Kids love animals which is why it is a great way to get them excited about English, here are five useful links to get them started.
Here is an interactive board game the whole family can play. The chips and the dice move. For more advanced learners you can take this game further by asking them whether or not they like the animal they have landed on and get them to make the sound.
There are many little things you could do at home to help your children learn animal vocabulary in English. Why not take a trip to the zoo and ask them how many animals they can name. Ask them to describe their favourite animal in English or their pets if they have any. Hearing parents speak English will also give them a little boost of confidence in trying out the language.
We all know how difficult it is to practice using conjunctions despite trying our best! Luckily, we created this fantastic exercise to help you!
This grammar exercise focuses on a few important conjunctions that may be difficult to understand and even harder to practice outside the classroom. Keep in mind the conjunctions ‘despite/in spite of’ and ‘although’ show a contrast, but ‘luckily’ and ‘unfortunately’ show an opinion.
Beware of the construction of ‘although’ and ‘despite/in spite of’
Although + subject + verb
Although she is young, she is very independent.
Despite/in spite of + noun/pronoun OR verb + ing
Despite the bad weather, we enjoyed ourselves
In spite of being a millionaire, he lives in a very small flat
Try to fill in the gaps below using the proper conjunction – Luckily,… Unfortunately,… Despite/In spite of… Although…
Luckily, Unfortunately, Despite/In spite of, Although
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TikTok’s the target again. The FCC commissioner believes the app to be of concern to national security, but attempts to remove it from app stores have failed. TikTok TikTok goes the clock, perhaps the time is near.
Watch the video and then do the accompanying English language exercises on our website.
The news is a consistent source of entertainment, knowledge and discovery that never ceases to exist and always comes out with more and more material each day. Because it plays such a vital part in our lives and is so important to keep up with, it is without a doubt a piece of your everyday routine that can’t go ignored.
Whether it is to understand the ramifications of recent legislation passed, to hear about recent events and grasp the potential consequences to your country, or simply hear about what is happening in other countries in order to compare them to what’s happening in yours, the news is certainly a staple in our lives and the most consistent way to get information.
This is why Scrambled Eggs has decided to unite two of your biggest worlds: learning English and keeping up with what is happening in the world. We hope our challenging daily exercises, composed of listening, vocabulary and comprehension exercises in English, will satisfy both of those above worlds in a satisfactory and also entertaining way.
So enough about introductions, let’s get to today’s Learn English with the News topic:
FCC Calls on Apple and Google to Remove TikTok from App Stores | Definition Match
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ASSURED – ATTEMPT – BAN – COMPLY – REGULATE – BACKUP – PARENT COMPANY – RISK – MIGRATE – EXPRESS
The Federal Communications Commission (FCC) is asking Apple and Google to remove TikTok from their app stores. Their reason? National security concerns surrounding TikTok’s (parent company), ByteDance.
In a letter to the CEOs of Apple and Google, the FCC Commissioner described ByteDance as “required by law to (comply) with [Chinese government] surveillance demands.” The commissioner, citing a new report, said that ByteDance's Chinese staff accessed US TikTok users’ data on multiple occasions.
US officials have (expressed) concerns that Chinese government access to US users’ data or communications could put national security at (risk). The FCC plays no role in (regulating) internet-based services such as app stores. Previous (attempts) by the US government to (ban) TikTok from US app stores have been unsuccessful.
The same day as the report, TikTok announced that it had (migrated) its US user data to cloud servers in the United States. They also stated that they would eventually be deleting (backups) of its US user data from its own servers.
The FCC Commissioner responded that he was not (assured) by the announcement because “it says nothing about where that data can be accessed from.”
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FCC Calls on Apple and Google to Remove TikTok from App Stores | True or False
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US officials think TikTok is a national security concern.
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TikTok has not moved user data to the United States.
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User data is backed up on servers that can be accessed from anywhere.
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The FCC can control what is put into app stores.
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The Federal Communications Commission (FCC) is asking Apple and Google to remove TikTok from their app stores. Their reason? National security concerns surrounding TikTok’s parent company, ByteDance.
In a letter to the CEOs of Apple and Google, the FCC Commissioner described ByteDance as “required by law to comply with [Chinese government] surveillance demands.” The commissioner, citing a new report, said that ByteDance’s Chinese staff accessed US TikTok users’ data on multiple occasions.
US officials have expressed concerns that Chinese government access to US users’ data or communications could put national security at risk. The FCC plays no role in regulating internet-based services such as app stores. Previous attempts by the US government to ban TikTok from US app stores have been unsuccessful.
The same day as the report, TikTok announced that it had migrated its US user data to cloud servers in the United States. They also stated that they would eventually be deleting backups of its US user data from its own servers.
The FCC Commissioner responded that he was not assured by the announcement because “it says nothing about where that data can be accessed from.”