IRREGULAR PLURALS - BASIC LEVEL

This is a video with some plurals and their pronunciation. Repeat after the words



Games to remember how to form the irregular plurals.

Irregular Plurals 1 Find the singular and plural form and you make a pair.

Irregular Plurals 2 Move the words on the right to their singular form on the left.

Irregular Plural 3 Similar to exercise 2.

Irregular Plurals 4 Click on the letters and form the plural. You must be quick because you don't have much time to answer.

WEDDING PLANNING - INTERMEDIATE

Incorporating two families to the wedding. How to help both families get on well with each other when the wedding comes up.

Wedding Planning: Incorporating Two Families on Howcast

AIRPORT VOCABULARY - BASIC

Revise the airport vocabulary.

FAMILY MEMBERS - BASIC LEVEL

We are all of us part of a family. Family members have various names in English. This video shows how the members of an extended family are related to each other. This video gives you all the words you need to describe your own family in English.



And now a bit of music to have some fun

THE LECTURER's EFL Smartblog: Present Perfect Simple

THE LECTURER's EFL Smartblog: Present Perfect Simple: Have a go at practising the present perfect with this presentation Present perfect simple View more presentations from David Mainwood

IT WILL RAIN - BY BRUNO MARS

It can be done as a Karaoke or filling the gaps. You can try more singers if you go to 'home'.

Lyricsgaps.com - English exercises - Mode KARAOKE - Fill in the gaps It Will Rain by Bruno Mars

WORK / LIFE BALANCE QUIZ - INTERMEDIATE

Are you in balance? Take this quiz to find out if you are in balance

Mind and Body fitness

When you do it, check out what your score means.

PRESENT SIMPLE - BASIC 2

Elementary video-activities for students of English practicing the present simple for habitual actions.







This one with frequency adverbs

THE LAZY SONG - BRUNO MARS

Here is the song you couldn't enjoy in class. So sorry. I hope you can enjoy it here. The lyrics is in the comments.

PEPPA PIG - BASIC AND INTERMEDIATE

Hope you enjoy this episode of Peppa Pig. This is an excellent way of practising English pronunciation and listening.

WELCOME - BASIC 2

Video for the first units in Basic 2

IDENTITIES - SPEAKOUT - INTERMEDIATE 2

This is the video which puts an end to unit 1.

WOULD YOU LIKE...? - BASIC 2

Listen to how to ask for (pedir) a drink.



But....PLEASE don't pronounce like him.

VOCABULARY - BASIC LEVEL

Do you need help with pronunciation and vocabulary? Did you forget how to say your routine, the classroom objects or the housework? No problem. I found this site that can help you remember all that. Choose the part that is more interesting to you. Each activity has different tags (pestañas) above (encima) the pictures.

Activities
Classroom 1
Classroom 2
Continents and oceans
Days
Housework
Months
Stationery 1
Stationery 2

INTERMEDIATE LEVEL PAST SIMPLE REVIEW

How are you doing?
Why don`t you review the past for a while?

BASIC LEVEL NATIONALITIES

Aqui teneis un enlace para escuchar la pronunciación de más "countries" and "nationalities".

Y ahora ¿quiéres ser millionario?
Esl Games

OFFICE VOCABULARY - BASIC LEVEL

These are links to revise office vocabulary and stationery vocabulary.

Office stationery

office furniture

Office equipment

Vocabulary for meetings and presentations

POSSESSIVE ADJECTIVES - BASIC 2

As I promised you, here is the segment of the film 'Sunshine Barry and the Worm'. It was taken from an excellent blog run by Claudio Azevedo, a Brazilian teacher.

CULTURE - BASIC LEVEL

Do you know anything about the UK and USA flags? Here is a link to learn new things about those flags:
The UK flag is called 'The Union Jack'
The nickname for the American flag is 'the Stars and Stripes'

Do you know anything about the British and American culture? If not, do the quizzes below:
British quiz
American quiz

EMAILS FOR HOMEWORK

For those of you who havent bought the coursebooks yet, here are the situations for the emails you have to write for next week:

Situation 1

Next week you start a new job as Project Manager for a publishing company. Your job is to start new book projects and organise teams to work on the projects. Write to your new colleagues. Introduce yourself.

Situation 2.

You are going to Sydney for the first time. Your brother's friend, Tom, lives there. You have never met Tom. You want him to show you around the city. Write to Tom. Introduce yourself, and say when you are coming and what you want to do.

RELATIONSHIP PHRASAL VERBS - INTERMEDIATE

These are some phrasals related to the topic we are dealing with in unit 1, relationships.

FACE MATCH - BASIC LEVEL

Do you remember how to describe faces? This is a game to choose the right person. Read the instructions and then the description. If you know who the person is, click on the face. This is great fun.
British Council - Learn English Kids - Face Match

THE WEATHER - BASIC AND INTERMEDIATE

Can you spell the words for the weather? This is a hangman activity to revise the vocabulary related to the weather. It is a very entertaining game that can help you with vocabulary.
British Council -Learn English Kids - Weather

STORY MAKER - BASIC AND INTERMEDIATE

Do you like writing? You can create your own stories here. The story maker makes three different types of stories: fairy, horror and science-fiction stories. What's your favourite? It can be fun because a machine makes up the story. You only choose the characters. Try it out because it can be nice to discover what is up.

British Council - Learn English Kids

MINE - TAYLOR SWIFT - SONG

This is a song taken from a wonderful website, called 'Daily elessons'. It goes with activities thought for the students who study English as a second language.

FAMILY FEUD

Family Feud is an American television game show created by Mark Goodson and Bill Todman. Two families compete against each other in a contest to name the most popular responses to a survey-type question posed to 100 people.

MEN'S AND WOMEN'S BRAIN - INTERMEDIATE

Watch these two videos on men's and women's brain in order to work out how the brain works. I am sure you won't get bored with this theoretical approach, on the contrary, you will get surprised at the original way of introducing the facts to the audience.

Two brains - part 1
Two brains - part 2

BRITISH NEWSPAPER - INTERMEDIATE AND ADVANCED LEVELS

The Canary newspaper - 'Yes, Minister' - issue 54

USEFUL ENGLISH EXPRESSIONS FOR EMAILS

When writing an email, you should know what expressions could be used in both formal and informal emails. The link below focuses on those expressions which might help you choose the correct phrases to improve the quality of your writing.

Useful English Expressions for Email and Business Writing

COUNTRIES AND NATIONALITIES - BASIC LEVEL

Here you can find online activities to help you remember some countries and nationalities.
First of all, you need the list of countries and nationalities.

Now, try the activities for the different continents:

European countries and nationalities
African countries and nationalities
American countries and nationalities
Asian countries and nationalities

ALPHABET GAME - BASIC LEVEL

This game is called Alphabet Antics and helps you with the alphabet. You only have to say what letter of the alphabet it is. Click on the right letter but watch out for the snake!

GREAT WEBSITE TO IMPROVE PRONUNCIATION

A student at EOI Ingenio sent me this incredible website to help you with your pronunciation. It allows you to create your own talking character and for free. If you do not remember how to pronounce a word or expression, you only have to type the word(s) and the character will say it for you. Sitepal

INTERMEDIATE - GREETINGS

Hello there,
Welcome to a new school year in the EOI Ingenio. To start with you have this nice video about different ways of saying hello & goodbye, that is, greetings.

LIVING ENGLISH - BASIC LEVEL

This is an Australian series to help you with your English at a basic level. This first episode is about greetings, introductions, simple sentences, personal pronouns, that and this and adjectives. It is very easy because the characters speak very slowly and clearly.
Living English - episode 1

HISTORY OF THE LANGUAGE SCHOOLS.

History of the Spanish schools of languages.

AMY WINEHOUSE - WHAT REALLY HAPPENED

What is the truth about her death? Watch this and make your own theory of what really happened.
Amy Winehouse: What Really Happened

IRREGULAR VERBS - INTERMEDIATE AND ADVANCED

Who said that learning irregular verbs was boring? Here is a game to revise all those annoying verbs. Why not try to score the highest and lead the chart? Verb Dash

GOOD MANNERS, BAD MANNERS

Good manners, bad manners
“Manners” means the way that you behave to other people, particularly in public. If you have good manners you are polite and courteous. You remember to say “please” and “thank you”. You make people feel welcome and at ease. And if you have bad manners you are rude and discourteous. You say unpleasant things to people. You make them feel unwelcome and upset.

PRETTY IN PINK - INTERMEDIATE LEVEL

6min: Pretty in pink?: 20 May 2011: "Yvonne and Rob talk about the colour pink. A recent radio programme investigated why young girls like pink so much."

SUPERSTITIONS - INTERMEDIATE LEVEL

6min: Superstitions 12 Aug 2011: "Rob and Alice discuss superstitions connected with nature. These are events that some people believe will bring them good or bad luck."

BASIC REAL ENGLISH - BASIC LEVEL

This entry provides you with a lot of revision units for Basic level before the new school year begins. Click on this link and remember all the things you studied last year as well as the new things you can learn this coming year.

MUZZY IN GONDOLAND - BASIC LEVEL

This cartoon movie is for Basic students. It is slow and easy to understand.


Muzzy 4/5 por fufek

CHILDREN'S RHYMES AND SONGS - BASIC LEVEL

These are traditional children's nursery rhymes and songs. Are they familiar to you? You can sing them along. It can help you with your English pronunciation.

Nursery Rhymes & Kids Songs

Old MacDonald


Over the mountains


People work


The Hokey Cokey


And now Children's stories

Dark, dark wood


The Princess and the dragon

NEWSPAPERS AND MAGAZINES

All the newspapers and magazines in any language can be found on this site. I will post it on the menu so that you can all have access to the site more easily.
www.youkioske.com

WRITE YOUR OWN COMIC

With this tool you can create your own comic strip. It is as simple as ABC. Come on, give it a try and have fun. www.writecomics.com

RADIOSTATIONS

I know that some of you would be really keen on listening to real English on the radio so I thought these links to British radiostations could be of great help to you. I have thought that every time I come across an interesting English language radio station, I could add it to the right menu. So Check out the menu from time to time so as to see whether there is a new link.

These are the first radiostations on this blog:
KissCanaries is a local English language radio station broadcasting from Puerto de Mogan (99.4) to Maspalomas, Playa del Ingles and San Agustin (102.5) and along the entire south coast of Gran Canaria. You can always listen online at KissCanaries.com
LBC radio station broadcasts from London. It is talk radio for London on current affairs and news affecting London. Besides,not only do listeners hear about current issues but it also offers the chance to read them. It can be listened on www.lbc.co.ukThese are the first stations you could start listening to.

CHAPTER 12 - SOAP - FOOTBALL CRAZY

Argentina is playing England in the World Cup semi-finals. One team will go through to play Spain the final and Bridget's new Spanish boyfriend is coming to watch the match. Annie thinks that Hector is playing around with Bridget, but it is all a misunderstanding.

Chapter 12 - Football Crazy

ANIMALS - BASIC LEVEL

FRUIT - BASIC 1

Learn how to say the fruits in English

PHONEMIC CHART -

This is one of the things basic 1 students have to learn for the next school year. You can practise the sounds of the different phonemes in English.
Phonemic chart

VOCABULARY FOR THE SUMMER - BASIC 1

Welcome to Learning Chocolate! This web site aims to help students to memorize vocabulary in an easy and efficient way, by using pictures, sounds and games. Try our games and enjoy learning, like eating chocolate.

Learning Chocolate

COMPLAINING - ANY LEVEL

With this link you will learn to complain when you are not happy with a faulty item.
Complaining

CHAPTER 11 - SOAP - HOLIDAY TIME

It is decided that a holiday is needed, so the foursome head for Spain. Hector can speak the language, so acts as a guide, although they don't need him when they find a traditional English Teashop. Bridget finds a good-looking Spanish boyfriend and the boys are a hit with the waitress.

Chapter 11 - Holiday Time

NIGHT OUT SCENE 2 - LISTENING FOR INTERMEDIATE

Ashlie and Stephen go to a night club in search of a great night out. Will they find the perfect place to enjoy themselves?



After watching the video, try the exercises you can find below the video here.

SUMMER ACTIVITIES FOR BASIC 1 - WHERE ARE YOU FROM?

This is the first summer class for basic students. Follow the instructions to do the activities. Click on the website www.real-english.com for the second unit. On the right, you have how to use Real English. First you watch the video and then you click on

exercises

. There are seven different pages with exercises for this unit.
Una vez entras en los ejercicios de la lección, la etiqueta para el resto de los ejercicios viene en la parte superior de la página debajo de donde pone qué lección es.

But if you want to continue doing English this summer, there are many more units that you can find here, as many as eighty lessons.

PRESENT CONTINUOUS - BASIC 1

More activities for basic 1. These are for present continuous. Remember these things: click on the link, then listen to the videos and finally open the exercises. When you finish one exercise you can continue with the following one.

What are you wearing? For the exercises, click on 'lesson 38 - exercises'.

What are they doing? For the exercises, click on 'lesson 37 - exercises'.

What are you doing?

CAN / CAN'T - BASIC 1

This is another video. This time you can practise can/can't


15-can-cc por realdogswimming

REVISION OF PRONUNCIATION - BASIC 1

These are videos meant to be for children but you can use them to practise your pronunciation. I hope you like them.

WHAT DID YOU DO YESTERDAY? - BASIC 1

This is a listening activity on simple past. You can do the exercises at the same time you are listening to the video. Click on the link. There are different exercises. Remember to continue with exercise 2 when you finish exercise 1.


What did you do yesterday? A Real English Classic por realdogswimming

NIGHT OUT SCENE 1 -LISTENING FOR INTERMEDIATE LEVEL

Now have a look at the activities and practise your listening skill - Night out scene 1

THE LECTURER's EFL Smartblog: Question forms (Beginners > Elementary)

THE LECTURER's EFL Smartblog: Question forms (Beginners > Elementary): "Some activities to check you know how to make questions.  1) For beginner or elementary EFL students. Ask the questions Look at the a..."

This will help you in your upcoming exams. Some revision is always useful.

THE LECTURER's EFL Smartblog: Job Interviews: Body Language - Making A Good Firs...

THE LECTURER's EFL Smartblog: Job Interviews: Body Language - Making A Good Firs...: "Watch a clip about how to create a good impression in a job interview   Watch a clip with ..."

Something important you should know is that the answer to the questions is always in black so you are not able to see it unless you select the whole sentence and change the letter colour.

The Boy in the Striped Pajamas -

This is one of the most touching stories about the Holocaust. It is based on a book, also called 'The Boy in the Striped Pyjamas'. It tells the friendship between these two boys. It is worth reading it. I highly recommend it.
Click here to watch

MR BEAN AND PRESENT CONTINUOUS - BASIC 1

Watch this and answer the questions.

Mr Bean's sandwich (Present Continuous)

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This was taken from THE LECTURE'S EFL SMARTBLOG

PRESENT CONTINUOUS - BASIC 1

Look at the actions and say what they are doing. The answer is in black. You can see the answer when you pass the mouse over the black letters.
This is the blog

PAST SIMPLE - BASIC 1

These are two videos to practise the past simple. The first video is to help you remember the past forms

Past Simple - Say the past form of these verbs

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And the second to help you use past simple in a sentence

Past Simple - Say the sentences in the past

View more presentations from David Mainwood

LISTENING AND PRONUNCIATION - INTERMEDIATE

I know that some of you have been very worried about your listening skill results. I came across this website which provides you with the chance of listening while you are reading the text. You can follow the text very easily and I am sure that, in a short period of time, both your understanding and pronunciation will improve in a natural way. Unfortunately, the texts are mostly American English but I think you can understand them quite well.
www.manythings.org

PRESENT CONTINUOUS - BASIC 1

Watch and say the sentences in English

PRESENT CONTINUOUS AND PRESENT SIMPLE

This first exercise has got two activities. The first activity is about present continuos and in the second one, you have to decide between present simple or continuous:
Present Continuous and Present Simple, by Paula :)
More about present continuos and present simple:
Present Continuous and Present Simple, by baiba
Present Simple versus Present Continuous, by kawyte
Simple Present vs Present Continuous, by sandra cunha


These are only about present continuous. Some have got animated pictures.
Grammar practice - present continuous, by elisasilva
What are they doing? (animated), by Elvira
PRESENT CONTINUOUS, by Carlos Reis
What are they doing?, by Francesca
What´s happening in front of Harrods?, by Cristina

LISTENING FOR BASIC LEVEL - SERIES 1 - EPISODE 4 - BRITISH COUNCIL

Listen to the podcast on your computer. While you are listening, read through the questions. Read the questions and instructions carefully. Check your answers when you have finished.
SERIES 1 - EPISODE 4

SOAP - CHAPTER 10 - ANNIE PROTESTS

Annie is protesting about cruelty to animals and wants Nick to look after some rescued guinea pigs, which then manage to escape. Hector is sent to interview Annie on her demostration and it all ends in tears..
Annie protests - chapter 10

PASSIVE VOICE - INTERMEDIATE LEVEL

This is a lesson in a blog to learn English on your own. Read the notes and do the activities.
El Blog para Aprender Inglés

TESTS - INTERMEDIATE LEVEL

These are different activities which provide you with exercises to practise the four English skills and some grammar before your upcoming Dominio tests.

Written English test

The written English Test is made up of 25 multiple choice questions on general English terms and phrases and is a great way to review your grammar level.
Shafston Online English Test

Grammar test

There are 20 sentences each with a word missing, you need to select from the available options which word best fits in the sentence.
Shafston Online Grammar Test

Reading test

Read a short 500 word article then answer 10 True/False/Information Not Provided questions, 5 Multiple Choice questions and finally 4 paragraph completion questions.
Shafston Online Reading Comprehension test

Transformation test

A partial sentence is given and you need to change the given word to fit that sentence
Shafston Online Word Transformation Test

Sentence Completion Test

A short essay is written, from the options available select the missing word which fits into the sentence and can affect the entire paragraph
Shafston Online Sentence Completion Test

MORE LISTENING FOR BASIC 1

Listen to these new extracts. These are some hints (sugerencias) before you listen. First, listen twice without looking at the text. Then, listen and complete the text. Finally, listen and follow up (sigue) the text.
Now, click on the title and listen up. These extracts are from OM AUDIO:
She is good at languages
I am staying in bed
What about your weekend?
We had a great time
At the hairdresser's

Lonely Lady Gaga - Friday Night with Jonathan Ross - S18 Ep8 Highlight -...

MR BEAN'S WEDDING - BBC One - Comic Relief

TWO PINTS OF LARGER... - Wedding Present List - BBC

LISTENING FOR INTERMEDIATE 2

Watch a couple as they make their way to the top of the mountain. Below the video, there is a link which will take you to the activities.



Snowdon Scene 2

PASSIVE VOICE - INTERMEDIATE LEVEL

Grammar tips on passive voice
Using Passive Voice 1, Using Passive Voice 2, Using Passive Voice 3

Exercises for passive voice. Click on the link to be taken to the website.
TolearnEnglish.com, Passive voice, Bon's tips and Road to Grammar (click on the grammar aspect)

LISTENING - BASIC 1

Listen to the conversations by pressing the "Play" button and answer the questions. Press the "Final Score" button to check your quiz. After you answer the questions, you can listen to the conversation again and read the script at the same time.
Escucha las conversaciones dándoles al Play y respondiendo las preguntas. Dale al botón "Final Score" para revisar las respuestas. Luego, puedes seguir la conversación, leyendo el texto a la misma vez. Para ello, tienes que picar en Quiz Script.
When you finish, there are activities to review the key vocabulary from the conversation. That is in the section Vocabulary Activities.
Cuando termines, hay actividades para repasar el vocabulario clave de la conversation.
Listening 1 - FAmily Activities
Listening 2 - A Fun DAy
Listening 3 - Train Tickets
Listening 4 - Where are you from?
Listening 5 - Travel on Sky Airlines
Listening 6 - What a Busy Day!
Listening 7 - Directions through Town

SIMPLE PAST - BASIC 1

I found these activities on past simple. They are on a blog created by Carmen Luisa Pérez Amaro at EOI Puerto de la Cruz. Click on the link and you can visit her page and do her activities.
Carmen Luisa's Website

PAST SIMPLE - BASIC 1

Here are exercises for you to practise the past simple.
Exercise 1
Exercise 2
Exercise 3
Exercise 4
Exercise 5

THE BODY - BASIC 1

This is a video with the parts of the body. Listen to the different parts and repeat.


And now a song to teach your kids.

LISTENING FOR BASIC LEVEL - SERIES 1 -EPISODE 3 - BRITISH COUNCIL

SERIES 1 - EPISODE 3
It can be a little difficult for basic 1. There are a lot of listening extracts with exercises. To the right of the image, you can see the different audios. Scroll down to choose one. Below the audios, there are many activities to do.

LEISURE - INTERMEDIATE 2

Learn a bit about British culture and leisure. Apart from the video, you can also try the activities as well as learn new vocabulary.

Leisure

LISTENING FOR BASIC 1

More listening activities for students of Basic 1
Daily Schedule
After the listening you can do these exercises:
Multiple choice for vocabulary
Mixed-up Sentence Exercises
Matching exercise

PHONEMIC CHART - ALL LEVELS

This is the new British Council phonemic chart. Help you hear the sounds of English by clicking on the symbols. Click on the top right hand corner of each symbol to hear sample words including the sounds.
PHONEMIC CHART

LISTENING - INTERMEDIATE 2

SELF-ACCESS.COM provides you with listening activities to help you improve your listening skill. By clicking on the menu, there are up to three other activities for the same audio.

WRITING EXERCISES - INTERMEDIATE 2

SELF-ACCESS.COM allows you to check your writing skills. On the menu, at the top of the page, there are up to 7 other exercises.

MORE PAST SIMPLE - BASIC 1

Listen to the following videos and learn more things about the past.
First, how to pronounce irregular verbs



Sing along and do karaoke



What did you do yesterday?

FIRST 50 DATES - INTERMEDIATE 2

Here is another trailer to enjoy and practise your comprehension. I hope you enjoy watching it as much as I did.


Now click on the title to answer the comprehension questions - First 50 dates

PHONETICS - BASIC AND INTERMEDIATE

These are the phonetic exercises that we did in class:
BBC Unit 3: Door and Coat
BBC Unit 5: Sock and Coat

In the videos you can learn how to pronounce the vowels.
Pronunciation Tips: Sock
Pronunciation Tips: Door

SOAP - CHAPTER 9 - JOBS FOR THE BOYS

Bridget has got Hector an interview at the television station where she works. They are looking for a reporter. With Nick's help Hector gets the job, but it may have something to do with the fact the editor is the landlady's cousin.
Jobs for the Boys - chapter 9

TWO PINTS OF LAGER - INTERMEDIATE 2

Watch another short scene from this hilarious series on BBC.

PASSIVE VOICE - INTERMEDIATE 2

This is the way passive voice is formed. Listen to Jennifer's explanation carefully.

English With Jennifer - Lesson 4c - The Passive Voice - English Grammar- Www.Sirenglish.Com - The best home videos are here

The Italian Man Who Went To Malta [FULL VERSION]

For the intermediate students this is an example of the confusion you might cause if you don't pronounce words properly. It is not the same whether you pronounce one sound or the other. So next time you say something, think twice before saying whatever sound comes to your mouth first.

SCHOOL LIFE - BASIC LEVEL

Como les prometí aquí tienen el primer listening con su transcripción y a la derecha, picando sobre Comprehension Quiz, pueden responder a las preguntas.
AS I promised you, here is your first listening with transcription for your practice. It has got comprehension questions on the right menu too.
School Life - Elllo

REPORTED SPEECH - INTERMEDIATE 2

Time now for grammar. Not everything is fun. Here I leave for you some sites I have found where you can review the reported speech.
Transform the sentences into Reported Speech
Mix and match
Multiple choice
Reported questions
Multiple choice 2
Reported commands
Multiple choice 3

A video to keep on practising

IRREGULAR VERBS - BASIC LEVEL

More activities to learn the irregular verbs:
Matching verbs
Matching verbs 2
Matching verbs 3
Matching verbs 4
Now put the sentences in order. Exercise 5
These exercises are more grammatical:
Complete the sentences with the correct verb form - Exercise 6
Complete the sentences - Exercise 7
Complete the sentences - Exercise 8

IRREGULAR PAST FORMS - BASIC 1

It is a game to remember the past forms of the verbs in English. Click on the number to see the verbs.
IRREGULAR PAST FORMS CROSSWORD