Reading Activities for Intermediate and Upper-Intermediate Students

http://www.bbc.co.uk/schools/primaryhistory/famouspeople/

Modals for permission, request..

http://learnenglishteens.britishcouncil.org/grammar-vocabulary/grammar-videos/can-could-and-would-invitations-offers-requests-and-permission

Grammar App

http://www.samsungapps.com/appquery/appDetail.as?appId=com.webrich.geposlite

English Verbal Tenses App

http://www.samsungapps.com/appquery/appDetail.as?appId=com.examenglish.englishtenses

Phrasal Verbs App

http://www.samsungapps.com/appquery/appDetail.as?appId=com.examenglish.phrasalverbs

Science News App to Read!

http://www.samsungapps.com/appquery/appDetail.as?appId=ua.dn.dev.science.free

Irregular Verbs App

http://www.samsungapps.com/appquery/appDetail.as?appId=com.app.IrregularVerbsDragunkin

Survival English App

http://www.samsungapps.com/appquery/appDetail.as?appId=com.bravolang.english

English Vocabulary and Pronunciation App

http://www.samsungapps.com/appquery/appDetail.as?appId=free.langame.rivex

Peter Pan App to improve your English!

http://www.samsungapps.com/appquery/appDetail.as?appId=com.podotree.decanter.peterpan.en

More Linkers!!

Useful phrases for successful communication. https://www.facebook.com/photo.php?fbid=613900421956436&set=a.384715731541574.98999.384707561542391&type=1&relevant_count=1

Physical Actions...

https://www.facebook.com/photo.php?fbid=622023361144142&set=a.384715731541574.98999.384707561542391&type=1&relevant_count=1

More Vocabulary...

https://www.facebook.com/photo.php?fbid=622027311143747&set=a.384715731541574.98999.384707561542391&type=1&relevant_count=1

Descriptive Words

https://www.facebook.com/photo.php?fbid=631485216864623&set=a.384715731541574.98999.384707561542391&type=1&relevant_count=1

Reported Speech Chart!

https://www.facebook.com/photo.php?fbid=637273542952457&set=a.384715731541574.98999.384707561542391&type=1&relevant_count=1

American vs British Spelling

https://www.facebook.com/photo.php?fbid=640807419265736&set=a.384715731541574.98999.384707561542391&type=1&relevant_count=1

Linkers

https://www.facebook.com/photo.php?fbid=643875778958900&set=a.384715731541574.98999.384707561542391&type=1&relevant_count=1

Adjectives

https://www.facebook.com/photo.php?fbid=647744151905396&set=a.384715731541574.98999.384707561542391&type=1&relevant_count=1

Conditionals Chart!

https://www.facebook.com/photo.php?fbid=651573518189126&set=a.384715731541574.98999.384707561542391&type=1&relevant_count=1

Synonyms!!

https://www.facebook.com/photo.php?fbid=647651828581295&set=a.384715731541574.98999.384707561542391&type=1&relevant_count=1

Verbal Tense Chart

https://www.facebook.com/photo.php?fbid=665867440093067&set=a.384715731541574.98999.384707561542391&type=1&relevant_count=1

What time is it?

https://www.facebook.com/photo.php?fbid=669019226444555&set=a.384715731541574.98999.384707561542391&type=1&relevant_count=1

British or American

https://www.facebook.com/photo.php?fbid=665875030092308&set=a.384715731541574.98999.384707561542391&type=1&relevant_count=1

Free eBooks and Audio Books!!

Free eBooks And Audio Books To Read Online Or Download http://www.techsupportalert.com/free-ebooks-audio-books

Listening and Reading Practice on a Range of Topics.

Listen & Read: Social Studies http://www.scholastic.com/teachers/collection/listen-read-social-studies

Ideas to Improve your Pronunciation.

7 Tips to Drastically Improve Your Pronunciation in English http://reallifebh.com/7-tips-to-drastically-improve-your-pronunciation-in-english

Tips for Learning New Words.

Twenty Tips for Learning Words http://www.keyvocab.com/twenty-tips-for-learning-words/

English Punctuation Practice!

http://www.esolcourses.com/content/exercises/grammar/english-punctuation.html

Free IPad App for the News!

http://ipadapps4school.com/2013/10/10/the-wider-image-a-great-way-for-students-to-visually-explore-the-news/

Adjectives according to categories

Improve your English on FB: https://www.facebook.com/photo.php?fbid=622027311143747&set=a.384715731541574.98999.384707561542391&type=1&relevant_count=1

Basic Physical Actions in English

Improve your English on FB: https://www.facebook.com/photo.php?fbid=622023361144142&set=a.384715731541574.98999.384707561542391&type=1&relevant_count=1

Basic English Linkers

Improve your English on FB: Useful phrases for successful communication. https://www.facebook.com/photo.php?fbid=613900421956436&set=a.384715731541574.98999.384707561542391&type=1&relevant_count=1

Apps to Learn for Free!!

Best Free ESL apps https://docs.google.com/presentation/d/1rFc_wVzARiA0IIzhQRWmPsrJnivL7yl1eE0R6dAKb2I/present?pli=1&ueb=true

News Read to You: Umano

https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=com.sothree.umano

Exploring Frequent Words

This is one of a series of videos to help you improve your vocabulary. Hope you like it!!

http://m.youtube.com/watch?feature=youtu.be&v=hgmh_ySGCRg&desktop_uri=%2Fwatch%3Fv%3Dhgmh_ySGCRg%26feature%3Dyoutu.be

A very Interesting Web Page for Practise and Explanations

http://youronlinenglishclass.com.pt/

Verb Machine, by the British Council

Do you want to create any verbal tense for any verb? Click here and try!!

15 Grammar Mistakea that Make You Look Silly

Click here and see!

Past Simple vs Past Continuous

Echa un vistazo al Tweet de @ESLlibrary: https://twitter.com/ESLlibrary/status/366022853918855168

Grammar Videos!

English Grammar Videos to practise!!

Prepositions!

http://www.englishpractice.com/quiz/prepositions-exercise-11/

Expressing Purpose

http://www.englishpractice.com/grammar/adverb-clauses-purpose/

Conjunctions Practice

http://www.englishpractice.com/grammar/conjunctions-exercise-5/

Relative Clauses

http://www.englishpractice.com/learning/defining-nondefining-relative-clauses/

Speaking about Hobbies

http://esl.about.com/b/2013/06/26/discussing-real-hobbies.htm

Adjectives Exercise

http://www.englishpractice.com/quiz/adjectives-exercise-3/

Make vs Do

http://esl.about.com/b/2013/06/24/should-i-do-business-or-make-business.htm

Second Conditional and Vocabulary

http://sarorosales.blogspot.com/2012/04/ni-1-second-conditional-and-houses.html

Third Conditional and Vocabulary

http://sarorosales.blogspot.com/2012/04/ni-2-third-conditional-and-environment.html

Common Mistakes

http://sarorosales.blogspot.com/2013/02/mistakes-students-make.html

Question Tags

http://sarorosales.blogspot.com/2013/04/question-tags.html

/S/ or /Z/ sound?

http://sarorosales.blogspot.com/2013/04/pronunciation-s-or-z.html

Directions in English

http://sarorosales.blogspot.com/2013/04/asking-and-giving-directions.html

Present Perfect: Simple or Continuous?

http://sarorosales.blogspot.com/2012/12/present-perfect-simple-and-progressive.html

Verb + Object + (To)

http://sarorosales.blogspot.com/2012/11/verbobjectto.html

Multiple Choice Sentence Completion Exercise

http://www.englishpractice.com/quiz/sentence-completion-exercise-8/

Types of Sentences

http://www.englishpractice.com/children/kinds-sentences-beginner-level/

Information about Official Examinations

http://esl.about.com/b/2013/06/19/which-test-should-i-take.htm

Relative Pronouns Tips

http://www.englishpractice.com/grammar/relative-pronouns-tips/

Do you like listening to the radio?

If you do, click here and enjoy the different options and stations!!

Relative Pronouns Exercise

http://www.englishpractice.com/quiz/relative-pronouns-exercise-9/

British vs American English

http://esl.about.com/b/2013/06/17/are-the-bags-in-the-boot.htm

New Star Trek Film Trailer

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=QAEkuVgt6Aw&feature=youtube_gdata_player

More Practice!

http://www.englishpractice.com/quiz/grammar-vocabulary-exercise/

Complete the Sentences

http://www.englishpractice.com/learning/sentence-completion-exercise-7/

Sentence Patterns

http://esl.about.com/b/2013/06/14/patterns-in-english.htm

Punctuation

Tricky Punctuation

Vocabulary Practice

English vocabulary exercise

Futures!!

Future tenses overview

The Importance of Reading

How Reading Can Improve Your English

A Different Vocabulary Exercise

English vocabulary exercise

Find the Mistake Quizzes

Test Your Knowledge - Find the Mistake

A Short Clip: What is the Moral?

Ver "The Black Hole" en YouTube

Find Out the Missing Words in "Yesterda", by the Beatles! Easy one!!

The Beatles - Yesterday (Live), Music Video, Song Lyrics and Karaoke

Phrasal Verbs Free App and Quiz!

Cambridge ELT (@CambridgeUPELT) twitteó a las 4:30 PM on lun, jun 03, 2013: Do you struggle with #PhrasalVerbs?Join us this week for a little quiz from our FREE app "Phrasal Verb Machine" https://t.co/pXuKLLd0Wk (https://twitter.com/CambridgeUPELT/status/341562594324254720) Obtén la aplicación oficial de Twitter en https://twitter.com/download

More English Idioms

Common English Idioms

The Power of Books: Video on how Books Can Change Your Life

Lisa Bu: How books can open your mind #TED : http://on.ted.com/fcK2

Funny Video on English Pronunciation!!

Ver "Learning English pronunciation" en YouTube

Listening Practice- Intermediate

Ver "Intermediate Listening English Practice 2: The Lost Art of Witch Hunting" en YouTube

Word Order in English Through a Video

Ver "Word Order / Sentence Structure - English Grammar Lesson (Part 1)" en YouTube

Improve your Listening Skills! Try Using These Recommendations

Ver "Learn English - 4 ways to understand what you hear" en YouTube

And Some More Idioms

Common English Idioms

Read a Negative Book Review and Learn a Bit about Native Americans

A Not-Recommended E-Book: THROUGH THE HIDDEN DOOR by Rosemary Wells

Phrasal Verbs Explanation and...

Check out this link to know more about phrasal verbs. You will also find resources according to levels! In any case, always aim high!!

Many or Many Of?

Many and many of

Infinitives Exercise

Infinitive with or without to: grammar exercise

Verbal Tenses Table + Timeline

Tense Tables - All 12 Tenses on One Page

Verbal Forms Exercise

Verbs exercise

Affix Exercise

Affix, prefix and suffix

Proverbs and More Proverbs (José Ángel, here u r!!)

Proverbs for Your Level

Phrasals with "Keep"

Phrasal verbs with keep

Speaking Tasks Videos

Teaching English (@TeachingEnglish) twitteó a las 5:20 PM on lun, may 20, 2013: Exam help: videos of typical speaking tasks – talk about yourself http://t.co/krAEovHJSW #TeachingEnglish #elt (https://twitter.com/TeachingEnglish/status/336501792919670784) Obtén la aplicación oficial de Twitter en https://twitter.com/download

A Curious Difference

You and I or you and me?

Future Tenses Practice

Future tense exercise

Phrasals with "Keep"

Phrasal verbs with keep

English Central:a a Great Site!

Check this website by clicking here! Looks fantastic!!

A Japanese and his yo-yo...Wow!!

BLACK: My journey to yo-yo mastery #TED : http://on.ted.com/cZWc

A Mini Robot in your Mobile Phone

Keller Rinaudo: A mini robot -- powered by your phone #TED : http://on.ted.com/hakH

Do you like food? What about insects?

Ver "BBC Learning English: Video Words in the News: Eating insects (15th May 2013)" en YouTube

Dickens Video

Ver "Dickens at 200 with The Teacher from BBC Learning English" en YouTube

One More App

Consultar Johnny Grammar's Quizmaster is

A New App

Consultar Aprender inglés con babbel.com

Mythical California

California

Modifiers and Correct Placement: Don't Sound Funny!

Misplaced modifiers

Phrasal Verbs with Take

Phrasal verbs with take

Use of "Towards"

Using towards

Structuring Your Compositions

Get Your Writing Organized

Fill in the Gaps Exercise

Completing sentences

Sentence Creation

Make meaningful sentences

Prepositions Exercise

Prepositions exercise

Modals Exercise

Modal auxiliary verbs exercise

Questions and Negatives Practice

Formation of questions and negatives

Proverbs in English!!

Every Dog has his Day - Proverbs

Avoid the Most Common Verbal Mistakes!

Common mistakes in the use of verbs

A New Free English App

A new English App for Android and IPhone and IPad users for free:
FUNLAND
Check it out at Google Play and App Store!

Correct Word Order

Putting Words into Order

Use of Parenthesis

Parenthesis

"It" as an empty subject...Very Important!

It as a preparatory subject

More Relative Pronouns

Relative pronouns used as an object in a restrictive relative clause

Preposition Practice

Prepositions exercise (Beginner level)

Relative Pronouns Practice

Relative pronouns exercise

Prepositions of Place

Place prepositions

Infinitives or Gerunds Exercise

Infinitives or -ing forms?

Sentence Tranformations

Sentence transformation exercise

Pearson Apps

Check this website and see if you find any app you might find useful. Be careful and check whether they're free or not!!

Cambridge Apps for Smartphones

Click on the followoing link if you want to improve your English skills on the go!! Be careful and check whether they're free or not! 

Cambridge Apps

Really Recommended:How to Differentiate Between Verbal Tenses

Confusing Tenses

Use of "As" and "Though"

As and though

Use of "Anything"

Using anything

Use of "So" (II)

Using so as an adverb and a conjunction

Use of "So"

Structures with so

Use of "Discuss"

Using discuss

Visual Learning of Verbal Tenses

Understand Tenses Visually

Some Idioms and Expressions

New Idioms and Expressions

Easily Confused Words

Aloud, allowed, accept and except: words commonly confused

Quantifiers and Some More Items Exercise

Amount, quantity and number: vocabulary exercise

Being or Been?

Difference between being and been

Collocations...

Set Word Combinations

Along and Phrasal Verbs

Phrasal verbs with along

Across in Phrasal Verbs

Phrasal verbs with across

Phrasal Verbs with Make!

Phrasal verbs with make

At the Doctor's Dialogues!! Just in Case!

Speaking English with Your Doctor or Patient

Interrogative Pronouns

Interrogative pronouns

Problems with Adverbs Positions?

Adverbs exercise

Intensifiers or Degree Modifiers in Comparative and Superlative Structures

Degree modifiers with comparatives and superlatives

Do or Make? Which one to use? Practise ir Here!

Do and make exercise

General Gap Filling Exercise (Intermediate-Upper Intermediate)

If you are in Bachillerato, you should do it!
Gap fills exercise

April Fool's Day!

April Fool's Day: Spot the Mistake

English-Spanish Idioms (dedicated to José Ángel)

¡A tu salud! Cheers!

¿Cara o cruz? Heads or Tails?

A campo traviesa Cross country

A falta de pan, buenas
son tortas  Half a loaf is better than    none

A fines del siglo At the end of Century /
Late in the Century

A la ligera Lightly

A mal tiempo, buena cara  Put a good face on it

A primera vista At first sight

A puerta cerrada Close doors

A rienda suelta Free and easy
A río revuelto, ganancia de pescadores
To fish in troubled waters

A toda velocidad At top speed

Agarrarse a un clavo ardiendo A drowning man clutches a straw

Aguas tranquilas son profundas Still waters run deep

Al que madruga Dios le ayuda The early bird catches the worm

Ir de mal el peor Go from bad to worse

Andarse con rodeos To beat about the bush

Aprendiz de todo, maestro de nada To be a Jack of all trades

Aprovecha las oportunidades Make hay while the sun shines

Arrancar de cuajo Pull it out by the roots

Arriesgarlo todo To burn one’s boats

Chapado a la antigua A chip of the old block

Coger con las manos en la masa To catch someone red handed

Cuanto más se sube,más grande es la caída The higher you go, the harder the fall

Dar con la puerta en las narices Shut the door in the face

Dar en el clavo To hit the nail on the
head

Del tiempo de Maricastaña As old as the hills

Después de la tormenta viene la calma
In every cloud there is a silver line

Dios los cría y ellos se juntan Birds of a feather flock together

Dios no lo quiera God forbid!

Dormir como un lirón Sleep like a log

El fin justifica los medios All is well that ende well

El viento se lo llevó Gone with the wind

En boca cerrada no entran moscas
Speech is silver, silence is golden

En defensa propia Self-defence

En donde fueres, haz como vieres
When in Rome do as the Romans do

Entre la espada y la pared Between the devil and the deep blue sea

Es buscar una aguja en un pajar It is like looking for a needle in a hay-stack

Es mejor tarde que nunca Better late than never

Eso no se duda It goes without saying

Está loco de remate He is off his head

Estar como pez en el agua To be in his element

Estar en sus cabales To be in One’s right senses

Estar sin blanca Be broke

Ganarse la vida Earn one’s living

Hacer auto-stop To hitch hike

Hacer la vista gorda To turn a blind eye

Hacerse el sordo To turn a Deaf ear

Ir como una seda To fit like a glove

Ir viento en popa To sail in front of the
wind

La oveja negra de la familia The black sheep of the family

La sangre tira Blood is thicker than
water

La suerte está echada What is done is done

Las amistades se conocen en las
desgracias A friend in need is a
friend indeed

Le entra por un oído y le sale por el otro It goes in at one ear and out at the other

Lo tengo en la punta de la lengua
It is on the tip of my tongue

Manso como un cordero Meek as a lamb

Más vale maña que fuerza Brain is better than brawn

Más vale pájaro en
mano que ciento volando A bird in hand is worth two in the bush

Meter la pata To put one’s foot on it

No andarse con chiquitas To go in leaps and bounds

No es oro todo lo que reluce All that glitters is not gold

Obras son amores y no buenas razones Deeds are better than
words

Poner los puntos sobre las íes Dot the I’s and cross the T’s

Poner unas líneas Drop someone a line

Por el hilo se saca el ovillo Where there’s smoke there’s fire

Querer es poder Where there’s a Hill,
there’s a way

Robar a Juan para darle a Pedro To rob Meter to give Paul

Se le pusieron los pelos de punta His hair stood on end

Ser buen perdedor To be a good loser

Ser despistado To be absent minded

Suave como un guante Smooth as velvet
Tener dinero a espuertas To be rolling in money

Tomar el pelo To pull one’s leg

Vivir de ilusiones To have the head in the clouds

Don't you know when to use "Lend" or "Borrow"?

Ver "Lend & Borrow" en YouTube

All Tenses Review Video

Will you succeed in the challenge? At the end of the video, you will have a link to get practice done!! Good luck!!

Ver "All Tenses - English Lesson" en YouTube

Past Simple vs Past Perfect Tenses Video

Ver "Past Simple and Past Perfect - Tenses in English" en YouTube

Past Simple Video

Ver "English Grammar in Use: Past Simple" en YouTube

Practising -ING Forms and auxiliaries!

-ing forms exercise (beginner level)

Fill in the Gaps Exercise

Gap filling exercise

Try a Quiz to Check your Knowledge!

Test Your Understanding: Take a Quiz

Negatives and questions for beginners!

Formation of questions and negatives (beginner level)

Present Continuous Review

Present continuous tense exercise for kids

Very Useful and Important: How to Improve your Writing Skills

How cohesive devices improve your writing?

Negative Sentences Review

Negation in English

Third Conditional Review and Practice!

Perfect conditional

Time and Frequency Adverbs

Indefinite time adverbs (beginner)

Relative Pronouns to Join Sentences

Join with relative pronouns

Future Perfect Tense Review

Using the future perfect tense

General Grammar Review

Sentence completion exercise

Plurals Review!

Noun Plural Forms

Collocations:Upper-Intermediate

Collocations exercise

Till and Until

Using till and until

Reported Speech: Questions

Reporting questions

Relative Pronouns Practise!!

Relative pronouns exercise

Expressions with Do!!

Expressions with do

Present Tenses Review!!

Present tenses overview

Past Tenses Review!!

Past tenses overview

A little bit of review...which is more than necessary!!

Possessive adjectives and pronouns exercise

More Conditionals Practice!!

Talking about unreal situations

Conditionals Review!

If I was / were you, I would ...

Pizza time!!

American Pizzas

Actors and Actresses makeovers! A reading activity!

Have You Seen Lincoln’s Tattoos?

Remembering Vocabulary!!

Is it difficult to remember all the vocabulary you learn in class? Check the video and it may become easier... Enjoy!

If I were or If I was? Check here!!

If I was / were you, I would ...

THAT, is the question

Some recurrent problems have got an easy solution! Enjoy and learn!

When to Use 'That'

Listening Practice for Teachers and Students!

Tips and Strategies on Improving Listening Skills

Adverbs of Frequency and Habits Review

Trying to Break A Habit?

Working Abroad as a teacher!!

Do you like travelling? Do you? Well, it may be expensive, but affordable if we find a job in our deatination. Take a look at the follwing link and think about it!!

Opportunities Abroad - Teaching English

Dr. House vs Hugh Laurie: American Accent vs British Accent

We tend to think of English as an only language without no national or regional variations. Well, if you agree with this statement, take a look at the following clip to see some differences. It stars Hugh Laurie, the famous British actor who played the already iconic American Dr. House. Watch it and enjoy!!
Ver "Hugh Laurie: the British accent vs the American" en YouTube

NEW ARTICLES AT LOS ÁNGELES TIMES!

Hi everybody, after some time without any news (you all know why :)), I have finished uploading the last bunch of articles written by your fellow colleagues at school. Click here and enjoy reading them!!

Phrasal Verbs

Phrasal verbs are common in English, but difficult to learn. Apart from all phrasals we have covered so far, I recommend you to take a look here to review some of them and even learn a few new ones!
Look into / through / up Your Work = Check

How to Conjugate Verbs

Despite all the lessons, exercises, homework and revision it is always advisable to learn some tips and do some extra practice. Click here and ypu will get both!!

Tap Water or Water Bottles?

Take a look at this page, where you will practise your reading skills! Enjoy!!

LOS ÁNGELES TIMES

Finally, all your articles have already been published!! Read and enjoy them!

LOS ANGELES TIMES