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=Unit 1 = __**The Family & The Saxon Genitive**__
 * The Family Tree. Look at the family tree and type the relationships in the boxes below.
 * The Simpsons. Fill in the gaps with the correct family word.
 * Relatives & The Saxon Genitive. Exercise 1 & Exercise 2.
 * My Family (Listening). Listen to the conversation and answer the questions.

__**Asking Questions**__
 * DO or DOES? Write the correct auxiliary verb and then check your answers.
 * YES/NO QUESTIONS. Write "yes/no" questions for the sentences given.
 * SHORT ANSWERS.
 * Complete the QUESTIONS.
 * WRITE QUESTIONS FOR THE ANSWERS GIVEN. __Read__ the instructions first.
 * Object & Subject Questions.
 * Subject & Object Questions.
 * Wh-Questions.

__**On the Phone**__
 * Press the PLAY button, listen to this telephone conversation and answer the questions below. (maybe a little bit difficult).
 * Video. Learn English: **On the Phone**.
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=Unit 2 = __**School**__
 * Classroom Vocabulary. Move your mouse over the picture if you want to listen to the pronunciation of each word.
 * Classroom Vocabulary. Put the words in the right boxes.
 * A School Day at a UK School. Interactive tour (reading).
 * Pledge of Allegiance. "//I pledge allegiance to the flag of the United States of America and to the Republic for which it stands, one nation under God, indivisible, with liberty and justice for all. god bless America//".
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__**Past Simple Tense**__
 * REGULAR VERBS. Choose the correct past tense of each verb.
 * REGULAR VERBS. Type the correct anser in the box.
 * REGULAR & IRREGULAR VERBS. Fill in the gaps with the corret past tense form of the verb given in the previous sentence.
 * REGULAR & IRREGULAR VERBS. Fill in the gaps with the correct past tense form of the verb given in brackets.
 * REGULAR & IRREGULAR VERBS. Affirmative, Negative and Questions. Put in the verbs in brackets into the gaps . Use the **Simple Past**. Watch the punctuation and form sentences or questions.

__**Past Simple Tense / Past Progressive**__
 * Type the verb in parentheses in the past progressive or the simple past, then press "Check". If you need help, you can click on the "Hint" button to get a free letter.
 * Past Progressive & Past Simple. The sentences given have some mistakes. Change the incorrect words inside the square brackets [ ], but don't change the words outside the square brackets and don't remove the square brackets.

__**"Used To"**__
 * Type the correct form of used to and the verb in parentheses, then press "Check". If you need help, you can click on the "Hint" button to get a free letter. **Neg.** means negative.
 * [|Ditto].

=Unit 3 = __**HOME vs. HOUSE**__

__**SOME, ANY and NO**__
 * Click on the answer buttons to see the correct answer.
 * Choose the correct form.

__**MUCH and MANY**__
 * Choose the correct answer to fill in the gaps in each sentence.

__**A LITTLE and A FEW**__
 * Choose the best option and click on the answer button to see the correct answer.

**__Giving Directions__**
 * Following directions. You're at the train station. Listen to the audio and find out where my house is!
 * Following directions II. You want to get to the station from your friend's house. What is the fastest way? After each listening you'll have to answer a question.
 * Asking for and giving directions. Listen to reporter Helen as she tries to find her way around London and the office and look at different expressions she hears on her journeys. When you've listened to the programme, don't forget to practise what you've learned with the quizzes below!

=Unit 4 = **__Dating__** media type="youtube" key="709jOKkaFP8" height="344" width="425"
 * Dating Vocabulary.
 * An episode of Cilla Black's //'Blind Date'// game show.
 * __Uses of Like__**
 * Determine wheather LIKE is used as a verb or as a preposition.
 * Match each question with its appropriate answer.
 * Read the text and find the missing questions.

__**Wedding Bells**__
 * Do you still have problems with TO GET MARRIED / TO MARRY / TO BE MARRIED? Try this link.
 * Wedding Vocabulary.
 * Wedding Traditions.
 * Four Weddings and a Funeral (Mr Bean)

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__**Valentine's Do (Thursday 11th February)**__
 * Get ready for Thursday's karaoke!! The English Department has picked up this 1977 disco song for the karaoke competition. We gotta win, guys!!!!
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__**The Present Continuous Tense**__
 * Choose the correct option: PRESENT SIMPLE or PRESENT CONTINUOUS.Then click on the "answer" button to see the correct answer.

**__Making Invitations__**
 * A listening. Press the "Play Audio" button, listen to the conversation and answer the questions belos.
 * Making Suggestions - Quiz. Choose the correct answer for each of the first two questions. Then, click "Next" for more questions.

=Unit 5 = **__Compound Nouns__**
 * An easy matching exercise.
 * Several matching exercises (when you finish the first one, click on "Suivant" to go to the next activity). Sorry, the instructions for these ones are In French. But they're really easy to understand, though...

**__Talking about the Future...__**
 * [|Four Ways to Talk about the Future.] This page explains the differences between four main forms which we use when talking about future time. It also contains some [|exercises] to practice.
 * [|Future using -ing.] Fill in the gaps.
 * [|Will, Going to or -Ing?] Choose the correct answer.

**__Planes and Airports__** media type="youtube" key="pFjVbiPzwpI" height="385" width="480"
 * [|Airport Announcement] (Listening).
 * Airport-Related [|Vocabulary].
 * Airport Travel. [|Vocabulary & Listening].
 * [|Travel Arrangements]. What types of questions would you ask a travel agent when making flight reservations? Listen to the conversation by pressing the "Play" button and answer the questions. Press the "Final Score" button to check your quiz.
 * Funny Safety Instructions on a plane.

**__Hotels__** > "//In this conversation, a man checks into a hotel, but he is surprised by the service - or lack of it"//
 * [|Booking a Hotel Room.] Useful Vocabulary.
 * Exercise on [|Booking a Room] at a hotel.
 * [|Text on Booking a Room.] With questions on the text.
 * [|Hotel Rooms]. Pre-Listening Exercises. Listening Exercises. Vocabulary. Post-Listening Exercises
 * [|Listening & Reading. Hotel.] John has gone to his hotel in Kings Cross. He checks in at reception and then goes upstairs to his room. He meets his new room mate Peter, who says there is a problem with the heating. John rings reception to ask that it is fixed.
 * [|Hotel Reservations.] Pre-Listening, Listening and Post-Listening exercises.

=Unit 6 = **__Food__**
 * Junk Food (A Listening).
 * [|A Traditional English Breakfast.] Listening.
 * [[file:British & American Foods.pdf]]

**__Adjectives (OPPOSITES & COMPARISONS)__**
 * Adjectives - Opposites.
 * Crossword.
 * More Opposites.
 * And more.
 * And some more.
 * And a few more.
 * -ing or -ed?
 * Comparative or Superlative? Fill in the blanks with the correct form of the adjective given.
 * Comparative or Superlative? Fill in the sentences with the correct form of the adjective in brackets (add any necessary words).

**__At the Restaurant__**
 * Restaurant Vocabulary (some useful vocabulary)
 * Ordering Breakfast (listening)
 * Ordering Lunch & Dinner (listening)
 * Eating Out (listening)

=Unit 7 = **__Jobs__**
 * Vocabulary (jobs & occupations)
 * A Job Opportunity. You will hear two people talking about a new job opportunity. You will hear the listening twice. Write down the answers to the questions. After you have finished, click on the arrow to see if you have answered the questions correctly.

**__Present Perfect Simple__**
 * Irregular Past Participles. Click on the correct form of the past participle of the verb.
 * Present Perfect Simple I. Write sentences using the prompts given. First, put the verb given in the correct form of the present perfect simple. Second, use FOR or SINCE in the sentence.
 * Present Perfect Simple. Fill in the gaps with the correct form of the present perfect simple.
 * FOR & SINCE.
 * PAST SIMPLE or PRESENT PERFECT SIMPLE?

=Unit 10 = **__Present Perfect Simple (FOR & SINCE)__**
 * FOR or SINCE? Decide the answer and then click on "answer" to see the correct phrase.
 * YET / SINCE / ALREADY, etc. Choose the correct present perfect adverb.
 * Present Perfect or Past Simple?

**__At the Doctor's__**
 * A Listening.