Happy Easter!

A dozen funny eggs get boiled and coloured just to wish you a Happy Easter! :-)

Happy Easter!

It's Easter time and here are a few activities to have fun and practise your vocabulary!

- an Easter vocabulary game with audio (for beginners);

- an Easter quiz (also for beginners)

- an Easter hangman game

- a listening activity (for pre-intermediate students). Listen to Joel talking about the origins of Easter and choose the correct answer for each part.

Happy Easter!

Celebrating St. Patrick's Day

Irish people and Irish descendants everywhere celebrate St. Patrick's Day on March 17th. It's a happy, noisy celebration with street parades, Guinness beer, parties and the best traditional Irish music!

How much do you know about the date? You can learn a lot about it and about Irish traditions clicking here. Then try this matching activity and revise some words connected with the Irish culture.

But who was St. Patrick? How do people celebrate the date today? Watch this History Channel video and find out. Then check how much you remember about what you have seen and read doing this fun quiz!

Be my Valentine!

We all know the romantic story of Romeo and Juliet, but have you ever heard the true story of Abelard and Heloise? Click here and discover why they too are a symbol of everlasting love.

Do you celebrate Valentine's Day on February 14th? Here's an interesting page describing how people around the world celebrate this very special date.

Here's a little test: how many 'valentine words' can you find in this wordsearch

Brazil in the news: Carnival in Rio

Wherever you are in Brazil this week, it will be impossible to ignore the country's most famous celebration. More than 750 thousand tourists are spending Carnival in Rio de Janeiro this year and hundreds of thousands more are joining the party in cities like Salvador and Recife. Here is a BBC article about this year's samba schools parade. Click on 'watch' under the picture next to the text to watch a related video.

Click here to try an activity focusing on finding redundant information.

It's Groundhog Day!

Forget weather forecasters: on February 2nd it is Phil, the groundhog from Punxsutawney who will tell you how long winter will last this year. Thousands of people visit the little town in Pennsylvania (U.S.) every year for this traditional celebration, which can also be seen in the Hollywood movie Groundhog Day. Learn more about this year's event visiting the official website and reading this short text followed by some comprehension questions. Then test what you remember taking a short quiz!

Feb 2 update: Phil saw his shadow this morning and that means there will be 6 more weeks of winter! Read more about it here.