Yesterday, I wrote a short grammar post related to all-clefts, so today we’ll be dealing with another similar content that we also use for emphasis. But first, let’s listen to this song from times when my mum would have been jiving on a dance floor, enjoying the time of her life. 😁😁😁 Like mother like…… Continue reading B2/C1 ‘What’ clefts Listening to The Romantics What I Like About You
Hi there! My students need to work on connected speech rather than just isolated items, so we’re going to shift the focus to structures such as clefts and so on. ‘Clefts’ sounds like a serious thing, but it basically relates to sentences that start with an ‘unusual word, usually for emphasis. There are different types…… Continue reading B2/C1 All Cleft Sentences All I Wanna Do IS Have Some Fun
I was so depressed when I saw the contents related to the Past Perfect. The Past Perfect Continuous was equally disheartening. I thought I had to do something much more interesting. After all, why can’t grammar be interesting or even amazing? So I found some inspiration from Cristina Cabal’s lesson using a Heyzine flipping book…… Continue reading B2 An Interactive Lesson on the Tower of London, Grammar, and Mystery
These days we’ll be talking about shopping and consumerism in our B2.2 levels. In this level, you expect your students to gain spontaneity in speech when dealing with everyday situations. We’re going to talk about our favorite brands and advertisements that we find particularly funny. In this lesson, students speak and write about an ad…… Continue reading B2 Talking and Writing About Funny Ads
The sales have just started and many people see this as an opportunity to smarten up their wardrobes. Others just enjoy the challenge of finding the best possible bargains. When we talk about shopping, I usually notice something interesting. It seems the world is divided into people that love it. Then there are those that…… Continue reading B2 Personality quiz What Type of Shopper Are You?
Learning how to describe clothes is essential for speaking about fashion and style. So, in this lesson, we’ll explore the correct order of adjectives when describing clothing and practice using this rule effectively. In this post I will include: vocabulary related to materials and patterns adjectives to relate to styles word order related to adjectives…… Continue reading B2 Adjective Order for Fashion Descriptions
Hmmm lovely! Nothing like starting the year with a new set of phrasal verbs. These ones are related to wearing clothes and fashion. As usual, I’ve only included a short list of them to soften that learning curve. You’ll see there’s a cheat sheet and a quiz below. If you want to go the extra…… Continue reading B2 Learn Clothing Phrasal Verbs: Cheat Sheet & Quiz
This is going to be the last post for this year. If you’re wondering if I’m a bit of a workaholic, I’m beginning to think that I am. However, the intentions behind posting this during the Christmas holidays are partly due to the fact that among my New Year’s resolutions, I intend to find some…… Continue reading B2/C1 Engaging Listening Activity for Fashion Discussions
Because my students ”love” phrasal verbs so much and cannot live without them, I’m uploading a short list of the most common ones along with a quiz to help them with this ‘annoying’ aspect of the English language.
Hi there! As I have just completed a 60-hour course on podcasts, I couldn’t keep myself from setting up a video. Yep! You don’t have to tell me that the BBC will NOT hire me :D, because I know. But as a matter of fact, creating podcasts is something that I’ve been wanting to explore…… Continue reading B2 Podcast Space and the Universe
