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Easy reading websiteBookbox: Easy stories with subtitles
05 May 2013 : Bookbox is a high quality website featuring animated and rather easy stories. Each story has English subtitles to make them super-easy to follow and you often have a choice of British or American English.
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Easy English newsChompoo has her say
15 Apr 2013 : Chompoo Araya A. Hargate gives an English language interview about her new musical Reya, her life, taxes and her career.
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If looks could kill (another use of the passive)
17 Feb 2013 : “If looks could kill,” is an expression people use to describe when someone has given them an unfriendly, unpleasant or angry look. Six men in this funny video clip would be dead if that were true. Explain, using the passive voice.
Learning English verb forms
Passive voice in slow motion
16 Feb 2013 : The difference between active and passive voice made easy through the use of super-slow motion.
General news
The sky is falling (updated)
16 Feb 2013 : A plunging meteor exploded with a blinding flash above central Russia on Friday, setting off a shock wave that shattered windows and hurt almost 1,200 people. (Updated)
Learning English verb forms
The sleepiest baby: Time-switching activity
10 Feb 2013 : This very fuzzy video clip of an extremely sleepy baby is a big hit with both students and teachers. It is fun to talk about both before and after you see it, but you will have to be careful with the verb forms you choose.
Learning English verb forms
Talking about the future: be + going to
09 Feb 2013 : There is no future tense in English, but there are many different ways of talking about the future. You'll hear one of the most common in a one-minute video about boiling spinach.
Learning English verb forms
Mixing the past and present perfect
03 Feb 2013 : Famous TV commentator looks back over his life in his last essay for 60 minutes (CBS News). It's very clear and easy to follow and a great example of how we mix verb forms.
Learning English verb forms
Make your own video.
02 Feb 2013 : Some concepts are very easy to illustrate with a home-made video, either with a class or just by yourself. Here's a 22-second example.
Learning English verb forms
Thinking like a native speaker
27 Jan 2013 : Weekend grammar continues with three video clips of Guinness Book of World Record attempts that will help learners start to think like native English speakers in choosing verb forms.
Learning English verb forms
He/She has just….
26 Jan 2013 : It’s the weekend and we continue our look at English verb forms through short explanations and video examples. Today we find out how we can describe what these little ones are reacting to.
Learning English verb forms
Have you ever seen this man?
20 Jan 2013 : Have you ever seen this man before? This simple question helps make clear the idea behind the "perfect" (perfective aspect) in English. (Includes Brandy's 1998 hit music video "Have You Ever")
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