Holidays and traditions

Christmas activities   

Christmas in the UK: reading

Anglophenia: How to have an British Christmas.

1.Making a difference

Personality adjectives

Choose the right adjective
Personality adjective quiz

Past Simple, past continuous and used to
 1.Used to songs      (The woksheet is here)

Used to exercices: Ex.1,  Ex 2  Ex.3,  Ex 4
Used to, be used to, get used to exercices: Ex1, Ex.2, Ex.3, Ex. 4,  Ex. 5  

Present perfect simple and continuous 

Grammar explanation and a series of of exercices.
Differences explained and three exercices for practice. 
Present perfect simple vs progressive (or continuous): 1   2   3   4   5   6    

Natural environments
Landscape vocabulary
Weather, nature and the environment
Animal body parts
Animals,   Birds ,  Insects, Fish reptiles and sea life
Environment vocabulary list and definitions
Environmental ABCs
Planet Earth, listen and complete.



 

2. A consumer's world

Buying and selling

Past simple and past perfect simple
ex1  ex2  ex3  ex4  ex5     ex6 

Few, little, lots of, plenty of

ex 1   ex2   ex3   ex4  ex5 
Too much, too many, enough

ex 1 ex2   ex3   ex4   ex5

Compound adjectives

practice 1  practice 2      practice 3     practice 4  practice 5   practice 6 

Personal qualities

Advertising
 Shopping signs and notices

Shopping 
Shopping for electronics

3.The energy of tomorrow

Energy and devices

Technology adjectives
Do the quizz

The passive:
*theory and exercises: 1,  2
*past simple> 1  2   present simple  1  2   and future (will) 1  2
Active or passive 1  2   3
Order 1


Reflexive pronouns
Ex.1  Ex.2  Ex.3  Ex.4   Ex.5    Ex.6     Ex.7 
        

Expressing interest, satisfaction and hope
 

Both and neither

Ex.1  Ex.2     Ex.3 


An opinion essay

Read and do the exercises to improve your writing skills.

4.Live well

Conditionals

First conditional and second conditional: 1  2  3  4  5 6 
Third conditional. Watch the video and do the exercises.  1  2  3 (plus structure)  4  5 6 
 Do the quizz

Mixed conditionals. Watch the video and do the exercises. 1  2  3  4  5   6 
A lot more practice

Colours

If you want to know more about the psychlogy of colours  you'll find lots of information in this text.

 

Watch the video.
COLOR PSYCHOLOGY from LidiaSeara on Vimeo.

Do you recognize any of the films in it?

Advice
Give advice : expresssions and practice
Ex 1 , 2, 3 , 4, 5
Health and injuries




Practise this vocabulary
Listen to these young people talk about vegetarianism
A good night's sleep. Listen to the radio interview
Read this text about schools dinners and fo the exercises
Here you have a list of vocabulary and expressions used at the doctor's

Parts of the body: head, game 1, game 2

Medical Advice: What's the matter? Listening activity
Medical advice: Doctor's appointment. Listening activity
Listen and identify the treatment
What's wrong with these six people? Listen and guess

Sport 

5.Community spirit

Social media and  digital technology

Do you stay safe online? Read the text and check.
Tips to use social media smartly Watch the video

Question forms

Object/Subject questions   ex 1  ex2   ex 3   ex 4   ex 5   ex 6  
Question tags    grammar explanation      ex 1   ex 2   ex 3   ex 4   ex 5 extra exercises 

ex 6  "Sophie stuck in Austrialia".Watch and read.
Check that you can use tag quetions correctly.

Verbs with -ing and infinitive
Verb patterns: verb+infinitve or verb + ing. List of verbs and explanations.
ex1  ex2  ex3  ex4   

ex 5. "Ollie is upset" Watch and read.
Check that you know when to use verb+ing or verb+infinitive
ex 6     ex7
ex 8 Game    ex 9  Lots of exercises and grammar explanation

Modals of deduction and possibility

 Explanations     ex 2 present deduction  ex 3 past deduction   ex 4  ex 5   ex 6   ex 7


Suggestions and offers
Making and responding to suggestions explained 
ex 1  List of expressions    ex 2   ex 3  ex 4  ex 5   ex 6     

Making offers explained
ex1  
 
House Chores

Dial Direct "The Notebook" directed by Greg Gray from Velocity on Vimeo.

6.Good times

That's entertainment
Listening 1. Rod talks about different types of entertainment
Listening 2. DVD or Cinema. What's the best place to watch a movie? 

Reported speech
statements:  pesent simple 1     present continuous 1    past simple  1 
 present perfect 1    future simple 1      mixed  1  2  3  4  5  6    say and tell 1 
questions: yes/no questions 1    wh questions 1     mixed tense questions 1  2  3  4  5 
requests and commands.  requests and orders A  B  C   1  2  3

mixed sentences: ex 1  ex2  ex3  ex4 
reporting verbs: explanation    ex 1    ex 2   ex 3   ex 4   ex 5 

Prepositions
location: explanations in/on/at   ex1  ex2       other prepositions examples ex3  ex4 Look at the photos and complete ex5  ex6   ex7  ex8  ex9
movement: explanation    ex1   ex2  

extra: location1  location2  position1  position2  direction1  direction2

Points of view

Agreeing and disagreeing
Writing a story

7.In the news

8.The senses

9. Next steps

Cambridge Preliminary English Test (PET) and First Certificate in English (FCE)

Practice for PET  Cambridge exams:

1. English Revealed
2. Flo-Joe's
3. Exam English
 
 Listening practice (B1)

British Council

Talkenglish
esl-lab
elllo
lyrics training  (songs)
lyrics gaps  (songs)

Wtiting practice

Write and improve
Cambridge writing activities

Reading
Cambridge reading activities 

Games
Funland
Academy island

Speaking test

What the test is like with video examples 
Sample test
How to pass the oral test. Tips
Tips for preparing PET speaking exam

Practice for FCE Cambridge exams.
Speaking test
1. Tips   2  Practice 1   Practice 2   Practice 3 
  3Example questions   4.GENERAL tips and examples

  Writing exam
1.Today school
2.English Revealed
3. Flo-Joe