The Comeback- a story

Click here and listen to the story. 

A Visitor to The Star- a story

Click here to listen to a story.

A love story

Listen to Carolina talking about her relationship with Enrico.

Family traits

Listen and choose the right adjective.

Try the vocabulary activities.

Listen to Adrienne talking about the different personalities in her family.

Personality traits. Listen.

What is your worst quality?

What are your best qualities?

Important People

Click here to do the listening activity about "Important People". We'll check it in class next week.

UFO: A story to remember

A listening activity about a man who saw a UFO.

Two Peas in a Pod

Click here to listen to a story about two identical twins.

Life of a Tree

You will hear the story of the life a tree in six parts. 

1. Guess the order that they will hear these parts:

a. The polluted city

b. First years of life

c. A terrible war

d. The village becomes a town

e. The forest grows again

f. Trees are cut down to make farms

2. Watch the video and  check your guesses.

3. Watch the video again and answer these questions:

Part a: How was the tree different from the young animals?

Part b: Why was the tree lucky?

Part c: Where did the tree live in the big town?

Part d: Why was the tree lucky again? (

Part e: Why was the tree unhappy?

Part f: What happened after the people left?

-Which changes happened slowly?

-Which changes were big and fast?

Check your answers in 'comments'

Click here to read the script.

Fairy Tales

First click here to see the script of a video with a different version of Sleeping Beauty and fill in the gaps with the right tense of the verbs in brackets. Then watch the video and check your answers. Finally, go to 'comments' and check them again.

Glossary: 
harsher: more unpleasant
stinking: having a very stron, unpleasant smell
left out: not included
'ladida': informal BrE, something typical of upper-class people but not natural or sincere.
Try this on for size!: informal, Take that!
a shower: a group of people
loom over: to appear as a large shape that is not clear in a threatening way.
to put a curse on somebody: use magic powers or words to cause bad luck

Important people

Listen to five people talking about important people in their lives.

His Best Friend

Gareth talks about someone he is very close to and how they get along now.

FRIENDS

Homework

I. Think about these questions:

1.       How many close friends do you have?

2.       Do you have a best friend?

How long have you known him/her?

When/Where did you meet him/her?

How often do you see him/her?

3.       Do you still see your school friends?

II. Decide the 6 most important personality traits of a good friend. 

F-R-I-E-N-D-S do you really need them: Yes. If you haven’t got a friend, then you’re just you. There’s half as many things that you can do. Who’s going to tell you that you’re not a brat, if not your best friend?

Do you recall when we did that? Yes. Sharing – the brilliant jokes we’ve had throughout the years (good times together) It’s not the same when you’re not there.

Short audio stories

Click here to access a website with lots of short stories with exercises.