What on Earth?

Hello and welcome back to online English classes!

Today we are going to look at vocabulary, a bit of grammar and intonation or placing stress on the correct syllable of a word. We have done some research on British depencies, some of them places we haven't heard of before. Tonight we will have a look at a place that's a little closer but well known to most tourists or people from abroad.

To revise last week's lesson on adjective order, click on
http://www.britishcouncil.org/learnenglish-central-grammar-current.htm

To practise vocabulary in use, click on
http://www.oup.com/elt/global/products/headway/advanced/b_vocabulary/unit11/hwy_adv_unit11_4/
and complete the task.

Here are some interesting facts:
http://dictionary.reference.com/wordoftheday/archive/2007/01/15.html

Then click on this link: http://www.oup.com/elt/global/products/headway/advanced/a_grammar/unit11/hwy_adv_unit11_2/
and complete the task on relative clauses.

On the following link you will find definitions and examples of relative clauses:
http://www.britishcouncil.org/learnenglish-central-grammar-definitions-relative-clauses.htm#leaving-out

And find out even more about clauses on:
http://www.learnenglish.de/grammar/clausetext.html

Phew! After all that grammar, let's have a bit of fun: click on
http://www.bbc.co.uk/worldservice/learningenglish/multimedia/btp/shrewsbury/shrewsbury_video.shtml
and watch the video clips about Shrewsbury and answer the questions.

Also read the text on Shrewsbury and answer the questions:
http://www.bbc.co.uk/worldservice/learningenglish/multimedia/btp/shrewsbury/shrewsbury_text.shtml

Finally, do your own research and write a short description of Shrewsbury for a tourist brochure. You could add photos/pictures/maps if you wish. Remember: do not copy and paste text; use your own words! Your description is due on Wednesday, 24th January 2007.

Until next time, have fun expanding your knowledge of English!