HALLOWEEN HANGMAN

Enjoy this Halloween version of a favourite game.

Click on the image to start.

Frightful fun, isn't it?!

HALLOWEEN (elementary video)

What does the word mean?

What are the origins of this celebration?

Watch this video if you dare...  
and find the answers.

HALLOWEEN SONG (subtitled)

Listen and learn this Halloween song created by KIBOOMU KIDS SONGS!

HALLOWEEN MAKE-UP: Parts of the face (intermediate video and activities)

Do you remember this animated fantasy film directed by Tim Burton and Mike Johnson? It was released in 2005.

(Did you know that Johnny Depp was the voice behind Victor?)


If you liked it, maybe you'll want to look like Emily this Halloween. If so, follow these instructions, step by step!

Write down all the body parts you can hear. How many are mentioned?





Watch the video again (this time with subtitles) and check if your answers were correct:

(Activate the English subtitles by clicking  on Choose Language (bottom left) and then English 100%).

I bet you noticed that some parts of the face were mentioned once and again but they didn't appear in the subtitles. That's because they didn't refer to parts of the body, they were different types of make-up or accessories. 

Do you think you can get them?

Let's go for it!

HALLOWEEN is here: ENJOY IT! (all levels)

(Video by the BBC)

BASICS OF ENGLISH: Three English lessons (lower intermediate)

Watch the video and answer the following questions.

Part 1:

1. Name the furniture and furnishings mentioned in the video. How many can you remember?
2. Add ten more to the list.
3. What is special about the plural form of the word shelf?
4. When do you say Pleased to meet you?
5. Do you know the opposite of heavy?
6. What is the teacher's name?
7. What is a contracted form?
8. List ten different nationalities.
9. Mention one word or expression which can be replaced by the pronoun it.
10. Mention two words or expressions which can be used instead of they.

Part 2:

1. What food and drinks are mentioned?
2. Can you think of ten more words in that category?
3. Can you repeat the family members mentioned?
4. How many more can you add to the list?
5. What is the opposite of difficult?
6. Which two pets are mentioned in this episode?
7. Do you remember the sentence used to introduce Elena to Victor?
8. What is a sitcom?
9. Listen again and write down the occupations you hear.
10. What is the meaning of greeting people?

Part 3:

1. Can you find synonyms for the adjectives handsome, clever and forgetful?
2. What is the meaning of Nice to meet you?
3. Which two future forms are used in this episode?
4. What is the meaning of the words kind and nice?
5. Do you know any other words to describe people's manners?
6. Think of ten countries and find out the language spoken in each one.
7. Rewrite these sentences using object pronouns instead of the words in red:

• I like English 
• Victor likes Elena 
• We like Victor and Elena 

Way to go!

LONDON interactive book (intermediate)

Visit this wonderful site and learn all the facts about London's recent past and present. You'll find lots of different activities, pictures and texts with information about the city.

Take a look:

This is one of the pages:

Click below to enter:

 

ENJOY IT!!

HALLOWEEN... The Canterville Ghost by Oscar Wilde. (intermediate video)

You don't want to watch these videos, do you?
Are you sure?

A scary ghost terrorizing such lovely people. How dishonourable! Ghosts have lost their manners these days...

Ok, let's go. Hold on to your sofa...

(Activate the English subtitles by clicking  on Choose Language (bottom left) and then English 100%).

Here's horrible part two. Are you still there?

R.I.P.