Sunday, 27 May 2012

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??



Wednesday, 23 May 2012

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.


                                                         

Sunday, 20 May 2012

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/



Saturday, 19 May 2012

VOCABULARY GAME (intermediate, all ages)

Choose the correct answer, just click here:


                                                                http://www.freerice.com/






Thursday, 17 May 2012

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/





Tuesday, 15 May 2012

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.