Oh Canada!!

Practice all of the provinces of Canada on Learning Chocolate


Look at this map of Canada and try all of the activities: 

#1     #2   #3   #4    #5    #6    #7


Try to read the information on the left about Canada and then answer the questions on the right.   When you are finished the first 12 questions press INDEX to see the next 20 questions.  Press INDEX again to see part 3


 Interactive maps of Canada  (try the "provinces-hard and capitals maps)


Listen to the 3 songs.  They can help you remember where the provinces and territories are in Canada.

Nancy’s song Fast song about Canada
Raffi Canada song


Read the province names and click on the correct one. Each time you play, try to go faster!


Follow the sequence (great lakes, provinces, capitals)


What do I like about Canada (a poem)

#1  #2  #  #4   #5


Try this listening activity to learn more about Canada.  (this information is old!! It's from 2002)

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Canadian Coins

Do you want to count money?  Play Peter Pig's Money Counter


Cash Out! Use this cash register to give change back at a store.



Listen to Our National Anthem, "Oh Canada" and quiz yourself on the lyrics below the video

 

Welcome back to school! I hope you all have a successful and fun year learning English.
Let's play a fun game in which we can practice some typical school vocabulary

 

 Click here to watch a video on how to tell time in English.

The answers are:

1.  11:25 or "twenty-five past eleven."

2.  8:15 or "a quarter after eight"

3.  2:40 or "twenty to three"

4.  6:30 or "six thirty"

5.  4:50 or "ten to five"


Asking Questions in English: we will practice asking questions correctly in our grammar classes.

Here is an activity to help with question words

And another activity to use the correct question word


             

 Week Three

Food

Watch and listen to these restaurant conversations.  Take notes and write down new words.

Easy conversation: At the restaurant

At the restaurant

The Bad Waiter

 The Flatmates


In Canada we live in houses or apartment buildings.  In Britain it is common for people live in flats.  A flat is what we call an apartment here in Canada.

Every week, the BBC has an episode of "The Flatmates". This is a program to help you build your every day English skills.

Start at episode one and follow the adventures of "The Flatmates"

Here is some background information on The Flatmates

 

In the Kitchen


Open this file and find the words and definitions for each item in the dictionary above.  Be prepared to explain these kitchen utensils to the class on Thursday.

 

Here are some Powerpoint notes from our past lessons in class:

Food

Count / Non-Count Nouns


 Fashion and Shopping


Here is an easy dialogue in a shop.


Some simple fashion vocabulary.  Using "this/these"

http://www.manythings.org/b/e/1222/


What's in your drawers?

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=hV013tHOeIs


Here's some shopping vocabulary, but the sound quality is not great.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ceEcd46n60o


 

22/10/2013

 ASKING FOR AND GIVING DIRECTIONS

In the following links you will learn and practice vocabulary for getting around a city.


Understanding Prepositions:

These videos will help you understand the grammar of prepositions:

Part 1, prepositions of location AT    IN    ON   (general)

Part 2, more detailed prepositions of location

Part 3, prepositions of direction


Prepositions of place in a room.

Prepositions of movement: where is the ball going?


And here are some fun flash cards to remind you of prepositions of place and prepositions of movement.  Remember to look through all of them!  You can find them on the right side of the page.


Halloween Homework: Write about 10 sentences using prepositions of place you find in this picture of a witch in bed.  Send an e-mail to me, at pboyd@bowvalleycollege.ca and I will look at your sentences.


Here is a video on giving directions.


There is no audio for this video but it shows good vocabulary for giving and understanding directions.  Only watch the video until minute mark 5:38, after that it does not speak of directions

Listen here for this week's listening file of directions

2. Let's Listen

3. Let's Listen

4. Let's Listen 

 

 Wordreference is here to help!

 This Photo Dictionary can help too!

 Help with Pronunciation....Take time to go through this website, there are videos and flash cards to help correct your pronunciation.

At the beginning...Let's work with the verb to be

 

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