Listen to World News Live

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The First Well. A read-along story

A good practice for elementary or pre-intermediate learners.

Infinitive or Gerund?

If you have some doubt about this topic try the interactive quizzes nº1 or nº2

How to Give Directions

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"Basic Instructions" is a comic strip. Any advice contained herein is intended as humor, and should not be followed as actual instructions or advice.

Live Shakespeare sketch with Hugh Laurie and Rowan Atkinson

George Michael's The First Time Ever I Saw Your Face

How to Pick a Password

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"Basic Instructions" is a comic strip. Any advice contained herein is intended as humor, and should not be followed as actual instructions or advice.

Charles Dickens Animation

The BBC web page is full of interesting material, try this, and if you click on the image you'll play this game, or you can know about Charles Dickens' life here.

Review of Past tenses

If you want to revise and check your past tenses, enter English Grammar Secrets here

It's my world

A useful page for students of English as a foreign language is It's my world, this site is free although you can subscribe to enter other options.

New Generation 2

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Mansión del Inglés

A good and useful page to practice your English is www.mansioningles.com,
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New Generation 1

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Travelling Around?

If you are thinking on travelling soon, try this updated site to see what's on in London, New York, Chicago, Berlin, Rome, Paris ....

School Blog in Kent

Woodlands Junior School in Kent offers, apart from an interesting web page about Frecquently Asked Questions (FAQ) about UK as you can see on your left (inside our Understanding Them Section), a blog with some very interesting news about culture, politics, common life... for example now we can read about the Big Ben and the maintenance bell work before its 150th anniversary in 2009.

Easy Listening: Phone Message

You can select from a wide list of listening practice at Randall's Listening Lab choosing your level.
Try this easy one:

Latin versus English

How many Latin expressions do you use in English?
There are quite a few Latin words and phrases that appear in English, usually in written English but sometimes in spoken English too. Some of them are used more in certain areas such as law, medicine, business etc. Generally, you do not need to learn and use many Latin phrases, but it could help you to recognize them when you see them. Here are some of the most common in a chart.

Some other Latin Sayings and Quotations:

Carpe diem! "Seize the day!" An exclamation urging someone to make the most of the present time and not worry about the future.
Cogito ergo sum. "I think, therefore I am." French philosopher Descartes' famous formula of 1641 attempting to prove his own existence.
Dulce et decorum est pro patria mori. "It is a sweet and glorious thing to die for one's country." From Horace, Odes III, 2, 13. Used by Wilfred Owen for the title of a poem about World War I, Dulce et Decorum Est.
Festina lente. "Hurry slowly." An oxymoron - similar to "more haste, less speed".
in vino veritas "in wine, truth" (meaning that a drunk man reveals the truth about himself)
Nil desperandum. "Do not despair."
per ardua ad astra "through struggle to the stars" (motto of British Royal Air Force and others) Quis custodiet ipsos custodes? "Who shall guard the guards?"
quod erat demonstrandum (QED) "which was to be demonstrated" The abbreviation is often written after a mathematical proof.
Tempus fugit. "Time flies."
Veni, vidi, vici. "I came, I saw, I conquered." The message sent by Julius Caesar to the Roman Senate after his battle in 47 BC against King Pharnaces II

James Blunt's You are Beautiful

My life is brilliant.
My love is pure.
I saw an angel.
Of that I'm sure.
She smiled at me on the subway.
She was with another man.
But I won't lose no sleep on that,
'Cause I've got a plan.

You're beautiful. You're beautiful.
You're beautiful, it's true.
I saw your face in a crowded place,
And I don't know what to do,
'Cause I'll never be with you.

Yeah, she caught my eye,
As we walked on by.
She could see from my face that I was,
Flying high,
And I don't think that I'll see her again,
But we shared a moment that will last till the end.

You're beautiful. You're beautiful.
You're beautiful, it's true.
I saw your face in a crowded place,
And I don't know what to do,
'Cause I'll never be with you.

You're beautiful. You're beautiful.
You're beautiful, it's true.
There must be an angel with a smile on her face,
When she thought up that I should be with you.
But it's time to face the truth,
I will never be with you.