Merry Christmas Everyone ! ! !

A Christmas Carol | Christmas Stories

The Ultimate Christmas Quiz ! !

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KAHOOT QUIZ

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Christmas VOCABULARY quiz

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KAHOOT QUIZ

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Christmas Carols

Christmas Vocabulary - MEMORY GAME

Do you want to practice your Christmas Vocabulary?

Check out this MEMORY GAME I adapted from a post from ARTiculation360.

Click here to DOWNLOAD THE GAME as a pdf.

Jon.

"Is This Free?" Short Film to practice your pronunciation

More English tongue twisters

Hey class!

Here are some more Tongue Twisters for you to repeat and enjoy!

Jon.

Pronunciation Tips: LINKING OF WORDS

How English sounds to non-English speakers

English speaking people pronouncing Spanish

First conditional revision: " NOUGHTS AND CROSSES "

STRONG ADJECTIVES: speaking practice

STRONG ADJECTIVES

Some adjectives have a strong meaning.
With them you can use ABSOLUTELY or REALLY (but never VERY ! ! ).

Can you pair up the adjectives in the first word cloud with their strong adjectives in the second one?


WORD CLOUD 1:

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WORD CLOUD 2:

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Pronunciation Tips: LINKING OF WORDS

Tongue twister for sound /w/

Try this tongue twister that I've found at The English Alley.

If two witches were watching two watches,

which witch would watch which watch?

click here for the audio

Pronouncing sound /h/ - VIDEO

Pronouncing sounds /w/ and /j/ - VIDEO

Pronunciation Tips: /h/

Pronunciation tips: /w/ and /j/

Idioms of the day

Idiom 07 be all ears https://t.co/DGzbdFWUlh via @EnglishPassio #aprenderinglés #learn #English #esl #efl pic.twitter.com/7IriurZGVx

— Teacher Jon (@MyEngBlackboard) diciembre 10, 2015

Idiom #8 Hit the Sack/ the hay https://t.co/4bysztukWj via @EnglishPassio #aprenderinglés #learn #English #esl #efl pic.twitter.com/0KWg8YHVqB

— Teacher Jon (@MyEngBlackboard) diciembre 10, 2015

Idiom #9: An Arm And A Leg https://t.co/uI9WeD4oVE via @EnglishPassio #aprenderinglés #learn #English #esl #efl pic.twitter.com/wXBGGAeEIo

— Teacher Jon (@MyEngBlackboard) diciembre 10, 2015

Idiom #10: Sit On the Fence https://t.co/HnrHUU0jOs via @EnglishPassio #aprenderinglés #learn #English #esl #efl pic.twitter.com/DcezYkVR3K

— Teacher Jon (@MyEngBlackboard) diciembre 10, 2015

Idiom #11: Up In the Air https://t.co/8833jFGSi0 via @EnglishPassio #aprenderinglés #learn #English #esl #efl pic.twitter.com/xt7DKdiL7f

— Teacher Jon (@MyEngBlackboard) diciembre 10, 2015

Tongue Twisters for /r/ and /l/ sounds

Hello there class,

 Check out these tongue twisters I've found at The ESL Comando blog and practice sounds /r/ and /l/:

1. Jerry's jelly berries taste really rare.
2. Rory's lawn rake rarely rakes really right. 
3.  A really leery Larry rolls readily to the road. 
4. The road's load is lessened lightly. 
5. Lassie Lilly likes Ronny's rulers. 
6. Lad Larry rarely loves lyres. 
7.  Lessening levels of lead really lures lily pads. 
8. Revelers revel in leveling levels. 
9.  Barry's Belly riles with bile. 
10.  Billy and Lilly pile pyres for file fires.

listen to ‘R and L Tongue Twisters’ on audioBoom

Pronouncing sounds /r/ and /l/ - VIDEOS

Pronunciation - How to make the 'R' sound in English

Pronunciation Tips: /l/

Pronunciation tips: /r/

Nina Simone "I Got Life" with Lyrics

"I would like to buy a hamburguer" - VIDEO

How to pronounce words that end with NG (English Pronunciation)

SOUND PAIRS: /n/ and /ŋ/

Pronouncing sound /ŋ/ - VIDEO

Pronouncing sounds /m/, /n/ and /ŋ/

Pronunciation Tips: /m, n, ŋ/

Happy Thanksgiving ! !

The Story of Thanksgiving - Read Aloud

How to Cook a Turkey for a Delicious Thanksgiving Dinner

Present Perfect: TIME EXPRESSIONS

PRESENT PERFECT PARTICLES explained ! ! (video)

English PRONUNCIATION VIDEOS for consonants /tʃ/ and /dʒ/

Pronunciation Tips: /tʃ/ and /dʒ/

Sea Shells TONGUE TWISTER for sounds /ʃ/ , /s/ and /z/

English PRONUNCIATION VIDEOS for consonants /ʃ/ and /ʒ/

Pronunciation Tips: /ʃ/ and /ʒ/

More English Tongue Twisters

Hey class!

Here are some more Tongue Twisters for you to repeat and enjoy!

Jon.


 

Tongue twisters for sounds /s/ and /θ/

Hello,

Check out these tongue twisters I've found at The ESL Comando blog.

1. Thelma's thick thistles need therapy. 
2. The thoughtful mouse's mouth is something else. 
3. The sickening thickening soup was thoroughly soppy. 
4. Sam's third thalamus is thoughtful. 
5. It's easy to stick it to thickets. 
6. Thickets don't think about getting sick. 
7. Thunder sunders thick sticks.

listen to ‘S and Th Tongue Twisters’ on audioBoom

Sound Pairs /θ - ð/

[θ] – [ð]

both fathers
three mothers
thank your brother
south of this river
throw out the rubbish

[ð] – [θ]

that thing
the theory
that path
another author
gather strength
neither health nor wealth

English PRONUNCIATION VIDEOS for consonants /θ, ð/

Pronunciation Tips: /θ,ð/

All it takes is 10 mindful minutes - VIDEO COMPREHENSION

PRESENT PERFECT PARTICLES explained ! !

How to pronounce words ending in "-s"

English Pronunciation Tips: PRONUNCIATION OF "-s" ENDINGS

SOUND PAIRS: /s/ and /z/

English PRONUNCIATION VIDEOS for consonants /s, z/

Pronunciation Tips: /s/ and /z/

SOUND PAIRS: /f/ and /v/

English PRONUNCIATION VIDEOS for consonants /f, v/

Pronunciation Tips: /f,v/

It's completely irrelephant!!

I spy with my little eye something that stats with a...

I spy with my little eye something that stats with a...

SPEAKING ACTIVITY: "films and the cinema biz"

Personality Adjectives

What do you call a person who...?

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Now find the opposites:

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Finally find adjectives which make their negative forms with each of the following prefixes?

un-
dis-
ir-
im-
in-

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MODAL VERBS OF DEDUCTION

Idioms of the day

Idiom #4: On the Ball https://t.co/99PBDFYDHh via @EnglishPassio #aprenderinglés #Inglés #learnEnglish #esl #efl pic.twitter.com/Qa8PrBMSY8

— Teacher Jon (@MyEngBlackboard) octubre 21, 2015

Idiom #5: Under the Weather https://t.co/boOdZpnnT0 via @EnglishPassio #aprenderinglés #learn #English #esl #efl pic.twitter.com/qkG3aE2E4w

— Teacher Jon (@MyEngBlackboard) octubre 21, 2015

Idiom #6: Once In a Blue Moon https://t.co/vmwwrsNHSs via @EnglishPassio #aprenderinglés #learn #English #esl #efl pic.twitter.com/uTEAauJOwK

— Teacher Jon (@MyEngBlackboard) octubre 21, 2015

Future Tenses

English PRONUNCIATION VIDEOS for consonants /p, b, t, d, k, g/

English PRONUNCIATION TIPS for voiceless consonant /p/:

English PRONUNCIATION TIPS for voiced consonant /b/:

English PRONUNCIATION TIPS for voiceless consonant /t/:

English PRONUNCIATION TIPS for voiced consonant /d/:

English PRONUNCIATION TIPS for voiceless consonant /k/:

English PRONUNCIATION TIPS for voiced consonant /g/:

English Tongue Twisters

Hello everybody,

Here are four English tongue twisters for you to practice and improve your pronunciation, and of course for you to have fun too!

;)
Enjoy.

Jon.

Pronunciation Practice: /p,t,k/ and /b,d,g/

Tongue Twisters for sounds /p/ and /b/

Hello,

Check out these tongue twisters I've found at The ESL Comando blog.

1. Perry's Berry's make peanut butter better 
2. Buy pie pans before you buy butter plates. 
3. Pat's bat played with Benny's penny. 
4. Purely poor people need to perfect their power. 
5. The prince and the pauper play ping pong poignantly. 
6. Printed papers under pressure make pens prickle. 
7. Pickles and pennies take proper preparation. 
8. Ben's prefers pens to bought pots. 
9. The poor boar pours batter over his putter. 
10. Bob's pop popped primarily because of pointed pressure.

And of course, the classic(not my own):"Peter Piper Picked a Peck of Pickled Peppers."

listen to ‘P and B Tongue Twisters’ on audioBoom

Pronunciation tips: /p,t,k/ and /b,d,g/

English pronunciation VIDEOS

NON-ACTION / STATIVE VERBS

Food Containers

Food Containers - vocabulary (KAHOOT QUIZ)

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KAHOOT QUIZ

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Name that food ! ! - food vocabulary (KAHOOT QUIZ)

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KAHOOT QUIZ

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Film Genres - vocabulary (KAHOOT QUIZ)

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KAHOOT QUIZ

on your mobile or tablet

Film Genres - vocabulary (KAHOOT QUIZ)

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KAHOOT QUIZ

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Passive Voice (TENSE CHART)

Idioms of the day

Idiom #1: In Touch [Top 100 Famous Idioms] http://t.co/dw61c4VZko via @EnglishPassio pic.twitter.com/JHDsUGdNyW

— Teacher Jon (@MyEngBlackboard) septiembre 28, 2015

Idiom #2: Take It Easy[Top 100 Famous Idioms] http://t.co/IDLeM5p8yi via @EnglishPassio pic.twitter.com/MllANNxIge

— Teacher Jon (@MyEngBlackboard) septiembre 28, 2015

Idiom #3: Piece of Cake [Top 100 Famous Idioms] http://t.co/BfOi2RYouJ via @EnglishPassio pic.twitter.com/NugLHdIvCz

— Teacher Jon (@MyEngBlackboard) septiembre 28, 2015

Food Vocabulary 2: Crosswords

Hello there,

Here's a crosswords to practice some vocabulary spelling.

Have fun!

Jon.


Food Vocabulary

Food Vocabulary 1

Hello class,

Check out this activity to practice your food vocabulary.

 Enjoy,

 Jon.
 
Food Vocabulary

Phonetics & Pronunciation - INTRODUCTION

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Useful Expressions in the Classroom - INTERMEDIATE

Video Quiz: Let's plan a trip to England

James Blunt - Stay The Night

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