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Alison Vinande

Pronunciation, Vocabulary, & Basic Conversations

Parts of the Body

Compiled by Cynthia Whisner

 

Exercise 1

Exercise 2

Exercise 3

 

 

 

 

 

Family

Compiled by Cynthia Whisner

 

Interactive Family Tree

Quiz 1

Quiz 2

Quiz 3

Quiz 4

Quiz 5

Quiz 6

 

 

 

 

The Weather

 

Compiled by Cynthia Whisner

Weather Vocabulary!

Weather Quiz! 

Weather.com

 

 

 

 

Conversations, The Family, & Web Books

Compiled by Lois Anderson-Stevens

Web Books: Introduction

Web Books: Reading

Web Books: Listening

Alphabet Matching

Letter Search

Family Vocabulary

Scrambled Sentences About Yourself

Scrambled Sentences About Other People

Basic Conversations and the Family

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Classroom Objects

Compiled by Alison Vinande 

Use a dictionary to help you. Here is a Cambodian dictionary!

  1. Take a short quiz here. 
  2. This quiz is long and has many words. Try it here.
  3. Crossword puzzles are fun! Try this one.

 

 

 

Transportation

Compiled by Alison Vinande 

  1. Watch the video introduction
  2. Take a short quiz here. 
  3. Crossword puzzles are fun! Try this one.

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Pronunciation

Compiled by Alison Vinande 

 

 

 

 

Pronunciation Pairs

 

Food: Count & Noncount

Compiled by Cynthia Whisner

 

Explanation 

 

Quiz 1

Quiz 2

Quiz 3

Quiz 4

Quiz 5

 

 

 

 

Alphabet & Greetings

Introduction to Basic English

Compiled by Alfredo Guerrero

Basic English

 

 

 

 

Alphabet

Compiled by Alison Vinande 

Click here for an animated introduction to the alphabet.

  1. Phonics: Learn the sounds of English and play games on this site!
  2. Listen to and sing songs on this site.
  3. Enjoy the song L-O-V-E!
  4. Amazing site with a game about the alphabet and typing! Click here.
  5. Here's another site with the alphabet and typing. Click here.
  6. Play a game with the alphabet here.
  7. Try to identify basic words here.
  8. More alphabet activities are here,

 

 

 

Greetings

Compiled by Alison Vinande 

 

  1. Click here to learn how to say "hello."
  2. Introductions with questions and answers plus audio are here.
  3. Look at pictures with positive wishes on this site.
  4. Take a listening quiz about greetings and introductions!
  5. Here's another listening quiz with conversation starters.
  6. Try this game about basic conversations.
  7. Here's another good game!

 

 

 

U.S. Government & Geography

U.S. Government & American Pronunciation

Compiled by Marilyn Farrell

 

U.S. Government Information (EL Civics) 

U.S. Social Studies (Apples 4 the Teacher) 

Pronunciation (ManyThings.org)

 

 

 

 

 

U.S. Geography & Naturalization Test

Compiled by Marilyn Farrell

 

  1. Read about The Original 13 Colonies and watch a video about them here. 

  2. Play some U.S. Geography Games.

  3. Click Generate Questions on the  Naturalization Test page.   

 

 

 

 

U.S., City, & County Government

Compiled by Lora Hall

 Barack Obama

White House Cabinet

U.S. Presidents

Riverside City Council

Riverside County Government

 

 

 

Grammar Practice

Possessive Pronouns & Object Pronouns

Compiled by Alison Vinande 

This is a great site called ESL Lounge! Its list of pronouns is very good.

 

  

Possessive Pronouns & School Vocabulary

Compiled by Alison Vinande 

1. Click here

2. If you see a teacher and Lesson Menu, go to step 6.

3. If you do not see a teacher & Lesson Menu, click Start Now.

4. Click Beginning English Skills.

5. Click Unit 10: School.

6. Click Introduction & Vocabulary.

7. Follow the directions for the activities.

8. Test yourself! Try these quizzes.

Quiz 1

Quiz 2

Quiz 3

Quiz 4

Quiz 5

Quiz 6

Quiz 7

Quiz 8

 

 

 

 

Object Pronouns & Community Participation

Compiled by Alison Vinande 

1. Click here

2. If you see a yellow title (Taxes, Law, and Community Issues - Civic Participation), go to step 7.

3. If you do not see the yellow title (Taxes, Law, and Community Issues - Civic Participation), click Start Now.

4. Click Low-intermediate English Skills.

5. Click Taxes, Law, and Community Issues.

6. Click 12. Civic Participation.

7. Follow the directions for the activities.

8. Test yourself! Try these quizzes.

Quiz 1 (Beginning)
Quiz 2 (Intermediate)
Quiz 3 (Intermediate)
Quiz 4 (Intermediate)
Quiz 5 (Advanced)

 


 

 

 

Prepositions, Money, & Shopping

Compiled by Alison Vinande 

1. Click here.

2. If you see American money, go to step 6.

3. If you do not see American money, click Start Now.

4. Click Beginning English Skills.

5. Click Unit 12: Money and Shopping.

6. Click Introduction & Vocabulary.

7. Follow the directions for the activities.

8. Test yourself! Try these quizzes.

 

 

Quizzes: Prepositions of Location (at / in / on)

Compiled by Alison Vinande 

 

Quiz 1

Quiz 2

Quiz 3

Quiz 4

 

 

Quizzes: Prepositions of  Time (at / in / on)

Compiled by Alison Vinande 

Quiz 1

Quiz 2

Quiz 3

 

 

 

 

 

 

The Simple Present Verb Tense

Created by Alison Vinande

 

Present Progressive Tense

The humorous children are placing the cat in the box at this moment.

 

Simple Present Tense

The humorous children place the cat in the box every day.

 

What is the Simple Present verb tense?

Click the purple "Introduction" link below for an explanation.

Introduction_Present.ppt

 

Are the sentences in the Simple Present or Present Progressive tense?

Click the purple "Handout" link below. Fill out the sheet to better understand the difference between these tenses!

Handout_SPresent.doc

 

Sometimes we are not sure if we have the correct spelling. How can we be sure we are correct?

It's easy! Use an online dictionary to find the correct spelling.