HOLIDAY TRAINING

DAY 1: READING WHILE LISTENING

Learn about the 11 TOP INVENTIONS OF 2021

Best Inventions of 2021

Every year, TIME for Kids highlights inventions that are making the world better and a bit more fun. Before adding an invention to the list, we ask ourselves a few questions. How original is the ...

https://www.timeforkids.com/g56/best-inventions-2021/

DAY 2: Revise your basic irregular verbs

Take the following test on the story of Harry Potter

Click on Finish

Then, check your score :-)

Harry Potter - Past Simple, an interactive worksheet by AlenaMichalova
liveworksheets.com

HELP: You can download a list of the most common irregular verbs here:

Télécharger LIST OF 80 IRREGULAR VERBS

DAY 3: READING and LISTENING

An interesting article about a ROBOT DOG

Robot Dog vs. Real Dog

Estimate the future costs of owning real and robot pets.

https://math.scholastic.com/issues/2019-20/090219/robot-dog.html

DAY 4: LISTENING COMPREHENSION

Listen to this documentary about WOOFING and learn about this amazing experience :-)

DAY 5: READING ACTIVITIES

Read this document about the impact of social media influencers and do the activities online.

Social media influencers

Read a blogpost about the impact of social media influencers in the business world to practise and improve your reading skills.

https://learnenglish.britishcouncil.org/skills/reading/intermediate-b1/social-media-influencers

DAY 6: VOCABULARY GAME

Try to make as many words as possible with the given letters!!!

Longer words score more points!!!

Wordshake

How many points can you get in three minutes? Longer words score more points!

https://learnenglish.britishcouncil.org/general-english/games/wordshake

DAY 7: GRAMMAR GAME

Revise the use of the preterit (past simple) and the past continuous!

Read the lesson and take the GRAMMAR TEST 1 and GRAMMAR TEST 2 if you feel confident enough!

Past continuous and past simple

Look at these examples to see how the past continuous and past simple are used. When I woke up this morning, it was snowing. I was sleeping when you called me. Try this exercise to test your ...

https://learnenglish.britishcouncil.org/grammar/beginner-to-pre-intermediate/past-continuous-and-past-simple

DAY 8: A2/B1: READING A LONG STORY

Read the story FRANK'S LAST CASE and do the 2 tasks at the end to check what you have understood.

OR

DAY 8: B1/B2: READING A LONG STORY

Read the story THE CHRISTMAS THE LIGHTS WENT OUT and do the task at the end to check what you have understood.

Frank's last case - A2/B1

Sergeant Frank Spike sat behind his desk and looked out of the window. Outside, cars moved slowly in the cold, grey rain. He looked down at the grey hairs on his arms. His round stomach pushed ...

https://learnenglish.britishcouncil.org/general-english/story-zone/a2-b1-stories/franks-last-case-a2/b1

The Christmas the lights went out

Tom Jankowitz took his coat off and threw it onto the seat in the airport lounge. He sat down and opened up his laptop computer, keeping one eye on the small television which showed the departure ...

https://learnenglish.britishcouncil.org/general-english/story-zone/b2-c1-stories/the-christmas-the-lights-went-out

DAY 9: LISTENING COMPREHENSION /B1

Click on the link below, then click on the video ROB HAS A PROBLEM on the right.

Then click on the VOCABULARY, BACKGROUND and try to answer the QUESTIONS.

Listen in English - American English File - Rob has a problem

This activity has two purposes. The first purpose is to improve listening accuracy. Learners can often understand the general meaning of a video but still not hear and understand many of the words ...

https://listeninenglish.com/aef-231.php

DAY 10: LISTENING COMPREHENSION / B1/B2

Listen to this documentary about Street Art in Shoreditch (a famous area in London)

DAY 11: GRAMMAR TIME

Do you feel confident enough?

Try to take this test and revise your tenses!!!

Mixed tenses review 1, an interactive worksheet by Mapache0802
liveworksheets.com