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English quizzes and games about autumn weather, harvest festivals and holidays, activities and events - includes online reading, writing and listening lessons, quizzes, puzzles, songs, printable worksheets and teaching resources. Suitable for classroom use or self study.

An intermediate listening lesson for English language learners and IELTS students about the famous singer Michael Jackson. Practise your listening skills by watching a video about Michael Jackson's life and music, and completing a multiple choice online quiz.

Learn about Bastille Day, France's national day celebrated on The 14th of July. Part of a free online lesson for English language learners about using the high frequency prepositions of time and place in, on and at.

Free online games, quizzes and printables for adult English language learners and kids about tennis and popular tennis tournaments and events such as the French Open and the Wimbledon Tennis Championship. Browse our site for many more free quizzes and activities for English learners at all levels.

Read about the Muslim festival of Ramadan. A simple online reading activity, for adult English language students and young learners. Part of a free series of online English lessons about world culture, festivals, and celebrations. Browse the menus on our site for for more English quizzes and hundreds of other free online activities, quizzes and games, worksheets, and TEFL teaching resources.

An intermediate listening lesson for English language learners and IELTS students about the famous singer Michael Jackson. Practise your listening skills by watching a video about Michael Jackson's life and music, and completing a multiple choice online quiz.

A very simple English reading activity about Mothering Sunday for adult English students and young learners. Read a short text and complete a follow-on quiz. Includes audio. Part of a series of free online lessons for teaching and learning about festivals, holidays and special days.

A lesson about Friday the 13th superstitions for English language learners, with example sentences, reading, listening and writing activities, and a follow-up quiz on the song Superstition, by Stevie Wonder. Browse our site for many more free online English word games, vocabulary quizzes, lesson activities and worksheets for learners at all levels of English, and free lesson resources for ELT and literacy tutors.

A multiple choice reading skills test about water economics for Upper Intermediate and advanced English language learners and IELTS students. Scan an infographic to find the answers to a series of challenging questions. Part of a comprehensive collection of quizzes and activities for IELTS students and other English learners at all levels of English.

An easy English graded reader about Saint Patrick's Day, for adult ESOL learners and elementary English students. Practise your reading skills, and learn about how Irish people celebrate Saint Patrick's Day in different countries around the world.

An intergrated skills lesson about the month of September for adult English language students and young learners, with vocabulary, grammar, reading and writing activities and conversation questions. Practise using prepositions of time, including in/on/at, to talk about things that happen in the month of September.

A reading and vocabulary lesson for English language students about The Notting Hill Carnival, a popular London event which is held in the United Kingdom every year over the August bank holiday weekend. Learn about London's famous multicultural Notting Hill Carnival and complete a multiple choice quiz to test how much you have understood. Part of a free series of online lessons for English students about Life in the UK and British people, places and events.

A lesson about Friday the 13th superstitions for English language learners, with example sentences, reading, listening and writing activities, and a follow-up quiz on the song Superstition, by Stevie Wonder. Browse our site for many more free online English word games, vocabulary quizzes, lesson activities and worksheets for learners at all levels of English, and free lesson resources for ELT and literacy tutors.

English quizzes and games about summer weather, holidays, clothing and activities. Includes online reading, writing and listening exercises, word games and puzzles, vocabulary lessons and quizzes, and printable worksheets. Suitable for classroom use or self study. Part of a comprehensive free collection of resources designed for teaching and learning English at all levels.

An Upper Intermediate English listening quiz about the history of the City of London. Watch a short video, and then complete a multiple choice quiz to test how much you have understood. Suitable for classroom use or self-study. Learn about life in the UK and improve your English with free lessons about life in the United Kingdom.

Online lessons and games for Ramadan - listening, reading, vocabulary, gap fills and printables. Learn English words related to Ramadan and practise your English with free online tests and activities. Browse our site for 100's more free English exercises for English learners at all levels and lesson resources for ELT.

Intermediate English Reading Comprehension Exercise about the British Film and Television Awards, which take place in February each year. A free online English reading activity for English language learners and IELTS students. Practise scanning for information by reading a text about the BAFTA awards.

A simple English reading activity for adult English students and young learners. Read an easy version of the story of St George and The Dragon. Browse our site for many more quizzes and activities on festivals and celebrations, free teaching resources and free online English courses for classroom use or self-study.

A reading and vocabulary lesson about April Fool's Day, a light-hearted tradition which involves playing tricks on people. Read about April Fool's Day, learn the difference between the words fun and funny, and guess if some newspaper headlines about April Fool's pranks are true or false. Part of a free series of online lessons about British life and culture designed to help people practise their English and prepare for the Life in the UK Citizenship test.

English exercises about Mother's Day, for adult English students and young learners at all levels of English. Activities include crosswords, word search puzzles, vocabulary activities, and printables. Suitable for classroom use or self-study at home. Browse our site menus for many more free online activities for English students and time saving classroom resources for busy teachers.