Watch the story and answer the questions on your worksheet. (YouTube link)

Some more grammar review

Watch the video above about the House of Commons. Complete your worksheet. (YouTube link)

Canada's most beautiful room - Learn about the Library of Parliament.

Adverb clauses - Review the lesson, and then click the link at the bottom of the page for the exercise. There will be some material we studied, as well as new material.

Video lesson about adverb clauses

Night work could damage your health

British speaker

American speaker

Check your answers here

What's the correct question word? Type the correct answer.

Word order practice Quiz 1    Quiz 2

Information about public skating in Ottawa

Location of arenas in Ottawa

Description of skating classes offered by the city, for children and adults.

Outdoor rinks in Ottawa


How a bill becomes a law  Listen to the speaker, take notes, and answer the questions on the bottom of your worksheet.

Take a look at the exercises for 'Hard and soft skills' and 'Cover letters.'

Here is the link for the list of legal and illegal interview questions.

How to answer illegal interview questions: Listen as the interviewer asks about physical or learning disabilities, religious affiliation, and marital and family status. How does the applicant respond?

What's the correct question word? Drag the word into the grey box.

Complete the questions.

Answers to the Discover Canada crossword puzzle.

Winterlude starts next week. Find out more about Ottawa's annual winter festival here.

Watch the video of some of the new products at this year's Consumer Electronics Show.

Watch the clips about the Simpsons and answer the questions below.

This is a good activity practicing all verb tenses.

Planning to work in Canada? Online version

Working in Canada website - find out about what jobs are available, qualifications, wage, and more. Look for 'Explore Careers' and click Occupations to get more information about specific occupations.


Chris Hadfield discusses life skills.

Some quizzes to practice conditionals

quiz 1 (mixed conditionals)

quiz 2 (this looks at different kinds of conditionals)

quiz 3 (more mixed conditionals - see the link at the top of the page for a tutorial)

Homonyms quiz

Job hunter puts CV on billboard - Listen and complete your worksheet. Check your answers here.

Past perfect lesson from engvid.com

"What a night" - past perfect lesson (irregular verbs)

Lesson and quiz from engvid.com about silent letters

How cold was it this week? Parts of Niagara Falls froze.

Applying for Canadian Citizenship? Get information here.

Silent Letters

Here are three videos from YouTube that give some good examples and explain some of the rules about silent letters.

Lesson 1 

Lesson 2

Lesson 3 

Also, keep an eye out for the northern lights (Aurora Borealis) tonight!

What are the results of the polar vortex in the US? Watch this video from BBC News and answer the questions on your worksheet.

What is a polar vortex?

Hope or Wish? Complete the sentence with the correct answer. Be careful of the verb tense.

Practice Citizenship test: How many questions can you answer?

Practice G1 test - Includes English, French, Spanish, Arabic, and Chinese