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Story. BBC Learning English - Lingohack / Victoria Falls: Is Zimbabwe drying up? Countable uncountable - Group sort. Untitled. Children flock to Antwerp to catch a glimpse of Saint Nicholas. Body tricks – Stop your hand from working. Xand, you're hopeless at this!

Body tricks – Stop your hand from working

Look, I may not be very good at this, but I've got a trick for you that will make even the best catcher find it very hard to hold the ball. It's Doctor Xand's world-famous 'How to stop your hand working' trick. Now, what this trick does is prevent one of your hands from working. Does anyone have any idea how we might do a trick like that? Aahil. If you put your hand up like that, like, so the blood goes down.

Ah, I like this. Nice idea. Me! OK, great. One, two, three, four … fifty-nine, sixty. Now relax that hand and very slowly and gently pull your thumb out. They've got stuck and I can't move them and I am trying to do it very slowly. Now try and do it quickly. Taboo Cards. ESL Holiday History Lessons - Pumpkin Pie. BBC One - A herd of elephants marched 12 hours to the... Put the paragraphs into the correct order. To order paragraphs of a text, you have to work like a detective and look for clues to help you.

Put the paragraphs into the correct order

These tips will show you how. Mr. Bean (Conjunctions) Fill the gap: Mr.

Mr. Bean (Conjunctions)

Bean cannot hear the woman knocking ________________________ he is sleeping Fill the gap: ________________________ he did not wake up, she left a note by the door Fill the gap: He looks in the bag ________________________ sees birthday supplies. November 20th: Universal Children’s Day – Sustainable Language Teaching. Why More Companies are Going to the Dogs. Bringing your dog to work is becoming more common especially in millennial staffed tech companies where the atmosphere is usually more casual.

Why More Companies are Going to the Dogs

Besides service or therapy dogs – or resident dogs in schools or health facilities – there has been a big increase in the amount of fur babies going to work. Some companies allow employees to bring their furry family members to work on Take Your Dog to Work Day on the Friday following Father's Day in June, but many companies allow pets every day as a company perk. Pet friendly companies like PetSmart and Nestle Purina are no-brainers about this but the list of companies that Fortune compiled includes Google, Amazon, Salesforce, and Ticketmaster (they also offer pet insurance for all employee dogs). It's no wonder that it looks like companies are going to the dogs. Besides making it easy for dog owners to work, there are quite a few benefits to both companies and employees to having those tail wagers around.

Venice flooding: Man swims in St Mark's Square as Italian city is hit by high tide. Venice is flooded by the highest tides since 1960s. BBC - The Social, Scotland, Raymond Reviews: Italy. Jeopardy Jeopardy Template. Figurative Language: COLOR IDIOMS. Can you really kill someone by dropping a penny off the Empire State Building? Idioms Quiz. Task description & scene summary Task description: Time, money and food idioms.

Idioms Quiz

Watch animations and explanations of some idioms. Guess the idioms and use them in sentences. Scene summary: This is an animated video showing 9 food, money and time idioms. Students In India Are Not Going To School This Week - ESL Resources for Students & Teachers - Simple English News. Daisy the school dog improves student wellbeing and attendance in classroom. Posted 27 Oct 2019, 9:35pmSun 27 Oct 2019, 9:35pm Daisy the school dog is the latest staff member at Melrose Primary School in Wodonga in north-east Victoria.

Daisy the school dog improves student wellbeing and attendance in classroom

Key points: Daisy, the school dog, lives with the principal and is considered a full-time staff member starting her 'job' at 9:00am each dayBeing a groodle, Daisy doesn't shed hair and is appropriate for children with allergy issuesTeachers have noticed an improvement in students' emotional wellbeing, as well as school attendance. Idioms: Color Idioms (With Pictures) BBC Learning English - Lingohack / The woman who swims inside icebergs. Untitled design 5. Follow the instructions - English ESL Worksheets.

Woman Who Lives With 27 Sick Dogs Dubbed ‘Miracle Worker’ After Getting Paralyzed Pups to Walk Again. A dog-lover who cares for sick and disabled pooches from around the world has been dubbed a “miracle worker” after getting many of them back on their feet again. 48-year-old Claire-Louise Nixon shares her modest home with 27 dogs that no one else wanted.

Woman Who Lives With 27 Sick Dogs Dubbed ‘Miracle Worker’ After Getting Paralyzed Pups to Walk Again

Many of them are injured street dogs who have been abused—or lost limbs from landmines and explosives in former war zones. But, no matter what condition the dogs arrive in, Nixon is determined to get them walking again through intense physical therapy sessions and walks on wheels. Georges Lameynardie. Which Disney sidekick are you? Are you more of a Sebastian from The Little Mermaid who tries to keep their friends out of trouble?

Which Disney sidekick are you?

Or are you like Pumbaa from The Lion King who is fun to be around? Take the quiz and find out! You might need a pen and paper to keep a note of your answers. When you meet up with your friends, what do you do? You invite everyone round to your house for snacks and games or film night. BBC Learning English - Lingohack / Searching for the Loch Ness Monster. BBC Learning English - Lingohack / Meet Britain's first trainee guide pony. Song Pieces! Adding Novelty to ELT – Song Activity Factory. Image by Thomas Breher from Pixabay Introducing a new, fun and original ELT activity, SONG PIECES!

Song Pieces! Adding Novelty to ELT – Song Activity Factory

Containing short song extracts from which students have to listen to specific things in the song lyrics. Description:In this song-based activity lesson plan for English language teaching, students work in teams and listen to 10 different short song extracts and have to identify different grammar structures and vocabulary in each one. Language level: all levelsLearner type: All agesSkills: listening and writingTopic: variedLanguage and grammar: prepositions, clothes, adjectives, parts of the house, frequency adverbs, comparatives, superlatives, simple past verbs, colors, numbers, will futureMaterials: edited mp3 files for the songs used Duration: 20 - 30 minutes Downloadable materials: instructions; Song Extracts (mp3 files) Step 1.

Step 2. Step 3. Teenager goes blind after living on junk food. "My Amazing Day" ESL Story Creating Conversation and Writing Activity ~ Mrs. Baia's Classroom. Hey all, I just came up with this idea for a conversation class that I can do with just about any level.

"My Amazing Day" ESL Story Creating Conversation and Writing Activity ~ Mrs. Baia's Classroom

As some of you may know, the Korean school year is fast ending but some of us still have to teach but we have nothing left to teach (textbook wise) so lately I've tried doing some more laid back classes that are more about creativity and practicing speaking. This activity could be used for elementary grade 5-6 as well as all the way up to adult level, I think. It uses a bit of simple writing and then speaking, a lot depending on how creative. 1. First, give the students a blank paper, recyclable is fine as long as one side is blank. American Airlines passengers’ shock as traveller takes miniature HORSE onto flight. AMERICAN Airlines passengers were left stunned after noticing a miniature HORSE had joined their flight. Evan Nowak said he noticed the animal, which had been brought onboard by a fellow traveller, while flying on an a service from Chicago to Omaha.

He posted the footage to Twitter, which showed the horse calmly sitting near the front of the plane in an aisle seat. He added: "At this time we would like to begin boarding with any active duty military, families travelling with children under the age of 3, and horses... " Another passenger, Amberley Babbage, also spotted the animal at check in, tweeting: "There was a small horse in line at the airport today and I’m so curious about it.