Introductions

Listen to different people from different countries talking about themselves and their nationalities.

Basic English, good communication

Click here and listen to basic English for communication

Listen and repeat, copy the pronunciation.

Beginner dialogues, Introductions, hello, goodbye

Introductions

Hello. My name's Peter. What's your name?
Janet.

Where are you from Janet?
I'm from Seattle. Where are you from?
I'm from Madrid.

Are you American?
Yes, I am. Are you Spanish?
Yes I am.

Key Vocabulary
My name is...
What's (is) your name ...
Where are you from?I'm from...
Are you (Spanish, American, German, etc.)? Yes, I am; No, I´m not


Hello and Goodbye - Three Short Conversations

Hello
Hello, Peter. How are you?
Fine, thanks. How are you?
I'm fine, thank you.

Goodbye
Goodbye, Janet. See you tomorrow!
Bye bye, Peter. Have a nice evening.
Thanks, you too!
Thanks.

Key Vocabulary
Hello...
How are you?I'm fine, - OK, - well, thank you
Goodbye, - bye bye
See you tomorrow
Have a nice evening, - day

Beginner Dialogues - Giving and Requesting Personal Information

Personal Information

What's your surname (family name)?
Smith

What's your first name?
Fred

Where are you from?
Atlanta, Georgia

What's your job? or: What do you do?
I'm a designer.

What's your address?
34 White Street

What is your phone number?
308-6730

How old are you?
54

Are you married?
Yes, I am.

Key Vocabulary
surname, family name,
first name
Where are you from?
What's your job? address? phone (telephone) number?
How old are you?
Are you married?married, single, divorced, separated

Survival English

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What are you doing today?

Watch this short conversation and work with your teacher on vocabulary and pronunciation. Enjoy it!

Talking about yourself

A young man talks about himself and tells us many things. Listen to him clicking here. and complete the quiz on the page. You can also read the script and do other exercises below on the same page. Have fun.

Hotel room

Do this fun listening game by clicking here. You can also read the tapescript to check your understanding and work on some vocabulary with your teacher. Follow the instructions and have fun.

Personal information

This is a short dialogue to practise names, occupations, and numbers. Click here and listen to the conversation. If you have problems with the vocabulary, you can press "Quiz Script" on the page and you can read the conversation and listen to it at the same time. Enjoy it!

Peru, the world´s catalogue

Do you feel like travelling? Let´s travel to Peru, then. Fantastic views and easy vocabulary to describe the pictures. Enjoy this mini vacation!

Numbers, dates, birthdays.

For beginners who want to practise numbers: 13 or 30? 14 or 40? etc, this is a nice video with people talking about their ages and their birthdays. Very good to practise cardinal and ordinal numbers. Watch the sequence with your teacher and have fun!

Lesson - 08-Numbers
Uploaded by realdogswimming

Real people, easy English.

Watch the video as often as you like. You will see different people giving personal information. The second part of the video brings captions in English to help you understand all they say. Have a good time!

Real English Lesson 6 - 3/3
Uploaded by realdogswimming

Business telephone conversation

Listen to this conversation about some computer equipment and do the exercises online. You can listen as many times as you want, you can read the script, and read extra material just clicking here.

More irregular verbs

Irregular verbs again! Read the list and then click here to listen to them like a song. Practise a few times every day for one week!

feel, felt, felt
hold, held, held
stand, stood, stood
understand, understood, understood
lose, lost, lost
catch, caught, caught
buy, bought, bought
send, sent, sent
fall, fell, fallen
choose, chose, chosen
sleep, slept, slept
speak, spoke, spoken
meet, met, met
lead, led, led
bite, bit, bitten
hit, hit, hit
drive, drove, driven
break, broke, broken

Cool irregular verbs

Is it possible to study irregular verbs and have fun? Yes, it is! Read the irregular verbs that follow. Then click here and listen to them like in a song. Repeat the exercise every day if you want!

take, took, taken

put, put, put

tell, told, told

give, gave, given

read, read, read

keep, kept, kept

begin, began, begun

let, let, let

hear, heard, heard

cut, cut, cut

eat, ate, eaten

run, ran, run

bring, brought, brought

become, became, become

grow, grew, grown

draw, drew, drawn

show, showed, shown

mean, meant, meant

Looking for a job

An article ideal to work with your teacher, or to do as homework. Read it, work on the vocabulary, do the activities online and listen to it. Just click here and start working!

Symbols!

The name of symbols which we use in writing and spelling. You will see the symbol and its name in English. Check how to pronounce them with your teacher!

. full stop
, comma
? question mark
! exclamation mark
: colon
; semi-colon
- hyphen (dash)
& ampersand
/ virgule (forward slash)
\ reversed virgule (backward slash)
@
at
#
hash
£
pound symbol
€
euro symbol
$
dollar symbol
'
apostrophe
~
tilde
*
asterisk
´
acute accent
`
grave accent
"
quotation mark
( )
left / right parentheses
[]
left / right square bracket
{}
left / right brace
< >
left / right angle bracket