Video UK

Around the UK

How much do you know about the UK? In this activity you will watch a video with actors talking about their favourite places in the UK. You will be able test your listening skills and practise using the correct tense.

Learning English together

Can learning English help to bring different communities together? Find out about a unique summer school that helped young people make friends across a cultural divide.

Food in Britain

What do you think is ‘British food’? Watch this film and find out what people in Britain like to eat.

Dangerous sports

Do you like sports? How about dangerous sports? Watch this film to find out more about two extreme sports: white-water rafting and parkour.

Extreme fashion in London

How much do you know about extreme fashion styles? Do you know your punks from your Cyber Goths? Read on to find out more!

What is the UK?

Which countries make up the UK? What are their national customs? Watch this film to find out and learn some useful new words too.

Predicting the weather

Do you watch the weather news on TV? We like to know if it will be sunny or rainy tomorrow but predicting the weather is a very difficult job. Watch this film and find out how hard the job of a weather forecaster in Britain can be!

Snowdon

Watch a video about the Darke family who visit Snowdon, the highest mountain in Wales. This activity will help you practise your listening skills and you will also practise using and spelling past tenses.

A Scottish museum

Robert Burns is Scotland's best-loved poet. In this video you will get a guided tour of the recently opened Robert Burns Birthplace Museum, in Alloway, Scotland. You will learn a lot more about the man and his writing and practise your listening skills.

The life story of a Scottish legend

In this activity you are going to watch a fun video about the life story of Robert Burns, a famous Scot. You will practise your listening skills and then practise making sentences about his life.

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