GAMES

Click on the links to play some games and learn on the different aspects of the language. Good luck!

• Irregular verbs
• Strong adjectives
• Gerunds and infinitives
• Opposites (adjectives)
• Phrasal verbs
• Jobs

TONGUE TWISTERS

A good way to improve the pronunciation of certain English sounds is trying to say tongue twisters.

Click on the image to listen to them and start getting some training in the different sounds.

You'll certainly have good fun when your tongue twists.

MY BLACKBERRY IS NOT WORKING!

Watch this hilarious sketch at a greengrocer's where a man complains about his blackberry not working properly!

Watch all the words employed with double meaning and discuss them with your classmates and teacher.

Here you are some clues to start with:

* a blackberry
* to run out of juice
* to be frozen
* an orange
* to boot
* a date
* to crash
* an apple
* an eggs-box (pay attention to the pronunciation of this word)

Look up the words in the computer terms dictionary to help you understand the meaning.

Now get ready to do the gap-fill exercise that follows while watching the video.

By the way, do you know what the origin of the word blackberry is? Read the explanation by clicking on the word and give your opinion on this issue. Remember this is just one of the possible explanations.

HALLOWEEN

What don't you know about Halloween? Click on the pumpkin to get all the information you need about this celebration and the custom related to it.

DICTATION

Get some training on listening and writing with dictation exercises. 

Click on the image, choose your level and the topic and have a go! 

LIFE EXPECTATIONS

WHAT DO YOU HOPE TO ACHIEVE BEFORE IT'S ALL OVER?

Play the video and find out the things some people would like to accomplish before they die.

                                                                            by realdogswimming

• Mention as many things as you can remember from the interviews.

• Now think about the things you hope to accomplish in your lifetime and share them with your classmates and teacher.

 

SUCCESSFUL EDUCATION SYSTEMS

Have you ever wondered what the key to success at school is?

What makes an educational system good?


Let's have a look at the Finnish education system which is at the top of world rankings.

Play the video and then discuss with your classmates and your teacher the different aspects related to it:

SINGLE-SEX CLASSES AT HIGH SCHOOL

Are boys and girls separated in different classrooms in

 the schools in your country?

                                  What's your opinion about single-sex classes?

                 Discuss with your classmates:

a) it is helpful because students learn better and more if   separated. 

b) it is a discriminatory measure and single-sex classes
                   are far from real life.
           
Read and listen to the article about an experiment carried out in a highschool in the USA where students are offered a special education programme.

Then, click on the right hand margin of the page to do the 5 follow-up activities.

MY CRUSHES AND MY DISLIKES

What things do you love? Which ones really annoy you? Why?


Click HERE to get to know about:

• 365 things I love in life.                                      * 1001 things I dislike.
                                                    

1. Which is the most shocking thing you found among the ones she loves ?

2. And the most awful one?

Now, choose one thing you fancy and one thing that gets on your nerves and give reasons to support your choices.

VOCABULARY

How many words can you guess in a record time using the clues provided?

• Try the WORDMASTER from the BBC and do your best. Choose the level you think you can be succesful at: easy, medium or difficult and start playing.

       Good luck and have fun!

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Also, if you feel like revising some basic vocabulary you might not rembember very well, click on the different topics, learn the words and do the activities you need. There are three leves of difficulty to choose from.

•  FRUIT AND VEGETABLES.  

• PARTS OF THE BODY (including some organs and bones)

• Click HERE in order to find other topic vocabulary.

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ARE YOU A VISUAL TYPE OF LEARNER?

Click on the Picture vocabulary, choose a topic and learn the vocabulary by watching and listening to it. Here you are a couple of examples:

• SPORTS AND FITNESS ACTIVITIES.

• TRANSPORT.

• FURNITURE AND HOUSEHOLD APPLIANCES.

- Other interesting topics:

• SCHOOL SLANG and QUIZ.

PRONUNCIATION EASY!

Practice the pronunciation of the English sounds and words with the help of

Mr Right.

Choose the lesson that best suits you and have fun. There is a variety of topics: spelling, vowels, consonants, linking words, etc. Click on the image to get started.

Then, do some more practice on the following links and check your progress.

•  Phonetic exercises level 1
• Phonetic exercises level 2
• Minimal pairs: 'sheep or ship'
  
  

Fill in the missing words in the song while listening to it. 



03 Chasing Cars

CROSSWORDS

Would you like to improve your vocabulary in an amusing way?

How good at you at doing crosswords? 

Let's check! Click on the image to get started.

HOW TO SAVE A LIFE - The Fray

Once you've the done the activity in class, check your answers by watching the following video.

VOWEL SOUNDS

Watch and listen to the lesson shown on the videos and repeat in order to learn how to pronounce the vowel sounds in English.

GRAMMAR REVIEW

If you feel you need to refresh your grammar knowledge, here you are some exercises to improve it.

Choose the grammatical aspect you would like to revise on the different links provided and do the QUIZ that best suits your needs.

 

BOWLING FOR COLUMBINE 

                     

 

After watching the film 'Bowling for Columbine' by Michael Moore, try to answer the following questions to check your comprehension of the film.

 

1. Michael Moore opens a bank account so that he can get what item instead of interest?

2. Where did Michael Moore grow up?

3. Charlton Heston is president of what organization?

4. Who are Timothy McVeigh and Terry Nichols?

5. Why does the man from the Michigan militia say you must carry a gun?

6. What happened in Kosovo on April 20, 1999? What happened one hour later?

7. What organization held a major rally in Denver 10 days after the shooting?

8. Who were some of the people/things blamed for the tragedy at Columbine?

9. How does Marilyn Manson respond to allegations that he is to blame?
    Who does he imply was influential?

10. What class were the boys enrolled in the morning before they killed at Columbine?

11. What other countries besides USA have violent pasts?

12. What does the news media want people to feel?

13. Who is the most common suspect on the US television?

14. Who most often gets in trouble for gun possession—kids in the city or kids in the suburbs?

15. Who conditions people in the United States to believe that their communities are dangerous?

16. What does the former TV producer of Cops say sells in the media?

17. How many gun murders were there in Sarnia, Canada, in the past three

years? How many in Windsor?

18. What are some misconceptions about Canada? What is the truth?

19. Does Canada have guns? In 2001, could they get guns/ ammunition easily? Explain.

20. How is Canadian TV news different from TV news in the United States?

21. How is the health care system in Canada different from health care in the United States?

22. What does Michael Moore take Richard and Mark to do at K-Mart headquarters?

23. What do Mark, Richard and Michael convince K-Mart to do about selling

ammunition in their stores?

24. Whom does Michael Moore visit at his house in Hollywood? What is the

outcome of their discussion?

25. What did you learn from the film?

26. What are some of the questions this film poses?
27. After watching this film, what else do you want to know?

BRITISH VS AMERICAN ENGLISH

                                         

Are British and Americans separated by the same language?

How different is British English from American English? In fact, not that much although some words are used with a different meaning in one country or the other.

Click HERE to see the different words and spelling used in each variety of the language.

After you've become familiar with them, try to fill the chart with the missing words.

NOW DO QUIZ TO CHECK YOUR KNOWLEDGE.

ST PATRICK'S DAY

17th MARCH

How much do you know about Saint Patrick? Click on the shamrock. Then read and listen to the text. Finally, try to answer the questions in the quiz.

For further activities on St Patrick's day (history and quiz), click on the wee leprechaun. 



FREE HUGS DAY

What's 'Free Hugs Day'? Do you have a Free Hugs Day in your country?
Watch the promotional video of the campaign to have an idea of what it is about. Then click on the link Free Hugs and try to answer the questions that follow.

1. Who started Free Hugs day? Why?

2. Why was it forbidden?

3. Where and when is it celebrated?

4. Who is the music of the video by?

Now watch and listen to an interview with Sick Puppies, then answer the questions provided in your class worksheet.

  

Interview with Sick Puppies

ANIMATED SONGS

Have a look at these animated songs, they include illustrations and the lyrics.
Would you dare to animate your favourite song in such a cute way? Have a try or else sing along!

COLDPLAY: YELLOW

SHE AND HIM - BRAND NEW SHOES

OVER THE RAINBOW

ENGLISH SPEAKING COUNTRIES

How good are you a geography? Let's see!
Identify all the English speaking countries in the world map in a record time.
Good luck!

WORDSHAKE

How many words can you build up in the WORDSHAKE? Have a try and get the highest score. Good luck!

SAY IT RIGHT!

Here you will find a number of exercises to practise pronunciation and learn vocabulary at the same time.

  1. Choose one topic from the list.

  2. Move on the words and expressions with the mouse to listen to their   

  pronunciation and then repeat.

TOPICS:

• WRITING AND READING.   
•   KNOWLEDGE.

• ROMANCE. 

• MEDICINE. 

ADVERTISING

What makes an ad or a commercial effective?

What elements are included in ads in order to make a product attractive to consumers?

Watch the following TV commercials carefully paying special attention to the following aspects:

• Who are the products addressed to? (gender, age, etc.)
• Background music / jingle (if any)
• Visual impact (colours, background, movement, balance...)
• Information of the product.
• Special effects (sound, visual, etc).
• Metaphors, similes (any figures of speech)
• Motto / slogan
• Type of appeals: informational, emotional, humourous, positive, negative...

Then, discuss the effectiveness of the three ads in the class.

VOLKSWAGEN - Darth Vader

COCA COLA: Hello Happiness

HEINEKEN

FOLLOW-UP ACTIVITIES:

A) Find a commercial you consider attractive.

• Analyse all the features and do a class presentation explaining its content, the type of appeals it uses to be catchy and the degree of effectiveness in the consumer. 

B) Create an ad. Think about the product you're advertising, the type of consumers it's directed to, the slogan, the jingle and the images you're going to include to make it appealing. You can work in small groups and use a video camera to film it.

PRONUNCIATION

• Watch the videos and learn how to pronounce the vowel sounds in English. Have a try!

1. Single vowel sounds.
2. Double vowel sounds (dipthongs).

LEARNING VOCAB

• Ending a relationship.
• Animal idioms
• Where to next?

LOST

Watch these two videos taken from the popular series LOST carefully.
Click on the links for viewing the episodes.

LOST (Episode 1, Part 1)

LOST (Episode 1, Part 2)

OBSERVATION GAME.

Now that you've seen the videos, decide whether the following statements are TRUE or FALSE. Justify your answers.

1. The man who appears first has a tattoo on his right arm.

2. The girl who helps him is wearing black trousers.

3. The scissors are red.

4. There are three fires on the island.

5. The man with the goatee beard is called Charlie.

6. A woman is talking on her mobile phone.

7. Someone counts to five.

8. The blonde girl accepts a bar of chocolate.

9. There is a pregnant woman on the island.

10. There are people of two different races.

11. The man in the last scene knows the woman's name.

Meet up some friends from BIG CITY SMALL WORD soapie and improve your listening and vocabulary skills .
Follow the instructions suggested to do the activities: preparation (vocab), listening, tasks.

Good luck and have fun!

1. MEETING FRIENDS           

                  

READY TO GET ALL THE INFORMATION ABOUT WHAT'S GOING ON IN THE WORLD TODAY?            

             Click on the images and get informed about the latest events.

                                                   
                       UK

                                                                                                                            

For a quick look at the headlines click on this icon:

                                                                     
              
                                  Breaking News from Australia.

             

News from Canada:

                                                                             

                                                                             Latest news from USA:

PRESS

Here you are some of the most popular newspapers in English. Click on the image to get to know about the latest news.

SAINT PATRICK'S DAY QUIZ

Saint Patrick's Day Quiz

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SPELLING QUIZ

How good are you at spelling? Show off by getting the highest score!

IDIOMS QUIZ

Try the vocabulary quizzes in order to keep your English up to date.

• Food Idioms

6-MINUTE ENGLISH

Listen to the recordings on the following topics and answer the questions.

• Typically English? Why do English people drink tea?

• Did you know that, according to the UN, 11% of the world population is over 60?

      

SPORT QUIZZES

In this section you will find fun games which will help you improve your vocabulary and your general culture.

Click on a topic and do the quiz!


FOOTBALL: Beat the goalkeeper

NAME THE SPORT: Pitch, court, track or field?



WATER POLO

• Water Polo 101
• Wonderful World of Water Polo

SWIMMING AND DIVING

• Swimming Basics
• Diving
• Swimming for champions

OLYMPIC GAMES

• Summer Games

AMERICAN STATES AND THEIR CAPITALS

Learn the American States and their capitals in an amusing way!

Here's a selection of webquests to give you a hand in your research about the different topics we will be dealing with. Once you have compiled all the necessary information, you'll have to do an oral presentation on the topic with the help of a power point.

ACTIVITY 1: The UK

ACTIVITY 2: Studying abroad

ACTIVITY 3: Eating disorders

ACTIVITY 4: Multiple Intelligences

ACTIVITY 5:   Famous Paintings

ACTIVITY 6: Human Cloning

ONE-MINUTE ENGLISH

BEAUTY. What does beauty mean to you? Listen to the following opinion on beauty and do activities 1-3.

CAREERS 

Listen to someone talking about choosing a career and fill in the missing information in the text.

CYBER-CRIME
What is cyber-crime? Complete the activities while you listen. Then read the text to check your answers.

HOLIDAY TRADITIONS: XMAS AND THANKSGIVING
How are these holidays celebrated in the USA? 
1. Listen to the recording and answer the questions that follow.
2. Then listen again and complete the text with the missing information.