C 2 · Clothes, fashion & consumerism

Phrasal verbs with ‘Wear’

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C 2 · Media, arts, literature & entertainment

C1/C2 Vocabulary quiz for arts and crafts

Here’ s a flipping card quiz activity with advanced vocabulary for arts and crafts. Read or look at the picture and flip to see if you made the correct guess.

B2 · C 2 · C1 · Media, arts, literature & entertainment · Vocabulary

B2/C1/C2 Adjectives for describing films and books

C 2 · Media, arts, literature & entertainment

C1/C2 Vocabulary for types of books

Once upon a time this activity was a flipping card quiz, but it was far too long and so I’ve broken it up into smaller chunks of words. In this new version, you’ll only find types of books according to what the plot is about or the intentions behind it. Just look at each box,…… Continue reading C1/C2 Vocabulary for types of books

Body, health & nutrition

C1 Word formation ‘Best Food for Illnesses’

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C 2

Green idioms, phrases and vocabulary

Image by Artur Luczka (Unsplash) What does it mean to be green? And if you’re told to eat your greens? Like all languages, English has quite a few colour idioms and other uses of ‘ green’ and here you have a quiz to find out or learn some of the most typical expressions that use…… Continue reading Green idioms, phrases and vocabulary

Natural world & environment · Open cloze

Open cloze: How can we reduce food waste at home?

Image by Gary Chan (Unsplash) According to the latest data recorded in 2018, Spain reached a peak in food waste, squandering a total of 1,339 million kg/l of food and beverages. This number represents an increase of 8.9% over the previous year and seems to be mainly due to economic recovery that was experienced during…… Continue reading Open cloze: How can we reduce food waste at home?

B1 · C 2

B1 B2 C1 C2 What do you call a baby ant?

I found this query on the internet and couldn’t help laughing. Of course, baby ants don’t really exist as such (meaning that you’d be really surprised to find a tiny version of an ant being reared by its parents, wouldn’t you?). But anyway, a baby ant would actually be an egg, a larva or a…… Continue reading B1 B2 C1 C2 What do you call a baby ant?

C 2

B2-C1-C2 Group names for animals

Serena’s blog Group nouns for animals can be a bit confusing as there are so many. What’s more, there doesn’t always seem to be a strict categorisation as we can apply the same word to different types of animals such as a group of whales that can be called a school, a pod or even…… Continue reading B2-C1-C2 Group names for animals