1. What happens when you call a friend to his/her home phone and s/he is not in?

Yeahhhhhhh, you have to face the answering machine. If you want to be ready for this, you’d better listen to real people leaving a real message.

For a free test click here
http://www.esl-lab.com/phone/phonerd1.htm

REMEMBER: If you don’t understand everything at the time, just try it again!

Follow these easy INSTRUCTIONS:
1. Listen to the phone message by pressing the Play button
2. Answer the 5 questions presented.
3. Check your answers by pressing the Final Score button.
4. OPTIONAL. Click on the “Quiz Script button to check any new vocabulary.

Estimated Time: 10 min.

2. Do you want to improve speak more naturally?

Learning slang helps you reach this goal. Plus, this exercise will be very useful if you want to study abroad and make friends.

Click here http://www.ezslang.com/study-abroad-1.htm

REMEMBER: It works for some people to organize the new vocabulary in a special section of their notebook.

Follow these easy INSTRUCTIONS:
1. Go to the second point; conversation, and read the background.
2. Listen to the conversation by pressing the Play Audio button
3. Answer the 3 questions presented.
4. Check your answers by pressing the Final Score button.
5. OPTIONAL. Go over the Key Vocabulary section to check any new expressions.

Estimated Time: 10 min.

3. Do you like going out with friends and have fun?

Before that, you may have to agree with your friends about where, when and how to go.

Click on http://esl.about.com/library/listening/
bllis_plans.htm, listen to 3 friends talking about a plan, and get familiar with some useful expressions to make plans.

Follow these easy INSTRUCTIONS
1. Listen to the conversation for the first time and check unknown vocabulary.
2. Listen again and look for specific information requested in the comprehension questions.
3. Read the questions and think about the correct answers.
4. Check your answers in the answer arrow provided below each question.
5. When you finish, you may want to listen again and check.

Estimated time: 10 min.

4. If you would like to test your reading comprehension with a challenging exercise,
click on http://www.eslus.com/LESSONS/READING
/CLOZE/R1.HTM. In order to add more ‘suspense’ to this activity, you will have only 10 minutes to complete the exercise. In other words, you will be running against the time!

Follow these easy INSTRUCTIONS
1. Click on the link provided above. As soon as the page opens, the clock will start counting back, so do not waste time!
2. As you read the text, think about the most suitable words (verbs, adjectives, nouns, etc) to fill in each space and choose the letter of the word. You will see your score as you choose each letter in the upper part of the page.
3. When you finish, answer the 5 remaining comprehension questions.
4. Read again and enjoy the story!

Estimated time: 10 min.