January 3, 2010

Vacation Time - We'll be back soon!

December 26, 2009

Comparatives and Superlatives

Comparative adjectives, Superlative adjectives

Forming Comparative and Superlative Adjectives

Comparatives - Video Lessons

Comparatives quiz 1, quiz 2, quiz 3, comparatives exercise 1, exercise 2, exercise 3, exercise 4,

Superlatives - Video Lessons

Superlatives exercise 1, exercise 2

Comparative and Superlative exercise 1, exercise 2, exercise 3, exercise 4, exercise 5, exercise 6, exercise 7, exercise 8, exercise 9, exercise 10

November 23, 2009

Phonetics

Click on one of the options and go for the sounds you want to hear:

The sounds of spoken language

The sounds of American English

Discussing Culture

How do tourists see Brazil? This is a relevant topic to discuss in the classroom. 

Stuff Brazilians like

October 3, 2009

Audio-based exercises (Pronunciation practice/ Listening)

English listening practice test 1, English listening practice test 2, English listening practice test 3, English listening practice test 4, English listening practice test 5, English listening practice test 6, English listening practice test 7, English listening practice test 8, English listening practice test 9, English listening practice test 10

English listening exercises by topics: Oxford, Family, Traffic, The interview, The shopping trip, Setting up a company, Going to the wedding, The wedding, The wedding reception, Acupuncture, Lunch in the pub, Buying a car, A day out in England, Quarantine, The animals come out, Brussels, Traveling, Cooking, Mauritius, London, My office

Jobs/Occupations (ESL vocabulary practice)

Doctor, teacher, bank teller, bartender, musician, lawyer, bus driver, scientist, pharmacist, construction worker

September 30, 2009

Presente Perfect Tense

Forms and uses

List of irregular verbs

Have or Has

Irregular verb exercise 1, exercise 2, exercise 3, exercise 4, exercise 5, exercise 6

More uses and 6 exercises

Regular and irregular

Test 1, test 2, test 3

Positive sentences, negative sentences, questions in present perfect, sentences with never, questions with interrogative particles, mixed forms

Simple past x present perfect 1, 2, 3, 4, 5

Quiz 1, quiz 2, quiz 3, quiz 4, quiz 5

Exercise on a text

September 18, 2009

Quizzes About Popular Holidays

Hanukkah, Christmas 1, Christmas 2, Christmas-related vocabulary (Visual matching exercise) 1, Christmas-related vocabulary (Visual matching exercise) 2, New Year's Eve/New Year's Day, Martin Luther King Day, Valentine's Day, Presidents Day, St. Patrick's Day, April Fools' Day, Easter, Cinco De Mayo, Mother's Day/ Father's Day/ Grandparents' Day, Memorial Day, Canada Day, Independence Day (USA), Ramadan, Labor Day, Halloween, Thanksgiving 1
Thanksgiving 2

English Through Pictures

Olympics/The Olympic Games (Which sport is that?) 1, Olympics/The Olympic Games (Which sport is that?) 2, Olympics/The Olympic Games - General terms, The parts of a face, Animals 1, Animals 2, Animals 3, Around the bathroom, Around the kitchen, Around the bedroom, Vocabulary matching: Food/containers, Things you see in a city, Around the car/ parts of a car, Fruit 1, Things in and around a school

August 27, 2009

Test Your English

Great links here.

July 16, 2009

Adjective or Adverb?

An explanation, Formation of Adverbs, Adjectives or Adverbs - Confusing Cases

Adjective or Adverb: a video

Revision test, text quiz, an activity

Quick test 1, quick test 2

Exercise: adjective or adverb? 1, idem 2

Exercise: formation of adverb, adjective or adverb?

Quiz 1, quiz 2, quiz 3, quiz 4, quiz 5, quiz 6, quiz 7

Change adjectives into adverbs 1, Change adjectives into adverbs 2

American English x British English

Spelling Differences

Vocabulary: clothing 1, clothing 2, at school, on the road, motoringbuildings/shops, food and drink 1, food and drink 2, around the house 1, around the house 2, people 1, people 2, sport and other words, A-Z British English to American English, slang, odds and sods, glossary

Quiz

July 9, 2009

Ideas for Teachers

Teaching Conversation

Teaching with Film and Video

Teaching with the Internet

Teaching with Music

Teaching Listening and Speaking

Teaching Reading, Writing, and Vocabulary

Teaching Grammar

Teaching Integrated Skills

July 7, 2009

Reported Speech

Reported Commands (explanation), Affirmative Commands (exercise 1), exercise 2, Negative Commands (exercise 1), exercise 2, Commands - mixed (exercise 1), exercise 2

Reported Statements (explanation), Statements (exercise), Statements with expressions of time (exercise)

Reported Questions (explanation), Reported Questions (exercise1), exercise 2, exercise 3, Reported Questions with expressions of time (exercise)

Reported Speech (more explanation), Reporting Verbs

Quiz 1, Quiz 2, Quiz 3, Quiz 4, Quiz 5, Quiz 6

Exercise 1, Exercise 2, Exercise 3, Exercise 4, Exercise 5, Exercise 6, Exercise 7, Exercise 8, Exercise 9, Exercise 10, Exercise 11, Exercise 12, Exercise 13

July 5, 2009

English for Travellers

Travel-related vocabulary, Travel-related terms and expressions

Planning a trip

Tourism-related vocabulary 1, Tourism-related vocabulary 2

Prepositions

Prepositions in, on, at 1, Idem 2, Idem 3, Idem 4

Prepositions of time

Adjective + prepositions 1, Idem 2, Idem 3

Prepositions with phrasal verbs 1, Idem 2

Preposition or no preposition? 1, Idem 2

Mixed prepositions 1, Idem 2, Idem 3, Idem 4

Practise Your English Verbs

Present Simple vs. Present Continuous 1, Present Simple vs. Present Continuous 2, Present Simple vs. Present Continuous 3

Present Simple vs. Present Continuous (advanced practice) 1, Present Simple vs. Present Continuous (advanced practice) 2

Present Simple and Frequency Adverbs

Past Simple vs. Past Continuous

Present Simple/Continuous and Past simple/continuous

Test 1, Test 2, Test 3, Test 4

June 28, 2009

Online Magazine For Learners of English

Interesting Subjects

June 24, 2009

Reading

Abbreviations 1, abbreviations 2

Test your reading skills 1, idem 2, idem 3, idem 4

Likes and dislikes 1, likes and dislikes 2

Reading quiz 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6

Working with Reading 1, Working with Reading 2

June 22, 2009

Conjunctions

A video: What are conjunctions?

Explanation: Coordinating and subordinating conjunctions, coordinating conjunctions, subordinating conjunctions

Exercises: basic coordinating conjunction, basic subordinating conjunctions 1, basic subordinating conjunctions 2, ESL flash quiz, quiz 2, quiz 3, two exercises, conjunctions and transitions, paired conjunctions, find the right conjunctions, sentence-completing exercises (parallelism with correlative conjunctions)

June 20, 2009

Learning Shakespeare... as you like it

An Amusing "B or not a B" and Other Plays

June 14, 2009

Will or Going to

Explanation 1, Explanation 2

Exercises: group the sentences, mix and match 1, mix and match 2, choose the best answer 1, choose the best answer 2, fill in the blanks 1, fill in the blanks 2, fill in the blanks 3, fill in the blanks 4, fill in the blanks 5

Test Your Vocabulary Skills

Around the World in Fifteen Pictures 1, Idem 2, Idem 3

June 11, 2009

The Irregular Verbs

Conjugation, Pronunciation, Translation and Examples

Exercise 1, Exercise 2, Exercise 3, Exercise 4,Exercise 5,Exercise 6,Exercise 7,Exercise 8,Exercise 9

Tenses (with cartoons)

Explanations and Exercises

June 7, 2009

Useful ESL Resource

ESL printables, Free printables, English tips

Audio Stories

Stories to read online with audio

Free printable material for teachers

Vocabulary and grammar for basic levels

Vocabulary and grammar for intermediate levels

Exercising grammar and reading

Card games

Flash cards

Crosswords - vocabulary and grammar

Three suggestions for teachers

Sites for Teachers

World of Teaching

Tools for Educators

June 3, 2009

Interactive Learning for Children

It's Fun to Read

Language Arts

Spelling

Root words, suffixes, prefixes, homophones, syllables, confusing words, letter patterns, spelling plurals, silent letters, spelling method

Online Spelling Program

Spelling Practice

June 2, 2009

Adjective Order

Putting Modifiers in Natural Sounding Word Order

Choose the correct word-order for each noun phrase

Word Order: Get the adjectives into the right order

Adjective Word Order Activity

Articles

Definite and indefinite articles: Rules and Fill in the gaps

Six exercises

Articles Quiz

Fill in the gaps with articles 1

Fill in the gaps with articles 2

Articles worksheet

Articles – Quiz

June 1, 2009

Adjectives Ending with -ING or ED

Adjectives Ending with -ING or ED (explanation1)

Common Errors with Adjectives ending in -ING and -ED

ING/-ED Exercise 1, Idem 2, Idem 3, Idem 4,Idem 5

Explanation With Video 1 ,Idem 2

More Explanation and Exercise 1,2,3,4,5,6,7,8

May 29, 2009

Quantifiers - Intermediate Level

Some, any, something, anything: explanation

Quantifiers: examples of usage

Exercise to print with some/any...

Some, any, a, an: game

Power point presentation – in Portuguese

Online Quiz

Some / any quiz

Somebody, anybody, nobody – Quiz

Everybody, Somebody, Anybody, and Nobody - JOKE

May 25, 2009

Videos and Lessons - All Levels

Real English

May 23, 2009

Business English

Grammar Exercises

Vocabulary Exercises

Easier Exercises

Collocations 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10, 11, 12, 13, 14, 15

Point of Grammar

Teaching Wishes 1, 2

Exercise 1, 2, 3, 4

Grammar Lessons

English Grammar Secrets

Gerund x Infinitive

A brief review

A verb chart

Exercise 1, Exercise 2, Exercise 3, Exercise 4, Exercise 5

Practicing and Quiz

Exercises, Tests and Information

English Language Webpark

Modal Verbs

Explanation: can, could, had better, have to, have got to, may, might, must, ought to, shall, should, will, would, modal forms

Exercise 1: can, could, have to, must, might, should

Exercise 2: must, have to

Exercise 3: might, must, should or could, ought to, have to

Exercise 4: couldn't, might not

Exercise 5: may, had better, have got to, shall

Exercise 6: could, might, should, would

Exercise 7: modal verb forms

Exercise 8: cumulative modal test

Must or Have to: explanation and 6 exercises

National Geographic - Keeping Up the Imagination

May 21, 2009

Actions and Activities

English vocabulary builder with instant answers. Tests, games to improve vocabulary.

Idioms

The Idiom Connection

The Idiom Site

May 19, 2009

Much, many, a few, a little

Much, many, a few, a little.. explanation and exercise

How much / how many – nice song video clip

Countables / uncountables - video

May 18, 2009

Why Study Languages?

Hi everyone. This is my contribution: a site with lots of (varied) answers for the question "Why should one learn a foreign language?" Not only that. Try the other activities as well. Click here. XXX

May 17, 2009

Phrasal Verbs

Phrasal Verbs List

Phrasal Verbs (explanation and exercises)

Phrasal Verbs - Exercises

List of Phrasal verbs with explanation/examples (in portuguese)

Phrasal verbs - videos

Phrasal verbs – video (meaning and form)

Phrasal verbs – video (funny with translation)

Phrasal verbs – video

Phrasal verbs – video

Snakes and Ladders - A game

Phrasal Verbs Organized by Verb

Phrasal Verbs Organized by Particle

Phrasal Verbs Organized Alphabetically

Exercise with take, with get 1, with get 2, with get 3, with put, with go, mixed verbs 1, mixed verbs 2, mixed verbs 3, mixed verbs 4, mixed verbs 5, mixed verbs 6, mixed 7, mixed verbs 8

Two word verbs with look, two word verbs

May 14, 2009

International Education and Resource Network

If you want to teach through online collaborative projects, you are invited to become an iEARN member.
Information in Brasília: Almerinda Garibaldi: almerbg@gmail.com