Reading and grammar practice

• If you click on the word READING  you will reach a  text about the economical crisis. I think it is important for you to practise as much as possible  with different excerpts related or not to the topics in the textbook.

Also you can revise the use of the verbal tenses we are studying now: present and past continuous, simple present, present perfect...

• Second reading: Internet piracy .

REMEMBER to open your email account in case you cannot read the document after clicking!!
You can also print the text if you prefer to work at home.

Vocabulary: Vegetables, fruit and nuts.

If you want to learn more about English vegetables, watch the video and then repeat the correct pronunciation.


And now you can practise more on the names of fruits and nuts.Take your time and remember you don't have to learn all of them by heart!!

Typical british food

Click on the photo to learn more about typical British food and meals.

At a restaurant

Listen and speak by following the video . You can learn how to order a menu .


Then, you can follow another one and practise at home.

Grammar review: Simple Past vs. Present Perfect

You can revise the use of these past tenses by clicking on the following links.

• exercise 1

• exercise 2
• exercise 3

Listening comprehension practice

We have just started our lessons and I think it's a good idea to practise all the skills of the language. Today I'd like you to have a listening comprehension . Open the audio in a different window to read and answer the questions. Remember to listen to the audio at least twice . If you click here you can read the transcript but...don't do it until you have finished trying.

Comparative and superlative . Pronunciation practice

You can revise the use of comparative and superlative form by playing this crossword.

Now you can make a revision of  pronunciation sounds and symbols by playing these quizzes.

• quiz 1
• quiz 2

European day of languages 26th September

 

Every year since 2001 the European day of languages is celebrated on 26th september. Here you can learn more about this fact.

Here you can hear people say hello in different languages.

If you are interested in knowing about the origin and language families play the quiz.

Here you can play a memory game and learn more about the present flags in Europe.