Listening - The London Tube

Good morning! Today we are going to listen to people talk about the London Tube - the oldest subway system in the world. DOWNLOAD THE ACTIVITY.

Writing About a Process - Intensive Practice Part 3

Now it is time to start moving into the IELTS Task 1 style "Writing About a Process" essays!

Up until now you have explained a series of events in each activity, where you have been given many words and phrases to help you along. From this point on, you will need to work a bit harder to come up with the words and phrases to use to describe the processes you see.

1) Process Practice 08

2) Process Practice 09

3) Process Practice 10

Writing About a Process - Intensive Practice Part 2

Okay! That first set of four activities was super easy! Of course, I just wanted to get you in the right frame of mind. Now it is time to "up the ante" as they say in English, and make things a little bit harder!

1) Process Practice 05

2) Process Practice 06

3) Process Practice 07

Writing About a Process - Intensive Practice Part 1

Today we are going to work on the art of writing about a process. On the IELTS exam, for the Writing Task 1, you will sometimes get a diagram showing a process. The type of essay you have to write is different than a normal Task 1 essay, because you will have to use both a different structure for your essay (Introduction Description), and you will need to use a different type of language - the language of order and succession.

Let's start with a few simple practice activities.

1) Process Practice 01

2) Process Practice 02

3) Process Practice 03

4) Process Practice 04

Semester 1 Vocabulary

Okay! We all need to practice our vocabulary, so in order to make studying words more fun, we have created special "Flash Cards" to help you learn new words!

Please go to the Grade 11 Vocabulary Page and get started! *Note: Sometimes Firefox will freeze when loading the cards. If that happens, try using the flash cards with Safari.

Listening - Cheap Food

Good morning students! Today I want you to listen to a talk about cheap food, and why, in a downward economy, it becomes more popular. Please DOWNLOAD THE FILE and get started!

Listening - Workaholism

Good morning grade 11! For today's listening activity, I want you to listen to a talk about "Workaholism". While you listen to the audio, you can read the script (.pdf) and after that is done, open the .doc file and answer the question!