LISTENING REINFORCEMENT - INTERMEDIATE 1

Activities to improve your listening:


Pet Listening
When she loved me
Listening for details
The lion King
The Frozen
Vacations
Weather Report
Mary Reilly

LISTENING REINFORCEMENT - INTERMEDIATE 2

These are some links with exercises where to improve your listening:


The effects of technology on relationships
The help
Hunger Games
Big Bang Theory
Cell Phone Etiquette
Benjamin Button

TIME FOR A HOLIDAY - LISTENING - INTERMEDIATE 1

We have been talking about slowing down in our daily life. Here are two videos using the topic of time. In the first video complete the blanks in the transcript with the missing words whereas in the second you might try to write down what they say, like a dictation. You can find the key after the second video.

http://mythatsenglish.blogspot.com.es/2013/06/time-for-holiday.html

APPEARANCES - INTERMEDIATE 2

These are two commercials about appearances. Hope you can understand the message. Do you feel identified yourselves with the message?

FIRST, THEN, NEXT, LAST, ETC - BASIC 2

IT´S ONLY ROCK ´N ROLL BUT I LIKE IT!

Hey! Don´t forget the complement when you use like, love, hate, etc: e.g. I like football very much. or I like it very much.

This song will help you!

PASSIVE - THINGS THAT HAPPEN EVERY 60 SECONDS - ADVANCED

LESSON

MEETING CLUB TO PRACTISE ENGLISH, FRENCH OR GERMAN

The Gran Canaria Language Exchange is a great initiative for the whole island created by Spanish and English tutor Theresa Coe (theresacoe@gmail.com). It is a free iniciative which offers oportunities to improve French, English or German. There are meetings over the island. For more information you could send Theresa an email.

There is also this link to find people close to where you live: http://www.meetup.com/English-Intermediate-Conversation-Group/

APPEARANCES LISTENING FOR PRACTICE - INTERMEDIATE 2

These are some links to work on appearances:

1. http://www.elllo.org/english/Mixers/T095-Appearance.htm
2. http://www.elllo.org/english/1151/T1183-Maria-Appearance.html
3. http://elllo.org/video/1251/V1299-Adelina-Appearance.htm
4. http://elllo.org/english/Mixer/09Fashion.html

JUDGING BY APPEARANCES - INTERMEDIATE 2

Here are some videos with ways to describe people physically. For extra vocabulary you have this link: http://www.esolcourses.com/content/exercises/grammar/adjectives/appearance/vocab1.html

What do you look like? from eoi.soraya

Describing People from Vinicius Luciano Menezes Cotrim

PHOBIAS AND FEARS - LISTENING - INTERMEDIATE 1

Reading and listening activities on:

Phobias
http://listenaminute.com/p/phobias.html
http://www.elllo.org/mobile/VM1101/V1128-Encounter.htm

Fears
http://listenaminute.com/f/fear.html
http://www.elllo.org/english/0451/457-Ruth-AfraidOf.htm
http://www.elllo.org/video/M051/M056Fear.htm
http://www.elllo.org/english/0151/157-Naju-Fear.htm

COMPARATIVE AND SUPERLATIVE - INTERMEDIATE LEVEL

Comparatives and Superlatives - The Greatest Show on Earth from David Mainwood

This is a link to a site which helps students to introduce, revise or practise comparatives and superlatives
The biggest and the best

SINCE / FOR - INTERMEDIATE 1

Quiz to know how to use since or for. Firstly, read the rules and then take a multiple choice grammar quiz.


Since / for 

MODALS FOR POSSIBILITY AND CERTAINTY - INTERMEDIATE LEVEL

Modals for possibility and certainty

FORMAL AND INFORMAL EMAIL - INTERMEDIATE 1

These are some tips on how to write a formal or informal email. I hope they are useful to you in your writing production.

3rd CONDITIONAL LESSON - ADVANCED

LESSON to speak using the 3rd Conditional

HOW TO HAVE A BRITISH CHRISTMAS AND ITS MEANING - INTERMEDIATE LEVEL

SHOPPING · INTERMEDIATE 1

Learn Real English – SHOPPING · engVid

BAD HABITS - INTERMEDIATE 1

Speaking English – Bad Habits · engVid

SAILING - VIDEO & ACTIVITIES - ADVANCED

Watch this VIDEO

SUCCESS - VIDEO AND ACTIVITIES- ADVANCED

Watch and do the activities about SUCCESS

PRESENT PERFECT - INTERMEDIATE LEVEL

These are some pages with interesting exercises on present perfect:

1. Grammar and exercises
2. Exercises
3. Game 1
4. Game 2
5. Game 3

PAST PERFECT - INTERMEDIATE 2

After learning about past perfect, you'll probably need some practice. Here are some exercises which will help you with this verb tense.

Past perfect 1
Past perfect 2
Past Perfect 3
Past Perfect 4

RELATIVE CLAUSES - INTERMEDIATE 1

This lesson will focus on adding important, additional information to sentences using relative clauses. We will look at the use and structure of these clauses and do some practice activities.

Learning English - Relative clauses

You can try these exercises too:
relative clauses quiz
relative clauses - joining phrases
relative clauses - fill in the gaps

PAST TENSES - GRAMMAR - INTERMEDIATE 2

Past Perfect / Past Simple

LISTENING IN RELATIONSHIPS - LISTENING 1

Listening activities for intermediate students level 1.

Class Crush
The Break-up
Living on my own
Important people in their lives

LISTENING ON SPORTS AND HOBBIES - INTERMEDIATE 2

More listening activities, now on sports and hobbies

Seaside entertainment
Theme Parks
Favourite things
Sports divided
Hiking Arches National Park
Adventure in Costa Rica

Scuba diving listening

PHYSICAL DESCRIPTION - BASIC 2

GAME

LISTENING ON TRAVELLING - INTERMEDIATE 1

Here are some more listening exercises to help you improve your skill.

Travel Arrangements
New York Travel
Vacation Plans
Tour of London
Off to Switzerland

LISTENING ACTIVITIES - INTERMEDIATE LEVEL

You can use these lesson plans to help develop listening and language skills. There are seven episodes of Virtually Anywhere so you can do one a week, or more frequently if you would like more intensive practice. This is more suitable for intermediate 2 but those in intermediate 1 can give it a try.

Virtually Anywhere

A PLANE CRASH IN NY - LESSON- ADVANCED

LESSON ABOUT A PLANE CRASH

SONG - "HELLO" BY ADELE - ALL LEVELS

Listen and complete the gaps

Hello from Angel Ingenio

Now watch the karoke version for the answers

SONG - I'M NOT THE ONLY ONE BY SAM SMITH - ALL LEVELS

Listen and complete the lyrics below. To know the answers, watch the karaoke version.

I'm not the only one from Angel Ingenio

For the key, watch the karaoke version

ANIMALS - BASIC

GAME

SONG

SPEEDING INTO THE FUTURE - INTERMEDIATE 1

Technology's a good thing, right? It helps us stay in touch with friends and family wherever we are. But do we use it too much? In this session we do a fun quiz about how we use technology, and also learn the vocabulary.

Too much tech? - At the end of the page, click on next activity. This lesson has three different types of activities.

 Is technology good for children? - The following activity is a reading comprehension on technology with questions. 

EXTREME COMMUTERS - INTERMEDIATE 1

This news report is about extreme commuting - and you'll find out about one very long commute. While you are listening, try to fill in the gaps in the text below. Once you have finished it, click on the transcript below the video to see the correct words. You can use the vocabulary list to help you learn some new words while you're listening.

Extreme commuters

EXTREME COMMUTERS

The average worker in Britain _________ 54 minutes commuting each day. But some travel for much longer. These are the UK's 'extreme commuters'.

Gary Egen lives in Wales and ____________ five days a week to Watford, which is 170 miles away.

"My alarm goes off at 03:30 each day and my ________ takes two-and-a-half to three hours," he says.

But he says he enjoys the time spent travelling: "I have quite a ____________job so I use the journey home to sort my day out in my ___________ and to make a plan for the following day."

Research from the Office for National Statistics says ______________- commuting is becoming more _______________, and that a travel time of three hours or more is often a happier experience than ____________ journeys.

This may be because these extra-long journeys are a _______________ choice for extreme commuters. They often have a higher than ___________ income and can therefore use their travel time more productively.

PAST SIMPLE - BASIC LEVEL

Do you like singing karaoke? You are going to listen to a rap made to practise the pronunciation of past verbs. I am sure you are going to have a lot of fun singing at home.

GUY FAWKES DAY - INTERMEDIATE AND ADVANCED LEVELS

On November 5th people remember the plot to blow up the Houses of Parliament by celebrating 'Bonfire Night'. All over Britain there are firework displays and bonfires with models of Guy Fawkes, which are burned on the fire. This video from The British Council's LearnEnglish site explores the origins of the festival and looks at how it's celebrated now.









After watching the video, try this game

Guy fawkes millionaire from Angel Ingenio

BRITISH TRADITION LESSON - ADVANCED

BRITISH TRADITION LESSON

DAYS, MONTHS & SEASONS - BASIC

GAME 1

GAME 2

GAME 3

HALLOWEEN SONG AND TALE - ADVANCED

TALE

SONG

MONEY - INTERMEDIATE 2

Money vocabulary



Are you a student living away from home? Do you find yourself living on a tight budget? Listen to these UK students and find out their top tips for saving money.

Student Money

Another exercise on money and society

Consumer society

Every year, it costs British students more and more to attend university. Students are graduating with larger and larger debts. So is a university degree really worth it? 

What's a university education worth?

The pound sterling is the oldest currency in the world that is still in use. What do you know about the money used in the UK?

Currency

HALLOWEEN GAMES - BASIC

GAME 1

GAME 2

TRANSPORTATION VOCABULARY - INTERMEDIATE LEVEL

As we have started with transportation and travelling, I thought you might need extra vocabulary for the lesson. On the link below, you can find plenty of vocabulary

Transportation

HALLOWEEN VOCABULARY - ALL LEVELS

Some vocabulary on Halloween

Learning chocolate


Plenty of online activities on this amazing site: Esolcourses.com


Esolcourses - Halloween

PAST CONTINUOUS - INTERMEDIATE 1

Watch a clip about someone going to hospital. Then make sentences using past simple and continuous.

Carry on Doctor - Practising the past continuous 

PAST SIMPLE / PAST CONTINUOUS - INTERMEDIATE LEVEL 1

A funny story that helps students to practise using both past simple and past continuous.

Storytelling

FEELINGS - BASIC 2

GAME

WHERE ARE YOU FROM? - BASIC LEVEL 1

School material unidad 1 from Angel Ingenio

SCHOOL SUPPLIES - BASIC LEVEL 1

Where are these from from Angel Ingenio

TIME SEQUENCERS AND CONNECTORS - INTERMEDIATE 1

These are useful connectors for your written tasks

Time sequencers and connectors from Raul Cabezalí

WORD GAME - INTERMEDIATE AND ADVANCED LEVELS

Play Wordshake and see how many points can you get in 3 minutes. Longer words score more points!
How many words can you make from the random assortment of 16 letters in a time limit of 3 minutes. Remember to spell the words correctly and remember, the longer the words, the more points you will score. Quite challenging and gripping activity.

Wordshake

READING ON MONEY - INTERMEDIATE 2

Are you good with money? Read the text to find out about British teenagers and their cash! -

Money

READING ON HOLIDAYS - INTERMEDIATE 1

Do people have lots of holidays where you live? Where do they go and what do they do? Read more to find about holidays in the UK! 

Holidays

LISTENING ON IMPORTANT PEOPLE IN YOUR LIVES - INTERMEDIATE 1

Listen to the speakers talking about important people in their lives and do the exercises to practise and improve your listening skills. 

Important people

EXTRA LISTENING ON TRAVELLING - INTERMEDIATE 1

These are some exercises to practise your listening skill. The topic is related to unit 2. I hope you enjoy them:

1. Tour of London
2. Travelling abroad
3. Weather forecast (this has been included as the weather becomes important when travelling)
4. Trains and travel

FAMILY - BASIC LEVEL

GAME

FUTURE TENSES QUIZ SHOW - INTERMEDIATE LEVEL

Practice future tenses - will, going to, doing using this ESL fun Game. It is suitable for intermediate  learners. It can be used to review work that was done in class. Have fun learning English!

Future forms review

IRREGULAR PAST SIMPLE VERBS QUIZ SHOW - INTERMEDIATE LEVELS

This is a game where students choose points and answer questions to score points.Review irregular verbs past simple- Wait for game to fully load before playing.For best results do not use internet explorer. FIREFOX, Google CHROME & SAFARI are ideal.

Irregular Verbs Quiz Show

TREKKING ACTIVITY PROMOTED BY EOI SANTA BRIGIDA - ALL LEVELS

EOI Santa Brigida is promoting a trekking activity along the nothern coast of Gran Canaria. It will be in English and a guide will tell the walkers about the beauty of our coast. This walk will leave from Las Canteras beach next October 31. Any further information on the activity is available in Spanish on the link below

http://www.sendabiosfera.com/p/descubriendo-nuestras-costas.html

THE UNDERGROUND - LISTENING ADVANCED

LISTENING

ILLNESSES - INTERMEDIATE

VIDEO

I HAVE A HEADACHE - SONG ABOUT ILLNESSES - BASIC

VIDEO

PAST SIMPLE AND PAST PROGRESSIVE - INTERMEDIATE 1

Two teachers tell us about a scary situation when they were walking home late at night. This gives us the opportunity to see the way they talk about past situations and the way they combine the use of the past continuous (for longer, background situations) and the past simple (shorter actions that interrupt the action in the past continuous).

Self-study activity: Listen as often as necessary until you feel you've got the grasp of what really happened to them. Then retell the teachers' anecdotes in their own words. Make a point of using the past simple and past continuous all the time, and don't jump to the present.

Finally, can you think about a scary situation in your life? Retell the anecdote using the past continuous and past simple.

WHAT IS CHARM? INTERMEDIATE LEVELS

The EFL SMARTblog: What is charm?:

You are going to:

• listen to a discussion about "charm", 
• talk about being charming and being polite 
• look at adjectives to describe personality and character

WHAT IS BEAUTY - INTERMEDIATE LEVELS

More on descriptions for both intermediate levels. There is a listening activity as well as a crossword. If you were also interested in trying some speaking practice, you can use the questions on the page.


What is beauty

DATE, MONTHS, SEASONS... BASIC LEVEL

GAMES AND MORE

AT THE BEACH - BASIC LEVEL

VIDEO

JOBS, PLACES GAME - BASIC LEVEL

VIDEOGAME

DIFFERENT KINDS OF BREAD - INTERMEDIATE LEVEL

CITIES: PUBLIC PLACES - BASIC LEVEL

Watch this

video

SOCIAL NETWORKS - ADVANCED

Hey, watch this

VIDEO

Speaking about HOLIDAYS - BASIC LEVEL

Ve estas charlas sobre las vacaciones / Watch these chats about holidays!

video

PERSONALITY COMPOUND ADJECTIVES - INTERMEDIATE 1

APPEARANCES IN ENGLISH - INTERMEDIATE 1

There are many ways to talk about physical appearance and describe people in English. In this lesson you  are given the most common describing words (adjectives) which are used to describe people and it talks about their physical appearance such as Hair, Skin, Body and Face.

PERSONALITY ADJECTIVES - INTERMEDIATE 1

Five activities with sound to enhance your vocabulary.

Personality adjectives

COOKING SHOW IN SPACE - INTERMEDIATE LEVEL 2

Cooking show in space

CHOCOLATE NEWS - INTERMEDIATE LEVEL 2

Chocolate news

MODERN FAMILY - INTERMEDIATE LEVEL 2

 This video introduces the family

HOW TO TALK ABOUT FOOD AND DRINKS - INTERMEDIATE LEVEL 2

In this video you are introduced to some common terms that are used when describing food and drinks in English.

TIPS ON FOOD AND MOOD - INTERMEDIATE LEVEL 2

Tips to help you explore the relationship between what you eat and how you feel. Improving your diet can help give you:

- positive feelings
- clearer thinking
- more energy
- calmer moods

INTERACTIVE PHONEMIC CHART - ALL LEVELS

Important practice before starting with English this year. The link below show symbols on a clickable chart representing the 44 sounds used in British English speech. Students have to click on each symbol or sample word to hear how they are pronounced. 

Interactive Phonemic Chart

PHRASALS - INTERMEDIATE AND ADVANCED

Phrasals

IDIOMS WITH 'HAVE' - INTERMEDIATE AND ADVANCED LEVELS

SERIES FOR SPANISH LEARNERS OF ENGLISH - BASIC AND INTERMEDIATE LEVELS

To help you with your listening skill over the summer, I thought you could enjoy this series made for English learners. This is one of the episodes but in case you like watching it, click on 'youtube' icon and then you will be taken to the youtube page. There you can choose other episodes.

CARTOON MOVIE - WITH ENGLISH SUBTITLES - INTERMEDIATE AND ADVANCED LEVELS

COMPARATIVES - BASIC 2

Practice comparative and grammar. Click on the correct word to complete the phrases.

http://gamestolearnenglish.com/compare/

ONLINE PICTURE DICTIONARY - BASIC LEVEL

This is a very simple and basic visual dictionary for children , but a good one for young learners or beginners. You click on each word and you will see a bigger picture with its name and pronuntiation.

http://www.opdome.com/

LISTENING COMPREHENSION WITH MOVIES - ALL LEVELS

Learning through media (movies, music, etc.) is one of the best ways to learn a new language. The clips on this site will improve your listening comprehension skills, helping you to learn and practice English as spoken by normal people every day! These particular clips are from recent movies. Good luck!

Learnenglishfeelgood.com

CAN I? or MAY I? - BÁSICO 2

OPINION ESSAYS - INTERMEDIATE AND ADVANCED LEVELS

Opinion essays from cristinaramir12

VIDEOS IN ENGLISH FOR PRACTICE - ALL LEVELS

Some of you were asking for listening practice at home. Here are some videos to enjoy.
Cartoons in English

HOW TO WRITE AN ADVANTAGES AND DISADVANTAGES ESSAY - INTERMEDIATE LEVEL

How to write an introduction



How to write an essay

FUTURE TENSE - BASIC LEVEL 2

I thought you might need extra help with future. I have found the following pages with online exercises. 

Grammar:

Future

Exercises:

Future tenses 1

Future tenses 2

Future tenses 3

Future tenses 4

Future tenses 5

Future tenses 6

CONDITIONAL SENTENCES TYPE 1 AND TYPE 2 - INTERMEDIATE LEVEL

These are some links to do some grammar practice. Remember to use only type 1 and 2, not 3.

Conditional sentences 1
Conditional sentences 2
Conditional sentences 3

COVERING LETTERS - INTERMEDIATE AND ADVANCED LEVELS

Covering letter from angelomagno

JUDGING BY APPEARANCES - INTERMEDIATE 2

Enjoy this video again.

ADVANTAGES AND DISADVANTAGES - INTERMEDIATE 2

You will learn words that have the same meaning as "advantage" and "disadvantage", such as "drawback", "downside", "positive aspect", "benefit", and many more. Come and improve your vocabulary by learning these synonyms in a very short time.

YOU CAN'T HURRY LOVE - SONG

LISTENING ACTIVITIES - BASIC 2 AND INTERMEDIATE 1

On this link below, you can have access to plenty of audios with online activities. They can be a good practice for the final exams.

English Tonight