Days of the week - Listening and matching

You can practise the pronunciation of the days of the week with this listening and matching activity.

The Client - Penguin Readers

What about playing a jeopardy game about this book?

My Jeopardy Template

Pronunciation of regular verbs in the past

The pronunciation of the particle ED at the end of regular verbs in the Simple Past forn of English may be a bit difficult for some students. Basically, there are three ways to pronounce -ed:

You produce a /t/ sound.
This sound must be produced with verbs that have a final sound of /p/, /k/, /s/, /sh/, /ch/, /x/, /f/
Examples: zipped - talked - missed - washed - watched - fixed - laughed - sniffed

You produce a /d/ sound.
This sound must be produced with verbs that have a final sound of /b/, /g/, /z/, /dz/, /r/, /l/, /m/, /n/, /n/, /v/ and with wowel sounds
Examples: smiled - enjoyed - maintained - hugged - belonged - advised - snowed

You produce an extra syllable /id/.
This occurs with verbs that end in a /t/ or a /d/ sound.
Examples: resisted - decided - ended - expected - flooded - deserted

Practice with the following activity:

Giving business presentations in English

Giving presentations is quite common in the business world, but it may represent a big challenge for many people. In some cases, presentations are not quite successful because people make mistakes.  The most important thing is to prepare your presentation really well. 

Holidays - Vocabulary

There is no doubt that the annual holiday is a wonderful time to spend time with our family or our friends.  It is important then to know some vocabulary related to this topic.

Talking about me and my company

Sometimes a company needs to announce something, or wants to have a better communication with its clients or suppliers. Quite often, the company needs to tell people about their history, about their experience as a company, etc. A press release is a good way to do this. A PR expert is in charge of writing the press release, but the company must provide all the information that the consultant needs.

These activities are intended to practise giving information about your company and about your job.

Money moves the world around

Money is an essential part of our lives. They say that it can't buy happiness, but having it makes your life easier. There are lots of idiomatic expressions connected with the topic of money. Look at the booklet below that shows some idioms using the word 'money'.