NARRATIVE TENSES

Practise narrative tenses and your listening skills at the same time by clicking here.

THE FIRST THANKSGIVING DAY

Watch the video below to learn about the first Thanksgiving Day.

LADY GAGA-TELEPHONE

Watch again the video about lady Gaga's song from class.

SANDBOARDING: LISTENING

Click here to listen about this new sport.

MODALS: PERMISSION, OBLIGATION, NO OBLIGATION, PROHIBITION ...

Click here to read about this kind of modals and here do online exercises on that.

LISTENING MASAI

Listen to the text about coming-of-age rituals.

TELEPHONE CONVERSATIONS

Click here to listen to some phone conversations: getting the wrong number,leaving messages,making appointments,.....etc. When you visit this page, don't forget to click on "What's next?" (on the right) to continue listening to more conversations.

USEFUL PHRASES ON THE PHONE

              

Watch this video to learn some useful expressions from phone coversations.

                      

TO OR FOR BEFORE AN INDIRECT OBJECT ?.Verbs with two objects.

Click here and read the explanation about when to use the preposition to
and when to use the preposition for before an indirect object. Later,try the exercises on line just below. Good luck.

JOB INTERVIEWS: DOs AND DON'Ts

Tips on making job interviews successful. 

HALLOWEEN VIDEO

Watch the following video to understand the origin of this festival.

COMPOUND ADJECTIVES

Click here and here to do exercises on Compound Adjectives.

INDIRECT QUESTIONS

Click here to do exercises on INDIRECT QUESTIONS.

QUESTION TAGS

If you want to take extra practice on question tags click here:

DESCRIBING PEOPLE

Watch this video and check how the man describes himself:

WHY DO DOGS LOOK LIKE THEIR OWNERS ?

Watch this video to have some explanations about similarities between dogs and their owners.

THE RUNNING OF THE BULLS

Tips about participating in the running of the bulls, Pamplona.

GENERAL LISTENING QUIZZES

Extra practise on listening. All levels.Cick here.

DON'T SLEEP- THERE ARE SNAKES (DAN EVERETT)

If you want to know about the story of Dan Everett, a former missionary who lost his faith, watch this video:

EXERCISES WITH " WISH "

Click here to do some exercises on "wish" on line.      

THAMES BARRIERS

Click here to listen to the text about Thames Barriers

SAINT PATRICK'S DAY

Saint Patrick is the patron saint of Ireland. On 17 March it is celebrated Saint Patrick's Day, not only in Ireland but in many different places around the world.
Watch the first video to learn vocabulary and expressions related to it. The second video explains the story and the way of celebrating this festival.




Click here to watch the second video:

GRANTS TO DO COURSES IN FOREIGN COUNTRIES

Click here to read about grants to do courses abroad

INDIRECT QUESTIONS

Explanation about making indirect questions:

PRACTICAL DRIVING TEST IN THE UK

Watch this video to learn about what taking the practical driving test in the UK involves  :

MATERIALES PARA LA EVALUACION DEL INGLES

Click here to see samples of exams

LISTENING AMELIA EARHART

Click here to listen to this woman's life.

LISTENINGS FOR ADVANCED LEVEL

http://www.phrasalverbdemon.com/listening.htm   

GERUNDS AND INFINITIVES

Verbs followed by infinitive, gerund or both of them :




 Extra practice: http://perso.wanadoo.es/autoenglish/gr.infing.i.htm

DIFFERENT ALTERNATIVES TO " IF "

We can express conditions by using different alternatives to "if", such as PROVIDED or PROVIDING, UNLESS, AS LONG AS, SUPPOSING,...etc. Practise doing this exercise on line:

http://perso.wanadoo.es/autoenglish/gr.unless.i.htm

MIXED CONDITIONALS

Sometimes conditional sentences are mixed, which means that the time in the "if" clause is not the same as the time in the main clause.

http://www.britishcouncil.org/learnenglish-central-grammar-mixed-conditionals.htm
http://www.learn4good.com/languages/evrd_grammar/Mixedconditionals.php3

ADJECTIVES ENDING IN -ED AND IN -ING

Watch this video to make a difference between ed adjectives and ing adjectives

CONDITIONAL SENTENCES

Watch this video to learn about conditional sentences.

REPORTED SPEECH QUIZ

Click here to try a quiz about reported speech :

http://esl.about.com/library/quiz/blgrquiz_reported1.htm

STRESS IN NOUNS AND VERBS

Listen to these pairs of words and then repeat them to notice the difference.

http://www.englishcorner.vacau.com/pronunciation/nv01.html

CURIOUS HOMONYMS AND HOMOPHONES

Watch this video about homonyms and homophones :

QUESTIONS IN REPORTED SPEECH

Watch this video to learn more about reported questions in English.