domingo, 26 de mayo de 2019

FOOTBALL WORLD CUP: FACTS

https://learnenglishkids.britishcouncil.org/reading-practice/football-world-cup
Do you like football?
Click HERE to read some facts about the World Cup.

domingo, 24 de marzo de 2019

A STORY: TOWN MOUSE AND COUNTRY MOUSE

Aesops Fables (1912), illustrated by Arthur Rackham.

CLICK HERE TO WATCH AND LISTEN TO THE STORY.





Write sentences about the story:

Town Mouse decided _______________________________________________
He didn't like ____________________________________________________
Country Mouse offered Town Mouse _____________________________________

In his opinion, country life was _________________________________________
Town Mouse wasn't happy in the country because __________________________
Town Mouse told Country Mouse ______________________________________
Country Mouse went to ______________________________________________
Town Mouse lived ___________________________________________________
Country Mouse didn't like the city because __________________________________
Finally Country Mouse decided __________________________________________





sábado, 23 de marzo de 2019

NEW YORK, NEW YORK

FACTS ABOUT NEW YORK

Had your heard about this famous song?
Copy and translate the lyrics. Don't panic! It's not too long.




viernes, 22 de marzo de 2019

OVERCROWDED! THE MOST POPULATED CITIES OF THE WORLD

CLICK HERE TO LEARN ABOUT THESE MEGACITIES.


FOR THE 150 LARGESTS CITIES IN THE WORLD CLICK HERE.

Which city is number 1?
What is the position of the first Spanish city?
How many Spanish cities can you find on the list?


PARIS AND LONDON. COMPARATIVE

domingo, 10 de marzo de 2019

READING COMPREHENSION: ANIMALS IN THE CITY

ANIMALS IN THE CITY

Which animals can you see in cities?

ARE YOU AN EXPERT ON ANIMALS?

 Watch this easy video and do the quiz: 



Do this difficult quiz and see how many questions you can answer: 

After you finish click HERE and check your answers.


1. What food makes up nearly all (around 99%) of a Giant Panda’s diet?
2. True or false? Mice live for up to 10 years.
3. What is the name of the phobia that involves an abnormal fear of spiders?
4. What is the largest type of ‘big cat’ in the world?
5. True or false? Crocodiles have no sweat glands so they use their mouths to release heat.
6. Are butterflies insects?
7. What are female elephants called?
8. True or false? Bats are mammals.
9. Bees are found on every continent of earth except for one, which is it?
10. True or false? Cats spend an average of 13 to 14 hours a day sleeping.
11. What is the fastest land animal in the world?
12. A ‘doe’ is what kind of animal?
13. True or false? Cougar’s are herbivores.
14. Groups of lions are known as what?
15. Is a dolphin a mammal?
16. What is the largest land animal in the world?
17. True of false? Snakes have slimy skin.
18. What is the only continent on earth where Giraffes live in the wild?
19. How many pairs of wings does a bee have?
20. What type of animal is the largest primate in the world?
21. Is a shark a fish or a mammal?
22. What is the most recognizable feature of a hedgehog’s appearance?
23. True or false? Owls are far-sighted, meaning that anything within a few inches of their eyes can’t be seen properly.
24. What is the name of an adult female horse?
25. What are baby goats called?
26. What is the tallest animal in the world?
27. True or false? Rabbits are born blind.
28. What is the most recognizable physical feature of the male lion?
29. How many legs does a spider have?
30. The crocodile species is believed to have been around for how long? 2 million years or 200 million years?

sábado, 19 de enero de 2019

MAY I TAKE YOUR ORDER?

What problem does the boy have at the restaurant?




BRITISH FOOD

Watch this video. Then answer the questions and complete the sentences:



1.-The speaker explains that British food sometimes has a bad _________________________
but it is far from being ___________________.

2.-Many celebrity ______________________ work in London.

3.-The speaker considers English breakfast is not the ______________________ way to start the day, but it is the ____________________________.

4.-What does a traditional English breakfast include?

5.-What do people usually have for lunch?

6.-A BLT sandwich is made with _________________________________________

7.-Who invented the sandwich?

8.-What is the typical afternoon snack?

9.-Write the name of 5 traditional British meals for dinner. 

10.-Vocabulary: roasted vegetables - gravy - cod - haddock - batter - chips - mushy peas - steak - kidney - ale - minced - lamb - beef - mashed potatoes - steamed vegetables - sausages - roast vegetables.


Yorkshire pudding is a common English side dish consisting of a baked pudding made from batter consisting of eggs, flour, and milk or water.




FOOD. EXPAND YOUR VOCABULARY

CLICK HERE TO LEARN USEFUL VOCABULARY RELATED TO FOOD.

miércoles, 9 de enero de 2019

WONDERFUL WORLD BY SAM COOKE

Listen to this famous song and write down the name of different subjects plus a number and a grade:


 Don't know much about 1..........................
Don't know much abour 2......................................
Don't know much about a 3......................... book,
Don't know much about the 4..........................I took
But I do know that I love you,
And I know that if you love me, too,
What a wonderful world this would be
Don't know much about 5............................,
Don't know much 6...............................
Don't know much about 7................................,
Don't know what a slide rule is for
But I do know that one and one is 8.........................., (number)
And if this one could be with you,
What a wonderful world this would be
Now, I don't claim to be an 9".................." student, (grade)
But I'm tryin' to be
For maybe by being an 9"......................" student, baby,
I can win your love for me
Don't know much about 1...............................,
Don't know much 2.................................