Hello and welcome to Learn English with Chris. This blog has been created in order to structure all the activities to be carried out during my English classes. I hope you will find it very interesting and useful, and why not? Enjoy me!

jueves, 24 de febrero de 2011

Love Letters

Yvonne and Rob talk about love letters and a new exhibition in London all about soldiers and their sweethearts.

This week's question:

In which year was The Royal Mail – Britain's postal service – founded?

a) 1516

b) 1710 or

c) 1780

Listen out for the answer at the end of the programme!

martes, 11 de enero de 2011

Drinking Tea in the UK


Yvonne and Alice talk about how tea became a very popular drink in the UK and and we hear how many cups of tea British people drink every day.

This week's question:

Some people say Britain is a nation of tea drinkers. According to the UK Tea Council, how many cups of tea are drunk by the British everyday? Is it:

a) 12,000

b) 120,000

c) 120,000,000

Listen out for the answer in the programme.

jueves, 16 de diciembre de 2010

Cockney Rhyming Slang


Today we are going to learn something about Cockney, which is a type of English spoken in London. It is very funny, and I hope you will enjoy it!