Climate change/ The environment

Click here to see some vocabulary.

Natural disasters

Computers and the Internet

1. Click here and learn some vocabulary.
2. Listening activity to practise that vocabulary.
3. The Internet- vocabulary.
4. Listening activity about the vocabulary.
5. More vocabulary.
6. Listen and read a text about computer terms.
7. Read the text and choose the correct tense (past simple or present perfect).

Birthdays

Some vocabulary.
Listening to practise that vocabulary.
A listening about a birthday party.


The story is repeated three times: 1st time, normal reading speed; 2nd time, slower, with pauses for dictation followed by repetition and captions; and 3rd time, normal reading speed, with captions.

Celebrations and festivities

Click here to learn some vocabulary.

Listen and do the activities.

The Edinburgh Festival

Mother's Day 

LISTENING GAP FILL

Mother's Day is an important ________________ world, even though it started in North America and Europe. Not all countries celebrate it ________________, but the most popular day is the second Sunday in May. It is, of course, a day to honour our mothers and make them ________________. A punctuation point about the day is that most countries choose the singular possessive “Mother’s Day”, with the apostrophe before the ‘s’ __________________ family honours their mother, rather than all of the world’s mothers. Young children get especially excited about Mother’s Day and put ________________ making cards and presents for their Mums, or Moms in America. For mothers, ________________ a second birthday.

Mother’s Day in the USA, the UK, Canada, Australia, etc. means mothers ________________ day off from housework. It is common for children to cook for their mother ________________ breakfast in bed. She also receives presents, flowers and cards. In America, Mother's Day is ________________ the year for restaurants, as children take their Mums __________________. Americans spend a lot on this day - over $2.5 billion on flowers and $70 million on Mother’s Day cards. In Sweden, people buy small plastic flowers and the money raised ________________ mothers and their children. Many people are against the idea of Mother’s Day as it is upsetting for children (and adults) who have lost their mother. ________________ for them this Mother’s Day.

Click here, check your answers and do more activities.

The Media

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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?

The Guest House

Watch the video and take notes. Then you can click here to read the script and see some vocabulary about the lesson.

Travelling vocabulary

1. Travel / Trip / Journey / Voyage ... Click here to learn the difference.
2. More about the differences with an exercise.
3. Exercise

Get that job!

1. Here's a wonderful website with exercises about job search, CVs, cover letters and interviews.

2. Listen to an interview with a recruitment expert, who talks about his experience of reading CVs and offers some good advice on writing them.

3. Click here to listen to a podcast about an odd job interview. 

4. Click here to see the most common questions in job interviews that we saw in class.

WORK

Vocabulary 1
Vocabulary 2
Vocabulary 3
Vocabulary 4 (a bit more difficult)

JOB / WORK / CAREER

 1. Click here to learn the difference between these words (watch the video and read the script). There's an exercise at the bottom of the page. 

2. More examples and another exercise.

3. Exercise

Merry Christmas!!

Click here to see some vocabulary about Christmas.
Click here and read about Christmas in the UK.





Click here and read about Christmas traditions around the world.

Watch a video about Extreme Christmas Lighting and learn some vocabulary.

Try to complete the song All I Want for Christmas is You (it's full of Christmas symbols).