Find a book to read 

Destroy bad English!

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Memory games

Connect words

Spelling games 

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Spot the difference  

MythBusters is a science entertainment TV program created for the Discovery Channel. The show's hosts, special effects experts Adam Savage and Jamie Hyneman, use science to test the truth of rumors, myths, movie scenes, Internet videos, and news stories. Here's the website for you to watch videos and find out more about mythbusters.

Here are some of the busted myths:

James Bond's explosive pen

 

Folding paper seven plus times

Task 1: Quotes. 

Scientists are usually very inspired and they pronounce sentences that are never forgotten. These websites contain some of them. 
Science quotes 1
Science quotes 2  

Task 2: Reported speech practice.

Exercises

"I speak English" Susan says.

Susan says that she speaks English  

Easy 1 

Easy 2

"Why don't you speak English?" Susan asked me.

Susan asked me why I didn't speak English.

 

Questions 1 

Questions 2

Carol, speak English.

Susan told Carol to speak English.

  

Requests 1 

Requests 2 

Mixed 1 

Mixed 2

 Task 3: What happens next? 

These two stories have something to do with experiments, labs and accidental discoveries... What happens next?


Task 4: Building an inventions timeline. 

Inventions and inventors that changed the world

Inventions:
When was it invented?

Who invented it?

Do you know how it was invented?
How long have we been using it?

How has it changed the world?

Inventors and scientists:
General information 
(where and when was s/he born?)
What did s/he invent?
  Are we still using it?
Any famous quote? 

Surf this web if you want to find out more about famous scientists.

Task 5: Oral presentations. Choose one of these two topics:

A) Inventions that will change the world 

How did you discover it?
Describe your invention:

1. What's it made of?
2. How did you design it?
3. How does it work?

How will it change the people's lives?       

B) Becoming a scientist.
Record a video of you performing an experiment, and then play it in class.
Here's a website with some ideas.

 

 

Task 1: Complete the worksheet with these words:

WINDMILL, MANOR, TREEHOUSE, BARGE, COTTAGE, FACTORY, SKYSCRAPER, LIGHTHOUSE, TOWER, DETACHED HOUSE, SEMI-DETACHED HOUSE, TERRACED HOUSES.

Task 2: What are buildings made of? Can they be made of any material?  
a) Which of these materials cannot be used in construction?
b) Find something made of...

...glass

...iron

...steel

...stone

...bricks

...wood

...paper

...leather

...concrete

...cloth

...cotton

Here's an experiment on materials for you to try.

Task 3: Try some online exercises with the passive.
Passive 1
Passive 2
Passive 3
Passive 4

Task 4: Amazing buildings. Take a walk around these unusual buildings. How many of them have you ever visited?
Amazing buildings 1
Amazing buildings 2

Which one did you like the most? Do some research and find out:
- Where is it?
- It was designed by ...
- It was built in ... (year)
- It's made of ... (material)
- Any curious fact?      

Task 5: How far can you let your imagination fly?  
Click here, type your name (or nickname), choose a story starter, spin the wheel and let yourself go...

An online swap shop: Visit eBay's website.

 


Try this quiz 
Do you want to try a harder quiz?
Crossword
Wordsearch 
Useful practice 1
Useful practice 2
Useful practice 3
Useful practice 4 (for and since)
Useful practice 5 (for and since)
Useful practice 6 (for and since)
Useful practice 7 (already and yet)
Useful practice 8 (already and yet) 
Useful practice 9 (for, since, already and yet)  

Task 1: What has just happened?
Explain why.

Try this online crosswords puzzle.

Task 1: Sports equipment. 

Match these items with a sport:

Goggles, parachute, sword, goal, saddle, harness, flipper, sail, shoulder pad, shin pad, mat, weights, pole, javelin, wetsuit, hammer.
  
A referee is not an item but a person. Can you describe what s/he does?
 

Task 2: Meet the paraplympic athletes.
Surf this website and find:

• Who?
• Nationality
• Born
• Athletics
• Type of impairment
• Origin of impairment
• When and where did s/he begin this sport?
• Why? 

 


Task 3: Choose one of these three topics:
History of sports.
Choose a sport an find:

1. When did the sport begin?
2. Who started it? Was it a person or a group of people?
3. Where did it start? (country)
4. Why did it begin? (fun or competition)
5. Early rules and materials
6. How has it changed? 

This website will help you.

Olympic Games.
Surf this web and find interesting information about the Olympics.

Getting to know famous athletes.
Do you want to learn about these historical figures in sports?

• Jesse Owens
• Michael Phelps
• Nadia Comaneci
• Jim Thrope
• Abebe Bikila
• Daley Thompson
• Albert Juantorena
• Wilma Rudolph
• Fanny Blankers-Koen
• James Connolly

 Find out relevant facts about them here and have a look at their biographies here. 

 

 

 

 
Ancient cultures:

• Aztecs  
• Mayas
• Incas
• Roman Empire
• Egypt
• Huang Ho Valley
• Mesopotamia
• Middle Ages
• Greece  

Include this information in your presentation:

1. - Map
2. - When did the civilization appear?
3. - How did they live? 
4. - Landmarks (monuments, buildings, etc) that have survived.
5. - When did the civilization disappear? Do you know why?

If you love learning about the past, digging in the dirt, or doing scientific experiments, archeology may be for you. Archeology is the study of past cultures based on the material they left behind. Scientists, called archeologists, learn about the past by studying artifacts, buildings, and monuments. An artifact is any object made by human beings such as tools, pottery, and jewelry. Studying buildings and monuments such as the Egyptian pyramids and the Roman Colosseum can teach us many things about past cultures.

But what do you know about archaeology? Take this quiz and find out.

I invite you now to take a walk through time. Get into the time tunnel and discover interesting facts about people from the past.

Would you like to explore a pyramid?

Task 1: Important archaeologists. 
Who were Howard Carter and Robert Ballard? What important discoveries did they make?

2500 BC: Stonehenge (England) and Egypt

220-206 BC: The Great Wall

100 CE: Rome

5th-16th centuries CE: Maya civilization (Chichen Itza)

 

Task 2: The wonders of the ancient and modern world.
How much can you tell us about these amazing constructions? 

When / Where was it built? 

What did / do people use it for?

Describe it.

Curious facts. 

 

Try some exercises:

Past simple vs past continuous 1

Past simple vs past continuous 2

Past simple vs past continuous 3

Past simple vs past continuous 4