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WEB DISCOVERY ACTIVITIES

Try the English In motion Web Discovery Activities! All our Web Discovery Activities include worksheets to guide you to the information you need to complete the tasks.

Units 1-3: COUNTRIES AND NATIONALITIES


Do this activity and

  • practise your reading.
  • review vocabulary about countries and nationalities.
INTRODUCTION

Multi-coloured and bright; all countries in the world have a flag which represents them. With this activity you will search for information about several countries using a map and will learn about their flags.

INSTRUCTIONS
  1. Open this document to answer the questions. Print it out to hand in or email it to your teacher.
  2. Can you find what countries the shapes belong to? Search the Fact Monster website.
  3. Once there, click on a region, for example Europe and find the shapes and the countries.
  4. Complete the rest of the information on the table. To do so, click on the country on the map. A new page will open, scroll down the page and find the Almanac link for the country. You don't need to understand all the words. Use The Richmond Electronic dictionary.
  5. For further practice, there are interesting quizzes and puzzles in Geography Fun as well.

 

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2. NATIONALITY
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FURTHER PRACTICE: ENGLISH IN THE WORLD

How important is the English language in the world? Search this website.
Click on the map and find:

  1. Two countries in South America where English is spoken.
  2. Five countries in Africa where English is spoken.
  3. Five countries and four territories where English is spoken.

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Units 4-6: WHAT'S THE WEATHER LIKE?


Do this activity and

  • practise your listening.
  • watch one video where people talk about the weather.
  • learn new vocabulary about the weather.
INTRODUCTION

Weather is everywhere! And people all over the world talk about it. It is easy to talk about the weather in English and the expressions used are many and varied. Let's practise them and learn some new ones while watching this short video.

INSTRUCTIONS
  1. Open this document to answer the questions. Print it out to hand in or email it to your teacher. First, do the vocabulary activity.
  2. Next, watch this video and pay attention to the names of the people and to what they say about the weather. Remember you can pause the video at anytime.
  3. Complete the information in the document. You don't need to understand all the words. Use The Richmond Electronic dictionary.


What's the weather like for:

Steven   It's _________ and _________.
Chris     It's _________, _________ and ________.
Sandra It's _________, not too ________, not too ________, it's________.
Leslie and Keith   It's _________ and very _________.
Gabriella    It's _________ and _________.
Peter      It's _________ and _________.
Lisa           It's very _________ and _________.
Paul       It's _________.

 

FURTHER PRACTICE
  1. Search the Yahoo Weather website.
  2. Look under Europe and click on Outlook.
  3. Copy the date for the Forecast on top of the map.
  4. Write the average temperatures for these cities and the expressions you can use to describe the weather; the symbols will help you.

Date:
CITY TEMPERATURES FORECAST
London    
Madrid    
Paris    
Berlin    
Rome    

 

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Units 7-9: CELEBRITIES


Do this activity and

  • practise your reading.
  • review the simple past tense.
  • learn more about some celebrities.
INTRODUCTION

Would you like to know more about your favourite actor or actress? Where were they born? Have they got any brothers or sisters? Today you can do it by following these simple instructions.

INSTRUCTIONS

Open this document to answer the questions. Print it out to hand in or email it to your teacher.

PART 1
  1. Search the Famous people website.
  2. On the menu on the left look under Actors. Click on it.
  3. Look for Tom Cruise and Brad Pitt and find the information to complete the fact file in the document. Use David Beckham's description as a model.
  4. Next do the same to find information about these two actresses: Jennifer Aniston and Julia Roberts. You don't need to understand all the words. Use The Richmond Electronic dictionary.

David Beckham

  • Name: David Beckham
  • Place of birth: Leytonstone, London.
  • Date of birth: May 2nd, 1975

David Beckham was born in Leytonstone, London, on May 2nd 1975. He is 34 years old.


Now complete the same information about:

Tom Cruise

  • Name:
  • Place of birth:
  • Date of birth:

Tom Cruise...

Brad Pitt

  • Name:
  • Place of birth:
  • Date of birth:

Brad Pitt...

Jennifer Aniston

  • Name:
  • Place of birth:
  • Date of birth:

Jennifer Aniston...

Julia Roberts

  • Name:
  • Place of birth:
  • Date of birth:

Julia Roberts...

PART 2

As you can see, the information on the Famous people website was last updated in 2004. Now look for newer facts about one of these actors or actresses on the internet. What has happened in their lives since then? What did they do after 2004?

FURTHER PRACTICE
  1. Search the official site of the British Monarchy.
  2. Read the fact file about the Queen and write a few lines about her; include this information:
    • Date and place of birth
    • Number of brothers and sisters she's got
    • Her skills and hobbies
  3. The Queen…
  4. Do the same for Prince William:
    Prince William…

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