Halloween Pumpkin Contest

Halloween is coming!

Do you like the pumpkin lanterns lit during Halloween? If you like them, you can pick up your knife and choose to take part in the pumpkin carving contest and make your Halloween different! Transform your pumpkin into a spooky Halloween Jack 'O Lantern next Wednesday 26^th or Thursday 27th.

Trust your inspiration and create fantastic pumpkins to win a creepy prize!

Let’s prepare to celebrate Halloween together!

Good luck and we’re all looking forward to seeing your pumpkins!

Contestants: Basic Level 1 & 2

The Sounds of English 1 (vowels)

This is a short vowel sound. Just relax your mouth to make this sound. It's a common sound and the most frequent sound in English and it's called schwa. Watch the video and practice the pronunciation of this sound. You can also download a poster with examples. Click here.

Many different spellings. Examples: teacher, umbrella, America, famous, second, ago.
It is always unstressed.

This is a short vowel sound. Watch the video and practice the pronunciation of this sound. You can also download a poster with examples. Click here.

Usual spelling 'a'. Examples: cat, thanks, flat, black, Japan, have, stamp.

Source: BBC Learning English.

Where are you from?

Watch the video and practice.



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Countries and nationalities

AudioEnglish.net is a website to improve your pronunciation. Click here.

Funetics

Pronunciation tips (BBC). Click here and watch the video

The sounds of English (BBC). Click here and listen to the sounds of English

Symbols, sounds and words. Click here

Exercises & Games for Pronunciation. Click here

Have fun!

Numbers 1-12

Watch this psychadelic cartoon video featuring The Beatles, from the kids TV show "Sesame Street"

Numbers 0-10

Learn English numbers 0 to 10

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Introducing people

This is a beginner clip on introducing yourself and introducing other people.

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Phonics Song

Watch the video and practise the phonics song.

THE ALPHABET

(PHONICS SONG)

A is for APPLE

B is for BALL

C is for CAT

D is for DOG

E is for ELEPHANT

F is for FISH

G is for GORILLA

H is for HAT

I is for IGLOO

J is for JUICE

K is for KANGAROO

L is for LION

M is for MONKEY

N is for NO

O is for OCTOPUS

P is for PIG

Q is for QUESTION

R is for RING

S is for SUN

T is for TRAIN

U is for UMBRELLA

V is for VAN

W is for WATCH

X is for BOX

Y is for YELLOW

Z is for ZOO

So many things for you to learn about.
So many ways to sing your song.

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ABCs Typical Song

Watch the video and practise the ABCs song.

THE ALPHABET SONG

A B C D E F G

H I J K L M N O P

Q R S

T U V

W X Y Z

Now I know my ABCs

Next time won’t you sing with me.

A B C D E F G

H I J K L M N O P

Q R S

T U V

W X Y Z

Now I know my ABCs

Tell me what you think of me.

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