Friday, August 31, 2012

Easy English

This link to the Easy English website is great for a quick 5 minutes of intensive work.
You can choose easy, medium, or difficult!


Why not jump in and give it a try?
CLICK HERE

Sunday, August 26, 2012

CPR video listening level B-1/B-2

Hi guys,
Check out this  CPR(cardio-pulminary resuscitation) method if you feel like saving a life.


Go to video here

Friday, August 24, 2012

The Alps

The Alps is the greatest mountain range in Europe.
 
 
 
You can read about The Alps on Simple English Wikipedia.  begin here

Monday, August 20, 2012

big, great, high, large, tall - vocabulary

WordExplanationExample
biglarge in size, degree or amounta big stone
greatmuch bigger than averagea great success
a great time
highmeasurement from the bottom to the top; greater than normala high mountain
a high level
largebig in size and quantitya large country
a large number of people
tallgreater height than averagea tall man

Note: We use high or tall when we talk about buildings.

Into the Garbage A Reading Comprehenson Exercise

                           Have you ever given garbage much thought? 
Well this writer has, and for good reason.
                                                      
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Smoking. A Reading Comprehension Exercise


Build the text by choosing the correct order of this article on smoking.
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Saturday, August 18, 2012

Look, watch, or see?

exercise
Explanation

Example

lookto pay attention, to try to see what is there; seem
look up (e.g. dictionary)
Look at the board, please.
You can look up the words in the dictionary.

see visual impression come to the eyes;
understand
Can you see the the blue car over there?
I see what you mean.

watchlook for a time; like to lookHe watches TV in the evenings.

Sunday, August 12, 2012

Saturday, August 11, 2012

Adverb or Adjective?


Sam is a good player.  He plays well.
Please be careful!  Put the dishes away carefully.

Adverbs tell us in what way someone does something. Adverbs can modify verbs, adjectives or other adverbs.
Adjectives tell us something about a person or a thing. Adjectives can modify nouns or pronouns.

Let's practice:  GO

Saturday, August 4, 2012

Living Grammar

 
Welcome to the Oxford Living Grammar Student's Site. Here you will find lots of interesting activities to help you get the most out of Oxford Living Grammar.
Click here to begin