Audio Books - Reading and Listening

Is reading difficult for you? Try to read and listen at the same time. Read with audio books. 

OTHER AUDIO BOOKS:

• https://learnenglishkids.britishcouncil.org/en/short-stories
• http://www.uniteforliteracy.com/
• http://ngexplorer.cengage.com/ngyoungexplorer/moreissues.html

More challenging audio books for higher levels:

• http://esl-bits.net/ESL.English.Listening.Short.Stories/ESL.Listening.Short.Stories.html

RELAXING MUSIC for reading:

• https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=gcNw0Vvfytw
• https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9_rDjJ3drSk
• https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=oFBbRV6wN24

Recommend a book:

At the tourist information office

Watch. What questions or expressions are particularly useful at the tourist information office? Complete:
- We'd like ...
- Can you ... ?






I. Listen and complete the information about the train the traveller is interested in:
1) The train leaves at: ................ am / pm
2) The train arrives at: ................ am / pm
3) Destination: 
4) Platform: 
5) Single ticket: .......  £ ; Day return ticket: .......  £ ; Period return tickect: .......  £ 

II. Listen again. Use the words below to complete the useful sentences of the dialogue.

LEAVES - RETURN - CHANGE - WHICH - DAY - 9:20 -
WOULD - BETTER - ARE - DIRECT - HOW MUCH - ARRIVE

1. What time ... the trains to Oxford?
2. When ... you like to go?
3. There's a train that ... at 8:14.
4. Is it a ... one?
5. You ... at Gatwick Airport.
6. A direct one would be ...
7. Take the ... then
8. What time does it ... in Oxford?
9. ... platform for the 9:20?
10. ... does the ticket cost?
11. Single or ... ?
12. ... return or period return?

Comic - Yesterday

Try to make a narrative comic in the past:

a) Brainstorm:
   a1- some past time expressions
   a2- some everyday activities
   a3- a few unusual ones.
b) Design the comic starting with the making of the sentences. Take into account:
- the regular and irregular verbs.
- the past continuous (was/were + V -ing) for continuous actions in the past.
c) You can divide the sheet of paper into 6 panels. Of course, they can have different sizes.
d) The topic suggested today is the past. Get started with a past time expression, for instance, "yesterday".

You don't have to be an artist...

You can make your comic with an online comic creator at https://www.storyboardthat.com/storyboard-creator

Do you prefer a comic strip? Get some inspiration from the video below. Try not to be as cruel as its author:

If you study, you'll pass - Unless you study, you won't pass - THE 1stCONDITIONAL

How to make a contents page for a dossier

 

MOSAIC Student's Book Vocabulary App

Past Continuous and Past Simpl

Before watching the video, try to complete the sentences below:

1. The cat ................................... (walk) when the bird
   ................................... (attack) it.
2. The big dog ................................... (lie down) when the little one ................................... (pee) on it.
3.   

What are the people doing?

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