May Day!

Visit the site below and read about the holiday May Day and how it is celebrated in England.

http://www.ukbankholidaydates.co.uk/may_day_holiday.html

Answer these questions about May Day and email them to your tutor (tutor@virtualingua.de) for correction!

1. When is May Day celebrated?

2. What things do people celebrate on May Day?

3. How do people celebrate on this holiday?

4. Does May Day or something like it exist in Germany? What do people do on this day in Germany?

Do you live in a house or a flat?

Now that it's finally spring, it's also time to do some spring cleaning...but before you do that, take some time to practice your English! Do you live in a house or a flat? Is it big or small? Do you live in the city or the country?

Visit this link and listen to Clare talking about her house: http://elllo.org/pages/clhome.htm The listening will open in the same window, then you can go back to take a quiz about the listening. After finishing this, please send us a description of your house or flat to tutor@virtualingua.de! We'll check it and send it back to you. If you're already a student with us, you can do this as a tutored exercise, if you're not a student with us yet, test our tutoring this way!

Some vocabulary to help you:
house das Haus
flat / apartment die Wohnung
room das Zimmer
big groß
small klein
city die Stadt
country das Land (in the country=auf dem Land)
kitchen die Küche
bathroom das Badezimmer
bedroom das Schlafzimmer
dining room das Esszimmer
basement / cellar der Keller
attic der Dachboden

Jetzt ist es endlich Frühling, Zeit für den Frühjahrsputz...aber bevor Sie damit anfangen, üben Sie Ihr Englisch mit uns! Wohnen Sie in einem Haus oder einer Wohnung? Ist es groß oder klein? Wohnen Sie in der Stadt oder auf dem Land?

Klicken Sie hier und hören Sie Clares Beschreibung von Ihrem Haus. Der Musikspieler wird im selbem Fenster aufgemacht, Sie können auf "Back" oder "Zurück" klicken, um zurück zu der ersten Seite zu gelangen. Dort können Sie ein Quiz über Clares Beschreibung machen. Danach schicken Sie uns bitte eine Beschreibung von Ihrem Haus oder Ihrer Wohnung an tutor@virtualingua.de! Wir korrigieren sie und schicken sie Ihnen zurück. Testen Sie unser Tutoring!

Fast Food in America

Read this article from the Spot On website and tell us what you think!

1. Do you like any fast food? (Be honest! I love french fries and milkshakes, for example :-)

2. How often do you eat fast food? How often do you think the average European eats fast food?

3. Are there laws in Europe for labelling fast food with calories, fat content, etc.?

4. Do you think labelling fast food with calories, fat content, etc. can make a difference in how often
people eat it?

Tell us what you think in the comments below or by email! (tutor@virtualingua.de) If you are a student with us already, this counts as a tutored exercise, if not, test our tutoring for free!

Virtualingua News

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Of course, there will continue to be longer updates, activities and links on the Virtualingua blogs.
Enjoy!
-Your English Tutor

International Hand Gestures

Learning a language doesn't always only involve words...maybe you use hand gestures in your home country that have a very different meaning in different countries. The video above shows this, so does the article you can read here.

Did you ever make a big mistake with body language or hand gestures? Tell us about it in the comments below or by email! (tutor@virtualingua.de) If you are a student with us already, this counts as a tutored exercise, if not, test our tutoring for free!

Happy Valentine's Day

Here is a song that fits the day: It had to be you
Enjoy!

Frank Sinatra & Harry Connick, Jr. - It Had To Be You

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It had to be you, it had to be you
I wandered around, and finally found
The somebody who
Could make me be true,
And could make me be blue
And even be glad, just to be sad
Thinking of you

Some others I've seen,
Might never be mean
Might never be cross,
Or try to be boss
But they wouldn't do
For nobody else, gave me a thrill
With all your faults, I
Love you still
It had to be you, wonderful you
It had to be you

English learning games

Practice your vocabulary with some online games. Click here to visit a site with crossword puzzles you can work on for free.
Have fun!

Üben Sie ihren Wortschatz mit online Spiele! Klicken Sie hier um eine Seite zu besuchen worauf Sie kostenlose englische Kreuzworträtsel für Anfänger machen können.
Viel Spaß!