Your Weekly Assignments And Links

Friday, August 24, 2012

Food and Nutrition Links

These are websites that will help you practice content related to food and nutrition.

Vocabulary:

1) A "self-study" quiz all about food.

2) A "self-study" quiz about verbs for cooking.

3) Food and nutrition quiz.

4) A quiz about meat.

Listening:

1) Snack Time! Healthy Food for Kids

2) Snacks and Candy

3) Grocery Shopping

4) Breakfast Recipes

5) Baking Cookies

Thursday, October 14, 2010

Good morning!

Review some vocabulary about shopping here.

Try this listening exercise.

Here are two vocabulary quizzes: Quiz 1 Quiz 2

Tuesday, April 06, 2010

Good morning! Look at the previous lessons if you didn't finish them last time. If you finished the old ones, try these:

Learn expressions with animals.

Try the grammar exercises on this page - choose your level.

And, if you still have time, try the preposition quiz on this page.

Tuesday, March 23, 2010

USCTS - This is a link to a translation service if you need translation of legal documents like a birth certificate or school records.

BMI Calculator - Find out if your weight is healthy.

Easy:

Vocabulary Games - these can help with vocabulary and spelling.

Advanced:

A Biography of Dr. Seuss - This will help you practice listening and reading.

Tuesday, March 16, 2010

Beginning Level Reading Practice:

Two International Students


Interview in a Shopping Mall

The City and The Country

Intermediate Level Reading Practice:

Presidential Elections

Social Networking Sites

How To Use an ATM

Advanced Reading Practice

Having A Hard Time Finding A Job

A Cozy Home

Applying For A Job

Tuesday, March 02, 2010

Learn some phrases for making a complaint.

A quiz on vocabulary for writing a letter of complaint.

A vocabulary quiz about making a complaint.

A picture quiz about things in the kitchen.

Learn vocabulary for household appliances.

More house vocabulary in a quiz.

Learn abbreviations used in ads for housing.

Listening practice - a traffic ticket.

Listening practice
- a car accident.

Tuesday, February 23, 2010

A multiple choice health test - this uses some vocabulary we have studied in class.

Another multiple choice vocabulary test about health.

Reading practice - there are several health-related articles here and you can do a quiz online to check your comprehension.

Listening practice - listen to two friends talk about sickness and remedies.

Listening practice - a healthy lifestyle.

Listening practice - medical advice.

Listening practice - an exercise program.

Tuesday, December 01, 2009

Practice can/can't/could/couldn't here.

Practice conversational (or business) uses of can and could and mayhere.

Tuesday, November 17, 2009

Practice "will" here.

Review present, past, and future with this quiz.

Tuesday, November 10, 2009

Practice talking about the future with "be going to."

Study a lesson and do some grammar practice here.

Practice using "be going to" here.

Practice "be going to" with another fill-in-the-blank exercise here.

Practice negative future sentences here.

Practice making questions about the future here.

Sunday, November 09, 2008

Go to U.S.A. Learns

-Register with your email address if you want to
-Click "Start now"
-Choose "1st English course"
-Choose Lesson 15, "The Body."
-Do all parts of the lesson.

Tuesday, October 14, 2008

1. Try this exercise to review yes/no questions and answers.

2. Try this exercise to review questions and answers.

3. Try this quiz to learn vocabulary for many different jobs.

Tuesday, September 30, 2008

You can learn vocabulary for specific jobs at this website.

Monday, September 22, 2008

Try more listening exercises like the one we did yesterday at the ESL Lab.

Monday, April 23, 2007

Comparative Practice


Try this exercise on comparatives.


Try this quiz on comparatives.


One more comparative exercise. Read the article on the right about the theatres, then fill in the blanks in the sentences on the left.

Friday, April 13, 2007

Read this lesson on superlative adjectives.

Now, use Google to find the answers to these questions.

Monday, April 09, 2007

Job Interview Skills

Try this practice job interview. Read the question and circle the best answer. See why you're right or wrong.

Try this business-oriented quiz on making polite requests.

Wednesday, March 21, 2007

Some Parenting Articles on Drugs/Alcohol/Tobacco

Keeping Kids Drug-Free: What Parents Can Do


Drugs, Alcohol & Smoking: Straight Talk

Como ensenar a los adolecentes a vivir sin drogas

Proyecto Luli - Consejos y Mas


Arabic Parenting Magazine: Teenagers and Drugs: the Facts

Friday, January 19, 2007

A pronoun crossword puzzle.

How to guess the meaning of new vocabulary. ONE . . . and . . . TWO.

Friday, January 05, 2007

A review of The Outsiders ("Rebeldes") en espanol.

A site about the movie The Outsiders en espanol.

A short biography of S.E. Hinton in English.

A quiz on object pronouns.

A self-check quiz on possessive pronouns.

Friday, December 08, 2006

Here are some exercises with modal verbs.

From Business English, read the questions and choose the logical response.

From nonstop English, here is an exercise where you fill in the correct modal verb.

Monday, November 13, 2006

You can study modal verbs here.

Monday, October 30, 2006

Verb + Object + Infinitive

Exercise One

Exercise Two - This is not an online quiz. For this one, try copying the exercise into Microsoft Word and completing the sentences. Then you can check your answers.

Friday, September 22, 2006

Try this quiz on the simple past and past continuous.

Here's another quiz to try.

And one more quiz.

Friday, September 15, 2006

Past Continuous Lessons
How do we make the past continuous?

How do we use the past continuous?

Try a quiz on the past continuous.

Friday, September 01, 2006

Morning Class

FIRST READ: A lesson on "some" and "any."

Exercise One

Exercise Two


Another lesson about some and any with a little quiz at the bottom.

Monday, May 08, 2006

Morning Class

Use Google to find answers - or pictures - for these questions.

1. How old are people usually when they get married?

2. Is there an engagement period? How long is it?

3. Who pays for the wedding?

4. Who is invited?

5. Where is the wedding ceremony usually held?

*6. What is the most interesting or beautiful place for a wedding that you know of?

7. What happens during the ceremony?

8. What do the bride and groom usually wear?

9. Is there a reception after the ceremony?

10. What type of food is served at the reception?

11. What kinds of gifts do people usually give?

12. Where do couples like to go on their honeymoon?

13. How long is the honeymoon?

Friday, May 05, 2006

Afternoon Class

Review!

Questions and Negatives in the Simple Present Tense.

First exercise.

Next exercise.

Next exercise.

Questions and Negatives in the Present Continuous Tense.

First exercise.

Next exercise.

Questions and Negatives in the Past Tense.

First exercise.

Next exercise.

Next exercise.

Morning Class

Read about time clauses here.

Try this quiz on verbs in time clauses.

For more exercises on various topics, try this page.

Monday, May 01, 2006

Afternoon Class

Past Tense Questions - Quiz

Negatives and Questions in the Simple Past Tense - click on the button at the bottom of the lesson to do exercises.

Past Tense Questions - a hard quiz!