GRAMMAR: Gerunds vs Infinitives

/ A2, B1, B2, Grammar training, Intermediate, Pre-intermediate, Upper-intermediate

Teach or revise gerunds and infinitives with these video quizzes at A2, B1 and B2 level. Every video quiz contains questions that are suitable for a conversation lesson: student can answer/discuss them in pairs or small groups after completing the video tasks (for example, on their smart phones).The first three video quizzes were inspired by the International Women’s Day: all questions listed in them relate to women (and men). The B2-level videos are general questions about one’s habits, memories, personality, etc. LEVEL A2: Revise verbs with infinitive vs gerund forms at pre-intermediate (A2) level: Students need to complete questions while

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VIDEO QUIZ: Question formation (A2)

/ Intermediate, Pre-intermediate, Students

Find here two video quizzes to practise question formation at A2/B1 level: VIDEO QUIZ #1: QUESTION FORMATION In this video quiz, you can practise: Questions with to be:Example: Are you Italian? Who is he? Questions in present simple:Example: Do you work or study? Where does he work? Questions with what and which:Example: What is your favourite day of the week? (no options) Which is your favourite day of the week: Friday or Saturday? (with given options) Questions with a preposition:Example: Who do you work for? Subject questions:Example: Who said that? (no auxiliary verb necessary) Questions in simple past:Example: Did you

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Metric vs Imperial System – Conversion challenges

/ Elementary, Intermediate, Pre-intermediate, Students

How big is a 52-inch TV? Is a 5-foot tall girl/guy taller than you? Ready for some metric vs imperial conversion challenges? LENGTH: Challenge #1: Solution: MOST POPULAR ENGLISH COURSES: Challenge #2: Solution: MOST POPULAR ENGLISH COURSES: Challenge #3: Solution: MOST POPULAR ENGLISH COURSES: Challenge #4: Solution: MOST POPULAR ENGLISH COURSES: Challenge #5: Solution: MOST POPULAR ENGLISH COURSES: Challenge #6: Solution: MOST POPULAR ENGLISH COURSES: Challenge #7: Solution: MOST POPULAR ENGLISH COURSES: Challenge #8: Solution: MOST POPULAR ENGLISH COURSES: Challenge #9: Solution: MOST POPULAR ENGLISH COURSES: Challenge #10: Solution: MOST POPULAR ENGLISH COURSES: Challenge #11: Solution: MOST POPULAR ENGLISH COURSES:

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Italian/English False Friends

/ Elementary, Intermediate, Pre-intermediate, Students, Upper-intermediate

Find 4 sets of 5-5 sentences with Italian/English false friends. There are three types of exercises in the three columns: RECOGNIZE: Can you spot the false friends in these correct-sounding sentences? RECALL: Can you choose the correct words from the three options? REMEMBER: Type in the correct words into the textboxes. Don’t mix them with any false friends. An extra set of 5 false friends: Are these sentences correct or incorrect? LOOKING FOR AN AFFORDABLE ONLINE ENGLISH COURSE? ELT-TUTOR ON YOUTUBE: WHAT WOULD YOU LIKE TO DO NOW? GO BACK TO VOCAB EXERCISES SEE MORE ONLINE EXERCISES TAKE THE ELT-TUTOR

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A2-B1: Write a note to a friend

/ Intermediate, Pre-intermediate, Students

If you are preparing for Cambridge Key (A2) or Preliminary (B1) exam, then you will need to write a note. This interactive worksheets helps you practise how to do it: Loading… PREPARE FOR YOUR CAMBRIDGE EXAM WITH ELT-TUTOR: WHAT WOULD YOU LIKE TO DO NOW? GO BACK TO WRITING EXERCISES SEE MORE ONLINE EXERCISES TAKE THE ELT-TUTOR LEVEL TEST CONTACT ME

A2: Write a note with William Carlos Williams

/ Pre-intermediate, Students

An interactive writing task for A2 students: write a note based on William Carlos Williams’s poem. Loading… PREPARE FOR YOUR CAMBRIDGE EXAM WITH ELT-TUTOR: WHAT WOULD YOU LIKE TO DO NOW? GO BACK TO WRITING EXERCISES SEE MORE ONLINE EXERCISES TAKE THE ELT-TUTOR LEVEL TEST CONTACT ME

A2-B1 QUIZ: Order dishes to parts of a menu

/ Intermediate, Pre-intermediate, Students

This exercise teaches names of dishes in English and helps you order them to the different sections on a menu: Loading… REVISE AND EXPAND YOUR VOCABULARY IN ENGLISH WITH THESE VIDEO-BASED SELF-STUDY & CONVERSATION COURSES: SEE THE FILMS&FUN COURSE TOPICS WHAT WOULD YOU LIKE TO DO NOW? GO BACK TO VOCAB EXERCISES SEE MORE ONLINE EXERCISES TAKE THE ELT-TUTOR LEVEL TEST CONTACT ME

A2 SONG: Miracle by QUEEN

/ Pre-intermediate, Students

Listen to the famous song ‘Miracle’ by QUEEN and learn or revise vocabulary with this song-based interactive worksheet: Loading… REVISE AND EXPAND YOUR VOCABULARY IN ENGLISH WITH THESE VIDEO-BASED SELF-STUDY & CONVERSATION COURSES: SEE THE FILMS&FUN COURSE TOPICS WHAT WOULD YOU LIKE TO DO NOW? GO BACK TO VOCAB EXERCISES SEE MORE ONLINE EXERCISES TAKE THE ELT-TUTOR LEVEL TEST CONTACT ME

A2 Phrasal verbs (4/4)

/ Pre-intermediate, Students

Learn more A2 phrasal verbs with this interactive exercise: Loading… REVISE AND EXPAND YOUR VOCABULARY IN ENGLISH WITH THESE VIDEO-BASED SELF-STUDY & CONVERSATION COURSES: SEE THE FILMS&FUN COURSE TOPICS WHAT WOULD YOU LIKE TO DO NOW? GO BACK TO VOCAB EXERCISES SEE MORE ONLINE EXERCISES TAKE THE ELT-TUTOR LEVEL TEST CONTACT ME

A2 Phrasal verbs (3/4)

/ Pre-intermediate, Students

Learn useful A2 phrasal verbs in English with these interactive exercises: Loading… REVISE AND EXPAND YOUR VOCABULARY IN ENGLISH WITH THESE VIDEO-BASED SELF-STUDY & CONVERSATION COURSES: SEE THE FILMS&FUN COURSE TOPICS WHAT WOULD YOU LIKE TO DO NOW? GO BACK TO VOCAB EXERCISES SEE MORE ONLINE EXERCISES TAKE THE ELT-TUTOR LEVEL TEST CONTACT ME

A2 Phrasal verbs (2/4)

/ Pre-intermediate, Students

Try these interactive exercises to learn or revise A2 phrasal verbs in English: Loading… REVISE AND EXPAND YOUR VOCABULARY IN ENGLISH WITH THESE VIDEO-BASED SELF-STUDY & CONVERSATION COURSES: SEE THE FILMS&FUN COURSE TOPICS WHAT WOULD YOU LIKE TO DO NOW? GO BACK TO VOCAB EXERCISES SEE MORE ONLINE EXERCISES TAKE THE ELT-TUTOR LEVEL TEST CONTACT ME

A2 Phrasal verbs (1/4)

/ Pre-intermediate, Students

Do you know these English phrasal verbs? Loading… REVISE AND EXPAND YOUR VOCABULARY IN ENGLISH WITH THESE VIDEO-BASED SELF-STUDY & CONVERSATION COURSES: SEE THE FILMS&FUN COURSE TOPICS WHAT WOULD YOU LIKE TO DO NOW? GO BACK TO VOCAB EXERCISES SEE MORE ONLINE EXERCISES TAKE THE ELT-TUTOR LEVEL TEST CONTACT ME

How to express (dis)agreement, useful language for debates and negotiations

/ Courses, Intermediate, Pre-intermediate, Students, Upper-intermediate

Try this interactive exercise to teach useful language to express agreement vs disagreement in English: Loading… REVISE AND EXPAND YOUR VOCABULARY IN ENGLISH WITH THESE VIDEO-BASED SELF-STUDY & CONVERSATION COURSES: SEE THE FILMS&FUN COURSE TOPICS WHAT WOULD YOU LIKE TO DO NOW? GO BACK TO SPEAKING TASKS SEE MORE ONLINE EXERCISES TAKE THE ELT-TUTOR LEVEL TEST CONTACT ME

A2 QUIZ: Question formation in English

/ Courses, Pre-intermediate, Students

Do you know how to make a question in English? Do the exercise below and let’s see: Loading… You might also like this post:– VIDEO QUIZ: Question formation (A2) WHAT WOULD YOU LIKE TO DO NOW? GO BACK TO GRAMMAR TASKS SEE MORE ONLINE EXERCISES TAKE THE ELT-TUTOR LEVEL TEST CONTACT ME

Film Quiz (A2/B1): The Holiday

/ Intermediate, Pre-intermediate, Students

ELove watching movies? Learn English while doing it by completing this online film quiz based on the 2017 Christmas movie: The Holiday. Loading… ARE YOU LOOKING FOR A FUN MOVIE-WATCHING COURSE? CHECK OUT ELT-TUTOR’S FILMS&FUN COURSES WHAT WOULD YOU LIKE TO DO NOW? GO BACK TO VIDEO QUIZZES SEE MORE ONLINE EXERCISES TAKE THE ELT-TUTOR LEVEL TEST CONTACT ME

Write a Story with these Scratch Story Prompts

/ Elementary, Intermediate, Pre-intermediate, Students

My children have received a toy which I find genial: it’s a story box where you can choose three variables of the story: the set (city, countryside, space, sea), the type of protagonists (animals, fantasy, jobs) and a situation (conflict, love, friendship, etc.). Once you defined the three categories, it tells you a story. Although the quality of the stories are not the highest, the idea is really good. So, it didn’t take long to find a way to adapt it to my English lessons – and my Scratch meetings. The idea was to provide inputs for a story students

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Pronunciation & Meaning of abbreviations from A 2 Z

/ Elementary, Intermediate, Pre-intermediate, Students, Upper-intermediate

January 2021 – Y R U LOL? JK. Do you use abbreviations like this? Not really? But you surely use: a PC or a USB cable you ordered from the USA or the UK. Right?In this quiz, you can check on if you know what some common abbreviations stand for, ergo their meaning and also pronunciation. Jic (= just in case) you mix vowels or consonants (normal if your mother tongue is Italian, German or Hungarian), this exercise can give you some abbreviations which will help you remember how to pronounce English letters.