My new blog

I’ve decided to develop a new blog for 2015. I’ve called it Internet Resources for English Language Learners. Please take a look (click on the blue link) and tell me what you think.

2014 in review

The WordPress.com stats helper monkeys prepared a 2014 annual report for this blog.

Here’s an excerpt:

A San Francisco cable car holds 60 people. This blog was viewed about 1,600 times in 2014. If it were a cable car, it would take about 27 trips to carry that many people.

Click here to see the complete report.

Songs for ESL learners

Adjectives and prepositions

 

Grammar review:  Adjectives and prepositions

e-cards and games

#e-cards from the All Down Under website:

• Australian Christmas Cards
• Traditional Santa
• Religious theme
• Pet lovers
• For everyone

A selection of ESL games from ESL Games World:

•  Wheel of Fortune game
• Past simple betting game
• Action verbs memory game
• Snakes and Ladders review game

Prepositions

A collection of preposition graphics on Pinterest (curated by SAT Language Consultants).

Adjectives

Basic adjectives

♦♦♦ Adjective song ♦♦♦

Find the adjective quiz       

Adjective opposites game

Comparative adjectives in sentences:

• Exercise 1
• Exercise 2

• Telephone dictations
• Phone conversation quiz
• ELT Podcasts: conversations

GRAMMAR: 

• Present Simple questions  
• Present Simple questions (1)

Conjunctions

My Tamil-speaking student asked me for information about conjunctions. Some useful links are listed below:

• Conjunctions (Oxford Dictionaries website)
• A list of conjunctions
• Conjunctions quiz
• Wheel of Fortune game

For more about parts of speech (“word classes”) click here.

Summertime

“Summertime” (sung by Karen Souza)

At the Beach (interactive crossword puzzle)

Summer Holidays (ESL exercises)