Improving the writing skill

In this activity your students have to write a story using their imagination.

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*You can download the activity and write in here.

Listening comprehension

In this activity your students have to listen to the people who talk about their favourite animals and fill the blanks.
Click on the "Listening: Favourite animals" and a window will open with different recordings.
The students can download and print the worksheet with the blanks. And finally you have a link to the transcript.

Listening: Favourite animals


Barbara, Australia
So, what is my favourite animal? Definitely  _________. I love cats. I had a cat when I was a child. He was mostly _________with white paws and the tip of his tails was white and he was dead cute and he lived to be ________________ years old which is quite old for a cat. I don't know. I just understand cats and I think they understand me. I love them.
Conrad, The United States
My favourite animal is definitely a _______. I can relate to dogs because I share similar characteristics such as being friendly, lovable, loyal and ______. Dogs also can do so many things to help make a person feel good. They're such giving animals and we have a German Sheppard at my parent's home in California and I really _______ him now. His name is Yogi.
Lisa, Canada
What's my favourite animal? My favourite animal is a __________. If you asked me this question last year or two years ago I would say a dog, cause dogs are loyal and friendly and cute but two years ago I acquired a ________ and since then I have grown to find cats more __________ than dogs, not so friendly but when they cuddle on you love them more.
Phil, England
What's my favourite animal? My favourite animal is definitely a _________ because I think they have very much in common with humans the way they interact with each other and the way their life is very _________ to human relationships. They have one single partner for all their lifetime and they have one baby which they grow up with. They nurture and help to grow up. It's very, very similar to humans. OK, I also like ________ because they're funny and very cute, but my favourite animal is definitely a penguin.
Adrienne, The United States
What is my favourite animal? Well, my favourite animal to live with is a ________, so for a pet I would say a cat because they take good care of themselves and they're easy to look after. You can leave them alone for long periods of _______. That suits me very well, but I recently saw a movie called The March of the Penguins and I suddenly have a very big appreciation for penguins and how ________ they are and how cute they are, really, so I think maybe penguins and cats.
Skip, The United States
What is my favourite animal? Well, the animal that I think is most interesting or that I try to... I don't know. I don't want to say live like but that I think about most is the __________because I grew up in Minnesota and Minnesota in the U.S. has the only native wolf population in the U.S. and so that's usually ______ of an image that I try and... you know, strong and independent, but works well in a ________.

*You can write the words in the following worksheet.

*Here is the transcript.

Reading comprehension

A reading comprehension activity with hotpotatoes. Read the following story and try to answer the questions correctly.

Elephants and Leopards 
We went to Bandipur National Park near Mysore for a three day jungle camp and safari. During this trip we went for many safaris. We went trekking in the jungle. We talked about elephants, tigers, leopards and many other animals. We went to the museum at Bandipur where we saw tiger jaws and elephant jaws and we also saw pictures of all the animals which are in the Bandipur National Park. When we went for the trek and the safari, we saw elephants. There are many tigers in the Bandipur National Park but we did not get to see any. We also saw bisons, spotted deer, antelopes, barking deer and sambhars. Then we saw the common langurs and the red faced monkeys. We saw monitor lizards, leopards, panthers, wild dogs, wild boars as well as sloth bears. We saw many birds like peacocks, golden backed woodpeckers, storks, egrets and brown eagles. Where we were sleeping in the nights, nearby there was a garden. There was a pit of a cobra. The snakes in Bandipur National Park make their houses in old anthills. In the morning we talked about everything we saw the previous day. We also saw slide shows about the park. We also visited the elephant camp at Mudumalai. At the camp we saw many elephants. There were three baby elephants in the whole group. There was a small temple in the Mudumalai elephant camp where every evening the three baby elephants would come and pray. In this trip, we also went to a bird sanctuary in Mysore. There was a river there which had some islands in it and the birds were seen on the islands. It was raining very heavily there so we could not row till the islands, but then also from where we stood we could see quite a few birds. When we were returning from the last safari, we saw an elephant which we saw everyday in the lake. But it was dead. Somebody had shot it. We were very sad about this. In the camp a few rogue elephants ran behind our bus. It was very scary. But then also we had lots and lots of fun.