C 2

B2 Word formation Adverbs

This is a word formation activity to help learners of English understand how English words are formed. In this post, words are formed by changing an adjective (bad) to an adverb (badly). As you can see from these examples, we usually add -ly to the adjectives and maybe, we also make a small change. All…… Continue reading B2 Word formation Adverbs

House, home & daily life

B2.1 Multiple choice cloze To DIY or Not to DIY

Here’s a MCC I’ve just created from scratch that deals with the topic of Do It Yourself (DIY).

Natural world & environment

B2.1 Multiple choice cloze The environment and polar bears

My B2.1 classes need to practise for open cloze and multiple choice cloze and word formation and …. an endless list :S. I’m not really keen on using classroom time for the CTE activities (except for reading), so I’ve been looking around for some texts that I could use from some old coursebook. I’ve also…… Continue reading B2.1 Multiple choice cloze The environment and polar bears

B1 · Body, health & nutrition

B1/B2 Talking about restaurants

This week we’ll be talking about restaurants and restaurant service. As a warm-up have a look at these cartoons and say what you think they are about. There may be a joke you need to explain, or you may even relate to more than one of the illustrations. If you need a couple of hints,…… Continue reading B1/B2 Talking about restaurants

Natural world & environment · video

B2 Speaking practice The Natural World

My former presentation on this topic was a bit outdated, and as I’ve just upgraded to a new version of Affinity software, I couldn’t resist giving it a try. I honestly thought it would only take me about four hours, but as usual, I got carried away and ended up spending the whole day. (Oops!…… Continue reading B2 Speaking practice The Natural World

B1 · culture · People, relationships & family

B1 The manners quiz

My father always said things like ‘Little words go a long way.’ And things of the kind. We were always expected to say ‘thank you’ and ‘please’ and you’d easily see your grown-ups throw a fit when this was not the case because having good manners was something that was required from children and adults.…… Continue reading B1 The manners quiz

B1 · Science, techonology & space

B1/B2 Flipping card Technology vocabulary

In this post you have a wordcloud and a flipping card activity with words for the topic of technology for intermediate levels. How to use? Look at the words included in the wordcloud (it’s supposed to look like a laptop, but looks a bit wierd to me lol!). Think about the meaning of the words…… Continue reading B1/B2 Flipping card Technology vocabulary

Grammar

B1/B2 Past simple vs Past continuous

If you are at odds with your tenses, in this short lesson, you’ll see the main differences that exists between the past simple and the past continuous. Just go through the slides and read the examples.

People, relationships & family

B2 Stages of life vocabulary

In this word cloud you have a mixture of nouns and adjectives related to different stages of life. Look up the meaning of each word and after, take the quiz where you will have to write the missing word.

pronunciation

10 Christmas Tongue Twisters

It’s almost Christmas and I haven’t seemed to find the right Christmas ad I usually post around this time of the year. Maybe it’s because I feel a little p…. off and don’t feel Christmassy yet. In any case, I’m going to be doing some Christmas tongue twisters as a way in which learners can…… Continue reading 10 Christmas Tongue Twisters