A brief history of the British Empire

FCE Reading Test

This is an old Reading Test from the FCE exam.

It is a good reading practice for Selectividad and for those of you who would like to take the FCE exam. 

You should be able to do these 3 parts in just one hour. Good luck!

Part 1: Multiple Choice

Part 2: Gapped Text

Part 3: Multiple Matching

Saint Valentine's Day

Saint Valentine's Day is coming soon. Would you like to know the origins of this day?

Now do this quiz and check that you understood the video.

Reported Speech

A few exercises to prepare yourself for the 2nd term exam:

Exercise 1. Reported Speech. Simple Statements. 
Exercise 2. Reported Speech. Statements with expressions of time.
Exercise 3. Reported Questions.
Exercise 4. Reported questions with expressions of time.
Exercise 5. Reported commands. Affirmative sentences.
Exercise 6. Reported commands. Negations.
Exercise 7. Mixed exercise on reported speech 1
Exercise 8. Mixed exercise on reported speech 2 

Charles Dickens' 200th anniversary

Today marks the 200th anniversary of the birth of the writer Charles Dickens, one of English literature's most revered novelists and author of books such as "Oliver Twist", "Great Expectations" and "A Tale of Two Cities".

Would you like to know a little bit more about his life? Read this article and watch this video:

How much do you know about Charles Dickens' novels?
Can you match the title of each novel with the summary of its plot?
Click here to download the activity.

Then, play this game.
Can you survive Charles Dickens' London?