United States

Find all the States

How well do you know the United States of America? Try to fill all the gaps correctly!

London calling

Complete this exercise about London:

LONDON

Crossword

Complete the crossword, then click on "Check" to check your answer. If you are stuck, you can click on "Hint" to get a free letter. Click on a number in the grid to see the clue or clues for that number.

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Across: 2. Where Anna Bolena died 4. Shakespeare's theatre 7. The most important bridge in London 9. Where the Beatles recorded some of their most important albums 11. The place with more screens in London 14. A district strongly associated with alternative culture 15. The most famous clock in the world 16. The name of the river that crosses London 17. "Mind the Gap" 18. The Chinese district of London 19. A square which commemorates a battle against the Spaniards

Down: 1. The meeting point of the English polititians 3. A street famous for its expensive shops. It is the name of a famous English University and city 5. The best known cathedral in London 6. The most famous shopping centre in England 8. Where the English Queen lives 10. the most famous museum in England 12. A big wheel in London facing the famous river 13. Famous district where the hpuses are colored in the outside. A film made its name famous

Travelling Abroad

“The world is a book and those 

who do not travel read only one page” 

– St. Augustine

– Have you ever travelled abroad?
– What places have you visited?
– What travel did you enjoy the most?
– What places would you like to visit?

• Discuss the questions above with your partner for 5 minutes.
• Write a composition in which you give answer to the questions above and a reflection on the quote that appears in the title of this post.

Test Ted Talk

Watch the following video and  answer the questions:

Check what you know with this test

What do you remember?

Complete these activities

Welcome to Podcasting

Hi there! Have you ever heard about podcasting?

The Oxford dictionary defines podcast as "A digital audio file made available on the Internet for downloading to a computer or portable media player, typically available as a series, new instalments of which can be received by subscribers automatically."

We think podcast are a useful tool to practice English on your own.

Challenge #2: Find some channel about a subject you are interested about and subscribe to it. We promise you won't regret it!

Here you have a twice-monthly podcast, which is a comedy show about a fiction town in the dessert.

It is called Welcome to Night Vale. It is worth having a look at it!

If you are interested, here you can also find the transcripts of each episode. Enjoy guys!

Source: http://commonplacebooks.com/

Adjectives: shopping

Do the following activity and then ask your partner questions about the products that appear in the pictures bellow. Remember to include adjectives we normally use when we go shopping (Cheap,  big, small, fashionable, exclusive...)