BOXING DAY!

26th December is Boxing Day. How much do you know about it? Here you have an MP3 recording and some exercises on this special day in the UK.

Listening
Exercises

MERRY XMAS!

It's Christmas Day! Merry Christmas! Let's celebrate it with some beautiful Christmas adverts that British people could enjoy this season in the UK.

John Lewis: Man on the Moon
This is the story of a young girl called Lily. Looking at the moon through the family telescope one night, she's amazed at what she finds... a man on the moon.

Sainbury's: Mog Christmas Calamity

Harrods: Once Upon a Christmas

M&S

Santa is coming...

Hello again,
Are you ready for tonight? Yes! Santa is coming!!!!

Have you sent your letter to Santa?

Today, we want to tell you about letters to Santa. We are sure you've alread written yours ans so have many British celebrities.

You can read all the letters in the  Letters Live website.

This is the letter that wrote Benedict Cumberbatch to Santa. He asks him "A little more time for those children to be children." What do you ask Santa for?

How much do you know about Santa?

Today's challenge is a knowledge quiz. How much do you know about Santa? Click on the image to do it.

Let's play and revise some Christmas vocabulary

Fancy playing and revising vocabulary? This is today's challenge. Enjoy it!
Memory Game
Christmas quiz

Some history today

Why do we decorate Xmas trees? 
What did pines decorated with apples represented?
Where does this tradition come from?
Who made the Christmas tree popular in Britain?
Feeling curious?

1st QUIZ

Are you ready for the challenge? We thought it would be a good idea to start with a Xmas song, but a traditional one.
This is a song by Coldplay. Can you complete the quiz?

Let's start the celebrations!

Hello everyone!
We know you are enjoy your deserved Xmas holidays. This year we want to challenge you. We will leave a quiz everyday. It can either be a song, a text, a video or an interactive game.
We hope you take on this challenge!

How to have a British Christmas

This week we have been learning bout sme differneces between British English and American English. We'll go back to them in January when the second term begins.

Since Christmas is coming, we want to share with you video on how to have a British Christmas. Where do British kids hang their stockings? What do they do with their letters to Father Christmas? Do you write to Father Christmas or to Santa?

LOOKING FOR EXTRA READING PRACTICE?

Dreamreader.net is a website created by two EFL instructors with over 20 years of combined experience in the field of language education.  Several years ago, they noticed that there were few sites on the web that freely provided a comprehensive graduated approach to English reading suited to different levels of English ability.  As a result, they decided to create their own website with freely available reading materials for all English language learners and teachers!

There is no excuse for not practising and learning about very interesting topics! Click on the image to access the website!

CHRISTMAS IS COMING! ARE YOU READY?

Yes! Christmas is coming! Are you ready? Have you done your Christmas shopping? Haven't you had time yet? Watch this video to see how a shop is getting ready for Christmas. 

Christmas shopping exercises

Christmas shopping transcript

Christmas shopping answers

TERM TESTS ARE ARRIVING!

Term test are arriving! YES! But don't panic and start revising. Here you have some useful videos and links with some practice.

Present simple v. Present continuous

This is Anna and she is contrasting both tenses. I hope you find this video useful. Then, you can try yourself with some practice on the links below.

Present simple and continuous: Practice

Present simple and continuous: more practice

Present Continuous

Sophie is working in Cairo this week. Oliver, Alfie and Daisy are working hard for their end-of-year exams. Click on the imgae to watch the video and then on the link below for extra pratice.

Present continuous: exercises

Adverbs of frequency

Oliver and Alfie are at home when Daisy and Amy arrive. Sophie is in Hammerfest in northern Norway.

Click on the image to watch the video.

Adverbs of frequency: reordering

Adverbs of frequency: grouping

Adverbs of frequency: exercises

WORLD AIDS DAY

World AIDS Day is held on 1 December each year and is an opportunity for people worldwide to unite in the fight against HIV, show their support for people living with HIV and to commemorate people who have died. World AIDS Day was the first ever global health day and the first one was held in 1988.

30 years after the first cases of HIV – the red ribbon is the universal symbol of awareness and support for those living with HIV. The red ribbon was the first ever ribbon symbol, inspiring later versions such as the pink ribbon for breast cancer awareness.

If you want to find out where the idea for the red ribbon came from and more facts about his day celebrated all over the world, click on the image above.

(source: http://www.worldaidsday.org)