SONG:"If you love somebody set them free"

SONG: "You can't hurry love"

Colour IDIOMS

Hey!

Want to learn colour idioms?

Check these fantastic videos out:






Or this infographic:

If you liked colour idioms, visit the following webpage for a list of 89 colour idioms:

http://www.myenglishteacher.eu/blog/colour-idioms-list-and-their-meanings/

Enjoy!

Jon.

Little Red Riding Hood - (pronunciation practice activity)

Hello class:

Today we are going to practice what we've learned in class with a classic Grimm brothers' bedtime story: "Little Red Riding Hood".

Here's a video I found at Learn English Kids BBC Council's webpage.
You can listen and read the story.


You can visit the site clicking on the following link and download the text and some activities to complete the exercise:
http://learnenglishkids.britishcouncil.org/en/short-stories/little-red-riding-hood

Listen to the story carefully, pause the video and repeat what you heard focusing on a propper acticulation.

Enjoy!
Jon.

Minimal pairs to practice vowels /e/ and /æ/

Here are some minimal pairs to practice vowels /e/ and /æ/:

Click on the image to hear the words.

(taken from http://www.shiporsheep.com/page3.html)

And some more:

English pronunciation - / æ / compared to / е /

English Vowels: /e/ and /æ/ (video explanation)

Pronunciation Tips: /e/ and /æ/

Weather Idioms

CROSSWORDS: Past Participles: TO BE - TO COST

Hello there:
Here's a crosswords to practice irregular past participles.
Read the present and the past simple forms of some irregular verbs and write the PAST PARTICIPLE form in the crosswords.
Study and enjoy!
;)

Past Participles: TO BE - TO COST

CROSSWORDS: -ED or -ING adjectives

-ED or -ING adjectives

Betty Botter Bought Some Butter - English Tongue Twisters

Here's a famous English tongue twister which is perfect to practice short vowels:

/æ/ batter
/e/ better - Betty
/ɪ/ bitter - bit - this
/ɒ/ Botter
/ʌ/ butter
/ʊ/ would

And the long vowel:

/ɔ:/ bought

Minimal pairs to practice vowels /ɒ/ and /ɔ:/

Here are some minimal pairs to practice vowels /ɒ/ and /ɔ:/:

Click on the image to hear the words.

(taken from http://www.shiporsheep.com/page12.html)

(taken from http://www.tedpower.co.uk/l1all.html)

PRONUNCIATION TIPS: /ɒ/ and /ɔ:/

English pronunciation - / ɒ / compared to / ɔ: /

English Vowels: /ɒ/ and /ɔ:/

PRESENT PERFECT PARTICLES - explained !

Giving Opinions - SPEAKING

Minimal pairs to practice vowels /ɑ:/ and /ʌ/

Here are some minimal pairs to practice vowels /ɑ:/ and /ʌ/ :

Click on the image to hear the words.

(taken from http://www.shiporsheep.com/page8.html)

And here are some more minimal pairs to practice these vowels:

Minimal Pairs 

smart – smut 
barter – butter 

cart – cut 

heart – hut 

carter – cutter 

tart – tut 

PRONUNCIATION TIPS: /ɑ:/ and /ʌ/

English vowels: /ɑ:/ and /ʌ/

English vowels: /ɑ:/ and /ʌ/

Learning English Pronunciation - /ʌ/ compared to /ɑ:/

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