BEGINNERS: A PICTURE VOCABULARY

EFLNET is a website which contains free resources for students of English. Something which might be interesting for you is the Picture dictionary. It contains lots of vocabulary organised by topic. If you click on the pictures, you will hear the pronunciation of the words.

BEGINNERS: MORE PRACTICE

TOUCHSTONE ARCADE is a set of activities you can use to practise all skills. 

There are four different levels. Start with number one and revise all the basic things you should already know. Make sure you understand the corrections before moving on.

 Have a look at it. It's really worth it!

GERUND VS INFINITIVE GAME

ING gerunds vs. infinitive game

BEGINNERS: INFINITIVES OR GERUNDS?

 The most common uses of the infinitive are:

1. After certain verbs, e.g. decide, would like, etc.

              I decided to study hard for my exams.
              I would like to travel around the world.


2. After adjectives.

              It is difficult to understand.
              It is not easy to get up early on Mondays.

3. To indicate purpose.

              We use a camera to take photos.
              We study a lot to pass all the exams.


The most common uses of the gerund are:

1. After certain verbs, e.g. love, don't mind, spend (time)

             She spent hours chatting with her friends.
             I love reading.

2. As the subject of a sentence.

              Smoking is bad for your health.
              Pointing at people is rude.

3. After prepositions.

             He is really good at dancing.
             Turn off the lights before leaving.

Gerund or infinitive? (www.englisch-hilfen.de/)
Gerund or infinitive?2 (www.englisch-hilfen.de/)

LISTENING COMPREHENSION: TALKING ABOUT OUR FAMILY

You're going to listen to seven people talking about their family. After listening, try to answer the questions and check your answers by clicking on the yellow tick.

My family

PRONUNCIATION OF -ED (REGULAR VERBS)

As you know, regular verbs in the past simple always end in '-ed'. But how do we pronounce this ending? These letters can be pronounced in three different ways: /id/, /t/ or /d/. The pronunciation depends on the sound at the end of the bare form (or infinitive) of the verb.

Look at the chart to help you with the pronunciation.

Now watch this video and listen carefully. (from ElementalEnglish.com)
Exercise 1
Exercise 2
Exercise 3

BASIC ENGLISH: COLOURS AND NUMBERS

Today some colours and numbers, specially numbers.

Click on the following link and do the exercises on colours and numbers.

Colours and numbers (www.linguasnet.com)

Remember you have to do all the activities in the 5 sections you will find. Have fun!

BEGINNERS NEW ENGLISH FILE EXERCISES

In the following link you will find exercises from your coursebook to practise more and more.
All the exercises are related to File 1.

File 1

BEGINNERS REAL ENGLISH

Let's go for some real English. Watch this video and pay attention to the different pronunciations.

Introducing yourself.



And yet another one. Where are you from?




And finally the alphabet.

BEGINNERS CAN YOU SPEAK ENGLISH?

Today we are going to try a new website for us. I hope you like it.

Listen to the conversations and pay attention to the pronunciation. If you have any problems with the speed, click on the buttons next to each sentences and you will hear the audio in a slow or in a normal speed.

 Where are you from? (www.englishspeak.com)


What's your name? (www.englishspeak.com)

www.computerclipart.com

I'm hungry (www.englishspeak.com)

BEGINNERS: INTRODUCING YOURSELF

Let's start from the very beginning. For those of you who have problems with basic English, click on the following link and do all the exercises you find in the following order:

- Vocabulary

- Dialogue

-Listen and repeat

-Exercises

-Games

Introducing yourself   (www.linguasnet.com)