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IN GRAMMAR - IN VOCABULARY

Interactive games - Cartoons - Jokes - VIDEOS

 


Pages complémentaires :

'American English / British' - The English Language
Homonymes - Homophones

SAY / TELL / SPEAK / TALK / ...
MAKE or DO ?

Look - See - Watch
Listen or Hear ?

Remember - Remind - Recall - Recollect

 



IN GRAMMAR : Examples
- Interactive exercises

 

Examples :

 

 

INTERACTIVE exercises :

  • Contractions
    "Watch the video, enjoy it. If you want to be better at spelling than Charles, do the activities!"
    Matching - Flashcards (Java / non-Java) - Concentration - Word Search -

    with a list of terms used in these activities.
    Activities created by: Renée Maufroid

 

  • Common English mistakes - interactive quiz
    ex : There are _________ people living here than there used to be. They've moved to other towns.
    1) few 2) Town 3) less 4) fewer 5) no

    (BBC)

 

  • Common Mistakes and Confusing Words in English : Tests and Quizzes (learnenglish.de)
    advice vs advise | accept vs except | affect vs effect | a lot/alot/allot | altogether vs all together
    been vs gone | bought vs brought | borrow vs lend | by vs until
    check vs control | complement vs compliment
    don't have to vs mustn't
    either vs too | fewer vs less | for vs since (time) | he's vs his
    "How do you do?" vs "How are you?"
    I vs me | lay vs lie | look after vs look for | look at vs watch | me vs my | nor vs or
    personal vs personnel | practice vs practise
    raise/rise | said vs told | so vs such | stationary vs stationery | to/too/two
    there/their/they're |travel/trip/voyage/journey
    used to vs used to do | what vs which
  • 'used to' + 'be used to' + 'get used to' (Ac. Nancy-Metz)

 

IN VOCABULARY :

Examples
- Interactive exercises - Exercises to print - Lesson plans

Examples :

 

  • Word Traps (stage-door.org)
    ex : "zoom is upward or at least forward (zoom lens); swoop is downward."

 

 

  • Confusing Words is "a collection of 3210 words that are troublesome to readers and writers.
    Words are grouped according to the way they are most often confused or misused."
    (confusingwords.com)
  • Words Commonly Confused - "Click on the words that you would like to study." - with interactive exercises (smc.edu)

 

INTERACTIVE exercises :

  • Problem words - interactive quiz
    ex : sensible / sensitive
    (BBC)
  • USES OF 'LIKE' (Laurence Bernard - absolutenglish-972)
    " You will be doing a series of exercises on the different uses of "Like"."
  • Traduction (Alyne Piazza)
    - Les dangers de la traduction mot à mot et des traductions assistées par ordinateur.
    - Les traductions de titres.
    - Pour une bonne utilisation du dictionnaire.
    - Et si je n'ai pas de dictionnaire?
    - Exercices interactifs :
    1. Les mots transparents et les faux amis
    2. Les mots français!
    3. Les mots à sens multiples...
  • Faux-amis - interactive exercises (Yvan Baptiste)
  • Confused Words - "Select the correct sentence from each group." (xnet.rrc.mb.ca)
  • Test Yourself:Commonly Confused Words - " Click on the correct answer." (guweb2.gonzaga.edu)

  • TRICKY WORDS - with interactive exercises (autoenglish)
    ex : Been and gone / Excited, nervous and worried / Do and make / False friends / Home, house and household /
    Journey, travel and trip / Look, see and watch / Remember and remind / Say and tell / Speak and talk / etc...

  • Words Commonly Confused - "Click on the words that you would like to study." - with interactive exercises (smc.edu)

 

  • Make vs do - Complete - exercice interactif (Ghislaine Wulles)
  • 'used to' + 'be used to' + 'get used to' (Ac. Nancy-Metz)

 

Exercises TO PRINT :

 

Lesson plans :

 

 

INTERACTIVE games :

 

 

CARTOONS :

   


You've got male!
(robertsonfamilywebpage.info)

 

 

You are what you eat
(cartoonstock.com)

 

Sheet!
(cagle.com)


Money, I'm home!
(bp1.blogger.com)

 

 

Classic rock
(cartoonstock.com)


 

 

Monster sale
(cartoonstock.com)

 

KI cartoon
(yachigusaryu.com)
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(Ne pas confondre KI et KEY!)


No jeans!

(cartoonstock.com)

 

Litter for tall cats
(cartoonstock.com)


My little terrorist
(cagle.msnbc.com)


 


 

 

JOKES :

  • Driving in Great-Britain

    A street in an English town. A policeman stops a car. The driver is a foreigner...

    Policeman : (Holding up his hand) Stop !
    Driver : What s the matter ?
    Policeman : Why are you driving on the right side of the road ?
    Driver : Do you want me to drive on the wrong side ?
    Policeman : You are driving on the wrong side !
    Driver : But you said I was driving on the right side &
    Policeman : That s right. But you re on the right, and that s wrong !
    Driver : What a strange country ! If right is wrong, I m right when I m on the wrong side of the road.
    So why did you stop me ?
    Policeman : My dear Sir, you must keep to the left. The right side is the left !
    Driver : It s like a looking glass ! I ll try to remember. Well, I want to go to Bellwood. Will you kindly tell me the way ?
    Policeman : Certainly ! At the end of this road, turn left.
    Driver : Now let me think & Turn left ! In England, left is right and right is wrong. Am I right ?
    Policeman :You ll be right if you turn left. But if you turn right, you ll be wrong &
    Driver : Thank you very much ! It s as clear as daylight !




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