Advantages and disadvantages

Click here to see an example.

Have a look at this old post with more examples and instructions on how to write this kind of activities.

Natural Disasters

Click here to do a matching listening test. You'll listen to some people talking about their experiencies of natural disasters and will have to match them with the corresponding sentence. The key is below the script at the bottom of the page.

The Weather

Click here for another activity related to the weather forecast.

See old posts about the same topic!

Homes of the future

What kind of homes will we live in in the future? What kind of technology will we have? Watch this video for a glimpse of the homes of tomorrow.


Click here to listen to a programme about cities of the future.

Check older posts about the future.

Bright Futures

Click here to watch seven college students talking about their future plans. Watch it once without looking at the activities. Then click on student's worksheets and do the activities. Finally click on teacher's worksheets to check your answers.

The Carbon Coach

Click here to listen to the text. Listen to it twice.

The Environment

Click here to listen to a text about Ecotourism.

Click here to listen to an article about Animal Conservation.

A cloze test about the environment.

Ready Meal essay

Click here to see what to use in your writing activity.

Prepared grocery store food / Ready meals

I. Watch the video and answer the questions. Check your answers in "comments".




1. How many shoppers took part in the survey?

2. How many of those shoppers buy meals at the prepared food counter?

3. What do these people have turned this food into?

4. What aren't these foods required to have?

5. What did 'secret shoppers' have the food analyzed for?

6. These are some of the things they found out:

- a 170 gram serving of turkey meatloaf has ____________________________

- a cup of orzo salad has ____________________________

- a piece of tilapia has ____________________________

- chicken parmesan has ____________________________

- mashed potatoes have a preservative to ____________________________

7. How much of the food tested was prepared on site?

8. Why is rostisserie chicken a good deal?

9. How much can other items cost?


II. Watch this other video to learn how to make smarter choices for ready meals.



III. Read a magazine article about ready meals.

A for and against essay

Click here to read some instructions on how to write one of these essays.

Here you have a model.

Linking words

Linking words I: examples and exercises.   

Linking words II and the environment.




Exercise 1
Exercise 2
Exercise 3
Exercise 4



Exercise 1
Exercise 2

Look Up

Future Time Clauses

Click here to review the grammar and do some exercises.

Expressing The Future In Time Clauses de Dr. Shadia Banjar

What makes somebody a risk-taker?

Watch the video and answer the questions. Check your answers in "comments".

1. What is pretty amazing?

2. What aspects do we usually take into account when evaluating somebody’s personality?

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- compassion

- outgoingness

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3. What does she say about why people choose to take risks?

4. According to psychologist and business professor Elke Weber, what can vary widely from one risk category to another?

5. Who tends to take more risks, generally speaking?

6. What kind of risks do they take?

7. What happens when a male adolescent is being watched by women?

8. When do people (especially men) tend to become less risk seeking?

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9. What examples of social risks that women take does she mention? 

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- wearing unconventional clothes

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- expressing unpopular opinions during a business meeting

10. According to another study, what does experiencing discrimination or rejection lead people to?

Why do we take risks?

Click here to listen to a conversation about risks. Don't look at the script. Listen to it only twice and take notes. Then listen and read.
Make a note about new words.

The weather

1. Watch this video and see how a weather forecast is made.

2. The weather – it affects where we choose to live, what we wear, our moods, and perhaps even our national characteristics. A sunny day can relieve a deep depression. Listen and take notes (don't read the text). Then listen and read. 

3. Listening: Friday's Weather Report

Future continuous / perfect

Listen and complete the sentences. The answers are at the bottom of the page.

Listen and complete the sentences. The answers are at the bottom of the page.