fbpx

Category: Exercises

How revolutionary were you in 2011? An Interactive Quiz

How revolutionary were you in 2011?   In this exercise we “find out” how revolutionary who were in 2011. For Upper Intermediate students:  Interactive quiz:  Whether it was the thousands in Tahrir Square demanding the removal of President Mubarak or the crowds rioting London’s streets, many of the key stories of 2011 had an undercurrent of […]

Skype / Telephone Classes – Using practical English

Skype / Telephone Classes – Using practical English The student is required to prepare the  class before the start to maximise learning potential. This is usually done by listening to a BBC broadcast or reading an article using everyday useful English. 1. The listening 2. Using new vocabulary in an exercise 3. Discussing the new […]

Fun with English Pronunciation

via The Poke  What does poke mean? Poke on Facebook. To poke fun. (source: http://www.thepoke.co.uk/2011/12/23/english-pronunciation) If you can pronounce correctly every word in this poem, you will be speaking English better than 90% of the native English speakers in the world. After trying the verses, a Frenchman said he’d prefer six months of hard labour to […]

Business English with Bloomberg TV

Rosell Says Rajoy Can Manage Spanish Economic Overhaul from Bloomberg TV What is an overhaul? Intro: Dec. 2, 2011 (Bloomberg) — Juan Rosell, chairman of Confederacion Espanola de Organizaciones Empresariales, Spain’s main business group, talks about Prime Minister-elect Mariano Rajoy’s plans to overhaul the Spanish economy. He speaks from Madrid with Owen Thomas on Bloomberg […]

Nancy Sinatra – Bang Bang (Past Simple Regular & Irregular practise)

bang bang nancy sinatra english lesson

Nancy Sinatra – Bang Bang (A class with the famous song by Nancy Sinatra to practice verbs in the Past Simple) Who was Nancy Sinatra? Can you name any of her songs? What relationship is she to Frank Sinatra   Ex 1: While listening to the song put the verbs in brackets into the past […]

JOIN OUR MAILING LIST AND

access Free Online Course

The 5 Day English Challenge