Groundhog Day

Would you like to know the origins of this American holiday?
If so, read this article.

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Martin Luther King Day

It is a United States holiday held on the third Monday of January. Would you like to know who Martin Luther King was and why he was so important to American history?
Read this article
Then, watch this video about his most famous speech and complete the quiz.

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Scotland

Go to the following website and learn a little bit more about Scotland. Then answer the questions in the webpage and send them to your teacher.

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Jokes

Read and complete these English jokes. Aren't they funny?

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Future Tenses

Practice your grammar with the following exercises:

Going to (future meaning)
Future continuous/progressive
Future Perfect
Future tenses grammar quiz
Future tenses grammar quiz 2

Used to/would, be/get used to

Since you had so much trouble, here you have some more exercises to practice:

Used to/would 1: Exercise 1
Used to/would: Exercise 2
Used to/to be used to/to get used to 1
Used to/to be used to/to get used to 2
More practice

Gerunds and Infinitives

Here you have some exercises to practice when to use the gerund or the -to infinitive after verbs:

Exercise 1                     
Exercise 2                 
Exercise 3               
Exercise 4               
Exercise 5

Past Simple, Past Continuous and Present Perfect Simple

Past simple or Past continuous 1
Past simple or Past continuous 2
Past Perfect or Simple Past
Past Simple or Present Perfect

Adjectives and prepositions

Some theory on adjectives and prepositions
More theory
Adjective + preposition exercise 1
Adjective + preposition exercise 2
Adjective + preposition exercise 3

Merry Christmas!

I hope you enjoy this typical Christmas song.

Thanksgiving

Click here and learn about the history and recipes of Thanksgiving Day. How well did you do in the quiz?

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Halloween

Watch this video and do the quiz next to it to learn more about this famous festivity in the English speaking world.

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Guy Fawkes Night

I thought that you would like to have this funny video that we watched last November to celebrate this British celebration. Here you also have the game that we played in class.

What do Americans think of British accent?

Not all Americans, of course...

Pronunciation Quizzes

How good are you at English phonetics? Do these quizzes from the BBC website and test yourself!

Pronunciation Quiz 1          Pronunciation Quiz 2          Pronunciation Quiz 3
Pronunciation Quiz 4          Pronunciation Quiz 5

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Differences between British and American English

Watch the video and do the quiz next to it. Did you know the meaning of all the words mentioned in the video?

If you want to know the main differences between British and American English, read this article.

                                                     

21 accents

Watch this interesting video. Can you imitate any of these accents? Which one do you like best?