Thursday, December 24, 2009

Sunday, November 29, 2009

Sunday, November 22, 2009

MOVIE TRAILER

You will find a movie trailer HERE, in this case, The Return of the King, and follow the instructions on the page:

1. Click on the player to start the video.

2. Type complete words in the box below the video.

3. You can type several words before you click on "Check" to see if your answers are correct.

Saturday, November 21, 2009

WILL or WON'T for PREDICTIONS

Keep on practising HERE

LOOK AT "LOOK"

Click HERE and learn more about phrasal combinations with the verb LOOK

Thursday, November 19, 2009

CLOTHING!

Explore the VISUAL DICTIONARY and learn new words

Sunday, November 15, 2009

Sunday, November 8, 2009

SO, BECAUSE, BUT, ALTHOUGH

Click HERE and start practising...

Thursday, November 5, 2009

WHAT DID YOU DO? vs. WHAT HAVE YOU DONE?

WHAT DID YOU DO YESTERDAY?

Watch the following video and make a list of the activities done by these people yesterday:





Saturday, October 31, 2009

WITH OR WITHOUT AUXILIARIES?


Don't desperate! Click HERE and test yourself...

PAST SIMPLE AND CONTINUOUS!



Click HERE to keep on practising...

Monday, October 26, 2009

PAST SIMPLE

You'll find additional theory and practice HERE:

VOICE GAME!!!

Go HERE and start playing...



Thursday, October 15, 2009

DESCRIBING PEOPLE!

You can practise how to describe people just by clicking here:

http://www.go4english.com/vg/read.php?unitid=942

and here:

http://www.go4english.com/vg/read.php?unitid=946

DEFINING HISTORY!

How much do you know / remember about history?

Click here and start refreshing concepts:

Wednesday, October 7, 2009

THE DEVIL'S DICTIONARY

Do you want to know the devil definition of "learning" or "language"?

Click on this site and find out

Post a message with your own devil definition but do not mention the word so that we can guess it!

Thursday, October 1, 2009

TOURING AROUND THE WORLD!

After our imaginary visit to Moulin Rouge let's tour around Frank Ghery's Art Gallery of Canada...

Watch the video and answer the questions below:






  • Why was Frank Ghery chosen to build the Ontario Gallery?
  • What’s special about the building?
  • Which is the Managing Director’s favorite part of this gallery? Why?
  • What does he say about the meaning of this building for the Canadian community?
  • According to the Director or the art gallery, what’s their responsibility towards the community?
  • Would you like to visit it?

Wednesday, September 30, 2009

LISTEN!

I highly recommend you visit this link and test your listening skills. Good luck!

Thursday, September 24, 2009

BODY IDIOMS!

HERE you can have some fun while learning some idiomatic expressions using parts of the body.

Sunday, September 20, 2009

HAPPY STUDENT'S DAY!!!

...and happy springtime!

There is a Chinese proverb that reads: "Plan the whole year in the spring"

So I hope all your plans start blossoming soon!

VOCABULARY

I have extracted these exercises from the following source:
New English File Pre-Intermediate Quick Test File 1 (CD ROM)
Hope you find them useful:

a Choose the opposite word or phrase.
Example: shy
A extrovert * B funny C lazy

1 generous
A unfriendly B serious C mean
2 hard-working
A lazy B serious C shy
3 Stand up.
A Work in pairs. B Sit down. C Don’t write.
4 Ask a question.
A Answer a question. B Write a question. C Choose a question.
5 wrong
A shy B good C right

b Choose A, B, or C for words about the body.
Example: You use these to hear.
A ears * B eyes C nose
6 You use these to see.
A ears B eyes C nose
7 You have two of these at the end of your arms.
A shoulders B feet C hands
8 You have ten of these on your feet.
A toes B fingers C teeth
9 You use these to kiss.
A knees B lips C teeth
10 You have 32 of these in your mouth.
A teeth B tongue C lips

Thursday, September 17, 2009

MEN'S BRAIN v. WOMEN'S BRAIN

Watch and listen the following video and answer the questions below:




- According to Mark, what's the main difference between men's brain and women's brain?

- What's "men's special box"?

- What do women expect from men when they are worried or angry about something?

- Did you enjoy Mark's humour? Why/ why not?

PRACTISE!!!

Click HERE

and have some fun while practising topics related to UNIT 1

Wednesday, September 9, 2009

TH pronunciation

MAKE and DO

I would like to share with you my personal list. Remember to post a message if you find more collocations. Thanks!


MAKE

A plan
A mistake
A choice
An offer
A noise
Some arrangements
A phone call
A suggestion
Love
A decision
Money
An attempt to do something
A profit in business
A loss in business
An effort
War
Peace
An effort
Sure
An excuse
Progress
An exception
The bed
A list

DO

The washing
Business
The ironing
Your best
Better
The shopping
Me a favour
The housework
The homework
Some work
The laundry
Some research
A sport (e.g. yoga)
The boring job
Good
Right
Wrong
Harm
Damage

Monday, August 31, 2009

LET'S DEBATE!

Look up some information about the latest news in Argentina related to decriminalization of the use of pot and post your opinion here:
  • Is it a law already?
  • Is it only related to the consumption of marijuana?
  • How much pot will a user be permitted to hold?
  • Do you think it will help the government to crack down on traffickers?
  • What do you think about it? Are you in favour or against the measure?
Don't forget to post your opinion!

Saturday, August 15, 2009