WATCH THIS! TV recommendation

STANLEY TUCCI: SEARCHING FOR ITALY

TVE2 every day at 15.00 (Also available on Amazon prime and Movistar+, among others)

Stanley Tucci travels through Italy to discover the secrets and delights of the country’s regional cuisines. Tucci’s voice is a delight to hear in itself! He speaks clearly and you will enjoy listening to him as well as learning about Italian cuisine.

REMEMBER TO ACTIVATE THE ORIGINAL VERSION!!!

Episodes 1 and 2 have already been broadcast on TVE2 (Monday 8th and Tuesday 9th January, 2024,) but the rest is yet to come!

Here’s the trailer to the series:

FUTURE FORMS

1. GOING TO + VERB

• EXPLANATIONS IN SPANISH
• MAS EXPLICACIONES EN ESPAÑOL (+ exercise a the end)
• EXERCISES:
• AGENDAWEB

2. WILL (SHALL) + VERB

• EXPLANATIONS IN SPANISH (+ typical mistakes + exercise at the end)
• EXERCISES:
  • AGENDAWEB
  • PERFECT ENGLISH
• EXERCISES GOING TO OR WILL FUTURE?
  • AGENDAWEB
  • WHEN DO WE USE “GOING TO” OR “WILL”?
  • TEST ENGLISH
  • A4ESL

3. PRESENT SIMPLE TO EXPRESS FUTURE

• EXPLANATIONS IN SPANISH
• EXERCISES:
• CHOOSE THE CORRECT FORM: GOING TO – WILL – PRESENT CONTINUOUS
• EXERCISE 1
• EXERCISE 2
• 4 EXERCISES ON THIS PAGE (SEE EXERCISE 1 AND ” SIMILAR EXERCISES 2, 3, AND 4)
• TO LEARN ENGLISH
• GRAMMAR ORG EXERCISE 1 EXERCISE 2 EXERCISE 3 EXERCISE 4

*LISTENING ACTIVITIES

• WEATHER FORECAST (PREDICTIONS)
• PLANS FOR THE WEEKEND
• FUTURE KIDS

*READING ACTIVITIES

• LIFE IN THE FUTURE
• SCRABBLE DAY (CONVERSATION)

LISTENING PRACTICE FOR LEVELS A1-A2-B1-B2 (and even C1)

Many of you have asked me for extra listening practice. The BRITISH COUNCIL has some fabulous listening activities. The first link is “LearnEnglishTeens” with activities supposed to be for teenagers, but I think they are great for adults, too. The second link is for adults and are a little harder. Most of the audios have activities which are similar to the ones in  “PUC” exams so NO EXCUSES – GET PRACTISING!!! 

CLICK ON THE IMAGES BELOW TO GO TO THE WEBSITES AND CHOOSE YOUR LEVEL. The “LearnEnglishTeens” activities are easier than the others, so I suggest you start there.

TEST ENGLISH ALSO HAS MANY LISTENING PASSAGES FOR YOU TO TEST YOUR LISTENING SKILL (click on image below)

TRY THESE LISTENING ACTIVITIES FOR 2B2 LEVEL

2C2 – CLASS LISTENING ACTIVITY – END OF COURSE (STUDENTS)

LINK TO LEARNING APPS INTERACTIVE ACTIVITY: https://learningapps.org/watch?v=p65qcoxuj22

AUDIO HERE: https://bit.ly/3y9umaY

You will hear part of an interview with Lara Maiklem, an archaeologist. Read through the notes below, which are not literal, and complete them by filling in gaps 1 – 10 according to what you hear. You will only need to use ONE word in each gap. Item 0 is an example.

TREASURE HUNTING IN THE RIVER THAMES

0. Lara Maiklem’s leisure time activity is called mudlarking.
1. On the day of the interview, she got hold of Roman _______________ , a musket ball, a coin and pins.
2. After searching for a while in a small area, she __________ along the foreshore.
3. The tide allows mudlarks to go to the foreshore and search the ______________ for historical items.
4. When ships arrived with spices and rum, criminals would ___________ aboard and rob them.
5. Mudlarks would pick up whatever they could _______________ so as to sell it.
6. Some museum people are likely to be ______________ in horror if they know about her unorthodox methods.
7. The host remembers that when pulling some objects out of the mud, Lara has witnessed the bright colours ____________ immediately.
8. She compares the bright lid that faded away to the film Raiders of the Lost Ark when ____________ turn into dust.
9. Because of the quick erosion of the foreshore, a medieval ___________ is washing away.
10. Among her findings, she is especially fond of a shoe with its little _____________ on the top.