Vocabulary website

This website has got a lot of vocabulary for many different topics. It could be a useful site for practising spelling and checking how many words you know.

Here is the list for "family": http://www.enchantedlearning.com/wordlist/family.shtml

This is the Dolch List. The Dolch List of words is a list of the most common words in English. You MUST be able to spell these words correctly. http://www.enchantedlearning.com/wordlist/dolch.shtml

HOMEWORK

Please complete this quiz on subordinate clauses: http://www.softschools.com/quizzes/grammar/identifying_subordinate_dependent_clauses/quiz3637.html

Read the sentences and choose which clause is the subordinate clause.

Good luck and enjoy your break!

Useful vocabulary: PET

PET is a Cambridge exam. The level is similar to Level 1. The vocabulary you need for level 1 is not exactly the same as PET, but the PET vocabulary list is a useful list for checking vocabulary AND SPELLING. The list is here: http://www.cambridgeenglish.org/images/24934-vocabulary-list-document.pdf


You can also find some vocabulary tests here:
1. http://www.examenglish.com/vocabulary/B1_vocabulary_topics.htm
2. http://www.examenglish.com/PET/pet_vocab.htm


and some PET grammar practice here:
1. http://www.examenglish.com/grammar/b1_grammar.html
2. http://www.examenglish.com/PET/pet_grammar.htm

Present perfect or Past simple?

Do you need more practise of these tenses? Here is a link to some more practise:

http://www.perfect-english-grammar.com/past-simple-present-perfect-1.html

English File

Oxford University Press publish many coursebooks. One of the most popular is English File. Here is the link to their website (there are two links because there are two available editions of the book):

1. https://elt.oup.com/student/englishfile/intermediate/?cc=gb&selLanguage=en
2. https://elt.oup.com/student/englishfile/intermediate3/?cc=gb&selLanguage=en

You can try many different types of activities on the website and they are all free.

Listening, Reading, Writing

This website is very useful for practising your listening skills. http://www.newsinlevels.com/#

The website is updated every few days. You should watch the video in Level 3. How much did you understand? If you found it difficult, you can read the transcript of the video.

You can then use the topic of the video to write a response. What is your opinion of the story? What questions does it make you ask? Can you write a short report or newspaper article based on the story?

Listening

Here are some websites where you can practise your listening skills:


1. http://listenaminute.com/
2. http://www.breakingnewsenglish.com/
3. http://www.bbc.co.uk/worldservice/learningenglish/webcast/tae_private_archive.shtml
4. http://www.bbc.co.uk/worldservice/learningenglish/general/talkaboutenglish/2009/07/090727_tae_1st_sight.shtml
5. http://www.bbc.co.uk/skillswise/topic-group/speaking-and-listening

Vocabulary: Family

Here is the vocabulary we have used to talk about families: