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