Auld Lang Syne - Happy New Year

HAPPY NEW YEAR! I wish you good luck in the new year! Here are the words to the song: AULD LANG SYNE Should old acquaintance be forgot, and never brought to mind ? Should old acquaintance be forgot, and auld lang syne ? CHORUS: For auld lang syne, my dear, for auld lang syne, we'll take a cup o’ kindness yet, for auld lang syne. And surely you’ll buy your pint cup ! And surely I’ll buy mine ! And we'll take a cup o’ kindness yet, for auld lang syne. CHORUS We two have run about the hills, and pulled the daisies fine ; But we’ve wandered many a weary foot, since auld lang syne. CHORUS We two have paddled in the stream, from morning sun till dine (dinner time) ; But seas between us broad have roared since auld lang syne. CHORUS And there’s a hand my trusty friend ! And give us a hand o’ thine ! And we’ll take a right good-will draught, for auld lang syne. CHORUS

FAMILY

Family is great!

Mother, Father, Grandmother, Grandfather
Sister, Brother, Husband, Wife!

Click here to practice family words.

Click here to practice more family words.

Click here to listen about a family (and answer questions).

Have fun!

Seasons and Weather

Today is the first day of FALL !

Click here for a short "Seasons Quiz".

Have fun!

Adjectives

Adjectives describe people and things.

• My cat funny.
• David is intelligent.
• Sally is happy.
  
  Click here to see a list of adjectives.
  
  Click here to practice adjectives!
  
  Have fun!

Welcome to the WORLD!

How many continents are there?

How many oceans are there?

Click here to test your knowlege of the world!

Have fun!

VOCABULARY

Words, Words, Words!

English has about 250,000 words!

How many words do you know?

Click on the words below to practice your vocabulary. HAVE FUN!

REMEMBER: If you see a little, blue arrow, click on it and listen.



FOOD

CLOTHING

HOUSING

WEATHER

COINS

FAMILY

MORE Vocabulary

Irregular Past Tense Practice

There are many IRREGULAR verbs in English.

Do you know how to spell them in the past tense?

Click here to practice Irregular Past Tense verbs.

Simpe Past and the Past Progressive

Simple Past:

A dog jumped in front of my car.
The action happened in the past (began and finished at a time in the past).

Past Progressive (also called "Past Continuous"):

While I was driving, a dog jumped in front of my car.
The action was in progress (was happening) at a time in the past.

Click here to take a short quiz about the Simple Past and the Past Progressive. Have Fun!

Click here for another quiz with the Simple Past and Past Progressive.

Do you know that story of Noah?

He built a big boat.

He put many kinds of animals onto the boat.

Do you like animals?

Click here to take an animal quiz.

Click here for another animal quiz.

Click here for one more animal quiz.

Click here for a quiz about animals in water.

Click here for a quiz about insects (bugs).

Simple Past Tense

The Simple Past Tense

1. I ride the bus to school everyday - Simple Present

2. I rode the bus to school yesterday - Simple Past

Practice the Simple Past Tense with some crossword puzzles!

Crossword Puzzle #1

Crossword Puzzle #2

Crossword Puzzle #3

Crossword Puzzle #4

You can also practice the Simple Past Tense of the Verb BE.

Here is more Advanced Grammar Practice. Have fun!

Animals!

This is a horse.

Do you know the sound a horse makes?

Click here to take a short animal sound quiz!

Have fun!

Mouse Practice

This is a mouse.

This is a computer mouse.

Do you know how to use a computer mouse?

Click here to practice! Have fun!

A dog and his bone

Dogs like bones!

Read (and listen to) a story about a dog and a bone.

Read: Click here to read the story! Have fun!

Pronunciation: Click here to practice the long O sound.

Grammar Practice

Here are some web pages to practice your grammar! Have fun!

WH Questions

• What, When, Where?
• What, Which, How?

To BE or to DO in Questions and Sentences

• Am, Are, Is, Do, Does

Practice with There is and There are

• There is / There are

Question Words

Take two short quizzes about QUESTION WORDS:

• Who ?
• What ?
• Where ?
• When ?
• Why ?
• Which ?
• Whose ?
• How ?

Click here and here to take the quizzes!

Verb BE Quiz

Try this short quiz about the verb BE (present and past).
For Example:

• I am a student now.
• I was a student last year.
• They are students now.
• They were students last year.

Click here to take the quiz!

Verb BE Quiz

Try this short quiz about the verb BE (present and past).
For Example:

• I am a student now.
• I was a student last year.
• They are students now.
• They were students last year.

Click here to take the quiz!

Vegetables

Vegetables are healthy for you!

You should eat them everyday!

Pratice your "Vegetable" words!

Click here and here and here!

Good Luck and Good Appetite!

SPORTS (and grammar, too)!

Teacher Rob likes to play GOLF.

He likes to play soccer, too.

Does he like tennis? No.

Does he like football? Yes.

The 3rd Person "S" is important.

Put an "S" on the verb with the 3rd Person: He/She/It/Mr. Brown/My cat/The flower/ etc.....


What sport do you like to play?


1. Practice your "sport" vocabulary!

Click here and here and here.

2. Practice the 3rd Person "S"

• Exercise 1
• Exercise 2
• Exercise 3
• Exercise 4
• Exercise 5
• Exercise 6

3. More grammar practice!

• Exercise 1
• Exercise 2
• Exercise 3
• Exercise 4
• Exercise 5
  

Adjectives

Adjectives give us information about a noun.

For example (nouns are red and adjectives are green) ....

1. This book is new.

2. I have a small house.

3. My brother has a fast car.


Practice adjectives!

Click here and here and here! Have fun!

Buildings

Buildings are important!

Many people work in a building.

Many people study in a building.

Many people pray in a building.

Practice your "BUILING Vocabulary"

Click here and here and here. Have fun!

Math Words

Do you like math?

This picture has a cube, a cylinder, a sphere, and a pyramid.

Practice your "MATH English"!

Click here and here and here! Have fun!

Food and Drink

What is this man doing?

He is eating chips. He is drinking soda.

Practice you Food and Drink vocabulary:

Click here and here and here for exercise #1.

Click here and here and here for exercise #2.

Practice the Simple Present and Present Continuous Tenses here.

Clothes

What clothes do you like to wear?

Practice your "clothes" vocabulary:

Click here and here and here for exercise #1.

Click here and here and here for exercise #2.

House

This is a house.

This house has a bathroom, a bedroom, a livingroom, and a kitchen.

The livingroom has a TV, a couch, a desk, a chair, and a stereo.

Now you can practice your "house" vocabulary!

Click here and here and here for exercise #1.

Click here and here and here for exercise #2.

Verbs

Verbs are action words.

Clean, cook, walk, work, sing ... these are all verbs.

Practice your verbs!

1. Click here for exercise #1.

2. Click here for exercise #2.

3. Click here for exercise #3.

4. Click here for exercise #4.

5. Click here for exercise #5.

Animals!

Do you know that story of Noah?

He built a big boat.

He put many kinds of animals onto the boat.

Do you like animals?

Click here to take an animal quiz.

Click here for another animal quiz.

Click here for one more animal quiz.

Click here for a quiz about animals in water.

Click here for a quiz about insects (bugs).

Jokes and Riddle about the Alphabet

Do you like to laugh?

Many people like to tell jokes and riddles.

Jokes are sentences that make you laugh.

Riddles are questions that make you think.



Here are some RIDDLES about the alphabet:

1. What letter of the alphabet is an insect?

2. What letter of the alphabet is a part of the head?

3. What letter of the alphabet is a drink?

4. What letter of the alphabet is a body of water?

5. What letter of the alphabet is a vegetable?

Click here to listen to the answers!

Tools

We use tools to fix things.

Do you know the names of these tools?


Basic Students click here and here for practice.


Click here to practice your "tool" vocabulary:

1. FIRST: click on the word (on the left)
2. SECOND: click on the correct picture.

Click here for more tool vocabulary practice

1. FIRST: click on the "eyes"
2. SECOND: read the word
3. THIRD: click on the correct picture

Click here for even more practice

1. FIRST: look at the picture and read the word
2. SECOND: click on the arrows to match the word and the picture
3. THIRD: click on the word "Check" (green face = correct; red face = incorrect)

Click here for even more practice yet!

1. Click on the small, black dots.
2. Match the pictures and words.

Click here for one more chance to practice tool vocabulary!

1. Click on the small ?
2. Click on the big ?
3. Match the pictures and words.

Articles - A, AN (or Nothing)

Sometimes you need to use an ARTICLE:

1. I have a new car.
2. Do you want an apple?

Sometimes you don't need an article:

1. Your car is nice. (NOT -> Your a car is nice)
2. I have two brothers. (NOT -> I have two a brothers)

Click here to practice articles (A, AN, or NOTHING).

Click here for more practice!

Click here for even more practice! (Guess, then check your answer).

PRONOUNS!

Subject Pronouns:

• I
• You
• He
• She
• It
• We
• They

Object Pronous:

• Me
• You
• Him
• Her
• It
• Us
• Them

Adjective Pronouns:

• My
• Your
• His
• Her
• Its
• Our
• Their

Possessive Pronouns:

• Mine
• Yours
• His
• Hers
• Its
• Ours
• Theirs

Reflective Pronouns:

• Himself
• Herself
• Itself
• Ourselves
• Themselves

Click here to practice pronouns!

Computer User's Exercises

This man is working with a computer.

He has bad posture.

- His back hurts.

- His arms hurt.

- His neck hurts.

This man needs to do some exercise!

Do YOU need to do some exercise?

Click here to try a wrist exercise.

Click here to try a finger exercise.

Click here to try a thumb exercise.

Click here to try a knee exercise.

Click here to try a leg exercise.

WH Question Words

WH Questions = Information Questions

1. Q: What do you do on the weekends?

A: I take my children the the park.


2. Q: When do you eat dinner?

A: I eat dinner at 7:00pm.

Click here to practice WH Question Words.

Click here for more practice!

Click here for even more practice!

Ask a Question with BE and DO

The Verb BE = Am / Are / Is

• Am I late for class?
• Are you a student?
• Is she your teacher?

The Verb DO = Do / Does

• Do you live in Oakland?
• Does he work in San Francisco?

Practice the verbs BE and DO:

• Click here for exercise #1
• Click here for exercise #2
• Click here for exercise #3

What are they doing?

What is the man doing?

What is the boy doing?

What is the woman doing?

PART 1: Click here to write your answers!

PART 2: Click on "Comment" and write the answer to this question:

What are you doing right now?

Read about a Boy and his Dune Buggy!

This man is driving a dune buggy! A dune buggy is a small car. You drive it on the sand (near the beach). It is a lot of fun!

Click here to read a story about a boy and his dune buggy.

Remember - Click on all of the words to listen to them!

Learn a song about a Chicken!

This is a song about an old chicken. His name is "Cluck". "Cluck" is the sound a chicken makes!

He lays eggs for the railroad workers to eat.
Click here to listen to and sing the song!

Match the WORDS and PICTURES

This man needs help. He needs a cane to walk.

Click here to match the words with the pictures.

1. Click on the words.
2. Listen to the words.
3. Drag the blue word to the picture.

Computer Vocabulary - How much do you remember?

PART 1: Click on the word "Comment" (at the bottom of these pictures on the right).

PART 2: Write the Numbers and Words for the pictures you see.

• For Example: #1 = Mouse

1.



2.




3.




4.













5.



6.

Finished? Do you know what time it is? Click here!

Simple Present and Present Continuous

QUESTION: When do you go to sleep every night?


ANSWER:
I go to sleep at 10:00pm every night.


Grammar: Use the Simple Present Tense with a habit or routine (something you do every day, each week, three times a year, etc).



QUESTION:
What is she doing right now?

ANSWER:
She is singing.

Grammar: Use the Present Continuous Tense to talk about someting that is happening right now.

Click here to practice Yes / No Questions.

Yes / No Question Practice

Am I handsome?

Are you a student?

Is he a teacher?

Do you like hamburgers?

Does she work here?

Click here to practice questions!

The Verb BE

Hi! I am a new daddy! This is a picture of my first son. His name is Benjamin. My new son one week old. His name is Joseph. My two sons are funny!

Do you see the red words above? These are the Verb BE.

I want you to practice the Verb BE tonight.

Do this:

1. Click here to go to the Verb BE exercise.
2. Write the correct form of the verb BE in the boxes.
   
3. Click on Check to see if your answers are correct.
   

HAVE FUN!

Count and Non-Count Nouns

English has a lot of nouns.

Nouns are PEOPLE, PLACES and THINGS.

Some nouns are COUNT NOUNS.

Some nouns are NON-COUNT NOUNS.

Here are three grammar exercises about nouns.
(Drag the words Count and Non-Count next to the nouns).

1. Click here for exercise #1
   
2. Click here for exercise #2
3. Click here for exercise #3