Category: B2

C2

C1/C2 Idiom A dog and pony show

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If somebody tells you that an event was a dog and pony show, what information are they giving you about it? Was it amazing? Was it a real drag? Take the quiz to find out. DID YOU GUESS? The idiom “a dog and pony show” originated in the entertainment industry, specifically in circus and vaudeville…… Continue reading C1/C2 Idiom A dog and pony show

C2

C1/C2 Idiom Every dog will have its day

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Photo by Delaney Dawson from Unsplash There are also many idioms referring to dogs in Spanish, like the one that says “un día de perros.” However, this one is about something good. Taking a look at the picture will help you guess if you’re not sure, what the idiom ‘Every dog will have its day’…… Continue reading C1/C2 Idiom Every dog will have its day

C 2

Idiom: When the cows come home

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Photo by Alaina McLearnon from Unsplash If you ask permission to, say…, borrow your mum’s car to attend a beach party (where your mum suspects there will be a lot of boozing), promising that you will get back before dawn and your mum’s answer is ‘I’ll lend you the car when the cows come home.’…… Continue reading Idiom: When the cows come home

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Open Arms

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It made my heart sink to read the crude, if not horrible, criticism towards Richard Gere’s visit on Open Arms. The social networks can give the best of us, but can also show the extreme lack of sensitivity of many. I want to make my tiny contribution towards what is exactly happening on Open Arms…… Continue reading Open Arms

Natural world & environment · Science, techonology & space

Listening Advanced C1: Do We Really Need the Moon?

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Image Jason Blackeye There has been a lot of talk about the moon lately because fifty years ago man set foot on it.  There also seems to be a lot of debate related to whether this actually happened or if it was merely propaganda due to the Space Race. Aware as I am that this… Continue reading Listening Advanced C1: Do We Really Need the Moon?

Grammar

The causative: have/get something done

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Causative structures are another form of passive structures where the focus is on something that is done rather than who does it. Here’s a video I made with bitable that will give you some tips on some of the different structures. After, you can do a grammar activity to practise the structure. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=us3psJrPTvE

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Flipping cards! Word formation activity: Personality and behaviour vocabulary

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How would you describe your best friend? Would you say he or she is kind? Does this person always treat people with great kindness? Does your friend always behave kindly in all the majority of situations? And have you ever seen this person be unkind? Here we’ve used the word kind, which is an adjective…… Continue reading Flipping cards! Word formation activity: Personality and behaviour vocabulary

A2 · B1

Confusing words: dish/meal/recipe

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Many students get these word wrong and since I’ve uploaded some vocabulary for ingredients, it may be a good idea to go over them or learn them. Dish The word dish when used as a noun and not a verb, has two meanings. One is the type of recipient we use for putting food on.…… Continue reading Confusing words: dish/meal/recipe

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Listening activity Intermediate B1: The Computer Says No

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Have you ever been to a hospital reception, a bank or any public place where you were treated rudely or even roughly? What did you feel like? In the last book I read – by the way it was Andrea Levy’s ‘Every Light in the House Burnin’- the narrator fantasizes on picking up a doctor…… Continue reading Listening activity Intermediate B1: The Computer Says No