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 ..............

Unit 5 What are you doing now?

Naomi Campbell is the best top model on the catwalk.

In the photo she's modelling casual clothes by Calvin Klein. Naomi's wearing a brown jacket and matching grey top. She's wearing jeans too. For a perfect look, she's wearing a golden belt and some bracelets.

But Naomi is sophisticated. She never wears casual clothes when she isn't working. She prefers dresses and high-heeled sandals.

In the text there are verbs in red and verbs in purple. Which verb forms are these? When do we use the verb in the red form? When do we use them in the purple form?

Try these activities about present continuous.

Present continuous I
Present continuous II
Present continuous III
Present continuous IV

Now try this webquest and the listening activities below. The listening activities are difficult for you. Have a go, and read the script later.

Listening What are you wearing today?

So, what are you wearing today? What's your style? You can write your answers on the chat below.

Unit 5 The Weather

This is a basic weather forecast for the next four days. Do the activities below. You can write your answers clicking on comments.

A) What's the weather like on Tuesday/ Wednesday/ Thursday/ Friday?

B) Imagine you are on holiday. What activities would you do on those days?


Now watch the video and practise the pronunciation of the words.