Categoria: A2

An Email to the Wedding Planner – English Reading Comprehension

Hey guys, it’s time to play!

Oggi nel nostro blog vi proponiamo una breve comprensione del testo.
L’argomento? L’organizzazione del matrimonio!

Prendetevi il vostro tempo per leggere il seguente testo, un’e-mail scritta da Candace, la futura sposa, ad Anna, la sua wedding planner. Successivamente provate a svolgere i tre esercizi che abbiamo preparato per voi.

An Email to the Wedding Planner:

“Good Morning Anna,

How are you today? I hope you are well!
I want to organize a meeting on Thursday, July 15. What time is good for you? Do you want to meet in the morning or the afternoon?
I want to talk about a couple of things. Firstly, I want to talk about the type of flowers for my bouquet. I think orange lilies, red roses, and sunflowers look beautiful together. Do you think that’s a good idea?
Secondly, I want to talk about the drinks. The drinks for cocktail hour are prosecco, Campari spritz, dry martini, and Cuba libre. Then, I think white wine is a good choice because I want to serve fish for dinner. What do you think?
Please let me know as soon as you can!

Best Regards,

Candace”

Wedding planner | Fill in the Blank

Complete the sentences with the right word.

Wedding planner | Definition Match

Match the words with their definitions.

Wedding planner exercise

Choose the correct answer.

 

Learn English with Your Kids! – The Very Hungry Caterpillar by Eric Carle

Two of the most highly requested areas in English language learning are English for preschoolers (ages 3 – 5) and Business English. Although these areas can seem like polar opposites, they don’t have to be! It often occurs that adults spending all of their time concentrating on Business English miss out on the foundational words and phrases that play an integral part in speaking the language – words which appear frequently in the English directed towards very young learners.

So, in order to help you improve your foundations of English, here are some activities you can do with your children to not only help you to improve your English basics, but also help you to begin introducing English to your young learner.

The Very Hungry Caterpillar

You can find the book here. 

Read the book or listen to the video, then complete the quizzes with your preschooler!

 

The Very Hungry Caterpillar | Fill in the Blank

Fill in the blank with the Past Simple form of the verb in brackets.

The Very Hungry Caterpillar | Match I

Match the fruit with its color.

The Very Hungry Caterpillar | Put in the Right Order

Put the days of the week in the correct order.

The Very Hungry Caterpillar | Definition Match

Match the words with their definition.

The Very Hungry Caterpillar | Match II

Match each word with its opposite.

 

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Present Continuous Future

Most of the time, we use the present continuous to talk about actions that are happening at the time of speaking. However, it is also extremely common to use it to talk about the future. Not everything in the future, though!

We use the present continuous to explain things that are pre-planned.

Because we also use this tense to speak in the present, it is necessary to add a time reference when speaking in the future.

For example:

I’m taking the train (right now)
I’m taking the train next week (in the future)

We can also use them in the same sentence to refer to different times!

For example:

Kelly is attending a course right now and later she’s going to the cinema, so she won’t be free all day.

As you may know, we can also use ‘going to + infinitive’ instead of the present continuous to speak in the future tense.

For example:

Next week I’m visiting my parents
Next week I’m going to visit my parents

They mean the same thing!

The structure of the present continuous is relatively simple; we take the verb ‘to be’ (am/are/is) + verb + -ing.

To form the negative, we just add the word ‘not’ before the verb.

For example:

I’m going to the restaurant tonight/I’m not going to the restaurant tonight

As always in English, the question form is a little bit trickier. The verb ‘to be’ goes at the start of the sentence…

For example:

Are you joining us at the gym tonight?
Is she coming to the party on Saturday?

As mentioned, the present continuous future is only used for planned events, or something you’re about to start doing (I’m going to bed, I’m going for a shower), so it would be impossible to use it with things you can’t predict.

For example:

It’s raining next month
My arm is hurting tomorrow

Unless you can control the weather or you plan on walking into a wall, of course!

So now you’ve learnt about the present continuous future, why not take our quiz and see how much you remember..?

Present Continuous Future Exercise

Complete the sentences with the correct form of the verb in brackets.