This post offers you a selection of recommended free online exercises, games, videos and resources so that you can improve your English language skills while having fun! ENJOY! 📜 READING PICKS – Articles, blog posts, and more:
From BBC CAPITAL: What is the future of English in the US? By Bryan Lufkin. Similar to the UK and Australia, US citizens can rely on the luxury of being native English speakers – but in today's changing world, could monolingual Americans be left behind? (Continue reading)
From BBC NEWS: The troubled 29-year-old helped to die by Dutch doctors, by Linda Pressly. BBC News, The Netherlands. In January a young Dutch woman drank poison supplied by a doctor and lay down to die. Euthanasia and doctor-assisted suicide are legal in Holland, so hers was a death sanctioned by the state. But Aurelia Brouwers was not terminally ill – she was allowed to end her life on account of her psychiatric illness.
"I'm 29 years old and I've chosen to be voluntarily euthanised. I've chosen this because I have a lot of mental health issues. I suffer unbearably and hopelessly. Every breath I take is torture…" (Continue reading)
🎬 VIDEO PICKS – Short and fun videos:
LESS-THAN-5-MINUTE VIDEOS:
🎬 VIDEO PICKS – Short and fun videos:
LESS-THAN-5-MINUTE VIDEOS:
How do we smell? - Rose Eveleth (4:19 minutes)
- How miscommunication happens (and how to avoid it) - Katherine Hampsten (4:32 minutes)
- Plato’s Allegory of the Cave - Alex Gendler (4:32 minutes)
- British and American terms: fashion and clothing (1:35 minutes)
- David Crystal - How is the internet changing language today? (3:35 minutes)
- Why Clothes Matter (4:38 minutes)
- How Anesthesia Affects Your Brain And Body (3:15 minutes)
PHILOSOPHY - Aristotle (7:30 minutes)
- SAMPLE ENGLISH SPEAKING TEST: Leisure time (7:59 minutes)
- Conveying your ideas: ENGLISH AT WORK helps you present your thoughts (5:51 minutes)
- Taboos Around the World (7:34 minutes)
- BBC 6 Minute English | FOOD WASTE | English Subtitle (5:57 minutes)
- BBC Learning English from the News => News Review: 450,000 need help in Texan floods (8:13 minutes)
A LITTLE LONGER BUT WORTH IT!
LITERATURE: Franz Kafka (10:32 minutes)
- Small talk & American conversation codes [Summer School Revision] (11:27 minutes)
- 10 ways to have a better conversation | Celeste Headlee (11:44 minutes)
- Ancient & Medieval Medicine: Crash Course History of Science #9 (12:05 minutes)
💬 VOCABULARY PICKS:
- CHALLENGE: How Strong Is Your Vocabulary? (From Merriam-Webster) Test your vocabulary with this 10-question quiz — and maybe learn some new words along the way! You can try it as often as you'd like (there are dozens of different versions). You'll have 10 seconds to answer each question. The faster you answer, the higher your score. The harder the question, the higher your score. ⇒ TAKE THE QUIZ
- Which word?: DO or MAKE? 1 (Click on "Answer" to see the correct response.)
- Which word?: DO or MAKE? 2 (Click on "Answer" to see the correct response.)
- Clothing and Accessories Exercise 1
- Parts of the House Fill in Exercise 1
- Buildings and Places Fill in Exercise
💡 GRAMMAR PICKS – Assorted exercises and games:
- Mixed modals 1 (should, can, must)
- Mixed modals 2 (should, can, must)
- Phrasal Verbs (TO PULL +) 1
- GERUND or INFINITIVE? 3
- A or An Basic Exercise 1 / 2 / 3 (DRAG & DROP EXERCISES)
- A / An / The Worksheets 1 (Online multiple-choice exercise)
- A / An / The or Nothing 2 (Online multiple-choice exercise)
- A / An / The or Nothing 3 (Online fill in the blanks exercise)
- Quiz: Phrasal Verbs - Go
MORE PICKS NEXT WEEK!
