| Summarising |
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| Paraphrasing |
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| Cohesive Devices/Linking or Signalling Words |
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| Punctuation |
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Business Letters & Emails |
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| Model Business Letter and Email |
Sample Cover Letter | http://www.4hb.com/letters/index.html
Variety of sample business letters and emails | | Drawing up an outline |
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Paragraph Structure- Topic Sentence |
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| http://patternbasedwriting.com/elementary_writing_success/paragraph-examples-%E2%80%93-narrative-persuasive-descriptive-and-many-more/ |
Academic writing-5 paragraph essay | | Prepositions |
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Word Order |
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| Jumbled Sentences |
Wh Questions | Jumbled Wh questions | Wh Questions (2) | "Who" or "Whom" | |
Verb Tenses |
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| Commulative Verb Tense Review |
https://owl.english.purdue.edu/owl/resource/601/1/ | Passive Voice | Video on Simple Past vs. Present Perfect | Tenses in Academic English | Future Forms | Simple Past vs Past Continuous | Past Continuous vs used to game | Past Continuous, Past Simple and used to | Talking about the Past_ British Council | Verb Tenses in Academic Writing | Timeline of Verb Tenses | | Verbs |
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Modal Verbs |
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| Modals of Ability |
Modals of Obligation | Modals of Probability | can, could, be able to | can, could, be able to- esl lounge | Difference between can/be able to | can vs may | Ability, Permission, Requests, Advice_British Council | |
Reported Speech |
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| Verbs for Reporting in Academic Writing |
Exercise on Reporting Verbs-Oxford University Press | quiz on reported speech | quiz on reported speech 2 | Reporting verbs_ "complete the appropriate verb" exercise | Video_Passive verbs with "that" clauses (It is thought...) | Reporting verbs_positive, negative, neutral | List of Reporting Verbs_Strong, weak, neutral | Syntax of Reporting Verbs | Reporting Verbs Exercise_ Direct_Indirect Speech_select reporting verb | Strong/weak Author & Direct/Indirect Quotations | | Gerunds vs Infinitives |
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Understanding News Broadcasting/ newspaper articles |
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| European Parliament Chief shocked by US spying claims |
Egypt Muslim Brotherhood Banned | Euroscepticism on the rise, says EU poll | The battle begins to get people to vote in EP elections | The European Parliament unveils information campaign for EU election | EU Political Parties
This page introduces the 7 political groups in the European Parliament and relates to the previous link-video about European Parliament election. | News in levels- Written and Oral | New Yorkers applaud World Trade Center comeback | Chinese bank withholds $25 billion prepayment on China-Russia energy deal | Syrian refugees stage hunger strike in front of Greek parliament | Greek infrastructure goes on sale as Germany approves E86bn bailout | Migrant Crisis- BBC World News | Act of War by I.S. Suicide Bombers kill 132 in Paris Terror Attack | Brussels lockdown | Putin: Turkey shot down jet to protect ISIL oil trade | Why Did Turkey Attack a Russian Plane? | Putin: Turkey shot down jet to protect ISIL oil trade | Russia-Turkey relations teeter on dangerous precipice after jet downing | Russia plans sanctions against Turkey over jet downing | Turkish FM slams Russia’s missile ‘provocation’ in Bosphorus | |
Business Vocabulary |
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| Banking-Stock Market-Trading |
Banking | Accounting | General Finance Vocabulary | Marketing | Advertising | Sales | General Business Vocabulary 1 | Business Vocabulary 2 | Franchising | Talking about the Economy 1 | Talking about the Economy 2 | Game on International Relations vocabulary | |
Collocations |
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| http://www.better-english.com/strongcollocation/coll15.htm |
Vocabulary on War, Violence & Conflict | | EU Institutions |
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| Listening Comprehension-Film Clips |
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| Videos & Slide presentations on various issues of International interest |
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| Citation Styles |
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Diagnostic Grammar & Vocabulary Test |
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| Oxford University Press Practice Test |
British Study Centres Free Online English Grammar Test | Diagnostic Grammar Test- World English | |
Passive Voice |
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| Various exercises on the Passive Voice |
Why use the passive voice in academic writing? | Passive Voice_British Council | |
Conditional Sentences |
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| conditional sentences-complex test |
wishes & hypotheses | Wishes about the Past vs. Hopes about the future | Verbs in Time Clauses and If Clauses | | Videos 2016-17 |
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| Relative Clauses |
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| Countable vs Uncountable Nouns |
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| Videos_2018-19 |
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Academic Writing |
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| Language features of Academic Writing_ with activities |
