Monday, 30 April 2012

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:








Saturday, 28 April 2012

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)

Friday, 27 April 2012

GRAMMAR CAN BE FUN!

Here is an image of what you can find in the following link, where GRAMMAR IS EXPLAINED BY A CARTOON. Of course there is no sound here, but all you have to do is scroll down the site and you'll find a list of grammar points that you can read and also listen to.



As you can see, I chose English Spelling to illustrate this post, but you'll find lots more! 
Here is the link:
                                  http://community.eflclassroom.com/page/grammar-1

(Resource by ENGLISHCentral).


ENGLISH IS A FUNNY LANGUAGE!


Don't you agree?!

(This image was created by BusyTeacher. org)

DESCRIPTION OF PEOPLE: Personality & Appearance (Intermediate)

Download this powerpoint to read some tips about describing people. If you wish, you can see its contents before in the video below.

                      


Click here to download the powerpoint.  
                                                            
                                                             



Monday, 23 April 2012

EARTH DAY

Click on the link and listen...

                                        http://www.breathingearth.net/


Place your cursor over the country of your choice. You'll discover some amazing facts.

Sunday, 22 April 2012

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.

Friday, 20 April 2012

SUPERHEROES (lower intermediate, teenagers)

Create your own superhero from head to toes!

Will it be a male or a female, tall or short, good or evil? What superpowers has he got? Dress him, choose a companion for him, give him all kinds of accessories and gadgets and even a name.

 Look at the one I created!


Do you want to try? Enter this site and go through all the options!   

 


You can find some useful information here to make your project even better!