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Entry 1 Topic Work

Here are some activities from ESOL Nexus:

Speaking and Listening

Watch the videos and do the speaking activities on British Council Learn English Teens:

At the shop

Buying new shoes

You can also try these listening activities from British Council Learn English Teens:

Study tips

Understanding numbers

Spelling names

Giving personal information

Daily routine

Describing people

Here are some listening activities from British Council Learn English:

A request from your boss

A voicemail message

Booking a table in a restaurant

Listen to some conversations on ELLLO and try the activities:

Worksheet for the listening activities

Reading

ESOL Nexus has some good activities to practise reading:

Going to the cinema

Reading a letter from the hospital

Joanna’s living room

Read these news articles from News in Levels and watch the videos:

Applause for Spanish workers

Car companies help

New York bans plastic bags

Writing

Practise using capital letters and full stops in this activity from English Courses.

ESOL Nexus has some activities to practise writing skills:

Writing a text message

Filling in forms

Writing an email to a new friend

Try these writing practice activities from British Council Learn English:

A message to say you’re late

A noticeboard message

A text message invitation

Grammar

English File has some good activities to practise your grammar at home:

Present simple (be) 1

Present simple (be) 2

Present simple (other verbs) 1

Present simple (other verbs) 2

Adverbs of frequency 1

Adverbs of frequency 2

Possessive adjectves 1

Possessive adjectives 2

Vocabulary

Practise your vocabulary with these activities from Headway:

Verbs 1

Verbs 2

The time

Here are some more activities from Games to Learn English:

Jobs

Food

Look at these games from Many Things:

Verbs 1

Verbs 2

Adjectives