Unit 6 Like doing/ would like to do

"Oh, I would like to thank the Academy from the bottom of my heart! I would like to thank Emily Watson and Fernanda Montenegro, and my friend Cate Blanchett for their help and patience".

This is Gwyneth Paltrow's speech at the Oscar Awards Ceremony. The speech has the structure "would like to + infinitive". Imagine you have to prepare a speech for the Oscar Awards ceremony. Write a simple speech on the chat below using  the "would like to + infinitive" structure. We can vote for the best speech.


Now try these activities with like + ing (general) and would like to + inf (particular, specific).

Would like to vs Like I
Would like to vs Like II
Would like to vs Like III

I hope to read your speeches on the chat.

Unit 6 An email

Unit 6 Likes and Dislikes

The Simpsons are a typical American family. Homer loves drinking beer, Marge works at home, Bart doesn't like studying and Lisa loves playing the saxo. Maggie the baby really likes dancing, but she can't stand up yet. However, they have something in common: they love watching TV on the sofa.

Now it's your turn. Do the activities and then talk about your hobbies.

Vocabulary I
Vocabulary II

-ING form I
-ING form II

Listening: Favourite colour
Listening: Claudia's likes and dislikes

What do you like doing in your free time? Write your answers on the chat below.

Unit 6 Dates

Most invitations in English include the "Save the Date" phrase. What kind of events to save the date can you say?

In English there are different ways of expressing the date. For example 02/10 in American English means February 10th, but in British English it means October 2nd. Click on the links below and practise (for more dates click on "get a new randomized date").

The Date I
Writing the date
Telling the date



Have a look at the photos above and ask and answer questions about them. For example, "When is Victoria and Bradley's wedding? It's on 17th September.

Now click on the link below and read the information about the holidays or festivities clicking on the month. Then answer the questions. Alternatively, you can ask questions about festivals on the chat below.



British Calendar 

1. When's New Year's Day? It's on 1st January (the first of January).
2. When's Ash Wednesday?
3. When's Good Friday?
4. When's St David's Day?
5. When's St Patrick's Day?
6. When's St George's Day?
7. When's Father's Day?
8. When's St Andrew's Day?
9. When's Halloween?
10. When's Boxing Day?

Unit 6 Object Pronouns

"Talk to Her" is a famous drama film by Pedro Almodovar. In it, Pedro Almodovar tells us the story of Benigno. Benigno is a male nurse and from his window he looks at Alicia. With the passing of time Benigno is in love with her. When Alicia suffers a car accident and Benigno finds her in his hospital, he spends his days taking care of her, but she can't say to him, "Thank you".

In the text there are some object pronouns in bold. Who do they refer to? (Benigno, Alicia, Almodovar, the viewers or the film)

Now you can try these activities, but remember we use object pronouns after transitive verbs or after prepositions.

Object Pronouns I
Object Pronouns II
Object Pronouns III

Unit 5 Shopping for Clothes

Practice your practical English with these two videos from New English File. 

Unit 5 Shopping for clothes

Most women love shopping for clothes. In fact women usually spend more time going shopping than men. And we prefer different shops too. For example, women absolutely love clothes shops and shoe shops, but men prefer spending their euros on music, sports and electronics.

Try these activities about vocabulary, listening, situations and finally try the video activity (sketch from a popular British comedy called "Little Britain")

Vocabulary

Clothes 1 (Click on pronunciation)
Clothes 2

Listening

1. Activity 1

2. Activity 2 (a bit difficult)

3. Activity 3 (a bit difficult)

4. At the shop (watch the video below)

5. At the toy shop. Watch the video below and fill in the gaps. It is really difficult:

1. The customer is looking for a pirate memory game ages ..........

2. The shop assistant's wife is called ..........

3. There are no specialized pirate-memory-game shops. So the man decides to ..........

4. They show the customer another toy, but he decides to have ....... at the other one.

5. They toy costs ...............
6. The man wants to spend ..............