Dear Dragon..... - Reading and listening comprehension activity-

On this task we are going to read a short story. Click on the next picture to accees to the story.

As you can see it is a reading activity but if you want you have the opportunity to listen the story too.

Once they have read the story they have to answer some questions:

1.       What day is it? What happens?

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2.       What material do they use to make the present for mum?

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3.       Which colours of crayon do they use?

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4.       Does the mum like the present?

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5.       Which is the colour of the flowers?

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6.       Draw a picture of you with your special person:

7.       Write a sentence about why this person is important for you

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Time: 
       -Video: 1 minute
       -Questions: 20-30 minutes
Topic: Mother's Day
Skills: Reading and Writting, ( listening if you want)                                                                                                                                                                                                                          

Where am I?

On this activity we are going to play a game.

First off all the teacher must to teach some christmas vocabulary to our students. The teacher can use a mural to show the vocabulary that they are going to use in the game. She/He can make a story and tell it to their students. By this way students will listen the teachers explanation and because of the topic they will be motivated to hear and to participate.

After that, they are going to play a game called ” Where am I ?” .  For this activity we need some cards, some of them with images/photos and the other ones with the names of the images.

To start with the game we need to mix all the cards and put them upside-down on a table. The aim of this task is to find the pair of the correct image with the correct name. For example: Candy image with candy name.

In this way they are going to learn new vocabulary, writting and association. 

Time:

        -Mural: 5-10 minutes

        -Game: depends on the students ( you can repeat it or not)

Topic: Christmas objects

Skills: Listening and reading

Guess!!!! -Speaking-

On this task we are going to work with drama and speaking.

To start with it we are going to listen and watch the following video. In the video you will see some children talking and describing a person.

For the task we are going to use drama and first off all children are going to be on pairs and they are going to represent the same scene that they have seen recently on the Tv/computer screen.

Here you have the lyrics:

-        - Who is it?

-        - Guess!

-         -He’s wearing big yelow trosers. He´s wearing long green socks. He´s wearing a pink T-shirt. He´s wearing fat blue shoes

-         -I don’t know.

-         -He has green hair. He has red hands. He has a big red nose.

-         -I don´t konw.

-         -Happy birthday!

-         -Ahh. It’s a clown. Hello!

After that they can work with speaking skills doing the same patron of questions and answers but describing some classmate’s clothes.




Time: 25-30 minutes
       -Video: 1 minute
       -Drama activity: 5 minutes
       -Classmates clothes: 20 minutes
Topic: Clothes
Skills: speaking and listening

Do You Like......?

On this activity we are going to work with present simple and verb do/does. 

First of all we are going to learn some vocabulary about food in class and then we are going to listen and read this video:

After that teacher will answer some questions if the students have some dubdes and then we are going to start with the activity. For this task we are going to ask some questions to the children and they have to ask with the correct answer.

Do you like strawverrys? __________

Do you like chiken? __________

Do you like fish? _____________

Do you like egg? ________

Do you like milk? _________

To work with does we are going to do the same:

Does your mum like pizza? ________

Does your brother like orange?_________

Does your father like apple?______________

Does your brother like pineaples?_________

Does your cousin like rice? __________

Does your grandmother like  meat? _______________

To finish with the activity we are going to ask children to fill all the gaps that are missing in the next sentences. In these ones there are do and does questions. 

______ you like _______ ? _____________

______ your mother like ____________ ? ____________

_______ you like _________? ________________

_________ you like ____________?__________

_________your uncle like _____________? ___________

__________ your aunt like __________? ______________

To finish with it they can put in common some ideas talking to everybody about what they like or dislike.


Time: 35-40 minutes
      -Video: 2:43 minutes
      -Activity: 15-20 minutes
      -Common activity: 10-15 minutes
Topic: Food
Skills: Listening, writting and grammar

Jobs, listening and imagination

To start with this activity, first of all children must listen the song bellow:

After that, here you have a crossword relacionated with the song.They have some clues to fill it easyly.

Once they have listened the song and done the crossword, the next activity is to work with our children’s imagination. In this activity students have to change some words to create diferenet lyrics with different works.
For example:

Nigel Naylor, he's a tailor                        -->                        Nigel Naylor, he’s a painter 

He makes trousers, suits and shirts.             -->                 He uses green and red and white.




Nigel Naylor, he's a tailor
He makes trousers, suits and shirts.

Penny Proctor, she's a doctor
Comes to see you when it hurts.

Peter Palmer, he's a farmer
He's got cows and pigs and sheep

Wendy Witter, babysitter
Minds the kids when they're asleep.

People work in the country People work in the town
People work day and night To make the world go round.

Mabel Meacher, language teacher
Teaches English, French and Greek

Gary Gummer, he's a plumber
Call him when you've got a leak.

Patty Prentice, she's a dentist
Keeps your teeth both clean and white

Ronnie Ryman, he's a fireman
Comes when there's a fire to fight.

People work in the country People work in the town
People work day and night To make the world go round.
People work in the country People work in the town
People work day and night To make the world go round.


Time: 45-50 minutes
     -Video: 2 minutes
     -Crossword: 10-15 minutes
     -Imagination activity: 20-30 minutes
Topic: Different occupations
Skills: Listening and writting

First Day

Hi Everybody!!

Welcome to our English corner, here you will see some English activities to use with our children in class. I hope you find them interesting and easy to use!

Use English!!