Friday 15 January 2010

Movie trailers

Try these listening and writing exercises with movie trailers.

News in Slow English

Listen to the news and try the exercises

Golden Eagle

Try this listening and writing exercise about a Golden Eagle.
The speaker has a Scottish accent.

Listening

Try all the listening exercises on this website (right click)

Cézanne

Listening and Writing dictation.
Try this exercise about Cézanne (right click)

Great Britain and the United States

How much do you know about Britain? Try this vocabulary exercise on GB (right click)
How much do you know about the United States? Try this vocabulary exercise on the US (right click)

The Princess and the Pea

Listening and reading dictation.
Do you know the story of the Princess and the Pea (right click)?

Nikita Khrushchev

Try this listening and writing exercise about Nikita Khrushchev (right click).
The speaker has a light Scottish accent.

Are you a mouse?

Listening and Writing dictation.
This an old fable from India (right click).

If the earth ....

Try this listening and writing dictation exercise (right click).
The speaker has a Scottish accent.

Song: Another Day in Paradise

Listen to the song here (right click).
Complete the worksheet.

Song: An Englishman in New York

Watch the video and listen to the song here (right click).
Finish the worksheet, which contains a gap-fill and some vocabulary exercises.