Wham! - Last Christmas
Monday, 23 December 2013
Wednesday, 18 December 2013
Christmas is coming
Are you ready for Christmas?
Have you already bought all presents?
What would you like to recieve for Christmas?
Have a look at a video about Christmas shopping and do some exercises
...and by the way:
MERRY CHRISTMAS!!
Sunday, 10 November 2013
Saturday, 2 November 2013
Lesson 9
Have you ever been BUNGEE JUMPING?
Present perfect: grammar explanation and on line exercise
Game: speaking using the present perfect
The complete guide to the present perfect
Some more links:
Present perfect: grammar explanation and on line exercise
Game: speaking using the present perfect
The complete guide to the present perfect
Some more links:
- questionnaire
- exercises (pdf)
- questions
- present perfect vs present perfect continuous
- revision: table about tenses
- tences practice (pdf): 1, 2, 3.
Friday, 4 October 2013
Saturday, 14 September 2013
play a game
A good way to learn English is playing games:
let's play this game: find explanation here and go to the slide rocket presentation.
let's play this game: find explanation here and go to the slide rocket presentation.
Friday, 6 September 2013
Friday, 30 August 2013
Lesson 8
Let's go on holiday! Why not?
When did you last go on holiday?
Where did you go?
Who did you go with?
What did you enjoy best?
What didn't you like about your holiday?
Holiday activities: what do people do when they are on holiday? Watch this video to find out...
Useful vocabulary for your holiday
(try again and again until all new words appear)
Plan a new holiday:
Where will you go?
What's the difference among these 4 sentences?
I probably will go to...
I won't go to...
I'm going to visit...
Remember some wh- question that can be useful while travelling: read this page.
Read the following text about planning a holiday and complete the quiz.
What's your favourite type of holiday destination?
Get some ideas from the following exercise
Enjoy your next holiday!
Tuesday, 27 August 2013
Monday, 26 August 2013
lesson 7
I LOVE SHOPPING!
Do you like shopping?
What do you prefer to buy?
Do you like clothes accessories?
What are your favorite shops?
What's your "shopping style"? Do you buy anything you like or do you pay attention on how you spend your money?
What do you like to wear? Find out what your clothes say about yourself: answer this test.
Have you ever heard about people that can't stop buying things and become shopaholic?
Watch a trailer of a famous movie about shopping
Downloadable version of the same quiz
Where do you usually go shopping?
Who do you go shopping with?
Let's assume that today we are in Liverpool, why don't we go shopping in town?
Read the text and answer the questions
If you want to go shopping now and be prepared for it, you probably need some money :) and some vocabulary practice:
Have a nice shopping!
Tuesday, 20 August 2013
Lesson 6
A comfortable life!
What can you see in the picture?
How does it work?
Have you got one at home?
Could you live without it?
What did people do in the past when there wasn't any appliance like this?
Survey: How comfortable is your life?
Have you got...? :
- an air conditioner
- a mobile phone
- a tumble dryer
- an expresso maker
- a computer, laptop or tablet
- microwave oven
- freezer
- washing machine
- hair dryer
- blender
- dishwasher
- iron
- kettle
- mixer
- printer
- i pod, MP3 player
- television
- toaster
- vacuum cleaner
- fax machine
- If you answered "Yes" to the majority of questions (from 16 to 20), you are living a very comfortable life and you could hardly survive without electricity;
- if you answered "Yes" to a number of questions from 11 to 15, your life standard is quite comfortable, but you could still have a little possibility of surviving without electricity;
- if you answered "Yes" to 10 or less questions, you must be declared "species under protection", because you are endangered, but you have the highest probability of surviving without electricity.
Apart from this survey, that is not serious at all, is there any device you are particularly fond of? And which one is not important at all?
Describe a device that you find useful.
You should say:
- what it is
- what you can do with it
- how often you use it
and explain why you find it so useful
Describe a device that you find useful.
You should say:
- what it is
- what you can do with it
- how often you use it
and explain why you find it so useful
Now watch this video and meet a very special refrigerator...
Home sweet home... but what's behind our life style?
What happens to our appliances after use?
What did people do in the past without all our home appliances?
When people didn't have any air conditioner, they used a fan.
...
Revise vocabulary
How much do you know about appliaces? find out answering this quiz
Are you curious about what kind of tech user you are? take part to this survey
A listening game about home appliances
Grammar
Some more exercises about Past Tense
Some more verbs to study:
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Monday, 19 August 2013
Tuesday, 13 August 2013
Lesson 5
Look at the first image of this video: can you predict how the video is?
Short, long, interesting, boring, funny, serious, odd, owesome, surprising, clever, pleasant, stupid, confused,
easy, difficult, good, bad, slow, fast, romantic...
Now watch the video and find out how it really is.
Confirm or correct your statements about the film:
It is more interesting than I expected, shorter..., as funny as...
Watch the video again with subtitles
Grammar
Comparatives by Marina Priest
Read the title of the following texts: which one could be the most interesting?
and the most difficult? and the worst?
In my opinion the most interesting could be the text about... I think that...
Now read the texts and find if your predictions were correct or if you changed your mind after reading
After reading the text i think that the most interesting one is...
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| Intelligence pills |
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| Robot birds |
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| Star wars |
Sunday, 11 August 2013
Weekly song
In a sunny day of August, nothing better than a song entitled:
It's a beautiful day! By Michael Bublè
Friday, 9 August 2013
lesson 4
"A" stands for Alphabet
One of the first questions at the speaking exam is "How do you spell your surname?"
One of the first questions at the speaking exam is "How do you spell your surname?"
In English spelling is important because often sounds and letters don't match.
Let's try with some questions:
- What's your name? .... How do you spell it?
- What's your surname? .... How do you spell that?
- What's your email address? .... Can you spell it?
- Where do you live? .... Could you spell that please?
Sometimes you need to write words (during a telephone call, for example), and you have to be ready for it.
Listen and write words in the following exercise
Letters letters letters...
How many letters are there in the English alphabet?
- What's the first letter?
- And the fifth?
- The tenth?
- The twenty-second letter?
- And what's the twenty-third letter?
- And finally what's the last letter?
Did you know that there are some letters that are more poetic than others?
Watch the short video to find out
I & U = WE: that's nice, short but nice!
Letters are often used in abbreviations, and many of them are common in sms, social network and chatting.
For example, what does RUOK stand for? (Are you ok?)
And CT? (City)
Now work in pairs and find out some more abbreviations asking each other what they stand for
Another place where you listen to letters and numbers is the airport: try a listening exercise
Now try to ask and give information about the flights on the display:
ex: What gate is flight AA343 boarding at?
What number is the flight to London?
Have a nice spelling day!
If you need to revise the alphabet, here are some links:
| Alphabet 1 |
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| Alphabet 2 |
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| Alphabet 3 |
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| Alphabet 4 |
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Wednesday, 7 August 2013
Tuesday, 6 August 2013
Lesson 3
ABILITIES AND PASSIONS
Can you describe your family: how many people are there? who are they? what do they do? have you got cousins? apart from the members who live with you, is there anyone special in your family (a grandpa, an uncle, a cousin...)?
Describe him or her (appearence and personality, occupation, special features...)
Watch a video about Hal Lasko, better known as Grandpa, who worked as a graphic artist back when everything was done by hand. His family introduced him to the computer and Microsoft Paint long after he retired.
The Pixel Painter from The Pixel Painter on Vimeo.
What do you like doing?
Grammar: Past Simple
Was/were
Past simple
Learn some irregular verbs
(Click on the flag button)
Can you describe your family: how many people are there? who are they? what do they do? have you got cousins? apart from the members who live with you, is there anyone special in your family (a grandpa, an uncle, a cousin...)?
Describe him or her (appearence and personality, occupation, special features...)
Watch a video about Hal Lasko, better known as Grandpa, who worked as a graphic artist back when everything was done by hand. His family introduced him to the computer and Microsoft Paint long after he retired.
The Pixel Painter from The Pixel Painter on Vimeo.
If you want to print and repeat the test off line:
What do you like doing?
Grammar: Past Simple
Was/were
Past simple
(Click on the flag button)
Friday, 2 August 2013
Lesson 2
When is your birthday?
What's your Zodiac sign?
Discover something more about your Zodiac sign and your date of birth...
If you want to get to know yourself better, add some more information about your personality with the following test
Personality
Practice: http://quizlet.com/24801699/adjectives-for-describing-personality-b1-flash-cards/
Let's revise some grammar:
TO BE
LIKE+ING
PERSONAL PRONOUNS (POSSESSIVES)
PRESENT SIMPLE
CAN / COULD
Tuesday, 30 July 2013
Monday, 29 July 2013
Lesson 1
Song: "Just the way you are"
Can you introduce yourself?
(name, age, living place, occupation, hobbies, likes and dislikes, abilities...)
Do you like "the way you are"?
Can you describe yourself?
Before doing that try the following activities to enrich your vocabulary
Appearance
Adjectives for Describing Physical Appearence
Practice: http://quizlet.com/24801410/adjectives-for-describing-appearence-flash-cards/
Can you introduce yourself?
(name, age, living place, occupation, hobbies, likes and dislikes, abilities...)
Do you like "the way you are"?
Can you describe yourself?
Before doing that try the following activities to enrich your vocabulary
Appearance
Practice: http://quizlet.com/24801410/adjectives-for-describing-appearence-flash-cards/
Thursday, 25 July 2013
Just the way you are
Let's start learning English with fun.
Do you like singing? Do you know Bruno Mars?
Practice listening and completing one of his songs: try first the beginner and then the intermediate level.
If you want to learn the song,
try the expert level exercise.
Do you like singing? Do you know Bruno Mars?
Practice listening and completing one of his songs: try first the beginner and then the intermediate level.
try the expert level exercise.
Wednesday, 24 July 2013
A new challange!
Welcome to a blog dedicated to my daughter Morgana and her friend Sofia. I hope we can do a good job together!
Let's start!
Let's start!
3, 2, 1 GO!
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