SOCIALISING and SOCIAL ETIQUETTE

Watch some VIDEOS:

• From "British Council - LearnEnglish"

Read about Manners and Social Etiquette:

• Acceptable behavior in England
• UK: Culture and customs ( advanced)

    

 

BRITISH & AMERICAN ENGLISH

Go to the web pages below to find LISTS OF WORDS and EXERCISES:

• British Vs American English (illustrated)
• List of words (Project Britain)
• Exercises 1 ( multiple choice) 
• Exercises 2 ( difficult)

🎥 Watch some VIDEOS about the differences between English in Britain and English in the United States:

• British and American words

• Listen to a well-known SONG by Ella Fitzgerald and Louis Armstrong (American jazz singers): Let's call the whole thing off

• What about the national anthems? Do you know them? Listen to the British anthem, "God save the Queen" and to the American one, Star Spangled Banner.

***Remember that you can always check the different pronunciation of words on an online dictionary: Oxford Dictionary ( British English), Cambridge Dictionary ( UK and US, translations)

PRESENT PERFECT vs PAST SIMPLE

• Study the differences between the 2 tenses, Present Perfect and Past Simple, here and there and do some exercises.
• Here are Pdf pages with more exercises: english-area, bbresources ( with correction) 
• Do LiveWorksheets (check the answers or send them to the teacher) LiveWorksheet 1 LiveWorksheet 2

JOBS

• YOUR FUTURE JOB - Look at the guidelines below.

• VOCABULARY: Study lists of jobs: Jobs and Work vocabulary (with pictures, definitions and pronunciation), Occupations I (by categories, with sound), Jobs and Professions II (categories) and a List of professions (with explanations).

• Learn useful language here (click in the words and listen):  talking about a Job, applying for a Job
• Vocabulary exercises, with correction: Match the jobs with the definitions

SHOPPING FOR CLOTHES

👔👗👖At a clothes shop 

💬PRACTISE: Read and listen to useful phrases here when you want to buy clothes. You should read aloud and repeat the phrases. 
👂Listen to conversations (from British Council): 1) buying a T-shirt and do exercises here. 2) a young man buying new shoes (with speaking practice) here. 

👥 ACT OUT: Now, prepare a conversation to role-play in class. Write a dialogue at a clothes shop and act it out to the class. (each person should have at least 8 entries)

📝 Further practice: Read and do exercises.

• Put the words in order to make a dialogue (Liveworksheet)- easy. 
• Order 3 short dialogues "At the Clothes Shop" (PDF) here.  Then, complete another dialogue in a shop, here. 
• Read and complete two dialogues in a clothes shop. Download the PP presentation here 
• Finally, find lots of exercises about clothes here (crosswords, listenings, speaking activities)

📺 Further practice: Watching some videos on YouTube: It suits you (level 4) Shopping for clothes (lots of dialogues) and Real Life - Shopping for clothes/ brands (level 4) 

DESCRIBING PEOPLE ( Physical Description)

Learn vocabulary for describing appearance / looks on the links below:

• An excellent Interactive Book for Physical Description!
• Words and Pictures for Appearance ( learn vocabulary and listen to the words too)

• Describe Harry Potter's characters (Liveworksheet)

POSSESSIVES ( Determiners and Pronouns)

Practice POSSESSIVES with some exercises:

       

• A joke: The lost boots! 
• Possessive adjectives ( multiple choice)
• Possessive Pronouns 1 ( multiple choice)
• Possessive Pronouns 2  ( write the correct pronoun)