Friday, October 22, 2010

The Oregon Coast on the West Coast of the US

This 'blogger' (aka (also known as) Torrie) was born and raised on the beautiful Oregon coast, in a town by the name of Florence What a great place to grow up!
Click on the word Oregon or the word Florence to explore.

English Proverbs

There are so many proverbs and so little time to use them! Now is the chance to 'brush up' on a little folklore.

Idioms with colours

Some advanced comprehension for those of you with a 'colourful" thought process.

First!

Prick your ears ladies and gentlemen. Let's do some listening practice.

Listen to Daphne and Bill discuss children’s education today and then select Daphne's arguments AGAINST parents' views on boarding schools...

TO BEGIN: click on the "listen" button

Listen again and again until you can correctly answer the test.
Begin here.

'First' Exam Practice

FCE listening Part 2

You will hear a radio report about a new type of air transport.
For questions 1-10, complete the sentences.
Write no more than three words and/or a number.

Listen again and again until you can correctly answer the test.

Begin Here




Thank you examenglish.com

Thursday, October 14, 2010

Improve Your Reading Skills in English B-1 B-2

This page contains links to some of the best and most interesting free reading activities and tests on the internet. They are arranged according to the levels: easy, intermediate and advanced. All of the links are based on interesting stories and are highly recommended for anyone wanting to improve their reading skills in preparation for English exams such as Cambridge PET, FCE and CAE!

Click on the Intermediate stories.

Begin here.

Improve Your Reading Skills in English Level A-1 A-2

This page contains links to some of the best and most interesting free reading activities and tests on the internet. All of the reading links are based on interesting stories and are for anyone wanting to improve their reading skills.
Start here.

Friday, October 8, 2010

Grow Up? Not So Fast

Nowadays more and more young people are struggling with going out into the world and getting started. For those born in the earlier years it was a lot easier. Get married and start a family. I found this an interesting artice on the social changes happening in the western world.
Grow Up? Not So Fast