Earth Day

The April 22 Earth Day, founded by Senator Gaylord Nelson, was first organized in 1970 to promote ecology and respect for life on the planet as well as to encourage awareness of the growing problems of air, water and soil pollution.


Vocabulary:
Deed: action



Vocabulary:
Pristine: in very good conditions
What can you do to make this world a better place?
What is global warming?
Are worried about global warming?
What's happening to forests in the world?
What can we do to protect forests?

Describe the Picture

Describe the Picture

Introducing Yourself

Introducing myself from Patty Santos

Poverty

"Saltwater" is a 1991 song performed by English singer, songwriter, and musician Julian Lennon. It was written by Mark Spiro, Leslie Spiro and Julian Lennon.





What problems are mentioned in the song?
What problems do poor people have?
Does poverty cause crime?
Will there always be poverty in the world?
Have you ever helped a homeless person? How?
Do you think the government should create jobs for the homeless, instead of just giving them money?
How can poverty be ended?
Aristotle said: "Poverty is the parent of revolution and crime." What do you think?

Optical Illusions

What can you see?

Days of the Week

What is your favourite day of the week and why?
What do you do at the weekend?
What do you do on weekdays?

Picture 18 (Pre- Intermediate)

Describe the pictures.
Have you got a pet? Describe it.
If not, Would you like to have one? Why? / Why not?
Do you love your pet?
Do you ever talk to your pet?
Do you take care of it every day?
How do you take care of it? If you don't take care of it, who does?
Do you prefer dogs or cats? Why?
What are some popular pets?
Have you ever been bitten by a dog? Talk about it.
What are the pros and cons of keeping a pet?
What are the most unusual pets?
Do you think animals have souls?

Watch these videos and have fun!

Picture 17 ( Pre - intermediate )

1. Can you describe these pictures?
2. What would you do in each of these places? How would you feel?
3. If you wanted to go on holiday to one of these places with a friend, which one would you choose? Why?
4. Which is the most beautiful place you have ever visited?
5. When did you go there and what did you do?
6. Can you compare it with the place where you live? Which differences can you find?

Picture 16 ( Elementary )

1. Describe the two women.
2. How are they different? 
3. Do they have anything in common?
4. What does Susan do every day? Can you imagine what her life is like?
5. What does Mary do every day? Can you imagine what her life is like?
6. Do most women work outside the home in your country?
7. Do men work as hard as women do? 
8. Are women happrier now than they used to be 50 years ago? 

Photo by  Old Shoe Woman
Photo by wbpartridge

Picture 15 ( Pre - intermediate )

1. Describe the children in the picture (physical appearance, clothes, attitude, age)
2. Where are they?
3. What season is it?
4. What are they doing?
5. Do older brothers or sisters always look after their younger ones? Talk about your personal experience.
6. Some brothers and sisters are always quarrelling. Why?

Photo by evilpeacock

Picture 14 ( Pre - intermediate )

1. Describe the man in the picture.
2. What is he wearing?
3. What is his job?
4. Why is he looking happy?
5. Describe the room.
6. Is the room suitable for parties? Why?
7. Compare this dining room to the one in your house.
8. Is it better to live in a house or in a flat? Why?

Picture 13 (Intermediate)

Look at the pictures and describe them.
Which natural disaster do you think is the most frightening? Why?
What's the worst storm you've ever been in? Where were you? What were you doing when the storm hit? Did the storm cause any damage? Talk about your experience.
What natural disaster has your country experienced? What happened?
How can you help after a natural disaster?

From FloraG
From jmreymond
From stocky

Picture 12 (Elementary)

School

Describe the picture. What are the children doing?
Do you like going to school?
What time do you go to school?
How do you get there?
What’s your favourite subject?
Do you play any sports at school?
Who is your favourite teacher? Why?
Do you do your homework?
What is the best thing about going to school?
What is the worst thing about going to school?

Picture 11 (Pre-intermediate)

Summer

Describe the Picture.

What are the people wearing?

Where are they?

What is the weather like?
What do you usually do in summer?
What do you usually drink / eat in summer?
What are your favourite summer activities?
What is the best thing about summer?
What is the worst thing about summer?
What do you prefer: fans or air conditioners?
Have you ever been camping? Talk about that.
Where did you go last summer?
How did you get there?
Who did you go with?
What did you do there?
Do you like sunbathing?
How do you protect yourself from the sun?

Picture 10 (Intermediate)

 

Fears

Some people are afraid of rats, snakes or spiders. Do they frighten you? Why? Why not?
What other insects or animals are people afraid of?
What were people afraid of in the past?
What are people afraid of nowadays?
Were you scared of the dark when you were a child? Why?
What other things are children scared of?
Talk about a frightening film you have seen.
Do you have an irrational fear of anything? How does it affect your life? Have you ever tried to get rid of your fear?
Do you feel afraid of anything when you think about the future?
Imagine you have a friend who is afraid of going to see the dentist, what would you say to her / him?
Words connected with fear.

I’m a little bit afraid of storms.
Some people are frightened of snakes.
She stood there petrified while the rat came nearer.
He is scared of flying in a helicopter.
She was absolutely terrified at the thought of being in a dark room.

Photos by: DRB62 , Rafael... , Blake707 and Keith...

Picture 9 (Pre-intermediate)

 
 

Photos by bradlauster , ario_j , glasszz and Callixte....

Describe the pictures.
What things can people do to predict the future?
Do you read the horoscope every day?
Do you believe what you read?
What sign wee you born under?
Can dreams tell us the future?
Have you ever consulted a fortune-teller?
Imagine you could ask an astrologer questions about your future. What would you ask?

Picture 8 (Intermediate)

Photo by Brendio

Describe the picture.
Would you like to be on a desert island? Why? Why not?
What would you eat?
What would you drink?
If you were allowed three things, what would you take with you? Why?
Imagine your life on a desert island.
Which things would you miss? Why?
Which things wouldn’t you miss? Why?
Would you like to be rescued? Why? Why not?

Picture 7 (Pre-Intermediate)

Are you stressed?
Do you feel you are working under pressure?
Do you frequently get angry?
What makes you angry?
How do you react to stress? Do you feel tired during the day? Can you sleep well at night?
What do you do to relax?
What sorts of things worry you?
What is the most stressful job you can think of?
What is the least stressful job you can think of?

Picture 6 (Pre-intermediate)

 
 
Photos by: Campin' Guy , spike55151 , BlakJakDavy and petite...

Describe the pictures
Are you superstitious? Why? Why not?
Can you mention any common superstitions?
Do you have any objects that you think bring you good luck?
Do you have a lucky number or a lucky colour? Why are they lucky?
Are you a lucky or an unlucky person? Why?