Click here, listen to the recording and fill in the gaps.
In English (B 1)
Tuesday, April 16, 2024
Monday, April 15, 2024
B1. Reading comprehension: Going shopping.
Click here, read the instructions and do the activity.
Friday, March 22, 2024
B1. Reading practice.
Click here and match the places with the people.
Read the text and then choose the right answer (a, b, c or d). Click here.
Sunday, March 17, 2024
B1. Saint Patrick's Day
Saint Patrick's Day is celebrated on March 17th to commemorate the arrival of Christianity in the Emerald Isle. Today, it is also celebrated by Irish communities all over the world. If you want to find out more about the origins of the holiday, click here.
Wednesday, March 13, 2024
B1: Listening comprehension (revision activities)
Free time: Click here.
Stonehenge: Click here.
A large family. Click here.
An undergroud city. Click here.
Wednesday, March 6, 2024
B1. Grammar: Present perfect
Tuesday, February 27, 2024
B1: Reading comprehension (extra practice): Climate (True or false)
Click here and read about the climate in Madagascar.
B1. Homes in Britain
What are British homes like? Before you watch the video play the recording without images and do the exercises below as part of a listening comprehension test. Click here. When you finish, you can watch the whole video.
Source: Window on Britain (englishstudy5-11.blogspot.com)
Now listen and do the exercises.
Sequence 1(until 1' 09''). Put the types of houses in the order they are mentioned in the video:
a new house, a cottage, a large house, a small house, a semi-detached house, a detached house, a bungalow, a terraced house, an old house.
Select the blanks to see the answers --> 1 a bungalow, 2 a cottage, 3 a terraced house, 4 a semi-detached house, 5 a detached house, 6 an old house, 7 a new house, 8 a large house, 9 a small house.
Sequence 2 (until 2'45''). Answer the following questions: (Select the blank spaces to see the answers).
1. What do the Robinsons do in their living-room? Answer: They relax, watch television, play games or read the paper
2.- What is there in the kitchen? Answer: a fridge, a cooker, an oven, a microwave, a sink and a kettle
3.- What do they normally do in the dining room? Answer: They eat (special meals: birthdays, dinner parties and Sunday lunches)
Sequence 3:Write TRUE or FALSE (select to see the answers)
1.- The children's rooms are upstairs (Answer: TRUE
2.- Julie is doing her homework (Answer: FALSE. SHE IS LISTENING TO MUSIC
3.- Mrs. Robinson is a housewife (Answer: FALSE. SHE IS A WRITER)
4.- More than half of British homes have computers (Answer: FALSE The viedo says "over a quarter")
5. - The British are not keen on cats (Answer: FALSE. THEY ARE KEEN ON DOGS , CATS, RABBITS, FISH...
6.- Buckingham Palace is the most famous home in Britain (Answer: TRUE
B1: Video: Parts of the house.
Thursday, February 22, 2024
B1. Housework
Watch the following videos and learn new vocabulary. Click here and here.
Now, practice with the following exercises: here