PET & FCE - Practice Exercises

The deadline to register for the upcoming Cambridge University English exams is on October 29th. If you are interested in taking any of these exams you will need to make sure to register as soon as the Ramadan break is finished.

To help you prepare for the exams here are some online exercises:

PET Paper 1 - Reading Test

FCE Exam Practice: Word Formation (Paper 3 Part 5)

Cooking Verbs Vocabulary Exercise

Here's a fun exercise to keep you busy this Ramadan. How much do you know about vocabulary for foods and verbs used for cooking? Click on the image above to work on the exercise or on this link: Cooking Verbs

Announcement

The staff at Yethreb School would like to offer you warm wishes for Ramadan.

We will be taking a break for the month of Ramadan. The last class before the break will be on Thursday, September 23rd. Classes will resume on the fourth day after the end of the month of Ramadan (directly after the 3rd day of the Eid).

Please keep checking the blog during the break as we will be posting activities to do through out the month.

REMINDER: If you are planning to take any of the Cambridge exams (KET, PET, FCE, CAE, BEC) - the deadline for registration is on Sunday, October 29th.

If you are interested in enrolling in a course or have any questions, please stop by the school or contact us.

Wishing you once again a tranquil Ramadan.

The Staff of Yethreb School

The Learning Edge

Here's a fun website that has lots of activities. Click on the articles in the newspaper and listen and read, then click on:

at the bottom of the window to work on the exercises related to that article.

Click here to get started: The Learning Edge

Unforgettable - Song Exercise

Here's a music video with a gap fill exercise. Click on the image above to visit the site or on this link: Unforgettable

Be patient - it may take a while for the video to load. But after that you can listen to it over and over again, and do the exercise at the same time.

Listening & Podcasts

• English Language Listening Lab

• About.com Online Listening Quizzes

• PET Preparation Listening

• FCE Listening Exercises

• IELTS Listening Exercises

• Better@English Podcasts

Top 21 Class in Brazil

Mrs Khadija is being featured on a blog made by students at a school in Brazil. Their teacher asked her if the students could ask her some questions using the word 'like'. They posted their questions on their school's blog. Their blog is called Top 21 Class.

Five students asked her questions. This is Daise and Simone:

This is Emerson, Marilda and Aboré:

They wanted to know what Mrs Khadija liked about Libya and what life in Libya was like. Mrs Khadija told them about her life in Libya. You can visit Top 21 Class's blog to read what she had to say. http://top21.blogspot.com

Punctuation and Capitalization

The FCE students are working hard to improve their punctuation skills. Here's an online quiz - there are 50 questions. Click on the image above or on this link: http://www.grammarbook.com/punctuation/punc_master_test.asp

Better@English podcasts

Podcasts are sound files, usually MP3s that are uploaded on the internet. There are podcasts about all kinds of things; interviews, stories, current news, poetry, or specific information. You can listen to them on the computer or download them onto an MP3 player and listen to them where ever you happen to be.

There are many podcasts especially made for people learning English. The website Better@English features two minute lessons to help you learn English vocabulary, idioms, slang, grammar and much more. To visit the site, CLICK on the image above, or on this link: http://www.betteratenglish.com/

Reported Speech Exercises

Students at Yethreb School are learning about reported speech.

Here are the links to fifteen helpful exercises:

One - Two - Three - Four - Five

Six - Seven - Eight - Nine - Ten

Eleven - Twelve - Thirteen - Fourteen - Fifteen

My Dream House

My dream house would be a big mansion. Inside this mansion I would like to have a big living room that includes a massive plasma TV.

I would also like to have a kitchen with a big table to eat on and a bathroom with a big jacuzzi.

Of course my dream house would include a wife that I love and live for. So I would like to have a big bedroom with a small bathroom. I'd also like to have children in my dream house; everyone with their own room.

I'd like to have a big garden with loads of trees, flowers and green grass. A garage with two cars; one for me and the other for my wife. I'd also like to have a guest room and a dining room.

Finally, I would like to add something that my family would enjoy. A fun room with a pool table, a tennis table and three or four computers.

And to sum up, I'd like to say that my dream house wouldn't be complate without my dad and mum and the whole family, so they can visit us anytime.

Well, I hope I didn't get carried away, and maybe in the future you could visit.

Ahmed Ahtash
FCE preparation