic site and test your knowledge of terms and expressions related to FOOD. You'll find lots of words, images, situations and more!

Just click here.

Take a look!

Enjoy it!

LISTENING ACTIVITIES (intermediate & advanced)

Excellent site to listen: you'll find different activities and topics!

                                            http://www.elllo.org/

TALK TO A BIONIC WOMAN! (intermediate)

Write your questions or comments and hear her answers. You can also choose one of the questions in the list.

Click on this link to try it!

                                  http://community.eflclassroom.com/Wpage/chat-bot

LISTENING ACTIVITIES FOR ALL LEVELS

Enter this wonderful site and listen to different conversations after choosing your level. You'll also find exercises after listening.

                                                       http://www.esl-lab.com/

Here is a list of what you can find. I strongly recommend it!

Created by Randall's ESL Cyber Listening Lab.

TONGUE TWISTER 2

                                           

If two witches would watch two watches,

which witch would watch which watch?

WRITE & LISTEN (early levels)

Type a text and listen to it. You can even choose different voices and accents.

JUST CLICK HERE!
                       http://www.acapela-group.com/text-to-speech-interactive-demo.html

PREPOSITIONS (elementary PICTO DICTATION).

   Listen carefully and locate all the objects, furniture or people that are mentioned. 

                                                         

Click on the start button to listen to the instructions:

 

Click below to download the complete worksheet:

TALKING BOOKS: The Otters and the Wolf

Read and listen to the story of the greedy otters and the shrewd wolf and answer the questions:
 
       

1. Where did the wolf and his wife live?
2. Mrs. Wolf felt like eating some...
3. Where did the wolf go?
4. What did he see?
5. What problem did the otters have?
6. What did the wolf do?
7. Were the otters afraid?
8. How did the wolf settle the problem?
9. Were the otters satisfied?
10. Is everyone happy in the end? Why / why not?

You can find more talking books at:
                  http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3GRpiNWqDD0&feature=autoplay&list=PLF259E3EAE15AF924&playnext=1

(Video created by Appu Series: http://appuseries.com/content)

SUCCESS (intermediate worksheet & listening)

Listen to this story and, if it makes you think, read it too and answer some questions about it.

                                 

         

Click on the picture to download the worksheet.

      

Text taken from http://www.ratracetrap.com/the-rat-race-trap/the-investment-banker-and-the-mexican-fisherman.html
 Artwork by Phillip Martin.

TONGUE TWISTER 1

                                            

Whether the weather be fine

or whether the weather be not.

Whether the weather be cold

or whether the weather be hot.

We'll weather the weather

whether we like it or not.

OSCAR WILDE'S The importance of Being Earnest

Have a good laugh with Wilde's humour and fine irony. Read and listen to an extract from The Importance of Being Earnest.

        (You'll find some exercises on the second page and the keys to check your answers!)

                                                         

                      Click on the green arrow to download this worksheet.                     

                                                         

And listen:

THE DOUBTFUL GUEST. Edward Gorey

Who is this strange guy? Where did he come from? What is he doing here? Listen to the story.

More presentations from pilarmham

(Text and illustrations by Edward Gorey)