Week 2 (cont): Grammar exercises

My grammar exercises

Scores: 9/10, 12/15

MODAL VERBS

Intermediate Level

Can, Could, May and Might

Use one of the modal verbs in brackets to fill each gap. 

1	They (can/might)________________ be away for the weekend but I'm not sure.
2	You (may/might)________________ leave now if you wish.
3	(Could/May)________________ you open the window a bit, please?
4	He (can/could)________________ be from Poznan, judging by his accent.
5	(May/Can)________________ you swim?
6	Listen, please. You (may not/might not)________________ speak during this exam.
7	They (can't/may not)________________ still be out!
8	You (couldn't/might not)________________ smoke on the bus.
9	With luck, tomorrow (can/could)________________ be a cooler day.
10	Advanced Level Choose the correct MODAL: are, can, could, do, does, has, have, must, should, would "UNDERGROUND MUSIC" -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Waiting for the Metro in Paris is a lot more pleasant nowadays, thanks to a project orchestrated by transit officials. As Jim Bittermann reports, it brings a whole new concept to the term "underground music." It may be rush hour in the Paris underground, but these days down here there are good reasons to slow down a little when commuting is more than just getting from A to B, when the transit #1________________ be too rapid. Increasingly, the underground tunnels Parisians know as the Metro echo with music worth being late for. That wasn't, and even today, isn't always the case. There's never a shortage of those risking starvation by attempting to sing for their supper, and there's always someone to appreciate an artist struggling. In the past, without much success, authorities periodically #2________________ tried to eject the would-be musicians who inflict themselves on the travelling public. But with their numbers continually growing, the situation seemed to be getting out of hand. Transit officials came to the conclusion that if they #3________________ not beat the musicians at their game, perhaps they #4________________ perhaps join them, or at least organize it a little better. So just over a year ago, they set up auditions to select the 300-or-so performers who #5________________ become the official underground musicians of Paris. And it is now an ongoing process. Every six months, all the officially sanctioned musicians, minus those who #6_______________ found real work and plus those looking for a underground gig, #7________________ appear at a Metro audition. Antione Nazo, a one-time guitar plucker himself, video tapes them all for approval by a music committee. "We #8________________ not have the pretension that we #9________________ selecting music virtuosos," Nazo says. "We just put ourselves in the shoes of the riders. We want good quality music, not too aggressive, and as diversified as possible." Diversification #10________________ never been a problem in Paris. A city which, as a current exhibition on street musicians plainly illustrates, has more than two centuries of encouraging the artists who work its boulevard. For those selected to be the Metro's officially sanctioned performers, there's a badge which ensures they #11________________ work uninterrupted by transit authority police, and which often guarantees as well a good well travelled spot in a busy metro station, which some musicians, when the mood of the travelling public is right, #12________________ mean as much as 600 euros a day in income. Of course, that #13________________ not happen every day to everyone. But many down here are not looking for a fortune. Paul Suzan said that "the people who play here play because they first of all, they love the music. But it keeps you in shape and gives you some pocket money". After a year in operation, Metro authorities believe their official musicians #14________________ raised the quality of underground performances and the mood of the travelling public, and prove that there's more than one way an underground #15________________ move people. ANSWERS 1: can     2: have     3: could     4: should     5: would     6: have     7: must     8: *do     9: are 10: has     11: can    12: can     13: does    14: have    15: can

Week 2: Grammar

 This week I started grammar practice from 
 http://www.world-english.org/diagnostic_grammar_1.htm

First of all, I took the test to check my basic grammar skills.

Here was my score

Section one : 16/20

Section two: 16/20

Section three: 7/10

Diagnostic Grammar Test - Section One 
The purpose of this English Language test is to enable you to spot your weak points as well as your strong points and remedy or practise any language points, where necessary. At the end of each test section you can total your score and get feedback. 

There are 50 questions in 3 sections.  Choose the correct answer from the drop down boxes or fill in the gaps. 
 
Section 1:

1. The sun........... in the East.
2. In Siberia............. cold all the time.
3. The British often talk about............ because it's so changeable.
4. English people carry umbrellas..... .... them dry.
5. In the monsoon season........... almost every day.
6. In the Gobi desert there isn't grass.
7. Places near the Equator have climate all year round.
8. In Northern Europe season is usually............... from December to February.
9. ............people don't have the opportunity to live outside their own country.
10. Very people can study abroad.
11. Hong Kong............ to China in 1997.
12. After  she............. the "Miss Universe" title she got a lot of lucrative offers.
13. Madonna's agent change her name at the start of her career.
14. If the world............. on 1st January 2000, some people wouldn't have been surprised.
15. Warsaw is famous as the capital of Poland and as a tourist destination.
16. He is becoming well known.......... the world.
17. Many  people............ that Nigel Kennedy is England's greatest violinist.
18. Getting to be the greatest violinist the world is not easy.
19. Like any top musician, he practice long and hard.
20. Even though Lady Diana is dead, people  remember her as a 'fairytale princess'.

Diagnostic English Grammar Test - Section 2 
The purpose of this English Language test is to enable you to spot your weak points as well as your strong points and remedy or practice where necessary. At the end of each test section you can total your score and get feedback. 
This test has 3 sections. Choose the correct answer from the drop down boxes or fill in the gaps. 
Section 2:
Put a suitable word into each box.  You may use negative abbreviations (hadn't, didn't, wouldn't etc)
There are 20 gapfill questions.
 

1. New Territories lie mainly on the Chinese coast north of Kowloon but
2. includes few outlying islands.
3. Before  acquiring the New Territories 1898, the British had tried to gain part of mainland
4. China but they succeeded.  They wanted to create a 'buffer zone' 
5.   Hong Kong island and China, but they were also worried about other colonial
6. powers, such   Japan and Russia, expanding into China.   
7. Hong Kong began developing in the early twentieth   
8. and    the 1950s, successive administrations have
9. succeeded   establishing planned communities, industrial zones and port facilities.
10.  A new airport     opened at  Chek Lap Kok in 1998
11. and connecting road and rail links   recently been completed.
12.     There are still nearly 2000 hectares of farmland ,   are mainly
13. used   chicken, duck  and egg production  and for growing
14. vegetables and flowers.  A new container terminal   planned for Lantau
15. Island; it  will connect    a river port to transport containers to Guangzhou by ship.
16. The Chinese University, founded in 1963, is   in Sha Tin, as is the racecourse.
17.     The New    have a population of around 3 million, nearly 50% of the total  of
18. Hong Kong, living in   land area of about 950 sq. km.
19. The  British    came in the 19th century  could hardly have imagined
20. such   high density of people a century later.
21. 
    

Diagnostic Grammar Test  - Section Three
The purpose of this test is to enable you to spot your weak points as well as your strong points in English. You can then use what you learn about your English from doing this test to remedy or practice where necessary. At the end of each test section you can total your score and get feedback. 
This is the third of three parts. Choose the correct answer from the drop down boxes or fill in the gaps. 

1. By 2008 there have been satellites in space for 50 years.
2. Hairdressers recommend that you  your hair cut every 6 weeks or so.
3. If North and South Korea reunited, it will be...
4. ...the first time families  able to communicate freely since the 1950s.
5.   the rain, the Handover of Hong Kong  from Britain to China...
6.                                                                                                 ...in 1997   went without a hitch.
7. Millions of people watched Chris Patten and Jiang Xemin their speeches.
8. The scene around the world .
9. I was in Holland at the time, but I wish I here to see it in person.
10. You didn't see it yourself,

Week 1 (cont): Vocabulary

Here’s the other website for my vocabulary skill:   

www.bbc.co.uk/worldservice/learningenglish

Here's my scores:

Space shuttle's final mission: 3/5

First child of an infant nation: 4/5

Hong Kong's hive of business: 4/5

Space shuttle's final mission

The US space shuttle Atlantis will blast off for the last time on Friday 8 July ending NASA's 30-year programme.
Four crew members will be dropping off a year's worth of supplies at the International Space Station. They'll be in orbit for 12-days and travel 6.5 million kilometres during the sortie.
In total, 355 astronauts will have flown on the shuttle since the inaugural mission in 1981.
_______________________________________
blast off: launch, take off like a rocket
dropping off: delivering
in orbit: in a position in space, travelling around the earth
sortie: mission
inaugural: the first in a series of important events or activities

Exercise

Use one of the words or phrases below to complete each of these sentences from a BBC news report.

Note that you may have to change the form of a word to complete the sentence correctly.

blast off / dropping off / in orbit / sortie / inaugural

1.

Their work will ensure the good "housekeeping" of the satellites, including the maintenance and correct positioning of the spacecraft __________ .

2.

Speaking at an event in Dakar, Senegal, Luc Gnacadja - a UN desertification expert - said the ___________ Africa Drylands Week had ended with a very simple, yet stark, message.

3.

Mr Tito ___________ on 28 April 2001, but only after a struggle to get anyone to take him - the US space agency Nasa refused on the grounds that he was not a trained astronaut, so it was the Russians who facilitated the trip.

4.

A recycling barn will also be set up for festival goers to _______ cans, bottles and packaging.

5.

Nato says it has carried out over six thousand __________ over Libya since the bombing campaign began nearly two months ago.

First child of an infant nation

First the birth of a nation and then the arrival of its first citizen. The weekend saw South Sudan usher in independence after decades of civil war. As revellers were marking the newborn country's secession from the north, Josephine Alphanes gave birth to her son, who she named Independence. Nurses and midwives joined in the celebrations.

usher in

begin something new, welcome a new situation

revellers

people celebrating and having fun in a noisy way

secession

the political separation and independence of one part of a country

gave birth to

had a baby, was the creator of

midwives

medical staff who help women through the process of childbirth

Exercise

Use one of the words or phrases below to complete each of these sentences from a BBC news report. Note that you may have to change the form of a word to complete the sentence correctly.

usher in / revellers / secession / gave birth to / midwives

1.

Beyonce and Coldplay are among the acts taking to the stage at day two of Scotland's largest music festival. Organisers expect about 85,000 ______________ a day at T in the Park at Balado, near Kinross.

2.

The Democratic League of Kosovo and the Alliance for the Future of Kosovo boycotted February's vote. They cited Mr Pacolli's history of ties to Russia, which opposed Kosovo's 2008 ______________ from Serbia.

3.

A hospital maternity unit in County Durham is to temporarily shut because of a shortage of ______________.

4.

It may take protesters and reformers years to achieve their aims, and even when free and fair elections do take place, there is no guarantee they will automatically _____________ better government.

5.

Kate Hudson has _________________ a boy with fiancé and Muse frontman Matt Bellamy.

Hong Kong's hive of business

It may be a concrete jungle but Hong Kong has more similarities with the great outdoors than you might think. 14 storeys up a skyscraper, you can find one of the 11 urban beehives around the city. Like many conurbations, Hong Kong has enough flora for bees to pollinate and harvest nectar from. Following Chinese tradition beekeepers in Hong Kong don't wear any protective gear.

concrete jungle

a phrase to describe a city with many large buildings and skyscrapers and few green areas

storeys

different levels of a building

beehives

structures where bees live together

conurbations

large urban areas where different towns have grown and joined together

to pollinate

to enable plants to produce seeds and therefore reproduce. Pollination happens when bees, other insects or the wind carry pollen from one plant to another.

Exercise

Use one of the words or phrases below to complete each of these sentences from a BBC news report. Note that you may have to change the form of a word to complete the sentence correctly.

concrete jungle / storeys / beehives / conurbations / to pollinate

1.
The biggest city close to the epicentre is Concepcion, which forms part of the second largest ______________________ in the country with a population of about one million.

2.
The Magnolia genus is an ancient group of more than 100 plants, and is considered to be among the first flowering plants to have evolved.
Their arrival on the planet pre-dated the emergence of bees, so the early species of magnolia were believed to have been __________________ by beetles.

3.
A toddler who fell 10 ________________ and survived after being caught by a passer-by has been making headlines around the world. But what is the best way to catch a falling child?

4.
In popular culture, New York is the city that never sleeps, the ____________________ in which dreams are made, a place to walk on the wild side.

5.
A Toronto museum is investigating the sudden death of thousands of bees in a glass-enclosed ___________________ exhibit.

 

Week 1 : Vocabulary

I started my first practicing for vocabulary skills from http://www.englishpage.com.

Here's my scores after testing:

Unique personalities : 80%

Higher education: 92%

Changing job: 100%

Entertaining Film: 86%

Unique Personalities  

A. = Adjective   ADV. = Adverb   IDM. = Idiom   N. = Noun   V. = Verb
cynical	A. seeing little or no good in other people, believing that people do good things for bad reasons
eccentric	A. having strange, unusual or abnormal habits or tastes This term is less insulting than strange, weird or bizarre.
egotistical	A. thinking too highly of oneself, considering oneself better than others
imaginative	A. creative, having much imagination
indecisive	A. unable to decide quickly, not knowing what choice to make
picky	A. hard to please, too careful in choosing something
sensible	A. practical, reasonable, something that makes sense
sensitive	A. easily feels emotion, easily hurt emotionally can be positive or negative
sophisticated	A. representing high culture, very experienced in life
thoughtful	A. often doing things to make other people feel good

Exercise

Fill in all the gaps using the new vocabulary, then click the "Check" button to check your answers.

   cynical      eccentric      egotistical      imaginative      indecisive      picky      sensible      sensitive      sophisticated      thoughtful   

Robin: Did you meet that guy, Richard, at the party last night?


Michele: Oh my God, he was so . He kept talking about how intelligent he was and how much money he made. He even said he was thinking about becoming a professional model. Like that's ever going to happen!


Robin: And Brad, the artist from New York, he was rather ! He told me he sculpts and paints nothing but frogs. He even said he wanted to introduce a new line of frog jewelry. That's a little odd.


Michele: He wasn't strange at all. I thought he was very . You have to be really creative to become such a successful artist. He was also incredibly - he almost started crying as he told me about his art. By the way, look at the ring he gave me.


Robin: He gave you a frog ring? That's the ugliest thing I've ever seen!


Michele: It is not! I think it's really . He said his jewelry is the latest trend among the New York elite. Wasn't that of him to give me one of his creations?


Robin: Not really, I think he just wanted some free advertising.


Michele: My God, you are so ! Wasn't there anybody you liked at the party?


Robin: Yeah, Bill was really nice. He was the only , clear-thinking person I met there.


Michele: Oh, the waitress is coming. Have you decided what to order?


Robin: I'm not sure what to order. I just can't decide what I want.


Michele: You're so . Nothing is ever good enough for you.


Robin: That's not true! I'm just a little .


Michele: Well, you need to decide soon so we can order. I'm starving!

 

Higher Education

A. = Adjective   ADV. = Adverb   IDM. = Idiom   N. = Noun   V. = Verb
apprenticeship	N. training in an art or a trade This word is also sometimes used to describe educational training programs, common in Europe and much of the world, in which young people learn their profession through on-the-job training in companies and organizations. Often this includes one or two days a week of in-class training. This kind of education is uncommon in the United States.
to be funded	V. to be paid for, to supply the money for
a degree	N. a title given by a university
facilities	N. services or conveniences
to major	V. to specialize in (a particular academic field)
a major	N. the main field of study in which a university student specializes
to minor	V. to have a secondary specialization in (a particular academic field)
a minor	N. the secondary field of study in which a student specializes
to stand for	V. to be the short form of, to represent, to mean
terminology	N. specialized words or expressions used in a particular field, activity, job, science, etc.
to transfer	V. 1) to change schools 2) to move from one place to another said of people or things
B.A.	N. Bachelor of Arts, an undergraduate degree in a humanities-related subject
B.S.	N. Bachelor of Science, an undergraduate degree in a science-related subject
master's	N. the graduate degree after a bachelor's and before a Ph.D. There are also different kinds of master's, including M.A. (Master of Arts), M.S. (Master of Science), M.B.A. (Master in Business Administration), etc.
Ph.D.	N. doctorate, highest graduate degree Although Ph.D. stands for Doctor of Philosophy, it is commonly used to refer to a doctorate in any field.

Exercises

Fill in all the gaps using the new vocabulary, then click the "Check" button to check your answers.

   apprenticeships      are funded      B.A.      B.S.      degree      facilities      majored      master's      minor      Ph.D.      stands for      terminology      transfer   

Lars: Tina, I'm trying to fill out this job application, and they want to know about my educational history. It's a little confusing because I don't understand the they are using. I don't really know much about the American educational system.


Tina: In America, all students basically study the same thing until they are around 18. After high school, students have the choice to start working or to go to college.


Lars: What is the difference between a college and a university?


Tina: In the U.S., there isn't a big difference between the two. Colleges tend to be smaller schools, and universities are usually larger schools with more ; however, we often use these words interchangeably.


Lars: Can Americans do to prepare themselves for their future careers? Many people do that kind of job training in my country.


Tina: That's not very common in the United States. Americans usually learn on the job; however, some junior colleges offer shorter, more practical career training programs.


Lars: What are junior colleges?


Tina: Colleges and universities in the United States are extremely expensive. Even schools which by the government can cost thousands of dollars a year. Most states have created junior colleges, which are inexpensive schools where students can complete the first two years of their education. Afterwards, students can to a four-year college or university to complete their bachelor's . And, as I mentioned, they also provide career training and continuing education courses.


Lars: What does mean? Is that the same thing as a bachelor's?


Tina: That Bachelor of Science. You also often hear the abbreviation , which is short for Bachelor of Arts. For example, I in chemistry, so I have a Bachelor of Science; but, my brother studied philosophy, so he has a Bachelor of Arts.


Lars: I thought you studied German literature.


Tina: That was my - my secondary field of study.


Lars: What about after you finish your bachelor's?


Tina: Students can continue studying and receive a , which usually requires an additional two years of study. And of course, the highest degree is called a , which is another word for doctorate.

Changing Jobs

A. = Adjective   ADV. = Adverb   IDM. = Idiom   N. = Noun   V. = Verb
to be bought out	V. to be purchased, taken over by another company
to be laid off	V. to lose your job because the company wants to reduce the number of employees
competitive	A. 1) liking competition, always competing with other people used to describe personalities 2) having intense competition used to describe markets, industries or businesses
dedicated	A. 1) very loyal 2) working hard for a person, company or idea
to downsize	V. to reduce the number of employees in a company in order to lower costs
to get rid of	V. to throw away, remove, eliminate something or someone
outdated	A. too old, antiquated
to retrain	V. to reeducate someone for a job, train again
to streamline	V. 1) to form into a smooth shape which can easily move through air or water 2) to improve the performance of something 3) to simplify a process
to update	V. to make more modern
an update	N. the latest information or news

Vocabulary in Conversation

Fill in all the gaps using the new vocabulary, then click the "Check" button to check your answers.

   competitive      dedicated      downsize      get rid of      outdated      retrain      streamline      update      was bought out      was laid off   

Barbara: Did you hear Lars lost his job?

Tim: Really? He has been working for that advertising agency for almost five years. He was such a employee - I can't believe he was fired!

Barbara: He wasn't fired, he . Terra Advertising by some Internet marketing firm from the East Coast.

Tim: That's terrible! Why didn't the new company keep him? I'm sure they could use someone with his skills.

Barbara: Lars said the new company needs to .

Tim: Why?

Barbara: They need to reduce the number of employees they have if they want to remain .

Tim: Why did they Lars? He's great at what he does.

Barbara: They hired a specialist to come in and help the company. Lars is creative and very respected in the advertising industry, but his skills have become . He can't use a computer and he doesn't know anything about the Internet. He is no help to an Internet marketing firm.

Tim: He needs to go back to school and . The career center downtown offers free classes to people who need to their skills and training.

Barbara: You should suggest that to him.

Entertaining Films

A. = Adjective   ADV. = Adverb   IDM. = Idiom   N. = Noun   V. = Verb
alternative	A. something which is done in a different way, not done in the normal way In the U.S., alternative films are usually artistic films or foreign language films.
artsy	A. extremely artistic, overly artistic, too artistic This often suggests that someone tried too hard to make something artistic.
entertaining	A. something which entertains; amusing and interesting
hilarious	A. something which is very funny; something which makes you laugh
intense	A. 1) containing strong emotions or feelings 2) extreme An intense film is one which emotionally drains you or makes you tired. Intense is not necessarily negative, it just means that a movie is not light or relaxing.
light	A. relaxing, amusing, not too intense This is the opposite of "intense."
mainstream	A. something which is usual, or commonly done Mainstream films are those which are usually high-budget, popular, and made for entertainment. "Mainstream" is the opposite of "alternative."
superficial	A. 1) not deep or profound; lacking real content 2) only on the surface
suspenseful	A. something which makes you keep guessing or makes you question how something will end
thought-provoking	A. something which makes you think used to describe many different things, such as movies, books, conversations, ideas, issues, etc.

Vocabulary in Conversation

Fill in all the gaps using the new vocabulary, then click the "Check" button to check your answers.

   alternative      artsy      entertaining      hilarious      intense      light      mainstream      superficial      suspenseful      thought-provoking   

Christine: What did you think of the movie? Did you like it?

Sarah: Not really, it was a little too for me. It seemed like the director was trying so hard to impress us with strange close-ups and avant-garde dialogue that he forgot to include a story. I thought it was really boring.

Christine: I thought the movie was really . I love it when a movie makes you think. It's a nice change from the dialogue and two-dimensional characters you usually see in films these days.

Sarah: I don't really care for films. They are so dark and depressing. The characters are always so . Why does a movie have to be sad to be deep?

Christine: Yeah, I know what you mean, but cinema is nothing but gunfights and exploding cars. I get so sick of movies like that. I prefer movies with substance.

Sarah: But sometimes, you don't want to think; sometimes, you just want a movie. Like that comedy with Billy Crystal - that was so . I laughed so hard that I cried.

Christine: Movies have to be more than to me.

Sarah: Did you see that new mystery movie with Nicole Kidman that came out last month? That was so . I was on the edge of my seat the whole time.

Christine: I loved that movie. The plot was great, and the acting was incredible. I wouldn't be surprised if it were nominated for an Academy Award.

Sarah: Well, at least we agree on something. I guess we'll have to stick to mysteries in the future.

My Self Study Plan

 English skills that I want to improve are:
1) Grammar + Writing
2) Vocabulary + Reading




Here are the website I plan to use for my study

Websites	Skills to improve
www.usingenglish.com	Grammar
www.towson.edu/ons	Grammar, writing
www.bbc.co.uk/worldservice/learningenglish	Grammar, vocabulary, reading
www.uefap.com	Writing
www.englishpage.com	Vocabulary

Plan to do practicing in each week

Week 1:  Vocabulary
Week 2:  Grammar
Week 3:  Grammar
Week 4:  Reading
Week 5:  Grammar
Week 6:  Writing
Week 7:  Grammar
Week 8:  Writing
Week 9:  Vocabulary



My goal for taking this course 
 
- To improve and develop my English skills through the use of various modern media i.e. Internet, audio-visual recording.
- To learn how to produce materials i.e. video clips, for presentation
- To create my web blog/pages.

My favourite English website

EVAEASTON.COM: my favourite English website

Learning how to pronounce English language like a native speaker is very hard, but not impossible! The more you well pronounce, the more understanding between other people and you.

When you first try listening to your chosen language, you'll understand only a little or nothing at all, other than perhaps the names of people and places and the odd word, unless you're learning a language closely related to your mother tongue. You may even find it difficult to believe that what you're listening to is a real language that people are able to converse in. However if you continue to listen to your second language as much as possible, you will gradually become familiar with the sounds and rhythms of the language and start to be able to pick out words and phrases. Eventually you'll be able to understand most if not all of what you hear in your second language.

Before you start trying to speak a foreign language, spend some time tuning your ears to its sounds and rhythms. You can do this by listening to the language as much as possible via the radio, TV, movies, and online web sites, soft wares via internet connection. There are online web sites and soft wares in a wide variety of languages. One of them I can advise is

                       www.evaeaston.com

on learning how to pronounce foreign languages and on improving your listening comprehension.

EVA EASTON Authentic American Pronunciation is one of the online English courses offered by the Eva L.Easton’s website at E.L. Easton Materials for Teaching and Learning, which is rich and even entertaining for students and teachers alike. Eva L. Easton herself is an ESL teacher of speech & pronunciation at Bergen Community College in Paramus, New Jersey, US. Offering many audio recordings, the online pronunciation course is designed for tutoring students in aspects of English pronunciation starting from phonemes to stress patterns. Some songs, rhymes and tongue twisters based upon the phonemes, and readings of stories are also provided. The online pronunciation course, in addition, offers pronunciations of the aplhabet, articles "an", "article", "the", calendar, forms of address, homophones, numbers, irregular verbs, suffixes and some other words thought to be difficult for learners to pronounce, also some features of connected speech such as linking and reduction and expressions of greetings and responses. These materials devoted to pronunciation consist of the materials that Eva L. Easton has created for her own speech and pronunciation classes.



There are three main links and several other links relating with listening and pronunciation. These three links are Consonant Sounds, Vowel Sounds, and Teaching Pronunciation. The others are:

The Alphabet
Answering Machine Message
Article "a(n)"
Article "the"
Article "the" in Country names
Calendar
Conditional
Contractions
Dessert, desert, to desert
Education Vocabulary
Forms of Address
Greetings and Response
Homophones
Interested/Interesting
Irregular verbs
Lie-Lay
Linking
Make-Do
Months of the Year
Numbers
Quizzes
Readings
Reduction
Say-Tell


The Advantages of this website:
- Has a completely free version, no need to subscribe
- Very easy to use
- Have a change of seeing and listening many audible activities
- Can learn the sounds which are the first steps of correct pronunciation
- You can test yourself on pronunciation quizzes

Evaeaston on Youtube

The best point of this website is that you can learn it from youtube
for Example