Hello! Here’s a tacky video quiz that presents nearly all the cooking vocabulary for intermediate 2. If you want to practise your spelling, you’ll also find a crossword in this blog entry. By the way, the video says it’s the second in a series of two, but it’s actually number three. The thing is that…… Continue reading B2 Cooking vocabulary 3
Photo by freestocks.org on Pexels.com Nothing like a nice and juicy crossword to get our neurons working on Monday. Try this crossword made on Crossword lab. By the way, why is it that whenever I look for a picture related to shopping, there are so many photos of women shopping? I hate shopping and I…… Continue reading Intermediate Shopping and money crossword
What is it, match or suit? How do you pronounce k-n-i-t? Is it nit, nait, kit or whatever? Here’s another video vocabulary activity with most of these verbs for intermediate students. You’ll also be able to hear the examples I recorded the examples. https://youtu.be/BN3u6JxwvC8 Serena’s blog
Have you ever witnessed a crime? What happened? For this activity, I’ve used a picture captured by a surveillance camera and I wrote a short description of what I thought was happening. Of course, I could not be sure, so that was why I was making guesses. In the example, you’ll see that I used…… Continue reading Modal verbs: Making a guess in the present
Image by Rajesh Kavasseri on Unsplash What’s your favourite style of music? Do you listen to different styles according to your mood? Do you find any particular music uplifting or disturbing? Can you play an instrument? What’s your favourite group or who’s your favourite musician? Have you heard anything good recently? Do you spend a…… Continue reading Styles of music quiz
As a teacher, I know very well how students feel about phrasal verbs as there are so many. But although phrasal verbs are very commonly used in English, I don’t recommend learning them by heart – I mean sitting for ages in front of a paper with lists and lists of them. Rather than this,…… Continue reading Phrasal verbs for work
Image by Brooke Lark on Unsplash What do you do for a living? What’s your work like? Is it challenging or tedious? Do you consider that your job is well paid or is it badly paid? What’s important for you at work, wages, the working environment or the promotion prospects? Would you like to set…… Continue reading B2 Vocabulary for speaking about work
Probably the most devastating problem in modern society is loneliness, which is even worse for the elderly. John Lewis Christmas advert aims to raise awareness of this situation. Hopefully, this touching ad will not only tug at people’s heartstrings, but will also make people understand how much we need each other, especially now in a…… Continue reading Don’t Give Up Too Soon
Here’s a challenge for you! First of all have a look at the wordcloud. How many of these words are you familiar with? Check the meaning of the news words. After, look at the flipping cards and to name them. To see if you were right by placing your mouse over the picture. Now isn’t…… Continue reading Flipping cards Injuries and treatments
