Beep – beep! Your alarm clock has just woken you from a sweetest dream. You open your eyes and suddenly feel more miserable than ever. The world around is grey …

Najmotivovanejší študenti cudzích jazykov získali od Vydavateľstva FLP jazykové publikácie. V októbri 2021 sme sa stali partnermi tretieho ročníka …

Well, hello there! How is everybody doing? I hope school is treating you well! Keep working hard!
This month’s topic is about keeping pets,…

Fashion does not seem to be a widely popular topic, especially among boys. Somehow we find it natural for ladies to love discussing the matter of clothes and …

Pre-reading questions: 1) What is the best environment to raise a family in (e.g. apartment, village, etc)? 2) Why do marriage and family matter?..

OK, who’s the author and who’s the character here? It takes less than a second to answer that, doesn’t it? Well, although you may not be a keen reader, the name of the writer (Mark Twain) and…

Ernest Hemingway’s novella The Old Man and the Sea was published on September 1, 1952. One of his most famous works, it centers upon Santiago, …

Pre-reading: Do you use emojis in your communication with friends? How many emojis are you familiar with? Sketch some of them, pass it to your neighbour and he will describe…

Tea drinking is a cultural phenomenon in Britain. No other European nation consumes as much tea as the British. Although it seems the popularity of tea has almost been replaced by espresso nowadays, it…

Recently Coca Cola Company has been challenged with a strong public criticism by Greenpeace. There is a campaign with the main slogan: “Don‘t let Coke choke our oceans!” The pollution of our oceans is enormous. …

Biologically, everybody has two parents. However (and sadly enough), there are millions of families in which one of the two is not around for various reasons. …

This article is about something that seems to be a big issue amongst young people these days – smoking. Do you belong among the people who wrinkle their noses when there is a smoker near them? Or are you a smoker everyone looks down on?…

Before you begin reading, answer the following questions: • What do you know about e-cigarettes?…

BEFORE READING:: What do you imagine from when you hear “World No Tobacco Day”? How do you feel about smoking (or using tobacco products)? What do you think is the reason people smoke?…

School children were asked to answer the following questions. You have a possibility to give your own answer to each of the questions below:..

We all make history just by the mere fact that we exist. However, there are people who seem to have an incredibly huge influence on the course of history and on the lives of millions of people….

FUN WITH WILLIAM SHAKESPEARE (1564-1616) Let’s make it clear at the beginning. You can’t have FUN with Shakespeare. At least not the sort of fun you probably expect. Shakespeare is simply not funny according to today’s standards. ..

WHAT DO YOU THINK? Mothers are a unique species. Combine love, tenderness, courage, self-sacrifice, stamina and creativity and you get a creature you are ashamed of being hugged by in front of your friends…

Let us help you with it. We have several awesome Mother’s Day quotes that will inspire you to tell your mom the words she deserves….

Everybody is aware of the tragedy that happened on April 15, 1912. Titanic hit an iceberg and more than 1500 people died. Since then, Titanic has been a symbol of hubris, an excess of pride….

Prince Albert, Queen Victoria’s husband, suggested that the profi ts from the 1851 Great Exhibition (read more on pages 8-9) should pay for new museums, libraries, schools and exhibition rooms….

UNESCO chose April 23 – the day of Shakespeare’s birth and death – as the date for English Language Day. …

Palm branches, ashes, the Easter Bunny, Easter bonnets, painted eggs, baby chickens and church services at sunrise are symbols and images of US Easter celebrations. These traditions, which vary greatly according to religion and geographical location in the States, are quite different from those in your country…

Each holiday celebrated worldwide has its specific features1 that vary from region to region. However, none of those events is as controversial as Easter. …

Charity and Kindness “Red Nose Day is a campaign dedicated to raising money for children and young people living in poverty1 by simply having fun and making people laugh. …

I was not aware of Groundhog Day until my son, a kindergartener, brought a groundhog paper puppet on a Popsicle stick, which he had made at school on February 2…

I believe we all understand how important it is to be physically active, especially today, when people don’t move as much as they should to keep their bodies (and minds) in good shape. However, there are some notorious excuses for not doing any exercise at all,….

When people talk about different “Englishes”, they often concentrate on British and American English. But there are other varieties. Today I’d like to focus on some of the words and phrases …

Today I would like to look at some expressions which work well in Czech or Slovak but don’t work so well if you translate them word for word into English and can even cause you real problems….

Why Do We Eat Junk Food? Think of all the people you know… Do any of them not like food? Probably not, because food is wonderful…

Almost everybody likes music, but have you ever stopped to think where the people who make it decided upon their names? Classical music and jazz are often quite transparent – the London Symphony Orchestra..

February 14 is dedicated to St. Valentine and the celebration of love and affection. However, the holiday itself doesn’t have a long tradition in Slovakia or the Czech Republic. …

The box jellyfi sh. It’s lethal1 and beautiful at the same time. It looks relatively harmless, but it can kill a healthy human within 2 -5 minutes….

Charles Dickens, one of the greatest English writers of all times, was born in Portsea, near Portsmouth. His father was a poor clerk in the Navy Pay Office. When Charles was nine, the family moved to London and Mr. Dickens very soon got into debt….

When I was a ‘little tacker,’ just over four years old, I visited Ayers Rock. It has a deep orange glow to it, with temperatures rising to forty degrees Celsius regularly. It truly is in the middle of nowhere, …

Although some people don’t feel happy about it, Valentine’s Day has found its way into our culture as well. This is …

Grand Central Terminal in New York City was built in 1913. It is the largest train station in the world, and has plenty of secrets. …

It’s been 151 years since the death of one of the most famous English writers – Charles Dickens. His books are so important that they found their way into obligatory…

Although in sport, practice is incomparably much more enjoyable and fun than the theory, this article will give you some useful and inspirational tips and ideas before you put on your tracksuit, tie up your trainers, get on your marks, and …

Washington’s Birthday, also known as Presidents’ Day, is an annual holiday celebrated on the third Monday …

Languages are the most powerful instruments of preserving and developing our tangible and intangible heritage. All moves to promote the dissemination of mother tongues will serve not only to encourage linguistic diversity …

 This year Chinese New Year falls on February 1st. Chinese Year 2022 is the year of the Water Tiger. For people born in the year…

January and February are big months in the US for national birthdays. First we have Martin Luther King, Jr.’s Birthday (his birthday is January 15th, but ….

ACROSS THE EQUATOR Although Australia is the smallest continent in the world (however, not far behind Europe, which is the second smallest), …

Edgar Allan Poe (1809-1849) No American writer has been as mysterious and strange as Edgar Allan Poe. And no other English-speaking writer has produced writings as mysterious, scary, disgusting, horrifying, and yet beautiful as him…

Australia, the Land Down Under, is a country like no other in the world. And with the inimitable landscape comes a unique way of speaking English….

It’s been 54 years since the tragic loss of one of the most remarkable1 figures in American history. You might have heard …

In Slovakia and in many other countries, there is a saying about New Year’s Eve. It is a little different in every …

Britain has always had a strange relationship with Europe, part of it but not fully part of it, clinging passionately …

Social media has become a part of teens’ lives. Yes, there are certainly a lot of advantages. However, sharing your life online might be risky. There are individuals …

Christmas is coming. It’s high time to think about Christmas presents for your loved ones. Some of you might already…

Before continuing with this article, let’s do some brainstorming. Take a piece of paper and …

The Tower of London, one of the most famous historic castles in Britain, is situated on the …

Some people hate Christmas. They are absolutely fed up with all the rush, excitement and …

Close your eyes for a few seconds and picture all your belongings. Can you see them? …

Ever since 1947, the National Turkey Federation has presented a turkey each year to the President of the United ….

All living languages change over time. It’s a fact of life. But some things change faster than others, and some ….

Times Square is a major commercial intersection and the busiest square in New York….

Role models are people who motivate us to improve our qualities in both our private lives and work. It would be silly to think we can’t be better at who we are…

The Elizabeth Tower is the name of a famous tower of the British Parliament – more …

But why does learning it take for ever? You are reading this because you are learning a foreign language. In your case that foreign language is English…

Four hundred and ten years have passed since the events of November 5, 1605, which became known in history as Guy Fawkes Night or Bonfire Night…

Many people may be unaware of the fact that an international students’ day even exists…

This topic is about how friends change your behavior, how much influence your friends …

Verbal communication is based on language usage. Even though we are also able to communicate without words, language makes us special ….

Yo, it’s me again! Long time no see! Missed me, huh? This month we’re gonna talk about books and reading. Do you like reading …

What do you like doing? is perhaps one of the most frequent questions asked in elementary English classes (partly as an example of a grammatical phenomenon called “Verb Patterns”, …

It is said that money is the root of all evil. People want it even if they don’t actually need it, they oft en do crazy things to get it, and they fi ght for it and ….

Many adverbs are formed by adding the suffi x –ly to an adjective (badly, happily, quickly, etc.)….

One of my students once wrote in an assignment about his bedroom: ‘On the wall is hanged my favourite singer.’ Can you see what…

The Admiring and the Admired It is said that we all need something to believe in. There are a lot of different ideas and creeds….

Aristotle wrote, “The desire for friendship comes quickly. Friendship does not.” The truth is that time is not the only factor that aff ects ….

Before the Internet, the only good thing about school bullies was that you only had …

This month we will take a look at pairs of sentences which look very similar but differ slightly or more considerably in meaning….

In this month’s issue we will take a look at several mistakes I have come across recently in my lessons. Nobody’s perfect, of course, and …..