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Would you like to work in a bar?

What do you know about the most common drinks served at bars around the world?Do you go to bars? Wh...

Advanced reading comprehension Gifts

At this time of year, many people around the world send and receive gifts.However, not all gifts ar...

Henry Golding's Christmas ratings. The best and worst of Christmas. Advanced level

Henry Golding is a successful movie star who grew up in England. Here he is sharing the best and wo...

Present tense Christmas tasks for beginners

Merry Christmas, here are some fun tasks for you to try. Practice short present tense sentences rel...

Intermediate reading Comprehension. The 10 best things about Christmas.

Practice your reading comprehension with this article relating to the 10 best things about Christma...

Beginners reading comprehension. Harriet's Christmas Day

Practice your reading comprehension with this Harriet's story. Now you have read the story can you ...

Beginners listening comprehension and sentence practice

Watch the video and learn about an English Christmas. Can you remember the keywords? Do you know wh...

Here is my Christmas gift to all of you.

Merry Christmas Everyone.I go on holiday tomorrow and will find it difficult to post more than once...

Intermediate reading comprehension for teenagers at Christmas.

Read this story about the Smith family from the UK. Can you prepare answers to these questions? On...

Christmas Idioms Part 2 . Advanced English

This is part 2. I strongly suggest you start with part 1 because idioms are hard to understand even...

Common British Pub Phrases and Idioms.

Tis the season to be social.Last weekend many people had Christmas work parties and dinners. I pers...

Intermediate Phrasal verbs at Christmas Part 2

I recommend that you do the tasks in Part 1 before trying Part 2.Here you will see the same 5 idiom...

Are you bad at choosing gifts?

I will go Christmas shopping for my family's gifts on Friday. I will probably buy some nice bottles...

Christmas Superlative fun. Intermediate practice materials

Christmas time is exciting and a great opportunity to practice using superlative. First study the g...

Advanced Listening Comprehension. Christmas around the world.

This Christmas video has a lot of interesting information however it is fast and might be a challen...

Intermediate Grammar 2nd Conditional at Christmas

Conditional sentences are very common in English. We use zero conditionals, first conditionals, sec...

Christmas Idioms Part 1 Advanced English

These materials are for advanced students as they relate to idioms. Task 1 read the idioms being us...

Christmas Movie Review 'Last Christmas' staring Emilia Clarke.

Review of the Movie "Last Christmas": In the snow-kissed embrace of London's festive spirit, Paul ...

Beginner level video for UK Christmas Traditions. Listening Comprehension.

Practice your listening comprehension with this beginner's video about UK Christmas Traditions. Fir...

Beginners Reading Comprehension Part 1 Tim's Christmas

Tim lives in England and has written a story to explain what Christmas is like with his family in h...

Intermediate Phrasal verbs at Christmas part 1

Phrasal verbs are easier to understand than idioms but you still might find them hard. You will nee...

Listening Comprehension Top 10 British Traditions according to Fay and Dan

What the video and make notes. Then try to decide if the statements below are true or false accordi...

English grammar in Maths

Written maths problems and explanations need to be grammatically correct so let's look at some key ...

Christmas Time Prepositions. Grammar practise materials.

It is always good to recap some grammar skills. Christmas time is perfect for practising prepositio...

Basic maths problem solving using English

Maths has a lot of universal symbols and of course, numbers but are you familiar with the English w...

Basic maths vocabulary and very basic equations.

Maths has a lot of universal symbols and of course, numbers but are you familiar with the English w...

Getting a Pet . Reading Comprehension topic

Step 1 Warm up conversation or brainstorm. Before reading here are some questions to consider. What...

Do your colleagues have annoying habits or traits?

When we work closely with our colleagues we start to notice their habits and traits. Some of these ...

To decorate or not to decorate when away for Christmas.

This year I will visit my family in England for Christmas and New Year. I will stay with one of my ...

Different personalities can create problems at work.

There are many personality traits, some of which are more problematic in the workplace than others....