Intermediate 1
Is there a special person in your life? I’m pretty sure there is and today we are going to speak about this person. Before we discuss this person in detail, we need to learn some vocabulary first. We should also revise the vocabulary, right? Family and close people vocabulary I’m sure you already know many…… Continue reading A2 Speaking about ‘That Special Person’
In this post, students will learn how to speak about situations that make them happy and situations that annoy them. To start off, look at the following illustrations. What’s happening in each illustration? Which situations do you think would make you happy, and which situations would make you feel angry? 2. Match each panel with…… Continue reading A2/B1 What Makes You Happy & What Makes You Angry?
In this post, learners will find a short and simple explanation of how to use these three modal forms. Flip through the slides, and then do the grammar activity to make sure you have these structures under your belt. Activity: Guess the Stories Look at the cartoon panels and guess what happened in each one.Use…… Continue reading B1/B2 Modal verbs: can, could & to be able to for ability
Hi there! In this post, I’ve dusted off a post that I placed on a blog a couple of years ago by converting several of the tongue twisters into a video. By this, not only is it far more amusing for students, but you also get an AI Santa reciting the tongue twisters. ⭐ How…… Continue reading Christmas tongue twister lesson to improve pronounciation
Spread the word 🍞 — good gossip, hot news and juicy updates were never meant to stay in the fridge. In this post we’re going to see the idiom ‘to spread the word’ and I honestly think that the image already make the meaning pretty clear, but just in case you want to be sure,…… Continue reading Idiom: To Spread the word
A whimsical poem to practise pronunciation and intonation This sweet and rather silly poem has long been a favourite among English-speaking children, and for good reason — it’s musical, memorable, and packed with playful sounds. But beyond the fun, I truly believe that rhymes, tongue-twisters, and poetry are powerful tools to help learners improve both…… Continue reading Cultural Corner: The Owl and the Pussycat
Whether you’re talking about a crime scene, a witness, or the moment something happened, relative clauses help add detail and make your English more precise. This cheat sheet and interactive quiz will guide you through the most common types, including defining and non-defining clauses, as well as useful relative adverbs like where, when, why—and even…… Continue reading 🕵B1/B2 Relative Clauses Cheat Sheet – Grammar for Crime & Beyond!
We’ve all heard the debate: Paper or screen? Print or digital? But have you ever thought about it in the most basic of places — the toilet? That’s exactly where this brilliant French commercial takes us. The short, hilarious ad shows a man trying to replace every form of paper in the house with a…… Continue reading 📱💩 Toilet Paper vs Apps? A Perfect Warmer to Talk About Paper and Digital Formats
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.
I just can’t get over this Matilda scene. Not only do I find it hilarious, but also sort of empowering. I love to use a short extract from films in my classes and I use this one as a reported speech activity. For this scene, I usually give my students a sheet of paper with…… Continue reading B2.1 Listening: Matilda scene – Bruce and the Chocolate Cake as a reported speech activity
