General+English

**//Verb Tense Tutorial//** - revise all verb tenses with these exercises

**//__ESL Grammar__//** a nice page with lots of grammar and vocabulary exercises, explanations, and interesting texts to read witha useful glossary at the bottom of the page. All levels from elementary to Upper-Intermediate.


 * //__Grammar Tests__//** from our Czec friends

You can also find lots of grammar exercises on the coursebook sites:


 * //__Coursebooks__//**

Pronunciation

__**All levels**__ //__**Ship or Sheep?**__// Move the mouse to listen to the sounds of similar words. With pictures.

//__**Elementary+**__//
 * Audio concentration memory game:** listen and match.
 * How do you say?** Type the word you want to hear and click on the pink. You will hear the pronunciation and see the Italian translation of your word.
 * Phonetic Symbols** Do you know the phonemic symbols? Click here to listen and learn.

//__**Pre-intermediate+**__//

**Audio concentration game** learn to recognise sounds with these audio matching games. **The Vowel Machine** Click on 'Spin' to see three words and to hear one of them. Click on the 'Choose' box next to the word you hear.
 * English Pronunciation Pod** This podcast is for everyone who wants to improve their English pronunciation and speak with an American accent. It is designed for all levels and speakers of any language.
 * BBC Pronunciation course**
 * American English Pronuncation** Practice Simple games and exercises.


 * //__Intermediate - Advanced__//**
 * //__What's the Matter with Mary Jane?__//** Listen to a poem by A.A.Milne (the creator of Winnie the Pooh) with the sound /eI/.

**Grouping Sounds** On the main page click "Vowel Sounds index" on the left of the page. From here choose the last three links: __Index of minimal pairs Exercises:__ Here you will see the minimal pairs. click the words in the middle of the chart for the exercise __Grouping words according to vowel sounds:__ There are five excercises. Listen to the words and drag them into the correct group. __Odd One Out:__ Listen to the list of words and click the one that has a different sound.


 * Vowel sound quiz** Listen to the word and choose between two options

**Bi-lingual** impara vocabuli nuovi con la traduzione. __**The Language Guide**__ Move the mouse over the picture to hear the pronunciation. Senti la pronuncia delle parole nelle figure.
 * __Principianti__**
 * Cruciverba** con disegni.
 * The Internet Picture Dictionary** Vocabulario visivo.

USA vs UK is a shortish list of some differences between USA and UK vocabulary.
 * __All Levels__**
 * __Dictionaries__** here you can find a list on free, on-line dictionaries
 * //__Word quizzes__//** from elementary to advanced.

__**Elementary+**__
 * Clothes:** Match the picture with the word.


 * __Pre-intermediate+__**
 * Proverbs:** match the two halves of the proverbs.

**//WordWebs//** Cambridge Corpus WordWeb: A cool way to learn some new phrasal verbs. //**Idiom zone**// various exercises and idioms lists.
 * __Intermediate+__**
 * __Beware of the dog:__** Notices. Can you match these notices with the place you might find them.
 * Phrasal verbs** match the phrasal verbs to the definitions.
 * //__Proverbs__//** matching game to learn new proverbs.

**__Learn slang with Dr House__** Hugh laurie plays a game of UK vs USA slang on You tube. **Phrasal verbs** match the phrasal verbs to the definitions.
 * __Idioms and advanced__**
 * __//Animal idioms//__** matching game.
 * A list of idioms** with the definition.
 * //__objects__//** matching game to learn the names of unusual objects.

**E Books and Audio Books**
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Here's a list of some of the sites where you can download calssical English audio books. Only sites which don't require registration are included.

Here you can download over 30,000 free ebooks to read on your PC or other electronic support. Books were previously published on paper by //bona fide// publishers and digitized by the project. All ebooks can be easily downloaded: Choose between ePub, Mobipocket, HTML and simple text formats.
 * //__Project Gutenberg__//**


 * //__Project Gutenberg Audio Books__//** Project Gutenberg makes audio eBooks available for some of the same great literature available in plain text. Listings are divided into two categories: Human-read and computer-generated audio books. These files can be very large, so are not well suited for people using a modem or other low-speed connection.

Short stories "piccoli capolavori che fanno crescere il tuo inglese"
 * //__Espresso Rebubblica audio short stories__//**

**//Librivox//** LibriVox provides free audiobooks from the public domain. LibriVox volunteers record chapters of books in the public domain and release the audio files back onto the net. Their goal is to make all public domain books available as free audio books.

//**Free classic audio books**// Mp3 or Mp4

Inglesduvidas.com** Rock, Pop, Dance, Love Songs and Classics: Listen to the song and fill in the lyrics in this Brazilian site.
 * Grimms Fairy Tales** - e book - This book contains 209 tales collected by the brothers Grimm.
 * __Songs with gap fill excercises__
 * __Songs with gap fill excercises__

**Songs and music** This Czec site has a long list of lovely things, mostly songs (cover versions) with exercises.


 * More songs with gap fill exercises** (just click on the song you want to hear)

//**Let it Be**// //__**Yesterday**__ Beatles:// listen and fill in the gaps
 * __//Mixed Songs://__** choose your song


 * __Songs with lyrics and Karaoke__**
 * The lion sleeps tonight** - easy - listen, read the lyrics and click on the words for a dictionary definition
 * Youtube songs** - Youtube songs with lyrics and a dictionary. Listen, watch and read
 * //__Mouseovermusic__//** Move the mouse over the lyrics to hear the song.

****Beyoncé Halo**** YouTube with lyrics

//**MUSIC**// //**Kazounds:**// Test your musical memory with this musical game __//**Naturally**// //**7:**//__ Listen to this amazing one-man beat box band //**The Orchestra** Read about and listen to all the instruments in the orchestra.//
 * Deaf Scottish percussionist** Evelyn Glennie show us how to listen (interactive transcript in Englsih and subtitles in 12 languages)
 * Instruments and Voices** //Move the mouse to hear the instruments://
 * Odd music** Listen to the strange sounds and read about these very unusual instruments.

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//__Principianti:__// //__gioco__:// **acchiappa le lettere** per fare lo spelling dei mesi.

//__Elementary/Pre-intermediate__//
 * vocabulary games **Click on the word group you want, then choose the game you want to play.
 * Parts of the body **put the letters in order before the time runs out.
 * MemoryGame**a traditional memory game with animals.
 * Quizzes Elementary**

__//Intermediate/UI//__ **BBC Psychological quizzes and tests** Have fun doing these short quizzes about yourself, such as: What sex is your brain? How does your memory work? How moral are you? What disgusts you? and many more..... __**Beat the Keeper**__ Keep your English up to date and learn neologisms while you play this goalkeeping game.
 * Bod World** An easy, geography quiz game.
 * Geography quiz** Do you know the countries of Europe? of the Middle East? of South America?
 * Meaning Fall** a challenging game which follows the logic of hangman with crossword definitions.

__//Advanced//__ Who wants to be a millionaire? Play online [|**millionaire**] (this game is not available on all servers)


 * Topic Tangle** A fast paced vocabulary game. Unscramble the words in the category before time runs out.
 * Score a Million** Play this trivia, general knowledge strategy game

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 * //CAMBRIDGE EXAMS//**
 * Test Your English with ESOL**: Not sure which exam is right for you? Test your English with this quick, free online test. It will give you an idea of your English level and tell you which Cambridge ESOL exam might be the most appropriate for you.


 * iTest Placement test** Which exam is right for you? Take this short test to see.


 * KET** Key English Test Level A2


 * PET** Preliminary English Test Level B1


 * FCE** First Certificate in English Level B2


 * CAE** Certificate of Advanced English Level C1


 * CPE** Certificate of Proficiency in English Level C2


 * __Free Cambridge ESOL exercises from ih Bristol__**: FCE CAE and CPE


 * //OTHER EXAMS//**


 * IELTS** English for International Opportunity


 * **TOEFL**** Test of English as a Foreign Language (USA)


 * ICFE** - International Certificate in Financial English. Cambridge ICFE is a high-level, internationally recognised qualification for aspiring and established finance professionals.

Listening Awesome Gap fills __-__** Listen, read and fill in the gaps with original speeches from Bush to Martin Luther King, to Louis Armstrong. Poetry from William Blake to Robert Frost. Stories from Dickens to Edgar Allen Poe. Also Louis Armstrong, Short News articles, beginners songs...... //**Graded dictations**// For all levels from elementary-advanced (KET-CPE). Good practice for the end of course dictation test as the format is the same. You have to write with a pen and paper :-)
 * __All levels__
 * //__Video dictations__//** Listen to short conversations of British and American people in the street and complete the dictations.
 * //__Story dictations__//** Choose your story. Read and Listen. Do the exercise.

//**TV commercials**// watch these short and easy TV adverts from the 1960's and click on the words which are different from what you hear. //**Easy sentence dictations**// listen to the short sentences and type what you hear. //**__Telephone language:__**// listen and write the phrases.
 * __Elementary+__**
 * __//Jazz://__** listen and read. Slow and easy USA English.

__**Pre-intermediate+**__ __//**Listen and read - easy**//__ Listen and read or write. Slow and Easy texts and American English on topics from Stories, to Science to current affairs. Simply read and listen, or use the clip for dictation practice. Clips can also be downloaded using "Real Player". //__**Fast Car:**__// Read and listen to the story, then do the spelling and comprehension excercises.
 * NewStickers Loescher:** Ogni giorno 4 articoli sulla realtà quotidiana del mondo anglofono, con registrazione audio e un esercizio linguistico.
 * //**Dress to Impress**//** Listen to this podcast with transcript, glossary and picture definitions. Quite easy.
 * __//Russel Crowe: in Gladiator//__**. Watch listen and read this short extract from the film.

national public radio: podcasts, news, music, arts, life and more. Listen to topical news and read the article. //__**Movie Speeches:**__// Read, watch and listen to short speeches from famous films: __//**BBC Soap Opera - Flatmates**//__ weekly episodes with script and grammar exercises:
 * __Intermediate+__**
 * //**npr**//** national public radio: podcasts, news, music, arts, life and more. Listen to topical news and read the article.
 * //**Listen and read**//** stories, interviews and short documentaries in USA English with transcripts. Use for listening practice, repetition or dictation.
 * __//Short dictations - useful phrases dictation://__** listen and write the sentence (USA).
 * //__9,000 year-old man found:__//** American English. Read and listen to the story, then do the spelling and comprehension exercises.
 * **//Fairy stories://**** Listen to the stories and then do the dictation.
 * **//Film Trailers://**** with listening textbuilder exercises.

__**Upper Intermediate +**__

__//**BBC Four Interviews**//__ with famous authors, politicians and interesting people. //**__Ghetto Life 101:__** is an audio diary of life on Chicago's streets in 1993. It// became one of the most acclaimed programs in public radio history, winning almost all of the major awards in American broadcasting, //__**Fairy stories:**__// Listen to the stories and then do the dictation. //__**Film Trailers:**__// Listen and watch the film trailer and then do the dictation. //**BBC Insights Plus:**// listen to topical webcasts and read script. //__**Sound Portraits:**__// Authentic interviews and news of unusual and "alternative" people in the USA. Listsen in Real Audio, read the transcript and related articles.
 * //__TED talks__//** Famous, intelligent and funny people talk about:Technology, entertainment, design, culture, arts, science, business and global issues. Listen/watch the talk with **subtitles** (sometimes available aso in Italian) and/or complete **interactive transcript**. Clicking on any point of the transcript re-starts the talk from that point.
 * The Economist Audio** Listen to audio Interviews from this prestigious magazine.
 * //__Online Speech Bank:__//** listen to famous speeches and read the text.
 * //__CNN archives,__//** listen, read and do comprehension and vocabulary exercises:
 * BBC YouTube** BBC Worldwide: the best of British TV.
 * Guardian Audio and Podcasts:** Listen to interviews and podcasts from this on line version of the Britis newspaper.