Hi English learners! 👋 

Welcome to another edition of the ChatBubble newsletter. A weekly collection of activities and games to practise your English.

Today we’re talking about home improvement 🔨 🏠️ 🔧 also called home renovation, do-it-yourself or DIY for short.

Here’s a preview of what you’ll learn:

🎲 Test your knowledge of tools of equipment in English with the DIY disaster quiz!

🎧️ Practise your listening skills while watching people accidentally destroy their houses 🤭 …

📖 The plumbing Olympics? Tell me more! 

🎧️ Take a tour of an Australian couple’s incredible new house.

Sound good? Well, grab your sledgehammer, put on some safety goggles 👓️ and let’s do this!

PLAY 🎲

The DIY disaster quiz!

📊 Elementary (A2+) 🔠 Vocabulary ⏱️3 mins

Do you know these 14 tools and phrases?

LISTEN 🎧️ 

Wait, which bathroom was I supposed to destroy?

📊 Intermediate (B1) 🎧️ Listening ⏱️ 10 mins

Watch these 14 DIY disasters and find the answer to the questions below.

EASY QUESTION: How many of the words from the quiz can you hearin the video?

HARD QUESTION: The guy in video number 12 says that his cats are ruining his life, can you explain why?  😹 

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READ 📖 

 🎶I’m in love with the shape of tubes… 🎶 

📊 Intermediate 📚️ Reading ⏱️ 15 mins

You’ve heard of the Olympics, but have you ever heard of the world plumbing finals? (No, me neither 😆 )

Well, get ready, because you’re going to learn everything you never wanted to know about this pipe-bending phenomenon.

Read the article and answer the questions below.

EASY QUESTION: What did Connor achieve in 2019?

HARD QUESTION: How do you win the world plumbing finals?

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I WANT SOMETHING MORE DIFFICULT! 💪 

📊 Advanced (C1) 🎧️ Listening ⏱️ 10 mins 🌍️ Australian Accent

Okay! I love the enthusiasm! If you want something a little more difficult, check this out.

Meet Ronnie and Georgia, they’ve recently renovated their house and added two incredible new rooms.

Watch the video and answer the questions below.

1. What are the two rooms that the couple talk about?

2. Can you make a list of all the words (adjectives and nouns) that they use to describe the rooms and the furniture?

3. Which of these rooms would you like to have in your house and why?

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